A/N: Hey guys, here's the next chapter. This took longer than I expected to get written thanks to school. A special thanks to my betas DirectionallyChallengedKensh i and MichaelaTheUchiha for making this the best that it can be. Well, I will stop rambling now and let you guys enjoy the chapter.

Clint POV

I had no intention of joining the fight once I saw Steve show up at Times Square. The team didn't need me: there were four extremely talented heroes on the team and all of them were far more trustworthy then I am. So, I just planned on hanging back and watching and maybe shoot a stray or two if the Block Heads wandered too far from where the main fighting was happening.

But when that pile of rocks started creeping towards Nat's turned back, I was instantly up on me feet. I drew an arrow and strung it just as they started fighting. I tracked the pair of them with my bow, but was never able to get a clear enough shot to fire. It wasn't until after the Lava Man stopped throwing fire balls at her that I was finally able to accurately set up my shot. Just as she started sinking, I fired and watched with satisfaction as the arrow glided over her shoulder and into the creature's eye.

I gazed on as Natasha pulled herself off the ground and began looking around for who saved her. I could see her shoulders tense up when she saw the arrow. I stepped back into the shadows of the roof top as her gaze swept the city skyline, searching for me.

I continued to fire off arrows. I figured since Nat already knew I was there, why not? I moved around the rooftop and even jumped to different buildings as I shot. I knew that even with the fight going on, Nat would be searching for me by looking for the origin of the shot. Not long after I joined the fight, the Lava Men began to gradually retreat.

Once the last one disappeared down the man hole, I slung my bow across my shoulder and watched Steve and Nat from my current rooftop perch. I could tell they were talking about me just by how Nat was acting. Whenever the team asked about me in the tower, she would tense up ever so slightly and she would send an icy glare at whoever was asking. All I could see from the roof was that she tensed up after Steve said something to her.

Steve was probably asking her if I was aiming for anyone other than the enemy when I was shooting. He was probably thinking all the Lava Men I took out were by accident because I missed him. I watched as Nat searched the roof tops again, her eyes lingered a split second longer on building I was crouching on and for a moment I thought she had spotted me. But, when she looked down at the ground and shook her head, I knew I was safe.

I was making my way towards the fire escape when I saw Steve and Natasha take off running. I looked to the sky and saw Stark's armor flash in the sunlight as he sped off. From the direction he was heading, I guessed they were all going to Central Park…but why would they go there?

I followed Iron Man with my eyes as I climbed on top a couple crates that were on the roof. From there, I got a better view of the city. I faced towards Central Park and inwardly cursed when I saw the dark colored blobs moving around the perimeter of the park.

I jumped down from the crates and began to walk across the roof away from the park. When I got to the fire escape, I looked back over my shoulder towards the park. They don't need me, I kept telling myself as I put one foot down on the metal ladder rung.

"Damn-it," I said harshly as I slammed my palm down on the edge of the building.

As soon as I whipped that arrow out of my quiver to help Nat, I had made myself part of this fight. I couldn't just leave it unfinished. I can always just sit on a roof near the park and jump into action if needed. With that, I stepped back on to the roof and took off running across them to Central Park.

I quickly caught up to Nat and Steve and I made the mistake of running parallel to them for only a couple seconds, but that was long enough for Natasha to look up. Once I saw her head move in my direction, I slowed my pace a bit, in hopes of staying unnoticed by her.

As we continued towards the enemy, I kept one rooftop behind the pair of heroes, but I could tell from the way Nat kept glancing up at the rooftops alongside her that she had spotted me. Or she thought she had spotted me.

A few blocks from Central Park, I slowed my pace to a jog and began scoping out the ideal viewing location. There was a cluster of trees near the middle of the park, and if I could just get there, I would be able to watch the whole thing from the top of a tree and be able to jump into action quickly. With all the Lava Men invading the park, it would be easy for me to slip in unnoticed. I descended down the fire escape and tentatively made my way towards the park.

By the time I reached the park, the Lava Men had flooded from the outskirts of the park to inside it. Instead of using my bow to attack them, I opted to unsheathe my hidden dagger and use that to fend off the creatures.

I was able to make it to the trees with minimal effort: Hulk helped with that. Just as I entered the park, he came tearing down the middle, swiping out Lava Men as he went, and the ones he didn't knock out of the way scattered. It made getting to the tiny forest easier then I had expected.

I walked a few feet past the tree line before I began looking for a suitable tree to climb. Once I found one, I replaced my dagger back into its sheathe, grabbed the lowest branches of the tree, and hauled myself up. I crouched in the tree with my bow gripped loosely in my fingers with an arrow already strung just in case one of the rock piles came too close for my liking.

During round two of the battle, I couldn't pin point where any of the Avengers were: they were lost in a sea of lava rocks. It wasn't 'till I saw Nat's red hair in the center of a group of them that I got ready to spring into action. I was just about to fire a smoke bomb arrow into the group when Nat emerged from the crowd and began unsteadily moving across the tops of the Lava Men.

I stood up on the branch I was on and peered across the park. My eyes locked on the lone tree that she was heading towards. I jumped down from the tree I was in and began running through the rocks, shoving them out of my way as I went. I then completed the same move she had by jumping on top of them and running across them. As I was moving I changed my arrow tip so that when I fired my bow, I would be firing an arrow that acted like a grappler hook.

I was only a few yards behind her when she faltered: she was waving her arms in a futile attempt to keep her balance. I lined up my shot and fired it high into the tree trunk and slung my bow across my shoulder. I stomped down hard on the shoulders of one of the creatures and swung on the string towards Nat. I snagged her around the middle just as she began to fall. I landed a couple branches above her and as soon as my feet hit the branch I was pulling another arrow out of my quiver.

The Lava Men were circling the tree and glaring at Natasha just as one was about to lunge at her, I shot him dead. Her head swiveled up to me and her eyes widened.

"Hey, Nat," I said as I let another arrow fly.

She continued to stare at me as I let three more arrows sail. I could tell from the emotions that were swirling in her eyes that she was deciding what she was going to say to me. I fired off another two arrows before she said something.

"Where have you been?"

I gave her a sideways glance. "I was touring the city."

She crossed her arms and fixed me with a hard stare: apparently she didn't buy it.

"Fine, I decided to take a walk and just happened to not come back," I told her.

Her glare got darker. "You don't just disappear after almost falling off a roof, Clint. How was I supposed to know what happened to you. Huh? We were all looking for you aft…"

I cut her off right there. "No, you were looking for me. The rest of them were just acting as if they cared about where I was. You can think and hope all you want that they like me, that they want you around. But, I know for a fact that I am not a welcome member of the team. They don't want me anywhere near that tower. So why should I stick around? I am better off without them."

She stared at me, mouth agape as I shot a few more arrows into the thinning crowd of block heads. I glanced up as Iron Man streaked across the sky shooting down Lava Men as he went, and I could hear the Hulk tearing though the park smashing every moving object in sight. I had no idea where Cap was until I saw his shield flash out of the corner of my eye. The battle was coming to an end; if I didn't get out of here soon, I would have to face the other Avengers.

I shot another arrow at a Lava Man who was attempting to climb up the tree before I started to climb down.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"I'm leaving," I said as I jumped down to the ground.

"What do you mean by that?" Natasha asked as she too clambered down the trunk.

"I'm better off without them, I have always worked better alone anyway so why stay in a place where I am clearly not welcomed?"

"What does that mean? Of course they want you around. When Steve was telling us what he wanted us to do at the beginning of the battle he said your name because you are part of the team."

I scowled ay her. "He probably said that because he was working in autopilot and Steve wouldn't go out and say he doesn't want someone around, but body language says it all."

"You're impossible when you get like this, Clint," she said as I started walking away. "Don't let Stark get in your head. Whatever he said to you or about you isn't true and you know it."

I gave her one last look over my shoulder before I ran off.

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