"Better hurry, you don't want to be late again." Phil Coulson said as Clint Barton balanced on one foot to put on his right boot in the SHIELD base hallway outside his room.
"I'm coming, I'm coming. Fury can wait." Clint said as he dropped his foot and started to walk. He smiled at Coulson when he fell in step with him.
"Director Fury." Phil corrected. Clint had a bad habit of leaving that part out and Fury never liked that much when he did.
Clint rolled his eyes playfully.
When Clint stood in front of Fury's desk alone after he shut the door, Fury tossed a file onto his desk.
"Another mission," Clint raised his eyebrow "sir?" He added when he realized that he forgot that part.
"Yes, meet Natalia Romanova, also known as Natasha Romanoff or the Black Widow."
"The Black Widow?" He asked and reached for the file. The name sounded familiar.
"Yes, heard of her?"
"Not that much, what'd she do?" Clint opened the file and looked at her picture. She looked no older than him.
"Let's just say she's causing some issues involving Shield. The Council has decided it would be better for everyone-including herself- if we have her taken out. Are you up for it?" It wasn't really a choice but Clint hesitated as he looked down at her picture again.
"Yeah," He decided and looked up at Fury. "I can do this. Piece of cake,"
Right when Clint turned out of Fury's office Phil fell right in step with him. "Jesus Coulson. And you say I have no patience." Clint said. "Which I do, I'm very patient." Clint added with a smirk.
"Yeah, when you want to be." Phil smiled. "Who'd you get?"
"None other than the Black Widow. Know of her?"
"Natalia Romanova from the Red Room Academy and Black Widow Program. Yeah. How'd you get stuck with her?"
"I dunno. Just my luck." Clint shrugged. "I am the best of the best though." Clint added with a smirk as he glanced at Phil.
Clint watched him smile with a playfully shake of his head.