Echo| Natasha Romanoff

4. Chapter 2

Andrea's p.o.v

We walked in on Rhodey standing up and talking to a hologram of secretary Ross. I couldn't help but gulp and feel guilty for the tech keeping Rhodey standing up. I caused him to fall, Wanda should have caught him and not me.

"Mr.Secretary," Steve acknowledged, his new suit making him look more authoritative. Almost as if he's seen more, which as I think to all the missions we've been on, I suppose he has. We all have.

The hologram turned to us and I could roll my eyes at the look he was giving us. He always thought of us as criminals. It wouldn't matter if we had done the pettiest of crimes, we'd be scum to him.

"You got some nerve. I'll give you that," he said, approaching us. My blonde wife looked down on him as she spoke, "you could use some of that right now," she shrugged.

"The world's on fire. And you think all is forgiven?" Ross raised his eyebrows and I scoffed at his words. "I'm not looking for forgiveness. And I'm way past asking for permission. Earth just lost her best defender. So we're here to fight. And if you wanna stand in our way... we'll fight you too," Steve announced, his speech moving and proving that he was our leader.

Ross moved to me and looked me up and down. My suit had changed a bit since the last time he'd seen it. It was worn too, I'd used it a lot. "I wonder how different our story would have been 2 years ago when I nearly caught you, Maximoff," he smirked a little.

Nat tilted her head towards me confused, I hadn't told any of them about that night. I had gone to scope out a base, I didn't want to tell the others because I wasn't sure if it was really a lead. I had showed up and it was a trap by Ross.

He had me handcuffed and blindfolded on the ground, well his guards did anyway. But the man wouldn't stop talking which gave me time to think of my escape. I knew the place well as I had still managed to scope it out, I broke cuffs and beat his guards before using my echo gun on Ross. I left him on the ground going crazy with his thoughts and told him not to look for me again.

"Well you shouldn't have made it so easy to kick your ass," I smirked and the older man's expression hardened. He turned to Rhodey quickly, "arrest them."

"All over it," Rhodey dismissed, pressing a button and the grey haired man was gone. "That's a court martial," Rhodey sighed, defeated.

"It's great to see you, Cap," he smiled and I couldn't help but feel relieved that he was happy to see us. They shook hands and I took a step forward, looking around at the place we called home.

Nat hugged the man and then I stepped forward, looking him up and down. He sighed and pulled me into a hug and I grumbled in relief. "Im sorry about-" I trailed as I pointed to his legs but he shrugged it off. "I know you Andy, you've probably been blaming yourself. It's not your fault, it's no one's fault. And hey, look I can still walk so no hard feelings," he joked, patting my back. I nodded and stepped to the side, my heart feeling just that much better.

"Wow, you guys... really look like crap. Must've been a rough couple years," he said and I snorted at his words. "Yeah, well the hotels weren't exactly five star," Sam said and it already made me feel like I was home again. The banter, the jokes, I was nostalgic.

"Uh, I think you look great," we all turned to the source of the voice and found Banner walking towards us. I gulped a little as soon as I saw him and felt a funny feeling in my head. Wanda was reading my thoughts.

"Uh... yeah, I'm back," he said, looking around at anyone. I saw the way Nat was looking at him and it made me feel something in the pit of my stomach. "Hi Bruce," Nat said, a small smile on her face.