Hill crawled up from the ground with blurred vision, watching the Avengers get sent flying one after another by the female warrior surrounded by light. She shook her head. Her internal organs ached dully, and her head felt as though it were constantly vibrating from the impact, leaving her with a mild concussion.
Although she was, like Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff, a top-tier agent with a body at the limits of human capability, she did not have the Sensor Suit Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff wore to lessen the impact. However, she had not been as close to the point of impact either. Thus, though she had been blasted away and suffered some injuries, her vision rapidly began to clear after a brief recovery.
"Deputy Director!! Deputy Director!!!!"
The chaotic, panicked cries in her earpiece gradually brought her back to her senses. The blurry surroundings and the jumbled sounds, as though separated by a layer of film, slowly became clear.
Through her hazy vision, she saw the Avengers scattered by the sudden attack.
Hulk was sent flying into the wall of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s new Triskelion building, smashing out a crater ten meters across. The building's glass shattered from the impact and poured down from the sky like glowing raindrops.
Tony Stark was blasted into the sky by a pillar of light, so far away that he looked like nothing more than a sesame seed.
T'Challa was knocked flying through the plaza wall and fell into the lake outside S.H.I.E.L.D.'s island.
Steve Rogers was struck in the chest and abdomen by his own shield, doubling over like a shrimp as he slammed into a corner of the plaza wall. Stars burst before his eyes, and his entire face had turned bright red.
Clint Barton shielded Natasha Romanoff, but the two of