TRISKELION
Everyone watched within the med room as Steve, Natasha and James slept within the med room
With monitors and vitals hooked up to them checking their stable heartbeats aligned with other medical tool being used to make sure they were fine the trio had been asleep for the past 72 hours all having consent watch by someone….that someone manly being Coulson who volunteered first and second…and third.
"How are they ?" Pym asked as he Tony, Bruce and the rest of the Next Avengers minus Francis took joined watch
"Normal, fine, no serious or dire changes that've happened to them. Their bodies are just really tired and need heavy rest
Looking back at the teenage group Coulson raised an eyebrow
"Where's Barton ?" he asked obviously referring to Francis
With his arms crossed Azari responded
"He is currently on a date" he said in which Tony and Coulson were more confused
"What ?"
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MANHATTAN
Kwikkee Burger
Watching Francis with a smile Bobbi observed as the young teen continued to dip and soak his fires within his milkshake before taking a bite
"You dip your fries in your shake ?"
Francis nodded his head
"Yeah a little habit o learned from-"
"Oh trust me I know who you got it from" Bobbi smirked as Francis took a sip
SLURRPPPPPP
Taking his lips off the straw Francis had let out a burp before immediately covering his mouth
"Sorry"
Bobbi had let out a chuckle
"No, no. It's fine, I understand. This place truly does have the best milkshakes"
Francis smiled and chuckled
"Yeah in the future Kwikkee Burger….well let's just say it's not really standing"
Nodding her head Bobbi rested her face on her enclosed knuckles as she just soaked in what he said
"So tell me about yourself ?...I mean it's not everyday your son from the future drops by to say hello" Bobbi said ending with a chuckle
Taking a second to truly think the question over Francis just observed his once full plate of fries and a bacon burger that he devoured not to long ago
"Well I'm a master archer, picked it up from Dad of course. But it was actually you who taught me how to fight and use my bow staff" Francis said making Bobbi smile
"Glad to know I'm still quite the badass in my presumably 40's"
Francis smirked
"Yeah you have no idea…when I was a kid you'd tell me stories about the hero Mockingbird. At the time I didn't know it was you all along but at the same time I was also 4"
Bobbi found herself smiling as Francis continued
"You'd tell me stories about how she was this brave hero. Someone who always puts her life on the line for others. Growing up kids loved to listen to stories about the greats like Thor or Spider-Man, Hulk and Ironman. But me…Well"
Francis slid the goggles atop his head slowly rubbing his thumb over the glass of the goggles with a small smile
"I Guess I was just a momma's boy…"
With a somewhat teary smile Bobbi continued to persuade
"Ok, what else should I know about you ? besides the obvious fact that you are without a doubt my son"
"Well my favorite color is purple, My middle name is Lucky, named after…well Dad's dog….let's see…..OH ! I can do this thing with my voice where I can mimic someone's voice patterns"
Immediately Bobbi raised an eyebrow
"Really ?"
Francis just proudly nodded his head
"I never really find myself needing to use it alot and it's more of a party trick than anything but nonetheless I can still do it. Never found out how I was able to do just something I picked up after Ul-..."
Francis immediately stopped himself in a heavy pause before shaking his head and reverting to smiling
"Just something I'm able to do"
"Well now you have to show me !" Bobbi exclaimed and immediately Francis shot her down
"No, no. I can't" he laughed
"There's no one to copy"
"Do me ! Come on ! pleaseeee !"
Letting out a chuckle knowing he couldn't displease his mother Francis rolled his eyes and sighed before looking around making sure no one was watching
He looked back at Bobbi who was as eager as a kid on christmas just squirming in her seat
Licking his lips Francis opened his mouth and spoke
"My Name is Barbara Morse, and I think Bo-Staff's are like totally awesome !"
Immediately the blonde woman's eyes lit up bright
It was uncanny, the voice, the tone, the match. It felt weird to hear her own direct voice come from someone she was looking directly at
"Woah" She said in nothing more than complete shock as she huffed a smile
"Ho…how…..how do you do that ? I mean who did you learn it from ? Who taught you that ? Did….did I teach you that ?"
Smirking in his seat leaning back a little Francis shook his head
"I told you, I'm just able to do it, I don't know how and I don't know why but it's just a little fun fact about me"
Moving in her seat Bobbi admitted that she was indeed shocked
"Man, future me must truly be one hell of a mother if she was able to raise such a great young man" Bobbi said in which Francis just smiled and nodded his head
"Yeah…..yeah she's…the best"
"Speaking of which, is there anything I should know about my future ? Like when do I start getting gray hairs, Or am I still active as a hero when you are growing up. Was I ugly when I was pregnant ?...oh my god, I'm gonna be pregnant"
Suddenly overthrown with question after question Francis listened to every single one Bobbi had to offer only sadly smiling as he just nodded his head
It was amazing to hear her voice again
"How did you even come across this place anyway ?" Francis had asked as their waiter came cleaning up their plates
"...hmm, oh someone had showed me the place but I frankly forgot who"
Right there and then the Diner's bell rung causing Bobbi's attention to be drifted as she turned her head but immediately she regretted it as she saw the one person she didn't expect to today
And he saw her back making them both cringe
"God, I just remembered" she said before covering her face
Looking past Bobbi Francis's face lit up when he saw Clint
Clint had quickly approached them leaving Bobbi to just groan within her mouth
"Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god" she mumbled before soon enough Clint was right there
"Hey, what's this some kind of family outing ?"
Bringing her face up Bobbi just smiled
"Yes, I'm just trying to get to know my son Clinton"
"Well Barbara" Clint smiled back
"If this is some sort of family bonding I'd love to join in, I mean I want to get to know my son as well"
"You know I don't think this is the right time" Bobbi said as the waiter came back with the check
"Francis has already been out long enough and he could have a mission report to get to-"
"Oh nonsense !" Clint exclaimed as he slid in the booth right next to Francis
The waiter had came by the table with the cheek before she could speak Clint immediately stopped her
"Actually, change of plans, can I have a plate of whatever they had ? I should have a coupon in my pocket somewhere" eh said before digging into his pocket soon finding a crumbled up coupon
"Yep, right here. Still good"
Awkwardly the Waiter had accepted, probably out of pity, before leaving. That left Clint to turn to Francis
"Hey bud, how are you doing ? Been on any existing missions lately ?"
"Clint !" Bobbi said snapping his attention back
"I'm serious, get. Out."
"But I haven't even got my food yet ?"
Letting out a visible Groan Bobbi turned to Francis who's been unquestionably quiet this entire time
"Clint stop, we're arguing in front of Francis"
"Oh, don't worry I'm not phased by it at all" Francis admitted which made Clint and Bobbi both stare at him
CRASHHH
A loud bang and crash was heard outside making the 3 turn their heads to face the window and Immediately just like everyone else they saw a group of men dressed in Brown tracksuits robbing some sort of jewelry store
Clint visibly let out a groan before palming his face
"Oh god, not them…." he mumbled
Squinting her eyes Bobbi spoke as she grabbed a look on the gang
"Is that….the ?"
Clint just nodded his head
"Yep, it's the tracksuit Mafia, NYC's dumbest gang"
"Well Hawkeye, what are you waiting for ? go stop them" Bobbi said
"Please, it's just a jewelry heist, in broad daylight, in front of a Diner The police can handle it"
Right as Clint finished his sentence Police sirens began to blare
"See, told you"
Continuing his examination out the window Francis looked closely at the crime being committed. His eyes squinted when he noticed the Mafia acting different
Burning down his goggles to cover over his eyes he zoomed in the features and watched their crime taking place
They weren't taking the Jewelry, In Fact they weren't taking anything they were just pretending to steal !
With a raised eyebrow Francis continued to watch as one of the Tracksuits brought out a black box but right then several cops cars and a swat truck pulled up
Leaning back in his seat Clint sighed
"See, told you cops can handle it" but Francis nodded his head
"No, something's not right" he said before removing his goggles from his eyes and jumping out of his booth seat before heading outside
Bobbi watched as the Platinum blonde left the Diner before quickly getting up to follow after him but not before she spun back and slapped Clint's burger out of his hands before grabbing him by his ear dragging him from out the booth
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow…"
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Observing the scene that was taking place outside vast amounts of people that crowded around watching the scene of the Mafia being arrested and taken into the swat van
Both Clint and Bobbi had caught up to Francis right as he took a small circular device out of his Jacket pocket before quickly launching it under the S.W.A.T van leaving it to stick to the bottom part of the car right as the policemen had started to drive away
Pulling out his phone Francis looked down at the tracking device he placed seeing the target was on the move
"Ok, Police handled it. Everything's fine we're down now" Clint stated before Francis shook his head
"No, something's up. The Mafia weren't stealing anything besides something that was in this giant black box that was hauled away by the cops"
Clint raised his eyebrow
"Yeah, so what"
"The Cops put that same black box into the same S.W.A.T van that they are holding the mafia in"
With a confused look on her face Bobbi joined in the conversation
"So what are you saying ? you think what ? the Cops are dirty ?"
"If their cops at all, I mean broad daylight, needed transportation, is it so hard to think the Mafia scourged up a few cops cars, a S.W.A.T van, some costumes and had the perfect coverup to go anywhere they wanted ?"
Looking at Francis's phone, Clint's attention was grabbed
"That's interesting" he said as he grabbed the Phone
"What ?"
"Well for cops they sure as hell don't know their way around the city, If they were gonna head to the nearest Police station they would've turned down 127th It's only half a block away from the station"
"Well that sums it up, These "Cops" are just Tracksuits posing as an easy getaway" Francis said before pocketing his phone
"Well I'm going after them" Clint said immediately making Francis and Bobbi give him a look
"What ?"
"The Tracksuit Mafia's my territory, My problem. I know them better than anyone and if their back trying to make some noise I have to be the one to put them back to sleep"
"Yeah well You wouldn't have known any of this if it wasn't for Francis" Bobbi pointed out
"Plus you have no clue where they're going, only I do, face it old man. You aren't doing this one alone"
Letting out a groan Clint knew there was no way he was getting out of this one
All he wanted was a burger
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BROOKLYN
Following the Tracker that was led upon Francis's phone Clint, Bobbi and Francis all dressed in their hero gear found themselves standing over a building looking directly at some tall unfinished warehouse next to a doc
The cop cars that they followed were all parked outside besides the one S.W.A.T Van that was brought inside via Garage vail
Bringing down his goggles Francis turned on the x-ray vision feature
"Ok, I'm seeing more than a Dozen Tracksuits within the building"
"This must be one of their safehouses" Clint stated
"They have multiple Safehouses and big cashes around the city. I've busted some of them but none of them have trails that lead to the next. They're usually broken off"
"Yeah will this isn't just some safehouse" Bobbi brought up
"A place this size and magnitude, This amount of people. The Dracula's didn't do this themselves, They were called here"
Bobbi had grabbed a small device from her belt
"I should report this into Lance, Maybe this will be enough to get a case going for his special forces-" she began but Clint was quick to scoff and roll his eyes
"Please, We don't need Lance and his 'Team of British soldiers' " Clint said with air quotes
"I've handled the Tracksuits with ease more times than I can count. This will be another walk through the ballpark"
"Right, Because everytime you say that, or you think something's gonna be easy. It never is"
"Hey !" Clint suddenly yelled as he pointed at Bobbi
"I didn't ask for you to come, Me and the Kid can handle this on our own aint that right kid ?"
Waiting for a response Clitn soon raised an eyebrow when he was left hanging
"Right kid ?..."
Again there was no response
"Kid ? you're kinda leaving me hanging here-" he said as he turned around but stopped when he noticed Francis was gone Immediately making him jump
"Crap"
Bobbi soon too joined the worry parade
"Clint, Where's Francis" she asked leaving him to just look at her lost for words before she turned to the unfinished Warehouse were she saw Francis breaking in through a window
Immediately Bobbi's face recoiled
"FRANCIS !" she yelled before jumping off the roof to make quick haste to her son once again leaving Clint who just sighed as he grabbed an arrow from his quiver
"I just wanted a burger" he stated before shooting a grappling line
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Ducking behind a series of wooden crates and Boxes Francis peered his head a little and watched the group of Tracksuit Mafia man carry similar looking Crates all around the warehouse
Carrying the boxes around of the Tracksuits had bumped into each other causing a collision of boxes to be dropped causing everyone's attention to be alerted
"BRO ! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING BRO !"
"I WAS BRO ! YOU ONE WHO HIT ME BRO !"
"YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW BRO !"
"YES BRO ! SO SERIOUS BRO !"
Immediately the two men begun fighting causing a ruckus among the tracksuits as they tried to break them up leaving Francis to just watch
"Told you these guys are idiots"
"AGH !" Francis chanted as he jumped knocking down some crates
The knocking and commotion caused the Tracksuits to immediately turn around and look up
Immediately Francis, Bobbi and Clint ducked down coveringing themselves in the mix of shadows and crates praying no one noticed them and they go on as if none of this happened
Angrily Francis turned to the two blondes
"What the hell !" he yellingly whispered
"Oh no ! you don't get to use that tone with us young man !" Clint snapped back
"Yes ! We were worried sick about you ! you can't just run off like that ! and expect us to be ok with it !" Bobbi also yelled back
"I'm 19 ! I've !...wait a minute shhhhhhh !" he said shutting the two up along with himself
Taking a couple of deep and heavy breaths Francis waited a few seconds before slowly turning his head to look at the Tracksuits
He had suddenly and surely noticed how quiet the warehouse had gotten as the 3 of them were the only ones that were making any noise
And soon enough Both Clint and Bobbi caught on as well as the three of them slowly peeked their heads up from the Crates to watch what was going on
Majority of the Tracksuits had begun moving out of the way and lining up as if they were waiting for someone to enter
"What's happening ?" Clint asked before Suddenly being shushed by both Francis and Bobbi
"BOSS IS COMING BRO'S !" A Tracksuit had announced before a giant door that revealed the deeper pits of the warehouse was shown to open
Clint, Francis and Bobbi all waited in anticipation watching the door with the eyes of a hawkeye waiting to see who was behind today's robbery but once t\it was revealed Immediately Clint and Bobbi's eyes went wide in shock
Stepping out of the door the man dressed in red and white with an red x covering his left eye
"Crossfire…." Clint growled much to Bobbi's notice
Bringing down his goggles Francis zoomed in on the villain as he noticed something was off
Similar to The Leader, Crossfire's veins were bulging heavily. Almost throbbing out the side of his neck and skin
Around his eyes usually covered with his cybernetic left eye with an X was now covered with a new module one that was black and red and connected to his neck which was causing his veins to pump heavily
"Something's wrong with him" Francis mumbled as he had switch to X-ray vision
Bobbi raised an eyebrow as she too used her goggles to follow his lead. And she too found he was right
"Francis is right, His heart's beating rapidly faster. As if he's on some type of enhancer"
Taking a second to think Francis titles his head
"Wait, Pym said something about The Leader, said James told him The Leader's crown was enhancing his powers as well. His veins were popping just like Crossfire"
"You think Crossfire and The Leader have the same dealer on whatever they're hooked up on ?" Bobbi asked as Francis took his goggles off his eyes
"I think someone's starting to supply Certain Supervillains with upgrades" Francis commented before the 3 of them watched closely
Walking towards the rest of the Tracksuits one of the men approached Crossfire and placed down in front of him the Same Black Box they took from the Jewelry store
"What is in there ?" Francis mumbled as he squinted his eyes
With a smile Crossfire opened the box cutting off the ties before removing the cap
The trio of heroes waited in anticipation as Crossfire revealed some sort of large laser cutting device. Like the ones bank robbers usually use to cut through vault locks
A sinister smile formed on Crossfire's eyes
"My Friends are gonna be very pleased with this product boys" Crossfire smiled
"Very Pleased, you all did well and will be paid with high rewards when it's all said and done"
The Tracksuits all smiled at the news feeling proud of their work
"But" he said stopping them all
"There's just..one small flaw that happened today" he stated before hastily turning towards Francis, Clint and Bobbi
The 3 of them immediately went wide eyed before Crossfire fired the laser cutter towards them shooting a semi giant red beam
The blast directed towards them shot straight through the metal layers they stood on cutting their foundation which caused them to all fall with a yelp and land with a hard thud
The impact immediately knocked them all out leaving Crossfire to just smirk with a sinister grin as he watched the Tracksuit Mafia go over to grab them
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Blinking slowly Francis let out a loud groan before trying to rub his eyes but was suddenly stopped when he felt chains buckle
The sound of chains wrapping around his wrist and the feeling of tight shackle holding him down Immediately woke him up as he quickly noticed he was tied up
And even worse
He was was chained upside down
Looking down…well up at his upper body he begun to examine the contraption he was stuck on
With his arms and legs shackled and chained up all together with metal chains like some sort of inmate he was hanging upside with the chain all connecting to some sort of sprinkling system
Tugging on the chains his ruckus and chain bagging had soon awoken Clint and Bobbi who both started to wake up letting out their own groans
Their predicament was more different than Francis's as while he was chained upside down they were rightside up and hung above some sort of giant vat by nothing but wooden rope and a metal pole
Bobbi was the first to wake up from their enrapturement
"Clint wake up" she said
The Blonde man groaned as his eyes were still closed
"No Jess I definitely love Bobbi over you…" he mumbled making Bobbi role her eyes before she suddenly kneed him in the gut waking him up
"AGH !"
"That wake you up"
Letting out a self proclaimed groan Clint confusingly looked around the area
"Wher…where the hell are we ?"
"Crossfire" Bobbi said with gritted teeth as she tried to tug at the rope while looking at their shackles
With the sound of a door opening all of their attention was quickly caught when a series of Tracksuit Dracula's entered the room with cheesy grins on their faces
"Well Bros look at what we caught here" one of the Mafia men said as he looked at Clint and Bobbi
"2 birds way beyond their nest"
Clint rolled his eyes and groaned
"God, you guys do this every time, don't you run out of bird jokes ?"
One of the Mafia men had approached Francis, poking the side of his head as if he was some strange figure
"What are you doing ?" Francis said to the man as he just continued to look at Francis in amazement
"Your Hair bro….is that real ?"
Confusingly Francis just looked at Bobbi and Clint who looked as confused as he was before staring back at the man
"Yes ?"
"Seriously ? No dye ? no changes 100 %...ahh…ahh…..what's the word….." The man said his heavy slavic accent coming out
"Natural ?" Francis finished for him
"YES ! YES ! THAT'S WORD ! NATURAL !" he stated before suddenly he started touching upon Francis's hair
A laugh escaped his mouth before he looked back at the rest of the Mafia
"BRO'S ! BRO'S ! COME LOOK AT BOY'S HAIR ! IT'S MAJESTIC LIKE VOLSHEBNYY !"
Soon enough all the Tracksuits had surrounded Francis each taken turns to examine and touch his Platinum blonde hair
"It's so beautiful !"
"So Shiny and Clean, Boy must keep it fresh and washed everyday" one of them said in which everyone nodded and agreed in murmurs
"You guys are the most unserious crime organization I've probably ever met" Francis groaned
Observing the scene taken place across from them Clint just leaned over and whispered
"You think they'd let us free if we let them keep some of his hair ?" Clint asked before receiving enough knee to the gut
The sound of a door swinging open had quickly caught everyone in the room's attention
It stopped the Tracksuits from obsessing over Francis hair and it finally gave Francis his first hand chance to meet the man who had him strung upside down
With heavy padded footsteps, the sound of clad boots stomping on the ground was the first thing Francis noticed before he chin was quickly grabbed and pulled up to Immediately examine Crossfire's face
With his jaw tightened the first thing Francis took note of was his black and red X across his left eye. His veins were seriously sprouting as if they were gonna bulge out of his skin
"So are we just gonna keep staring into each other's eyes our are you gonna introduce me to yourself"
Crossfire smirked at his quip before letting go of his face
With a simple snap of his finger one of the Mafia men moved and Francis soon found himself right side up his feet just 4 inches from touching the ground
"Woah, dude if you're gonna speak again I'm gonna need a minute. Lot of blood rushing from my head" Francis groaned
"You know mr Barton, I thought that Teenage girl running around in purple calling herself your protege was where you'd cross the line your sidekicks" Crossfire said in which Clint only replied in a strong growl towards the man
"But I must've been wrong. This young boy has followed in your footsteps and it seems you along with Kate Bishop have taken him under your sorrowed patetic wing"
"Oh Cross, How I haven't missed your generic Villain banter, how about we skip to the part where I cut out of this bindings and kick your ass"
"Oh do try Mr Barton" Crossfire teased
"But I'm sure you'll find that the vat of chemical acid you and Ms Morse are hanging over will find your escape quite futile" he said with a small laugh as Clint looked below at the vat before trying to wiggle out of his bindings
Turning back to Francis Crossfire examined the young boy once more as a Mafian men had brought forth a silver tray that lay all their weapons and tools
One of the Tracksuits had grabbed Francis's bow which was in the shape of a Staff right now
"Hey buddy, I wouldn't press that bu-" he said trying to warn him but it was too late
Hovering his finger over the Bow's handle the man had pressed the button that caused the staff to turn into a bow causing one of the limbs to sprout out and hit the man straight in the dick
"Well I tried to warn you"
Grabbing the Bow from the tray Crossfire examined the Bow
"You, know now that I'm here" Francis said as he looked around the room
"Just hanging.." he sighed
"You mind telling me how you just, I don't know, did an entire 180 turn and cut us down while knowing we were hiding the whole time ?"
Crossfire's smirk seemed so punchable as he approached Francis
"New upgrade" he said as he pointed to his new eye
"Before, I was at a disadvantage, one these 2" he stated as he pointed at Clint and Bobbi
"Took advantage of"
"Something I'm very proud of" Clint said with a smile and a laugh
"But with this" he said pointing at his eye
"I've gained total 360 vision, and optical awareness of my area's now I can see everything"
His red eye glare before he turned to Clint and Bobbi
"Everywhere"
"What do you want with the Laser Cutter Cross" Bobbi said in aggravation
"Simple system of repayment Ms Morse, Some friends of mine scratch my back and I scratch theirs"
"Would this be the same friends that gave you those fancy upgrades" Francis said
Approaching Francis Crossfire once more grabbed the Archer by his chin making him groan
"Agh, again with the chin grab"
Forcing Francis to stare at him Crossfire glared at the young man leaving Francis to only glare back
"Jesus dude, you are really ugly. I mean seriously is all that metal and junk in your face real or-"
Increasing his grip on Francis chin he forced an o to shape from his mouth exposing some of his teeth
"Alright Jokes end here" Crossfire growled
Francis couldn't respond as Crossfire's grip was held to tight across his jaw only leaving him able to respond in jaw groans
"If you knew who I was you'd be terrified right now"
"GET YOUR HAND OFF HIM CROSS !" Clint yelled
"You wanna know the truth behind your mentor's disability ?"
Immediately Francis's brows begun to furrow as Crossfire continued
"It was one of my finest moments, In fact it includes them in it" he said as he looked over to Clint and Bobbi
"I built a sonar device that let me be able to control someone from the sound frequency, I took control of Ms Morse there and made her fight Mr Barton"
Both Clint and Bobbi looked away from a second a chance to spare themselves from a lowlight of their lives
"As a plan to try and destroy my device and save Ms Morse Mr Barton had the idea….." Crossfire took a moment to laugh
"He had the idea to bite down on one of his silly sonic arrow's" letting go of Francis's jaw before turning to Clint's glare
"And the consequence was the mark of his own hearing"
Turning over to Face Clint Bobbi's face showed and expression of sorrow as Clint looked at Crossfire with nothing but pure rage and anger
"Hey Cross" Francis said forcing the man to turn around and walk towards him
"Really interesting story…."
"But just one thing I need to tell you…"
Nodding his head Crossfire moved his head closely to Francis's to immediately be met with a headbut
"AGH !"
"HA !" Clint and Bobbi yelled in proud smiles
"Once I get out of this I promise you I'm gonna break both your arms and then rip out that upgraded left eye you got implanted in you"
Wiping the blood from his nose Crossfire let out a low growl before turning away as he began to walk out of the room
"Alright, I'm done here" he said as he began to leave
"Dispose of them once and for all" he told one of the Tracksuits before leaving the room as soon enough it was just the 3 heroes in a room full of criminals mobs
Dragging Francis's hanging body the Tracksuits had positioned him to Join Clint and Bobbi over the vat of Acid before they all began to slowly be lowered down into the vat
"You know I gotta wonder where they got the vat from ?" Clint said, a small joke to over pass the dire situation they were currently trapped
Turning her head to look at Francis who was stuck between them Bobbi began to speak to her son beginning with a laugh
"You know this wasn't how I imagined our first Mother-Son day would go" she said with a small chuckle
"I'M HERE TOO YOU KNOW !" Clint yelled but was ignored
Letting out a small smile Francis replied back
"You know it's funny…When I was a kid. I would hate it when you two had to leave me with Kate to go fight and save the world-"
"We left you with Kate ? man we must not have been good parents at all" Clint said before he was shushed by Bobbi
"I remember just sitting on the couch when I was a kid having Lucky curl around me as I had just waited staring at the phone. Ready for the call that told me you two didn't make it…."
"But everytime you guys came back, with cuts and bruises. Torn up and looking like you were half alive. It wouldn't stop me from jumping into your arms and holding both of you tight because I….I never knew when it was gonna be the last time I would've been able to do it"
Small tears started to come from Bobbi's eyes unable to wipe them
When Francis heard the sound of sniffing he turned his head to see Clint crying as well which made him laugh
"What's wrong old man, got you choked up"
"NO !...it's just….dusty that's all" he said as he continued to cry while trying to fight his tears
"Hey" Bobbi said, grabbing Francis's attention. The tears formed in her blue eyes made her look like the most beautiful woman on the planet to him
"Can….can you tell me when your birthday is ?"
With a small smile Francis just replies saying
"October 12" he said which made Bobbi full on cry
Watching the small family moment unfold The three of their attentions had all been caught when they heard the sound of crying far from them
All the tracksuits had begun crying as well wiping their tears with handkerchiefs and towels
"...that….huff….huff….that was so beautiful bro !" one of the men said before blowing into the towel
Another one of the men had blew his nose before yelling
"HUG ME BRO !" one of the tracksuits said before soon enough two of them exchanged tearful hugs
With the Tracksuits all exchanging hugs and crying heavy tears Francis took the chance they had to maneuver himself. Gripping the chains that were wrapped around his arms he pulled himself up to wrap his legs around the chains
"Dad….hey….Dad" Francis whispered getting Clint's attention as he turned to him
Peering his side loose, Clint noticed a handle that stuck from Francis's suit. A handle he was all too familiar with as he squinted his eyes
"Is that ?..."
"Yeah, grab it and cut yourself free"
Deciding not to spend too much time thinking of it Clint quickly grabbed the small handle from Francis's side before twisting the blade's handle sprouting the sword free
'I knew it' he thought to himself but a conversation for another time as with a quick swipe from the wooden rope wrapped around his and Bobbi's ties the two adult heroes dropped down on the support beam below freeing themselves
The sound of the metal clang Caught the Tracksuits attention was immediately when the whipped their heads they saw Clitn and Bobbi
"BRO'S THEIR FREE !" a mafia man yelled before Clint and Bobbi pounced to get their gear
Punching one of the Tracksuits square in the jaw Clint had powered his way through the vast group of men as he made his way to the tray with their tools on it
Bending down to let Bobbi roll over his back before kicking one of the Tracksuits in the face she immediately grabbed her Staff off the tray before throwing Clint his Bow and quiver
Evading a quick punch Clint smacked one of the Tracksuits in the back with his bow before grabbing him and resting how Bow on the man's shoulder to line up his shot above Francis before he shot a acid trick arrow which burned straight through Francis's metal chain dropping him free
Blocking an incoming punch from a Tracksuit Francis grabbed and banged his arm against the railing before yanking it down causing him to be pulled face first into the metal pole with a loud bang sound being rung
Francis he leaped off the small staircase evading the group of Tracksuits who tried to grab him before sliding under the legs of another Mafia man where he sweeped the legs of an incoming attacker who tried to hit Clint from behind
"Hey Old man"
"Hey, Kid" Clint said before handing Francis how bow and Quiver
Immediately Francis smirked
'This is gonna be so fucking cool' he thought before the 3 of them started to fight the hoard of Tracksuit Dracula's
Having each other's backs was the easiest part of the fight as Immediately when Bobbi smacked a tracksuit in the face with her Bo Clint and Francis surrounded her
Firing Arrow after arrow and shot after shot not missing a single shot the Tracksuit started to drop like flies
Bending down to shoot right between Clint's Legs Francis hit a shot right into a Tracksuit's leg that made him drop to the floor
Grabbing an arrow from Clint's quiver Bobbi didn't hesitate to launch it at a Tracksuit right before he was about to grab Francis knocking him down completely
"How'd you know which Arrow to grab ?" Clint asked as he fired an Arrow stapling a Tracksuit to a metal pillar
Smacking her Pole into one of the men's chest she replied making Clint smirk
"I didn't"
"God, Bobbi I missed this" he admitted which only made her smile a little
'Yeah…me too'
Firing an arrow that made a Tracksuit drop Francis saw an open lane straight for the door that would allow him to follow Crossfire
"I'M GOING AFTER CROSSFIRE !" Francis announced before immediately he began to sprint heading out the room
"FRANCIS WAIT !" Clint yelled as he flipped over one of the tracksuits that tried to rush towards him
Both Bobbi and Clint couldn't try to go after him as with Francis's absence more of the Tracksuits began to pile on them leaving them to only watch as Francis chased after Crossfire
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Walking into some sort of empty room with nothing but concrete pillars Fracnsi stepped carefully as he had his bow drawn ready to fire an arrow whenever
But right when he took a step forward Crossfire came from the shadows and Immediately fired an artillery of bullets towards Francis making him run to cover behind a pillar wall
Unloading his mag Crossfire reloaded his gun
"YOU SHOULD'VE STAYED AWAY KID !" Crossfire yelled into the darkness before pulling the trigger to spread his ammo some more
Moving his head a little to avoid the ammo dump and small shards of debris Francis groaned
"AND LET A SCUMBAG PIECE OF SHIT LIKE YOU STAY ON THE LOOSE ! NO FUCKING WAY !" Francis yelled back before firing an arrow at Crossfire
Just barley dodging the attack the older man chuckled
"I'LL ADMIT YOU'RE BRAVE KID ! BRAVER THAN MOST ! TRAINED TOO WITH THAT LITTLE BOW OF YOURS !" he said as slowly he began to walk through the room trying to find Francis
"WHO GAVE YOU THE UPGRADES CROSS !" Francis said within the shadows before an arrow was quickly fired behind him
Immediately Crossfire turned around he caught the arrow with a smirk
"360 angle views, I can see anything you throw at me"
Looking around the dark room the man had smirked as he took his hand off the trigger
"It's not the only upgrade I was given" he said before he tapped the side of his eye turning on the infrared feature
Looking around the room he Immediately found Francis hiding behind a pillar which made his grin grow even farther as he brought up his gun
"You come out kid I promise I'll make this painless, nice and quick" he said slowly as he raised his gan and readied his hand on the trigger
Drawing his bow back Cross Licked his lips before firing right as Francis appeared from the pillar gracing his cheek, arm, Left rib and leg
Immediately Francis fell to the ground and groaned dropping how bow fully as his injuries were heavy
Before he knew it Crossfire began walking towards him with his rifle in hand and a cocky smirk on his face
"Should've listened kid, It would've been less painful for you" he said before he placed his gun down and pulled out a knife
"But since you've pissed me off today I think I'm gonna take my time with you, really make you think on your actions" he said before he bended down over Francis
Mustering out some groans trying to fight through the pain Francis turned his head to look at a fallen arrow that was in reach of him before turning back to Crossfire who was flipping the Knife back and forth
Slowly creeping his hand ready to grab Francis had carefully watched and waited in anticipation for Crossfire's attack
And soon enough when Crossfire sprung at him Francis tightly gripped his hand on the loose arrow before plunging it into Crossfire's left eye causing him to yell in pain straight away as he dropped his knife
Dropping to his knees the marked villain had painfully ripped the Arrow from out of his eye before seeing nothing but pitch black in his left socket
"AGH ! YOU IMBECILE !" he said before suddenly he both his arms were grabbed ans stretched back
"AGH ! WHAT ARE YOU DOING !"
Holding on to both of his arms a dark glare formed upon Francis's face as he had tightly gripped Crossfire's arms
"What did I tell you I was gonna do" he said ominously
"Child I'm gonna-"
CRACK
"AGHHH !"
With a simple 2 sets of snaps and cracks Francis let go of Crossfire's arms and let them flop lifelessly and drag on the ground beneath him
Unable to Move his arms Francis had easily gripped Crossfire's chin the same way he did to him earlier as he forced the older man to look up at his raging eyes
"You already know what comes next" Francis growled before immediately going for his left eye as he ripped the cybernetic implant out forcefully
Not stopping even after the sounds of Crossfire's heavy screams of pain and terror Francis didn't stop until he held the red and black implant within his hands before dropping the man to the ground along with the now torn off Red and Black X connected with red wires
stomping on the implant and destroying the device Francis glared at the older man as he picked up his bow
"That was for my Dad…Jackass"
The sound of two sets of feet had entered the room as soon enough Bobbi and Clint arrived on the scene
Immediately observing everything that happened the two parents rushed to Francis Immediately checking on him noticing his bleeding wounds
"We gotta get you fixed up, come on Kid" Clint said
"What about Crossfire ?"
"Cops are already on their way. Now come on. We know a safe house"
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UPPER MANHATTAN
CLINT'S APARTMENT
Placing the last band aid on Francis's face Clint smirked as he looked a the young boy with band aid's all over his face and arms
It was like looking into a mirror
"Well how do I look" Francis smiled and Clint just laughed before lightly smacking him in the air
"Looking like a true Barton kid, congratulations you got your first post fight band aid with many more to come"
Francis had just laughed before picking up the Black Widow mug that was set on the coffee table
Noticing Bobbi was already beginning to make her way out the door Clint got off the couch before heading to her
"Hey, Bobs, can I talk to you for a sec. Before you leave"
"Oh ?...uh yeah"
Looking back at Francis who was playing with Lucky the two blonde adults made their way out the door and closed it behind them for a moment of privacy
"I know today didn't go as planned-"
"If not as planned you mean hanging over a Vat of Acid and fighting off a mob ?" she said with a small smile making Clint laugh
"Heh, yeah..well…I….I just wanted to say. I-...I love Francis" he admitted
"And even if we aren't….the people he knows" He said noticing the small look of sorrow on his face
"I still want to get to know my Son, and I wouldn't want to keep him away from you either"
Nodding her head she understood the message loud and clear
"I get it" she smiled
"He's our son and even if we aren't…His Clint and Bobbi. That doesn't mean we can't be there for him"
This time Clint nodded his head in agreement glad to hear they understood on the same stance
"If it means anything I did have fun hanging out with you today" she admitted
"Superheroing aside" she stated making them both chuckle
Rubbing the back of his head Clint nodded his head and smiled
"I did too. Felt like old times"
Letting seconds pass as they just stared at one another's with silence and smiles Bobbi sighed before gripping her jacket
"I…should….get going"
"Right, right. I was gonna head back inside anyway and check in on Francis" he said before immediately turning around and smacking the door which made Bobbi laugh as immediately she covered her mouth
"Ow" he groaned as he opened the door leaving Bobbi to only laugh and smile before she bit her lip
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MANHATTAN
BOBBI AND LANCES APARTMENT
"YOU KNOW NEXT TIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS YOU SHOULD CALL ! I'LL BE THERE IN A HEARTBEAT !" Lance said from within the bathroom as he continued his shower
"I didn't want you to worry" Bobbi replied back as she was more focused on the picture she was setting up
"JUST PROMISE ME NEXT TIME NO CRAZY MISSIONS OR SHENANIGANS ! I WANT YOU TO BE SAFE !"
Wearing nothing but some sorts and a shirt Bobbi held a soft smile on her face as she looked at the framed photo of Her Francis and Clint that was on her phone
She was so focused on the photo that she didn't hear the sound of water stopping
She didn't even noticed until Lance's voice was unfiltered through Water sounds and he was standing at the door way with a towel wrapped around his waist
"Bobbi ?" he said finally grabbing her attention
"Are you sure you're ok ?" he asked except this time she just smiled and nodded her head
"I'm ok"
