A/N I'm sorry I haven't updated. A family member lost their battle with cancer last week and with the visitation and funeral and everything else I haven't been able to update until now.
Requested by Pearlbunny: Mission Impossible. Brandt DOES look quite a lot like Clint... LOL I know it's the same actor... please?
(Well I kind of got carried away and ended up adding a few more movies and TV shows to the mix. I've been on a bit of a Sci-Fi kick lately and I just couldn't help myself). ;)
Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept it, is to Travel a Long Time Ago, to the Final Frontier, and Lock the Seventh Chevron, to the Planet Gallifrey
"Really?" Clint asked, looking down at himself, having just awoken a few minutes before. "Why am I wearing a suit and tie and carrying a gun?"
"Because we watched Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol last night," Tony said, reentering the lab and tossing Clint one of the many aspirin bottles that were kept in the tower.
"What does that have to do with it?" Clint asked, catching the bottle and swallowing a couple of the pills.
"You're dressed like Agent Brandt," Tony said by way of explanation.
"Why?"
"Because you look just like him."
"Uh, no I don't," Clint said.
"Uh, yeah you do," Tony said, waving a hand in the air, causing an image of Agent Brandt, who could be Clint's twin, to hover in the air.
Clint stared at the image for a long moment before shrugging.
"Eh. I don't see it."
Tony just rolled his eyes.
"I'm going to go get out of theses clothes- why are they so heavy?" Clint asked, standing up and waving his arms around a bit.
He ran his hands over his chest and upon feeling something under his shirt, unbuttoned the shirt to discover some kind of metal shirt underneath.
"What is this?" Clint asked.
"Oh that. Yeah, remember we decided to recreate that scene when Brandt jumped down that big shaft and fell toward the big spinning turbine and his teammate caught him with that remote controlled rolling magnetic platform that repelled the metal suit Brandt was wearing under his clothes and stopped him just before he hit the turbine," Tony rambled.
"Wait. So basically you're saying I put on some experimental suit and jumped off of something toward an experimental platform that theoretically would catch me before I hit the ground and died?" Clint stated calmly.
"Yeah, in a nutshell," Tony said with a shrug.
"Well, seeing as I'm still alive it obviously worked," Clint said. "But I am still very glad that I don't remember it. Now I am going to go change out of this..."
He trailed off as they caught sight of Steve walking past the lab, dressed like he was about to go somewhere.
"Hey Steve! Where are you going?" Tony called out as Steve passed by the door.
Steve pulled up short at the sound of his name and entered the lab.
"I'm going to see Star Trek Into Darkness," he answered.
"Seriously?" Tony asked.
"Yeah. The trailers made it look like it's going to be really good and I bet it's going to be awesome in IMAX!" Steve said excitedly.
"Have you even seen Star Trek 2009?" Tony asked.
"Yes, it was great!" Steve exclaimed.
"Really? I heard a lot of the Star Trek fans didn't like it because it didn't fit with the series," Tony said.
"Yeah, and that doesn't even make any sense because in the movie the past was accidentally altered creating a different time line. It was basically an alternate reality. It's not supposed to match the series. I think some people just wanted to find another reason to not like it besides the fact that it has different actors. Which is dumb because Star Trek 2009 was great and it had way better special effects," Steve rattled off.
"Oh my- you are a Trekkie!" Tony cried, his tone positively gleeful.
"I am not!" Steve cried indignantly.
"Yes you are!"
"I am not!"
"Quick! How many episodes of any of the series have you seen?" Tony asked.
"All of TOS, TNG, and Voyager as well as all of the movies. I just couldn't really get into DS9 or Enterprise. They just didn't hold my interest," Steve answered without hesitation.
"Okay, if the fact that you have seen three complete series, tried two others, and seen eleven movies in the span of three weeks wasn't enough to convince you, me, and the entire planet that you are a Trekkie, then you using all of the abbreviations and acronyms is," Tony said with a raised eyebrow. "What do those even mean anyway?"
"TOS stands for The Original Series, TNG stands for The Next Generation, and DS9 is Deep Space 9 and Voyager and Enterprise aren't acronyms," Steve explained.
Tony just stared at him for a moment before shaking himself. "Huh? Oh sorry, I zoned out after 'TOS stands for.'"
Steve huffed. "You aren't going to ruin this for me Tony. I like Star Trek and I'm going to continue to. Now if you'll excuse me I am going to see ST ID." He turned and started walking away.
"What?" Tony asked.
"Star Trek Into Darkness!" Steve yelled over his shoulder in frustration.
As Steve left, Clint slipped out the door behind him and caught him in the hall.
"What? You want to make fun of me too?" Steve snapped.
"No, I just wanted to tell you that there is nothing wrong with being a Trekkie," Clint assured. "Your only mistake was letting Tony find out about it."
"It seemed like a good idea at the time," Steve said, his voice melancholy.
"Yeah it always does," Clint said, sympathetically patting Steve on the shoulder. "Just know that you're not alone."
"You're a Trekkie too!" Steve said in realization.
"Yes, and now were are comrades, united in our love for all things Star Trek. Live long and prosper, My Friend," Clint said holding up his hand, his first two and last two fingers separated in the Vulcan salute which Steve returned before they parted.
Meanwhile, back in the lab. As soon as Steve and Clint were gone, Tony moved over to a nearby wall and engaged a hidden lever that opened a secret door. Tony slipped into the secret room, shutting the door behind him, and looked at a holographic computer display.
"J, how is the eBay listing doing?"
"You are still the high bidder, Sir."
"Perfect! Nothing is going to stop me from getting that one of a kind, authentic Obi-Wan Kenobi lightsaber. It will look perfect next to my one-hundred percent accurate, scale model of the Tardis," he said, looking at the small blue replica sitting next to his scale model of the Stargate from Stargate SG-1 (among other TV and movie memorabilia).
"I'm sure it will, Sir."
"I can do without your sarcasm, J. Just make sure no one ever finds out about any of this. Oh, and get me some tickets to ST ID in IMAX 3D. The trailers look awesome!" he said as he slipped on his Spock ears.
"Anything for you, Sir."
Let me know what you thought! :)
P.S. On another note, I got to see Star Trek Into Darkness a couple of weeks ago and it was great! If you are a Star Trek fan you need to see it. I've seen the entire original series and the original movies and I loved Star Trek Into Darkness! Also having seen Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan will make seeing Into Darkness even more fun (at least it did for me). :)