I arrived at the Avengers, since the accident I had been frozen from my mid-back down. When we landed, Steve and Bucky had helped me, until Maria and Clint shoved them out of the way. "Natasha! Maria!" exclaimed Tony, "What happened! Why is Natasha in a wheelchair and why do you have a boot Mark on your face?" Maria looked at Tony, "You'll ask about the boot mark, but you won't ask why I have vampire teeth!" "Actually," Tony said, "I thought you always looked like that." A swift punch from Maria knocked Tony on his butt, I couldn't help but laugh. It hurt. A lot. I laughed a little bit and my ribs screamed no! I held them and I felt Steve's hand on my shoulder. "Nat," he said as he tried to calm me down, "Can I talk to you in private please?" I nodded and everyone else left us alone. "What is it Steve?" I asked. "Nat, I'm so so sorry." He said. I saw tears in his eyes and knew that he was not joking around. "Every woman I have loved as much as I have loved you is dead and I..." Two streams of tears came down his cheeks and on the floor. "Come here Steve," I said, "I don't blame you for anything. This thing with being paralyzed, we are going to get through this. I'm not giving up on you, I never will, this is Dracula's fault, him and Ivan did this to me." Steve looked at me with sad and lost eyes. I know that the last couple of days were really rough on him. "Come here." I said as I embraced his huge frame. "I will never ever leave your side again." "Don't make promises you can't keep" Steve said. He looked at me and smiled. "You're right." I joked, "Note to self," I thought, "don't joke or laugh, it still hurts."