Sorry for the cliffhanger in ch 11, it doesn't really get any better. This here at least is beta read! :D and all the other chapters have been replaced by beta read versions as well ^^ Thank you all so much for all the faves and alerts! Reviews still highly appreciated, especially in regards of the plot, it would also be nice to hear what you guys think will happen, or maybe it is too early for that, oh well something to ponder at least!

Clint only knew two of the people on briefing, Natasha and Coulson. There were a bunch of other agents there that Clint wouldn't even bother trying to get to know, one stick out as a sore thumb however. His uniform, though it was perhaps more correct to call it a suit, was blue and white. If Clint didn't know better, he'd say the guy was a few blocks in the wrong direction from the nerd-fair. And the suit included a mask, a mask! Like one of those super heroes Clint never knew when he was young.

A subtle hint towards Natasha and she guides them both away from prying ears. Oh yes, master archer Barton still knows the game.

"He's not with S.H.I.E.L.D, he's here by Howard Starks personal request."

"Does Mr. Superhero have a name?"

"Codename Captain."

"Slap some red stripes on and a couple of stars and we'll name him Captain America." Clint snorts, Natasha looks slightly amused before they slip back into the crowd. Coulson gives them a pointed look before he looks over at the big screen where director Fury appears.

"Stark disappeared after his last class yesterday, we know it was Hydra because of witnesses. He was on his way to the biology building, unaware that it was closed. We're looking into the possibility of the close down being staged by Hydra as well."

Clint shifted from one foot to the other, something scratching in the back of his mind.

"We're not sure of their intentions, they've made no demands. Then again Hydra doesn't always work that way. They're no petty bandits"

"Footage and reports from other organizations show that Hydra's been skulking around campus earlier." Coulson injected into the briefing. Clint made a sound of recognition, drawing everyone's bewildered gaze towards him. Had the situation been somewhat normal he'd been embarrassed about making such a sound.

"Bruce, err... Dr. Banner was attacked by the biology building." He supplied.

"Barton, where is Banner now?" Fury looked directly at him.

"He lives with me, sir." The title slipped automatically and Clint had half a mind to curse quietly. Natasha groaned next to him.

"Dr. Banner, of course." She muttered, Clint looked puzzled as Fury and Coulson seemed to catch up to the master assassin.

"Did Dr. Banner come home early yesterday agent Barton?"

Clint wanted to snap that he was no agent, instead his treacherous tongue answered correctly and politely.

"Yes, sir... Said he could easily work at home with his new lab there."

"It wasn't Stark they wanted." Coulson looked at Fury for confirmation.

"No agent, I believe they wanted someone else indeed. Barton, get Banner here, he's not safe either at the moment" Fury snapped the order, but Clint was already on his way out before the director had pronounced his entire name.

Upon hearing loud voices from inside his apartment, Clint's heart rate when sky high in only matter of seconds. He rushed through the door with his bow spent. Familiar blue eyes blinked at him.

"Put that down before you hurt yourself, fool." someone said, Loki.

"Thor, what are you doing here?"

"Visiting my brother!" Thor boomed as Clint lowered his bow and looked over at Loki, trying not to stare at the brilliant green eyes, no wonder Loki hid his natural color from time to time.

That said, the trickster looked beyond annoyed with his brother's presence, Clint didn't have the time to play along with the gods whims at the moment.

"Loki, please tell me Bruce is in his lab?"

"I could, but that would be lying." Loki replied with a sarcastic roll of his eyes.

"Then where is he?" Clint wasn't bothered by the hint of desperation in his voice, and that bothered him.

"The good doctor when down to the bakery to get some deliciously sweet pastries." Thor replied in his somewhat old-fashioned way, making Loki roll those brilliantly green eyes again.

"Fuck! What if they snag him?"

"What are you yammering about Barton?" Loki asked, starting to sound alarmed.

"I have to get to him before-" Clint was halfway out of the door when he crashed right into someone that was carrying a paper bag, both of them falling over, the bag between them.

"Ow, Clint…?" Bruce looked up at him, his glasses halfway off.

"Bruce, oh thank….you know what, let's not go there at the current time and situation, just thank whoever that you're alright!" Clint babbled and clung to Bruce.

"Clint…" Bruce sounded a little confused, but patted Clint's shoulder all the same.

"Oh, um, right, sorry." Clint got up and dragged Bruce with him, a sob from behind them didn't give them the time to suddenly feel a bit awkward.

"The wonderfully sweet pastries, all smashed together…!" Thor looked into the bag with the look of a kicked puppy.

"We don't have time for that! Anyhow, Bruce, listen to me, Tony's been kidnapped." Clint went into agent mode.

"What?" Bruce corrected his glasses and furrowed his brows.

"By Hydra, sound familiar?"

"Oh no… the sudden shut-down yesterday…" Realization dawned on Bruce much quicker than it had to any of the S.H.I.E.L.D agents, Clint had to push away the swelling pride and continue on.

"We, or S.H.I.E.L.D think that it was actually you they were after. Bruce please, was it Hydra that attacked you last time as well?"

Bruce stared at him before glancing down, giving a quiet nod.

"But why? You said nobody but you knew about the… you know, the other guy."

"No, but there is someone else, and Hydra thinks I hold the answer to his creation. Truth is I only know about him thanks to Loki snooping around for me after I left the project."

"Someone else, what do you mean someone else?"

"Someone continued my work and finished one of my projects with I don't know what since I destroyed the files."

"Which one of your projects did they complete that Hydra is so interested in?"

"Project super soldier"

'Well shit…'