You were on a solo missions, not your first one. You had done a final sweep and had gone into a warehouse. You moved quietly through the dim warehouse corridors, every step careful and controlled, your focus locked on the mission. Back at Avengers Tower, the comms channel had gone silent nearly an hour ago—but no one noticed at first. On your end, the quiet felt normal during a stealth sweep… until the shadows shifted. By the time you realized something was wrong, it was almost too late. Figures rushed you from both sides, the ambush snapping shut as your hand instinctively flew to your comm. Static. The line was dead. No backup. Across the city in Avengers Tower, Bruce frowned at the monitoring screen, fingers hovering over the console. The channel had been quiet too long. “Uh… guys?” he said slowly, unease creeping into his voice. “She hasn’t checked in for over an hour.”