Running Fearless ( Avengers Fanfiction)

Chapter 1

Do you ever just sit and reflect on your life? Just sit in front of a television or computer monitor and only pay attention to the images in your head. Katie sat at a small table of the small bistro listening to the distant sounds of an accordion playing. She looked up to the sight of the Eiffel Tower. Paris, France, the city of love. And here she was searching for a physicist she believed may be connected to SHIELD and Project Insight.

Running was now apart of her life. It was a necessity, because not running meant being caught and that wasn't an option.

Katie sat in front of her laptop not paying attention to the images on the screen. Instead she thought about the last year and a half of her life and how she hadn't seen or spoken to any of her friends or family. It was something else taken from her. She wanted to place all the blame on SHIELD, but in the end it was her choice.

Her eyes had witnessed so much. From aliens calling themselves gods, to a billionaire scientist who started as her biggest annoyance to becoming her best friend. She had admitted her feelings for Clint, the man she probably loved since the day he interrupted her lunch, and had to stand strong the day she watched him walk away from her. There were times she wondered how it is she was still standing. There were moments when she came back to that moment, standing there and listening to Clint tell her that he loved her, but not that he was going to leave with her, not that he believed her... it was what he didn't say that hurt the most.

Katie was snapped out of her thoughts by a beeping from her laptop. She dropped her eyes to the screen and tilted her head as she read.

"Why did your name show up on SHIELD's must have list for this project Dr. Heisenberg?" Katie muttered as she looked to the information that appeared. It was a tracking software she enabled to detect the doctors credit card activity. "Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg" she read the hotel's name before closing her laptop and sliding it into her bag. "Well it would be rude of me not to say hi." Katie stood to her feet tossing a couple of bills to the table before walking along the side walk. Her fingers went to pulling the baseball cap over her head to cover her eyes. For the past year and a half most of Katie's days were spent looking over her shoulder. She wasn't naive. She pissed off a lot of people and they weren't just going to let her go.

A piece of paper blowing in the wind hit her ankle and she stopped picking it up. It was a flyer for Resillience. One of the biggest science conventions in the world. The place would be filled with some of the most brilliant minds from across the globe, which is why finding Dr. Heisenberg wasn't that difficult.

The walk to Le Faubourg wasn't too far, and it gave Katie time to come up with an effective plan for entry. She knew it wouldn't be easy. Especially if this guy was working with SHIELD, then there probably were a couple of agents somewhere near. She was going to have to do what she did best, and that was keep her head down. Katie stepped through the front door, her eyes going to the front desk. She spotted the computers and knew if she was going to locate Heisenberg then she needed to be on the other side of that desk. She let her eyes scan over the hotel's lobby. It was obvious that there was some kind of event happening from the amount of people moving about. Katie decided to try her luck with a good ole fashion lie. She walked over to the front desk and waited in line until it was her turned to be served.

"Bonjour madame, comment puis-je vous aider." the clerk said his accent thick as he asked how he could help her. Katie noted the man's smile not quite making it to his eyes. He was exhausted and it showed.

"Uh, Bonjour," Katie greeted hoping her French was too rusty. "Je suis ici sur le travail." She assumed during this busy time, the hotel would be looking for extra help and hoped some lie about being sent by an agency would be believable. The clerk looked at her confused for a moment before letting out a sigh of relief.