Northern New York—New Avengers Headquarters.
By now, Helen Cho and Dr. Erik Selvig had both joined them here, while Hill was still in charge of logistics.
Nick Fury found Natasha and said, "A technician flagged this. Could be Banner's Quinjet."
As he spoke, Nick Fury handed Natasha the tablet in his hand so she could take a look.
"But with Stark's stealth tech, we can't track it at all."
Natasha glanced at it and said, somewhat helplessly, "All right."
Nick Fury went on, "He might've bailed out and swum to Fiji. He'll send you a postcard."
With that, Nick Fury turned and left.
Natasha said, "I really wish you were here."
"You were the one who sent me to recruit him back then. Did you know this was going to happen?"
Nick Fury turned and walked back, saying to Natasha, "How could I have known?"
"You can only do what you can, then leave the rest to fate."
"My team's pretty good."
Natasha smiled.
"Nothing lasts forever."
Nick Fury said as he walked, "Trouble always does, Miss Romanoff."
"No matter who wins or loses, trouble's never going away. Are you still planning to run back and forth between Kirigakure and the Avengers?"
Natasha shrugged.
"What can I do? I still haven't learned the Shadow Clone Technique."
Elsewhere.
Steve, Thor, and Tony were talking. Steve said, "Have the rules changed?"
"You're really not taking Charlotte Doyle to inherit Asgard?"
Thor looked a little awkward, then said, "I'll ask about that when I go back this time. Maybe there'll be a clearer answer."
Stark said, "So lifting the hammer counts. What about an elevator?"
"If you put the hammer on an elevator, the hammer gets lifted."
Steve added, "Is the elevator worthy?"
Thor laughed and patted Stark on the shoulder, saying,