I was in the gym, trying to clear my head. Hawkeye was missing, the Tesseract gone and Loki was responsible. We couldn't find them anywhere. Director Fury was there when Loki took over Barton's mind, I should have been there, but Fury ordered me to help with the evac. Instead of being out there looking for Barton and Loki, I was stuck in HQ doing nothing but waiting. So I decided to run, try to figure everything out. How did Loki take Barton, he was one of the strongest agents, both physically and mentally, that I knew. Where did he take the Tesseract? What was he planning? But most importantly, how do we stop him once we find him.
I was about to leave when Natasha Romanoff walked in. We didn't have the best relationship, what do you expect when you are related to the Black Widow? I wouldn't say I walked in her shadow too much, but I did have to put everything I had into my work, just to prove I was good at what I do, and that I deserved to be at S.H.I.L.D.. It didn't help that she was jealous of the relationship I had with Hawkeye. Despite what she thinks, we are just friends; he is like a brother to me, even if I did want something romantic with him, it wouldn't matter, he was head over heels in love with her, he just wouldn't tell her, 'protocol' and what not.
"What do you want Romanoff?" My words came out cold, colder than I intended, not that I care. Whilst h=she was off god knows where on some mission half way around the world, Barton was in trouble, and we needed her.
"You do not get to blame me, I wasn't here, even if I was, there would be nothing I could have done to change the outcome of the situation." She said, equally as cold, with a trace of hurt, a rare show of emotions. Without the control she had over her emotions, she would be dead, which meant I most likely would be too.
"Agents Romanoff and Ara, Director Fury requests you meet him on the bridge as soon as possible." Came crackling through my com before I had time to reply to Natasha. Grabbing my gym bag, I ran back to my room to change into my uniform and put my gym bag back in my room. After I changed, I ran up to the bridge, and came to a complete stand still. Right there in front of me was the Captain Steve Rodgers, Tony Stark, world renound jack ass, and a man I've never seen before.
"Director Fury, I was told you needed me?" I said, still slightly breathless.
"Agent Ara, this is Doctor Bruce Banner, the others I'm sure you know."
"Dr Banner, a pleasure to meet you, I'm Agent Ava Ara." I almost stumbled over my own name. Again.
"Agent, bit of a mouthful there." He joked as we shook hands. I turned and offered my hand to Captain Rodgers.
"Capt.-"
"Please, just call me Steve. He said with a smile. I nodded my head and turned to Tony Stark.
"Mr Stark, it's nice to meet you." I said politely, just because he was a general ass, doesn't mean I can't be civil.
"Pleasures all mine, sunshine." He said with a grin. If there was one thing I knew, arguing with Tony Stark over a name, was absolutely pointless.
Director Fury gestured for us to take our seats. Stark patted a seat next to him; so instead, I sat between Steve and Dr Banner, shooting Tony a smile as I sat down. The director just shook his head, knowing that there was no point in trying to make us stop. He proceeded to give us the details of what happened to the Tesseract, Hawkeye, Loki, and why everyone was on the Helicarrier. Once he was finished, he asked Natasha to show Banner to his lab, leaving me with Steve and Stark.
"Steve, if you would like to follow me, I'll show you around." I said, deciding to show him where everything was. We got to the gym, and that's where he left me. I turned to go back to my room, or to go for a run. Instead of seeing open corridors, I saw the annoying smirk of Tony Stark. Suppressing a groan, I stepped around him, only to have him follow me.
"What can I do for you Mr Stark?" I asked as I watched his smirk transform into a full grin. This time I didn't surprises my groan, and walked towards Dr Banners lab, in the hopes that science would catch his eye, and I could go back to running and thinking.
"I read the info packs; Agent Barton was an amazing man, I'm sorry to hear what happened." His voice was serious, something I haven't heard from him. I stopped dead in my tracks, not sure whether I wanted to cry, or yell. The realisation that if I can't figure out how to get Hawkeye back, the only thing left of him would be info packs. It wasn't fair, he deserved more.
"We will get him back, sunshine, we'll get him back." With that, Tony disappeared, and left me standing in the hall, no knowing what to do.
A/N: Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope you enjoyed it. I'm still new to writing Fanfic, so any reviews would be appreciated.
-T!