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Later Tony found Daisy and asked her about how Clint started coming to the ranch.

Daisy shrugged. "Well, I'm not really sure how he found out about us. The first I knew about it was when a group of secret-agent type people showed up here. That was the September before the aliens attacked New York, if I remember right. I think the rest of my family just thought they were weird, but the one in charge talked to me when I started showing that I was suspicious that they weren't here just for fun." She smiled faintly. "He was nice, but also a little bit creepy. He always had this little smile on his face, whether he was displeased or whether he liked something."

Tony gave a sad smile at the accurate description of Agent Coulson. "Yeah, I knew the guy. He was a good man."

Daisy looked at Tony intently. "You said 'was'. What happened?"

Tony shook his head. "He…died. When Loki tried to take over the world."

Daisy's eyes widened in shock and she covered her mouth with her hand. "He…died? That's awful!"

Tony looked down. "Yeah," he answered. He couldn't trust himself to say more. He took a deep breath and smiled up at Daisy. "So what did he say when he talked to you?'

Slightly subdued, Daisy continued. "Well, he said he was checking the ranch to make sure we were safe for some clients of his. So I asked him if we were safe, and he said that he thought we were." She paused. "A few weeks after they left, Clint called and asked if he could come here."

Tony nodded. "I see. And he's been coming ever since?"

Daisy assented by nodding her head. "Yeah. But not always alone. Sometimes he brings a woman with him. She's like really awesome and cool but really scary too. Her name's Natalie."

Raising an eyebrow, Tony smirked. "Natalie, eh?"

Clint stood on the top of the cake bin—a large bin that held feed for the cattle. The bin itself stood high enough off the ground that a pickup truck could drive underneath to get a load of feed. The top of the bin was close to twenty feet off the ground. That of course was nothing to Clint, but Maria wasn't worried about Clint. She was worried about Ryan, who was eagerly following Clint up the ladder to the top. It appeared that Clint was fastening something to the top of the bin, but she couldn't make out quite what it was as she watched from the window of the house.

Then Clint jumped off the cake bin. Maria almost fainted, but he didn't fall. Instead, he was gliding along on a zip line that stretched over the corrals.

When Ryan followed Clint's example, Maria stopped watching. She couldn't take it anymore.

Zzzip thunk! Tony jerked back as a makeshift arrow hit the fencepost as he was trying to fasten a wire to it. Scowling, he looked around.

"Clint! I swear, I will kill you!"

Giggling came from behind him. Whirling around, he observed Clint showing Mandy how to hold the bow he had fashioned from a cottonwood sapling.

Clint shook his head at Tony. "Oh dear. You shouldn't swear in front of the children, Tony."

Of course Clint would have brought his iPad, and Tony was stuck without any technology of his own. He glowered as he watched the kids crowd around Clint to watch a video—one about archery, or course.

Daisy came up to Tony. "You, know, I have a computer you could borrow if you would like," she commented in a conspiratorial tone.

Tony looked at her sharply. "Are you sure?"

She nodded. "Yeah. Just…don't break it, please. You can do stuff with it, but don't change it too much."

Tony winked at her. "Don't worry. If I change it, it will be for the better." Then he looked at Clint and frowned. "I have some hacking to do…"

The next time Clint brought out his iPad, he was flabbergasted when it started playing country music and he could not turn it off, however much he tried.

"Yah! Yah!" Tony waved his arms. "Move, you idiotic cow!"

The cow in question simply continued grazing, staring at Tony reproachfully.

Tony rolled his eyes and looked at Ryan and Mandy, who were having trouble concealing their grins. "How do you get this cow to move?"

Ryan jumped forward, eager to demonstrated. "Like this!" He ran at the cow, yelling, and slapped her on the rump.

Making a low grumbling noise in her throat, the cow reluctantly stepped forward in the direction of the corrals.

Mandy grinned up at Tony and patted his arm sympathetically. "Don't worry. The milk cows are always lazy, and they don't care if you yell at them."

As the week drew to a close, Tony realized that he really enjoyed himself here, and it was obvious Clint did as well. On the day before they left to head back to New York, he pulled Daisy aside.

"So, Daisy, I was thinking…" he started.

Daisy raised her eyebrows. "That's always dangerous. What were you thinking about?"

"Well, I like it here. A lot."

Daisy smiled. "That's good."

"Yeah. And I think that maybe some of my friends might like it here too."

Daisy's eyes widened. "Your friends? Do you mean…?"

Tony winked. "Exactly. So how could I go about getting them here?"

Daisy giggled. "Hmm. I think Captain America would be the hardest. Dad and Jake both know what he looks like. Maybe if he grew a beard…?"

Tony snickered. "That'll be the day. But I was thinking that Bruce would really like it out here."

"Bruce?" Daisy asked, perplexed. "Who's he?"

"Doctor Bruce Banner. Has a big green 'condition'."

Daisy's eyes went even wider. "The Hulk? Isn't that a little…dangerous?"

Tony smirked. "Actually, he's a really nice guy. You would like him."

Nodding doubtfully, Daisy assented. "Okay. He would be fine. None of us would recognize him."

They continued plotting for a while, discussing various ideas on how to get the Avengers to the ranch, and still have them remain a secret.

Then Daisy remarked, "You know, it might be nice to see Iron Man fly over one of these days."

Tony rolled his eyes. "You think? I don't think you want what that would entail."

"What would that be?"

"Oh, probably a monster or a terrorist organization, maybe an assassin or two, and of course the paparazzi," Tony deadpanned.

Daisy laughed. "Sure. Yeah…I don't really want any of those things around here. Still….it would be cool to see Iron Man."

Tony smiled. "Well, I'll have to see what I can do."

A.N. Done at last! So who do you want to see coming to the Scholl Ranch next! I can't decide between Bruce, Thor, and Steve Rogers. Please tell me what you think of my story, and who you would like to see next. Thanks for reading!