10 Rules for Living With Hawkeye

Number 5

He's scarily quiet when he walks. Don't be surprised if he speaks up from right behind you. Only T'Challa has ever caught him.

"So, how are we gonna do this?" Wasp asked quietly, peering over the roof's edge where she, Ant-Man, and Black Panther were hiding from the A.I.M. guards patrolling below. The other Avengers were in another hiding spot on the opposite side of the compound. "Quick and stealthy, fast and hard, or quick and stealthy then fast and hard when quick and stealthy fails?"

"We've got Iron Man, Thor, and the Hulk here," Ant-Man pointed out, "Do you really think Option A is even a possibility?"

"Point."

"We'll hit during the changing of the guard," Captain America whispered over their communicators, "That way we can take as many of them by surprise as possible. You've been watching this compound the longest, Hawkeye; how much longer until then?"

"Two minutes." The response came from right behind them, and Wasp and Ant-Man yelped, startled to find the archer crouched there, as if he'd been on the roof with them the whole time.

"HEY!" The A.I.M. guards had noticed the noise, and opened fire on the four Avengers. Wasp heard Tony spit a curse when he realised that their cover had been blown early, then she tuned that out and focused on the fight in front of her.

Once they'd beaten all the guards on their side, Wasp whirled around to glare at Hawkeye. "What's the deal with sneaking up on us?! You couldn't make any noise to let us know you were coming?!"

Hawkeye rolled his eyes. "So sorry I didn't make a ton of noise on a stealth mission, Wasp. You would have noticed me if you'd been paying attention!"

"I so was paying attention! No one could have heard you!"

"Panther did. He noticed the second I reached the roof."