The Next Avengers: The Legend(MCU)

Broken Bow

"Ok, hold on. Don't shoot."

Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye walked behind three kids. His daughter, Lila. His long lost son, Francis Barton. Although, he preferred Frankie. And Lila's best friend, Kate Bishop.

They all had bow and arrows in their hands, already drawn. Aimed at a target on a tree about thirty-five feet from them.

"Ok, see your target?" He asked them all. They nodded. "Alright, now we're gonna focus on how you're gonna get there."

He continued walking around them and helped them adjust their footing, pulled their shoulders back.

"Alright, sure you can see?"

They all nodded. He came around to Lila and asked her. She replied "Yeah" since she could see it perfectly until a bit of her hair was held in front of her eye.

"How bout now?" He joked. Lila laughed and shook her head. Clint kept the hair over her eye and put one hand over one of Frankie's eyes. "Bout you, Frankie?"

"Very funny, Dad!" The young blond laughed.

Then he jumped behind Kate and covered both her eyes. "Kate?"

Kate just laughed and put her hands down, separating the arrow from the bow. "Just halfway blind, Mr. Barton."

"OK, I'm just making sure you guys are able to see where you're shooting."

As they laughed, Clint's wife, Laura, called out to them, "Hey, you guys want Mayo, mustard, or both?"

The four of them had confused looks on their faces.

"Who puts Mayo on a hot dog?" Lila asked in a whisper.

"Sounds kinda gross," Frankie furthered.

"Eh, it's probably your brothers," Clint mumbled before responding to his wife, "Uh, four mustards please! Thanks, Mama!"

He turned back to the three and told them to ready their arrows. Their bows came up, their backs straight, and bows pulled back.

Clint looked at all of their stances and then to the target and back to them before he said "Now!"

The arrows were let go and all three of them hit the target on the dot! A proud laugh came from Clint as he high-fived the kids.

"Nice job, Hawkeye!" He said to Lila. "You too, Hawkeye Jr."

Frankie let out a groan when his dad said that. "Aw man! Why does she get to be Hawkeye and I'm Hawkeye Jr.?"

"Ever hear of giving a lady a compliment, Frankie?" Kate asked in a fancy tone.

"Oh brother."

Lila laughed and shook her head at the two. They were always like this ever since Frankie came. But it was obvious they were best friends.

"Alright you two," Clint intervened. "And besides Frankie, you're Jr. to me, not her. Plus, you're just like me, just younger." Frankie thought about it and bobbed his head in contentment. "And Kate, you're...uh..."

"Hawkette!" Kate stated cheerfully.

Clint let that name roll around in his head. 'Hawkette. Hmm, has a nice ring to it.'

"Alright, Hawkette!" He said holding up a hand which she high-fived immediately.

Laura called out to them that lunch was ready. So Clint replied, "Alright, we're comin'! We're hungry! Go 'head and get yer arrows, kids."

So all three kids went to go get their arrows. Lila grabbed hers first and then walked over to Clint. Meanwhile, Frankie and Kate picked on each other.

"You owe me a new arrow, Kate," The blond boy joked.

"Don't bet on it, Francis!" She retorted with a smirk.

They laughed as they both reached up and pulled their arrows out of the target.

"Alrighty, Dad!" Frankie started, "We're ready."

The two turned around to find that Clint wasn't there. Just a small bit of ash where the Archer once stood.

Frankie and Kate looked at each other in confusion and shrugged before turning back to their surroundings.

"Mr. Barton?" Kate called out. She looked around, completely confused.

"Dad?!" Frankie called as well. But Clint was nowhere to be found. "Hey, Lila! Have you seen-."

He turned back to his sister, but he couldn't see her either.

Frankie looked over to the picnic table, but the rest of his family was gone too. His heartbeat began to pick up. Panic filling his mind.

He knew his father was a spy, but he never had the whole family disappear before. Now, Frankie was genuinely worried.

He ran over to the table and whistled. "Nate!" He called out to his little brother. Looking under the table, he saw no one hiding under there. He resumed looking about the property. "Cooper! Mom!"

In the barn, Kate searched to see if she could find anyone hiding.
"Lila? Mrs. Barton?!"

She looked behind a tractor, behind a wall, under a desk. She looked EVERYWHERE for a sign of someone, but to no avail. She was beginning to worry now too.

She ran back out to the field to Frankie but stopped when she saw the bow Lila had used earlier and Clint's ankle monitor on the ground and a patch of ash beneath them.

He breath hitched as she knelt down and picked them up. The worst came to mind as tears formed in her eyes.

"DAD!!!" She heard Frankie calling, still looking for them.

Kate slowly stood up and walked towards the picnic table which Frankie stood atop.

When she got there, she sat down as Frankie jumped off the table.

"I don't know where they are. It's almost li....what's wrong?" Frankie asked, noticing her tears coming down.

With a heavy heart, Kate looked into his eyes before reaching behind her and held up Clint's ankle monitor and Lila's bow.

When he saw them, he began to hyperventilate as he took them. He held them close and looked back to Kate who looked equally scared. Not knowing what else to do, she pulled him into a hug.

"I think something bad happened to them, Frankie." She wept into his shoulder.

As Frankie took in those words and looking at the items in his hands, the harsh reality began to set in. Overcome with emotions and what felt like part of him dying too, he filled the air with a loud "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

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Wow......I'm literally tearing up as I write this. It really is hard to do it to these kids, but it's all for the good that will come. I hope you guys are still with me on this and that you haven't cried too much.

So more is to come for sure. Hope to see you guys stick around, and I'll see you in the next chapter. NinjaBoy out!!!