I crawled through the vents quietly. "She got out again!" a man sighed, I held back giggles as I took a right. I came face to face with a blonde man wearing purple goggles. "Uh... hi." he greeted, I tilted my head, "Who are you?" "Clint Barton, you?" "I'm Nikki!" I giggled, he nodded, "Why are you up here?" he inquired, "I need help finding my friends. Can you show me where they are?" he asked, showing me three pictures. One of a redheaded lady, the other of a brunette man, and the last is a blonde man. "Mm-hmm!" I nodded, he smiled, "Great! Thanks kiddo."

I led him to a hall way I saw those three being led to earlier. He kicked out the vent cover and jumped down. I followed and he caught me. "Are you a prisoner here too?" he asked, "Nu-uh. Mommy works here." I answered, "I see.. and does she run tests on you?" he questioned, "Yeah.. but that's so I won't get sick." I smiled, "I see. Do they hurt?" "Yeah.. really bad." I pouted, "I don't like them. But Mommy says they'll help me." "Honey.. your Mommy isn't a good lady. These tests aren't good for you." he said, kneeling to my height, my ears flattened, "But Mommy said-" "I know what your Mommy said, but my friend has been through the same tests. They only wanted to turn him into a weapon. To hurt and kill people." he said, my tail went limp, I felt tears prick my eyes, "B-But Mommy said that she loves me.. she doesn't want me to get hurt." I whimpered, "I know.. but I don't think she means it honey. Those tests only take away your memories, and emotions, and they make you into a controlled weapon." he said softly, "Have you been forgetting things? Feeling empty lately?" he asked, I nodded, recalling how I had forgotten how to draw for a while. "Come with me and my friends and you'll never feel like that again." he smiled, "You'll be happy. We can prank the others too." "Pinkie promise?" I asked, holding out my little finger, he chuckled and linked pinkies, "Pinkie promise."

"Now.. how do we get these doors open?" he sighed, "I know!" I beamed, "Lead the way, princess." he replied, I giggled and led him to a security room. We crouched down. "Stay here. I'll have him take a nap." he whispered, I nodded and waited as he went into the room.

"Come on in." he called not long after, I trotted into the room, seeing the guard laying on the floor sleeping. Clint typed away at the computers. I saw his friends in three different rooms. He pressed buttons and the doors flew open. Which set off an alarm. "Shiiiiizzzznicks!" he said, then scooped me up, I giggled as he ran out of the security room. "Hey, Tasha, Cap, Buck. We might wanna go now. I accidentally triggered an alarm." Clint said to the three, they sighed, "We need to get our stuff though." the blonde said, "Who's the kid?" the brunette added, "I'll explain later. First stop storage room, next is the roof." Clint said, running down the hall.

Clint set me down, then he and the blonde shoved a shelf in front of the door. The redhead and brunette got things off the other shelves. I spotted a few familiar items and ran over. Picking up my leather feather bracelets and winged necklace, pretty black ring, and my stuffed skele-bunny Tia. "I take it they took your stuff too, huh, kid?" Clint asked, I nodded, hugging Tia. He tussled my hair. "We've got a few minutes. Now who's the kid?" the redhead asked, "Right, Natasha, Steve, Bucky, this is Nikki. She helped me find you. Nikki, these are my friends, Steve, Natasha, and Bucky." Clint informed, "Hi!" I smiled, "Hello." Natasha smiled, "Hey." the brunette greeted gruffly, "Thanks for the help, kid." Steve added. "Now that introductions are out of the way. We need to find an exit." Bucky said, "Yeah.." Steve agreed, I pointed up, "I don't see any other option." Clint shrugged, already lifting me up and climbing a shelf. The other three sighed and followed.

"Now how do we get to the roof from here?" Steve asked, "I've got that covered." Clint said, leading the way.

We eventually reached a dead end. Clint kicked the cover off and jumped down. I followed, and he caught me again. We were in the stair well. Natasha, Steve, and Bucky jumped down after us. I peered over the rail, looking down seeing tons of steps. The alarms were still blaring. I was suddenly scooped up in Steve's arms. My ears twitched as footsteps thundered upstairs.

Steve set me down as Clint and Bucky blocked the door. "Need a hand?" a voice piped up, I looked up, seeing a silver haired man standing beside me. "Pietro, Take her to Tony." Clint said, motioning to me, the man looked at me, then picked me up. "Hey, kid." he smiled, "Hi." I murmured, he chuckled, "Let's get you outta here." "Okay." "I'll be back in a split." he said and I was suddenly alone standing in front of two brunettes. My ears flattened, "Uh... Natasha?" one asked, I inched back, "Tony, that's not Natasha." the other sighed, kneeling in front of me, "My name is Bruce Banner. What's yours?" he asked, "Nikki." I said softly, nervously, "It's nice to meet you, sweetie."  he smiled, I felt myself relax, "I'm Tony Stark." the first brunette stated, I hid behind Bruce. He chuckled, Tony pouted as the silver haired man ran in with Natasha, then Clint, then Bucky, and finally Steve. I ran and hugged Clint's legs. "Hey, kiddo. Tony scare you already?" he chuckled, lifting me up. I nuzzled my face in his shoulder, "I think the excitement's got the kid worn out. Meeting Tony doesn't help." Bucky chimed, "Hey.." Tony huffed, Steve chuckled, patting his shoulder, "Let's get out of here." Clint handed me off to Bucky as he and Natasha went to the front, "Go ahead and sleep, it'll be a long ride." Bucky said, I nodded tiredly, resting my head on his chest.