“Sit down, Agent Hall,” Director Fury directed as he walked into the room.

Agent Hall felt very uneasy feeling in his stomach, Fury was too calm to him, it appeared that he was controlling his emotions; that was never a good sign. Nevertheless, he took a seat and looked up at the director. “Okay director, what’s up? Because I can tell that it is not good.”

“What would make you say that, Agent?” Fury asked casually. “Maybe I just wanted to talk to you.”

“With all due respect, sir, I am calling bullshit on you. You are rarely this calm, you were actually polite to me on the phone,” Robert analysed, as he lifted his hands and brought them together.

Fury just sat there and stared at the agent for a moment or two, “Very good, yes there is a problem. It concerns Barton.”

Hall took a deep breath, “Why? What’s up, he is on assignment right?”

“Yes.” Fury confirmed before pausing for a split second. “He is on assignment in Colombia; a drug cartel, the José Santa-Landoño cartel, is suspected of having gotten some Chitauri artifacts from the black market.” He stood up from his chair, and turn to walk to the window, facing away from him.

Robert was puzzled by this movement, he didn’t quite understand what was going on yet, there wasn’t enough details provided. “Okay, he has been gone for two weeks.” He calculated out loud, “How often are check-ins?”

“Usually two to three days, depending on the assignment.” Fury turned around to face the agent, “Agent Barton has missed three check ins, he has never done that before.”

Robert suddenly understood the concern for the matter, “How long ago was he last supposed to check in?”

Fury looked down at his computer, then back at Robert, “about a half an hour ago.”

“Oh, damn,” He muttered to himself before looking back up at the director. “Thank you for informing me. But now what? I am pretty sure you know how the team will react when they find out.”

“Yes, I am well aware that everyone is going to go crazy; that is why I am telling you.” Fury responded with a hint of assertiveness in his voice.

“Why do I feel like I am walking into a lion’s den, and I am covered in blood and have a plate of raw steaks with me?” Robert shot back.

Fury just nodded, “They won’t kill you, have a good day, Agent.”

Robert sighed as he got up from his chair and started to walk out the door. “Just a heads up, if they do kill me. So help me, I am coming back to haunt your ass forever,” he added at the door with sarcasm in his voice.

“Get in line, good day,” Fury said with anger in his voice.

Robert just shook his head, and walked out of the office.

---

As Robert drove back to the Avengers tower, he wondered what had happen to Barton. He was immature, cocky, and downright annoying, when he was off the clock. However, when he was undercover, the man did not make mistakes; he was cold, smooth, and very wise.

He pulled into the parking garage and walked to the elevator, “JARVIS, do you have a moment?” Robert asked the A.I.

“Yes, Agent Hall, how may I help you?” replied a smooth voice.

“Where is everyone?” Robert answered

“Dr. Banner, Dr. Ross, and Sir are in laboratory six. Lord Thor and Lord Loki, are in the training room sparring. Dr.Foster and Miss Lewis are in the Kitchen. Ms. Potts is on the common floor, with Agent Romanoff and Mr. Rogers, watching TV.” Jarvis answered

“Okay, please notify everyone to report to the common floor. I need to speak to them about something,” He said solemnly, this news was not going to go over well.

“Yes Agent Hall, does this concern, Agent Barton, since he is the only one not present.”

“Sometimes I forget how smart you are. Yes it does, but please don’t tell everyone, let me break it to them.” Robert pleaded.

“Of course, Agent Hall,” Jarvis replied.

“Why me?” Robert shook his head, as the elevator stop at his floor, he got off and walked to his apartment. He stopped at the door and placed his hand on the scanner. After a second or two the door opened, Robert walked into his kitchen and opened a cabinet next to the refrigerator. He pull out a small bottle and took his daily medication ‘Whole team is going to go nuts, and I thinking there will be no sleep for a while.’ Robert thought to himself. ’Lucky me and my narcolepsy.’ He was pulled from his thoughts when he heard a familiar voice.

“Agent Hall, everyone is on the common floor waiting for you.” Jarvis stated

“Thank you Jarvis,” Robert replied calmly before walking to the elevator and stepping in. He took a deep breath as the elevator doors closed. As Robert walked out of the elevator you could see everyone looking at him you could tell everyone was nervous and wanted to know what was going on.

Tony spoke first, ”Well Mr secret agent man is the big news?” in his usual cocky voice.

Thor was next to speak, “Yes Hall, what is so important, I was doing well, sparring against my brother.”

Loki looked at Thor, “What mystical drugs are you smoking? I was just about to pin you into submission.” He countered.

Thor just shook his head, “I think you are mistaken, brother, you were being over-confident.”

Tony jumped in, “Enough of this, Jarvis who was winning? I got ten on Thor, anyone else in?”

“You are on, I am sure that Thor was doing well,” Darcy commented.

Natasha rolled her eyes before she spoke, “you are both wrong, Loki was winning.”

Tony smirked slightly, “Table is closed, Jarvis?”

Steve just shook his head in dismay, he wasn’t one to join in these things.

Jarvis then answered, “I am sorry to report, but Sir and Miss Lewis you have lost. Lord Thor was losing badly today, and to quote ‘whining like a schoolgirl’.”

Natasha just sat there no expression or comment, but she did lift her hand and opened in which Tony and Darcy placed a bill.

Robert just shook his head. “The reason I have asked you to be here, Director Fury has given me an update on the agent Barton's current mission.” He paused, “he has unfortunately has missed three check-ins and has been classified as MIS.”

As predicted everybody went nuts,Tony was demanding to Jarvis about hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D. Steve wanted to know all the details. Bruce was trying to remain calm and breath deeply. Darcy and Jane immediately looked at their boyfriends, who in turned in unison said about going to the Heimdall to see what the gatekeeper could see.

Natasha was the only one who didn’t go psycho. She got up and walked over to Robert, who at this point, was getting yelled at by Steve and Tony. Tony wanted all the information they could get.to start looking. Steve was upset because he is the leader of the team and had not been notified.

They both stopped when Natasha walked right in front of them and she stared at Robert. She was quiet and scary, “What exactly did Fury tell you? Please.”

That got Robert’s attention, when the Black Widow says please, you have one chance to do it right or you will be in a world of pain. So Robert told her everything, she just stood there, like she was reading Robert’s mind, to see if he was lying to her.

After a minute, “Thank you.” she said, and walked to the elevator. The doors opened and she walked in, the doors closed.

“Where the hell is she going?” Tony asked

“Tony, chill the fuck out. I don’t know and right now, I don’t care. I have to make a few phone calls; maybe someone knows where Clint is”

Steve looked a little surprised that Robert would say that to him, “Look I'm sorry but I'm concerned about my team.”

Robert took offense to this, “And what is that suppose to mean, I am standing here shoveling manure. Fuck you too. I am just as concerned as anyone, Steve,”

In a huff, Robert then turned around and walked to the elevator when the doors opened. Robert walked in, “It may surprise you, but I care about each you equally. Now if you excuse me, I have to help bird fly home.” and then doors closed.

Robert got off on his floor and immediately started to call everyone he knew, CIA, FBI, DEA, and ATF contacts. Hell he even called some friends in Mexico to see if they heard anything.

---

2 days earlier

Jose Sanchez hadn't always been a DEA agent, he worked as a NYPD agent for a few years before being recruited by the DEA. He joined the DEA nearly six years ago and established himself as a top notch undercover agent. His current mission was to infiltrate a certain cartell.

No previous agents had succeeded, but after four months, he managed to get an opening. The mission was now at the two year mark and he was close to getting all the intel he needed. The problem was that they could never find the “big clue”, the thing that could shut the cartel down.

Plus the cartel had deep pockets into the national government of Colombia.

Thankfully, during his mission he had space and was able to venture off from the cartel without question, giving him time to give constant updates. A year previously, he pulled one of the leader's teenage daughters out of the way when New York was attacked by aliens. He didn’t mention, how he was only able to save her, because he was in the area helping out after being saved by Robin Hood or whoever that guy with the bow and arrow was.

He didn't think about it too much and never spoke about the few moments he spent helping to clear out a building to save innocent lives with 'Robin Hood' during the battle. But as he walked into the interrogation room and saw the man tied up, he knew that his cover wasn't worth the man getting tortured or killed--he was a hero. Everybody knew that, but didn't know his face.

They captured him six days ago, he was crouched down, maybe napping when they spotted him through night-vision goggles. They had separated into six teams surrounding him, he had nearly gotten away, somehow hearing them approaching. But he wasn’t quick enough and they managed to shoot him with a tranquilizer gun.

Jose looked around and saw that they were alone, “Hey. I know you, you were in New York.
Look at me, relax, I am an agent working with the DEA. Who do I need to call?”
Clint didn't move. He didn't talk, he just kept his head down.

Jose understood the reasoning, the man didn’t trust anyone, Jose would have to earn his trust, so Jose left the room to meet the superiors of the cartel.

As Jose walked into a meeting room, the bosses of the cartel were arguing about what to do with the prisoner. One of them, wanted to chop his head off, another wanted to skin him alive, and then another who was at computer, was very quiet. He was always quiet, but when he spoke everyone listened.

“This man, he has a family,” the man produces a small photo, of a woman and two children.

“We have many hackers that are running the photo against every gas station, grocery store, and pharmacy in America. When they get a match they will call us.”
The other members started to argue with the man, saying the plain will not work and they should just kill the agent now.

“Silence!” He demanded and waited until everybody stopped talking. “We will not kill him, he is a secret agent. If we kill him, his organization will come after her.They are not bound by the government or laws; they work around the world and are very deadly. We need information and this is the best way to do it; we will find his family, and use them to make the prisoner tell us everything he knows. Once we have all the information, then they will be exterminated.”

Jose did not like this plan at all, he had to earn the archers trust. Therefore, in an attempt to earn his trust, he worked continuously over the next two days. He brought him food and water;

Jose would eat and drink a little of food and water, to prove that it wasn’t poisoned to him.

Jose kept Clint informed about the plans of the cartel. However, he failed to make him trust in and his check in was due. To avoid being tracked, Jose walked outside it was the early evening. He pulled the phone out, and turned it on, it took ten seconds to power up. It was a very secure cell phone, the call would not last longer than six seconds, before automatically ending the call and turning the phone off; it was impossible to track the call. Jose checked his surroundings again, he pressed the call button. as the phone rang. Jose heard it answered, so he spoke quickly, “Robin Hood, aliens, hunting family, and safe.” The phone ended the call and automatically turned off. Jose checked the area again, he was safe again. So he walked back inside hoping his agency would do the right thing.

---

2 days later

Robert was calling everyone he knew, looking for anything or anyone that could or would help. Although he was talking to multiple agencies, he was striking out with each one. Then he called the last one, the DEA, as he waited for one of the superiors. He heard a knock on the door and walked to open it whilst remaining on the phone; it was Loki and Darcy.

“Hey guys what's up?’ Robert asked the couple.

“We were just wondering if you had any luck so far?” Darcy answered.

“No, unfortunately no one has heard anything or know anything. I'm actually on my last agency,” Robert answered with a mumble

“Who would that be?” Loki asked.

“The DEA or Drug Enforcement Agency but I doubt I will have any luck with them,” Robert grumbled out. He heard someone talking over the phone.
The man was one of the people in charge, and wanted to help, but he didn’t know who Robert was talking about; this and being on the phone for the past three hours. Robert had lost about all of his patience.

“Sir, I mean no disrespect, but Agent Barton is known, I mean come on how people do you know running around like Robin Hood shooting arrows at aliens.”

“Wait, wait, where is that paper? Ah, here it is, did you just say Robin Hood and Aliens?” the man asked.

Robert shook his head, “Yes, that is what I just said.”

“Two days ago, a mole in a cartel, checked in, his message was; Robin Hood, Aliens, hunting family, and safe. Safe, is the code for our man.”

“Where is your man?”

“I can’t tell you that over the phone, there are procedures to follow here.”

“Arrgh,” Robert muttered to himself, so close. “Look, just get ahold of Director Nick Fury at S.H.I.E.L.D, if you have to or Commander Maria Hill, they can verify me.”

“Very well, Agent Hall, I will do that now,” and with that the man ended the call.

Darcy and Loki were staring at the Agent very hard.

“Look, I don’t know, maybe, just get the team to together and come to HQ. I am going to go there now and see if I can figure out what is going on.” Robert stated as he gathered his things and headed to the elevator.

---

Just over an hour later, Agent Hall and Director Fury were having a rather intense discussion, which was more like a giant screaming match between two stubborn minded people.

“Look I don't give a fuck, I am not telling you anything,” Fury expressed strongly.

“Okay, we have been at this and we aren’t getting anywhere,” Robert huffed. “I don’t care if Clint has a family or not. But I thinking that he does, because you haven’t denied it once.”

“I have told you that is none of your damn business, classified, and leave it the fuck alone.”
Suddenly Fury's phone went off. Fury answered it in a huff. “Fury here... What?”
It was the man from the DEA , that Robert spoke to earlier. “Director Fury, we have received another communication from our mole, he said, ‘Tres squads, steal, info, terminate, safe, hood safe, and avenge’. that was the whole transmission.”

“Thank you, I will be in touch.” Fury hung the phone up, and glared at the Agent.

“That was the DEA, the new message is this,” And then Fury repeated the message to the Agent, whose face didn’t change for anything.

“Okay, I don’t care or want to know if he has a family. I don't care if he has a family of penguins. But I am pretty sure that you or he had a plan setup to send someone out there already. All I am saying is that there may three hit squads that could headed out to wherever in God’s name. I have a pretty good idea, of who is out there. Because Clint doesn’t trust a whole lot of people. All I am asking is send them back up, please.”

Fury gazed at the agent, “not necessary.”

“I don't care if it may hurts someone's feelings. Sending back up to help is the right thing. Because it tells a person you want them to come home safe, not that you don't trust them. I am sure there is at least three people you trust.”

Fury looked at Robert for a moment or two. “It has already been handled.”

“Thank you. Now, I have a pack of wolves to get ready because we have to free a hawk.” Robert stated as he turned around to leave.

“Hall!” Fury yelled out as Robert was about to open the door to leave.

“Yes Director,” he asked, turning around to look at him.

“Bring him home alive and save the mole. He deserves to come home as well.”

“Yes sir,“ and Hall left the room.

---

Natasha was playing with kids when she heard a knock at the door. She told them to go to the safe place and sent Laura with them too. Once they were all safe, she pulled out her gun and walked to the door very slowly, her steps light as a feather.

As she got to the door, she stopped in order listen for a second; she was listening to get a gage of who or what could be on the other side of the door. After a few moments, she relaxed as she worked out who it was and dropped her gun. As she opened it up Natasha looked at the person, “I have to admit, I am surprised; good afternoon.”

“Took you long enough, I thought I was going to have to kick your ass, again.” The brunette stated.

“That was one time, Melinda.”

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