Ellie dropped the last cardboard box on the living room floor and dusted off her hands. She looked around the room and let out a relieved sigh. Finally the moving was complete! The apartment come already furnished; so now all she had to do was unpack all of her personal items, maybe spruce it up with a painting or two. But that could all wait until later, right now she wanted nothing more than a drink and to sit down.
She was exhausted from rearranging the furniture to her liking. Not to mention the elevator wasn't working, that meant so many trips up and down those stairs with heavy boxes. There was also the Stark interview, which was stressful in itself. Apparently Stark Industries was hiring a new personal assistant for Mr Stark. Ellie had taken a chance and applied for the job. She never expected to get an interview let alone the job. She had no previous experience with being an assistant or working in such a large company. The interview itself went quite smoothly. Ms Potts had taken the interview and ran through some scenarios as well as some general questions. At the end of the interview she gave Ellie the job as well as Mr Stark's personal timetable and some other info to start with. She thought there was going to be a lot more to it than that.
Ellie was excited. Her plans for a new start were going smoothly and to have the opportunity to work with a company such as Starks was amazing.
"Cheers to a new beginning" Ellie raised the beer, " Hopefully it's better than the last o-" Her toast was interrupted by the sound of her stomach trying to eat itself. She grabbed the take out menu from the table and ordered dinner.
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Hopefully one day they will fix that elevator, but until then these calves will get a full work out. She finally reached the sixth floor a little out of breath, the thoughts of finding a local gym entered her mind.
"Maybe if I get this job with Stark Industries they'll have their own gym or I'll be able to afford the delivery fee." She chuckled to herself. She opened up the bag to see if they had forgotten any of her order. She got to her door and pushed it open walking inside. She dumped her keys onto the table by the door and flicked the dead bolt. She took three steps into her house when it hit her. She had just pushed the door open, didn't she lock that when she left? She was sure she locked it. She heard the floor creak behind her but before she could move there was already a hand around her mouth and a strong scent stinging her nostrils. She tried to struggle, to grab the intruder or scratch them, that way if she wound up dead they would at least have their DNA. But her arms grew heavy and she struggled to keep her eyes open. Then nothing but darkness.
As she came to she had a strong pulsating pain behind her eyes that made it hard to concentrate. It took her a while to focus on the room she was in, or place. It was more of a run down warehouse. Broken windows, broken beams and floorboards above her. She was tied to chair, typical. She tried pulling on her restraints but these people knew their knots, nothing worse then getting abducted by former boy scouts. She then noticed the men, dressed all in black like you would expect a burglar to wear. The men were facing away from her talking amongst themselves. One of them turned and made eye contact motioning to the man beside him that she was now awake. The man she presumed was the leader turned around and made her way towards her. Ellie eyes him down as he crouched down in front of her.
"I'm going to be very straight with you. You have information regarding a certain person of interest. You tell us this information and we let you go. If you don't tell us, we will try to persuade you, and we can be very persuasive." He said hand slowly sliding up her thigh. Ellie narrowed her eyes at him and moved leg away from his touch, or rather tried to move as much as the restraints would allow her. He chuckled standing up and circling around her.
"And if the persuasion doesn't work, well…" Something cold and metallic was placed on her temple and the sound of a cocking gun echoed through the warehouse. "We'll just kill you. Understood?" Ellie nodded. "Good." He moved around to stand in front of her again. "It's simple really. All I want to know is the address of Tony Stark's whereabouts tomorrow evening, that's it." Ellie looked up at the man and opened her mouth to speak. "And before you say 'I don't know' I just want you to know that we saw you with Miss Potts today and we know that she would have disclosed this information with you during the course of your job interview."
Ellie clenched her jaw, had they been watching her the whole day? Or longer? "If you tell us this we will cut those restraints and return you safely to your house our selves. You don't have to get involved. No one will know it was you. You can go on living your life like nothing ever happened." Ellie looked up at him. The man smiled down at her
"I am afraid I don't have the information you seek." Ellie replied robotically. The man once again crouched in front of her.
"I'm sorry, I don't think I heard you right." He said tilting his head at her.
"I said I don't know. And if I did know, well I certainly wouldn't tell you, as I am not going to help you kill a man. Forgive me I'm nice like that" The man stood up and chuckled.
"You sure you wanna go down the difficult path? Things will be much easier if you just tell me." Ellie just stared past the man, mouth tight lipped. "Sure I can't change your mind?" He lifted the gun up pointing it between her eyes.
"I ain't telling you shit." Ellie replied calmly staring directly at him. The man sighed.
"Are you sure about that?"
"Positive."
"Well then." He pushed the gun against her head and pulled the trigger. Ellie flinched closing her eyes. There was no loud bang, no pain only a hollow click. She waited. She slowly opened her eyes. The man was in front of her smiling. "Congratulations, you pass."
Ellie's mouth hung open. She just stared blankly at the man. "What?"
"Congratulations Miss Harlow, you passed." Came Miss Potts voice from the shadows. The man began to untie her hands and legs from the chair. Ellie rubbed her wrists trying to ease the soreness. The man held out his hand to pull her from the chair.
"I apologise for all the rough housing Miss Harlow, but you need to understand that the position you are wishing to undertake comes with serious implications and circumstances. Not only do we need someone to keep Tony from missing a meeting, but we also need someone who can keep Tony from falling into the wrong hands."
"Isn't that what the suit's for?"
"Well he can't be Ironman all the time." Pepper replied smiling. "Should have seen the girls that came before you, half of them didn't even last the first question." She handed over a manila folder. "This contains all the details you need to know about your job. If this little scenario hasn't effected your desire for the job, I will see you on Monday 8 o'clock sharp." Pepper said turning around and walking towards the door. "Any questions before I leave?"
"Yeah." Ellie replied. Pepper turned to face her. "How do I get home from here?" She said smiling. Pepper gave a short laugh and gestured towards the man who only minutes before was threatening to kill you.
"David will drop you home. It's going to be a pleasure working with you." And with that Miss Potts walked out of the building with the rest of the men.
"Well, I assume you're David?"
"That would be me, yes." He said taking off the balaclava and ruffling his hair. David was a pretty decent looking guy, not at all what Ellie had expected to see under the balaclava. David packed everything into a duffel bag.
"Can we stop and grab something to eat? You guys kinda took me during dinner." David just laughed.
"Yeah I know a place on the way. I am going to enjoy working with you" David said offering his arm to Ellie. "I hope you are prepared for what you have gotten yourself into." Ellie linked her arm with David's
"How bad can it be?" She asked.
"You think this is bad? You haven't even met Stark yet."
This is my very first fanfic ever! Hope you enjoy. Please let me know what you think. Any criticism or advice that you think I could use would be wonderful!