Tony, being the creative "genius" he was, decided to test out some new arrow heads that he made for Clint not by using JARVIS' diagnostic system, but by setting the arrow head in the archery range and detonating it. Tony placed the arrow head at the other end of the archery range and ran back to the door (it had a timer for detonation). Thirty seconds later, a giant BOOM was heard throughout the tower. All of the Avengers except for Clint, who was nowhere to be found, were at the door, weapons poised for a fight, including Bruce who was holding what appeared to be a water gun. Tony staggered out of the door accompanied by a cloud of black smoke. In between hacking, he told them that he was fine. As he regained his composure, Thor began to laugh at the appearance of Tony. He was covered head to toe in ash, his clothes had holes in them, and his hair was reminiscent of what he would look like if he had just exited a wind tunnel. Natasha was the only one, other than Tony, who was not laughing.
"What is the damage to the archery range?" She looked wary. That didn't make Tony feel any better.
"Well, it is in no way functional, nor will it be for the next two weeks."
"Stark, you need to disappear for the next couple of days, and when you come back you better have some really delicious cakes with you."
All of the Avengers went silent.
"Why?"
"The last time anything bad happened to some of Clint's bows and arrows, the person responsible went to the hospital with an immovable leg. This, is exponentially worse. Archery gets rid of his excess fighting impulses. He is going to be antsy, annoying, and brooding until you get this fixed."
"What was that you said about an immovable leg?"
At this point, Clint came walking down the hall. He was soaking wet, wearing only a towel about his waist , and he still had shampoo in his hair.
"I heard an explosion and came as fast as I could. " He looked at all of the people standing around the doorway. It finally hit him. It was the door to his archery range.
"Why are you all standing around the door to my archery range? And why does Tony look like he just came out of a war zone, actually, don't answer that."
The doors to his archery range fell off, letting out another cloud of smoke. Clint's jaw dropped as he ran to the doors, or more appropriately, where the doors had been.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY ARCHERY RANGE?!"
Clint started breathing rapidly. Bruce told him to take deep breaths. He complied. Then his face hardened. His eyes were slits, and if looks could kill, no one in the Avengers Tower would have made it out alive that day. His gaze settled onto a fidgeting Tony.
"What. Did you do. To my. Archery. Range. TELL ME! NOW!"
Clint's face changed from hardened to rage in seconds. None of the other Avengers could believe what happened. They had never seen the archer this mad, and nor had they ever seen Tony this lost for words.
"Well, um, I was just...testing some of those new exploding arrow heads that I was making just for you, and well, I didn't know that I put that much explosive power into them. I promise I will fix everything! You'll have a new archery range!"
Steve interjected, "A better one."
Tony looked confused, "A better one?" Steve gave a small nod and motioned to the raging archer with his head.
"A better one!" Tony barely managed to smile.
"I don't care about a better one! I was fine with the one I had!" He then pulled out a knife and started moving towards Tony.
"Where the hell did you get that knife from? Wait, Barton, come on!"
Natasha looked at Tony, "Start running." And Tony for once listened.
The billionaire began to race all through the Avengers Tower. He ran for his life. The crazed archer was hot on his tail.
Cries of "STARK, YOU BASTARD!" could be heard all through the tower.
Several SHEILD operatives remember their initial confusion at the sight of the half naked archer with shampoo in his hair chasing down the billionaire, who looked genuinely frightened. Rumor has it that Fury has the video footage saved to his personal computer.
The other Avengers stood in the hallway half in shock. Until Thor asked if they should go and help their friend.
Natasha simply looked at him and said, "No. If there's one thing I know, it's that you never interfere when Clint is severely pissed off. Besides, if Clint gets out his homicidal tendencies now, he'll be less likely to use them on us for the rest of the time he is without his archery range. Prepare yourself, boys. It's going to be one wild ride for the next two weeks."
That day went down in Avengers history as the day that Clint lost his shit.
