Natasha slung her red locks over her shoulder as everyone gathered around Tony's small bar that he had. She sat between Dr. Banner and Steve. Pepper laid a hand on Natasha's shoulder.
"Tony got ahold of Clint last night." She said smiling.
"Pepper," Tony said flatly, "you ruined the surprise." Natasha smiled slightly just enough to show that she cared.
"What did he say?" Tony leaned against the counter pouring himself of glass of whatever he could find.
"Well, Pepper could probably tell you since she's so eager to ruin a bunch of surprises, but I will speak first." He paused for a second taking a sip from his glass. "He's on his way back from Italy. He said he'd be here sometime there was a flight delay."
Natasha heard footsteps behind her, and she turned eagerly to see her partner again. Instead there was a girl about thirteen to fourteen years old standing in black dress pants and a one shouldered dark green shirt. She had black heels on that made her look a little taller than she was.
"Miss Brooke Kingdom, this is the Avengers group. Everyone this is my junior assistant Brooke her mother and I were good friends so I got a letter saying that she was coming to help me out along with Pepper." Tony said.
"Of course she only helps me out twelve percent." Pepper said smirking walking over to Brooke.
"Not fair." Tony said pointing at Pepper.
Brooke smirked. "Hello, guys." She said a little bit too properly. Natasha cocked her head thinking while everyone was asking Brooke questions. Everything she said seemed planned out. Too planned out.
"Who's your father?" Steve asked.
Brooke stood by Pepper and said, "My father was an agent for a program, but he got killed on the job." Natasha shook her head. Something just wasn't right.
Tony smiled, "Well, Brooke, I believe that I need you to do something for me." While he gave Brooke an assignment for him
Natasha turned to Pepper, "Where is she from?"
"Seattle." Pepper replied proudly. Natasha looked at Brooke. Nothing about her read Seattle. She looked like she came from a foreign area by the way that she acted. Natasha, being a trained spy, knew that this had to be an act or Brooke was just a complicated young teen.
"Do you do any type of fighting with your dad being in an agent and all?" Natasha asked.
Brooke shifted uncomfortably, "A little bit. I took karate when I was four and dropped out when I was nine." Natasha knew this was all in just good acting. There is no way that it was just karate. Her muscle on her legs and arms were huge and definitely showed some strength.
Peppers phone rang after a bit of awkward silence. "Hello….Oh hi!..." Pepper looked at Tony, "Yup he'll be there in a second….Okay, bye." She hung up the phone and motioned towards the door, "Tony, you promised me earlier." "I know." He said. Tony gulped down his drink and then walked toward Pepper. He gave her a kiss on the cheek, "Be right back."
Natasha rolled her eyes. She wasn't a huge fan of the whole love thing. "Oh come on, Natasha, we both know that you and Barton will do the same thing." Tony said on his way out.
Natasha sighed brushing it off. It wasn't the first time she was accused of being with Barton even though she had the idea…. Brooke spoke up, "Who's Barton?"
"Agent Clint Barton is one of the Avengers he was away on a short assignment to Italy. He was all done, but he had to stay for a little bit longer so there were no suspicions." Banner said. Natasha flushed. Why was his name now having so much effect on her? Maybe Tony was right.