You know the worst part about being knocked unconscious. It's the process of having to wake up
First it starts with your eyes, no matter where you are the light that's gonna be around you will peak through to your eyelids blinding you making you groan
"Ughhh"
Then your body feels like it's in a tired state. You suddenly feel like your entire body is hunched down by an anchor and it's hard to get up
Like now as Francis let out a weak groan trying to get up by ultimately fell back down to have his hand leak off the side of the couch
And last but not least the confusion. In the first couple of seconds you have no clue where you are. Hell it doesn't even feel like you're alive. Just in a husk of your own body looking from a different view
With his free hand Francis rubbed up and down his face trying to wake himself up before running his hand through his messy platinum hair
Even under the predicaments the archer had to admit it felt pretty good to have a rest for once. Even if it was a forceful sleep Francis definitely needed the sleep after everything that has been happening
Francis's eyes had soon adjusted to everything and with a simple look around he found himself in some sort of loft. He couldn't really see much due to a giant blinding light from a window that looked down upon him but from what he could tell It seemed to be a sunrise
A whole day had passed and Francis was knocked out for most of it
It was crazy to think but truly not hard to believe
Again Francis just sighed plummeting himself on what he laid on that seemed to be a couch turing into the pillow that rested his head
Everything was so weird right now. Hell Francis still wasn't convinced he was even alive.
Being sent back to the past ?
Having his Parents Alive ? and looking at him ?
He had so many questions and little to no answers all that made his brain run circles for no reason
Did everyone survive ?
Where did Pym and Azari land ?
Just how many of them were here ? in the past ?
Where is his friend ?
What are he and Torunn ?
Who the hell is licking his hand ?
Suddenly looking down at his hand that laid off the couch Francis nearly jumped when he saw a dog with the widest smile he had ever seen licking the crap out of his hand as if he was trying to find what was at the center of a tootsie pop
Immediately Francis reeled his hand back jumping up to lay higher on the couch but the Dog just jumped with him smiling towards Francis as he had changed from his hand to his neck and face
"HEY ! HEY ! DOG ON ME ! DOG ON ME ! BAD BOY ! BAD BOY !" Francis tried to command towards the dog but he hadn't listened as he just continued to lick Francis all over
The noticed the one shut closed eye on the dog's face and eventually when Francis was able to push back and keep the dog somewhat at bay he noticed the small collar around his neck
Slightly taking hold of it Francis read the collar before looking up at the heavily panting and smiling dog
"Lucky ?"
The dog clearly understood him as this time when he pounced on Francis the young man laughed as he hugged the dog tightly while laughing
"LUCKY ! IT'S YOU !" he exclaimed before rubbing the dog behind his ears and taking in his face
"AWW ! YOUR SO SMALL IN THE PAST ! COME HERE ! WHO'S A GOOD BOY ! WHO'S THE GREATEST PIZZA DOG ! YOU ARE ! YES YOU ARE !"
Immediately when Francis began to scratch the back of his head Lucky's foot began to immediately tap uncontrollably noting that he was seriously into this
Eventually Lucky had fully fell onto his back making Francis laugh even more as he scooted up to scratch his belly and by the small howl and leg tapping Lucky made Francis definitely knew this was his dog
"Funny. He's never reacted that way towards me" Clint stated
Stopping his mini attack towards the dog Francis looked back to see Clint leaning against the railing above him that led to another room. Most likely his. And due to his bed hair and black black shirt and hawkeye pajama pants it's clear his so called Fatehr dropped him on the couch and went to sleep himself
"Oh yeah…..Lucky has this really sensitive nub within the back of his right earlobe. If you just scratch it long enough you'll basically be able to do anything you want to him"
Clint just looked over at the dog's untroubled posture looking as if his tongue was going to fall out of his mouth from the amount of heavy breathing he was doing only making him chuckle
"Of course my son knows secrets about my own Dog I didn't even know"
Son
Still feels weird to hear
Gaining himself up from the confined couch Francis stood to his feet letting a small wave of nausea pass over him as he just lightly felt his head and closed his eyes
"Whoa….that….definitely felt weird"
"Yeah, Bruce said something about Nasua for you guys" Clint began as he walked down the steps of the loft
"Something about your bodies having to adapt 2 decades behind. So everything's gonna take awhile to get used to. I don't know science isn't really my thing. I'm just the arrow guy"
Scratching the back of his head Clint made a small whistle noise to single towards Lucky making him flip up on the couch before jumping off to head towards him
Squinting his eyes a little Francis noticed the hearing Aids on Clint's ears. It made him half side smile he never forgot that his Dad was 80 % deaf
"You want some coffee ?" Clint asked
Francis mentally puked
"Coffee ? I thought you hated the stuff ? Said it makes you to wired in the morning"
Clint's eyebrows perked as he started to brew the machine
"Really ? I hate coffee ?"
Clint thought that was strange as these days coffee is one of the things that keep him alive
Making his way towards the counter Clint was at Francis nodded his head as he brought his Mother's goggles atop his platinum hair
"Yeah, You always did. Always told me how people who need coffee to wake up in the morning are people who don't have much excitement in life"
The brew had finished and Clint just snickered his teeth in a laugh as he brought the pitcher out the machine
"Well Kid, The Clint Barton you knew in the future must have his life together because right now. This is the best part of my morning"
Tilting his head a little Francis turned back to look around the loft as Clint took his morning sip
With a raised eyebrow and confusing tone Francis failed to see the last remaining member of their family
"Hey, where's mom ? Is she out ?"
Purposely Clint continued to sip his cup as he looked up from the mug to look into Francis's teal eyes
The sound of his mug hitting the counter echoed within his head as Clint knew him answering this question would be hard
Who was he kidding ? It was hard on him too. It's probably why he was avoiding eye contact with the male version of her sitting right before him
"Yeah…..Look Kid. I don't know what the future Me and Your Mom are. But in the past. Right now. We're-"
Looking up at Francis he had to swallow his pride when he looked at his disappointing 19 year old eyes
"...we're…..on a break"
Francis had to admit he hoped if they were dropped sometime in the past it would be a time when his family was actually happy for once
"oh….right….I forgot. Divorces" Francis spoke making Clint sigh before nodding his head
"So which is this one ? Number 2 or 3"
Undoubtedly Clint just dropped his head and sighed before moving his into a peace sign
Neither of them talked a long break and tension was bright between them as Clint just rubbed the back of his head
"Alright. I'm sure you and me have a lot of question about one another that want answering"
Francis just nodded his head in agreement
"Alright. Well. How about you go upstairs take a quick shower and then change into some actual clothes"
Looking down at himself Francis noticed he was still wearing his gear minus his Jacket and supplies that were on the table near the couch. He hadn't even noticed it was there until Clint pointed towards it
"I have some spare clothes in my closet that you can wear and once you come down we can…..talk. Agreed"
Nodding his head Francis picked himself up to head upstairs passing by the table that had his stuff he noticed his Bow was split apart into the 2 separate poles with his quiver and mirage of arrows on the side
Clint must've tried to make use of the gear be probably gave up mid way
Watching Francis go up the steps Clint took another sip of coffee as he watched him leave into the other room
Once he did the mig hit the counter hard as he began to grip the handle tightly
Closing his eyes shut Clint just decided he needed a quick timeout as he soon let go of the mug before looking down at Lucky's heavy smile
Clint chuckled
"You think I can do this ? I mean me ? a Dad ?"
Lucky just let out a whoof
"No Kate doesn't count she's more mature than me"
Again Lucky whoofed expect this time Clint rolled his eyes
"No, I shouldn't have let Bobbi take him. Are you crazy ? Have Lance around him ? he's my son"
Lucky let out one more whoof and that's when Clint released he was insane because he was quite literally talking to a dog right now
"Jesus, I need help"
RING RING
The nearby sound of the doorbell had caught Clint and Lucky's attention as almost immediately the two made their way to the door and opened it
Opening the door the other end had revealed the black haired archer herself with her hair tied back in a messy ponytail and her hand within the confinement of her jacket Katw Bishop entered within the Loft
"Oh Kate ? what are you doing here ?"
Moving up her sunglasses Kate just raised her eyebrow
"Umm you texted me you dork ? look"
Brining her phone out from her jacket Kate revealed the text message Clint sent early in the morning
NEED HELP ASAP ! C.B.
Putting her phone away Kate let herself in the apartment but not before petting Lucky giving him the attention he undoubtedly deserved
It took Kate seconds to notice the new display of gear upon the table only catching her eye quickly
"Got new gear ?" Kate asked looking at Clint but the blonde just rubbed the back of his neck
"That's actually what I wanted to talk to you about-" Clint began before he heard the sound of his phone go off
Turning towards the kitchen table Clint mentally groaned before looking at Kate
"I gotta take this real quick. I'll be right back" he said before grabbing the phone and stepping outside only leaving Kate and Lucky within the apartment
Looking around the loft Kate gradually made her way over to the table. Her curiosity had gotten to her deciding to discover what was on the table.
Looking over it she spotted the plain purple Jacket first making her smirk as she picked it up to inspect it more
"Don't really see you wearing this Clint but ok" she said before placing it back down
Next she went over to the two separate poles picking them up with both her hands before slowly spinning them within her fingertips
"I get she's your ex-wife and all but copying her ? really ? that's low even for you Clint"
Kate was about to put the two weapons down. But that was before she noticed at the end of each pole as some sort of attachment. All things considered Lucky looked at Kate thinking she already snooped enough and granted he was right. She did. But it was Clint's stuff so therefore she didn't care
Connecting the two Poles together Kate jumped when the weapon and sprouted into a longer staff
"Woah ! ok….maybe that's kinda cool-" Kate admitted with a smirk
Coming from the shower he had just taken Francis entered upon the staircase drying his hair off as he wore some sweets and a shirt of a milk carton pouring into the milky way
Hearing the sound of his bow cling made Francis's ears perk as immediately he stopped giving attention to his hair
Again the sound clinged followed up with a "OK THAT'S EVEN COOLER !" making him go wide eyed as he had recognized the voice
"Kate ?" Francis whispered before hurrying to the end of the stairs
When he looked down upon the stairs Francis felt as if his heart was going to implode when he spotted and looked upon the pitch black hair and messy bun with purple sunglasses resting above her
Francis's heart began to do backflips as butterflies pooled into his stomach not knowing what to do or how to feel
Unfortunately he didn't have to decide long as throughout his starstruckness his hands slipped making Francis yelp grabbing Kate's attention as immediately the platinum haired teen began to tumble and stumble down the staircase
Kate physically cringed watching Francis roll down the staircase before plopping to the floor and more so even cringed when she watched him attempt to get up acting as if he didn't fall of a flight of stairs
"Im…..nope….something's definitely broken" Francis groaned before taking a series of deep breaths
Leaving Kate with a mix of confusion and sympathy all she was left to do was ask one question
"Umm….who are you ?"
Before Francis could answer though Clint had came back
"Alright Kate what I was planning on telling you was-" he began but stopped when he found Francis enter the scene upon them
"Oh. well nevermind"
Placing the bow down on the table Kate found herself thrown into this newfound confusion
"Clint, who is this ? another friend of yours I presume ?"
Nervously chuckling both Clint and Francis shared a look
"Yeahhhhh. I'll explain it on the way"
"On the way to where ?" Francis asked
"The Triskelion. Fury called us in. Looks like we got some answers Kid"
Francis's face sparked with hope for the first time in a while
"I'll go get dressed"
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Looking upon the blue seas of the Island Emma held a small smile on her face as she was currently sunbathing at the edge of her diamond palace within the Island
With her diamond shades on and her silk attire she figured nothing could ruin this day. Not a single thing
Boy she she hates it when she's proven wrong when suddenly looking u at the sky through her sunglasses a silver light emerged through the dark shades of her sunglasses
Brining her shades down a little to view the skies implosion of pure green light she note adjust how massive the ray really was as it must've stretched all throughout Krakoa
But just as quickly as it was a problem it solved itself dispersing into thin air before the pure blue skies were back
In a simi state of confusion Emma just shrugged her shoulders before putting her sunglasses back on ignoring the silver light that was starting to shine bright behind her
Honestly she wouldn't have known anything happened if she didn't feel a large and hard gust of wind tickle her hair forcing her to turn back in her chair and groan as she this time removed her sunglasses
"I can't have one simple day can I. what is it-" she said before stopping when she rose to her feet
Immediately when she rose she saw the sight of what seemed to be a young girl dressed in all white. With shiny blonde hair. If you could call it that. The white on her suit was heavily smudged and dirty almost looking like a sleek gray as her blonde hair was heavily messed and wrinkled
Her face gave a look of distraught and shock like she was surprised to be seeing all the color and bright lights as of now as she was also gasping and heavily breathing for air
Rolling her eyes and sigh Emma folded her sunglasses
"I don't have time for this. Who are you darling" she requested
Her question grabbed the girl's attention for the first but when she laid eyes upon her the girl's heart leaped in her stomach
"...mom….." she softly spoke
Not flinching in any reaction Emma just tucked a strand of hair behind her ear before shaking her head
"Mom ?"
Looking around the edge of the cliff spotting the diamond palace Stacy's breath huffed
"Oh no….no….no…no something is wrong. Something is seriously wrong right now" she mumbled before looking at Emma in distrust
"What year is this ?"
Emma looked at her like she was mad
"2023 ?"
Her answer made Stacy;s heart drop as she didn't even waste seconds to turn around to voyage farther down the cliff as she began to try and talk into something within her ear
Confusion struck within Emma only making her roll her eyes once more as she had figured 'There goes my relaxation'
Closing her eyes she figured she mine as well wake him up to
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In nothing but shorts on the man with a metal arm continued to hold himself up on the top of the cliff side by one arm as he took in another deep breath
"Congratulations, in just 5 seconds you would've reached enlightenment"
Bucky once more took a deep breath as the counter went down
"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
"James" Emma's voice spoke telepathically making him snap his eyes open
"AH !"
Falling down flat on his back upon the snow. Bucky let out a groan before shaking his head
"I can't have anything" Bucky mumbled before getting up
"Yes darling of mine" Bucky grumbled
"I need you to come back to Krakoa, I got a situation you might be interested in" Emma told him telepathically''
letting out a deep sigh Bucky grabbed his stuff as he began to head down the mount top of mount everest
"This better be worth it" Bucky groaned