20 HOURS EARLIER
They'd been eating breakfast when Fury walked in.
Steve and Tony had been bickering. Thor was on his third box of poptarts. Nat and Clint had been disscussing what they should do with their day off. And Bruce had been reading some science journal.
They'd all gone silent when Fury entered.
He had outlined his plan. They were to pair up, each taking one room in the Tower and using it as a base. He handed a box to Clint, throwing the key at Bruce, (who despite being thrown things by Tony constantly) missed it. Clint had had to hold in a sigh. It wasn't that he didn't like Doctor Banner. Just that Clint thought that S.H.I.E.L.D and the world had enough scientists. To Clint, Banner was somewhat useless. The Hulk was useful but Banner, well Clint had met a hundard people like Banner.
They watched as Thor and Nat were teamed up and then Steve and Tony. Well maybe if Banner would let the Hulk come out and play, then they would have a chance. But even if they didn't they might still might have a chance. Nat would be a challenge. Thor couldn't be quiet and as they had to pay for all the damage they caused he might struggle with Fury's game. Steve and Tony, well with them it could go either one of two ways. Either they would spend the entire time fighting or they would win. With Tony, and with Steve, if they wanted something. They would get it.
Each of them were planning in there head when Fury threw them a curveball. They could only use what they had on them now. So no weapons. And no use of enhancements, so no Hulk. He would also be the judge of when someone was out. The winners would get what was in their box and would be allowed to miss the next S.H.I.E.L.D meeting. A prize that they all wanted.
As Fury left he thre a warning over his shoulder,
"I will be watching."
Steve and Tony had quickly dissappeared off somewhere. Clint had checked the labs when he and Banner where setting up, so he knew that they weren't there. Nat and Thor had headed upwards, so were probably going for one of many roofs. Clint and Bruce had been left alone and while Clint had been running through the rooms in the Tower for options, Bruce had suggested his lab. It had taken Bruce mentioning the hidden cupboards and seperate vents for Clint to agree.
Bruce had hidden the key in one of the fridges, surrounded by deadly chemicals, most of which Clint didn't know they names off. They had then set up their systerm. Clint had had a few knifes on him when Fury had arrived so he could use those. Bruce had refused one of the knifes saying that he would be fine, and seeing that Clint didn't believe him he'd pointed out that he had been on the run from a long time, so could defend himself. He had then shown Clint a hiding place for the box. Again Clint had been unsure until he realised that even he hadn't known about this space and from his hiding space hadn't been able to find it. Bruce had only pointed it out once and Clint had seen the go-bag hidden within.
They had agreed that they should just wait to take the others out, so Clint had settled in and Bruce had continued to work on his latest project. The monitor beside Bruce was filled with shots of the rest of the Tower so they could both watch as the others went on the attack.
Bruce and Clint just settled in.
Waiting.
Had to get this story out, it was bugging me. More coming soon. Please review, it lets me know that you want more.
