Chapter 1 – Everything Changes
Disclaimer – I own nothing Marvel, just the story line.
Everything changes in the blink of an eye,
One bright flash later and Ten years have gone by.
"Well you see, what happened was…" Clint began
Three months ago,
A device exploded, there was a bright flash, and that was all Clint remembered before he was just standing here in some barren wasteland. If anyone ever lived here, it was a very long time ago.
"Put your hands up and turn around slowly." A voice says behind him as he hears a gun's safety go off. 'Maybe not so long ago then' he thinks.
"Alright, let's not be hasty, I'm turning around." Clint says calmly as he turns. He takes in the person in front of him, she's clearly trained, but something in her eyes tells him he's not going to die today, at least not at this girl's hands.
"Who are you?" She asks. He realizes he could use her help as she seems to know where she is, but his first priority is to not get shot. She won't kill him, he thinks so anyway, but that doesn't stop her from causing bodily harm.
"My name's Clint Barton, I don't know where I am or how I got here, you?" He asks, she looks him up and down and then seems to search his face, whatever she saw was apparently enough to get her talking.
"Agent Carter, Sharon Carter. Clint Barton has been dead for ten years, so who are you and where'd you come from?" The woman, Sharon asks.
"Look I am Clint Barton, I was in New York with my team, something exploded there was a bright flash and I was here, I swear that's all I know and it's the truth. Wait, what do you mean dead? I didn't die!" Barton says, he's heard of Carter but he thought she was quite a bit younger than this woman appeared. She searched his face again before seeming to coming to a decision and lowering her gun, though she didn't put it away.
"I believe you, The Director will want to see you Mr. Barton, with me." Carter commands before turning and walking away, he decides to risk trusting her and follows. She leads him over to the top of a rock before stopping.
"Why are we stopping? Where are you even taking me?" Clint asks. She smirks at him.
"To SHIELD." She replies before pressing a button on a wristband she's wearing and suddenly he looks around and they are in some kind of facility. "They're called Porters." Sharon explains after seeing the shock on his face, "This way." She calls before walking down a hallway. They step onto a small rectangular platform that moves sideways very quickly, when it stops they step off and up to a door which Sharon places her hand on.
"You may enter Agent Carter." The familiar voice of JARVIS responds.
"Thank you sir." She replies before the door opens and the two walk in, Barton a little hesitantly. "Director," Carter calls as she walks in, "I found someone you ought to meet, or re-meet or whatever." Sharon stutters slightly, Barton is expecting it's because Fury is a pretty intimidating guy sometimes, but when the chair swivels round it's not Fury sitting there, but Tony Stark. Looking quite a bit older than the last time Clint saw him an hour ago.
"Tony?" Clint asks in complete confusion, he looks so strange, his face has a large scar going from the hairline above his temple on the left side to across his mouth and a little bit more down. He also doesn't appear to have an arc reactor in his chest which Clint knows isn't possible, he would die very quickly.
"Carter, dismissed." Stark says.
"Yes Director Stark." Sharon replies before leaving the room.
"Barton, you're dead." Stark states, his face gives nothing away but Barton is guessing he's shocked, because in his position Clint himself would be shocked too.
"Yeah, so I heard." Barton replies not knowing what to say.
"Yeah ten years ago, so even if you did somehow survive that explosion, you wouldn't, no you couldn't be here like this, not a day older than the last time I saw you." The Director says very confused but not showing it at all.
"Tony that explosion just happened, then there was bright light and then I was standing out there in the rocking wasteland." Clint replies.
"Don't call me that, my name is Director Stark, or Anthony at least. Barton that rocky wasteland is New York. Or at least used to be. The year is 2023, and you've got a hell of a lot to catch up on. For now we should have the medical staff check you out. I'll get Commander Johnson to escort you, I have a meeting to attend." Anthony replies. "JARVIS…" Stark begins to say but is cut off by the door opening.
"JARVIS said you wanted to see me sir." A small Asian woman says.
"Yes, Barton this is Commander Daisy Johnson, she's my second in command. Johnson this is Clint Barton, he's just travelled ten years into the future, please…" He begins before again being interrupted.
"Get him checked out by medical then arrange a room for him and brief him on the current situation, yes Director. You have a meeting in ten minutes then nothing for an hour, JARVIS and I are both requesting that you take a nap." Johnson says. "And don't even think that's a request Anthony." She continues as he opens his mouth to protest.
"Dismissed Commander, Barton." Stark replies with a scowl a lot like Fury's when Hill does the same thing.
"Mr. Barton, right this way, and please, call me Daisy. It's not as though you really work for us anymore so I'm not your superior." Daisy tells him as they begin walking. They first go on the moving platform and then the porter before being in a hospital looking place.
"Then call me Clint." He replies more out of habit than anything else, his head still spinning from his encounter with this so-called future version of Tony, ermm Anthony, Stark. He'd like to not believe in time travel but in his line of work he knows anything's possible and it's the only explanation he can think of.
"Alright Clint, Dr. Morse, you have a patient." Johnson calls as they walk over to a woman that Clint recognizes as his old partner from before Natasha, he knew she had a degree in bio-chemistry but a doctor? He really did miss a lot.
"Barton? Welcome back to the land of the living, Director Stark sent through the details I just didn't realize who it was. I'll look him over." Bobbi tells them.
"Thanks, I'll be back I just need to check in with engineering." Daisy explains with a roll of her eyes, Morse chuckles a bit. Clearly some joke he's not getting, not that that's a surprise. Johnson then walks out and Bobbi leads him over to an examination table and tells him to take a seat.
"Technology has changed quite a bit in the last decade but I know what you're like so I'm going to explain what each piece of equipment is before I use it, that work for you?" She asks as she picks up a small metal stick thing. Clint nods. "Alright, this is like an X-ray but without the radiation problems. I just have to scan it over your body and the results will appear on my computer alright?" she asks, he nods and she does just as she described. This kind of thing continues for a while, at some point Johnson came back and leant against a wall while waiting for them to finish.
Well I'm not too happy with the ending but I'm meant to be helping with dinner and I told someone I'd update this story tonight so here it is, a little short and not proof read but it's here. I'd love if you guys would review, I'm always looking for feedback both positive and negative. If I've stuffed something up feel free to roast me about it I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and please review!
~ Alyxx
