Life blessing or curse 10

Somewhere hidden in Starling

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE BOY EVADED YOUR HIGHLY SKILLED TEAM!?" yelled Damon Death fist clenched, eyes murderous with clouded rage. Jonathan stood in front of his superior trying not to shake with fear as his boss suddenly threw a wine glass at his head, making the specialist dodge the glass. "Sir, we had everything planned out to a tee but some how that Harper kid managed to sense us and hit a alert for his team before we could intervene. Once that happened he was literally guided away from every position our men had and the arrow took a few of them out." He impassively explained as his boss took a seat with a menacing glare plastered on his face.

"So the Arsenal got help from the other side of the US, Ms. Smoak is more resilient than I expected." Damon said with a impressed tone in his voice, he picked up a sheet of paper and stared decisively at it. "I believe it is time we have our team in Manhattan report in, get them on the line before supper."

Back in Manhattan

Felicity was walking alongside Natasha and Clint all of them with Starbucks drinks in their hands and smiles on their faces. "Well now that you have seen everything why don't you and Nat meet up with Pepper at the mall, she said and I quote ' Felicity and Natasha must go on a spree with me so we can all get to know each other better'" says Clint making exaggerated actions that pepper had done in a female tone.

Natasha smirked while Felicity snickered before Felicity replied "Where are you going to be? Because we could always use a body guard and someone to carry all our bags." Clint almost instantly shook his head and held out his hands in a stopping manner "Whoa whoa... Not in a million years. I will be going back to the tower to spar with Sam, and you don't need a body guard you have Nat and if worse comes to worse you have Happy who drives Pepper around as well."

Felicity sighed as Natasha spoke up "We will call you if something happens, come on Felicity the mall is only a short walk from here." The blonde sighed before giving her cousin a quick hug in which he returned before following after Natasha who was already across the street, walking with haste. They were walking towards the mall when all of a sudden a juvenile teen pulled Felicity's purse from her shoulder and took off. "HEY STOP! GIVE ME BACK MY PURSE!" exclaimed Felicity running after after the thief, Natasha hot on her heels in their pursuit.

The teen was weaving through the crowd remarkably well, Natasha ran past Felicity her face full of determination and eyes narrowed in on the blonde juvenile when out of no where he suddenly drops like a sack of potatoes. Felicity and Natasha skid to a halt by him only to see a baseball laying on the ground a foot from the guy. "Give me my purse you idiot!" exclaims Felicity gasping for breath in between each word. The teen jumped to his feet ready to sprint only to turn around and run into a wall of... Muscle .

Natasha and Felicity instantly smile upon seeing Steve standing there arms crossed with disappointment across his face aimed at the teenager. "You know the lady asked for her purse back, I suggest you do it." Steve calmly states eyes boring into the teens very soul. The teen looked completely trapped before he sighed and hesitantly passed Felicity her purse back, whom promptly asked "What's your name?" As she looks him up and down noticing his worn and cut up clothing.

The teen looked between all of them before looking at Felicity and with a timid voice replied "M-my name is Daniel... Daniel Jones... I am sorry for taking your purse. Please don't turn me into the cops, it's just my sister is sick." Upon seeing the boy plead the two Avengers and tech specialist furrowed their brows before Natasha took a step towards him and look him straight in the eyes for any hints of a lie. He took a step back intimidated by her stare but looked at Steve and Felicity in a pleading way, Natasha pursed her lips and crossed her arms as she impassively replied "He isn't lying" Both Steve and Felicity had a silent argument through eyes before Steve huffed and fixed Daniel with a stern stare before saying "Son... Your incredibly lucky that my friend Felicity here is so forgiving. We won't press charges but I suggest you find a better way of surviving instead of stealing from women."

Daniel gulped before nodding in understanding before replying with genuine thanks "Thank you, thank you so much..." Felicity nodded before gesturing for him to go, the teen took off into a massive crowd before completely disappearing from their site. "Well that was a first. What are you doing Rogers? Your never on this side of town and you hate the mall." asked Natasha her arms falling down to her side . Steve scratched the back of his neck in slight nervousness before replying "Well as much as I hate the mall, I need to pick up a new motorcycle jacket from a store there. I was just on my way when that kid grabbed her purse."

Felicity smiled before saying "Well we were just headed to the mall too, Pepper is there and wants us to go shopping. Want to walk with us? You can be our bodyguard and make sure my purse doesn't get snatched again." she looks up at him with a twinkle in her eye that caught him and Natasha by surprise. Steve raises an eyebrow before sliding his hands into his jean pockets and replied "Lead on."

When they arrived ten minutes later Pepper enthusiastically pulled Felicity and Natasha into the nearest brand name store. Steve dutifully followed them around the stores for a total of six hours before they finally found the store that was selling the jacket he was needing. Steve stood gobsmacked as he entered the store "Nothing is simple anymore." he states upon seeing the several different colors and styles of motorcycle jackets. Felicity purses her lips as she looks at several different displays before pulling Steve over to one. "This style and color would work well for everyday casual and motorcycle riding." she says with pride in her opinion.

Steve looked the jacket over once before grabbing his size and heading for the check out, Pepper gawked at him before exclaiming "That's it!? Your not going to keep looking around? See if you find something else that peeks your interest... None of that?" Her questions make him shrug before he replies "Why waste daylight when I already know this is the jacket I am buying?" Natasha smirks as she casually agrees "Rogers is right, leave him alone Pepper." Upon Pepper's huff of annoyance Steve paid for the jacket and joined Felicity on the sidelines as Natasha and Pepper argued over whether or not they had done enough shopping.

Felicity looked up at Steve and whispered "Do you want to get a bite to eat? It's already past five." she asked, Steve looked back over to Natasha and Pepper before nodding and gesturing for her to lead. Felicity walked alongside him to the food court, before gawking at the size of the place. "I thought the food court at Starling City's mega mall was huge but this is like comparing that mall as Iron Man and this mall as the Hulk. There is literally no comparison in size, i mean this place has every type of food I can think of!" she exclaims looking to him with a shocked expression that made Steve chuckle in amusement. Steve gestured for her to follow him as he said "Come on we better hurry before Natasha and Pepper find us."

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