This is my first story published here and this story has not been beta'd yet and I don't know if it ever will be. This is more of a story I'm doing for fun to help me when I get writers block for my other stories. Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Avengers or anything that has to do with them. I do however own Rose and she is mine, I clam her as my own.
Well this was turning out nicely, not. Somewhere along the line I had activated the silent alarm but I hadn't noticed until it was almost too late and now I had 10 minutes before a team of very big and very scary men came barreling through the only door to the room I was currently in. Maybe 20 minutes if I can lock down all the doors in this building and slow them down. I needed whatever time I could get if I want what I came here for and have enough time to get out of here in one piece, preferably without running into anymore complications.
"Ugh! Why is this taking forever to download?" I complained loudly, my fingers moving swiftly across the keyboard of my laptop. I let out a loud huff of air when I saw the reason why. I was downloading way more files and information than I had originally assumed I would. I guess I should've figured that from the beginning though, this was a top notch bank that always had a background check on all of their clients. The files themselves were probably bigger than what I had originally thought which was why it was taking so long.
Well at least I got myself 10 extra minutes when I locked all the doors to the building and there should always be room for error in a plan. I could work with this, I might be cutting it a little bit close but I've been in worse situations before.
I took a quick look around the room I was in just to make sure I was still alone. I couldn't see very much in the dark room except for a million blinking light and wires from the machinery all around me. The gentle hum of the machines and soft blow of the air conditioner from above the only sounds making the loud beating of my heart that much more prominent. I was currently in the hard drive room of the building that I had went to great lengths just to gain access to.
Last month I discovered that Anders & Anders Banking wasn't as family friendly as the commercials claimed them to be. In fact they had their hands in almost every dirty deal that went down in the black market and some of their clientele happened to be in just as shady business if not more. Hoping to gain access to that information I planted myself into the building as the new clumsy little intern with a squeaky clean background and an overachieving personality. Now almost 3 weeks later I was able to make a copy of someone's security access pass that I borrowed and knew the layout of the building. So I decided to set my plan in motion tonight and used all the cool spy moves I knew at my disposal, which is none. Really I just hide in the bathroom until everyone left and used my new security pass, amazing what you can do with a laminator these days, to enter the room where all the buildings computer hardware was located, it also happened to be the room that their security system ran through. So now I literally had control of the entire building and I was loving it.
I hacked into the security cameras of the building only to see the big and scaries marching down the halls trying to locate what set off the silent alarm. I looked to the downloading files and saw that it was already at 86% meaning I only had to stall for a little bit longer. I chuckled to myself as I turned all the light to the building on suddenly blinding everyone in the security team then turned them off right away and watched as they bumped and fell into things and each other in their blindness. I let out a laugh as I watched one of them even fall down some stairs and land on one of his fellow guards.
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I looked to the security cameras again and saw a team of guards walking by the offices with rows of computers and decided to have a little more fun. I remotely turned on one of the computers facing the team causing the screen to become completely blue and watched all the guards freeze and look towards the screen with dubious looks on their faces.
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Suddenly the pocket of my jacket started to vibrate incessantly and I dragged my phone out of it placing it to my ear without even looking at the caller id.
"This is Rose." I said not taking my eyes off my computer screen as I watched some of the guards take slow unsure steps towards the blue lit computer screen and the rest watch in anticipation.
"How's my favorite hacker doing?" The voice on the other end of the line said making me smile in recognition.
"Tony, darling, to what do I owe the pleasure of this unexpected call?" I mockingly said earning a soft chuckle from the other end.
"Hope I didn't call at a bad time but I favor to ask, well actually if you think about it it's actually me doing you a favor." I rolled my eyes at his words and typed away at my keyboard making it so that the computer the guards were staring at started to make the annoying dial up tone which only made the guards even more nervous but they still continued to slowly walk towards it.
"Alright then Tony, I'll bite, what can you do for me?" I asked the sarcasm clear.
"Now is that anyway to ask somebody for a favor?" He bit back sarcastically.
"Tony" I said his name warningly so that he would get to the point which he seemed to understand and he started to explain his reason for calling me.
"How much do you know about what happened in New York and the Avengers?" he asked his tone serious.
I let out a deep sigh as I thought about it for a moment before answering.
"I watched every single video clip on it I could find and read almost every article most of them conspiracy theories. Not to mention I hacked into the S.H.I.E.L.D. data base and looked at whatever information they had on the subject and more. But now that S.H.I.E.L.D. came out of the closet knowing about all their dirty secrets is hardly anything to brag about. And I think everyone knows about the Avengers Tony, you guys weren't really trying to hide it though were you. So now I will ask the question, why does any of this matter to me?"
"The scepter that Loki used is missing and we haven't had any luck in location it and goldilocks god is getting antsy." Tony joked but kept his serious tone telling me that the god of thunder wasn't the only one getting antsy. "We know someone from Hydra has the thing but we just can't locate them or get there fast enough before they decide to move it again."
"And you decided to call me?" I said not believing what I was hearing mostly because it came straight from the mouth of Tony Stark. I have known him long enough to know there's always a catch "Tony do the rest of the Avengers know you're telling me this?"
There was silence on the other end of the line that spoke for itself. And there's the catch I thought to myself.
"Come on Rose, look, I know the team won't like the idea of this but only at first. And whether they know it or not the clock is ticking and I know you can find this thing faster than any of us."
I couldn't help but chuckle listening to him talk.
"Tony, Tony, you don't have to beg." I jokingly said back. "Sure I'll help you look for it."
"Are you sure? I can't have you backing out on me in the last minute." He said back to his usual cocky self.
I had been watching the guards this whole time and they had been slowly inching toward the computer screen, the tension high. Finally they were exactly where I wanted them and I quickly switched on all the computers around them with the video of a scary zombified face popping up and a banshee scream came through the speakers. I watched as all the guards ran away from the room screaming bloody murder some of them even tripping over one another in their haste to get away.
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I laughed to myself and a big grin appeared on my face as I tried to calm my laughter before answering Tony.
"Ya Tony, I'm sure. I don't have anything else to do right now anyways."
I heard Tony chuckle at that knowing I was lying, my life couldn't be boring even if I tried.
"Thanks kid, I'll send the jet to pick you up. Well that is as soon as I'm done tracing this call." He said proudly thinking he one upped me.
"Let me guess it told you I'm in the eastern half of Germany. And why do I have to go to you? Can't you just send me all the information you have on this magic stick of doom?" I said. There was a beat of silence before his annoyed groan came through the phone's receiver.
"You are going to have to show me how you do that trick some time. You always do this and I can never tell where on this rock you are. And yes I can send you that information but there is a lot of information we have that looks like it came from when the dinosaurs roamed the earth that hasn't been sorted through yet. Besides Capsicle wouldn't complain as much if you're here where he can see you and hover around you like a middle aged mother."
I made sure to lock down all of the doors to the stairs and all elevators except the one in the back of the building that I had planned to use to get down to the parking garage and away from here. I started packing up all of my equipment and made sure the coast was clear before making my way out the door and headed towards the elevator.
"Tony if even you can't find where I am then no one else can and I prefer to keep it that way. By the way I'm actually in London so you can send the jet here since I don't really have a say in the matter."
I made it to the elevator and pushed the down button. A second later the doors swung open and I pushed the button leading me down to the parking garage.
"That's the spirit, Rose. Bring me some sponge cake why you're at it. See you soon kid!" He said before I heard the line disconnect. I smiled to myself at his crazy antics before shoving my phone back in the pocket of my jacket. The door to the elevator opened with a ding showing me the large expanse of the parking garage with only a handful of cars and one lone motorcycle that I claimed as my own. I marched over to it my keys already in hand and swung my leg over the side and placed my black tinted helmet on before turning the key and hearing the purr of engine and the gentle hum of the motor under me. I made sure my backpack with my laptop inside was on securely before speeding off, the sound of police sirens fading in the distance.