Romanogers One-Shots

Turn Back

Requested by hannah_ttnhi, Natasha gets hurt by black panther after letting Steve and Bucky escape.

Natasha had told Tony from the beginning.

She had told him that she wasn't going to fight Steve.

Clint, Wanda, Sam...she could fight them, but not Steve.

She had already betrayed him once by choosing Tony's side, that was the extent of pain she wished to cause him.

Her plan to avoid conflict with Steve was going fine until they were running at the jet she was guarding.

She had seen T'challa running close behind them, catching up quickly.

She could have done nothing and just let T'challa catch them.

Everything would be fine and she wouldn't be betraying anyone.

But when Steve locked eyes with her and she saw the fear and hurt in his eyes as she raised her widow bite to stall them, her loyalty to him took over.

"You're not gonna stop..." She said sighing.

Steve tilted his head, "You know I can't."

"I'm gonna regret this..." Natasha said, moving her aim at T'challa and shooting him.

Steve looked at her in shock and Natasha nodded towards the jet, "Go."

Steve gave her a grateful look and ran towards the jet with Bucky as Natasha kept T'challa from approaching them.

Bucky ran into the jet and Steve paused, looking back at Natasha one last time.

She had now resorted to physical combat and was trying to fight off T'challa herself.

"Steve go!" She yelled.

Steve sighed and ran into the jet.

He started it up quickly and started the engines.

T'challa kicked Natasha out of the way and leapt at the jet, barely missing it.

Natasha flew backwards and hit the wall hard...hard enough to make her vision blurry and her head pound more then it had already been.

She laid her head back on the wall and blinked, her head was spinning and the room seemed to be turning faster then she could process.

Steve radioed Clint from the jet, hoping he hadn't been captured yet, "Clint! Natasha, she helped us escape. She was fighting T'challa, I need you to make sure she's okay."

"I'm on it!" Clint yelled, running to the air hanger.

Clint got inside and cursed when he saw Natasha laying limp against the wall.

"Cap, she's out cold. She's got a nasty cut on her head and probably has a concussion," Clint said through the radio.

Steve's brows furrowed and he pulled back on the jet thrusters.

"Buck, I have to go get her. She's hurt because of me. Take the controls and keep the jet in the air until I radio you, then land it on the other side of the airport... we'll meet you there." Steve said, sliding on a parachute.

"You sure about this Steve?" Bucky asked, taking the controls.

"Yes. I have to help her."

Bucky nodded and opened the hatch, watching as Steve jumped out.

"Clint, I'm coming to get her. Can you distract T'challa?" Steve asked as he drifted down to the building.

"Yeah, be fast though. I'm just gonna start running and hope he follows." Clint said.