Chapter 19
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AN1: This is the last chapter, hope you enjoyed this you sooo much for all the support.
It has been half an hour since the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and Steve arrived at the Avengers Facility and in that time they agents have been given a tour and are now being shown their new bunks.
"What about you, May?" Daisy asks, "Where's your Bunk?" as she wants to know where she can find May if she ever needs to.
"I share with, Natasha." Melinda explains.
"Speaking of our rooms there is something I want to show you." Natasha informs her friend.
"Sure." Melinda says, "I'll be back in a few." She says to her team before following Natasha.
"I thought something was going on between May and Captain Rogers, why is she sharing a bunk with Agent Romanoff when there are plenty of spares?" Daisy asks Phil in a confused whisper.
"The two things aren't connected." Phil says, "Sharing a bunk is just something that May and Natasha do." Phil explains as he isn't entirely sure why they always prefer to share he just knows that they do, but he does have his theories.
"Why?" Daisy asks curious.
"That's not my place to say." Phil says, as he knows that even though he doesn't know for sure he shouldn't share his theories, and Daisy just nods, still confused but knowing better than to question.
"So, what did you want to show me?" Melinda asks curious as she walks into the bedroom part of hers and Natasha's rooms.
"This." Natasha says and as she does Melinda notices that there are now two wardrobes and two draws, "I should have done this weeks ago. It's your room too Mel, now you can actually unpack instead of living out of your bag." Natasha informs her friend.
"It's been a long time since I haven't lived out of a bag." Melinda admits as even at the Playground she kept her bag mostly packed, "Thanks Nat."
"You're welcome." Natasha says, "Like Tony said, welcome home." Natasha says with a smirk.
It has been a few hours since everyone arrive at the facility and in that time the plane has been unloaded and everyone has started to get settled in.
Because everything that needed to be handled right away has been done everyone is either in or on their way to the living area so that those who don't know each other can get to know each other and so everyone can have some fun.
Melinda is one of the people who is still on her way to the living area when she hears,
"Mel." And she turns to see Clint, "Good, I caught you just in time."
"What are you up to?" Melinda asks curious.
"Nothing… yet." Clint says, "I was actually hoping for your help with something."
"Oh?" Melinda asks curious.
"Yeah, I think we should give everyone a proper welcome." Clint says with a smirk.
"I forgot how much I love the way you think." Melinda admits, almost smirking, finding herself actually wanting to get back to what she used to do once more, "What are you thinking?"
"Well, we could pull out an old trick, but with Phil being here I'm thinking something new." Clint explains as Phil has been present for basically all his and Melinda's pranks he knows them so he will be able to spot it if they do something they've done before.
"Something new sounds good." Melinda admits, "But it's going to have to be good."
"When is anything we do not?" Clint asks curious.
"Good point." Melinda admits, "We'll need to plan somewhere we can't be found until we want to be."
"I've got the perfect place." Clint says, "Come with me, Mel." Clint says leading the way.
Unaware of what Melinda and Clint are doing everyone else is arriving in the living area.
"Finally, everyone's here." Maria comments when Fitz and Simmons, the last of the group, excluding Melinda and Clint, walk in.
"Not everyone." Steve says, "Melinda and Clint aren't here yet." He informs everyone.
"Oh no." Natasha, Phil and Maria say.
"Why does that get an oh no?" Daisy asks confused.
"Because Clint and Melinda together equals the most elaborate, creative pranks ever." Phil explains.
"And this being the first night that all of us are here they'll be planning something." Natasha admits.
"Or they could just be a little late." Bobbi argues.
"No, they're planning something." Maria says, knowing her friends.
"Any idea what?" Hunter asks, honestly he can't really imagine Melinda puling a prank.
"With those two you never know." Phil says, "Although this is the first time in a really long time that they have done something." He says, realising that even though he is worried about what they are going to do he is glad that Melinda is showing that part of herself again.
"So I guess we should get this party started and just what for whatever horror Barton and May are planning on unleased." Tony comments.
"Isn't that a bit dramatic?" Mack asks.
"No. A couple of weeks ago we all saw what they do together and I don't want a repeat." Tony tells the others.
"When was this?" Bucky asks confused.
"A couple of days before we found you." Steve explains and Bucky gives a nod.
"What did they do?" Simmons asks curious.
"Something creative." Sam answers, "But it wasn't just them, Natasha and Maria helped."
"Of course you did." Phil says, looking at his friends.
"You would have helped too." Natasha reminds him.
"No, if you remember correctly I always tried to stop you four, or three, or just Clint and May, I spent years trying." Phil reminds Natasha.
"You also helped." Fury reminds his friend, "Or are you choosing to forget that?" he asks Phil curious.
"Okay, I'm thinking that it is story time." Hunter comments.
"Yeah, I agree with Hunter on this one, it's story time." Daisy informs everyone.
"Well I for one would like to know just who was behind the glitter, and spray paint in the hub bathrooms in 93." Fury says, looking at Coulson as he always had his suspicion but he could never confirm and then Melinda and Clint had to go on a mission so he didn't see them for months.
"That was just May and Barton." Phil answers, "I had no idea what they were planning." Phil admits.
"And who superglued Garrett into his bunk?" Fury asks, as that was something else he has wondered about.
"That was just May, but he deserved it." Phil answers, remembering what Garrett had done that lead to Melinda doing that.
"Okay, I want to hear both those stories." Daisy requests and Phil begins to tell them.
Hidden in the roof, where you can only get to through the air vents, Melinda and Clint are sitting together, and have been for over half an hour, working on what they need for their plan to give everyone a proper welcome.
"You know Phil, Nat, and Maria would have realised exactly what we are up to as soon as we didn't show at the welcome party." Clint reminds Melinda.
"I know. That's why we have to be quick about this." Melinda says.
"Yeah well it wouldn't be the first time we pulled off something amazing in a little about of time." Clint says, "Phil's birthday in 95 just to name one time."
"That was fun, I'm still not sure he's forgiven us for that, though." Melinda admits.
"Yeah, me either." Clint confirms, "So, we really doing this?"
"What? Are you getting cold feet?" Melinda asks amused.
"Me, never." Clint says, "What about you?"
"Oh, I'm in, you know I am." Melinda says with a smirk.
"Oh how I've missed that smirk." Clint says happily, "I'm happy to see it again, I'm happy to see this side of you again." Clint reveals, "I've missed my pranking partner." Clint says sincerely finally saying what he has wanted to say for years but hasn't because he didn't want Melinda to feel guilty, or make things harder on her.
"Thanks." Melinda says, "I've missed doing this too, I've missed being your pranking partner."
"Then I guess there is only one thing left for us to do." Clint says.
"Yep. Give everyone our welcome." Melinda says as they pick up the stuff they need.
Back in the Living area everyone has spread out though it is clear that those who know what Melinda and Clint are capable of, those who have experienced what they can do, are worried about what they are up to.
"They should be here by now." Steve says to himself.
"Relax Rogers, I'm sure they're fine." Natasha tells him, having heard what he said, "I would be more worried about what they are planning on doing to us."
"What do you think they are up to?" Steve asks curious, though he is still worried.
"I wouldn't want to guess." Natasha admits, "These are two people who have singlehanded destroyed a dozen S.H.I.E.L.D bathrooms, caused new rules to be introduced, had to be separated because they had caused too much grief and who have managed to at least party destroy both the Hub and Triskelion at different points."
"Have their pranks ever hurt anyone?" Steve asks with a frown.
"Each other on occasion, but no one else. They know what they are doing, they never let anyone get hurt." Natasha explains, "Don't worry Steve, we'll know soon enough what they are up to." Natasha assures him and in response Steve just gives a nod.
After they leave the roof it takes Melinda and Clint an hour to set up everything they need, which, even by their standards is pretty fast for what they did.
"That looks pretty good if I do say so myself." Clint tells Melinda. The two of them are hidden in the perfect vantage point to both see everything that have done and do a few more things when it's the right time.
"That it does." Melinda says with a nod, "I think it's time."
"I think you're right." Clint confirms, "Although you do know that as soon as we do this, they or Nick, Nat, Phil and Maria at least, will know it is us." Clint reminds Melinda.
"Yes, but they'll check it anyway because they can't risk it not being us." Melinda points out, "Do you want the honour or do you want me to do it?" Melinda asks as she picks up a tablet.
"That honour is all yours Mel." Clint says and Melinda presses something on the tablet.
"Now we wait."
In the living area everyone in their just heard a notice come over the PA system telling ever Avenger and Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D to go to the lobby immediately.
"And that would be Mel and Clint." Natasha informs everyone.
"Really?" Daisy asks.
"Yeah, they do that a lot when they don't want to wait for people to experience pranks they've set up." Phil explains.
"So we're ignoring the summons?" Hunter asks
"No." Steve, Phil, Maria, and Nick say.
"We can't risk it not being them." Steve say and everyone heads out of the room, realising that he is right.
The second everyone walks out into the corridor they find that the word Avengers has been, what looks to be painted, on one wall with Balloons with the S.H.I.E.L.D logo on them underneath and on the other the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D has been pained with balloons with the Avengers logo underneath. Both walls seem to be marking a trail.
"The door was open; how did we not see them do this?" Fitz asks as it must have taken Melinda and Clint time to do it so how did they not notice them.
"Mel's been a spy since before some of you were born and Clint's one of the best, they're good; they don't get caught unless they want to be." Natasha explains.
"So, this looks like it's leading to something." Mack comments as everyone walks down the corridor.
"It is." Natasha, Phil and Maria say.
"Any idea what?" Bobbi asks curious.
"It's impossible to say." Natasha answers.
"Anyone else excited about what those two have done?" Tony asks curious
"NO." Everyone else says.
It turns out the balloons and paint do make a trail, a trail that leads right down to the Lobby where they find giant S.H.I.E.L.D and Avengers logo either side of the floor. Like the trail above it is clearly pained and in the centre of the lobby it says "Welcome Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Avengers, you're now SHIVENGERS."
"Shivengers?" Tony asks, "Wow, clearly neither May nor Barton are geniuses." He comments as he feels like they could have been more creative.
"You clearly haven't seen some of the things they've come up with." Maria informs him.
"So is this it?" Daisy asks, "Is this what you were so worried about?" She asks curious.
"No, there is no way this is it." Natasha says, knowing that from experience.
"Oh Nat, you are soo right." Clint mutters to himself and after getting a nod from Melinda he lets go of a rope which sets what looks like a piñata lose and once that is in about the centre of the lobby Clint fires an arrow through it and into the roof. The arrow causes the piñata to burst open spilling confetti and candy.
"The confetti are in the shape of the S.H.I.E.L.D and Avengers logo." Sam notes, "Where did they get that?" He asks curious.
"They probably made it." Coulson comments, "They haven't shown themselves there is still something else." He says and right on cue the sprinkles go off.
"That's not water." Rhodey notes.
"No, it's not." Steve confirms.
"It's Champagne." Tony realises.
"Seriously?" Hunter asks sticking out his tongue so he can catch it, "Huh, it is too."
"I think it's time we made our presence known." Clint informs Melinda who gives a nod and so Clint fires another arrow at the roof but this time it is a hook so they can swing down safely and land in the middle of the lobby.
"Not bad." Natasha tells them, "But can you turn the champagne off now." She requests as Clint and Melinda land.
"It will shut itself off in about five seconds." Melinda reveals
"How did you do all this in like an hour and a half?" Bobbi asks curious.
"Practice, this isn't the first time we've done something like this." Clint explains.
"Which is why you have plenty experience with the clean-up you'll have to do." Fury tells them, there being no room for questioning in his voice.
"Yes Sir." Melinda and Clint both say.
"Well before Barton and May have to get on cleaning duty we've got a party to get back to." Tony says.
"Yeah, we do." Natasha confirms and everyone, except for Melinda and Steve, start to head back upstairs.
"So, this is what you and Clint used to do all the time." Steve says once everyone is gone and only he and Melinda are standing in the lobby.
"Sometimes, it's on the elaborate side of what we did, but yeah." Melinda confirms.
"And after Bahrain you stopped." Steve says hesitantly.
"I couldn't do it anymore." Melinda says with a nod before heading upstairs, Steve not too far behind her.
Hours later basically everyone is in bed but Melinda has once again found herself on the roof. She has been sitting for about five minutes when she hears footsteps and she isn't surprised when Steve she turns just in time to see Steve sit down next to her.
"Couldn't sleep?" Steve asks as he does.
"Haven't tired." Melinda admits.
"Do you want to talk about why?" Steve asks.
"Not really." Melinda admits, "But there is something I want to say." She admits.
"Okay." Steve says, not sure where this is going.
"Thank you Steve. Thank you for coming up with the idea of bringing everyone here so I didn't have to choose. It means a lot to me." Melinda says before turning to look at him, "You mean a lot to me."
"You mean a lot to me too, Melinda." Steve says and they both exchange smiles and lean in and kiss, "Would you like to go down to the gym and spar?" Steve asks when they break apart.
"No, I think I want to stay up hear for a while." Melinda says.
"Okay." Steve says in response and the two of them drift into silence, a silence which neither of them mind as they are completely comfortable with it.
After a few minutes Steve reaches over and takes Melinda's hand, an action that she doesn't even flinch at like she once would have, and as she sits next to Steve and stares out at the grounds of the facility Melinda realises that she is exactly where she wants to be and she defiantly with exactly who she wants to be with.
Melinda and Steve have been silent while holding hands for about ten minutes when the Avengers to Action Centre alarm goes off.
"Guess, we've got work to do." Steve comments.
"Yeah, we do." Melinda says with a smile as both she and Steve stand up, "After you, Captain."
"We're a team Agent May, remember, side by side." Steve corrects.
"Side by side." Melinda confirms and after exchanging a grin they both run towards the stairs that lead downstairs, ready for whatever they have to face, knowing that they will be okay no matter what it is because they are together, because they are a team; The Captain and The Cavalry.
THE END
AN1: There may be a sequel in the future.