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(A Week Later Capitol Hill)
"Why haven't we heard from Captain Rogers?" one of the committee members asked Nat as she was being questioned due to the events of last week.
"I don't know what he has left to say, the wreckage of the attack now sitting in a secure location speaks for itself." Nat explained talking about the balls of metal that were what was left of the helicarriers.
"He could explain how this committee is expected to maintain its National Security now that hean you have laid waste to our entire intelligence apparatus." The committee member replied.
"HYDRA was selling you lies not intelligence." Nat said pointedly.
"Many of which you seem to have had a personal hand in telling." the member said scathingly.
"Agent, you should know, that there are some of this committee who feel, given your service record, both for this country and against it, that you belong in a penitentiary. Not mouthing off on Capitol Hill." Another committee member added.
"That's not even including the enhanced known as Nexus. The powers he has shown has already been something that has the public uneasy. Not too mention, he had a hand in breaking the law along with Captain Rogers which should land him in jail at the very least." A committee member had said which received murmurs of assent.
Nat knew what they were thinking, but if they hadn't sent Hulk to prison, a semi-mindless monster, they wouldn't even think about sending Nexus as he was both powerful, and would definitely retaliate.
They don't even know the full extent of his powers, and if he was to truly go against the world, they wouldn't be able to stop him.
"You're not going to put me in a prison. You're not going to put any of us in a prison. You know why?" Nat commented before asking.
Please, do enlighten us." the Committee member that said Nat should be in a Penitentiary replied.
"Because you need us. Yes, the world is a vulnerable place, and yes we helped make it that way. But we're also the ones best qualified to defend it. So if you want to arrest me, arrest me. You'll know where to find me." Nat said before she got up, turned around, and walked off, a smirk on her face.
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(Meanwhile in a cemetery with Fury, Steve, Sam, and Seth)
"So you've experienced this before?" Fury asked refering to going to his own gravestone.
"You get used to it." Steve replied.
"We've been data mining HYDRA's files, looks like a lot of rats didn't go down with the ship. I'm headed to Europe tonight, wanted to ask if you'd come." Fury said.
"There's something I gotta do first." Steve said.
"What about you Wilson? I could use a man with your abilities." Fury asked.
"I'm more of a soldier than a spy." Sam replied giving a look towards Steve.
"Alright then." Fury said before giving Sam and Steve a handshake.
"If anybody asks for me, tell em they can find me, right here." Fury said gesturing to his grave.
Fury then looked towards me.
"What about you? I don't know what plans you have next, but we could sure use the help."
"I think you guys will be fine without my help for the time being, besides if I was to help I guarantee It'd only hurt you guys in the future." I replied.
"How so?" Fury asked confusedly.
"If you have to rely on me to fix all your problems, what would you do if I wasn't around?" I asked.
"You have a point. So where you headed?" Fury asked.
"There's a whole universe to explore, I wanna see it with my own eyes. But don't worry, if you really need me, I'll be back." I said as I slowly flew up my words fading as I flew off into the sky.
Nat then came by and just as she finished talking with Steve and was leaving the cemetery, I landed in front of her.
"Hey stranger." Nat said teasingly.
"Hey. So I heard you're going dark?" I asked.
"Got to, all my secrets are out now." Nat replied.
"If you want, you could come with me?" I asked.
"With you? Where are you going?" She asked.
"I wanna see the stars, and was hoping you'd come. I can get a ship from Thor." I replied with a grin.
"Well, I'm technically a fugitive, but I don't know. When will we be back?" Nat asks.
"I don't see it being more than a few months, maybe we'll be back by next year." I replied.
"Why next year?" She asks.
"Well, considering HYDRA's secrets being out, I suspect that they'll be making some trouble soon, but I think they'll take a couple of months to recuperate. So, what do ya say?" I asked.
Nat paused as she was thinking about the offer. She knew that after everything they had just went through, she could use a break and the stress of having to deal with the creation of a new fake identity if she ever needed to go dark again, was a major chore and she could see it getting very tedious so why not see the universe.
It couldn't very that bad as she knew that with Seth there, who could ever hurt her?
"Okay, I don't see why not. We'll call it an extended vacation." Nat said.
I nodded then grabbed Nat in a force field and brought us to an empty grass field that was far out of the city.
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(Nat and Seth During the flight out of the city)
"So why are we headed out of the city, I thought we'd head straight up?" Nat asked.
"Well, I know that we'd need someplace less conspicuous for what I have planned and I don't want to cause damage to any part of the city, least of all the cemetery." I explained.
Nat was confused and it showed on her fave so I clarified.
"If we are hitching a ride from Thor, the transportation would be slightly damaging to the floor." I explained with a smile still being slightly mysterious.
"That's not really an answer." She said with a smirk.
"Just wait and see." I replied as we finally landed in an empty field.
After landing, I made sure to keep Nat close to me as I grabbed her by the waist and pulled her towards me.
"Whoa, what's with the hands there?" Nat said.
"Trust me, you don't want to risk anything with this next thing...." I replied mysteriously as I looked up into the sky.
"Heimdall, we could use some transport!" I shouted
Nat looked at me very strangely and was about to say something when all of the sudden....
*WOOSH*
We were enveloped in the beam of the Bifrost and Nat's eyes sparkled as she watched our surroundings from inside the Bifrost.
"Wow." She mumbled in awe almost too quietly to hear.
When the beam stopped, we finally arrived on Asgard and Nat was looking around and saw a tall armored man pull his sword out of some kind of mechanism.
"Hey Heimdall, thanks for the help, could you tell me where Thor is?" I greeted Hemdall and asked.
"Certainly. And welcome back to Asgard my friend. I see you have brought someone?" Hemdall asked almost teasingly.
"HI, I'm Natasha Romanoff, this place is amazing. I can't believe Thor lives here." Nat said as she looked around the Bifrost gateway room.
"You haven't seen anything yet." I said as we walked out of the room and Nat got her first look at Asgard and her mouth was actually agape.
"Welcome, to the realm eternal, Asgard." Hemdall said as we walked along the rainbow Bridge.
"Thanks for the help Hemdall, I'll take it from here." I said as I picked Nat up in a princess carry and flew into the air, simultaneously sending a telepathic message to Thor.
As we were flying, we suddenly heard the sound of something rushing towards us. We then saw Thor arrive as he stopped his flight and landed on the bridge below us to which we landed in front of him as well.
"My friends, it has been too long, we shall celebrate your vsist to Agard with a feast!" Thor said joyously as he gave me a big hug.
"I appreciate the sentiment, but no, we simply need to request something from the Allfather." I said as I knew we were almost guaranteed an audience as it was not Odin but Loki that we'd be meeting.
Odin most likely would have still given us an audience with him, but might've been furious I brought a random mortal to Asgard unless I explained myself.
"I see, the Allfather has been irritable as of late, but I am sure the savior of Asgard would receive a much more cordial meeting." Thor said as we both took flight to meet with Lodin(Loki/Odin).
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