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[center][b]Clint Barton[/b] | [b]Barbara Morse[/b][/center]
	Hawkeye’s Sky-Cycle zoomed through the skyline of New York City, tracking down where whatever those insane AIM scientists had created had last been located.  From S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence, this “purple man” seemed to have headed towards Thomas Technologies.  What he (or it) wanted with that company was anyone’s best guess.  While the other S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives were grilling the AIM scientists whom S.H.I.E.L.D. had managed to capture, Hawkeye and Mockingbird were sent ahead of any other deployment forces in order to scout out the threat level that this “purple man” was displaying.

	Once the two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had finally arrived at the New York headquarters for Thomas Technologies, they saw that there was already a hole punctured into the side of the building, no doubt where the AIM experiment had broken his way into the facility.

	“Well, Director Fury will be glad to know that we don’t have to create an entrance into this place.”  Hawkeye joked with the blonde agent who was seated behind him on the Sky-Cycle.  However, the only response that Hawkeye received from that comment was a light slap on the back of the head as Mockingbird tried to get his mind focused on the serious task at hand.

	“Alright, alright!  You don’t have to hit me!  That’s the bad guy’s job!”  Although he cracked a grin on this face, Hawkeye quickly accelerated his floating vehicle towards the opening in the side of the Thomas Technologies headquarters before Mockingbird could hit him again.

	Now that the Sky-Cycle was positioned right beside the makeshift entrance, Hawkeye pulled out a specialized arrow form his quiver that would act like grappling hook and notched it into his bow.  Drawing the bowstring all the way back to his chin, the purple archer took aim at a nearby structural column.  In a matter of seconds, the arrowhead had drilled itself into the sturdy column.  Attached to the arrow was a zip line that would allow the two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to descend down to the floor in a safe manner.

	Hawkeye descended down first in order to make sure that the coast was clear.  Better that only one person would fall into a trap instead of the both of them.  Otherwise, Mockingbird would not be in position to rescue Hawkeye or signal for reinforcements.  When Hawkeye signaled up to Mockingbird that it was safe to come down, she slid down the zip line and loaded next to the purple archer.

	“It seems quiet.  Too quiet for a building that has been invaded by whatever those beekeeper scientists cooked up in their lab.”  Hawkeye would soon regret those words, since as soon as those words left his mouth, an explosion burst through one of the wall on the far side of the large room that Hawkeye and Mockingbird had found themselves in.  Through the newly created hole in the wall, a man dressed entirely in black was thrown out towards the center of the room.  Although he did not land anywhere near where Hawkeye and Mockingbird were standing, he still traveled quite a distance.  Then, the one responsible for throwing the dark-clad man walked through the opening in the wall.

	“Base.  We have located the target.  It looks like that our purple ‘Dr. Manhattan’ is fighting…”  Hawkeye paused for a second to get a better look of the combatant who has been fighting with their target.  “Um, looks like he’s fighting a Batman wannabe.  What are our orders?”