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INT. BRIDGE, CARRIER - CONTINUOUS
MALE AGEN: (O.S)Reflection panels engaged.
FURY(to Steve and Banner)Gentlemen.
Steve slips Ivanna the ten dollars he bet earlier, in regards to nothing being able to surprise him.(to Banner)Doctor, thank you for coming.
Banner shakes Fury's hand.
"I told you never bet with Ivanna."
"Well I know that now."
BANNER: Thanks for asking nicely. So, um, how long am I staying?
FURY: Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you're in the wind.
BANNER: Well where are you with that?
AGENT COULSON: We're sweeping every wirelessly accessible camera on the planet. Cell phones...Steve stands in the b.g. confused of what's being said.
While Coulson is talking, Natasha moves over to stand next to her daughters who are looking sadly at a computerscreen where we see Barton's face trace in progress. Shechecks the stats.
"Aww you love me" Clint said teasingly.
"I mean you are our only uncle, who else would would be our partner in crime." Anya answered smiling at her uncle, Ivanna made a sound in agreement.
Sirius and Remus had a both sad and angry look in their eyes they were supposed to be her uncle's not this murderer.
...laptops, if it's connected to a satellite, it's eyes and ears fores.
ANYA It's still not gonna find them in time.
BANNER: You have to narrow your field. How many Spectrometers do you have access to?
FURY: How many are there?
BANNER: Call every lab you know. Tell them to put the Spectrometers on the roof and calibrate them for Gamma Rays. I'll rough out a tracking algorithm, basic cluster recognition. At least we could rule out a few places. Do you have somewhere for me to work?
Most of the hall looked confused
FURY: Agent Romanoffs, would you show Doctor Banner to his laboratory, please?
Natasha Anya and Ivanna walks over to Banner and they begin walking out of the bridge area.
NATASHA: You're gonna love it, Doc. We got all the toys.
BANNER Really? Do you have the com-metersixty-four?
IVANNA I'm not sure
BANNER(cutting her off)Oh you're both very young. looking at Anya and Ivanna
Natasha smiles
NATASHA Anya and Ivanna are my daughters.
Fury walks up to Hill.
FURY: Hill, did you tell the council that Barton had been compromised?
MARIA HILL: Was that not procedure?
Fury walks off the bridge and onto the air deck, where he looks out.
MARIA HILL: (CONT'D)Did you tell them who exactly is on your response team? Fury looks over his shoulder.
FURY: Doesn't appear that I have to.
INT. LOKI'S LIAR, UNDERGROUND LAB - DAY
Selvig is working on a machine in Loki's hidden base.
SELVIG: Put it over there.(to Barton)Where did you find all these people?
BARTON: SHIELD has no shortage of enemies, Doctor. This the stuff you need?
SELVIG: Yeah. Iridium. It's found in meteorites, it forms anti-protons.It's very hard to get hold of.
BARTON: Especially if SHIELD knows you need it.
SELVIG: Well, I didn't know.--Loki walks up.--(to Loki)Hey! This is wonderful. The Tesseract has shown me so much. It's- it's more than knowledge, it's truth.
LOKI: I know. It, ah- it touches everyone differently.(to Barton)What did it show you Agent Barton?
BARTON: My next target.
SELVIG: (laughing)Stick in the mud. He's got no soul. No wonder you chose this, this tomb to work in.
BARTON: (snapping)Well, the Radisson doesn't have three levels of lead lined flooring between SHIELD and that Cube. Selvig walks back to the machine he was working on.
LOKI: I see why Fury chose you to guard it.
BARTON: You're going to have to contend with him sir. As long as he's in the air, I can't pin him down. And he'll be putting together a team.
LOKI: Are they a threat?
BARTON: To each other more than likely. But if Fury can get 'em on track, and he might, they could throw some noise our way.
LOKI: You admire Fury.
BARTON: He's got a clear line of sight.
LOKI: Is that why you failed to kill him?
BARTON: It might be. I was disoriented, and I'm not at my best with a gun.
Ivanna burst out laughing "That is the understatement of the year!"
"Hey I am not that bad!"
"I am pretty sure the 11 year old Anya and Ivanna, who beat you in a shoot off would disagree." Natasha said with a smirk.
"That was pure luck." Clint defended.
"YOU LET YOUR DAUGHTER SHOOT A GUN AT 11!" Lily screamed, James sat next to her face twisted with anger, 'how dare she, let HIS daughter!
Natasha looked unfazed but inside she felt the familiar tug of guilt in her gut, maybe is she had fought harder she could have saved her daughters before the red room broke them.
Ivanna saw the look in her mothers eyes and gave her moms hand a squeeze as of saying it wasn't her fault.
"It was a difficult situation." Natasha said composed to the screaming Lily.
"I don't care what the situation was I would never let any of my kids as much as hold a gun." Molly said in a voice that made it clear she thought herself as a much better mother than Natasha.
"Anya why don't you come over here it is clear that, that-- pointing at the avengers-- isn't the best place for you" James said to his daughter
"I think I am able to see what place is best for myself I am an adult, remember" Anya answered with a glare that would scare even the Dwayne 'the rock' Johnson.
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LOKI: I want to know everything you can tell me about this team of his. I would- test their mettle.
Barton nods.
LOKI: I am weary of scuttling in shadow. I mean to rule this world, not burrow in it.
BARTON: That's a risk
LOKI: Oh yes.
BARTON: If you're set on making yourself known. I could be useful.
LOKI: Tell me what you need.
Barton walks over to a small case, opens it, then takes out his bow. He flicks it open.
BARTON: I need a distraction. And an eyeball.
The hall all gave Clint scared and disgusted looks, but quickly looked away when the got glared from the Romanoff's.
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