Facing your own legacy

How to catch a Mocking Bird (Unedited)

As it just so happens, Thor ambushed Clint as he left the quin-jet and forced a confession out of him, knowing the archer wouldn't likely leave this soon if he had not found anything.

Clint didn't know how he missed the god standing outside the quin-jet. He's a mercenary for crying out loud, he should have heard him coming. Clint also vaguely wondered if Thor had just been waiting outside the plane for him. Now that was an interesting thought.  

Clint had partially explained his lead to the god. He had left out quite a bit, but that was only because he didn't feel like explaining the whole weird, somewhat relationship most big-name spy's or mercenary's had with each other. It was a weird inner circle to be in. 

Thor listened to the archer's story with rapt attention, trying to take in every detail. He personally didn't really understand how a Gun for hire, as Clint had so graciously put it, would at all lead them to the group that organized the whole thing. Sure the team had sniffed out many Hydra bases before, but, sure enough, there always seemed to be more.

"Do you know this, Mocking Bird, more personally?" Clint was surprised when Thor asked.

"Where did you get that from?" Clint questioned, actually curious as to who told him.

"Friend Banner had mentioned her before as his heroine. From what he has told me, it seem's strange that she would suddenly change her allegiance against us," Thor said. Clint shook his head. The god was my no standard an idiot, - well, maybe except for when it came to Midguardian customs- but he could be a bit naive.

"She's a gun for hire, means she doesn't care which side she's on as long as she's paid well," Clint explained blandly. Thor seemed a bit puzzled at first, but he got the idea.

Sure, they had assassins on Asgard, except those generally stayed on one side. Midguard was so confusing. On Asgard you were loyal to one side and it was rare that you changed them, thus you were committing treason. On Midguard the lines of allegiance were blurred and were easily crossed.

"So she has no true side? And she kills whomever implores her to?" Thor asked, mainly to clarify. The archer nodded. 

"Most people like don't really have morals," Clint added. He says most now, before he didn't. Before he joined SHIELD, before he met Natasha. "She's most likely working for Hydra. Doesn't make much sense to me though. Intelligence at SHIELD says she had more personal strife against the group."

"But as you said, people like her tend to forget their morals." The remorse in Thor's voice was hard to miss. The conversation had taken a bit of a turn. A turn that reminded him of Loki. To Thor, it has seemed like one day Loki had mysteriously changed, Thor didn't know why. Only now did her painstakingly learn that the his selfishness and bitterness had started long before, rooting in their childhood. Thor wouldn't forgive himself for not noticing, for letting Loki suffer this. Though this did not excuse the terrible things he had done, Thor did not hold him solely responsible for his heinous act. Thor knew he was also to blame.

Clint didn't respond to that, didn't really know how to to be honest. He decided to change the direction of the conversation. "I'm going to go after the Mocking bird, figure out what she took and who she's working for," explained the archer.

Thor stopped. "Would you be alright on your own?" He inquired. It wasn't that he doubted his fellow Avenger's ability's, but it did seem like a challenging fete. Clint looked back at the god.

"Don't worry, I'm getting used to solo missions," Clint says, the statement clearly meaning Black widow recently pairing up with Cap. "Just be ready when I get back. Bruce seems the think the item stolen was Asgardian.

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Bobbi walked out of the bathroom in her little motel room. Drying her wet blonde hair as she made her was to the bed. Bobbi picked up the cellphone she was issued.

'I've got it.'She quickly typed in following hitting the 'send' button. She tossed the cellphone down and rolled over, staring at the silver case.

"I wonder what it is anyways," she muttered to herself. She did think about opening the case to find out. It was small, light, what could it possibly be holding that seemed so valuable? Money? Could be money, these people hide out in a dump. But then why go through the trouble of stealing it from Stark personally? Eventually, her curiosity got the better of her and the mercenary did take just one peek. She wasn't very enthused about what she saw. Bobbi stood back, put her hands on her hips and let a small grin play on her lips.

"A dusty, old tiara. Maybe it is about money," she mused dryly to herself. Despite the fact of just how old it looked, in her book it was considered beautiful. Maybe not classically beautiful, but the right element's seemed to be there. Depending on the era it came from, it could fetch a nice price. Bobbi once again sealed the case and put it out of sight.

"Have fun with that," she muttered before taking off her robe and climbing into bed.

"Well this is awkward, catching you in such a compromising attire," says an unknown voice. Bobbi get's up and smirks. "Huh? Not exactly the reaction I was going for."

"Oh, I'll bet, Hawkeye." The archer dropped down from the vent's, apparently, and aimed his bow squarely at the unprepared woman.

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Welp! That's it! I was behind on updates so I'm just throwing this out there. Don't worry, the time jump and everything in between will be explained.