Chapter Two: Excursion at Oscorp

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Dr. Bruce Banner sighed and ran his hands through his hair. Ever since Coulson had requested their help in finding Spiderman, Tony had been working nonstop.

"Bruce, what do you think of this?" Tony tossed his notebook to Dr. Banner, who glanced over the calculations.

"In theory, this would work. You still don't think that the webbing is a natural ability?", Bruce questioned. He had his doubts about chasing some random vigilante, but he held his tongue. He respected Phil and his wishes.

Tony got up from where he had been sitting at a lab table and shook his head. "The things around his wrists have to be used for something, right? And I even have footage of it. JARVIS, pull up the clip from earlier."

The AI's voice rang through the lab. "Of course, sir."

A video began playing. It was slightly shaky, suggesting that it had been taken using a cell phone camera, but the quality was still fairly good. It was probably enhanced by JARVIS's systems. Spiderman could clearly be seen shooting webs around a robber, taking his gun, and entrapping the thief's arms by his sides, before handing the gun to a nearby police officer. Bruce watched, fascinated, as the vigilante shot another web and swung off.

"Incredible", Bruce. He had heard of Spiderman before, sure, but he had never seen the vigilante in action. Even a short video clip was a testament to his skills.

"It is incredible, sure, but the most important thing to note is when Spidey hands the gun off. JARVIS, replay that part of the clip." Tony snapped his fingers at the ceiling, and the AI responded. "Anything for you, sir."

The video replayed, however, this time, the video was zoomed in and was in slow-motion. Spiderman could be seen replacing what looked like a capsule on his wrist band with another one, supplied from his tool belt.

"Okay, so you're right about the webbing. So where does that leave us?", Bruce asked.

Tony smirked and walked over to one of the tables, where he proceeded to pull up a life size hologram of Spiderman. "Aren't I always right?"

Bruce glared at Tony, who shut his mouth and returned to the hologram. "Well, despite Spidey here wearing a mask, I've been able to figure out a bit about him. He's around 5'10, at least."

Bruce walked over to the hologram, spinning it around a couple of times. Tony continued talking about the long, complicated process he had used to find Spiderman's height, but Bruce tuned it out. He had mastered that skill after becoming a friend of Tony's.

JARVIS's voice cut Tony's speech short. "Sir, I'm sorry to interrupt, but Agent Romanoff, Agent Barton, and Mr. Odinson are heading down to the lab."

Bruce noted the lack of the super soldier in the list of names JARVIS had rattled off, and questioned Tony. "Where's Steve at?"

Tony glanced up from the video he was watching. "Capsicle? He's out on some goodwill meeting with one of the S.H.I.E.L.D scientists at some company. Osworp? Osforp? I think it was something like that."

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Steve saw absolutely no reason why he was the one accompanying two S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists to a meeting at some science corporation. He thought that Bruce or Tony would be more qualified, but Coulson had asked for him specifically. Captain America was never one to turn down a request from a fan.

"Captain Rogers, the two scientists are on their way up." The artificial intelligence spoke, jolting the Captain out of his thoughts.
"Thanks, JARVIS." Steve picked up his shield from the ground, and easily hooked it onto his back as the elevator doors opened, revealing two scientists. One was a woman with brown hair, who was talking enthusiastically to the guy, a taller man with brown hair, though it was a different shade from the woman's hair.

"Fitz, this is an amazing opportunity! We get to not only go inside Oscorp, which both of us have been dying to do, but we get to meet Captain America! We can find out all about the impact of the super soldier serum on him, how it advanced his abilit-" The woman chattered rather excitedly to the man, who elbowed her.

"Simmons," the man said quietly. She continued to chatter, until the man elbowed her again, and she promptly shut up.

"Hello. I'm Captain America, but you can call me Steve." Steve extended his hand to the woman, shaking her hand, and then repeated the action with the man.

"Oh! I'm Dr. Jemma Simmons, and this is Leopold Fitz! Since I don't think Director Coulson told you what we were doing,here's the file. " She said in a rush of breath, while handing him a thin file.

Steve flipped through it. Apparently, Hydra had stolen a piece of Oscorp tech, and Coulson wanted to give it back, to help improve S.H.I.E.L.D.'s image, and, more importantly, borrow an incredibly advanced microscope.

Making eye contact, Simmons answered the question clearly visible on Steve's face.

"This isn't exactly your skill set, but the Director wanted an Avenger, especially with a great reputation, improve our image and help us get that microscope. It would be incredibly valuable to our research.

Steve handed the file back to Simmons, noting her shaking hands. "It's a pleasure to meet both of you. I heard from Coulson that after the meeting, you wanted to ask me about the impact of the super soldier serum on-" Steve's sentence was cut short by a ding on his cell phone, which he had slowly and painfully learned how to use.

He glanced down at the phone before speaking. "Our ride is here. We'll have to pick this conversation up later.

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One long, and frankly boring meeting later, Cap staggered out of the meeting room. Fitz and Simmons were still in there, but they had asked him to watch over the microscope, in case the Oscorp scientists changed their mind and wanted it back.

He headed to the lobby, holding the large microscope box, getting several questioning stares due to his uniform. Not exactly the most common outfit to be worn in a scientific organization, for sure.

Steve loaded the microscope into the car, then headed back to the lobby, sitting down in a chair.

"Hey, uh, are you Steve Rogers?" It was a young man speaking, with brown hair and eyes, holding out a slip of paper. "The people who wrote this note told me to look for the guy with the shield."

"Yes, I am. Thank you." Steve skimmed the note briefly. It said that Simmons and Fitz were going to stay at Oscorp for a while longer, and Steve was free to leave. Coulson would send someone to pick up the microscope later.

"Do you want me to give them a response or something?"

Steve shook his head, folding up the note. "It's okay. Thanks again."

"Sure, no problem. Do you work here?"

Steve smiled and laughed. "No, I work….. For the government." Best way to describe, he guessed. "What about you?"

The man's face darkened, and he lost his cheerful look. "No, I could never work here. Too many memories." A smile came upon his face. "I was dropping off lunch for my girlfriend. We were supposed to meet earlier, but she ended up having a meeting going overtime."

Steve nodded. "What's she like? Your girlfriend, I mean."

"Oh, she's wonderful. She's so sweet, independent, and clever, and she supports all of my decisions, even ones she thinks are a bit crazy!" For some reason, the man went very pink at this statement.

"She sounds wonderful." Steve looked at his phone screen, which was flashing with a notification from Tony, insisting he come to the Avengers Tower right away. "I'm sorry, but I must be off now."

The man shook his hand, and gave a gentle wave. "Later!"

It wasn't until Steve was almost at the Tower when he realized he hadn't gotten the man's name.


Author's note:

Well, there's for a nice ending! This chapter was mainly set-up, but next chapter we'll return to our shield carrying, web slinging, hammer wielding superheroes!

I will thank everyone for the reviews, but I just wanted to get this chapter up.