lost (Hawkeye)

Chapter 35

Percy:"Hey Percy, it's time to move."Slowly I opened my eyes. I noticed something soft underneath me and it took me some tie to reallise, that I was laying on Clints chest. He had one arm wrapped around my  waist and was looking at me. I yawned and rubbed my eyes. "Did you sleep well?" I nodded. "I slept better than I ever have before. You're really comfy." It was true, I had actually slept through without any nightmares. "How long did we sleep?" "About five to six hours." I nodded, I didn't sleep longer than that on my quests either.I stood up and held out a hand to Clint to help him up.He grabbed it and was standing next to me a moment later."What do we do now?""Code Black.""What's a code black?""Code Black means to contact S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as soon as possible. We should go to a phone box."I nodded and so we made our way into the city. Many people looked at us quite disturbed. I couldn't blame them. We were covered in blood and dust and didn't look like a normal couple strolling through town, but more like a killer couple returning from a botched robbery.When we arrived at a phone box, I stood guard while Clint punched in a secret number."Secret code?" Sounded a soft voice from the receiver."Hawkeye152894.""Hold on a second."I leaned over to Clint."What's taking so long?""It's not like ordering a pizza, it it now?"We waited a few more minutes and  I could feel myself getting more and more impatiente."We've pinpointed your location. In a short while a company car will come and pick you up."The line was silent after that."Finally." I sighed in relief.Clint pointed to a small bench at a bus stop." Let's sit there. Then we won't be as exposed."I doubt that, yet I agreed with him and we sat down on the bench."How's your stomach?""Quite alright. Your shoulder?" "Could be better." Something occurred to me then. I picked up Tyson's watch. How could I have forgotten it.When I pressed a button, the nectar appeared. "Drink this. It helps with pretty much all wounds. Fred developed it." As I said this, the sky grumbled slightly.Clint drew his brows together suspiciously, but then decided to trust me. He took a hesitant sip and then his face brightened enthusiastically and he drank some more.""This is great, why does it taste like the cocoa I used to get from my dad?" I winked at him." To me it tastes like cookies." I took a sip myself and broke the ambrosia in two. This time Clint grabbed it without hesitation and popped it in his mouth. I did the same and immediately noticed the effect. My muscles stopped aching and the bruisees on my hip and shoulder got better. I put the watch away again. "Too bad your cousin won't join us. We could use a doctor as good as him." "Fred has a hard time working. He doesn't stay much in one place...""I've been reading through your file..." Clints voice got a serious tone."Did you find anything interesting?""More or less...there was nothing about your cousin and Nico and your family in general. So I digged deeper. According to our files there is no Fred matching to his appearance. And mind you, we know everybody on earth."Of course there was nothing in there about them. I shivered slightly and pulled my jacket tighter around me."Yeah um, like I said my family has a lot of enemies. We live pretty much underground. No mobile phones, no televisions and no contact with other people." "Whew, I imagine that's pretty tough." "Well, you get used to it. And if you can live longer, I don't have a problem with that." Clint nodded in agreement."How come you have so many enemies?" I laughed softly, I actually had no idea." I don't really know, if I'm honest. A few want our power, a few want revenge and a few just enjoy killing us. Or they have other reasons" I shrugged my shoulders. Clint looked at me in shock. "Why do they want revenge?" I shifted a little in my seat." You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." I looked into Clint's soft blue eyes and instinctively knew I could trust him. "My family is pretty complicated. Their behaviour is quite rude at times and not many people like that. Also, my father, along with his siblings, banished someone um- to a place where it's pretty awful. When he came out of there, he wanted revenge and came to us with a whole army. We had to fight against him. That was my first war."

"How old were you?" His voice was quiet, as if I wasn't meant to hear him. Well I did.

"I just turned 16, I knew bad things would happen, but I never expected them to be that bad. It wasn't the first time, that I llost someone close to me, but it was the first time,  that I lost that many." A tear rolled down my cheek. Clint reached out his hand and wiped it away. Then he pulled me close and put an arm around my shoulder. I rested my head against his shoulder and slowly calmed down. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." I was about to reply when a black jeep drove up to the phone box. Couldn't we talk in peace for once?! We jumped up and ran towards it.

The jeep drove closer to us. "Um Clint, is it just me imagening things  or is the jeep not slowing down?" Sure enough, the car accelerated even more." Cover," Clint yelled and yanked me behind a car with him. I heard a loud bang and saw the car drive into the phone box. Suddenly two men dressed in black got out of the car. To my horror, they were carrying guns. "Shit. Clint, they don't look like our knights    in shining amour. How many shots have you got left?" I asked the agent at my side, who in the meantime had drawn his gun. He was silently swearing."Four." I frowned, that wasn't  good. I took a step away from him and pressed the button on the clock. Immediately the circular shield appeared. Seeing Clint's puzzled look, I smiled slightly. "I not only have good doctors in my family, but also good blacksmiths." With those words, I raised the shield in front of us. In time before a shot blasted away the side mirror of the car. I winced slightly. "Here, you take the shield. Don't forget three shots each." "Three shots? I only got four total." Clint laughed lightly. "Aw hell, I've never been good at maths." I handed Clint the shield and he fired the first shot as well. Shortly after, a cry of pain was heard. Bull's-eye. There was only one left. This one now took cover behind a car." How are we going to get him out of there?" Clint looked at me meaningfully." One from behind, one from the front." I sighed slightly, it was the only thing possible. "All right, then. On three. 1 2 3." On the count of three, I took off running behind the car. I ducked as I heard the whistle of a bullet above me. I saw the enemy right in front of me. He was so focused on me that he didn't notice Clint sneaking up behind him and hitting him hard on the head.

He rolled his eyes and fell to the ground unconscious. Clint held out his hand to me and I high fived him. "That wasn't so bad."Suddenly a black Audi honked, coming towards us. "Ah, that's them. Fury loves Audis." We took the two prisoners and removed their weapons and mobile phones before putting them in the back of the car. We then got in and ade ur way to the Starktower.