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Step 4: Beware the Almighty Janitor


Clint was lounging in the living room by himself. The other Avengers had gone their separate ways for the day. Coulson was at SHIELD filing paperwork no doubt. Steve was visiting some art exhibit. Tony had been dragged off to LA by Pepper. Natasha was still on her mission; she was scheduled to return sometime tomorrow. Bruce, Clint believed, was asleep in his lab and Thor had gone to visit Jane. All in all, it was looking to be a very quiet but boring afternoon.

Until JARVIS broke the silence. "Agent Barton," the AI addressed.

"What can I do for you JARVIS?" Clint asked instantly becoming alert.

"There is a robbery going on downstairs in the front lobby. Would you be able to assist?" JARVIS asked.

"Sure thing. I'll just grab my bow and head into the ducts," Clint said. Well at least the afternoon suddenly got interesting. Within a few minutes he was suited up and armed, down the stairs to the second floor and now crawling through the ducts.

"Ah ha," Clint muttered to himself. He peered through the vent to see Mrs. Yamashita being held at gunpoint. There were five men, dressed in black and armed. Two guarding the door and one watching the back of the leader who was the one aiming the gun at Mrs. Yamashita and the last one was watching the elevator doors.

Clint made a disapproving noise. These idiots. Mrs. Yamashita didn't need this kind of stress. Well, he had to admit she didn't look stressed. Almost bored. He wondered if what she was telling them was true or magnificent bullshit. He crawled through air ducts, looking for a better position.

As he turned the corner, Clint ran straight into someone. By someone he meant a janitor, who was carrying a bucket full of bricks and mop. Why on earth was a janitor in the air vents? What were the bricks for? Clint didn't have time for this. "Hi, could you please move? I need to rescue a civilian."

To his surprise, the janitor merely glared at him. "No."

No?

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Kai Yamashita was not having a good day. First off, some blockhead left a mess in the 10th floor bathroom which he had to clean up. Second that damn grease stain on the 2nd floor refused to come out, no matter how many times Kai scrubbed, cleaned and buffered. Third, some idiots just held his wife in gunpoint.

So no, he's not going to let someone else rescue her goddamnit.

"No? Look, I understand you have your job to do. This is probably why you're in the air ducts in the first place. What are the bricks for by the way? And how on earth do you expect to use the mop in here? Nevermind. Listen, I'm a trained agent -"

"I know who you are Agent Barton," Kai interrupted. He shot a glare at the archer. "It's none of your business why I have bricks and a mop. How do you expect to shoot arrows from the vent? Not exactly enough room and you don't seem to have a crossbow."

Clint grinned. He liked this guy! "Doesn't change the fact that I have the training for this kind of stuff."

"Duly noted," Kai remarked. He drilled a hook into the side of the duct and tied a rope around it. Once secured, he gave it a tug to test it. Then he opened up the vent and grabbed a brick. "You can follow if you like then. Feel free to take out the two guards by the front door."

With a flicker of wrist, Kai tossed the brick out of the vent and straight at the leader's head. The idiot didn't even see it coming as he crumpled to the ground, bleeding from his new head injury.

Then Kai jumped down, descending with the rope and armed with the mop. Clint had enough time to let out a whistle before following down with his own grappling hook. The archer made quick work of the idiots guarding the doors, -child's play really- and had enough time to turn around to see Kai take out the guard by the elevator with a serious whack to the head with the mop. The leader and his backup were already unconscious on the floor.

"Wow you're good," Clint said, impressed that a janitor managed to take out three armed men, drop from a twenty foot high ceiling and accurately hit the leader with a brick!

"Thanks honey," Hotaru said, giving Kai a kiss on the cheek.

Kai grumbled. "The amount of attacks has gone up since we came to the new building."

Hotaru just patted him on the shoulder. "Think of it this way, dear. The villains that are actually dangerous don't use the front door. They just go up to the top floors to attack the Avengers."

"Doesn't mean I have to like it!"

The last puzzle piece fell into place for Clint. Two minutes ago he had no idea why on earth a janitor was risking his life to save Mrs. Yamashita. It wasn't every day that someone willing jumped into a potential fire-fight that could end in death. But the rings on the fingers, the pet names and affection, it was suddenly all clear. This was must be Mrs. Yamashita's husband. Clint was definitely impressed.

"I'll call SHIELD and have these guys picked up," Clint said. Best to lock up these bastards where they can't pull something like this again.

Kai looked back at him. "Yeah you do that," he agreed. He then pulled out a roll of duct tape from his pocket.

"What's the duct tape for?" Clint asked, curious.

Kai grinned. "For tying up these idiots."

Ooo! Clint really liked this guy.


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