Please feel free to suggest a better title, I really have no good working ideas, but I really wanted to put this up.

Attack

Chapter 1 Confrontation

Clint ran. He was finally free of Loki, free of his control and he was never going back. He had faced Loki in New York with the rest of the Avengers, and they had won, Clint thought that was the end of that. It had been two months since he had heard anything from Loki or any of the other Avengers besides Nat.

Natasha Romanoff, a devoted spy who had been on Shield's radar in a bad way and had been ordered to be killed, but now she was one of the best damn spies they had on the team. She fought the hardest he had seen any agent fight before and she was a kick ass partner, but she was gone on a mission right now and he was left alone in his apartment in New York. He had been told by Fury that he needed to take more time off until they could be sure Loki was fully out of him and Clint hated it, he hated doing nothing. But Nat had always come by and checked on him, always made sure things were going straight with him, and he was glad. She and him had started a secret romance, but neither would say that to the other, that was why it was such a secret.

Clint had been pacing his room, trying to think of something to do when he saw him, Loki. Loki came close to Clint and was trying to tell him what to do, trying to tell him that he still owned Clint. Clint did not like that at all, he was no one's servant, no one's "go fetch" boy and he would certainly not be working for Loki again, in fact he told Loki that much when he showed up in his apartment. Clint frowned, but Loki was playing unfair, he shot a burst of magic at Clint and knocked Clint to his feet, and that was what began their game of cat and mouse.

So now Clint was running, running for his life. He didn't want to work for Loki again, he didn't want to lose all free will, but Loki didn't seem to want to give him a choice. Clint ran until he found himself in Central Park, in a little alcove of trees, and that was where he stopped. There in front of him stood his team, his friends. He sighed with relief, glad to see some friendly faces again. With the Avengers there, they had a chance of defeating Loki and sending him back to Asgard. Clint looked around and cursed, he'd left his arrows at his apartment, he'd have to face Loki hand to hand, but he could do that if only he could get close enough.

"Thank God you guys are here, Loki is back, he's chasing me," Clint said in a rush.

"That's enough Legalos, we don't want to hear your tall tales, we know you still secretly work for him," Stark said with a scowl, already dressed in his Ironman suit.

Clint blinked, "Stark, I'm not making this up! He's right behind me, he's coming this way!"

"Clint, we know you have an obsession with Loki, but it's all in your mind, you are seeing and hearing things. That is normal for a man that has gone through as much as you have, but really, you need to try and stop making up stories," Bruce added, his tone was kind, but his face was serious, uncaring.

"I'm not making this up, you have to believe me! He's right behind me, he wanted me to join him, but I ran, I told him I would never be a part of his group," Clint said desperately, hoping one of his friends would believe him.

"Clint, we all know how close you and Loki were while you were serving him, how do we know we can trust you," Cap asked, shield at the ready.

"You have to be kidding me! Loki is here, he could be planning something horrible for the planet again and you are worried about me! We have to stop him," Clint fired and then turned to Natasha, his one true friend in Shield, the woman he loved.

"Nat, you believe me, right! You know I'm not making this up, you know that I am not seeing things," he asked in desperation.

"Clint, you see Loki in your dreams all the time, you know this is not real, and quite frankly, I am getting tired of your shit. All you ever do anymore is cry about Loki! Grow up and be a fucking man you wimp," Natasha fired with anger.

Clint blinked in surprise, Nat had always been there for him, and she'd never shot him down like this, she'd always given him the benefit of the doubt and at least looked into what he was saying, but now…Before he could dwell on her rejection though, Director Fury stepped in.

"Agent Barton, it is clear that Loki has messed your mind up too much and that you have gone crazy, and I can't have crazy agents. You really never were all that good at following orders for us anyways, guess you prefer Loki's side, and since you can't be trusted, we have to take you down like any other threat!"

Clint blinked, "I'm not a threat! You have to believe me, I just want to take Loki down!"

"Aye, and in doing so you want to accuse my people of being liars and that they are not able to do as they said and hold my brother in his cell," Thor fired with anger.

"Please, you guys are my team mates and friends, you have to believe me! I would never lie to you, I trust you all, and I thought you trusted me," he tried, all but begging now.

Thor held up his hammer, Cap held up his shield, Ironman lowered his mask and fired up his plasma blast in his hand, Natasha pulled out a gun and a…whip, Clint's eyes widened at this, Banner hulked out, and Fury pulled out…Clint's bow and arrows. Clint's eyes widened in fear, Fury must have taken his extra bow and arrows from Shield, but why was this happening, why were they turning on him when he had done nothing to them?