Agent Clint Barton did not want to be at the research facility with the Tesseract. One of the reasons why was because he wanted to be with Natasha who was now in Russia. God how he missed that red head, but now he had to babysit scientists to make sure that nothing happens.

At the beginning he was down on the floor with the good Dr. Erik Selvig, but for some reason the doctor made him very uncomfortable. Selvig made Barton feel like a freak with the odd stares when he thought the Agent wasn't looking. Barton did the only thing he could do at the time, and that was to escape to the platforms and rafters high above so he could see everything without actually having to be down there. Then all hell seemed to literally break loose when Director Fury came in. After Dr. Selvig told Fury what was going on he heard the Director over his communicator.

"Agent Barton. Report."

Irritated, Clint moved quickly and swiftly to the ground to Fury.

"I gave you this detail so you can keep an eye on things," said an irritated Director Fury.

"Oh I see better from a distance," Clint said confidently while thinking, Duh! You call me Hawkeye for a reason.

"Have you seen anything that might set this thing off," spoke the director.

Then one of the scientists spoke up about an issue of the Tesseract spiking for the millionth time. Clint could not wait to leave.

"No one's come and gone. Selvig's clean. No contacts no IM's if there's any tampering sir they're not on this end," spoke Clint with a look at Selvig.

"At this end?" asked Fury confused.

"Yeah the cube is a doorway to the other end of space right? Doors open from both sides."

After that all hell broke loose. The ground started to shake, and then a bright light shot from the cube to the other side of the room creating what looked like a portal that enveloped the room. Clint saw that a man was there at the place where the light shot out at after the light faded away. What the fuck? Was the only thing running through Clint's mind.

The man had black hair and was holding some kind of staff or scepter. Fury asked him to put it down, but instead the man used it to through a bright light at one of the agents knocking him down to the ground. He then tried to hit the director, but Clint pushed himself and the director down before it hit. The man then lunged towards the men who had begun shooting at him. The other agents joined in the fight, and Clint was one of them.

The man then came over to Clint as he was getting up. Grabbing Clint's wrist so he couldn't shoot the gun.

"You have heart," was the only thing the man said before putting the point of the scepter to Clint's heart, and a light come out of the scepter.

Clint felt like he couldn't breathe. It felt like to souls were trying to inhabit his body. When he looked at the man he automatically knew who he was. The man was Loki, the brother of Thor. Loki came to Earth to save it, at least that is what he was told in his mind. When he realized his new boss was chatting up Fury, Clint spoke.

"Sir. Director Fury is trying to stall. The building will collapse and bury us if we do not hurry."

Selvig spoke up and told Loki it was true, and it was then that Clint realized that the boss got him also. After getting the Tesseract from Fury and handing it to Selvig they left with the others that Loki got to join them. Clint was worried that they wouldn't be able to get past Agent Maria Hill outside, but she trusted Clint was speaking the truth about needing to transport the strange man. Unfortunately Fury spoke telling everyone to stop him from leaving. Then the shooting began.

Now Clint answered all of Loki's questions after getting somewhere safe, and setting up shop. He told his boss everything he knew about S.H.E.I.L.D. and his ties to Agent Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow. When asked about how he felt about her, Clint said that he loved her. After that it seemed like Clint's soul went to sleep, and the new thing that occupied his body took over.

The next thing Clint knew he was kneeling in front of Natasha. "Tasha," Clint pleaded. Then he fell into blackness praying that Loki would now come back to take over him again. He was so sad after seeing the panicked look in Tasha's eyes, or 'my Tasha' as he called her when they were alone. It felt so nice to finally sleep, and rest both is mind and soul.