Chapter 7

A few minutes later, Agent Fury returns to the room where he had previously left Clint and Natasha.

"I've spoken to everyone; they'll be here in a few days; feel free to stay here while you wait; your rooms are still here; we haven't gotten around to getting rid of them, so they're still here if you want to use them," Fury informed Clint and Natasha.

"I'll stay and wait," Natasha said to Fury.

Natasha looked over at Clint. "It is entirely up to you whether or not you want to stay. You can go home to be with Laura and the kids if you want," Natasha told Clint.

"She'll be all right." Clint assured Natasha, "I'll call her to let you know I'm saying for a few days she'll be able to cope; she always does; she is great like that." Clint told Natasha.

Clint and Natasha go to their rooms a little while afterwards.

Natasha wheeled herself into her room. As she closed the door behind her, she noticed that nothing had changed from when she had left. Just like Fury said, she knew that she hadn't even been dead for a couple of days technically, but she hadn't really been in shield properly for ages before that, so she was still surprised that Her room had been left exactly as she left it. She lifted herself onto the bed and lays down, thinking about what happened and trying to come to terms with everything before falling asleep.

Two days later,

Clint and Natasha make it to the meeting rooms, where they see Thor and Loki already waiting with fury. They can hear what Fury is saying as they approach.

"As you probably remember, I am Director Fury. I am the one that has called you here; this is Agent Hill," Agent Fury said, pointing to his left.

"Two days ago, I called to schedule a meeting. You will be directed to your seats by Agent Hill. We are having this meeting To make sure you're on our side in the event that another Thanos-like situation happens. We're just going to talk about what happened, how it happened, and basically how you came back. You will need to sign some paperwork merely to show that you are on our side, and then you are free to leave, but we need to be sure you don't mean us any harm first." Fury told them.

Thor, Loki, Natasha, and Clint make their way inside the meeting room as Agent Hill escorts them to their seats. Natasha could tell Clint was relieved when he realised that Fury had made sure that Clint would be on the opposite side of the meeting room from Loki, so nowhere near him.

Although there are people already waiting in the room, Natasha only recognises Rocket and Nebula.

As Natasha pushes herself under the table, she sees the door open and sees Tony, Pepper, Vision, and Wanda approaching. She notices how sad and scared Wanda looks, and Natasha hated it. "What could've happened to make her so scared and sad?" Natasha thought to herself.

Agent Hill then stepped forward.

"Agent Fury will be with us shortly." Agent Hill told everyone, "We just want to know how you survived, how you are back, how you are hurt, and that you will be on our side and that you won't betray us or cause any trouble for us, specifically more than one of you." Agent Hill told everyone. Natasha sees her looking at Loki, Gamora, and Nebula one by one.

"Some familiar faces and some new ones Here at Shield, all new faces will be given a fresh start. Don't waste it. You won't get another opportunity. You're extremely lucky to get any chances since director Fury is incredibly picky about his clean slates. You will be watched and supervised to make sure you are keeping your promises. We won't talk to you much unless we need your assistance," Agent Hill told everyone.

Agent Fury then entered the room.

"Thank you, Agent Hill, for your help. You may sit down now," he told her.

Agent Hill went and took a seat next to Natasha and Clint.

"Okay, so the first thing I'd like to do is question how everyone is still alive. I want you to tell me how you managed to survive as we go through each of you individually. I'll ask each of you individually to see if you all have the same story and if there are any holes in it, so that way we'll know if you're lying and making something up." Fury told everyone, "We know that at least one of you has a past with it," Fury said as he turned to face Loki.

Natasha noticed Loki rolling his eyes at fury.

"Gamora will be our first stop. I apologise if I have your name wrong; you're a new face here. I'll remember your name and face as time goes on," Fury told Gamora.

"That's how you say it; it's fine. When I opened my eyes, a man stood in front of me. He approached me and said that I may return to life for a second chance at life, but I had to have a consequence of what happened to me: an injury, a reminder of

what happened. He gave me two options to choose from: I could choose to return, or I could cross over to the afterlife. I picked an option, and he then put some spell on me, and then I awoke, and I was with the guardians," Gamora told Fury.

"All right up. The next is Natasha Romanoff, also known as Agent Romanoff, who has been a top Shield agent and Avenger for the past 15 years. Is your story the same?" Fury questioned.

"Yes, they are similar. I was given two options to pick from, or I could cross over to the afterlife. I made a decision, and I awoke on Clint's Farm." Natasha told Fury.

"Ok, thank you. Next is Loki of Asgard. I would say it's great to see you again, but it's not; So is your story the same, or is it different?" Fury questioned.

"Yes it's the same; I was given options; I picked one, and I woke up in New Asgard." Fury was informed by Loki.

"The next up is stark. Does your story match everyone else's?" Fury asked.

"Pretty much, but I woke up in the hospital; otherwise, There's pretty much no difference; I was presented with two options. , chose one, and awoke. Also, they all returned because of Steve,

which is the only thing they failed to mention. When Steve put the stones back, he unintentionally reversed all of the deaths caused by the use of the stones, including the sacrifices made for a stone like Natasha. As a result, we all had a chance to come back." Tony told Fury.

"All right, it makes sense. The vision is up next. Do you wish to go by a different name, or is it just the vision?" Fury asked.

"Vision is fine, and everything is exactly the same except the person who spoke to me was a woman. I was approached by a young woman, and she said the same as what everyone else was told," Vision told Fury.

"All right, fair enough, so all of you were spoken to by a male or, in the case of Vision, a woman, and you were given options of injury or afterlife." Fury said, "I'm not interested in personal details about your injuries or anything like that; that's private; I

don't need to know that, but what I do need to know is if your abilities and your powers might be affected by your new injury, just so I know how strong and powerful you are in case you do

go against us; we need to know so we can be prepared just in case." Fury told everyone.

Natasha saw Fury look at Gamora, and she took that as permission to speak.

"I don't have any powers, as you call them, but I do have abilities. My superhuman strength and durability will be unaffected by my recent injuries. I will learn how to fight and adapt,"Gamora said

to Fury.

"I've heard great things about you and your combat abilities; After a trial, of course, you could be extremely helpful to Shield. I've heard about you and your team and how all of you make a

good team, so we would consider giving you all of your trials if you wanted to." Agent Fury said before turning to face Natasha.

"I know What your answer probably is, but I have to ask it's protocol," Fury told Natasha.

"I know, I understand, but my abilities aren't at all affected by my injuries; I'll recover and adapt, and I'll become the fighter I was before," Natasha told Fury not wanting to make it obvious or clear to anyone that she had been thinking about how she might not be able to become the fighter she was before and how her abilities might be affected by her new injury.

"The next person is Loki of Asgard," Fury said.

"You know you don't have to call me that," Loki said. Natasha could tell he was starting to get annoyed with fury.

"All right, then, what, Loki Laufeyson?" "Isn't that what it really is?" Fury asked

"It's just Loki, nothing else," Loki told Fury.

"All right, just Loki. Will your injury have any effect on your powers and abilities?" Fury asked.

"No, same as everyone else, I will recover, and I will still have the same abilities and my other powers will not be affected," Loki told Fury.

"Okay, I've heard enough from you. Next is stark," Fury says.

"Nothing could affect this billionaire philanthropist and playboy," Tony told Agent Fury.

Which made Natasha roll her eyes.

"All right, vision, how about you?" Fury asked.

"I don't have powers, as you call them, but no, my injury will not affect me as a fighter; I'll still be able to fight pretty much as I did before. And I will be on your side as long as you don't go against

Wanda. My top priority is her. I'll lend a hand and help you save people. But I won't be on your side, and I won't assist you if you go against her or harm her in any manner. We have a deal that as

long as you don't harm her in any manner, I will continue to stand by your side," Vision told Fury.

"Good. We need to have as many people on our team as possible, and we need to know who to trust and who not to trust," Fury told everyone. "We will be watching everyone for roughly 5 to 6 weeks as a trial to simply make sure you don't

break the contract you're about to sign, as agent Hill has informed you Even the ones we can trust here have to do it; it's protocol. after the trial The ones that have been with us before

you'll be as you were before all of this happened; it's just to make sure you haven't changed when you came back to life. Agent Coulson will arrive with the documents in a moment. If you can't

sign it for whatever reason, someone else can sign it for you; as long as that's agreed upon by you, then that's fine," Fury told everyone.

A short while later, Agent Coulson entered the room with a bundle of paperwork.