A Bird on the Helicarrier

Summary: When Batman suspects the Avengers are plotting against the League, he sends in Robin to investigate. And has a little fun doing so, then is taken home by Tony Stark. Meanwhile, Black Widow is having a spider problem. And for once, it's not Spider-Man! Rated T for language and references.

Author's Note: So I'm surfing through the YJ crossovers and decide to read the Avengers section. I thought, well why not add a little YJ fun to the Helicarrier? It was also one of those ideas that keeps nagging your brain and won't stop until it comes out.

PS This is the Avenger Movie-verse, I just put it under the wrong section.

Disclaimer: I do not own: The Avengers, Young Justice, or the few seconds of Ben Tennyson or Justin Bieber/Stark.

July 1st; Location: Helicarrier, Engine Room, Time: 9:45 pm...

"Come on, come on, come on!" Robin hollered as he pounded on his gauntlet. He tried everything to get it to work, but so far nothing worked. Great, now he was stranded inside of the helicarrier with no way to figure out where he was or where to go. He gave one last aggravated grunt and stopped touching the device. He looked around at his surroundings. Long silver tubes lined the walls that traveled down the corridor to only Batman knows where. Deciding that he really didn't have any other option, he decided to follow the tubes to see where they had led.

Hopefully, they led to where he needed to go.

Debriefing Room...

Stark stared at the computer in front of him after he had successfully hacked into the little ninja hacker's gaunlet. He scratched his head as Fury stood over him, watching the security footage of the confused sidekick as Robin wandered aimlessly down the corridor. Fury raised his walkie-talkie to his mouth,

"Banner, er, Hulk and Thor. Robin is in your sector. Repeat, Robin is in your sector." he called.

Tony looked at the older man in annoyance. Why wasn't he allowed to just go get the Boy Wonder? Tony at least knew the kid. He wouldn't attack and possibly wound the kid brutally like these knuckleheads would. Well, maybe not Steve, but still! Robin was technically his nephew in some twisted and confusing way. Or maybe Fury was examining and wanted Robin to defend himself to see what the actual Batman was like through the protégé.

Stark went to get up, but was ordered to sit down and stay. Like a dog. The billionaire turned and watched Fury leave before exiting himself.

Engine Room...

Thor and Hulk looked through the openings between the tubes and even the slots between the floor plates, making sure the young hero wasn't in the walls or under them. For extra measures, Hulk ripped the tubes out of the walls and let Thor climb into the wall. He looked around and still didn't see the young bird. The God of Thunder sighed and climbed back out,

"I do not believe I see him, my Large Friend. You can put the giant tubes back." Thor said. Hulk grunted and messily shoved the metal cylinders back into the wall,

"Why can't Bird-Boy make this easy? Hulk doesn't like searching." Hulk asked. The Asgardian simply shrugged.

Suddenly, the sound of little steps hitting the floor brought the two men to a halt. Thor threw an arm in front of the green giant to prevent him from approaching the steps,

"Do you hear that?" Thor asked in a whisper.

Down the Corridor...

Robin sprinted down the corridor after hearing voices behind him. He thought he was being chased by two armed men with guns, but found that they had actually been walking above him. He couldn't take the risk of being seen and bolted. He looked behind him to make sure no one wasn't chasing after him. As he turned to look forward, something heavy had caught his cape and dragged him back a couple feet.

His head hit the metal floor with a very heavy thud sound. The Boy Wonder shook the stars out of his eyes and looked to see what had caught him. A giant metal hammer? Really? Rob gave a chuckle and sat up to yank on the wooden handle. It didn't budge. He dug his feet into the floor and yanked upward again, but found he was unable to lift the weapon. It was like it was embedded into the floor. After a few more yanks, Robin gave a sigh and unclipped his cape from around his neck.

He jumped up just in time to dodge a giant green fist heading for where he was formally lying. He gave a grunt as he flipped over the owner of the giant fist. Once he landed, Robin looked to see what he was up against. He saw a giant green guy and a blond dude in armor. The Hulk and Thor.

Thor looked at the tiny human in front of them. The boy couldn't have been any older than thirteen years of age. And no taller than four foot ten or eleven. This was the apprentice of the great Batman? He looked a lot bigger on the screen. He gave a chuckle,

"Little One, why are you here? This isn't an area where you are permitted. Might I suggest the cafeteria? This place maybe a little to overwhelming for one as young as yourself." Thor said.

Robin gave a half smile, "Actually, I find this place a little whelming."

Thor gave him a confused look at looked up at Hulk, who shrugged, before looking back at the young detective,

"Whelming? What is, whelming?" the demi-god asked.

Robin didn't answer. He threw a birdarang at the both of them. The weapon exploded into a net that covered the two men. Hulk growled and ripped the net like paper before running at the young boy, ignoring Thor's cries of "Wait!".

"Hulk doesn't like games!" the raged man hollered.

Robin felt his heartbeat speed up as he made a break for it away from the Jolly Green Giant. He had fought Bane before and battled baddies bigger than his pursuer, but Hulk was raw power and anger. Piss this guy off too much and he won't hesitate to kill anyone. Robin grabbed on to one of the metal bars on the ceiling and flipped into the rafters. He heard an angry roar below.

Thor gave a growl of his own as his hammer came back into his possession and flew after the young bird. He flew into where Robin was flipping to next and caught the other in his broad arms,

"We do not wish to harm you! We only wish to figure out why you are here!" Thor explained. Robin reached into his utility belt and pulled out a tazer. Pressing a button, the two prongs stabbed into the Asgardian in the arm and sent a shockwave. Though, it didn't seem to faze the God of Thunder one bit. Thor gave another chuckle,

"Child, your mini-lightning cannot hurt me. Now, I'm going to take you to the Interrogation-"

"NO!" Robin hollered as he kneed Thor in the stomach before flipping out of the other's grip. The meta gave a grunt of pain as he watched the sidekick disappear into another level of the Helicarrier. Great, two powerhouses had been defeated by a human child.

Debriefing Room...

Nick Fury rubbed at his temples furiously. He watched Thor and Hulk lose the Boy Wonder and Stark was nowhere to be found. This day just got better and better, didn't it? He pressed a finger to his earwig as he found the Boy Wonder's current location. The cafeteria, right around where Captain America was.

Cafeteria...

Robin crouched low as he remained hidden under the food counter. Though it seemed like a very bad hiding spot, hiding under the tables couldn't have been any better. He could always go back into the vents, at the risk of being blown around like a leaf in the wind. He tapped on his wrist gaunlet, but the wrist computer still refused to work. The Boy Wonder gave an aggravated grunt and tried his comm. link. Static.

He was broken out of his aggravation by the sound of heavy boots on the metal floor yet again and gave an internal groan. Great, the last thing he needed was more superheroes to come and drag him off to one of their interrogation rooms. Like he would tell them anything. The boots stopped as someone cleared their throat,

"I'm not here to hurt you. We just want to know why you're here. I understand you're probably scared of all this." the voice called. Robin gave his signature cackle. Him? Scared of SHIELD? Ha! This was nothing compared to all of the things he had seen back in Gotham.

The boots moved again until they were directly in front of him. From the looks of said boots, he was staring at the feet of Captain America. He could see the body begin to bend downward to look under the counter, which meant that the little bird had to move quickly.

Steve looked under the food counter, only to find that there was nothing there. He got up with a confused look, he could've sworn he heard a cackle coming from under here. He went to turn and leave until he heard the banging of pots and pans hitting the floor behind the counter.

Robin gave a hiss after he had just bumped into the pots and pans sitting on the counter. Well, so much for getting out of there unheard, or unseen for that matter, considering the fact that the Captain America was staring directly at him.

Steve couldn't believe his eyes. This young boy was able to get away from both Thor and Hulk? He's so small! Steve hoped that this was some kind of joke. There was no way he could hit such an innocent looking child. Steve was proven wrong when a flash grenade hit the ground in front of him and blinded him. The Captain gave out a startled cry and shielded his eyes from the blinding light. When he uncovered his eyes, he saw that the little bird had disappeared. Taking out his shield, Steve kept his eyes wide open as he scanned the room,

"Kid, I don't want to fight. I just want to help. You don't have to be scared!" Steve called. Another cackle filled the room,

"Scared? Of what? You guys don't scare me! I could easily beat you guys!" Robin called, staying out of sight.

Steve sighed as he turned to where he heard the voice. The voice came from the Cafe lockers. Hopefully, he was right. If he just kept the kid talking,

"I'd like to know how you were able to beat Thor and Hulk so easily." the red, white, and blue clad man replied.

Robin gave another laugh, "The two Superman imitators? Too easy! A few batarangs and a couple of gymnastics tricks later, and I make a quick getaway. Though I lost my cape in the process." The door a few lockers down slammed shut and Robin knew the Captain was getting closer. He needed to get out of there and fast!

Steve slammed on the locker door. He was going to be there a while. Though not too long because the door a few lockers up opened and out stepped the young sidekick. Robin was staring him down as his hands moved behind him. Then, a silver ball landed at Steve's feet and opened with a hiss, releasing a thick cloud of smoke, causing the older of the two to break out into a coughing fit. When the smoke cleared, Robin was gone yet again.

Debriefing Room...

Nick threw his comm. link at the wall in absolute anger. This little brat was really beginning to piss him off and he was half tempted to just go after the brat himself, but he still had Barton left. He didn't want Stark going after Robin because of Stark's niece's relation to the young bird and Romanoff was dealing with a spider issue somewhere and he had been unable to get ahold of her since earlier this afternoon. Besides, Barton would be able to get the job done quicker and was not afraid to hold back against someone who was younger or smaller than himself. Robin was going to be a piece of cake for SHIELD's own archer.

Fury looked at the map of the Helicarrier and saw that Robin was heading toward the Training/Rec room. Good, Barton was in the Training area and would have the young bird cornered.

Rec/Training Room...

Robin slumped against the wall in exhaustion. This was becoming extremely tiresome and he wished he had his friends to help him. He looked around and found himself in some sort of recreational area. He got up and looked with caution. He felt a chill go up his spine and felt as though he was being watched. He heard the sound of something moving and turned around swiftly. He didn't see anything behind him.

Hawkeye watched the young boy through the scope of his bow, ready to hit the child with one of his arrows. Just a few more steps and he would have a clear shot of the Boy Wonder's leg. Fury said to bring the boy back alive. He didn't say anything about not hurting him. Clint pulled back the bow and readied the arrow,

"Come on, just a little more." Clint whispered quietly.

Robin was in position and Clint released the arrow. It went directly for the young boy's leg. Though, Robin was ready for it as he quickly turned back around and threw an explosive disk at the arrow. Both the disk and the arrow blew up in a miniature explosion. Robin grabbed more of his birdarangs from his utility belt and looked toward the direction of where the arrow flew from.

Clint swore under his breath as he got another arrow ready. This time, he was using the tranquilizing arrow. He fired it and this time Robin was quick, but not quick enough as it skimmed his upper arm, leaving a gash. The boy gave a yelp and held his arm in pain. Looking down at the wound, Robin saw some type of blue liquid inside of the blood in his cut. He then realized he had seen said liquid in Gotham multiple times. Sedatives.

Clint smirked as he watched the Boy Wonder moved as though he was intoxicated. Even if Clint's arrow had just skimmed the boy's arm, the sedative would still be released when it came in contact with skin. He got down from his perch and walked over to the boy, who was literally crawling away from him.

Before he could bend down to pull the boy into his arms, a giant fuzz ball with eight legs landed on top of the archer. Clint gave a startled shout and swatted at the mutated spider. It made several squelching noises and scurried off of the agent. Clint looked up in time to avoid a bullet flying toward his head.

Natasha cursed as she fired off a few rounds at the spider, who dodged them with ease. She was glad she had missed Clint's head. The spider then crawled over until it was on the nearly unconcious Robin's back and she ceased fire. Seeing this, the spider refused to move off of the fallen protege of Batman,

"Son of a Bitch, Nat! You almost blew off my head!" Clint shouted. Nat ignored him, as she crouched down and tried to get closer to the boy, only to have her hand swatted away by the creature she had been chasing all day.

She growled and aimed her gun at the spider's head, "You're going to have to get off of him sometime, you eight legged freak!"

While she kept the spider's attention, Clint slowly took out another arrow and fired it at the ground. The tip of it released a thick smoke that had covered the whole room. Natasha took out a pair of goggles and looked through the thick smoke. She saw that the spider had scurried off toward the door and took off after it.

Once the smoke had cleared, Clint looked around and saw that Natasha and the spider had disappeared. He shook his head and gathered Robin in his arms and headed off toward the interrogation room.

End of chapter. Sorry if I took so long. And sorry for the random feud between Natasha (Black Widow) and a giant mutant spider. I'll update ASAP. Thanks to all of those who reviewed, messaged, faved, and alerted the story! I'm glad so many people like it so far! Heads up! I'm making a sister-fic to this called, "A Spider on the Watchtower" and by Spider, I don't mean the one Natasha is following!