Not A Hero (MCU x Reader x Dark Knight Trilogy)

21. Leipzig-Halle

(Y/N) fired his grapple and pulled Pietro to the ground, knocking the wind out of him, then walked over to where he was lying, and dropped to one knee.

"You know what was in those? Heavily concentrated samples of Fluorine and Hydrogen. You see, I've studied your abilities, and the stone in Vision's head that gave them to you. It was the radiation from that stone that gave you your abilities, all I had to do was remove that radiation from your blood. Fluorine for the beta particles, Hydrogen for the alpha particles." He stood up. "Don't worry, it's not enough to be permanent."

Pietro got up as well, then beckoned for a hand-to-hand fight against (Y/N), who promptly threw down a smoke bomb and reappeared behind Pietro, then elbowed him in the face, knocking him out.

(Y/N) knew the effects would wear off within a minute, so he left Pietro and ran back to the main fight, where Steve and his team were trying to make their way to the quinjet at the opposite end of the airport.

Vision used the stone in his forehead to fire a beam of energy at the ground and descended from above. "Captain Rogers, I know you believe what you are doing is right, but for the collective good you must surrender now."

(Y/N) and the rest of Tony's team appeared to back him up.

On one side stood Tony, (Y/N), Natasha, Rhodey, Vision, T'Challa, and Peter.

On the other stood Steve, Pietro, Clint, Sam, Wanda, Bucky, and someone new (Y/N) hadn't met before.

"This isn't gonna end well," Natasha said as the two groups began to stride towards each other.

"They're not stopping," Peter pointed out.

"Neither are we," Tony said as both sides broke into a sprint.

(Y/N) eventually came to the new person wearing a silver helmet, and the two of them traded blows.

"I'm Scott," the man introduced himself. "Sorry, it's just that my daughter is obsessed with Batman-"

(Y/N) didn't break his stoic look. "Cute." He punched Scott in the gut, and the man grabbed (Y/N)'s wrist and suddenly disappeared.

(Y/N) looked around to see where he had gone, but then felt as his cloak suddenly expanded, knocking him off balance.

"Oh man, that was super cool," Scott said from somewhere inside (Y/N)'s suit.

(Y/N) fell to the ground. "Damn you Tony," he muttered as a shrunken Scott emerged from his suit and began to rush away.

As (Y/N) fiddled with his new suit, trying to get his wings to turn back into a cloak, he watched as Scott transformed into a giant and grabbed Rhodey by the leg while the other members of Tony's team tried desperately to take him down.

He then saw Steve and Bucky rushing for the quinjet.

(Y/N)'s wings finally transformed back into a cloak and he grappled onto a plane between him and the quinjet hangar, then swung in front of the jet, where Natasha was already waiting for Steve and Bucky to arrive.

"Took you long enough," Natasha said when (Y/N) landed. "Listen, about what happened after we caught the Joker-"

"Now's not the best time."

"Right. Sorry."

They watched as Steve and Bucky rushed to get inside the hangar, dodging a falling control tower and coming inside.

Natasha already had her stun ready for them. "You're not gonna stop."

"You know I can't," Steve said.

"I'm gonna regret this." She stunned T'Challa, then roundhouse-kicked (Y/N) in the head, knocking him down. "Go."

When (Y/N) recovered from the attack, Steve and Bucky were already in the jet and Natasha was engaging T'Challa.

"I said I'd help you find him, not catch him," Natasha said. "There's a difference."

As T'Challa retreated - probably to pursue Bucky in his own jet - (Y/N) walked over to Natasha and removed his cowl.

"You stayed down on purpose," Natasha surmised. "You could have recovered from that a lot faster than you did."

(Y/N) nodded. "You did the right thing, letting them go."

"Why'd you side with Tony, anyways? You didn't sign the Accords."

"He doesn't know that yet. I was playing both sides so I could get back to Gotham one way or another."

"Pietro's not gonna forgive you for what you did to him."

"And I don't expect him to. But it doesn't matter, those chemicals were a ploy, he'll figure that out soon enough. I'm hanging up the cowl until this whole Accords thing blows over."

Natasha nodded. "Is now... a good time to talk about the night Dent died?"

"I'm responsible for his death, if that's what you're asking, I'm never gonna forgive myself for that. I broke my one rule."

The two of them were standing only a foot from each other now.

(Y/N) reached up and tucked some of her hair behind one ear. "And, on another note..."

He kissed her.

"Thank you for believing in me," (Y/N) said, "Even when no one else did. Even when I wasn't the hero everyone thought I was."

Natasha smiled. "Even when you're not a hero, I love you."

"I love you, too."

(Y/N)'s eyes darted up as he heard footsteps coming from the hangar entrance.

"I have to go before they see me," (Y/N) said. "I'm sorry. Call me when you get the chance?"

Natasha nodded. "I will."

(Y/N) slipped his cowl back on and grappled away.

—-

Back at (L/N) Manor, (Y/N) arrived and was greeted by Alfred.

"Sir, I take it you won't be having too many German vacations for a while?"

(Y/N) smiled. "I won't. Unless, of course..."

"Pardon, sir?" Alfred's eyes suddenly widened. "You and Miss Romanoff!"

"How did you know?" (Y/N) laughed

"Oh, I always know, sir."