Here it is...Chapter Three - Excited? I am.
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"Can I speak to you for a minute please Clint?" Pepper asked as she took away his empty breakfast plate.
"Sure." He replied, following her into the kitchen and sitting on the counter, Pepper shut the door and sat on the counter opposite Clint. "What's this about?" He asked impatiently.
"You and Natasha." She told him bluntly. "What's going on between you two?" Clint jumped off of the counter and went to pour himself another coffee to aid him in hiding his emotions.
"We're partners. Why?"
"Are you sure there's not something more?" She pried.
"Affirmative." he replied, sitting back onto the counter with his coffee.
"Then why were you so worried about her this morning?" She was delving deep and Clint didn't like it.
"We're partners, friends even. I worry." He explained.
"Sure, but you know, if you do like her as more than a partner, then I can help you."
"Look Pepper." Clint got off of the counter "Me and Natasha are close, really close. I care about her and ... I don't know, maybe there's something more between us but we can't be more in this job." He told the prying women honestly.
"Well maybe you couldn't when you were a SHIELD spy, but now, you're an avenger, you have plenty of time. Tell her how you feel." She got off the counter and left the kitchen, seconds later Clint followed her into the lounge to find Fury sat with his team mates.
"You've finally decided to join us Hawkeye." Fury said, looking up from his phone.
"How can I help you Fury?" He asked, sitting opposite the one-eyed director.
"Now that you all are here, I have the Avengers first mission." Fury explained "Stark, can you get JARVIS to run this file." It was more of a command then a request, he tossed the memory stick at Tony who but the stick into the main computer system. A bunch of files came up on the many screens around the room, the avengers looked lost, trying to figure out where to start, Fury explained the mission. "There's been rumour of HYDRA activity in the Kowloon Walled City just outside of Hong Kong, there's two warehouses in the centre of the city that we think are the new HYDRA bases, we need you to get into the buildings and find the files of HYDRA's next targets." The avengers looked between each other, it seemed simple enough.
"Why do you need all of us to do it?" Stark asked ready everyone's minds "It seems simple enough.
"The warehouse is heavily guarded, and we don't know which building contains the information." Fury explained. "I'll leave you with the information." Then he left to leave the Avengers to come up with a plan.
The plan was simple. Bruce was going to 'hulk out' and take out the HYDRA agents in front of the two buildings while Stark and Rogers when into the right building and Clint and Natasha went into the left. They were all geared up and ready when the helicopter dropped them into the city. Bruce quickly let the 'other guy' take over and took out the many agents outside of the buildings. The other four joined him and killed anyone in their paths to the buildings. Clint and Natasha ended up being surrounded by what could easily be 50 agents on the second floor of the building, and judging by the many guards not attacking and staying by the stairs to the third floor; there was something important up there. Natasha and Clint stood back to back, taking one side of HYDRA agents each. Despite the odds not being in their favour, they quickly managed to kill all of the agents with a single bullet in each of their heads, HYDRA must be training up nobodies with no basic skill, amateurs.
"Stay here and guard the stairs. I'm going up." Natasha quickly told her partner, before he replied she had already ran up the stairs taking out the few remaining guards that stood at the top. She picked the lock to the study that sat at the top of the steal staircase and entered, shutting the door behind her. She went straight to the metal filing cabinet at the back of the large study and opened the top draw.
She heard Clint over the radio in her ear "You found anything Black Widow?" he asked casually.
"affirmative. there's a file marked targets." She replied, searching through the files, she picked it up and looked inside. "Guys, it's a trap." She announced. "Repeat, it's a trap, evacuate the buildings." Natasha looked down at the bomb attached to the file, she had seen this kind before, if you put down the file then the bomb goes off, she had to disarm it or the whole building would go up in flames - with her inside of it.
"Nat what's wrong? We're all outside and all HYDRA agents are down." Clint asked over the communication device.
"I'm holding a bomb, I put it down and it blows." She explained, not showing any panic in her voice.
"Listen to me carefully Natasha." Stark spoke "Find the red and black wires." he told her.
"got them."
"If you cut one and it will disenable, cut the other and you'll have 30 seconds to run out of the blast zone."
"Which one do I cut?" She asked, panic starting to rise in her voice.
"Take your pick." He replied.
Natasha looked down at the bomb she held in her hands, feeling lucky that she had scissors in her pocket. She didn't know which one to cut.
"Wait Tasha!" Clint suddenly shouted.
"What Clint? I need to pick a wire!" Clint debated with himself until he realised that he may never see her again.
"I think I'm in love with you."
Everything was silent until Stark spoke "Awkward." earning himself a light punch from the recently turned Bruce, who was stood there awkwardly naked. Steve threw him his spare clothes.
"Is this really the time to tell me that?" Natasha finally spoke.
"Possibly not." He admitted.
"I'm cutting the black wire."
dun dun duuuunnnn! wha haha!
I was going to add a little more on the end but my friend said i should leave it there - maybe she was right.
*cliffhanger*
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