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-Stark towers : 1:30(pm) -

Half an hour later, having taken out most of our weapons bar a lock pick and a pocket knife (which remained on the sole of my shoe as always), we stood in front of a disgruntled looking punk (complete with fake piercings, spiked hair and fake tattoos) and a bemused old(-ish) man (complete with corduroy trousers, washed out jacket and slight pillow induced paunch)- Nat and Bruce respectively.

"Right." I rubbed our hands together in excitement (this is gonna be AWESOME) "now you look the part, we just need to have the part. Lets go into town!"

"Back up a second!" Exclaimed Bruce. "How the hell did you even manage this? I look like I'm sixty and Natasha looks like, well I'm not even sure how that is Natasha! And I was there! And how are you going to hide? You haven't even changed clothes." He finished his tirade slightly out of breath, and even he seemed surprised at how much he had said. I don't think we had ever heard him say more than a sentence that wasn't in some technical mumbo jumbo that only he, Myra and Stark seemed to understand.

"I won't take much sorting" I smirked swinging our bag over our shoulder. "Now lets go and get you sorted."

(the time has come :D we're so gonna own Stark!) (*sigh* this isn't about beating Stark any more, lets just have fun kay?) (but beating him will be really satisfying though) (yeah, it will, won't it…)

Once we were in the elevator on the way down to the garage, I turned to the others. Then paused, "JARVIS?"

"Yes Miss Seneca?"

"Please could you keep all the footage from my rooms, the hallways, elevator and any other security cameras we have passed in the last three quarters of an hour secure and where Stark can't find them until we have all been found." I asked carefully, unsure of what the AI's response would be.

"Of course Miss Seneca."

Thank god. I slumped slightly, "well that's a relief" I smiled.

Turning to the others I proceeded to explain the plan. "Okay guys, I just need to make a few calls. Got it?"

They both nodded resigned. They seemed to understand that basically we were good at this and following along would probably work. (hell yes we are)

Dee pulled out our phone and beamed at them, "This won't take long."

First up was Bruce's cover. Kato's pop would definitely be free this afternoon and wouldn't be opposed to hanging out in a cafe for a couple hours. He wouldn't ask too many questions either.

The phone rang ."Hello?"

"Leo! How you doin man?"

"Ah! Vari! How you doing kid?"

"We're good, we're good. Sorry to bother you but could you do us a favor?"

"Course I can, anything for you. just name it!"

"Awesome! Alright, this might sound a bit weird but could you come to town, like now?"

"Sure sweetie, where are you?'

"We're gonna be at the Coffee Cup in 5 minutes. How quick can you be?"

"For you, 2 minutes."

"Leo, you are my saving grace. Seriously we owe you one."

"See you soon"

"Bai!"

*Click*

She hung up. "That was easy." Said Nat raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah well, long time friend, so shut up." Retorted Dee. (shutupshutupshutUP, the less they know about us, the better)

A sudden ding and a smooth "you have reached the garage" from JARVIS interrupted Dee before she could say anything more.

We exited the elevator in silence and we briskly walked towards the exit.

Once we were through the doors I broke the silence. "Anyhow, with that sorted, we should be fine." I screwed our eyes shut pinching the bridge of my nose. "now Nat, you are a spy, and Bruce, well, no offense but you've been running all your life."

"none taken." He smiled sadly.

"So this shouldn't be too hard for either of you but remember. You. Are. Civilians. You don't check everything as you walk around. Look at that guy over there." I indicated a guy walking past. "head down, oblivious to the world. But you, as wary people, are different, I can tell that already because you" I said nodding at Bruce, "have glanced over your shoulder twice in the short amount of time we have been outside. And you, Natasha, have been gliding around like a bloody ghost. Sure it's the best way to move, but you're trying to go for subtle here."

We stopped at the bus stop. "Right, this shouldn't be too long, we have," I glanced at our watch "twenty five minutes."

oOo

- In town, The Coffee Cup : 1:40 -

We arrived at a quaint little café with a small seating area outside a couple of minutes later. I was glad to see Leo, sitting outside, a mug of coffee already clasped in his hands. Dee suddenly took over and ran over to him, pulling him into a hug "Leeeooo, how are you dude? You look good! It's been way too long"

"I'm fine sweetie, now what did you want?"

We glanced over to Nat and Bruce. From the looks on their faces, they had not expected Leo to be a middle-aged man, or well, normal for that matter.

"This," Dee gestured to Bruce, "is Ed, (thank god she still has some sense left) (Rude) my only request is that you basically sit outside this café for a couple hours with him. It's sort of for a game we're playing, he might explain it some later."

I glanced over to Bruce, who was looking thoroughly bemused by this point and made a shooing motion "well go and get a coffee then!" He shrugged and complied, coming out seconds later with coffee cup in hand.

I guided him over to the chair on the table where Leo was sitting – fortunately in the corner by the window. I grabbed the newspaper we had picked up on the way and handed it to him with a pen. "You should be good to go. Just be chill and relax, see you in a couple hours. All good?"

He nodded and smiled, "not quite what I was expecting, but okay."

I turned to Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Thanks again, you're a life saver. Just one thing," I paused. "Rule one, but, see you later.

Leo raised his eyebrows but nodded his assent. "See you sweetie, have fun!"

I waved and walked away while grabbing Nat. "Always do!"

"what's rule one?" she asked as we walked away.

I gave her a sidelong glance "They don't pry, and we won't lie when we're ready to tell them."

Nat seemed impressed. "And they follow that?"

"They do for the most part and so do we. We learned the hard way not to lie to them, and they learned the hard way not to make us answer questions we don't want to answer."

Nat nodded slowly, "You have a good group of friends."

"We know."

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