Hawkeye (Revised)

Planning

Clint kept his neck back. "Stay right where you are." Jack said, firmly. He began to face Clint. "Jack! No!" Kate cried out as she ran over. Her mother turned on the lights. "Why is there an Avenger in my house?" She asked. "Oh my God!" Jack exclaimed and pulled back the Ronin sword and retracted it. "You're Archer!" He said. "Hawkeye." Kate clarified. "Clint." Clint responded.

Eleanor invited them to sit at the table, and Clint and Kate sat across from Eleanor and Jack. "So does someone want to explain to me what's going on?" Eleanor asked. "I'm working on a case with him and, he had to use the bathroom so we stopped in." Kate confessed, but also lied. "That's not acceptable." Eleanor said, at the same time Jack said "That's very cool.". They glanced to each other, then paid attention to Kate and Eleanor. "I understand." Clint spoke, timidly. Eleanor looked to her phone after she recieved a notification. "Someone, logged into my account nine minutes ago. Does someone want to explain that?" She asked and looked to Kate. Knowing she had the answer. "It....was...pertaining to our case." Kate responded. And left it at that. "Right, well. Clint, let me see you out. Okay?" Eleanor said and stood. Clint stood. "Just gonna grab my jacket." He said and went to his brown coat and took it. Then walked to the elevator, following Eleanor.

She pressed the button as he approached then he stood, facing it. "Before you go, I'd like to speak with you." She said to him. He paid attention to her and turned his body to face her. "I can't lose Kate. I've lost so much, I couldn't handle it if I lost her. And I know you, in the work you do, you've lost people too." She confided. He only wore an expression that agreed with her. The doors opened. "Are you a father?" She asked him. He didn't responded. "I'm going to take that as a yes." She said. "You must know what I mean. How I feel." She told him. "I do." He simply replied, then he entered the elevator. "Have a good night." She told him. He gave an assuring nod then the doors closed. He held up the Ronin sword handle and sighed. He had the sword. At least that was down. He tucked it into the back of his pants and got his jacket on then left the elevator as the doors opened. He walked out of the ritzy hotel and he texted his wife. Needing information. As he was walking through the streets of New York, Laura called him. She relayed the information to him that she gathered. And she revealed to him, Jack was currently the CEO of the business paying the Tracksuit Mafia. He thanked her for her information then said he'll probably be in the city for one more day. She was a bit sad about it but, understanding. He told her he loved her then she told him she loves him too, and they ended their call. He walked up and pressed the buzzer for Kate's Aunt's apartment.

He tucked his hands in his jacket pockets. "Better be there buddy, please." He said. The door began to buzz and he walked through. He walked up the stairs lazily then towards the apartment door and it opened a crack. Then wider as he approached it. "Thank you, buddy." Clint said as he walked in. Myūto closed the door. "Kate's with her Mom and a man named Jack." He told him and removed his jacket. "By the way..." He said and took the sword handle out and tossed it into the air. Myūto snatched it and held it in a grip in his hand. "There ya go." He said to him then went into the kitchen. Myūto extended the blade then retracted it. Clint strapped cold stuff from the freezer onto his sore spots. Then he went into the living room and dropped back into a chair. Myūto tucked away the sword and approached him. "I'm fine. Just...need to kick back for a while." He told him. The buzzer sounded. Clint looked to Myūto. He slowly looked to the buzzer. Myūto turned around and approached it then pressed the button for speaking and listening. "It's me! I've got pizza and I'm saving the night." Kate said. He released the button then pushed the buzzer, allowing Kate entry.

She came up with the dog and pizza and a couple of brown bags. Myūto let her in and nicely took the bags from her. "Oh! Thank you." She complimented. He gave a nod and walked into the living room then set the bags on the couch and she unhooked the leash from the dog then joined them. "Hey. So I wanted to break that tension that was tonight. In my Mom's apartment. I'm sorry." She said. "Don't worry about it. Really." Clint assured her. She flashed him a smile then reached in a bag and gave him an ugly sweater and reached in, then gave Myūto one and then took one out for herself. They all got the sweaters on then she looked to Clint. "It's movie marathon night. Right? So, I brought movies!" She said and pulled out a few from a bag. "That's very thoughtful." He told her. "I did, um...find out something." He admitted. She set the movies down. "What?" She questioned, intrigued. Myūto paid attention. "The Tracksuit Mafia is being funded by a corporation that Jack Duquesne is the CEO of." He informed them. Myūto crossed his arms and wore a look of frustration. "Ooookay. So, we need to have our movie marathon and fun night while also simultaneously coming up with a plan to stop an evil corporation run by my Mom's fiancé." Kate said. Myūto looked to her. "Yeah they're engaged." She said. He remembered from the party, but knew she didn't see him then.

She made slushies and put up a white poster on the wall then began to make a rundown of a plan. "Alright, we need to get the cops...off my back, TSM, find out how they're getting their money and supplies and find out how Jack, is connected to it all." She said. Then faced Clint. "This is where you tell me a plan." She said. "The planning, is not really my thing." He said. "Okay well, we have to come up with something." She said. Myūto watched them back and forth. "We could, but we also still have this guy with us too, who doesn't speak and basically does his own thing." Clint clearly pointed out. "True. But he's been very helpful this entire time and survived jumping off a bridge. I still don't know how you did that." She said to Myūto. He just gave a sly smile. She joined on the couch beside him. "We're gonna need trick arrows." She said. "We don't have any." Clint answered. "What do you mean?" She asked. "I mean, I'm out. There's no more." He said to her. "They're not, just at my disposal." He added. She gave some thought. "Then we're gonna need them back. Our arrows." She said. Myūto jumped over the back of the couch and hurried out of the apartment. "Where are you going?!" She asked. The door closed. "Like you'd get an answer." Clint said. Then pointed to his mouth with no sound coming out. She gave him a flat expression. He chuckled. "That's not funny." She said. "I thought it was." Clint responded.

Through the night, Kate and Clint had tackled the things on his list. Myūto hunted through the city for the arrows and tracked where they were. Then he sent a text message to Clint.

Arrows are in the PD. Evidence room.

Clint texted him back.

Do NOT retrieve them until I have a plan. Lie low. Get some rest, buddy.

Clint told Kate she should get some rest. "Alright, boss." She said and stood, then went to the bedroom, calling the dog in with her. Clint turned off the lamp then he laid back. He took his hearing aid out and set it on the table beside himself. He closed his eyes and rested. Falling asleep. The next morning, he woke and got up. Putting the hearing aid in. He was awake before Kate so he made coffee. He watched out the window after taking a drink of the first cup. Kate walked into the kitchen. "Good morning." He said. "Good morning!" She said back. "I made coffee." He told her. "Oh good!" She happily replied. "Myūto reported the arrows are in the police department. I have a friend in the police. A LARPer." He told her. "LARP. You....know what that is. Right?" She asked.
"Yeah. I...came across them in the park. Anyways, they can probably give back the arrows. They owe me one."
"Okay. Well, I can help! The dog and I will go. Get your arrows back. That I can do."
"Alright. Do that. I'll let Myūto know."
She gave a nod and smile. They both finishes their coffee then she put her jacket on and took the dog then left the apartment. Clint texted Myūto.

Kate's on her way to get them. I need you to find this item.

He sent a link to an item that was sold on the black market. He wasn't getting a reply. He waited, then he left the apartment. He went to the abandoned toy factory and scouted their vehicles. He spotted a brown Ford then tried the back door. It opened and he climbed in. He took a gun from a hiding spot, then a knife from the sun visor. He took a box from under the driver's seat into the backseat on the floor. Then he waited. Kazi walked out and headed to the truck, looking at a paper. He went to the truck then got in. He adjusted the rearview and spotted Clint. "Surprise." Clint said. Kazi went for the gun but felt it was gone. "Looking for this?" Clint asked. Kazi looked in the rearview to Clint holding it up. "What do you want?" He asked him. "I want nobody else to get killed. And Maya is chasing after a ghost. You know that. But I can't convince her to stop. And not lose her life. I'm hoping you can." Clint said to him. Kazi stared out the windshield towards the building. "Will you kill her?" Kazi asked him. "No. Not me." Clint said, honestly. Kazi knew he meant the ninja he saw with him.

"Make her stop." Clint said. Kazi went for the knife but it was gone too and he looked to see Clint holding it up. "Don't even think about the box under the seat either." Clint told him. Kazi sighed. He didn't like being outsmarted. "Enough." Clint told. Then he got out. "Can I have my gun back?!" Kazi asked. "What do you think?!" Clint asked. Then he walked away to the back. He threw the gun far and walked away. "Come on!" Kazi exclaimed, then hit the steering wheel. On the other side of the building, Ivan went outside. He looked around then went to a corner and met with Myūto. "Okay. Here is the address where it is. But you didn't. Get it. From me." He said. He held the paper to him. Myūto gently grabbed the other end. He gave a nod then Ivan let go. Myūto tucked the paper into his shirt. "Have you spoken yet?" He asked. Myūto shook his head. Ivan smiled then patted his cheek. "When you will, it will be remarkable." He told him. Then he turned and left back inside. Myūto left from the building and blended into the city.