A/N hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that I may not be updating quite as often because my life has become pretty chaotic recently, but I will do my best to keep up with my current updating schedule. Anyway here's chapter three. I hope you like it.
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Chapter Three: Hawkeye
My teeth chatter as we slowly make our way to the building. Water drips down my face and neck before freezing once it gets to my shirt. Cap's jacket helps to protect me a little bit against the cold, but not much because my clothes are still wet from my unplanned swim earlier. We better get out of this weather fast or Cap might not be the only team member to be frozen. I rub my gloved hands together trying to get some warmth into them but it doesn't help that much, they're still freezing. I'm interrupted from my attempts when we come up to the entrance to the building. Steve puts up a hand and we all stop in our tracks. He slowly makes his way to the door and listens for any movement. When he doesn't hear anything he motions for us to gather at the entrance and he carefully opens the door. Widow is the first to enter followed by myself, Iron Man, Thor, and Banner with Captain America coming up the rear. The first thing I notice is that it's warm. Seriously warm, not like seventy degrees, no, it's almost hot. We sweep the large room that we entered as soon as we came through the door and ,when we find nothing, we lower our weapons. I pull my thick gloves off and move my fingers around to get some blood flowing and I notice everyone else is doing the same. Steve's jacket makes me feel like I'm in an oven so I take it off also so I'm standing there in my normal mission attire. The others seem to have the same idea and we've soon shed all of our extra layers of clothes. We pile all of it into a corner and Natasha places a cloaking device on it that shield designed so no one knows that we're here. I wring my shirt out before turning to Cap, waiting for him to explain the rest of the plan. Right on cue he dives in to his explanation.
"We'll split into pairs and search the building, if you find ANYTHING you will radio it back to the rest of us using your comm. link." I nod. Thank goodness our comms are waterproof, otherwise I'd have a little bit of a problem. "Hawkeye and Widow, you two will take the south side. Thor and Bruce, the east. Tony and I will take the west. If something happens you are to meet back at the north entrance, which is where we are now. Understood?" He gets a chorus of nods. "Bruce do not let the Hulk make an appearance unless it's absolutely necessary." The scientist nods and starts to head off with Thor. The rest of us go our separate ways and prepare for any challenges that may lie ahead. Natasha leads the way as we cautiously creep down the hall in search of any threats. My fingers hold the bowstring taunt in anticipation, ready for anything. I hear quiet voices around the corner and I stop short. Nat glances at me and I slowly peak out into the other hallway and see two A.I.M agents standing with their backs to us. I relay the information to Black Widow and she nods. The two of us sneak out from behind the corner without making a sound and come up behind the two unsuspecting men. Before they even know we're there the two are lying in a heap on the ground, their necks snapped. We drag the bodies over to the wall and prop them up in a sitting position before continuing our journey south. The halls are dimly lit by overhead lights, most of them don't even work so it pretty dark, and it casts an eerie glow on my surroundings. Our feet make no sound as we walk down the halls, keeping our eyes peeled. I take in every detail, searching for any sign of Trickshot or the other villains. I know Nat is doing the same thing but it's Madame B who's on her mind. My eyes roam over the area in front of me and something catches my eye. I stop and look quizzically at the object. It takes me a moment to realize what I'm looking at. A thin, silver tripwire is pulled out ought across the hallway. Anyone would've walked right into it if they weren't paying attention. My hand shoots out and stops Natasha to prevent her from walking into it. I motion to the hazard and her eyebrows furrow. They must've known we were coming and that at least one of us would've come this way.
"Guess they were expecting us." I whisper to her. She nods and steps over it. I follow suit. No sooner had we done this than six A.I.M agents come around the corner, weapons raised. Without hesitation I release an arrow and it embeds itself in the first attackers chest, killing him instantly. Nat sprints to the nearest man and swiftly kicks him in the stomach before promptly using him as a ladder and launches herself over him to grab the agent next to him in a thigh choke. I follow her lead and use my bow as a battering ram, slamming it into Natasha's first victim's face knocking him out cold. One of them shoots a laser at me and I drop to a crouch and roll out of the way. He comes at me and I use my legs to throw him across the hall from my position on the floor. I hear my partner shout something and I turn to see her pointing in the direction where I just threw one of the me. Quickly I turn to see what she's talking about and my heart stops when I notice what he's doing. The idiot is reaching towards the tripwire, trying to set it off. I jump up and run straight at him but I'm too late. He pulls on the wire and it snaps. At first nothing happens but then all the A.I.M agents shoot grappling hooks into the ceiling. It puzzles me at first and I make a move to grab onto the nearest one, when the floor disappears underneath me. A shout escapes me and I'm suddenly plummeting down a chute of some sort. I throw my arms out to the sides in an attempt to slow my descent but I can't quite reach. There's an opening about fifteen feet below me and I can see the ground getting closer and closer every second. Well this is gonna hurt. That's the last thing that goes through my mind before I hit the floor and everything goes black.
Ouch. My eyes flutter open and I look around. I'm in a small room with no windows and one steel door on the east wall. The entire area is concrete and there's a hole in the roof above my head where I came in, well fell in actually. The chute goes about twenty feet up before abruptly ending where I'm guessing the floor of the next level starts. It's reinforced with some type of metal and I seriously doubt I could break through it, unless I used an explosive arrow. It's also freezing in here, the temperature was probably hovering somewhere around ten or fifteen degrees Fahrenheit. I tried to wrap my arms around myself in an attempt to ward off the cold, but something prevented my arms from moving. Confused I look back and see that my hands are chained to the wall above my head. It's then that I begin to take stock of my situation. My shirt, socks, and shoes have all been removed which leaves me in just my black cargo pants, which are still wet from falling in the water. A shiver passes through me involuntarily and I shake my head. I put my chin to my chest and close my eyes for a moment. Suddenly the door bursts open and I jerk my head back up to look at the intruder. Rage fills me as I see who it is. Trickshot smiles at me. The archer takes a few steps towards me.
"Hello, Clint. Did you miss me?" I growl at him and he frowns. "I've been waiting a long time for this." As soon as he finishes his statement he pulls out a knife and slices it across my chest. I don't even flinch. A burning sensation covers my torso as he carves something into my skin. He puts the knife away and before I can react a punch connects with my jaw, jerking my head to the side. My nemesis stands to his feet and walks out the door, muttering a "see you soon" as he exits. The second he's left I start to think about the others, hoping they are better off than I am. Little do I know that the five of them are all in very similar situations. I bring my knees up to my chest, careful not to touch my newest injury, and try to keep warm in the below freezing temperatures.
A/N well that's it for chapter three, I hope you enjoyed reading it. Reviews are welcome, I'd really appreciate it if you'd leave one.