Title – Something Real They Took From Me
Author – Moonbeam
Summary – Steve finds a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base that he believes is now a HYDRA stronghold. The Avengers storm the place but instead of HYDRA they find a man who should be dead and the reincarnation of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Clint, especially finds this very hard to understand. With a side of FitzMack because of the awesomeness of them.
Rating – Teen
Disclaimer – I don't own anything.
Author's Notes – Been going through the MCU in preparation for CACW which I'm seeing tomorrow. This is almost completely finished. Just two more chapters at the end but I wanted to at least start posting before I saw the movie.
This is canon-compliant for Age of Ultron except there was no wife or kids at the farm, and up to the season two finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. except for the last moment when Simmons gets sucked through the portal.
It's really mostly a ClintCoulson fic but I couldn't resist FitzMack because I loves them…loves them SO HARD!

Something Real They Took From Me
by Moonbeam

Steve Rogers asked FRIDAY to bring up the information he had been collecting with the help of the A.I. system. He was learning to use technology and computers but having FRIDAY help him in the hunt for HYDRA and, more privately, Bucky, felt more like being back hunting down HYDRA in the war with the Howling Commandos. Just with a disembodied voice instead of his team. He was endlessly thankful that he had woken up in a time when he could take advantage of Stark's technology. If he had had to navigate technology under his own hands it would have taken him even longer to learn – and FRIDAY taught him how to use the laptop he'd bought with almost no judgement just the hint of snark that Steve had to admit he found comforting. He turned to face the team: Clint, Natasha, Sam, Vision, and Wanda. He knew Tony would have a screen up in his workroom as well. Rhodey was on assignment with the Army but this didn't need the War Machine.

"I've found another HYDRA base, used to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. site," Steve said. FRIDAY was displaying the information he'd been compiling. "I came across it looking for something else but when FRIDAY accessed Hill's records there is no evidence that this site remained in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s control. There are significant movements around the base. With Strucker's death there was one less head for HYDRA to follow but that never seemed to last for long."

"Where?" Natasha asked.

Steve started breaking down all of the information he had on the base; location and possible entry points. They didn't need the whole team – hunting down the remaining parts of HYDRA was Steve's way of keeping busy…and a way of coping with his frustrations over the hunt for Bucky.

"This seems like something we could hand to the One-Eyed Zombie," Tony's voice floated out through the intercom.

"I could," Steve said. "But, practical experience is good for the team."

"Who are you taking?" Clint asked.

"Anyone who wants to come."

"I'm in," Natasha said, shifting in her seat to look at Clint.

"Me too," Clint said, nodding at Natasha.

"I shall go with you," Vision told him.

"I have a mission with Maria in a few days and need to prepare," Wanda said. "Next time."

"Then I suppose I'd better come," Tony said. "When are we going?"

"Tomorrow, wheels up at 1800 – if my intel is correct, the workers live on base, but at that time they should be in recreational time and the security will be more concentrated to those areas," Steve said. "We will land here," FRIDAY put up the map. "Natasha and Clint will go in first using the duct system – which seems to be quite generous. Once they have infiltrated, the rest of us will come in – this wall appears to be the weakest entry point, if you can get us through, Tony?"

"I can," Tony said, obviously offended by Steve's comment.

"Then we will go in as soon as Clint and Natasha have established entry."

The next day, at 1800 they boarded a quinjet headed to the base that Steve had found. Clint and Natasha slipped off as soon as they landed, headed for the ventilation entry point, while the rest of the team moved into position.

"Why can't I just blow the wall straight away?" Tony asked, bouncing a stress ball in his hand – the suit standing at attention behind him.

"Because if there the people inside of the base are non-threatening there is no need and Fury can take it over. If we're wrong and someone other than HYDRA is in there we need to know before we blow a hole in the wall. Clint and Natasha are our first set of eyes. That is why you can't blow the wall."

Tony huffed. "You really are a think first kind of guy."

"That's not a bad thing." Steve pointed out.

"But that is the exact opposite of Tony Stark's psychological impulse in this situation," Vision pointed out.

"This is definitely a military level base," Natasha said through the comms.

"I've found the corridor coming off the entry point," Clint said. "I'm going in."

"You have a go," Steve said.

They listened while Clint swung down into the corridor and waited.

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