As the Empire State Jet Approached the Avengers campus and began its landing protocols, Shuri noticed that the Royal Talon was on one of the landing pads.
The Newyorkers still in costume, including their prisoner behind them, were immediately stopped by a group of Shield agents who restrained Subject 2 with a pair of power-dampening cuffs and escorted him somewhere. Before leaving, they gave the Newyorkers directions on where they were supposed to go.
"You know that fire guy don't you," Shuri whispered to Danny and for a second he flinched. Luckily for him, before he could think of a response, Monica turned around a corner in front of them, startling the five who were all unmasked except Kate who was still wearing her sunglasses.
"Oh, you guys are here already," She said, and Danny took a quiet sigh of relies
"What are you doing here?" Danny asked regaining his posture.
"Well Fury told me you guys went on an unauthorised mission," She started, and the team shuddered at the word 'unauthorised'.
"So I came to congratulate you guys," She finished
"We're not in trouble?" Peter asked
"What, of course not," Monica revealed and Danny let out another sigh he didn't know he was holding.
"I haven't seen Fury smile at the news since I was eleven," Monica added, shocking the team who had forgotten the news reporters they avoided.
"We're on the news?" Wanda asked, unable to hold her excitement.
"Yeah, I'll show you, as soon as you tell me who this is," The Sword official replied, pointing to the archer.
"This is our friend, Kate, we couldn't have done this mission without her,"
"Well, she can tag along," Monica said and escorted the team to where they were supposed to go
"Uhh, Monica?" Danny said, getting his guardian's attention.
"Yep," Monica replied, stopping outside a door in a section of the compound the kids had never seen before. It felt much more spacious than the rest of the compound and felt more vibrant due to almost all of the exterior walls being completely transparent, showing the view of the outside.
"Where'd you put that guy we captured?" Danny asked.
"We put him in a holding cell but we can worry about him later, for now, there are a few people who have been wanting to meet you," Monica said, opening the door and revealing a massive room.
It was at least four times the size of a basketball court. The furthest wall opposite the door was fully transparent showing the afternoon sky and greenery, whilst the remaining walls were a white, gold and silver marble. On the left, just a few feet from the door, there was a 24-inch flat screen on the wall with a 7-person couch in front of it and a pile of pillows and blankets. on the right, there was a ping pong table where Sam and Bucky were wrapping up their match. There was also a basketball hoop on the wall above the table. The room was split in half widthways, with the second part of the room being a few feet lower and with an infinite waterfall flowing in a small space between them. The bottom half of the room housed a bar on the far right, and a 26-seat holo table in the centre and on the left was another entrance door.
The Newyorkers were shocked to see that the place was filled with almost all the remaining Avengers. The aforementioned Sam and Bucky, Bruce, Rhodey, Pepper and surprisingly Morgan, Clint, T'Challa and Okoye. The only ones absent were Thor, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man and the Wasp.
When the door clicked open, The Avengers all faced the Newyorkers and surprisingly Morgan dashed over to Peter who was unmasked. He crouched down and caught her in a hug with a huge smile on his face. He'd seen her quite a few times, but it had been almost a year since she'd seen him so he was surprised that he remembered her. Shuri noticed her brother and Okoye and couldn't help but run over to them.
While subconsciously scanning the room, Kate spotted Clint wrapping up a phone call near the now empty ping pong table. Her legs started moving by themselves, and a few moments later she found herself standing behind him. Clint ended his call and picked up his champagne flute. He spun around suddenly and was shocked to see Kate right behind him and accidentally spilt a few drops of his drink on his shirt.
"Ohh, I'm sorry," Kate said, acknowledging that it was her fault that his shirt got dirty.
"Nah don't worry about it," Clint replied, licking the tip of his thumb and rubbing it on his shirt.
"You're an archer too huh," Clint stated, noticing Kate's quiver and picking up his own bow off the floor.
"Yeah, I learned from the best," She replied, grasping the quiver strap.
"Bet I could teach you a few tricks they didn't," Clint suggested
"You already have,"
"Have we met before?" Clint asked, feeling a sense of familiarity.
"Yeah, I think we have," She replied, slowly removing her sunglasses.
Clint looked her up and down for a few seconds until it clicked in his mind. She looked like- no she couldn't be.
"Katie?"
"That's me," She replied nervously
"No way!" Clint cried out in joy, pulling Kate into a bear hug.
The young archer didn't expect it but hugged back
Clint pulled away from the hug and readjusted himself.
"I just got off the phone with Laura, Lila's gonna be so happy to see you,"
"Yeah, it's been a long time,"
"Does your dad know that you're doing this?" Clint asked, his mood quickly shifting to concern.
Kate wasn't sure how to answer but was thankfully saved by the metaphorical bell that was Fury and Maria Hill.
"Welcome Newyorkers, take a seat at the table we've got a lot to talk about," Fury commanded, pointing at the table.
The two superhero teams followed the director's orders, with each of the five newyorkers sitting next to their respective relatives, guardians or old friends.
"Since you already know why you're here, let's start with the accolades. You managed to stop another illegal deal, capture two prisoners and acquire a new ally all in a matter of days," Fury praised.
"If I'm being honest it looks like we underestimated you guys," Bucky admitted.
"And you guys are public now," Pepper added
"We've already sent a team to apprehend the remaining soldiers and draw away the press, so let's get down to business," Fury said
"After our last meeting, I started doing my own research on our suspect. Derek Bishop," Fury stated
Clint gave Kate a look that said 'what's he talking about' at which Kate replied with an apologetic look.
"On the outside, Derek looks clean, but I called in a favour from one of my rising tide contacts and she managed to get me something," Fury said, pulling up a folder on the holo desk.
"Bishop's CCTV footage in LA for the last few days has been scrubbed, but my contact managed to pull these two photos," Fury added, opening the folder.
In the folder, there was a picture, which looked like it came from a neighbour's property, that showcased the entourage of G wagons from Derek's meeting. The next picture was of a woman Danny knew all too well. A woman with black and green hair and a green coat.
Danny's legs turned on by themselves and he stood up, getting a closer look at the image.
"Are you okay?" Monia asked beside him
Suddenly, there was a loud crash outside the door near the table. Everybody was already accounted for. Then there was a beep and the door hissed open.
Everyone stood up and drew their weapons. The door opened completely and Subject 2 stood over an incapacitated guard with a key card in his hand.
"Everyone hold on," Danny said
surprisingly but no one listened to him. So he walked towards the door.
"Danny, don't," Monica warned, not exactly sure what Danny was doing but he got closer to the prisoner.
The two stared at each other completely stone faced until subject 2 raised his hand and dapped it against Danny's as they pulled each other into a hug.
"Okay what is going on?" Pepper asked, addressing everyone's confusion.
"It's alright, this guys here to help us," Danny replied unable to hold back his joy.
"How can you be so sure," Clint said, drawing the bow that had previously been sitting at his feet.
"Cause I'm an old friend," Subject 2 responded, removing his hood and mask and revealing his light skin face, amber eyes and high-top curls.
"You can call me Alex,"