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And now I would like to present to you chapter 14!

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"Captain Rogers? Miss Stark?" Jarvis' voice sounded throughout the room waking Ella from her sleep. She blinked a few times realising she wasn't in her room but on the couch in Steve's art studio. They had fallen asleep there after spending hours talking to each other. Ella and Steve were lying length-ways along the small couch which really wasn't big enough for too, especially when one of those two people were Steve. If it wasn't for the strong arm wrapped around her waist Ella was sure she would have fallen on the floor by now.

"Captain Rogers?! Miss Stark?!" Jarvis' voice sounded out again, this time louder. It startled Steve awake causing him to rapidly move into a sitting position on the couch therefore causing Ella to fall onto the floor in an ungraceful heap.

"Ella! Sorry, you okay?" Steve asked grabbing her hand to pull her back up onto the couch.

"Ouch, yeah I'm fine," Ella replied rubbing her arm which took most of the damage. Luckily her ribs weren't too bad today. "Next time we have a sleep over we are sleeping on a bed." She stated causing them both to blush.

"Captain Rogers, Miss Stark. I have been asked to inform everyone in the building that Mr Stark is calling a meeting in an hour regarding the Lumia." Jarvis said.

Ella groaned, what with the new changes to hers and Steve's relationship she had almost forgotten about the ongoing threat to the avengers. Almost.

"He must have managed to repair Jarvis' damaged circuits." Ella thought aloud knowing that Tony had pretty much been working non-stop to get the AI fully operational and back online.

"We should get ready and get down there." Steve spoke running a hand through his hair.

"Yeah, I need to get back to my floor and change" Ella replied looking down at the large white t-shirt she was still wearing from the night before. She rose from the couch to collect her dress which was still in the tumble drier along with the clothes Steve was wearing last night for their date.

"So I guess I'll see you down there." Steve asked rising from the couch so he could walk her to the door.

Ella smiled, "Yeah," she said before leaning up to kiss him. Steve instantly wrapped his arms around her returning it.

"I still can't get over the fact I can kiss you now." Steve laughed as they pulled away. Ella gave him one last peck on the lips before opening the door leading to the elevator.

"Hey Steve?" She called back

"Yeah?"

"I had a really great time last night." They both smiled at each other.

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It was only when Ella got back to her floor that she realised she was still wearing Steve's shirt; luckily there was no one else in the elevator so no-one saw her. She threw the dress over the back of the chair smiling widely as she did. Maybe she would just steal the shirt from him; it was definitely comfortable and still smelled like him. She went into the bathroom to run a shower, stripping down she noticed the bruises from her ribs had gone down significantly, now they were a yellowish colour rather than the blueish purple they were a few days ago. Hopefully in another few days the bruises would be gone altogether.

Ella showered and dressed making it to the meeting room with plenty of time to spare. Clint and Natasha were already there along with Pepper and Bruce. Pepper gave her a knowingly look causing Ella to blush wildly. She sat down next to the CEO trying to avoid her intense gaze. Luckily she didn't have to do it for long, Tony and Steve walked into the room together, clearly discussing something to do with the Lumia and the new information Tony had seemingly uncovered. Steve took a seat next to Bruce as Tony got started.

"Right, I managed to get Jarvis back up and running. It wasn't too bad once I re-routed the server and…" he trailed off seeing the blank faces of the other people in the room.

"Never mind. So I got him to run a search on everyone that came into the building on the day of the explosion. Two names came back. Chad Haynes and Paul Newman, now Paul Newman was with Pepper the whole time discussing a business deal with Stark Industries so Chad Haynes is our best bet. He has been in and out of prison from various offences." Tony continued

"Hold on, how did he get into the building?" Natasha asked

"He was part of the workforce rebuilding the Tower after the New York explosion. He didn't draw any attention to himself. Came in, did the work and left just like every other guy working on the repairs." Tony explained

"That means the Lumia has been planning this for a long time. They made sure he wouldn't be detected so he could plant the bomb." Steve explained

"It means those bastards planted someone in my home to hurt my friends. And they think they have gotten away with it. They're wrong." Tony argued

"Tony you can't do anything stupid, we need to find out what their plan is so we can stop it." Ella reasoned watching cautiously as Tony clenched and unclenched his fists, ruffling the piece of paper he was holding.

"I'm not going to do anything stupid, El. I am going to talk to him though." Tony replied

"You know where he is?" Clint asked wanting to have a conversation with the guy that tried to kill him too.

"According to Jarvis he lives locally, just outside the city. Two hour drive from here. Interested?"

"Hell yeah!" Clint replied before Natasha elbowed him in the ribs giving him a glare.

"You are still in a cast for your leg. I'm going." Natasha replied

"Alright me and Natasha will go today see what Mr Haynes has to say for himself." Tony nodded.

"Natasha, are you sure that's a good idea? Stark can be a little brash." Steve asked

"Don't worry Cap, I can handle Stark." She smiled

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"You sure this is the right place?" Tony asked Natasha as they pulled up to the location Jarvis had given. It looked more like a shack than a home, wooden beams painted in a faded yellow colour that were barely in place. One strong wind and Tony doubted the shack would even still be standing.

"It's where the directions lead to, let's check it out." Natasha said turning off the engine and stepping out of the car. She had insisted on driving and Tony didn't want to question her considering she was a ninja assassin and all. Tony had been clinging to his seat the entire journey, he liked to drive fast but Natasha; she really liked to drive fast.

The door was locked but Natasha found a window that was open, she gracefully climbed through it, letting Tony in from the other side of the door.

"You know, if spy work doesn't work out so should become a robber." Tony remarked as he stepped over the threshold. The shack was less impressive on the inside; it was dank and smelled like a brewery.

"The Lumia is paying him a whole heap of money and yet he still lives like this?" Tony asked, nudging a stack of papers with his foot.

"Maybe he isn't doing it for the money." Natasha reasoned as they looked around the rest of the building.

"I don't think anyone is home." Tony called out after almost gagging at the state of the bedroom. Before Natasha could answer they heard someone shout, Tony was knocked to the ground as a figure ran past him. Natasha was quick into action. Natasha sprung up, pulling the guy back towards her. He threw his head back trying to dislodge her but Natasha was quicker. She avoided the blow turning around to throw a punch. The guy did a double take, spitting blood on the ground as he did. He lunged for her but Natasha wrapped herself around him like a snake. The guy threw himself backwards slamming Natasha into a wall causing her to drop from his back. Tony came into view placing a well aimed punch to the guy's stomach. He doubled over in pain causing Natasha to jump onto his back once more, securing an arm around his neck.

"One move and you die." She whispered in his ear. The guy froze, raising his hands slowly in a surrender action, "Good boy" she commented before sliding off his back.

"We just want to talk to someone called Chad Haynes." Tony explained trying to get the grime off his expensive suit. Natasha laughed at him.

"You should have brought your Iron Man suit." She remarked as she turned the guy round to face her, cocking a gun in his face.

"I'm Chad Haynes." He spoke in a deep accent

"Well hi, Chad. Mind telling me what you were playing at planting a bomb in our home?" Tony asked sarcastically.

"I was following orders." He said simply

"Orders from the Lumia?" Natasha asked, "Start talking!"

"Never, they will kill me."

"We will kill you if you don't!" Tony shouted Natasha raised an eyebrow at him, that wasn't part of the plan.

"Listen you came into my home, hurt people I care about. I don't like you very much, and that's not a great place to be." Tony said menacingly. His face inches away from Chad, causing the other man to lean back.

"They recruited me while I was in prison, said I could help them do great things. My mission was to get into Stark Tower without anyone getting suspicious then wait for their signal." Chad said eyes trained on Natasha's gun.

"What are they planning next?" Natasha demanded

"I don't know. My mission was the plant the bomb. My contract to them ended when I completed that mission. Whatever their next plan is I am not a part of it." Chad insisted.

"See I have this rule, never believe criminals." Tony remarked

"I swear, all I know is they are building up for something. The bomb was phase 1, the first step. If I were you I would get running." Chad smirked. Natasha pressed the gun into his shirt lining the barrel up with his heart.

"Where are they?"

"I don't know! They communicated with me through phone calls and emails. Never in person." Chad replied wincing as Natasha's gun pressed harder against his chest. "I'm dead anyway, I have said too much. All I know is the Lumia, they are scientists, we are nothing but their foot soldiers; we are replaceable." Chad sighed.

Natasha pulled her gun away from his chest. This was new information. The Lumia were scientists, the news article, the bomb they weren't the main event. They were plots to get the avengers running scared. Warm ups to the real thing.

A gun shot rang out through the shack. Tony and Natasha dropped to the ground, shielding themselves as best they could. One single shot was fired then silence.

"What was that? The Lumia? If so they are rubbish shots." Tony remarked pulling himself up into a sitting position behind the wall.

"No they aren't." Natasha said crawling over to Chad, "We weren't the target, Tony. Chad was." She said motioning to his body which was soaked in blood, a single shot wound where Natasha's gun had been previously.

"Why Chad? They could have killed us like that; we wouldn't have even known they were there." Tony said confused.

"They don't want to kill us, at least not yet. This is a game to them. No game if you kill the other players." She explained as she brought out her phone.

"So they killed him as a punishment? Because he told us what he knew?" Tony asked, Natasha nodded not looking up from her phone.

"Never thought I would feel sorry for the guy that planted a bomb in my home." Tony sighed looking down at Chad Haynes; he knew nothing about the guy, not really. Did he have a family? "What you doing?" He asked Natasha who was still on her phone.

"Calling Fury in to clean this mess up. We should get back to the Tower. If Chad's right the bomb was only step one. Who knows what step two is?"

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