A/N: I know! I know! It's been too long. But I am back with a brand new chapter. Hope you enjoy it.


Fury doesn't think he has been more relieved but even more terrified at the same time ever before. Well, no time like the present he thought.

"Bar… Clint! I have to tell you something." Fury said, slowly. As if that was going to help him any.

Five minutes into the conversation, and Clint was ready to shoot an arrow through Fury's one good eye if not for Natasha holding on to his hands, very tightly.

Fifteen minutes into it, and Fury had a black eye as well as a broken nose, while Clint and Natasha ran out in search of Tony, who was coincidentally, standing right outside the door.

"We need to go. Now!" Clint said, as soon as his eyes fell on the tinkerer. "Get the jet ready, I'll explain on the way."

Tony would have asked more questions if not for the looks the two assassins were sporting. Then he saw Fury walk out of the same room as Clint and Nat, with a black-eye and a bleeding nose, and he immediately ordered JARVIS to get the jet ready, along with his suit.

Soon, Tony, Bruce and Steve, who were waiting right down the corridor, were following Clint and Nat out of the HQ. They reached the Tower in record time, what with one Natasha Romanoff, driving like a bat out of hell.

"The jet is ready, Sir" JARVIS said, as soon as they entered the building. They group quickly took the elevator to the roof.

As soon as everyone was inside the jet, Clint set the coordinated for their destination, and they were all off!

Unable to take the suspense anymore, Tony asked the one question they had all been dying to know the answer to.

"What's going on?"

Clint took a deep breath before turning towards his team-mates, his friends. There was a smile, albeit however small, on his lips which surprised the other members of the team, as that had been a sight unseen since the Battle of New York.

"We are going to get Phil. He's alive."


A/N: So, starting with, sorry for the delay. I have been swamped with exams and a few other things. There were two wedding in the family and I just couldn't make much time to write and post. But I am free now, so you get this, and there will be a few more chapters soon enough.

Please do review. As you know, they keep the soul satiated!

Until then.