Next Avengers: LEGACY

STEVE-Falling

"I bet you'd pass a lie detector test
With a heart of yours
Oh so cold
Colorful alibis will coat your mass
Hide those eyes of yours..."
(I felt that this chapter required some song lyrics-maybe not exactly relevant...but I thought they fit Natalia)

I grip my son tightly as we embrace. This is probably the last time I will ever hold you...I want you to remember it... Out of the corner of my eyes I watch Natalia pull something metallic from the top of her dress. What is she doing...is that a..a syringe? It all happens so fast that I cannot do anything. She quickly adjusts the syringe so she is positioned to strike. Natalia! What are you doing? "Wait!" I yell, but it is too late. She has already stuck James with the needle and has pulled it away from him. He must have felt the small prick because he rubs the small wound. His grasp around me starts to weaken. Oh Natalia...I know I married you along with the Black Widow, but I never could have guessed you would wind up doing this... I start to support him. "What...is..happening..?" he asks as his eyes start to droop. She pushes the hair out of his eyes and kisses his forehead. "I'm so sorry...I couldn't have you trying to follow us...I love you too much." she says. I'll deal with her later...James! Please stay conscious!!! He starts to fall and I catch him and hold him up. His head nods back and he looks up into my eyes. "Dad...beat him...I'm with you till the end of the line...." He manages to say before his lips droop. "I love you son...and I'm with you...I'm always with you....I will always be with you...till the end of the line." I say as he falls into forced slumber. I lean down and kiss the top of his head. Goodbye son..... I scoop him up and lay him on the couch. Nat comes and lays a pillow underneath his head to support it. She slips the gauntlet off his arm and lays it back in the box. I stand staring at her. How can she just go on as if she didn't just put her own son to sleep like an animal? I grab her arm and pull her around to wear she is forced to look at me. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" I practically yell into her face. She doesn't physically respond or flinch. She looks me with her beautiful green eyes tainted red by the tears and says "I did what had to be done Steve...you know James, he is just like you...he would have followed us and gotten himself killed...What was your plan? Ask him to stay behind?" she retorts. He would have followed us...I could never have persuaded him to stay...she is right... Before I can respond she speaks again. "I did what you couldn't Steve...our responsibility isn't just to him, its to the whole world...he will understand...he will understand to much..." she mutters sadly. Though she hides her emotions I cannot imagine how hard it was for her to do that.... I don't speak. Instead I pull her into a hug. She relaxes and enjoys a brief moment of peace. She breaks away and mumbles something under her breath "Avengers Assemble."

That was also emotional..whew I'm glad that is over (:
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