And here I am again. This last part was unbetaed, so I'm sorry if there are any mistakes. Tell me and I'll fix them as best as I can.
Anyway...
Here is the second chapter.
I don't own Teen Wolf. Things would have been a lot weirder if I had written it...
And on with the story...
Tony sighed as he sat at his desk. His new project in front of him was giving him problems and he really didn't need that right now. Groaning, he rubbed his temples with his thumbs and looked out of the window of his office. The New York skyline was breathtaking, especially now that it had been fixed from the whole Loki debacle, but some parts of it were still in need of repair. Looking down at his papers, there was just, what seemed, piles and piles of eco-friendly modifications that he would have to be starting on for Stark Industries. Don't get him wrong, he was more appreciative of the environment now, but that didn't mean that it didn't bore him after two hundred and fifty pages about it. What was more interesting was the folder on the right side of his desk that Pepper had handed him only a few minutes ago. Inside, there was a packet of information from S.H.I.E.L.D. that he still hadn't looked over yet. Groaning and only after a moment's hesitation, Tony snatched up the folder and was about to open it when the door to his office slammed open and a red-haired woman stepped inside, papers in hand and heels clicking dangerously on the tiles of the office.
"Tony, what are you doing?" she asked calmly and Tony flailed slightly at her entrance, hurriedly hiding the folder behind his back.
"What? No, nothing! Why would you even think that I was up to something I shouldn't?" he smiled and Pepper only raised her eyebrow at him in fond disbelief.
"Is that right? Well, have you finished reading and signing those reports I gave you last week?" she asked and Tony felt his heart still, but kept a smile on his face. Here come the questions…
"Of course, my darling CEO. I sent them to you yesterday." he replied smoothly.
"And the intern applications?"
"Those are all yours, Pepper."
"Damage reports and annual reports?"
"Got those done last Wednesday."
"What about those papers on your desk and the folder that you're trying to hide behind your back from me?" Tony's face gave nothing away.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Pepper rolled her eyes, knowing the billionaire very well by now.
"I told you not to look at that till your work was done, Tony. That's not as important as this." Tony groaned and tossed the folder back on his desk.
"But this is starting to bore me, Peps! The eco stuff will get done, but I want something fun right now and S.H.I.E.L.D stuff is always fun! Or at the very least interesting enough not to bore me to tears! I'll get to the rest of this tomorrow! I promise!" he whined to a very unimpressed looking Pepper Potts. Sighing, she finally nodded.
"Fine. Work on what S.H.I.E.L.D wants for now, but those papers better be done by tomorrow or I'm impounding your cars and suits till further notice." She said and turned, walking out of the office. Tony shivered at the threat. He knew her long enough that he knew she would definitely do that and wouldn't let him so much as look at his precious creations till all his work was done. Pouting, he spun in his seat a little before remembering the file he was not allowed to look at before and he pounced, opening the folder and quickly scanning over its contents.
'Huh. Looks like S.H.I.E.L.D's been busy all by themselves.' Tony thought and internally smirked. According to the file, the secret agency had been working on a sort of warning system to detect any power or magic that could resemble that of Loki's. It was really smart and Tony wished that he had thought of it first, but for now, he definitely wanted to look at the thing. He had heard that S.H.I.E.L.D had already started finding super humans and recruiting them there, so would that system help them track the super humans down? Or was it already being used? Looking over the rest of the file, Tony's grin grew wider and by the time he had finished, he had stood up, walking out of his office and heading toward the elevator. The rest of the Avengers HAD to see this. This could provide opportunities…
"Jarvis. Tell Pepper that I'm gonna go see Cap, ok?" he said and entered the elevator, pressing the button to go down.
"Sir, Miss Potts said that you were not to leave the building till your paperwork was finished." The AI's voice sounded over the speakers on the elevator.
"Yeah, I know, but let's just keep this between us. I have some important S.H.E.I.L.D business to attend to." Tony said and stepped out as the elevator door opened.
"Business, sir? Shall I inform Miss Potts of the location of your destination?" Jarvis asked and Tony shook his head.
"Nah. She's already busy enough. No need to make her worry about this." Tony said and stepped out, going to his nearest car and getting in.
"She will not be happy, sir, but I shall not inform her." Jarvis said, but seemed to hold back a sigh. Tony smiled and started the engine, driving off and heading for the Avengers' tower. It was where, so far, the rest of the Avengers had decided to reside for the time being with the exception of Banner who was off somewhere in India, and Thor who was back on Asgard but would be back in a day or two. Pulling up in the garage with his password, he quickly exited the car and entered the building. Security let him through and he entered another elevator, pushing the very top button.
"Sir, may I know what it is that you're planning?" Jarvis sounded again and Tony rolled his eyes. He forgot that he had given Jarvis control over the security of the Avengers' Tower.
"You'll see when I explain it to Star Spangled Spandex and Fury's band of merry men. Just go along with it for now and download that file when you have the chance, will you?" Tony said as he looked out the window at the sight of New York.
"Already done, sir. Awaiting to present it at your command." Jarvis replied as the elevator stopped and the doors opened, revealing a luxurious lounge area with a kitchen and dining area.
"Good. We're gonna need that for this presentation cuz they're definitely gonna wanna see this." Tony muttered as he stepped out, looking around for the rest of the group.
"Honey, I'm home!" Tony shouted as he came in and immediately, Steve came in from one of the rooms, face sour at Tony's call, but didn't say anything about it.
"You're here early. Weren't you stuck with some sort of project?" Steve asked, his eyebrow raising as he noticed the time. Tony internally groaned. Seriously? Would no one let him forget about his other projects for one minute? Rolling his eyes, Tony stepped closer.
"Yeah, well, I found something more interesting to work on for now. Where are the other two, cuz this is really important for them to know if they don't know already." Tony looked over Steve's shoulder as if they would magically appear at their mention.
"They went on assignment, but they should be back in a few hours. Why? And shouldn't we call in Thor and Banner for this too?" Steve asked, confused, but Tony shook his head.
"No. It's not earth shattering, so I can wait for a while. We can tell Banner and Thor later." Tony said and sat down on the couch. His mind was whirring with the possibilities of the tech, both good and bad, and how it could possibly be beneficial to the team as a tracking system, but also for anyone else should they get their hands on it. Steve sat next to him, looking worried for his friend.
"Well, if it wasn't that important, why did you come here to tell us all?" Steve asked and Tony was silent for a moment.
"This involves superpowers and ways to find them." Tony said softly and Steve's eyebrows shot up.
"A way to find what?" a female voice sounded from behind them and they both turned around to find red-haired woman in a black bodysuit and a blonde hair with a bow slung across his back standing directly behind them and they both jumped.
"Jesus, we need to put a bell around both your necks!" Tony shouted and Steve was clutching his chest, his heart still pounding slightly at the scare.
"Well, they're here. I guess we can tell them." Steve chuckled slightly and Tony only glared at him.
"Wanna tell us what you're talking about?" Natasha asked, tired of being ignored and crossed her arms over her chest, Clint nodding behind her.
"Yeah. Please enlighten us on what exactly Tony's brilliant mind has come up with now?" Clint asked sarcastically and Tony glared at him before responding.
"Found out about a little something that S.H.I.E.L.D has been working on." Natasha and Clint Perked up at the mention of the organization and came around to sit on the couch.
"Go on." Clint ordered and Tony scoffed, but continued.
"It's a sort of tracking device that can detect energy that's similar to the type that Loki used. I've heard that since more and more super humans are popping up, and since they have that system, they've been using that to track down the supers." Tony said seriously. Natasha nodded, but looked confused. So did Clint.
"Ok, nice to know this all, but why is this so important? We get a Loki early detection system. So what?" she asked and Clint nodded in agreement.
"I think that what he means is that can you imagine that type of technology in the hands of our enemies? They would be able to find any and all enhanced humans like me and Natasha in the world. It's good for us for now, but S.H.I.E.L.D. can be infiltrated and can make use of that to fight against us." Steve said and Tony nodded.
"As great as finding the rest of the Enhanced people in the world, maybe it's better if we don't." Tony said and Steve nodded. Natasha crossed her legs and didn't look convinced.
"That doesn't really sound like the Tony Stark I know. What brought this bought of calm on?" she asked.
"I just really don't think that this is a good to create more problems than what we can handle if we bring more oddballs into the group." Tony said defensively. For him, this was still a barely formed team that hadn't had much experience with each other yet. That, and he didn't trust S.H.I.E.L.D. not to use the super humans in their "care" to their advantage. Steve was thinking along the same lines as Tony and agreed.
"Why don't we just call the Director about this? He can tell us what his current plans are for this tracking system." Clint said calmly and before anyone could stop him, he had already dialed on one of the phones that Tony had made for the team in case they needed to contact any of the rest of the team.
"Really? You think that Director Eyepatch is gonna answer any of our questions?" Tony asked. "Every atom in his body is laced with secrecy and I think it would cause him physical pain to tell us any of them." Clint shrugged and set the phone on the table so the screen transferred onto the glass of the table, giving them all a full view of Director Fury.
"And what do I owe the pleasure of this call, Avengers? I have a busy schedule and I really hope that this is an emergency since this is what these phones are supposed to be for." Fury said dangerously and glared at them all.
"We want to know about that detection system that Stark was just telling us about." Natasha said bluntly and Tony felt the glare fall solely on him.
"That was supposed to be information only for you, Stark." Fury glowered and Tony shrugged.
"I didn't read that in the paper, but ok. Sorry. Thought that this was a sharing kind of thing. But while we're on the subject, what exactly are your plans for this thing?" Tony asked.
"Nothing bad, we hope." Steve joined in and ignored the seemingly permanent glare that Fury emitted.
"Well, now that the rest of you know, no doubt that you're going to tell Thor and Banner, we've already been using it." The Avengers jumped slightly at the easy confession and Tony was immediately suspicious. That was way too easy to get him to admit it. Something had to be up for Fury to not even be that angry at Tony blabbing this operation to the rest.
"We've been using it for months, and don't worry, Captain," Fury said and quickly reassured Steve as the patriot opened his mouth to say something. "We've only been tracking activity of potential traces of Loki's power. A few other things have popped up as well that have come up as a surprise and it are being investigated as we speak." Fury sand and Steve relaxed. Natasha and Clint nodded in understanding, but tony furrowed his eyebrows a bit.
"So why tell us? It's usually like pulling teeth with you to tell us anything." Tony asked.
"That's because everything you ask about is on a need to know basis and you don't need to know. But for this, we will need you and this is why you need to be informed." Fury said.
'Called it!' Tony shouted in his head, but didn't say as much.
"What do you want us to do?" Tony asked.
"We've recently been tracking a spike in power and it's currently settled in New York. We've tracked it to Central Park and we need you to investigate it. The power from this has been spiking higher for a while now." Fury ordered and the rest nodded. Tony rolled his eyes.
"Really? You didn't want to tell us this before?" Tony asked but Fury only glared.
"Just go!" Fury ordered and hung up, the screen going blank. Tony groaned and stood up.
"Well, you heard One Eye. Suit up!" Tony shouted and the rest got into action. A few minutes later and they were traveling through different means to a location in Central Park given to them by Fury.
"According to the energy emissions from the system. Whatever it is, it's somewhere around here." Steve said, moving silently around the trees. Natasha nodded from her position and looked around, not seeing anything for a while until there was a small amount of movement coming from the bushes.
"It's right there. The emission readings are going nuts here so be careful, everyone." Tony said, looking at the readings from his suit. Slowly, he scanned the rustling area and everyone tensed, preparing for a fight if anything less than friendly came out. Suddenly, someone stepped out of the foliage and Steve relaxed. It was only a civilian.
"Don't get too relaxed, Rogers. That's our target." Clint said and Steve's eyes widened. What? How? This was a kid. Maybe eighteen, by the looks of it.
"Approach slowly. We don't know what he's capable of. Go." Natasha whispered and they slowly went forward.
*POV Change*
The crunch of leaves and twigs soothed him and he smiled. Honey eyes scanned the green of the plants and he felt the warm pulse of life around him and under his feet. The city air burned his lungs slightly, but the trees here gave him a small reprieve. Things had gotten much much better since a year ago when he had first left, and now he had himself under control. It filled every atom in his body and he felt the constant hum. It was the thrum of life in the planet that fed his energy. It was the Spark in his body. It was the very fabric of reality that he could feel and control. Letting out a breath, he walked around more. He knew that he would leave soon, but for now, he would enjoy this. He had always wanted to visit New York as a child, but he had never imagined that it would be like this. The unnatural snapping of a twig made his ears perk up, but he gave no other outward sign that he had heard anything. He slowly breathed out and closes his eyes, and instantly got an image in his head of four figures moving towards him.
'It looks like they're armed. Well, we can't have that.' he thought as he felt the figures drew closer. He then sat down on the ground and crossed his legs, not bothering to stop them. Not like they could hurt him... They drew as close as they dared without being seen and his body tensed. As he did, the muffled sound of a shot was heard and the air grew still. The redhead that seemed to be the one who had taken the shot was staring at the back of his head, as if her very eyes were bullets and they could make him drop, but then widened in shock. Her companions also seemed to be in a state of shock. First, at the fact that the woman had taken the shot at the boy, and second at the fact that the dart had now stopped only an inch from the boy's back and had stayed there, unmoving. Smiling and opening his eyes, the boy turned around, letting the dart drop to the ground, harmless.
"Get lost while hunting, did ya'?" he raised his eyebrow and teased playfully. The others only shared glances with each other before the woman and the man in the black uniform launched forward simultaneously and attempted to knock the boy out. Neatly, the boy dodged every move and before they knew it, both were being pinned to the ground by the slight looking boy who was still smiling his serene smile.
"Now let's try that again with words, ok? If I let you go, you have to not attack or I'll pin you down again, understand?" he asked calmly, as if he didn't just completely disarm and immobilize two master assassins. Natasha nodded reluctantly and the boy nodded, slowly getting off both agents, only to be tossed back as the red head kicked out at him and caught him in the chest. Immediately, Clint was there, bow drawn and Natasha had her weapon drawn as well. It was aimed straight at the boy's forehead and she had a glare that would kill. At that point, the other two had finally snapped out of it. Finally, they ran over and stopped the assassin before she fired again.
"Well, that wasn't very nice. I asked politely and yet you're still trying to kill me." The boy growled and stood up slowly, only to still as Natasha cocked her gun.
"Don't move." She ordered.
"Nat, Stop!" Steve demanded and stepped in front of her, blocking her. "He's just a kid!" she shouted angrily and Tony stood next to her, blocking Clint.
"He's right, guys. Calm down." Tony said, looking back at the kid who was now standing up and staring at them curiously.
"Thanks for that. I'd rather not have to get shot if I don't have to." He chuckled nervously. "So can you tell me why exactly I was gonna be shot in the first place?" Honey eyes stared the bow nervously. Tony nodded and turned to face the boy.
"Yeah, sorry about that. My team members really don't know the meaning of manners." Tony glared at them and the boy laughed. Tony smiled slightly and relaxed, but only slightly. Judging from how easily the boy took master assassins down, there was reason to be cautious around him.
"Who are you, kid?" Steve asked and turned around, managing to get Natasha to lower her weapon, but she seemed to be no less guarded around him. The boy smiled and seemed to relax.
"Oh, my name is Stiles Stilinski. And you are?"
*^End^*
And there it is. That's the chapter. I hope you all liked that and I apologize for the fact that my uploading is highly spastic. I'll try to get this done as soon as possible.
I shall speak with you all again when we next meet, so for now just keep reading and stay true.
Bye.
