AN: sorry for not updating, haven't had chance to get on a laptop :P

Chapter 18: I hope this isn't what I think it is

Clint was plotting. His neck really hurt from where Alexis had held the knife. Since she'd turned up with Luke, all she'd caused was trouble, trouble and more trouble. There had to be a way to get at her, and through her, Tony. How dare he leave him, but then again it wasn't like they had a relationship, just an arrangement. His thoughts began to wander to Loki, with his bubble butt and cute face. Then it hit Clint. He could kill two birds with one stone, get Loki and hurt the bitch and the bastard, a.k.a Alexis and Tony. Clint began to crawl towards the exit of the ventilation shaft he was in and thought about how to set his plan into action.

Meanwhile

Loki sat on Lex's bed, while she paced around the room ranting about Clint. She was very hot when she was annoyed, he thought. He heard her mentally laugh at that.

"How dare he threaten Dad? Even if he was pissed, you don't go threatening to shoot people, even if you are a master assassin-"

"Babe, you threatened to kill Tony when you first met him, remember?"

"That was different Loks; I didn't just break up with him. I'm not going to even ask about that arrangement; I have enough with Luke forgetting that I'm a girl and don't want to hear his sordid fantasies about him and Jake. It makes me feel sick even thinking about it."

Loki stood up and pulled Lex into his arms. She laid his head on his shoulder and he put his head on hers.

"Maybe you should talk to Tasha. She knows Clint best, and anyway, she's your mentor, and your friend. She'll know what to do. I'm pretty sure she's gotten pissed off with Tony before, we all have."

"That's a great idea. What would I do without you?" Alexis looked up and kissed Loki, which she happily responded to. Half way through the kiss she teleported away with a pop. Loki ran his hand through his tussled hair and chuckled under his breath.

Lex found Nat in the living room talking to Steve. When they heard the pop, Nat said hey and Steve left, knowing the look that Lex had just given him meant she wanted him to get out, and he respected that. They were probably going to talk about stuff like fondueing, and he didn't want to hang around for that.

"What's up, Alex?"

"Nat, did you know about Clint and Tony?"

"Sort of. Clint never told me, but I guessed."

"Me and Loki just had to rescue Dad from being shot by Robin Hood."

"WHAT! Why the fuck would he do that?"

"Dad ended whatever was going on between them. He's going out with this agent, Cali. Have you met her?"

"Cali's really nice. I worked with her on a mission 'll get along really well. What did you have to do to stop Clint?"

"I teleported behind him and out a knife to his neck and threatened him, while Loki teleported in quickly and got Dad out of there. Is this like Clint? You know him best."

"It's not like him, trust me. The only person he would show this kind of malice to is Loki, because of the mind control in New York. Where is Tony?"

"Him and Bruce went down to Malibu for some R&R, and so that they could work on their latest project. They said they're going to be gone for a couple of weeks, but we can go down any time, and that Cali might go down for a weekend."

"It's good that he's out of the way. Let's go find Clint and see what he has to say for himself."

The girls stood up and walked to Clint's room, while talking about Nat's latest widow bites that Tony had made for her. Steve's room was on the same floor as Clint's, so when the girls walked past his curiosity raised his head. Why were they going to Clint's room, he thought. Probably nothing, and he resumed punching the bags hung in his room.

Nat knocked on Clint's door. They knew he was in there, because they'd asked Jarvis. When the door didn't open, Nat shouted, "Clint open up, it's Tash. We need to talk."

When he didn't respond, Alexis got annoyed. Sod it, she muttered under her breathe and kicked the door down. She wasn't prepared for what she saw. Clint had tied Loki to the bed naked and gagged him, and Clint stood to the side, filming it. Lex lost it. This would never have happened if Loki had full access to his magic, she thought. She flung a fire ball at Clint, and when he was knocked over, reduced his air intake to that of an asthmatic half way through a major asthma attack. She then ran over to the bed and begun to untie Loki. She saw out of the corner of her eye that Nat had gone and got Steve, and they were dealing with Clint.

He would pay, she thought.