"the exhibition will start in an hour," mr harrington said after he briefed the level on the exhibition and what the avengers were coming here for.

"the exhibition is starting in an hour," steve said as he knocked on tony's glass door. "i'll be there... just gotta figure out who's... the... mole! there," tony said after he expanded his hologram to see all the employee's faces in front of him. "got him," he pulled one specific hologram towards him with his fists clenched.

"that guy?" steve asked. he had seen him around for sure. weird guy, always fixing up something trying to show it to tony, but he would never accept any of his work because it was too risky, too dangerous, too... something.

"yeah," tony said, "can't believe it either." he closed all the other files except for the one he was holding in his hands, then released it to show the dozens of projects the man had done, and his medical information.

"tony, steve, gotta... him?!" natasha exclaimed. they heard rattling at the top of the ceiling and clint jumped down from the vents. "legolas i'm warning you, you gotta stop the vents adventure," tony warned, but clint wasn't having it.

"he's been pretty sneaky around here, stark. with the other employees. it's like they're planning a protest or something," clint said as he kept his bow. "and you were in full suit because..." tony continued.

"because we're going to impress some kids at some exhibition. gotta start stretching early. don't wanna make the same mistakes," clint shrugged and said. "okay... anyway. him," steve pointed back at the man's face in the hologram, "what are we gonna do?"

"fire him," tony snapped his fingers and leaned against his table. "no," natasha said, "he's gonna be disappointed, and then he's gonna plot some... sick revenge." "over my dead body," tony shrugged.

"okay gotta go. friday, you know what to do," tony smiled as he clapped his hands twice and the lights turned off. "yes boss," friday's voice surrounded the room as he walked off the lab and the avengers sighed, following suit. the holograms spun around the lab for a little while more...

quentin beck

before friday turned the holograms off.

"i'm so excited dude, you can't even imagine!!" ned exclaimed as they left the hall for lunch before the exhibition. "i'm so excited," peter exclaimed, rolling his eyes. he knew the avengers would make fun of him in front of his friends. "come on peter, it'll be fun," mj elbowed him lightly and peter jokingly felt offended.

"you guys better not bail on me later," peter warned. "seven's gonna be with us and she stays with you guys. if anything, both of you will be made fun of by them," ned laughed. peter rolled his eyes, then stopped in his tracks.

"where's seven?"

they looked around them. there were kids everywhere as they were changing periods or heading for lunch. groups of kids walked past them, talking about their next class, or complaining about the hoards of homework that their teacher gave them.

"here!" seven exclaimed as she ran towards them, panting, "sorry, got caught up with... something." ned dazed at her. there was just this... thing about seven that made her special. maybe it was her looks, or the way she dresses, or the way she carries herself, maybe the way she speaks, but she's just special.

"ned?" peter nudged ned as he looked at mj and seven who were chucking. "ned?" peter laughed, pushing ned again, "edward!" ned jumped and looked at peter in confusion. "edward?!" mj laughed.

"we should go," seven laughed and they headed to the cafeteria, ned blushing as peter, mj and seven laughed away. it was the first time peter had seen mj so comfortable in front of anyone. and he was glad it was with his closest friends.

"sam!" bucky laughed as sam dropped the stand by accident. "sorry man!" sam shrugged as he and steve lifted it up together. they were almost done setting up everything for the exhibition. tony had brought his stark tech, as well as his suits, and the rest of the team brought in their suits and some other stuff from shield they were told to bring.

"we did not agree to do this," sam rolled his eyes as he walked past tony. "you've said this over a billion times sam, shut up will you?" tony groaned. he knew this meant a lot for the avengers, as well as peter. well, it meant more for the avengers because they could disturb peter, but... it also meant well for peter.

"hi... avengers," mr harrington walked into the hall and greeted the team. all of them stopped and turned, then looked at tony before looking back at mr harrington. "roger harrington," he said before shaking everyone's hands.

"the kids will be here in about half an hours time. they're all... 10-12 graders. a few teachers will be here to supervise just in case, but we think they should be fine on their own. afterwards they'll be a qna session with..." "rogers, stephen and myself," tony said. "alright. that will be at 3.30pm in the auditorium. feel free to ask any questions, this is my number and i will be around here later during the showcase. once again, thank you so much for agreeing to do this," he concluded. the avengers gave a small smile each before he left the hall, leaving them to do whatever else they needed to.

natasha tried to tie the remaining banners onto the stands, but it was not happening. everyone else was busy, so she decided to call... "clint, need your help with- clint?" natasha looked around to find clint, but eventually gave up.

she knew where he was.

"10-12 graders, the showcase will start in ten minutes. please be in the main auditorium by 1.30pm, thank you," the PA system announced. almost everyone cleared the cafeteria, accept mj, peter, ned and seven. they were still catching up and eating their food. until, seven paused.

clinton francis barton
age 46
clint barton/ hawkeye
S.H.I.E.L.D agent level 7 / avenger
deaf
> laura barton <
> cooper barton <
> lila barton <
> nathaniel barton <
> natasha romanoff <

she gave peter a look at the vents, making him laugh. "uncle clint? did you come here from the avengers compound through the vents?" he said. ned and mj looked at the both of them, confused, and jumped when a figure popped down from the vents.

"hey guys," clint said, looking at the food they were eating. "gosh, this is what my kids are eating in school?" he said. "oh don't worry, the food here's better than other public schools," peter smiled.

clint's eyes widened.

"uhh no silly, he was talking about his kids... nathaniel? lila and cooper?" seven laughed as she saw peter's face turn red. "oh... sorry," he mummbled.

"anyways, the others are setting up in the hall, but i thought maybe we could give you guys a sneak peek," clint winked. the four of them looked at each other with excitement. mostly peter and ned. "can we?!" ned exclaimed, which made the rest of them laugh. "let's go!" peter exclaimed and they returned their trays before heading towards the hall.

"i'll race you guys!" clint exclaimed to ned and peter and they ran off towards the end of the hallway.

"kids," mj rolled her eyes and laughed. seven and her walked towards the hall behind the three guys. a peaceful silence filled between them before mj started to ask about how seven had been. "hmm? i've been okay! like i... said just now," seven gave mj a smile and looked away. but mj, being mj, saw right through.

"how have you really been?" mj asked again, this time slowing down in her steps. seven sighed. she knew she couldn't hide anything from mj, even if she tried. it just seemed like mj was some kind of detective.

"i- things have been really great, in some ways. but most of the time, there's a lot to process because it's all so overwhelming to me," seven said, "look, let's talk about it some other time... maybe... after school?" "kid! wong wanted to give you something!" stephen exclaimed as he saw seven. "seven..." mj held her shoulder to stop her, which made her jumped slightly.

"it'll be tough for you to process it too. come on, let's just get through this exhibition. i'm sure it'll be fun," seven smiled, grabbing mj's hand and brought her towards the booths and all the other avengers.

mj thought about this in her head while her best friend talked to earth's mightiest heroes. what really happened in the tower for the past three months? because something's really off.