Even though the Chinese woman had a stoic expression, I had to accept the fact that she looked quite pleasing to the eye. I had a guess already on who she was. Seeing me enter inside the house, Natasha, or Natalia said, "Bruce, these are my work friends. This is Clint and this is Melinda. " I nodded to both of them and was about to introduce myself, but Nat beat me to it. She said, "And this is my younger brother Bruce Wayne. " Clint smiled and said, "Finally meeting the rumoured smart guy in person. " I was confused, why would I be in some rumour.
Seeing the confused expression, Hawkeye explained, "Your sister talks a lot about you at work. She said that you were smart, and if given time, your intelligence would probably be more than Tony Stark. " I nodded with a smile and said, "There is no need for me to compare with others, Clint. Now, I don't want the famous philanthropist and billionaire, Tony Stark to file a case against me. Or worse, to get jealous of me. " Clint laughed at my words. Then I said my goodbye to both Melinda and Clint. I still couldn't believe that I had just met, two very famous characters from the MCU.
After Bruce left, Melinda spoke with a frown, "You shouldn't have told him our real name. I don't trust him. " Her eyes went back at the same place, where she saw me disappearing from her sight, the stairs. Hawkeye argued back, "He is an easy going person. Why would you even not trust him? He is Nat's brother, even though not blood related, but brother nonetheless. Moreover you are paranoid of everyone and everything. When you first joined the organisation, you were wary of Nat and me too. Did you forget all that?"
Melinda sighed and said, "You won't let me. Although you are my senior and more experienced in this spying stuff, I don't understand why you aren't saying anything to Natasha for breaking the rules made by Captain and Director. " Clint sighed and said, "Both Maria and Nick have always said, In extreme situations, you have to break some rules." Melinda argued back, " But this isn't an extreme situation to begin with. " Natasha finally couldn't take it anymore. So she said, "Alright both of you. Be silent. I don't want Bruce to know about who we are. I fear that he would be not exactly happy to have a spy as a sister. " Melinda was about to say something, but a quick glare from Clint and Natasha was enough to stop her.
Seeing that both of her friends were silent, Natasha finally spoke, "So.. Our mission this time is Tony Stark. He got kidnapped from the convoy in Afghanistan. According to our sources and those soldiers, Tony had just finished demonstrating his latest Jericho missiles for the US Army. " Hawkeye interjected with a longing expression on his face, "I have to say those missiles are the best. Imagine what I could do, if those missiles could be made into something smaller, but equally deadly. "
Natasha sighed and said, "We will think about that, after we get Tony Stark from those terrorists. From our agents there we found out that the vehicle in which Stark was driving was blasted off with a heavy missile. And there were signs of missiles of Stark Industries. Now what I found weird is, how can those terrorists have something like that in their hands. Such things aren't exactly found in the black market, because of it's price. And even though it is found, those missiles need to be registered under your name, if you have to use it. Like there is a completely different security system of the missile itself. "
Hawkeye realised what his friend Natasha was talking about. "There might be an insider, or probably someone in the Stark Industries had planned all of this. But we cannot be sure because of no evidence. And we don't have time to look for those evidence. The only possible way is to leave it to someone else, while we go to Afghanistan to get a playboy back to ourselves... That came out wrong. " The last part was said by Hawkeye, a bit sheepishly. And taking advantage of this fact, Natasha said, "Well, I don't know what would be good to see? The famous Hawkeye showing interest in BL or him being awkward. One thing is sure, those online novel writers would be happy to get new topics for their stories. "
Melinda sighed and said, "Alright guys. We have work to do. " Natasha sighed, because she would have to need to leave Bruce alone. Although she believed him a lot, she didn't like the fact of leaving him alone. He was her younger brother, and both of them had no one else to call a family for now.
She dialled a number on her cellphone. When the call connected, Natasha said on the phone, "I need your help to look after my brother, till the time I return. Can you do that?" The other side was silent for a while, but then replied, "Sure." Natasha added, "But I don't want Fury to know about this. Can you do that?" The voice replied, "Yeah. " Natasha ended the call, and sent the location of her house to the person she called earlier. Then she sighed in relief as she said, "Well we found a good babysitter for my brother. Now we can go for the mission. But I would need to talk to my brother first. I don't want him to freak out, like the last time. "
A smile formed on her lips, when Natasha remembered how her brother, Bruce had freaked out, when she went out of the country for a mission before. Bruce was younger at that time, and he had cried a lot, and not letting her go to the mission. After being comforted for a day, Natasha was able to leave for the mission.
Even she missed Bruce a lot, so she returned as fast as she could. In three days, she destroyed an army of rebels, who were secretly preparing Super Soldier Serum.