Misery and Destruction

II

Avengers Compound, New York- 2023

"Nat!" Nish called as she ran out of the car to her who was standing at the building entrance.

"Hey." Nat caught her just in time as they shared a hug. "You look amazing." Nat complimented as she pulled away from the embrace. She of course FaceTimed Nish every weekend but could never see the outfits or her with a full face of natural make up or even her with straight hair.

"Thanks." Nish smiled. She was happy to be with Nat again. "I see you still haven't sorted out those roots." Nat rolled her eyes at the sarcastic comment. "It still looks great." Nish really liked how easily she could carry the two tone hair. Nat smiled and pulled Nish into her side and they both walked into the building.

"Whose here then?" Nish asked after Steve had explained the plan in the car journey here.

"Bruce, Thor, Scott, Rhodey, Clint, Nebula, Rocket, Tony, Steve, you and me." Nat replied listing everyone.

Nish thought about everyone here. "You managed to get to Clint then."

"Yeah." Nat smiled at the thought of her being with her best friend despite the circumstances.

"That's good." Nish was happy to see Nat happy about the fact Clint was there.

Nat took Nish to her old room so she could unpack. Nish unpacked all the photos she had with her friends and displayed them around the room. She then hung up her clothes before changing into a pair of black leggings, a black bralette and a light grey hoodie. She put on her pair of white AirForce 1s before exciting the room.

As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she banged into a chest due to the fact neither of them were looking at where they were going. They were both distracted by their phones. Neither of them lost their balance though. Nish looked up to be greeted by Clint who had a different hairstyle to when she met him 6 years ago.

"Hey Clint." Nish smiled.

It took a second for Clint to realise who she was as she looked quite different. "Hi Nish." He said with a small smile. She reminded him of his daughter that he was hoping to get back. "You've grown up. What are you, 18 now?" He asked. He was happy to have interaction with a teenager again, even if it wasn't his own.

She shook her head. "No, I'm only 14 but will be 15 in a months time." She saw Clint's confused face. "I was frozen for 3 years." Clint nodded in understanding. Nish looked over his tattoo sleeve. "I love the sleeve. Being an assassin really suits you." She said unsure whether he would take it as a compliment.

Clint chuckled. "I was aiming for the scary intimidating look."

"Well it worked." She agreed before they both walked to a room where Nish could hear an argument coming from. Both the assassins put an emotionless facade on as they leant against either side of the door frame. Nish kept the expression even after noticing the change in Banner's appearance.   

"These are Pym particles, all right? And ever since Hank Pym got snapped out of existence, this is it. This is what we have. We're not making any more." Scott explained in a shouty tone.

"Scott, calm down." Rhodey reasoned with him.

"Sorry." He took a deep breath to calm down. "We've got enough for one round trip, each. That's it. No do-overs. Plus, two test runs." He then shrunk and grew back to regular size. "One test run." Nish rolled her eyes as Rhodey let out a sigh. Scott let the pressure get to him. "All right. I'm not ready for this."

"I'm game." Everyone looked to Clint. "I'll do it."

Nish now stood in the room opposite Rhodey and Scott and next to Banner as he and Nebula began to prep Clint.