Hey guys Happy New Year! I hope you all had a very happy new year and I hope everyone brought it in safely. I know I'm a little late with my updates but I have been extremely busy with taking care of my family and spending time with the.
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In this chapter Natasha goes on her very first mission and I think we all know which one I'm talking about. I will not be going word for word from the movie and I did decided to make my own changes. I am also not going to spend a lot of time on her first mission because we all know what happens and how the movie end. I will only spend a short time on it and then I will be going on to Natasha and Clint's very first mission together.
Also this chapter will be starting about a week after the last chapter and before you ask yes Natasha and Vera are now living in their apartment down the hall from Clint.
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Chapter 9
Working with Iron Man
"Vera I'm getting ready to leave for work and just so you know I'm supposed to be getting my first assignment and I don't know if I will be leaving as soon as they brief me or if I'm leaving later in the week. Just in case I'm leaving today I got you a taser and pepper spray I left them in the office on my desk be sure you take them with you any time you leave the house. I also asked Clint to make sure he checks on you whenever I'm not here. He still has a couple of weeks off and he said that if we are ever away on any missions at the same time then someone from his family will also check on you for me."
"Don't worry Natasha and I'm sure Peter won't mind either and if you do leave tonight just be sure to call and let me know and be safe ok."
I hugged her and nodded my head if I did leave tonight this would be the first time that I have left her alone for more then a 8 hours and I must admit that I was nervous, but I trusted Clint to keep his word and check up on her for me and I knew he would keep her safe if she needed it.
"Agent Romanoff, today you get your very first mission. Are you excited?" I looked at Agent Coulson, as he asked me he had this huge grin on his face. Surprisingly Phil and me have been getting along great and I even trained with him one day. I could see that we would be great friends as well.
I smiled at him "yes I'm very excited, and can't wait to see what it is I will be doing."
"Well come on we need to get to the briefing room and then we have a jet that will take you to the location." He held the door open for me as he talked.
"So I am leaving tonight then?" I asked. "Yes most time when we get missions once we are briefed and given our objective we leave and then some times we won't leave until the very next day if its location is far. Your location is right here in the states so that's why you will be leaving as soon as you are briefed and given your objective."
We sat down while we waited for director Fury and after chatting for a little while he arrived.
"Agent Romanoff so for your very first mission you will be flying to Malibu and working for Tony Stark CEO of Stark Industries. He is also known as the hero Iron Man and I'm sure you've heard of him. Well we just got wind that the arc reactor that is in his chest is also killing him. He also just made his assistant CFO and he is currently in need of an assistant. What I want you to do is keep an eye on him and let me know of any issues that we may have and if he is getting into any trouble. You will contact me directly with any information that you feel is important or anything you feel I may need to know. He contacted his legal department for someone temporally that fits the qualifications of an assistant. As his assistant you are required to live with him and you will also travel when he travels. Since you are also fluent in English, Russian, French, Italian, and Latin that will also help as well seeing as how he is getting ready to go on a trip to Monaco. We currently have an apartment for you in Malibu that is in the name Natalie Rushman. We have it that you have lived in that apartment for a year and we also have some neighbors that will go along with that story if Mr. Stark decides to ask. The apartment is completely furnished and you have a closet full of clothes in your size and they vary from formal to causal. Do you have any questions?"
"No sir I believe you've explained everything perfectly."
"Alright then you will be given a folder of your identity and a key and it will also explain everything that I've just told you but in a little more detail. Once you land my number will be added to your phone from our computers here and the name that it will be listed under is Marcus Johnson. I also want you to know that you will see agent Coulson from time to time and don't blow your cover. He has worked with Mr. Stark before so if he is needed that is when you will see him. I will also come when I am needed and that is when we will revel your identity to Tony. Be careful and have a safe trip."
Once I got on the jet I called Vera to let her know that I was leaving and would return once my mission was complete. Surprisingly she didn't have a hard time. I then called Clint and asked him to keep and eye on her for me and he said that he would.
One month later later
Tonight was the night of Tony's big birthday party and since working with Tony Stark I've learned that he likes to flirt and I swear the man needs to be tested to see if he has some type of ADD or ADHD he gets so distracted easily and off track of what he was talking about. Last week when we were in Monaco Tony had this big run in with a guy who calls himself whiplash. It became a big deal once Fury found out because like the rest of us we didn't think that someone else would have the type of technology that Tony has for at least 5 years.
"Do you need anything else Mr. Stark?"
"Do you think it's a good idea to throw this party right now?"
"No sir, but it is your birthday."
"I know so quick question, if you knew that this would be your very last birthday how would you celebrate it?"
"I would celebrate it however I saw fit and I wouldn't care what anyone else thought or had to say."
"I guess I better go out with a bang huh?" I looked at him and nodded.
The party started off pretty well until Pepper decided to try and shut the party down and get Tony off the stage. Once she did this things just got kind of bad from there. Tony was shooting champagne bottles with his suit and then the next thing I know his friend Rhodey was in one of Tony's other suits and then a full on fight broke out between the two of them. I hurriedly snuck away and called Fury before I hung up the phone I saw Rhodey fly off in the suit he was in.
"Sir we have a problem, Rhodes just flew off with the suit."
"I'm on my way agent Romanoff. I want you to meet me at the airport as soon as I land understood?"
"Yes sir." All I could think is this is bad and great I've screwed up on my very first mission."
The next morning I met Fury at the airport just like he requested and once I explained everything that happened and I told him that the house was destroyed during the fight between Tony and James.
"Where is Tony now?"
"He's at Randy's Donuts."
"Well get in your suit and let's go revel to him the real reason you are here."
On the way Fury handed me a case that contained some type of syringe.
"That's Lithium Dioxide it's something that will help reverse the affects of the palladium that's slowly killing him until he can figure out a way to save his life. I'm going to talk to him for a few minutes and I won't you and the other agents to secure the perimeter and then I want you to come inside so that we can talk to Tony together."
Once the perimeter was secured I walked in and told Fury.
Tony took one look at me while Fury gave him a cheesy ass grin "well well well someone is a dirty little liar and by the way Ms. Rushman you are so very fired.
"Tony this is agent Romanoff.
"I'm a Shield Shadow that was tasked to keep an eye on you once Director Fury found out that you were ill."
"Well Ms. Rushman or Romanoff or whatever your name is I think you owe an apology."
"That's not the point Tony I'm here because you let your friend fly off with your suit."
"No first off I didn't let him fly off with it he took it."
"So let me get this straight you are Iron Man and he took your suit. So the little brother walked right and there kicked your ass and took your suit. Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have some type of security measures to protect unauthorized usage."
"What do you want from me."?
I walked off to get the case and when I got back Fury told me to hit him and when I stuck him he looked at me and asked "oh God are you going to steal my kidney and sell it?" If it weren't for Fury sitting there I would have laughed at the situation.
"No we just helped you."
We then went back to Tony's house Fury talked to him while I disconnected all of his lines from any outside world like Fury told me to do. When I got back to where Fury was Coulson was already there and waiting.
"Agent Romanoff will remain a shadow and you will get to work. You do remember Agent Coulson don't you Tony. Oh and Tony remember I got my eye on you."
"Oh yeah which one are you talking about with all due respect sir?"
After another week I finally finished up the mission and returned to headquarters to finish debriefing on my mission.
"Alright agent Romanoff go home and get some rest and I want you to return in a few days for your next mission. You will be working with agent Barton on this one and it's a very important case."
"Yes sir see you in a few days."
When I got home Vera and Peter were sitting on the couch watching TV. "Hey guys how have things been?"
"Good what about you Natasha?"
"I've been good Peter and thank you for stopping by and keeping an eye on things around here for me."
"It's no problem especially since me and your sister have been spending a lot of time together."
"Well you guys have fun I have 3 days off before I'm back at it so I'm going to take a nice long hot bath and then I'm going to bed. Hopefully I will see you again before I leave Peter. Oh and on my next assignment I get to work with your brother so I guess I will give him a call before I go to bed. Goodnight guys."
"Goodnight and we will talk tomorrow after you wake up Natasha."
3 days later
During my 3 days break all I did was relax and have fun and eat a lot. Vera and I invited Peter and Clint to join us for a day at the beach yesterday and when we got back we cooked for them and surprisingly we all had a great time. I could also tell that things were getting real serious between Vera and Peter. I was happy for her and Peter is an awesome guy.
There was a knock at the door and I went to answer it to see that it was Clint coming to pick me up. I told Vera I would see her when we got back because I knew that more then likely we would leave directly after we were briefed or we would leave the very next day but I knew I wouldn't be back home until after the mission.
When we got to headquarters we went ahead to the briefing room and waited for Director Fury.
"Agents Barton and Romanoff glad to see you again. I hope you have a good break agent Barton and I'm sorry that you didn't get a long break agent Romanoff but I need you both on this as soon as possible. A day before you returned from your mission agent Romanoff a small country popped up on the outskirts of South Africa. After sending a couple of agents there we discovered that the country itself if named Wakanda and their leader's name is T'Challa. Those agents soon found out that he has certain abilities he later captured them and we were able to pick up a little bit of information before their communications went dead. We need you two to go and watch him for a little while and then try to convince him to come back with you guys so we can find out if he will be a threat later on."
Clint looked to me then to Fury " that shouldn't be to hard but I still don't understand why we both need to go together sir."
"Well that's another issue and I know that you both will have a problem with what I'm going to ask you to do next and I can understand that you both will not won't to do it but let's keep in mind that time is of the essence and we don't have much time for you to argue against what I will say."
"I already don't like the sound of that sir. The last time you said that I got my ass handed to me by Natasha."
"I know but at the end of the day remember that you two or under contract and you can be upset but it needs to be done in order for this mission to work ok."
"Whatever you need director Fury."
"Well remember your words agent Romanoff and do you feel the same way to agent Barton?"
"Yes sir whatever you need sir."
"Alright I need the two of you to get married. Before you say anything it needs to look like you two are enjoying an African honeymoon and that you just so happened to stumbled in that country. So what do you to think about that?"
We both jumped out of our sits and shouted "WHAT?"
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please don't forget to tell me what you think. I love to hear what you guys think so please review and tell me what you would like to see or if there is a favorite character that you would like to see make an appearance as well.
Do you guys think that Clint and Natasha will agree to what Fury just asked them to do or not. I know a lot of people that like the Black Panther so hopefully I will do him justice.
I will also let you guys know that pretty soon Natasha and Vera will learn Peter's secret and I have no idea how either of them will react once they find out. Maybe it will go or maybe it will be bad.
I hope to have another update by the end of this week if I'm not as busy as I have been. Please be patient I promise it's coming but please don't forget to let me know what you think I love reading everyone's reviews sometimes it makes me feel good about my stories.
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