Chapter 15: The Barton Home

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With everybody back on the Quinjet, free from their respective visions.

Maria: The news is loving you guys. Nobody else is. There's been no official call for Banner's arrest, but it's in the air.

Tony: Stark Relief Foundation?

Maria: Already on the scene. How's the team?

Tony: Everyone's... we took a hit. We'll shake it off.

Maria: Well for now I'd stay in stealth mode, and stay away from here.

Tony: So, run and hide?

Maria: Until we can find Ultron, I don't have a lot else to offer.

Tony: Neither do we.

He ends the call and switches off the monitor and turns to Barton, who's flying the Quinjet.

Tony: Hey, you wanna switch out?

Clint: No, I'm good. If you wanna get some kip, now's a good time, cause we're still a few hours out.

Tony: A few hours from where?

Clint: A safe house.

The Quinjet lands outside a large farmhouse and they all walk towards the house.

Thor: What is this place?

Tony: A safe house?

Clint: Let's hope.

They all enter the house.

Clint: Honey, I'm home.

Barton's heavily pregnant wife, Laura, walks in from the kitchen.

Clint: Hi. Company. Sorry I didn't call ahead.

Laura: Hey.

Tony: This is an agent of some kind.

Clint: Gentleman, this is Laura.

Laura: I know all your names.

They all look at her awkwardly.

Clint: Ooh, incoming.

Barton's children, Cooper and Lila, run in.

Lila: Dad!

Barton picks up his daughter.

Clint: Hi, sweetheart!

Clint kisses the top of his son's head.

Clint: Hey, buddy! How you guys doing? Ooh...

The others as they watch with surprise.

Tony: These are...smaller agents.

Clint: Look at your face! Oh, my goodness!

Lila: Did you bring Auntie Nat?

Natasha: Why don't you hug her and find out?

Lila rushes towards Natasha, who picks her up in her arms.

Steve: Sorry for barging in on you.

Tony: Yeah, we would have called ahead, but we were busy having no idea that you existed.

Clint: Yeah, well Fury helped me set this up when I joined. He kept it off SHIELD's files, I'd like to keep it that way. I figure it's a good place to lay low.

Laura: Honey. Ah, I missed you.

Natasha: How's little Natasha, huh?

Laura Barton: She's... Nathaniel.

Natasha bends towards Laura's pregnant stomach.

Natasha: Traitor.

The hallucinations brought on by Wanda continue to creep up in Thor's mind and he walks out of the house.

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