lost (Hawkeye)

Chapter 22

Tony:

Who was this Nico? She didn't have a boyfriend, did she? Well, I'll find out soon. . . I wasn't the greatest genius of this age for nothing! When the door opened, the young woman entered. "Is it okay if I go to my hut in Montauk? A friend of mine brought me something there. "Hey, hey, hey, first you have to tell us who Nico is. " I interrupted her. "Do you have a boyfriend we don't know about?" I wobbed with my eyebrows. 

She shook her head and looked at me disaprovingly. "Didn't your mother teach you to not earsdrop? No, Nico is not my boyfriend. He's my cousin and like a brother to me. So am I  alowed to go or not?" I shrugged and looked at the others. "We have to ask Fury first. " Said Clint, all the dutiful agent. 

"Then it's a good thing I'm here." I turned and casually folded my arms when I saw Fury standing in front of me. What was the pirate doing in my tower? "What's it about?" "Persephone" Steve interrupted when he saw Percy's evil look, I must say she's pretty cool. "Percy wants to leave the Tower to go to her hut on the beach, where she wants to pick up a present from her cousin". Fury's face hardened slightly. "Is there a problem?" Percy had apparently not escaped his change of mood either.

"Uhm, we all assumed you to be a threat, so I ordered some agents to burn the house down, Miss. Jackson. "When he said that, seven horrified pairs of eyes burned holes into him. "You have what?! You didn't even know if I was a threat or not and let my house burn down? That much to 'In doubts for the accused...'" Her voice trembled with anger, I knew only too well how it felt when the house was destroyed and there was nothing to do about it. . . She took a step towards Fury. "You had my home destroyed! There were irreplaceable things inside. "She screamed at him and kept stepping towards him. I saw Natasha and Clint grabbing their guns and following her.

"Remind me never to get on her bad side". I whispered to Bruce, who was curiously watching what happened next to me. "Everything is replaceable. You're going to stay here longer anyway, so by the time you get out of here, everything will be replaced". Fury contered, crossing his arms. I must say I'll have to give him props for not running away, putting as much distance between an angry Percy and myself. That's certainly what I would have done... 

"No, it is not replaceable, all the pictures of my friends, forever lost. All the memories we shared, burned." Tears entered her eyes. I could swear the room was getting colder and colder. When Thor walked up to her and put a hand on her shoulder, he whispered something in her ear that made her relax. How did he do that? "So Mr. Let's-destroy-the-house-of-a-possible-threat, am I allowed  to go to the hut, wit, the remains of the hut?" She stared at him with hateful eyes. I could swear a hurricane was raging in her eyes. I had goose bumps running over my arms, I hoped she would never look at me like that... 

Fury just nodded. "Agent Barton, Agent Romanoff, you're going to accompany Miss Jackson". With that he was gone, the air was noticeably getting warmer again. Percy looked at the two agents. "Shall we go?" In response, she received a nod and followed after them to the garage.

Clint:

The ride passed quickly and quietly. When we arrived, Percy jumped out of the car and ran to the charred remains of her house. The agents had done a really good job, there was nothing left. Tears ran down her cheeks when I saw her so sad, it stabbed me in the heart. I had grown fond of her in the time I had known her. Even the usually so professional Natasha looked at her with pity in her eyes. We both knew the feeling for loosing something, something irreplacable.

I went closer to Percy and put a hand on her shoulder. "There's nothing left. " She said in a hoarse voice. I just looked at her sad. As we were on our way back to the car, suddenly a boy stepped out of the shade of a tree. He was probably not older than 20 years. He had ravenblack hair and incredibly pale skin. Everything about him was screaming, "Dangerous. " When he raised his head and looked at Percy, my breath stopped. He had totally black eyes. Immediately, I stood ready to fight and pushed Percy behind Natasha and me. Or rather tried. Percy broke away from me. 

"Percy, what the hell, come back?" Natasha yelled at her before she even fell into the boy's arms. "Percy, it's all right. " The black-haired man seemed visibly overwhelmed with so much body contact and stroked Percy desperately over his back. That voice sounded familiar to me "...Nico?" I asked the boy, who immediately turned to me. He looked at me with contempt. Percy disengaged from him and put a hand on his arm. "If you want, we can get out of here right now. " Nico whispered to her so quietly, we probably shouldn't hear it. "No Nico, it's all right, they're friends, they didn't do anything to me. They're helping me to distract." 

Nico only raised his eyebrows and looked at her displeased. Then he turned to us again. "If anything happens to her, I will send you personally to Hades!" Percy pinched him in the side. "C'monNico, where are your manners? This is my cousin Nico, who I told you about. He can be a bit threatening at times, but he is a pretty nice guy. At least most of the time." She laughed slightly. "Is it okay if Nico comes with me to the Tower? Just for today. Thor already knows and has told the others." 

Oh, that's what he had just whispered in her ear. I looked at Natasha, who was still looking at the boy with a cold look. "I don't think there's a problem with that, but one of us will always be there." They rolled their eyes at the same time, but then agreed. The boy stared at me again. It was getting really annoying. "I know I look gorgeous, you don't have to look at me all the time. You know, others also have trouble taking their eyes off me. If you want, I'll take a picture of me so you can hang it over your bed." Percy laughed loudly. Whether it was because of me or Nico's facial expression, I didn't know. But that look was really marvelous. Natasha also looked like she had to laugh, but surpressed it. The boy cleared his voice and turned your gaze away, his cheeks slightly red. Well, finally. I grinned and pointed to the others to follow me to the car.