Hey, so just a couple notes on this chapter. I'm going to use Light Elves in the story now. A Light Elf is like the group of people with bows and arrows Hawkeye ran into in the beginning of episode 25, when he ends up in the other realm and is save from wolf like things by Black Panther. And there isn't much on them, so most of this is guess work. I don't know what the horse like things they ride are called, so I'm just calling them horses for now if I ever learn what they are really called. And I don't know any other name other then Fareaday, the Light Elf that saved Hawkeye from the wolves things and gave him those magic arrows, so I don't know what they usually consider normal names or if every name has 'aday' at the end. And I don't' know how they live other than having a thing for archery and mostly looking like humans with long ears. If you know anything on them, please tell me. And sorry if I get something wrong.
And I realized I have yet to give a disclaimer, I think I need to since everyone else does. So,
I don't own any part of Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes, but I do own Archeress and the rest of my O.C.s.
Hawkeye's Apprentice
Ch. 4: Meeting An Old Friend
"Where the heck is Hawkeye and Archeress?" shouted Tony, who was standing in front of the group with his helmet off. With Captain America next to him, Ant-Man standing off to the side, Thor next to the jet, and Hulk next to the nearest warehouse. Everyone but the missing archers had returned from the search of their sector, and came up empty handed. The seven Avengers were now standing around the QuinJet waiting where they had been for an hour. And they were starting to worry. "They should have been here long ago."
"Perhaps something has happen to the two." Suggested Black Panther, who was leaning his back against the jet, slightly hidden in the shadow.
"Yeah," agreed Wasp, who was in miniature form standing on Ant-Man's shoulder. "Maybe we should go find them?"
"They're right." said Captain America, who was standing next to Iron Man.
Iron Man nodded and said, "Alright, Cap, Panther, and Wasp come with me to search for the two. Ant-Man, Thor, Hulk, stay here and wait." With that the four took off for Hawkeye and Archeress' sector. Tony had was sure the two got caught up fighting about something so he choose the three who could get the two to stop and cool off. He wasn't so sure about leaving Ant-Man with Hulk, but, hey, he needs someone to stay with the ship, and with Hulk, and Ant-Man was the unlucky one for the job.
After an hour of searching of searching the four didn't find anything, and decide the two probably made their way to the jets by then and went back. When they got there Ant-Man came out of the jet to meet them and find out what they found. Hulk was standing outside the jet to the side. And Thor was standing by the ramp waiting for them.
Ant-Man quickly noticed that the missing archer weren't with them. "So where are they? Let me guess, they could stand each other and they shoot the other?" Hank joked, he could tell from the beginning the two archers couldn't stand each other. Jan then swatted him in the arm as if to say, 'not funny'.
"Actually we didn't find them, but they didn't kill each other. Neither would ever do that." said Jan.
"Sorry," Hank said, stopping her from swatting him again. "So what happen to them?" he asked getting serious.
"We don't have a clue," answered Tony shaking his head.
"It's as if they just vanish without a trace." added Cap.
"Tis strange indeed," said Thor. "Unlike Archer to vanish like this, it is. Perhaps something has happen to the two archers."
"So what do we do now?" Asked Wasp, looking around at everyone to see who would answer. Though the one who answered wasn't anyone she suspected.
"Now, you all surrender to us." They all turn to see it was Enchantress who answered her, with the rest of the Master of Evil behind her.
"Alfheim? Where the Heck is Alfhiem?" Archeress shouted at Hawkeye. The last thing she remembered was Enchantress doing something to them and causing them to pass out. But now she was not even on Earth. How did they get here? What did that witch do to them? How will they get back? Were all questions Archeress didn't have a clue how to answer.
"Alfhiem is one of the nine mythical realms. Thor is from Asgard, another of the nine Mythical realms. I was here, in Alfhiem, once before. We had to destroy these weird stones. But once we destroyed them, we were sent to one of the Nine Mythical Realms. I was sent here to Alfhiem. Apparently this realm is home to three types of elves. I ran into a light elf. And even though elf is in the name the guy was as tall as me. And Light Elves have a knack of archery. So maybe if we run in to a Light Elf, they would be willing to help us get to Asgard and either take us to the Rainbow Bridge, which is like a bridge that looks like a rainbow that connects to Earth, pretty self explanatory, I guess, or maybe they'll send a messenger to Earth and get the rest of the team. But until we meet someone who can help us, we just have to survive and keep moving." Hawkeye explained, with that he stood up, Archeress following followed suit.
"Why?" Archeress asked, following Hawkeye in to the forest.
"In case they come back for us. It'll be better if we don't stay in one place for long 'til we have an ally. That way it will be harder for them to recapture us," said Hawkeye, ducking under a large tree branch.
"Oh, so where are we going?" she asked ducking as well.
"Not sure," He answered. "Just going in going in this direction, hopefully we'll run into someone."
"Great," She muttered, that's when she thought of something, "Wait, hold on." She ran to the closest, tallest tree and began to climb. She could hear Hawkeye yelling, "What are you doing?" She yelled back, "I'm going to see if I can see if I can spot a village or maybe smoke from a fire or something to give us an idea of which way to go for help?" "How do you know that they wouldn't be the enemy?" "It's better than wondering around the forest hoping they won't find us. At least this way we might have an idea of which way to go or what area to avoid." "How can you tell?" "I can't, but we can go over there, all stealthily like, and see if there enemy or ally, if enemy we run, if ally we ask for help." After that she had reached the top of the tree and could hear what Hawkeye said if he said anything. She looked in all directions for a minute before she saw what she was looking for. "Fire!" She yelled down to Hawkeye.
"Which way?" He yelled back at her. She pointed north. "Good, now climb down and let's get moving." It took a lot less time for her to get down then it did up. Once she was down, the two archers took off in the direction of the smoke Archeress had seen. It had be quite a ways away, so they knew it would be awhile 'til they ran into anyone.
Archeress looked up at the sky, which was quickly becoming dark. "Maybe we should find shelter for the night?" She suggested.
Hawkeye look up too, soon it would be to dark to see. "You're right, we should..." before he could finish an arrow flow right by Archeress, grazing her arm. He instinctively grabbed her and pushed her behind him, and notched an arrow on his bow. Archeress did the something. "Come out and Fight, cowards!" He yelled in the direction of where he saw the arrow come from.
"Archer, stand down, we meant you know no harm," said a somehow familiar voice.
"Then show yourself!" He yelled back.
Then out of the area where the arrow came from came what looked to be three humans, two male and one female, with long ears and wearing clothes from 600 years ago on what appeared to be horses. "It tis good to see you again, Archer Clint." said the one who appeared to be the leader. He had long blonde hair, green eyes, and wore a green medieval looking an outfit and a tan quiver with arrow in it on his back and carried a gold bow in his hand.
Do they mean Hawkeye? If so, how do they know him? Archeress thought to herself.
"Fareaday? It's good to see you again as well." Hawkeye replied, "Oh, and this is my apprentice, Archeress," pointing to archer dressed in blue behind him.
"Oh, you have also taken up an apprentice," he said, then pointed to the young, teenage female dressed in a red outfit, with long light brown/blonde hair going down her back, and brown eyes, with a red quiver full of arrows on her back and a golden bow in her hand. "And this is my apprentice, Bethaday." Then he pointed to the last of the three, the second male, who had long black hair, blue eyes, and wore a blue outfit with a dark blue quiver full of arrows on his back and a golden bow in hand, like the other two, "And this is my good friend, Connaday."
"A pleasure to meet you, Archer Clint," greeted Connaday. Hawkeye nodded in his direction.
"May we offer you to shelter for the night?" Fareaday asked. "We over heard what Archeress and you said about finding shelter."
"Thank you, it would be appreciated," thanked Archeress, nodding to the three on horseback.
"Yeah, thanks, we own you." said Hawkeye.
"No, no, it is we that owe you for what you did last time you were in Alfhiem and Asgard. You saved us from that evil Loki's rein." replied Fareaday. Archeress looked at Hawkeye questionably, when did he save Alfhiem or whatever this place is? Must have been when he was last here.
"It's a long walk to camp. Get on our horses, and we will give you a ride." said Connaday.
"He's right. Clint, get on mine. Archeress, get on Bethaday's. Connaday, ride ahead and tell the village to prepare for our guests." said Fareaday. Connaday nodded and took off in the direction Archeress had saw the smoke. Then Clint got on with Fareaday and Archeress got on with Bethaday, and the four started making their way to the village for the night.
On their way, the duo would see the two light elves looked at each other often, as if trying to decide whether to tell them something or not. After an hour, Hawkeye finally asked, "What wrong? We keep seeing you two look at each other, and even though it's probably none of our business, you are acting like we might need to know. So what might we need to know?"
Fareaday looked at Bethaday, and after a minute answered, "Loki's back."
Well, that's it for chapter four. Hope you liked. And please review. And if you know anything that might help on Alfhiem, Light Elves, or anything that like that, please let me know. I'll try to update soon. Later.