Reaper sat on the sofa watching some animated show on Netflix when JARVIS interrupted.

"Miss Williams. Sir is ready for you now if you'd like to go down."

"Thank you, Jarvis. I'll head down now."

She went to her room and grabbed the notebook with the encoded letter. "Hey, Jarvis? Has Mr. Stark eaten?"

"Sir has not eaten since the coffee and blueberry muffin he had for breakfast."

"Well, that's not good. Can you order lunch for the two us at his favorite Italian restaurant? If they could quickly deliver it, that would be great."

"Sending it now ma'am."

"Thank you, Jarvis."

The assassin took the elevator down to Tony's lab and waited for JARVIS to open the door. She walked through the lab and noticed Tony working on an old classic car in the back. She asked JARVIS to turn down the music in order to get Stark's attention.

She cleared her throat, "Mr. Stark?"

"Oh, Ms. Williams. Didn't notice you come in."

"I wouldn't have either with music blasting that loud. I brought the note." She said while lifting the notebook.

"Let me just clean my hands. You can sit at the table for now." He washed his hands and sat down across from her. "So, what have you done so far?"

"I can't seem to identify the language being used."

"It's Swedish ma'am." JARVIS chimed.

"Thank you, Jarvis and you don't have to be so formal."

"The food is here."

"Food?" Tony looked confused for a moment.

"I hope you don't mind. I asked Jarvis to order food since you haven't eaten." Reaper stood up. "I'll go get it." Reaper left the lab and went down in the elevator to get the food. She tips the delivery boy and goes back to the lab. Tony was waiting for her by the elevator. "Oh." Tony grabs a bag from her.

"What did you order?"

"Italian."

Tony used his arm to push everything on the table to the floor. She placed the food on the now clear table and they dug in. Reaper stared at the note for a while.

"Oh! I think I know what this is."

"A spelling alphabet used by the military?"

Reaper stared at the engineer. "Well, that was anticlimactic. Jarvis, could you show us what it is spelling?"

A holographic screen appeared with the code on it. Reaper watched as the words began to quickly change until everything stopped and a shorter message appears.

V2UgYXJlIHdhdGNoaW5nIHlvdXIgZXZlcnkgbW92ZS4gV2UgYXJlIGxpc3RlbmluZyB0byB5b3VyIGV2ZXJ5IGNvbnZlcnNhdGlvbi4gWW91IG1heSBydW4gYnV0IHlvdSBjYW4gbmV2ZXIgaGlkZS4gIFNoZSB3aWxsIHN1ZmZlciB0aGUgY29uc2VxdWVuY2VzIGZvciB5b3VyIGluY29tcGV0ZW5jZS4gSGVyIHNjcmVhbXMgd2lsbCBsaWZ0IHRoZSByb29tLiBIZXIgYmxvb2Qgd2lsbCBwYWludCB0aGUgd2FsbHMuIEdpdmUgdXMgd2hhdCB3ZSByZXF1aXJlIG9yIHNoZSB3aWxsIHBheSB0aGUgcHJpY2Uu

"All that and there is another code to crack. At least this one is easier."

Tony looked up from his food and glances at the screen. "It's base64. That's like basic encoding."

JARVIS decoded the base64 and revealed the hidden message:

We are watching your every move. We are listening to every conversation. You may run but you can never hide. She will suffer the consequences for your incompetence. Her screams will lift the room. Her blood will paint the walls. Give us what we require or she will pay the price.

"Woah creepy." Reaper took a sip of her soda. "I wonder who the 'she' is."

"Your friend said he found this at his desk?"

"Yeah. It was delivered to him. Not sure why though. It doesn't seem addressed to him or any of his employees. He's a small time business owner."

Tony looked over the message trying to figure out what it could mean. "Well, whoever sent must be apart of some group because they keep referring to themselves as 'we' and 'us'. However, the 'your' they are using doesn't feel singular."

"What do you mean?"

"My gut tells me the letter is addressing a group not a single person."

Reaper's eyes widened and looked back at the message. 'This isn't from Zero. Someone must have switched the letters. Shit, we are being watched. But by who?'

"Ms. Williams?"

'How could they know he was going to give me a letter? Was it a coincidence?'

Tony snapped his fingers in Reaper's face but she was still lost in thought.

'Does that mean the letter was addressed to us or the Avengers? They must have seen me leave with Captain when the Avengers found our hotel room.'

"Ms. Williams!"

"Oh shoot. Sorry I was just thinking."

"I really lost you there. What were you thinking about?"

"Who the letter was addressed to. Could it be possible that this letter was for the Avengers, not my friend?"

"How could that be possible? Did anyone know you two were going to meet?"

Reaper shook her head, "I need to check to see if his or my phone has been bugged."

She got up from her seat and headed towards the elevator. Tony waved to DUM-E and U to clean up the garbage. He followed her out of the lab. They took the elevator to her floor.

"May I used your phone, Mr. Stark?"

"Sure."

Reaper grabbed the phone Tony handed her and walked over to the couch. She didn't see him whisper something to JARVIS. She dialed the number Hunter used as 'Jason'. The phone rang for a while and then went to voicemail.

"What the?"

She tried again but got the same result.

Suddenly a message appeared on her phone. It was an image. She 'screamed' and dropped the phone.

Tony cleared looking alarmed, "What happened?"

She kicked her phone towards the engineer who picked it up.

"Jarvis. Call a team meeting."

Finally! The message has been decoded. Let me know if any of you triedd to decode it and if you got it right. Hope you all enjoyed the chapter.

Til next time,
●SHADOW OUT●