"Boom!!!"
A massive palm print turned an entire stretch of road into a basin. The underground water pipes burst like fountains, glittering beautifully amid the flames and explosions.
Black Widow nimbly slipped through the gaps between the enemy's fingers, even stepping on the back of its hand for leverage. She left behind a crater seventy or eighty meters wide, rolled upon landing to dissipate the force, then turned and fired several shots at its face.
Aquironkagua howled in pain and stomped hard. The ground beneath Black Widow's feet trembled like a sponge, launching her into the glass windows of a nearby ruined building.
That had once been a Wilson's Chain coffee shop. Its black-and-yellow lightbox crashed to the ground and shattered.
There was no further movement. Black Widow vanished into the darkness, perhaps unconscious.
"Nat!"
Seeing this, Hawkeye leaped out from behind cover. He wanted to rush over and save Black Widow. She was his good friend, and after he had joined S.H.I.E.L.D., she was the one he had been closest to.
Their bond was like the one between Coulson and Little Baldy.
But just as he was about to charge out, Kate grabbed him. The girl shook her head, indicating that this was unwise.
"Don't get worked up, old man. We can't go over like this. We need to circle around through another street and make sure the enemy doesn't see us."
Hawkeye found that reasonable. After exchanging a glance with Steve and receiving the captain's approval, he hunched over and left the battlefield with his bow and quiver, which only had three arrows left. His female apprentice immediately followed.
Though the female Hawkeye wanted to fight alongside the captain and the others, the Avengers were her idols as a teenager. Still, her mentor always gave her cause for