Running Fearless ( Avengers Fanfiction)

Chapter 2

There are moments in life where doing what's right could be construed as the absolute wrong thing to do. Going to see a woman considered a threat, by some might not be the right thing to do. To Clint, however, whether it was right or wrong, it didn't matter. All he knew was that he needed to see Katie. And so that's what he did.

One of the perks of having a friend like Katie was that to distract you from the fact that you didn't know important things about her, was to tell you lots and lots of trivial things about her. That's why Clint could probably tell you her favorite food, color, hair band and a bunch of other things no one probably would care about. He also knew places she wanted to visit in her life, and Paris made the list. She told him that if she ever got the chance to go to Paris she would visit one place no matter what. Paris at night didn't compare to much of anything. It was just flawless. And it too was a city that never slept. The Eiffel Tower was one of the biggest attractions and even at night was filled with people. Clint arrived trying his best to move through the crowd, and search for Katie among the many faces. He didn't expect for her to make finding her easy, but he didn't expect it to be this hard. He only stopped when he felt someone pulling on the back of his jacket."Monsieur!" a small voice said and Clint turned to see a boy who looked no older than a above twelve or thirteen. "Are you Bart?" Clint looked somewhat confused by this seemlessly random greeting, but nodded. The boy reached into his pocket and pulled out a cell phone handing it to Clint before running away.

"Hey!" Clint called after the boy. "Wait, come back here!" It was no use, the boy had disappeared in the crowd. The phone began vibrating and Clint glanced down to it before hesitantly bringing it to his ear. "Yeah?"

"Were you followed?" Katie's voice asked and he lifted his head scanning around to see if he could spot her.

"No." he replied spinning around. "Kid with a burner phone, you watch way too many movies."

"Some of the best ideas come from movies." Katie replied and Clint smiled. "So you found me, I guess you did listen when I talked."

"Where are you Kat?" Clint said wanting more than ever just to see her.

"How do you know you weren't followed?" Katie asked and Clint sighed.

"Because I'm me, now just come out so I can see you." Clint said. She didn't say anything and for a moment he thought she had hung up. "Kat?" That's when he felt a tap on his shoulder which caused him to swing around. There she was, phone pressed to her ear. They both pulled the phones down at the same time as their eyes stayed on each other.

"If you were followed I'm going to kick your ass." Katie said before walking around him. Clint smiled lightly before turning and following her. "So I can assume that since you're not cuffing me, that coming here wasn't to drag me back to the farm."

"No." Clint replied now unable to take his eyes off of her. After not seeing her for so long it seem that's all he wanted to do at the moment. He didn't necessarily need to talk, but he just wanted to look at her. "You know why I'm here Kat."

"I thought I did," Katie replied looking up to the brightly lit Eiffel Tower. "I thought I knew a lot of things, but it turns out I didn't" she glanced over to him. "I thought SHIELD were the good guys, I thought you would always be there for me."

"I am always-"

"Stop!" Katie snapped holding up her hands toward him. "This, us being here isn't about us."

"Then what is it about?" Clint asked turning to face her. "Why did you call me?"

"Because the man you're in charge of protecting," Katie said turning to face him as well. "Dr. Heisenberg, he's not who you think he is. He's former Nazi and possibly current HYDRA." Clint looked down to her for a moment before tearing away from her gaze. "Did you just hear what I said?"