CLINT

"Hey! Thor? Are you there?"

"Coming my friend!" Thor opened the door moments later, nearly tripping over one of Maddie's toy trains. "By Ragnarok!" Thor gasped. "I am sorry, friend. Maddie and Maggie have been playing in the living room all morning. They have their toys everywhere. Jane has been too sick, and I must make the meals, so I have had no time to clean."

"It's fine."

"Come in." Thor let Clint into his messy apartment, and together they sat down in the living room- Thor's blond haired twin daughters were racing around playing with trucks, trains, and dolls, laughing and giggling as they danced across the floor. Maddie and Maggie were both four years old, and were darling but were rather annoying too.

"So, what is up?" Thor asked.

"Steve's gone. Tash says JARVIS says he went to Paris."

"Is not Agent Bernard in Paris on vacation?"

"Yes, but don't you think it's odd Steve would go to Paris on vacation without telling anyone?" Clint asked.

"Do you not think it's odd Steve would go to Paris for any reason without telling anyone?"

"Yeah. You're right. No matter the reason it's weird." Clint said.

"What do you think?"

"I think I really need to hack into Steve's apartment." Thor guffawed and Clint glared. "What?"

"You are terrible at hacking. Especially when it comes to Tony's JARVIS."

"I'm fine at hacking."

"Prove it."

"I bet you 100 dollars I could hack into JARVIS and get into Steve's apartment."

"Deal. Lets go."

"Now?"

"What is it you midgardians say? No better time than the present?"

"Alright, alright, whatever."

"Come on, Maddie, Maggie."

"Where are we going?" Maddie asked, as both girls looked up.

"Daddy is going to prove Agent Barton wrong and win a prize. Do you want to come?"

"Sure!" Both girls jumped up and followed their father out the door. Thor locked the door behind him with the key card and together all four of them entered the elevator. Thor stuck his key card in and said in a commanding tone, "Floor twenty-three." The elevator lurched and they started up.

"Floor twenty-three, sir." JARVIS said. "Please wait for Captain Rogers to let you in."

Right. Okay. He could do this. He knelt by the panel where Thor's key card was inserted and began fiddling with buttons.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but Captain Rogers is not in his apartment at the moment."

"I will wait until you give up." Thor said. Twenty whole minutes passed. Clint had pulled off the panel and was now working with the wires, it was hot in the elevator, the girls were tired and complaining, and Clint was getting frustrated. Suddenly he was shocked.

"Ow! God Dammit!" He cried. Thor growled a warning. "I mean! Gosh darn, I just hurt myself, by golly!" Suddenly the doors opened. "I did it!" And Natasha strode in.

"Hey, boys."

"Dammit." Clint muttered, but he couldn't contain his awe. "How'd you do it, Nat?!"

"Talent." She grinned. Thor was grinning too as he held out his hand.

"Pay up, Barton." Clint grumbled and pulled a greasy 100 dollar bill out of his wallet.

"I hope that grease is from ancient bacon and you get a virus." Clint snapped.

"Look, girls, Daddy won his prize!"

"Money!" Both girls clapped their hands. "Can we get a pony now?!" Thor's face fell.

"I am afraid not." That's when Clint noticed what Natasha was holding.

"What do you have there?"

"Do you want to know how I got in, Clint?" She smiled enticingly.

"You know, I'm not that interested." She glared. "I'm just kidding. How'd you get in, Tash?"

"I bypassed the security on the windows. And I found this!" She held out the wall phone from Steve's apartment, which she'd obviously ripped off the wall.

"You got a phone that everyone has in their apartments?"

"This phone has a message that explains everything. We don't have to be concerned anymore about Steve. He's just rescuing his true love from imminent death."

"That sounds cheery." Clint said.

"Indeed." Thor nodded. "Floor Twenty-two, please!" After Thor and his girls left the elevator Natasha slid her key card in and requested floor twenty one. She and Clint entered her apartment.

"So why did you grab the phone?" Clint asked.

"I figured maybe I could trace the call. But I need Stark's help."

"Tash! The man's wife just died!"

"Look, are we gonna help the Cap or not?" Clint paused.

"Fine."

"So...? A visit to Tony?"

"I guess so. A visit to Tony."