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The sun kissed Darcy's face as she walked through the busy streets of New York. Shadows from the buildings loomed over her making her feel incredibly small. People bumped and pushed past her trying to get to work or wherever these people went to. Darcy was used to the open land of New Mexico and the small mass of people in her town. She was also used to the heat. New York was freezing! Darcy hugged her leather jacket around her body and tucked her face into her green scarf. Her new apartment was fifteen minutes away from the newly rebuilt Stark Tower. Darcy picked up her pace trying to get to the warmth of the tower.
Damn S.H.I.E.L.D for making her move out here. Darcy and Jane had moved up to New York from New Mexico about a month ago. Nick Fury told them it was a safety concern. Darcy had snorted when she heard that. When did a organization like S.H.I.E.L.D care for two random women? Darcy knew it was because Nick wanted to keep a eye on Jane and Thor's contact. It wasn't like they could tap Jane's phone. Darcy was positive that Asgardians did not have Iphone 5's. But what ever floated Nick's boat.
Darcy's heart started to speed up as she saw the tower come into view. It was not everyday that Darcy was called to a meeting that would consist of the earths mightiest hero's. Jane had called her last night asking for a small favor. After yelling at Jane for interrupting her date Darcy agreed to meet Jane at the Tower at ten the next morning. (Of course Darcy had been really at home eating a pint of Ben and Jerry's and watching The Notebook but Jane did not have to know that.) She did not go into detail about what this favor was but by Jane's tone Darcy was positive that she didn't know either. Jane had probably thrown herself at the chance to work with Thor. Darcy hoped it had something to do with a bad ass alien species. Or something of that nature. Darcy missed out on the Chitauri invasion last year. She had to follow Jane as she got shipped off. From what Darcy remembered the leader of the invasion was Thor's brother. 'Sibling rivalry at it's finest' Darcy thought when she saw the dark looming figure on T.V.
Darcy stepped into Stark Tower as a rush of frigid air hit her.
"Holy.." whispered Darcy
Darcy wrapped the scarf tighter around her neck. Why in the hell would Stark have the air conditioning on in the middle of winter? One would think that the six inches of snow they got last night would have satisfied Stark's need for cold. Darcy looked around for Jane. Darcy scrunched up her face in her failed efforts to find her. Darcy started pulling out her phone when a tall stocky (no lumpy) man approached her.
"Follow me miss Lewis," he instructed her.
"That's all I get? A 'Follow me'. I thought Stark hired more thrilling people. You would think right? Because of how "eccentric" he is." Darcy had put quotations around the word eccentric. She had meet the man once before and that was really the only word to describe him, politely at least.
The man continued to look at her stone faced. Darcy forced a smile to her lips and with one big exaggerated swoop pointed her arm toward the elevators. He stalked towards the elevators making it there in less then ten strides. Darcy at her 5"5 height quickly moved her legs towards the doors. Darcy entered the doors and noticed the man pressing the very top button. Darcy gripped the railings along the walls as the chrome doors slid shut with a groan and the elevator starting rising. The sound of the metal screeching and whining made Darcy's throat clench. Elevators where definitely on the top of her fears list, right after spiders and drowning.
The elevator came to a rough stop and the doors slid open revealing a white room with a glass table around it. Darcy quickly stepped out of the elevator. The room was white. Not like snow white, but florescent white. The bulbs hummed in there spot above the table. Ten black chairs sat around the table. Four of them had occupants. A single picture of a green looking baby hung on the wall. The only outside light came from the one wall sized window that was to Darcy's right.
"Pretty swanky place you got here," she commented looking out the window as nausea swept over her. "Could use some color."
"Darcy," Jane hissed.
"What? I'm just saying this is pretty dull. You would think Stark would have color." She pointed to the ground. "Look! Even the wood is colorless."
Jane pointed to the chair next to her. As Darcy took her seat (very dramatically she might add) she noticed the other three people in the room. Pepper, with her red hair pulled into a tight ponytail, was writing in a black leather binder. Natasha and Steve where talking casually about some mission Fury was going to send them on in the near future. Darcy noticed the arrow necklace that hung around Natasha's neck and could not help smiling. Nothing brought people together like danger.
"So when do we start?" she asked Jane who looked very tense.
"I'm not sure actually. Director Fury told me to be here at ten. I tried waiting for you but a man in a suit took me up here. He was very pleasant by the way" Jane added rolling her eyes. Darcy could not help but smirk. Jane hated people who where rude. Mostly she hated people who worked for Fury.
"I'm sure Nick is just waiting for a grand entrance. He will walk in his cap billowing behind him, his eye patch shining in the glint of the florescent lights. Magical" Darcy told Jane.
"Darcy" Jane laughed. "You know he hates it when you call him Nick."
"Well he didn't like the other name I gave him."
"I'm sure no one would have liked being called angry dude."
Darcy let air escape out of her mouth. No one was fun here. They took everything to seriously. Darcy looked at her watch and saw that it was 10:15. Everybody was fashionably late. Bruce walked in wearing a casual plaid shirt and jeans but looked like he had been hit with a nuclear boom, which Darcy was sure he could survive. Darcy hadn't even seen Clint sit next to Natasha. Finally Stark and Fury showed up together. Fury had his grumpy face on as usual. Ah and look his patch was shining so nicely. For a split second Darcy could see pain in Starks face, but that disappeared fast once he saw Pepper and the rest of the crew waiting for him.
"We can start I'm here" Stark announced as he sat next to Pepper. 'O lord' Darcy thought.
"Thor still isn't here," Jane told Stark.
"He's going to be late," Fury said with a tone that meant the subject should be dropped.
"We have an unexpected and unwanted guest that he will be retrieving," Stark said.
"Shut it," Fury snapped.
Steve looked at Fury and asked "with all do respect sir why are we here?"
"As all of you know, now that we know of alien life there is a greater threat to our world. Not only did we barley defeat Loki it also showed us what other's like him are capable of. I could easily say we got our ass's whooped by a bunch of aliens." Fury paused for a moment brining his pointer finger and thumb to the bridge of his nose.
"After the battle I had set up satellites that tracked other activity. I sent those up a year ago and nothing registered on them."
"Probably cause S.H.E.I.L.D created them," Jane whispered loudly.
"As I was saying," Nick continued, "Our satellites got a hit a couple weeks ago and to my knowledge we are in for some serious shit." Nick glanced over at Darcy and Jane. "I will explain more when I know we are not compromised. But we do need your help Jane. You and Darcy will be helping Thor and his" Nick hesitated, "friend." Darcy raised her eye brows. Helping Thor? How could they possibly help him. He was a god from legend he would be fine doing anything on his own. But it is THOR he is not the brightest crayon in the box. 'Make a note' Darcy thought 'not all God's are smart.' Nick continued to ramble on about important secret things but Darcy couldn't help but be a little disappointed. She had wanted aliens! Or some Robo Cop stuff. How cool would it have been if that had happened? Darcy did love Thor as a brother of course and did miss him, but all the hype she had put within herself died. Darcy raised her hand mid Fury sentence. Natasha raised one eyebrow and watched with interest.
"Can I have another job?" Darcy asked. "One with I don't know Robots that are cops that happen to be half human? I just think Jane can handle Thor and his friend by herself. I don't need to baby sit anyone."
Fury glanced at her and without hesitation said " Jane can not handle these two on her own. Besides you do have good talents that will be useful. Now you will help Jane Foster and you will pretend that you are enjoying it. Do I make myself clear?"
Darcy pierced her lips and was about to say something incredibly smart and witty when the elevator doors open. It was almost eerie to Darcy. The doors seemed to open slower than normal and a chill from the elevator hit her in the face. The room dropped a couple degrees lower then the already freezing temperature. Ten armed men in black suits surrounded two figures. Darcy couldn't see who they where but she saw a flash of red, and maybe a glimpse of….green? Thor obviously and the other… She had an idea but she had been wrong before. The three men in front of the figures stepped forward allowing \the two men to step forward.