Running Late (open)

If it was one thing that Francis hated was the subway, he was practically a celebrity for being an Avenger and didn't have much of a choice of that since his own father had been a part of the team. It didn't make much sense in his mind to suddenly abandon the team without explanation. He'd be loosing his school work and all the friends that he had made along the way. As he began to make his way down the subway one girl seem to catch his eye. He normally hung out with hot heads from the start like Hope Summers or even his girlfriend at some points. So he was pretty used to causing problems and eventually getting out of them to fix the damage that he had cause.

He too was coming back from training that happened to be out of the building at the time for a taste of different part of the city. In a way it was pretty much a field trip at this point but not exactly a fun one. As he waited there for one of the subways to arrive to take him back into the city where the Avengers tower was located. He looked up seeing the girl he boarded the train. He got on as the doors opened once he got in there and began to sit down on one of the empty places to sit. But the girl was still there as it was driving him crazy. This person seem to look familiar. As if he didn't look weird enough though he was the one who was carrying around a half case of arrows and as well as a bow. He had only managed to get by security after showing that he was an Avenger and he'd promise not to fire one off. It still seemed unnerving as some of the others that he was not going to fire at anyone unless it was necessary. It was weird yes, but he could probably count 100 other weird things that had happened in his life. He finally moved one seat over to where the other blonde was resting as he got the courage to talk to her. He nearly got burned constantly by his other girlfriend for her firey spirit so talking to a girl didn't seem that bad. All she could say was no and that'd be the end of that. Reject him right off the bat before he had any questions for her.

"Hi. I am sorry if this sounds a bit weird but I keep having this odd feeling that you seem familiar to me." He said realizing that he probably should have mentioned a name. "My name's Francis Barton by the way. I'm one of the Young Avengers forced to take a subway ride back to the Avengers tower." He said giving his name.

"That would explain it then. Clint Barton is my father." Francis said but it seemed like Daisy he didn't know his father al that well until late into his young life. He had seen his father perform his archery skills once before and that was how it had gotten it all started for the young man. But he knew how Natasha was, she had bright red hair that was hard to miss. It seemed that Francis had also gained that attribute of liking red headed females. Hope Summers was one that he had come to know as one of his best friends despite their rough relationship since their recent encounter with the Phoenix Force. He still saw her on occasions as she visited Stark Tower.

He shook his head when she asked what he was doing there but did recognize the humor. Francis also had his father's bad luck. Well it didn't entirely explain why he had lost the chance to go home on the jet and ended up taking a subway instead in order to get back to his home building. Tony had been generous enough to give the Avengers three floors to themselves, of course every other day he had to worry about it being smashed to pieces by the strong heroes that were always up there. "No the team that I had been apart of was doing some away training, and with my bad luck, I missed getting on the jet to take us back. So I ended up taking the subway instead. I don't normally ride the subway all that much since there are other forms of transportation.." Francis said seeing that the power was out. He wondered if something else was behind this as some of the civilians seemed to be a bit worried. Nothing had been said over the intercom which meant that maybe nothing bad was happening? He had hoped that was the case.

"And like my father I do archery for practically a living. That's not the first time I've heard someone call me robin hood or something like that." Francis said as he gave a soft chuckle seeing that it would help lighten the mood. The last time there had been a subway incident it ended up causing a huge crash. And it was mentioned on the news too, he hoped nothing like that was going to happen any time soon.

"Thanks, it takes lots of skill and concentration to get it right." Francis said with a soft nod of agreement. It was true though he had wished that other people had appreciated archery as much as he did. Not many had taken it in their young Avengers group mostly because they had other powers or skills that they wanted to harbor and use their skills with. Maybe in time someone else would pick it up so he and his father weren't the only ones that didn't take it all the time. It could give the two archers a break.

"I've heard of that place. I may have walked by it once on one of my strolls to get away from the building. I'm in there practically every day." Francis said as he walked past it once or twice on his own. It was clear he had recognized the place but never knew a soul tat had been in that building. But from the looks of it, was clear that she was going to be late if the train did not start up soon. Francis could at least try to help keep her in a cheery mood since he hated it when people were down. Though the next part surprised him when she mentioned that she hadn't been to Avengers Tower recently. "I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you paid the tower a visit. The security there is always up tight but if you mention my name they'll probably let them in."

It wasn't long before the subway was starting to move again as it jolted down the tracks. He had to hang onto the railing a bit so he wasn't thrown off the seat with the bumpy ride. It'd be awhile before he got to his own destination so it might as well start off with a conversation once more. They had twenty minutes to kill as far as he knew. "Looks like they got whatever was wrong fixed." He said stating out the obvious but he didn't know a thing about how subway repairs were like, he figured he'd leave that to the experts.

"One thing's for sure you don't really ever go hungry there." Francis said not entirely surprised. The security was always high there no matter who it was for. Tony himself or just one of the heroes that was passing by. But he felt confident that he would let Daisy in easily without a problem. Though that name that came up when she mentioned it sounded familiar, he had heard maybe one of the older heroes that had been in the building. Of course they did not give him many details on it. "I've heard of that name before. But they didn't give me much info on the guy." he admitted shaking his head.

Francis wasn't planning on getting off soon, he was going to try to get a place close to Avengers Tower so his sore feet wouldn't have to go that far. But he figured that it wouldn't be that much of a trouble to walk with her. But he certainly hoped that they didn't run into Neila down the ally ways if they were planning on taking a short cut there. She may have been a homeless runaway but the red head was still her girlfriend and she had a fiery attitude that he had learned the hard way. That was one thing that Francis had noticed, he always hang around the girls that had been strong and bold and for him that could be troubling some times. "Say do you mind if I walk with you the way off to the building? I don't mind walking the rest of the way back to the Avengers Tower. I mean it's not like it's on the other end of New York City." Francis asked. If she said no that was fine with him. It wasn't the first time he was rejected by a girl.

The train continued to roll down the tracks as they seemed to be entering their first stop on the way. The doors wouldn't open for a little bit longer as he looked out the window to see where they were right now. No where close that was for sure. They had a bit of a long way to get going. Francis felt something vibrate in his pocket as the Avengers card went off and the hologram appeared on it as he had a text message from his dad. "And my dad figured out I was late in arriving. He's annoyed." He said with a sigh as he quickly sent a message back through the identicard. The piece of plastic was obviously much more than that of identification. There were parts in it that would allow a contact call for the Avengers to Assemble and as well as communication by texting, logging onto the internet, and also getting access into the Avengers building.. It was clear Tony Stark wanted their id cards to be state of the airt.

"From the sounds of it he's always doing something." Francis said not entirely sure what to say. His opinion didn't matter since he barely knew who the mercenary was. In fact, he might have been better off not meeting him if he was out trying to kill someone there. But Francis knew how to fight back, he might have been able to spend five minutes, which was better than nothing. He shook his head when she said that she was getting off here. "I don't mind at all." He said as he started to get up from where he was sitting and had one hand on one of the polls that was jetting down onto the ground from the ceiling of the car.

The car to a screeching halt and the doors opened as the people began to file out and soon Daisy was gone into the crowd. Once Francis found his way out he quickly moved into the line and didn't loose sight of the other girl. He could see her from where she was and weaved through the crowd to get over to her. He did manage to hear what she said though despite all the noise. "Tell me about it. My dad gets annoyed if I decide not to do my homework right away. He always finds something." He said with a sigh knowing it was true. It had been awhile ago that they had a recent major argument about something that had happened. Since then though they had been on pretty good terms. He at least hoped that Clint wouldn't be in a worried mess seeing that their son was gone from the Avengers building, some times mistakes happened and you just had to work with it. That was something that the Avengers should have known about for a long time now.

"So do you have any powers? I don't have any I'm afraid." Francis asked hoping that it wasn't a bad question to ask at this point. He knew to some people it was a touchy subject. But for all he knew they could be walking with mutants and not even realize it. Whatever the case may be he was at least trying to keep up a conversation with Daisy while they walked.

"Uh that's interesting. And I did get a glimpse of that break dancer earlier. I bet with those kinds of powers you could copy my archery since it requires a lot of muscle and strength to move the bow and arrow." Francis said as he listened to what she had to say. They began to climb the stairs to get out of the lower parts of New York and it wasn't long before they were up in the familiar city. The Avengers building couldn't have stood out so much more from where they were. The familiar A was lit up in the morning and Francis knew that it was only a few blocks away. It wasn't going to take long for him to get back so his father didn't have to worry about it that much on him being late.

Daisy began to speak up more about her parents and from the sounds of it her mother had been more of the care taker. Well there was nothing wrong with that, Francis had been brought up by his mother as well. He hardly saw Clint at first as the man was always busy with SHIELD or even Avengers he couldn't make time with the two as they were apart of the family. Then the divorce happened and that spiraled out into a depression for the young archer. But he knew it was probably better off, Clint and Barbra both had differences but he knew the two would remain friends for some time. He saw both family members and that was enough to make him happy. He just wondered if they'd get back to any time soon and from the looks of it that may not be true.

"Sounds like your father has a strange bouts of wisdom from time to time. But it still makes a bit of sense. And from the looks of it, your building's not far from the Avengers Tower. Of course it sticks out like a sore thumb, I don't know why Tony would want 99 floors all to himself." Francis said as he heard her speak up about Deadpool. As strange as the man was he was correct on one thing. Many Avengers didn't have powers and they managed to work things out for the team. If Nick Fury had not seen something in the heroes, they might as well forget about having formed the team in the first place. They were a great amount of heroes that had a variety of gifts. Tony Stark for example would fit that bill, didn't have a single mutation underneath him but he could build things and that's exactly what he did. With his famous Ironman suits, he was certainly a threat in the fight.

“I could probably teach you how to have proper aim. My father and I have a legendary ability of managing to always hit our target.” Francis said as he looked back at Daisy seeing that she might have hope as an archer. But it was up to her if she wanted to presue that choice of fighting, and he would not pressure her to do something she felt uncomfortable with. As they talked, he could not help but laugh a bit when she mentioned The Avengers having gold toilet seats. They felt like they had everything else in the world at hand. “I am afraid to say it, but that is one of the few things we do not have. Tony installed a waterfall on the top of the building and it circulates through the whole place pretty much. There is a landing area and also a place were you can do sports also.”

The place was even more impressive on the inside as well. Of course the other problem was Tony stayed in his lab quite often and would not be seen outside for sometime, other avengers had to pull him out be fore he started to live down there.

“Either way, it's still a swell place to live.” Francis admitted. He had lived there for a majority of his life and in the beginning, his mother raised him on the Hellicarrier since she too was an agent of SHIELD. When she offered him a drink from the coffee stand he decided to turn it down. Not because he did not like it, he only tolerated at least a cup before he was done with it. “No thanks, I had some this morning and it was enough for me.” An idea came to hos head as he thought about his own mother being on SHIELD. For all he knew, she could have recogized the name. “You know I had a thought dawn onto me, my mother is apart of SHIELD also. Her codename is Mockingbird, or Barbra Morse, I would not be surprised if your own mom knew her.” Francis said as he waited for her to get her coffee.