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"Tell me she's found something?" Alex asks as she walks into the room. Natasha walks in after her while the rest of the group is standing around the TV. On the screen is Nina, the eighteen year old blond computer technician.

"Of course I do," Nina says with a smirk and her blue eyes dancing as they look over at Alex.

"Did you find Johnny?" Alex asks with urgency as she moves to the front of the group and maintains eye contact with Nina.

"This is an underground bunker in the middle of nowhere," Nina says as a satellite image pops up on the screen next to the one she is on.

"What are the other buildings?" Steve asks as he takes in everything on the screen.

"Abandoned buildings surrounding it," Nina replies with a glance at him.

"So, what makes you think Johnny is in the bunker and not one of the buildings?" Bruce asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Because, the guards placed around the site form a circle around it," Nina answers with a look at Banner.

"It's isolated, so we don't have to worry about civilians," Thor puts in as he studies the image.

"And there's plenty of places that provides a bird's eye view," Clint adds as he's already beginning to calculate the best vantage points.

"If we each take a guard and Clint and Alex take up top we'll have better results," Natasha says as he eyes glance over the setup.

"We'll just have to keep an eye out for the rest of their army, which are no doubt in those buildings," Tony warns with a glance at the rest of the group.

"Yeah, they'll be ready for us," Steve says with a nod of his head.

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Alex looks up from her desk when she hears someone walk in her open door. Johnny walks over to her with two folders in his arms. He tosses one of the folders on the desk. Alex looks down at it with a furrowed brow.

"What's this?" Alex asks before looking up at Johnny.

"Your partner assigning. I have one too," Johnny answers as he raises the other folder and shakes it slightly. "I guess we're supposed to meet up with them, get to know them, start training with them… that sort of thing."

Alex scrunches her face. Johnny was her partner; they always trained together. Now, she had to train with someone new? Alex scowls and grabs the corner of the top half of the folder. She takes a deep breath and flips it open, her eyes darting to the picture and name at the top of the paper.

"Hey partner," Johnny says with a smirk.

"So does everyone understand the plan?" Steve asks into the com. He watches the compound in front of him as the rest of the team replies. The group slinks through the compound in their pairs, checking building they come to, only to find them empty. They come to a stop as they near the guards surrounding the center building, each pair on one guard. Steve looks over at Joey. "You're up kid."

Joey grins and looks over at the center building. He concentrates on it for a moment before all of the window explode outward. The shards of glass propel through the air, but instead of falling to the ground, they freeze in mid-air. The guards surrounding the building turn to look at said building.

"Now," Steve says into the coms and charges towards his guard. "Michelle get ready."

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Michelle gets set as Natasha knocks out their guard. There is a commotion and a swarm of Hydra agents pile out of the doors. They look around but don't see anything. As they move further and further away from the building, the Avengers prepare themselves.

"Michelle, you're up," Steve says over the coms and Michelle steps out to get a better view. The Hydra agents see her and pull out their guns, but instead of aiming them at her, they turn and aim them at the building.

"Barton, when things start heating up, you two get up top," Steve says as another commotion sounds from the building.

"Understood Captain," Clint replies with a look over at Alex who nods her head. They look towards the building to see another large group of Hydra cooperatives rush out. Hydra stops when they see their own men aiming guns at them. Before they can make sense of it, the agents open fire on their own agents and the newly arrived agents dive for cover.

"Time to go Alex," Clint says and the two of them rush to the nearest building. They quickly climb up the fire escape and over to the edge of the roof. They look below them when the gunfire stops. The second group of agents peer out at the first group. The first group shakes their heads and furrow their brows as they look at their fellow cooperatives who are looking warily at them. Suddenly, the Hydra agents leap for cover as the floating shards of glass that went amiss shoot towards them. The glass sticks into their surroundings, hitting many of Hydra.

Before the agents can get up, the Avengers attack them. Lee grabs Thor and the two of them disappear. Tony and Bruce glance at each other. Nodding his head, Tony then flies into the air whilst Banner turns into the Hulk. The Hulk angrily attacks the nearest Hydra agents.

Tony looks below him and begins shooting at larger groups of agents. Looking over at Natasha, he sees her holding a gun in each hand and shooting at Hydra agents in opposite directions. Michelle is near her with a circle of agents around her, shooting at their own men. Meanwhile, Clint and Alex are on the top of a building raining arrows down on Hydra while shouting out directions through their coms. A shield flies by Tony and he moves back as it zips past him again. He looks down to see the Captain catch it and hits a few agents with it. Joey flings his hand and a pole rips out of the ground and clotheslines a group of Hydra agents nearby him. Tony looks towards the center building, hoping Thor and Lee are making progress.

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Thor and Lee appear in a room and look around to find it vacant. They disappear and pop into another room. There are a couple Hydra agents in this one and Thor and Lee quickly take care of them. They disappear again and continue searching each room.

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Alex shoots another arrow at a Hydra agent and it connects with his shoulder. Her eyes drift across from her where another onslaught of Hydra agents join the fray. He eyes zero in on the leader and they narrow as a cold scowl appears on her face. Without thinking, Alex grabs an arrow and runs towards the edge of the building closest to the new arrivals.

"Tony…" Alex shouts with determination. Clint sees this and reaches over to grab her but misses.

"Alex!" he shouts and his eyes widen when she leaps off the building. Tony looks over and curses before speeding towards Alex. "Dammit! What is it with you jumping off building?!"

Alex feels the wind whip through her hair as she falls a few feet. Her momentum stops, however, when Tony grabs her and sets her down on the ground from a foot in the air. Alex drops to the ground, rolls, and comes up to her feet.

"You know, one of these times I'm not going to be able to get to you in time Katniss," Tony says with a huff.

"That would mean you're actually doing something other than cruising through the air," Alex retorts. Tony laughs sarcastically before shooting at more Hydra agents.

"We're going to have a talk when this is through," Clint growls out and huffs over the coms. Alex rolls her eyes and shoots another arrow as she makes her way towards her target.

"I was wondering when you'd get here," the girls says as Alex reaches her destination, hooking her bow on her back.

"I'm surprised your brain still functions after working with Hydra Bree," Alex counters with a scowl. "Not that it ever did before."

Bree scowls and glares at Alex. Alex's lips quirk up in one of the corners. She wanted Bree to pay for what she did; for what her actions caused with Johnny.

"Way to antagonize the enemy Alex," Clint's voice comes over the coms. Alex ignores him and blocks a punch aimed at her face. She counters and hits Bree in the ribs, hearing a resounding crack.

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Clint scowls and looks around at the rest of the team. They're all in the midst of their own fights. Clint curses under his breath and looks over at Alex who has just thrown a kick and hits Bree in the stomach, sending her backwards. He notices a numerous amount of Hydra agents begin to surround the two of them. Cursing again, only this time out loud, Clint shoots an arrow and hits one of them before taking a page out of his daughter's book.

"Stark," you better be ready," Clint says into the com. Tony looks in the direction of Hawkeye and grumbles.

"You too?" he says with irritation. Even still, he zooms over towards their archer as Clint jumps off the building. Tony grabs him seconds after and sets him on the ground. Clint takes off at a run towards where Alex is. Tony flies higher up and shoots at any Hydra agents coming up behind or on the side of Barton. Clint strings an arrow in his bow and shoots at anyone in his way. He needed to get to Alex before she gets completely surrounded.

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Natasha throws a spinning kick at her opponent and hits him in the head. The Hydra agent's head whips to the side and he stumbles into a wall. Natasha attacks him, taking him to the ground and places a well aimed punch into his nose, knocking him out. She looks over to see Tony set Clint on the ground and Clint running towards some destination with determination.

Romanov's gaze follows Barton's direction and her eyes widen. Where Alex is fighting Bree, a group of Hydra agents have begun to form a circle around them. If Alex loses, Bree will kill her. If Alex wins, the other agents will kill her. Natasha runs towards Alex, intent on helping Clint diminish the problem the other agents will cause.

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Alex grunts as she gets hit in the stomach. Bree moves to attack but Alex forces the pun down and dodges the attack before a well placed round kick slams into Bree's face. Head snapping back, Bree crashes to the floor, unconscious. Alex hears movement close by and looks around. She is surrounded by Hydra agents who are now closing distance between them and her.

Suddenly, Clint and Natasha crash through the circle; they each knock out a Hydra agent as they do. The two assassins come to a halt next to Alex and the three of them put their back together and face in different directions. They're in their fighting stances and ready for the coming onslaught.

Abruptly, the agents stop and the three SHIELD agents watch them warily. That's when they hear it; a whistle from somewhere in the compound. They glance at each other out of the corner of their eyes. When they focus all of their attentions back on Hydra, some of the agents toss something on the ground. The next thing they know there is a large cloud of smoke billowing around them.

Alex, Clint, and Natasha cover their mouths as coughs trickle out. Their eyes are peeled for an attack but none comes. As the smoke clears, they see Hydra has disappeared. A noise sounds and the family turns around and prepare for a fight. Their hands drop when they notice it's the rest of the group. Alex jumps back when Lee and Thor pop up between them.

"Did you find him?" Alex asks as she already knows the answer. If they did, Johnny would be with them.

"No. We searched the whole building but found nothing," Thor answers with an apology in his tone.

"He was there though. We found drugs in one of the rooms where a chair was in the middle of the room," Lee explains further as he looks right at Alex.

"What kind of drugs?" Steve asks with furrowed eyebrows and taking a step forward.

"The kind that'd knock a bear on his ass," Lee answers with an eyebrow raised.

So, he's gone?" Alex asks with a scowl.

"Yes. And who knows where they have taken him," Thor replies with a look at Alex. The scowl on her face deepens.

"We should go back to Avenger Tower and regroup. See if we can find where they took him," Steve says and the rest of the team agrees. Alex hated it but she knew Steve was right; they couldn't do anything at the moment. She sighs and follows the battle weary group back to the plane.

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The door to Avenger Tower bursts open and Alex jogs in. She shuts the door behind her a little harder than she should but much quieter than she wanted. It had been a month since they attacked the compound. A month since Johnny had slipped through her fingers. Again. Leads had been scarce and the couple they found turned out to be jokes. So, Alex had taken to jogging to run off some of the pent up anger and frustration. It wasn't a cure, but it helped. She walks over to the elevator and hits the button. The elevator dings and the doors open. Alex moves to walk inside when the doorbell rings. She turns and looks at the door with a furrowed brow.

"JARVIS, were we expecting anyone?" Alex asks as she heads towards the door.

"I was not notified of any visitors," JARVIS says and Alex reaches the door.

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He walks up to the door of Avenger Tower, a limp in his gait. Blood seeps from a knife wound in his right leg and his nose is bleeding. He has two black eyes and multiple cuts and bruises on his body. He holds his left arm close to his body and grimaces when he stumbles and jars his bruised ribs. He takes a deep breath and pushes the button for the door bell.

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Alex slowly turns the door knob and opens the door. Her eyes widen and her breath catches in her throat when she sees who's standing in front of her.

"Johnny?"

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