Phantasm

Chapter 16

Natasha found Clint in the gym packing up a selection of his bows and one of his arrows. 

"What are you doing?" She asked as she walked over to him. 

He looked up at her and shrugged. "Packing up for when we can kill Alex." Clint said and Natasha looked at him. 

"She's in the cell, she's not going anywhere." Natasha said and looked at him, very confused, 

Clint shrugged and Natasha shook her head. "You are not going to take that and make her watch you select the arrow to kill her." She said and he laughed a little. 

"As much as I would love to do that, I'm not going to do that." Clint said and Natasha instantly relaxed. 

Natasha nodded and took one more look at him before walking out of the room and heading to the infirmary to check on Andy. 

Andy looked up as Natasha walked into the room. "Hey, you okay?" Natasha asked and Andy nodded. 

"I just want Alex gone. My life is in shambles because of her." She said and Natasha nodded a little. 

"That's how Clint feels. You two should try to talk to each other." Natasha said and Andy nodded a little and looked at her hands. 

"I know but you know he won't talk to me or even look in my eyes." Andy said and Natasha sighed a little. 

"I know, maybe just text him and see if he responds." Natasha suggested and Andy shrugged a little before looking down at her hands. "You'll be okay Andy." Natasha said as she walks out and went to find Bruce to check on Andy's progress and how Bruce was. 

When Andy was sure Natasha was gone she slipped out of bed and pulled off the hospital gown to reveal a tank top and some leggings with holsters on the side of the thighs. She grabbed a hoodie that was on the chair next to the bed, placed there by Clint. 

Clint walked into the room with his bow case in his hand. "You ready?" He asked and she nodded a little. "Let's go get Bucky." He said and she nodded as she followed him. 

Andy pulled the hood up to cover her hair and avoided the camera while she could. 

They heard Natasha's voice and they stopped for a second before hurrying down an adjacent hallway. 

"Shit." Andy cursed as she bumped into someone. 

"I thought I was coming to you." Bucky whispered and Andy looked at Clint before looking back at Bucky.

"Nope, and Nat is coming this way." She whispered as she dragged him to the hallway Clint was going down. 

As they walked into the room the cell Alex was in, they all froze to look at her. 

Alex was sitting against the opposite side, humming a tune only she would know. When they walked in, she smiled, knowing what was happening. 

"Oh hello you three. Why am I not surprised." Alex said as she stood up. None of them said anything as she walked as close as she could to them. "What can I do for the three of you?" She asked and Andy looked at Clint and then to Bucky. 

Clint nodded a little before he knelt down and opened his arrow case. Bucky walked over to the door and closed it before locking it. Andy walked over to the controls and looked at Clint before flipping the switch to open the door. 

No alarms were sounded which is what they were worried about, but it was just one of their worries. 

Alex looked at all of them as Clint raised his bow to point it at her. "This is a joke isn't it." Alex said as she stepped out of the cell slowly. 

"You stop right there." Clint said as he tensed his bow. 

"Okay, what's going on here? You're going to kill me?" Alex asked and they all looked at her. 

"If you even begin to to speak Russian, you will be killed. If you take a step towards me, you will be killed. If you take a step towards Andy-" Clint said before being interrupted by Alex. 

"Let me guess, I will be killed?" She mocked causing Clint to roll his eyes. 

"You will eventually be killed anyway but we want to talk for a second before that happens." Andy said as she stepped towards him. 

"And what can I help you with?" Alex asked and no one spoke for a minute. 

"Where's Hydra's biggest base?" Bucky finally asked. Everyone had questions but no one knew what to ask. 

"Really? Like I'm going to tell you that." Alex scoffed and Clint aimed his bow at Alex's foot and shot. Her eyes widened and she clenched her hands, trying not to scream. "Fine, Hydra's biggest base is in Montana. The one where the higher ups meet once a month is in Germany though, in their oldest base." Alex said through clenched teeth as she pulled the arrow out of her foot. 

Andy nodded and looked at Clint as he brought another arrow out and tensed the bow. "Oh thank you." Clint said as Andy smiled a little bit before looking back at Alex. 

"Let me have a shot." Andy said and Clint looked at her for a second. 

"What are you saying? That isn't part of the plan." Bucky said as he stopped leaning against the door and looked at Andy. 

Before Andy could respond, the door behind Bucky opened and Tony, Steve, and Natasha walk into the room. 

"What in the hell is going on here?" Tony asked as Bucky, Clint, and Andy froze. 

"The three musketeers are torturing me." Alex said tossing the arrow that was once in her foot back to Clint. 

Tony walked over to Alex and pushed her back into the cell as Steve walked over to where Andy is and flipped the switch to close and lock the cell. 

Alex sat back down against the glass and looked at what was happening in front of her. 

"Is anyone going to answer me? What the hell was going on?" Tony asked and looked at Andy, knowing it was her idea. 

"We got the state of the biggest hydra base, which is Montana. As well as the country with the base that all of the big guys meet at once a month, which is Germany." Clint said as he put down his bow. 

"Well that's great but that's not how you do that!" Natasha yelled at the three of them. 

"I expected more from all of you." Steve said as he shook his head and walked out of the room. Bucky sighed before following him, trying to explain why he decided to follow the plan. 

Tony looked between Clint, Andy, and Natasha before walking out, knowing that shouting match was going to be something he didn't want to be in the middle of. 

"You two, Andy's floor, two minutes." Natasha snapped as she walked out of the room. 

Andy looked at Clint and waited for him to pack up his bow and arrow. He stood up and nodded a little at her as they both began walking to her room. 

They were waiting for the elevator to reach Andy's floor in silence before Clint broke the silence. "I thought it was a good plan." 

Andy looked at him and smiled a little. Clint looked at her before glancing at her lips. Before he could do anything the elevator doors dinged as they opened. They were frozen in their spots for a second before Natasha cleared her throat. 

Both of them looked towards her as they stepped into the fury of the furious Natasha Romanoff.