Steve and his team were on a Quinjet. His team looked exhausted and tired. He and Bucky together had just rescued his team from the underwater Raft that Tony had built for Ross. They all looked a little worse for wear. Ross had not been kind to any of them, especially Wanda. Thinking about the state in which he found her, Steve was filled with anger.

How could Tony had let this happen? Wanda was just a kid, too powerful but she was trying to learn. He felt a bubble of anger rise as he thought about the torture his team had gone through. This was done by people they had considered to be their friends. Steve could not believe that Tony was capable of such ruthlessness.

Steve glanced at Clint. The archer was looking outside lost in thought. Clint had a calm expression on his face but Steve knew on the inside he was boiling with anger. He had seen the look on Clint's face when the archer had seen Wanda's condition. It was cold detachment. His expression had even scared Steve.

He knew Clint and Wanda had grown close, especially since Pietro's death. Wanda had opened up to Clint who had understood her very well. It had made him think. Steve had always felt that Clint was always holding something back, that he was not using his full potential. Steve knew the archer had gone easy on Natasha during the Airport Battle in Leipzig. It was as Wanda said, he was pulling his punches.

He wondered what Clint was hiding?

He suddenly missed Maria. Her calm rationale had always helped him in the past. He felt guilty for kissing Sharon when he had feeling for another woman. He had decided to apologise to Sharon later and to tell her the truth.

Steve closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep to the sound of the plane.

The will reach Wakanda soon.

Clint watched as Steve fell asleep. He knew that Steve suspected he was hiding something. He was right though. Clint was hiding something. He looked at Wanda. She looked tired and exhausted and also sleep deprived. He knew she would have nightmares of this for a long time.

He couldn't believe Tony had let this happen to her. Clint had never been more furious in his life. A child treated this way. Wanda was just trying to understand her powers and was scared of them herself.

Clint understood that better than anyone else.

Because he himself had powers. He was a mutant who had telekinesis and invisibility. He had discovered his powers when he was five years old. And when he was 10 he noticed that his aging had slowed down due to constant use of those powers.

Clint was 44 years old but looked around a decade younger.

His mother had been a mutant. She had been an empath with the ability to sense and influence others emotions.

Many people do no know but before being recruited by SHIELD, Clint had spent some time with Professor Xavier. He had helped Clint in controlling his powers.

He had never told anyone about his powers. He let everyone assume he was just another normal person.

But seeing what Wanda went through, he was determined to help her.

And he will.

He looked outside and thought where Natasha was. Steve had told them she had let them go. Clint knew she was under the radar. Hopefully she would come find them.

He had missed her.