Not My Circus

Chapter 1

Amy's P.O.V

I stared at the circus posters littering the wall in the Ringmaster's make shift office, waiting to speak to him about my last latest heist. I looked at all the old posters that held a place on Tiboldt's wall- all his best circus performers. I was on one of the faded posters near the middle with one of my best friends, The Great Trickshot and Phantom printed in large purple letters across the top. I looked closer at the poster, noticing that Trickshot's eyes had been scratched out and that there were small hole marks littering his face- clearly made from darts. Ringmaster was obviously still upset about Trickshot's betrayal from all those years ago.

I was suddenly dragged from thoughts of my once best friend when Tiboldt's door was swung open with a loud bad. I looked up to see Maynard Tiboldt more commonly known as the Ringmaster, storm in with a sour look on his weathered face.

He looked at me, startled for a second, as if forgetting I asked to speak to him. Tiboldt smiled brightly at me as he walked around to sit at his small, cluttered desk.

" You wanted to see me?" he asked, politely but obviously concerned about something.

"Yeah, it was about my last heist..." I trailed off trying to see how much he already knew.

"Ah yes, perfect as always" He stated, clapping his hands together in joy. "You brought us in quite a bit of money and jewellery from that last job" He looked at my face closely "So what's the problem?"

I wrung my hands together nervously, looking back at that damned poster. "It's about him..." I nodded to the poster behind him. "When Barney and I were clearing out the place I noticed a newspaper with his face all over it."

"What's our little marksman done now?" He smirked, a look of delight clearly etched around his clear eyes.

"It's not what he's done" I stated "It's who he's with."

Clint's P.O.V

I stood on the bridge of the Helicarrier with my fellow Avengers, watching the security footage of an up-market jewellery shop. I watched as I saw two figures move expertly around the store, indicating that this was not their first heist job. I was taken from my analysis of the scene before me when a voice sounds from across the room.

"So, tell us again Nick what this is all about?" Tony Stark stated, looking between the security footage and the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Because from what I'm told we stop wars and alien invasions, not petty criminals"

"This isn't about the theft itself, Mr. Stark. It's the organisation these two work for" he stated, plainly, pointing at the screen.

I glanced at the now paused security tape, praying I was wrong about who the two people on the screen were. Praying to anyone who would listen to me that this just wasn't happening and that part of my life would stay behind me.

"Well, what's the organisations name?" Asked the one and only Captain America, Steve Rogers.

Fury directed his one-eyed gaze toward me before continuing "They call themselves the Circus Ofof Crime. Very hard to catch which is what is so surprising about this" He said again pointing at the footage of the two masked thieves.

"So, if they're so hard to catch, how did this surface?" Asked Dr. Bruce Banner, while he twirled his glasses around in his hands, cleaning the lens with the corner of his sleeve..

"Well, looking at this footage, we believe that one of the thieves alerted the police by triggering the silent alarm." Fury said pointing back at the screen.

"Why would they want to do that, thenand then go back to this circus" Stark said more as a general statement, than an actual question.

"That's the part we need all you for" Fury stated, in a final manner.

Amy's P.O.V

"Well...? Who is he running with now?" Tiboldt asked me. The joy that was in the depth of his eyes spreading to his whole entire face, thinking that he had gotten in with another crew.

"S.H.I.E.L.D."

Tiboldt burst into fits of uncontrollable laughter. He looked me straight in the eyes, clearly trying to find out if I was lying. When I showed no signs of trying to trick him, his face sobered in a matter of seconds.

"Wha... you have got to be kidding me" He stated firmly.

I never said anything,anything; all I did was lean forward and produce the newspaper I had grabbed when we were robbing the store.

He picked up the paper, simply staring in shock at the information I had just given him. I could see his eyes roam over the words I had read so many times:

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.