"So, let me get this straight; November 2011, you're sent to Vilnius in Latvia to take out Joseph Arvin?"
The two assassins nodded; sat on the couch, Natasha crossed-legged, leaning her head into her hands, while Clint was slouched into the corner. Tony was stood facing them; clutching piles of paperwork and notes, there were more spread out over the other couch, floor and table; this was going to take a while. Bruce was writing everything in the form of a time line on the whiteboard he'd brought up from his lab, while Steve was stood staring pensively out the window.
"When you got back Tasha you were in a coma for three days? And Clint you were in medical the whole time too?"
Two more nods.
"Was Yates already in custody when you got out?"
"Yes" they said in unison.
"There's no trial date, so how did... Oh."
"What is it?" Bruce asked, looking up from his whiteboard.
"Here's his death certificate"
There was silence for a minute, before Bruce asked; "I didn't think SHIELD..."
"They don't!" Clint interrupted. "Not to their own, and definitely not before a trial"
"Then how?"
"Suicide" Tony answered having read the death certificate through.
Clint nodded, but Natasha sighed.
"What is it Nat?" Clint asked wearily, taking her hand in his. He knew how tired she was, he could see the conscious effort it took her to keep her eyes open.
"I went to see him, Yates, before he died"
Clint did nothing but nod, encouraging her to continue.
"I had to see for myself; I thought he was innocent, that he'd been set up. After I spoke with him I was sure... By the time I got back to Fury's office; he was dead."
"You don't think he took his own life?" Steve asked quietly from the corner.
"No, I think he was murdered"
