Before SHIELD, Natasha and Clint tried to kill each other.
Natasha works for the KGB, hunting down HYDRA traitors in the system. When she's assigned a job at the Russian ballet, she battles memories of her past she never wanted to face again.
Clint is a fugitive, framed by his brother for attempted murder. Some guy in a suit shows up, Special Agent Phil Coulson, representing a government division Clint can't pronounce, with the offer of a fresh start and Clint finds himself a brand new recruit of SHIELD.
Then there was Budapest where no amount of training could prepare them for the choices they would be forced to make.
NOTE: This is largely unedited, so please excuse errors, plot holes, etc.
Whilst in combat in the US Army, Ava Richards stormed a terrorist base which contained chemically manipulated gas with extreme side effects; in Ava's case, the gas altered her brain, giving her telepathic abilities to speak without moving her lips, read minds, move objects without touching them and outright destroy people's minds. Then Nick Fury came to speak to her about the Avengers initiative.
Her mission is simple: Make the God of Mischief fall for you; it will weaken him, make him vulnerable, according to Thor's information.
But with the other 6 Avengers hanging about, causing trouble and escalating things that don't need to be, things are made difficult. Can Ava manage her impossible mission; after all, she is a soldier, not an actress.
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