Bruce paced the room, worried. No one had heard from Tony in days, then suddenly they all get a text from him demanding an urgent meeting at his place. Of course the great Tony Stark had to be fashionably late, even to his own 'urgent' meeting.. That thought died from everyones minds the moment he stepped off the elevator looking frazled and tired like he'd been up for weeks studying for a life or death exam.

Before anyone could ask what was going on he shoved a tablet into each of their hands and demanded, "Read it." "Um.. Tony?" Natasha questioned as she looked over what looked like obsessive notes by a psycho. He stoped pacing. He'd taken to pacing after they all had their tablets. "I know it all sounds like a bunch of crazy, conspiracy theory shit, but I promise you, it's real. It's all real. Jarvis cross referenced everything multiple times, I cross refrenced everything myself multiple times! My father.. My father was an Assassin! So are Dante and Nero!"

Everyone was looking at him like he'd grown a second head, but he continued, not even noticing the strange looks, "That's who's been summoning all those Demons lately! The Templars! That's why they refused to tell Fury who they suspected because it would automatically lable them as Assassins. This information is beyond classified. Understand? It doesn't. Leave. This. Room." Now he noticed the strange looks they were giving him and he sighed, thinking how best to convence them.

"Tony.." Steve placed a hand on his friends holder, "Come on. You should sit down. Relax a moment." Maybe he should. His hands were shaking. Although he couldn't tell if they were shaking from fear, excitement or simply lack of sleep. "Wait, guys.." Steve took the tablet from Clint. "I've seen this before." He pointed to a picture of a golden sphere with strange lines and markings on it.

"When I found the Tessaract.. It had a similar energy coming from it.." Tony pulled something from a bag he'd brought up with him, "Like this?" Steves eyes widend as he took a step back, nodding. Everyone could feel it. Even Clint and Natasha. They could feel the energy coming from it, beconing them to it. Tempting them to touch it, use it.

"You should not have such a thing, Friend Stark. Where did you find such a powerful artifact?" Tony put it back in the bag, "My father had it hidden here.. That is the Apple of Eden.. or one of them. There's several floating around. They have the ability to grant vast knowledge and the ability to control peoples minds."

Thor looked scared that such a thing existed, much less multiples of it. Tony continued to explain what he'd found, "The other Pieces include the Ankh, able to heal wounds and temporarily resurect the dead. No one knows where it is right now. The Crystal Skulls, most of which are in Templar hands, are able to be used for comunication.. Like phones, but far more secure and untraceable. The Shroud of Turin is able to heal wounds of varying degrees and some believe it to be able to bring back the dead. Again, no one knows where it is. The one in the museum is a fake. The Papal Staff also has the ability to control minds. Everyone knows where that one is. Why else do you think the Vatican has always held such influence over people? And then there were/are several swords that grant their weilder great strength and leadership ability. Joan of Arc had one, Genghis Khan.." The combination of his long, excited explination and lack of sleep left him feeling like he was about to pass out.

"We should tell Fury about this. Surely he would want to know." Steve spoke up. He believed him. He believed the story of these things and the Assassins. He fought along side a few durring the war but was sworn to secrecy. He didn't know the Brotherhood was still around. Tony gave him a tired look, "He already knows. He's a Templar.. Jarvis, show 'em." The information pulled itself up on their tablets. Furys records. His dealings with known, high ranking Templars. Everything. He gave them a moment to read over it, trying not to fall asleep on them. "I'm giving the Apple to Dante." He announced after they had a chance to read.

"What? Why? We don't even know the guy and you're going to trust him with such a powerful thing?" Clint was scared. With good reason. He knew what it was like to have his mind controlled, to have his free will striped away. Tony just shrugged, "He can protect it better than we can.. Also, I'm having trouble not using it, myself. I really, really want to see what kind of knowledge it holds.."

"Then it would be best to get rid of it. Perhaps Asgard would be a better place for it?" Thor offered and Tony thought about it, "Maybe.. I think it would be best to let the Assassins decide. We can suggest it to them, though, definently." They all agreed and Tony had Jarvis send Dante a message that he wanted to talk to him in person. No sooner was the message sent out and a portal opend in the middle of the room, the occupants of the Devil May Cry and Loki coming through to greet them.

"Brother!" Loki was tempted to go back through the Bifrost, but it had already closed. Damn his luck. "Wait a minute.. Have we met somewhere before?" Steve asked Volpe before they could even start the introductions. He then looked to the twins and found that he recognised them as well. But that couldn't be possible. They smiled at him and Volpe answered in his thick accent, "Steve Rogers, Si? We have met, albeit brefly. I am La Volpe. You have also met my allievi, Candy and Gatto." He gestured to the twins who bowed respectfully.

"How.." He couldn't even think of how to ask them.. How could this be? How had they not aged? "It is a long story, mi amico." They all sat down to talk after introducing themselves. There weren't quite enough places on the couches or the bar stools for everyone to sit, but they refused to let Tony go get some more chairs. Steve was fine standing and Kou didn't mind sitting on the floor with the twins.

Volpe decided to start with the shorter and easier explination: the story of the twins and himself.

Si = Yes

allievo/allievi = Student/s, Pupil/s

Mi amico/amici = My friend/s

A/N: you may have noticed I didn't update yesterday.. because I'm running low on chapters and have a bad cold to accompany my writers block! I'll update once a week (Mondays) until I either run out of chapters or the writers block passes.

Please? Reviews help get rid of the writers block faster! Especially if they have ideas in them for something interesting to happen!