Clint's POV

I watched as Scarrlet's shackles were unlocked. She seemed different, terribly different. The others Thor, Tony, and Bruce moved towards us but Scarrlet didn't. The man with the strange helmet entered from a side door. Tony's fingers latched in my hair jerking my head painfully but I kept my eye on Scarrlet. She was staring me down a certain hunger to her eyes, almost as if she wanted to hurt me.

"Wanda, remain where you are, I'll need you in a moment." The man spoke to her. Head tilted to the side she nodded before standing at attention.

"What did you do to her?" I screamed angrily. "When I get out of here, whatever you did to her, I will do to you ten fold!"

"You know you're the third person to say something like that to me. You all should really come up with better threats." With a shake of the head he turned his back to me. Walking over to the large tank that waited empty he typed quickly into the key board.

"Tony. If you can hear me you have to snap out of this. Remember who you are. You are Tony Stark, the man in the Iron Man Suit!" His grip tightened in my hair causing me to wince. Whatever these monsters had done it was effective.

"Bring her in!" The man boomed stepping back as two men in lab coats dragged a limp body between them. Even from where I was I could tell it was Natasha. No! Not you too! I can't lose you too! Her leg was bleeding from a large wound. The hole was creating a trail of blood on the ground. The man in the helmet grasped a mask with a long tube connected to it before placing it over her mouth and nose. It hissed before latching on and there was the faint sound of her breathing. Good, she was alive. They then proceeded to stick wires in her arms and legs, small tubes were slipped into a few major veins. With that taken care of they wheeled over a set of scaffolding stairs. The scientists dragged her body up the steps before prying open a latch on the top. Without a second thought they tossed her in. She dropped five feet with a thud her head making a sickening thwack.

"We're ready for the transfusion sir." One of the lab coated men noted. They then took up positions at the different stations. The sound of clicking, whirring, and thrumming swirled together. Lights blinked and soon the tank began to fill. It was a greenish color and it poured in steadily before rushing in all at once. In moments Natasha's unconscious form was floating in the liquid. She seemed to be suspended in air. Her eyes didn't open and her chest barely moved. In other words she looked like death.

"So glad all of you could make it! The grand finale is upon us!" The man called eagerly.

"You're sick!" Hope hissed. He shrugged at her comment returning to his speech.

"You may be wondering what's going to happen. Well I'll gladly tell you. Each of you plays an important role in her rebirth." He gestured to Natasha's floating body. He then turned to Scarrlet who still had her eyes glued to me. He smiled before turning back to us. "See, your former friend here, Wanda Maximoff was very important to Natasha weren't you dear?"

Scar didn't answer only stared at him. He laughed to himself for a while before regaining his composure. "Don't worry she's just shy."

"Whoever you are, you will answer to your crimes! Director Fury has others like us, he will stop at nothing to get us back and when he does I will personally hunt you down!" Steve bellowed. I was surprised to hear him speak considering he was the worst for wear. This only encouraged the man's laughter.

"See while Wanda was with us, we stole some of her power. In small quantities of course over a period of time we aren't that rude. Then we gave it to you. It was easy really, to break her. You do a little water boarding, throw in some electrotherapy. You get the idea. Once she was ours we knew it wasn't impossible to get to the rest of you. As you can see I was right. But that wasn't all of it. While you Mr. America writhed in agony at your visions I was able to extract some of your blood. With it I had my scientists work on extracting your adrenaline. As for you Mr. Barton I was able to figure out how to heighten the senses. As for Bruce I took a small bit of his muscle sinews. In it I found bits and pieces of his rage monster." He sighed pretending to be out of breath. "Anyways I'll fast forward over the details you must be getting bored."

"Sir we're prepped and ready." One of the scientist informed. The helmeted villain clapped his hands in delight.

"Excellent. Once I push this button your precious friend will be put to the test. We will infuse Captain America's adrenaline into her blood stream, causing bursts of energy, and agility. With help from Barton her senses will spike being able to pick up on even the slightest of details. Bruce will give her incredible strength! It will all mix together in a wonderful concoction. A true revolution to science." He ran a finger over the button longingly.

"What do you want with this little mixture of yours? You've already made her into a weapon!" I yelled.

"Easy. If this works on her, it works on you, it works on me, and it can work on others. See Barton you are only a small part of the plan but I'll tell you about the rest later. Now who should get to press the button?" He waved his finger around in thought before pointing at Tony. "You, come here!"

Tony released me and moved towards the man. "Press that button when I say! Wanda, take hold of Barton."

Both of them moved without any hesitation. They were under his control plain and simple. Scarrlet's fingers nested in my hair. My gut twisted in pain for her. Electrotherapy? Water boarding? What kind of monsters did that? The man did one last check of all the systems before giving Tony the okay. Tony's hand smashed the button down and the entire machine came alive. The tubes in her arms filled with fluid. A strange clear color, a green tinted one, and a greyish color. The sounds sped up as the fluid reached Natasha. Her eyes snapped open, her gaze wild and frenzied.

She arched her back in pain and though I couldn't hear it I knew she was screaming. A flash of electricity shot through the water causing her form to twitch. Body convulsing and veins bulging she pleaded with her eyes. I struggled to get free I wanted to help her but I couldn't. She managed to angle her body towards the glass. Her fists pounded on it but nothing happened. Her face was red in pain and she shook with effort to move. The entire process stopped for a moment.

"What are her vitals? I want her alive!" The man ordered. The scientists scrambled about.

"There is stress on her heart sir." One of them ordered a thick Russian accent was his voice.

"How bad is it?"

"She can endure another round for at least a few seconds more." He encouraged.

"No, give another full shot. I want this to work! She's tough and she won't give in to death easily." There was mumbling amongst the scientists. Again the machines came to life and Natasha became animated in pain. It was worse this time, there were moments when she blacked out, she would stop thrashing. Each time my heart seemed to stop. I tore my eyes away and saw Hope's dilated eyes shining in shock. Steve was struggling against his bonds but they wouldn't budge no matter how hard he tried. I noticed his were of a different metal than mine. That's when it hit me, vibranium. I turned my attention back to the tank. Nat was still next to the glass the desperate look in her eyes heartbreaking. She brought her arm back and pushed it through the water with all of her might. This time the glass grew spider webbed cracks.

The man urged the scientists on as she struggled to ready another hit. The machine stopped just as her fist lunged towards the glass. She blacked out going limp as the water drained from the tank.

"Perfect! Now, to see just how well it worked." The man walked over to a separate control panel and pressed a button. Scarrlet stepped back releasing me as my platform lowered back into the ground. Darkness consumed me before small beams of light penetrated it again. A large room opened up around me but a large glass panel separated me from the open space. The others were lowered down in their platforms as well as, Thor, Tony, Bruce, and Scarrlet. We waited in silence for a long time before a separate shute lowered containing a weary looking Natasha Romanoff. She was leaning heavily against the walls of her tube.

"Now to see if it worked!" The man's voice thundered over the intercom. Thor's tube opened and he stepped out muscles flexing in anticipation. Next Natasha's chamber opened. She stumbled out catching herself before she fell. Thor started towards her and her eyes grew with surprise and a flash of fear. In an instant his fist was coming towards her head. She darted out of the way yelping as she put weight on her injured leg. Thor spun quickly thrusting his leg out and catching her in the side. Just like that she furrowed her brow in determination a new wave of energy seeming to wash over her. She lunged at Thor smashing her fist into his gut and sending him stumbling back a few steps. He regained his composure shifting his stance slightly. As the fight wore on Scarrlet's tube opened releasing her. Natasha didn't seem to notice but as Scar came in to hit Natasha with a burst of red energy Nat ducked easily.

Nat spun kicking Thor in the chest. He skidded across the floor before slamming into the glass in front of me. Nat's perception was impeccable as she easily ducked and wove between Scar's attacks. Her fatigue was gone, her strength was similar to Cap's but still considerably less. Her already impeccable agility heightened.

A blast of red energy went over Natasha's head. Flipping into an aerial Nat passed over Scarrlet's head landing lightly behind her. A punch slammed into Scar's shoulder followed by Scar landing an elbow to Natasha's jawline. It was clear by the look in Natasha's eyes she had shut everything out. Feeling threatened she went into self preservation mode but I knew she didn't want to hurt them. Thor charged back into the fray. Nat sprinted leaping and springing off the wall. She landed on Thor's shoulders. Spinning she crashed to the ground with him. Disoriented Thor missed grabbing Natasha by the leg. Scarrlet caught Nat by the collar yanking her back and crushing her against the wall.

"Alright ladies back to your cells!" The man ordered. Thor and Scarrlet moved back to their locations but Natasha did not. She studied me and the others and in a split second she rushed over to Hope the closest one to her. Cocking her hand back she connected her fist with the glass. It spider webbed. She did it again breaking through and creating a fist sized hole. Nat reached out to Hope brushing her arm when the sound of whirring signalled another lowering platform. Stepping back she kicked the glass it broke even more. She kicked and punched again and again desperation painting her features. She crawled through the glass to Hope where she studied Hope's cuffs. Grasping the chain she placed her foot in the cradle and pushed. It was bending slowly when the other tube came into sight. Soldiers were packed in. With another thrust of her foot the chains snapped.

Hope was on her feet in an instant squeezing out of the broken glass panel. Nat rushed towards me. I noticed her arms and legs were bleeding from the glass slicing her skin. Reaching back she did the same for me. The soldiers were looking out now and Hope stood ready to face them. Another kick and my panel caved. Nat crawled in through the hole and grasped my chains.

"How are you doing?" She asked almost nonchalantly as she tugged on my shackles.

"Just peachy." The chains snapped and I rushed out to help Hope. She had taken a few of them down but we were weak from our ordeals. They swarmed over us fists, elbows, knees, all of it a blur of pain. I glanced back over my shoulder to see Nat struggling with Steve's chains. They wouldn't budge and she looked completely broken and desperate. A punch to my gut called my attention back to the fight. Hope was pinned down and re cuffed a bruise forming over her left eye. My knees were kicked out from behind me and I collapsed to the ground. Nat seeing our defeat rushed to help. She pulled the men off of me and I leapt to my feet.

"Go to the tube! Rewire it! You can get up to the main level!" Nat called. I turned on my heel sprinting to the tube. Searching for a control panel I finally found one. Ripping off the cover I worked on the wires. Hope was back on her feet the two girls dealing devastating damage. With nervous hands I worked as quickly as possible my shaking fingers making it nearly impossible. Seconds felt like years before I finally rerouted the system.

"Got it!" I yelled. They backed up towards me barely managing to fend off the wave of angry men. Nat shoved Hope into the tube with me before glancing over her shoulder. "What are you doing?"

"I can't leave yet. Steve's still here and so are the others!" She pleaded with me tears welling in her eyes.

"It's vibranium Nat. You can't break it." I argued. But the look in her eyes told me that she knew. She turned grabbing a soldier's arm and tossed him like a rag doll into the others.

"Get out and find help!" She reached over to the panel pressing the emergency lift button. The platform jerked slowly rising up. I dropped to my knees grabbing her hand.

"I'm sorry." She cried before letting go as we disappeared out of sight. Hope looked shell shocked. Pounding my fist on the floor I yelled as loud as I could. I couldn't do this. I was supposed to protect people but I was losing them. I lost Scarrlet and now Nat.

"What do we do?" Hope inquired both of us knowing the fight of our lives was ahead of us. I set my jaw staring angrily at the bloodied and cracked glass. That was Natasha's blood. "Clint."

I stared into her eyes a determination unlike anything I had experienced before filling me. "We give them hell."