"Is cutting yourself off, never getting close to someone, worth it? I mean, what's better between never having something or enjoying what you have while you can have it?" She said as in a way that would lead you to believe that he had asked a her a very stupid question.
"Okay, so I save your life and you thank me by arguing with me?" Harry raised an eyebrow.
"First of all, you didn't save my life, I would have found a way out of there eventually." She said, earning an eyeroll from Harry. "Second of all, if you saved my life…"
"Which I did."
"Then I am repaying you by talking some sense into you."
"I hate you."
"No you don't." She smirked, no doubt in her voice.
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"You wanted to see me?" Grim asked as he entered Fury's office by teleporting in, he was of course invisible until after he had entered the office and confirmed that it was just him and Fury, which combined with his silent teleportation made it look like he simply appeared. Probably unnecessary but he had learnt early on that appearances can be important. He saw Fury sitting behind his desk and was a little surprised that he didn't have Coulson and Hill wit him.
"You can drop the costume." Fury said in a tired voice, Harry's suit dissolved away, leaving Harry standing in black trainers, blue jean, a grey shirt and a black jacket.
"You sound like you've had a great day." Harry said in a sarcastic voice.
"A brilliant one." Fury said in a dry voice before his voice returned to his usual serious one. "Can you track Barton" Fury asked suddenly.
"More than likely but a good question that I would like to know the answer to is why you want me to track Barton in the first place?" Harry raised an eyebrow at Fury. "Because, believe it or not, it doesn't sound good when a director of a government agency asks a wizard to find one of their best and most deadly employees."
"Barton has been compromised." Fury admitted, though he looked like it pained him to do so. "By somebody named 'Loki'."
"Loki?" Harry blinked. "Oh for fuck sakes, please tell me you don't mean the brother of Thor. It's not that Loki is it?"
"We suspect it is the very same." Fury nodded. "He tapped Barton's chest with a tip of a scepter, the next thing I know Barton's treating Loki like he was his damn boss."
"Mind control." Harry muttered under his breath before looking at Fury. "Describe it, how did Barton act? Slow? Did he always wait for orders before doing anything, even speaking?" Harry asked, giving Fury his full attention.
"No, he talked and acted like he usually did." Fury frowned as he shook his head. "It was more like… Loki had somehow managed to change his perspective. I am not sure how fully under control he is."
"Why?" Harry asked.
"Because he shot me but he didn't go for a headshot," Fury answered. "he could have, easily, but he didn't."
"You were wearing a body vest?"
"Naturally."
"Hmm, I will get a sample of Barton's blood and…"
"There's a problem with that," Fury interrupted. "Barton knew about your ability to track people through blood, that's probably why this morning I received reports of our medical facilities being attacked. It wasn't just the the blood wasn't destroyed, the database was messed with so information on which blood belongs to who is probably wrong until we fix it."
"Well that's great." Harry rolled his eyes.
"Is there anything else you could use to track him? Like a hair or one of his arrows?"
"Not as effective," Harry shook his head. "if he was close range then great but it's not as effective long range since he is not magical."
"Hmm, I've sent some information to your Shield tab," Fury said, referring to the tablet that Fury had given him when he had joined. "all the information we have." Fury added, Harry mentally translated Fury's words into 'all the information we think you should know'. "I would also like you to accompany Agent Romanoff on a mission."
"Kill? Capture?" Harry asked.
"There's is someone that we would like to bring in, peacefully, we need his help and would like it if he willingly helped us out. All the information will be on your tab."
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