Life blessing or curse 14

Tony walks into the tower twenty minutes later and looks to Felicity who is passed out on the lab table, before he directs his attention to Clint and asks "Did she mention what the guy's name is? I don't mind him staying I just need a name to give security so they know that he is clear to come up." Clint crosses his arms before replying "She said the kids name is Roy Harper, I already ran a background check on him and he has gotten in trouble for some minor stuff. " Tony rubs his chin in thought before shrugging and saying "But if Licity vouches for him then I have no problem, I will let them know down stairs." Clint nods before he looks at Bruce to see him looking thoughtfully at a space in the wall.

Clint moved to Bruce's side and put a hand on his shoulder breaking him from his thoughts, he looked to Clint with a unreadable expression as he hesitantly asked "How did they know?... How did hydra know where Felicity was, she never left the tower except for when she was with you Natasha and then Natasha Steve and Pepper. How did they close in so fast?" Tony's eyebrows furrowed as he thought over various possibilities, suddenly his head whipped up and he exclaimed "Jarvis! Run internal scans, look for any out going unauthorized signals."

Bruce and Clint looked up to the ceiling as they anxiously awaited the AI's findings, suddenly the AI replied "Sir, there is a signal emanating from Ms. Smoak's purse. From the wave length I would say that it is sending GPS coordinates every few seconds." Clint and Bruce's eyes narrowed at the floor to the purse a foot from them, Tony cleared his throat before saying "Well Legolas, you're the spy and her cousin. Find the tracker in her purse." Clint looked to Bruce before going impassive and grabbing the purse, he opened it and started surveying what was in it. His eyes narrowed in on a small flashing light emanating from a corner of her purse, he reached in and pulled out a small circular device that was blinking.

He put his hand to his lips signaling everyone to remain quiet as he gently dropped Felicity's purse and made his way to Tony who was already typing rapidly at his computer. Tony hit the enter key hard and suddenly the device in Clint's hand screeched before a small puff of smoke released from the core and the blinking stopped. "That was a nasty little bugger, it was both a tracer and a short distance listening device. I used Jarvis to emit a long range frequency to fry it, it most likely fried the receiving device that was being used to record all the info. Jarvis were you able to back track it?" Says Tony before looking inquisitively towards the ceiling in hope, only for the AI to reply "I am sorry sir, I was unable to get a lock on the tracers location."

Tony frowned while Bruce mumbled out "I wonder how the tracer got into her purse in the first place." Steve at that moment walked into the room and stated "The purse thief... Before Felicity and Natasha got to the mall a older teen grabbed Felicity's purse and took off with it, however I just so happened to be walking by and was able to stop him. Neither Natasha nor I noticed him slipping the tracer into her purse." his explanation made sense to everyone in the room.

Steve looked too Felicity who still lay unconscious on the lab table and moved to her side to examine her more closely. "Will she be alright?" he asked with concern lacing his tone. Bruce took his glasses off and cleaned them on his shirt as he replied " She should be fine, the bullet did tear some of the muscle in her left arm, she will have to wear a sling only for a few days. Thankfully the shot was precise or it would've kept her out of commission for weeks if it had hit her anyone else but where it did. She should be awake in under four hours, she wouldn't stop babbling and I could tell that she was trying to hide how much the pain was aggravating her. She has a lot of strength for someone so fragile."

He commented nonchalantly causing Tony to push into the conversation and say "I am impressed that she managed to tackle a super soldier that weighs at least 250 pounds... most of which is muscle. Is capsicle going soft? I mean a 125 pound women can tackle him before he can react." Bruce shrugged at Steve's annoyed look, Clint was quick to take the seat by his cousin and get comfortable giving everyone the chance to leave.

Three hours later

Roy walked out of the airport with a red duffle bag hanging off his shoulder packed with all his stuff. He looked around capturing an image of the huge city that he had never been to before. He was enjoying the site till a large gust of cold air surrounded him making him shiver under his heavy red hoodie. His eyes scanned the horizon to see off in the distance Avenger's tower, standing out like a sore thumb thanks to its ornate design. He sighed " If it wasn't so cold I might actually like it here." He began walking towards the tower with a impassive face, the cold bothering him.

After about twenty minutes of walking he is at the front of the tower beginning to shiver, he pushed through the door and into the lobby. He looked around impressed by the design and advanced technology before he moved to the reception desk. " Hello Welcome to Avengers Tower, how many I help you?" asked the blonde typing away on a Stark computer before looking up in greeting. Roy raised an eyebrow before replying "Ummm I am Roy Harper, I believe that the Avengers are expecting me." The lady looked him up and down with a raised eyebrow and noticed his red duffle bag before she looked on her screen and typed in the name. After a second she pressed her blue tooth and spoke "Mr. Stark,there is a Roy Harper here to see you."

Roy leaned against the receptionists desk as he waited for the lady to finish speaking with Tony Stark. "Yes sir." finished the women bringing Roy's attention straight to her once again. "Mr. Stark is on his way down, you may wait by the elevators." she said with a smile before gesturing around the corner. He thanked her before moving to the elevator. As he passed through the security entrance a loud beep sounded throughout the room making several security personnel snap their heads in Roy's direction. He froze, eyebrows knitted in concern as he watched the reactions of everyone around him. One security guard walked determinedly towards him, face completely tense as he tried to keep his facial features calm.

"Sir, my name is Happy Hogun, I am the head of security here. May I ask why you have a foldable bow inside your duffle bag?" he asked making Roy's jaw drop in surprise, before he mentally rolled his eyes and scolded himself 'It's Tony Starks building for pete sake.' He takes a deep breath trying to figure out how to explain without giving away that he is a vigilante when Tony Stark suddenly appears and intervenes "It's okay Happy, he is no threat, you can go back to what you were doing." Happy impassively nodded before spinning around and walking collectively back to the position he was at near the reception desk.

Roy looked to Tony and rubbed his neck "Ermm... Mr. Stark." Tony turned to him with a bag of blueberries in his hand, "Mr. Stark was my father... Call me Tony. You must be Smoaky's friend that is like a overprotective bro to her?" he questions with a raised eyebrow. Roy beamed at his description before holding out his hand "Roy Harper, and yep that sounds like a accurate description of me." Tony walked into the elevator encouraging him to follow, as soon as the doors closed a voice spoke "Welcome to Avengers tower Mr. Harper, I am Jarvis an Artificial intelligence created by Mr. Stark. If there is anything you need please don't hesitate to ask me." Roy jumped and spun around looking for the cause of the voice, he looked to Mr. Stark with furrowed eyebrows meeting an amused face.

"What did that thing just say? And where is it?" he asked with a slight firmness in his voice making Tony roll his eyes. "He is a advanced computer that runs this tower, and he can help you with anything you need." he replied as if he was explaining his system to a five year old. They arrived on the twentieth floor and was greeted by Clint, Natasha and Bruce. Tony led the way to the common room and they all followed. " So how do you know my cousin and why do you carry a red recurve bow?" asked Clint immediately getting into interrogation mode. Roy looked at him wide eyed as he froze, he was being interrogated by the legendary Hawkeye, how cool is that!?

He stepped back to reply "Her and I work together and hang out together, we are kind of like brother and sister. As for the bow, that's classified." he rubbed the back of his neck to emphasize that he was sorry. Clint didn't look happy about his response but before he could threaten the life out of Roy a voice came over the intercoms "Hey Clint, Felicity is awake." Clint followed by everyone else walked into the elevator and headed to the lab. They all walked in to see Felicity looking at her arm with a smile, making Clint look at her weird and ask "Why are you smiling about getting shot?"

Felicity opened her mouth to reply but Roy beat her too it an amused smile as he said "Because it means she has another scar to show off, like her first one." Felicity beamed at Roy and launched into his arms "Glad that you made it." Roy smiled and hugged her back but Felicity pulled away and with a angry face punched him in the shoulder. "That's for breaking the cell phone I made you."

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