Ch 55
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Let's now see what trouble these weirdos are getting into now, shall we?
Jimmy and me had been working in the R&D together just like old times. I was back to wreaking havoc on an R&D and having Jimmy do all my paperwork. Only difference was I didn't get in trouble with my boss. Tony was my boss and he didn't care how many things exploded. Pepper cared more than anything if because of our health and safety. But Jimmy did the paperwork and as long as there were no injuries and no real damages she just rolled her eyes at us.
I was tinkering at what would be a Thor-proof microwave when Natasha came in.
"You two, come here." Natasha pointed to Jimmy and me. We both looked at each other in confusion. We got up and followed Natasha. We both knew better than to question the former spy. Well, Jimmy was.
"Where are we going and what for?" I ask immediately.
"Oh Stark, you just have to know everything don't you?" Natasha half-smiled.
"Well, yes. For all I know you've gone crazy and are going to kill us. I find that outcome unlikely but there is still a small chance." I shrug, both Natasha and Jimmy looked at me.
"What? I did the math." I shrug.
"We're not going to kill you kid." Clint said popping out of the vents. It scared Jimmy and that made me laugh.
"So then what are we doing? And where are we going? Seriously I didn't even know there was a sub-basement to this place." I ask again as we enter a private elevator. Natasha pushes a button that reads 'sub-basement'.
"You both are being reassigned." Natasha told us.
"To do what?" Jimmy asks.
"We need a tech team. And you two are the only people we trust for the job." Clint said.
"For what job?" I ask as the elevator doors open to reveal what looks like a secret base.
"Taking out Hydra agents." Natasha says and Clint grins.
Jimmy and me look towards one another. I smile and Jimmy looks wide-eyed.
This will be fun.
"What is this place? Your version of the Bat Cave? The Foundry of sorts? What do we call the secret base of Hawk-boy and Spider-girl?" I ask the pair.
"Clint calls it the Nest." Natasha smirked.
"Fitting Bird-man." I look to Clint.
"Well, she calls her save-houses part of her 'Web'." Clint pointed out. "I think I should have a nest."
"How are you doing this? Weeding out Hydra agents?" Jimmy asks.
"By doing what we know and do best." Clint answers.
"And the fact that Tony is funding the whole operation." Natasha said.
"I can tell. The Stark tech gives it away." I note as I effortlessly pull up a few holograms.
"Which is where I ask why do you need us?" Jimmy continues. "Can't you ask Stark? Not this Stark, but the other one. No offence Alyssa."
"Some taken." I roll my eyes.
"Stark, not Alyssa but Tony, is a little to… flashy." Clint said.
"Understatement of the year Clint." Natasha sorted.
"So my dad is funding and paying you to do whatever is necessary to take down Hydra." I summarize.
"You got the gist of it." Clint shrugged.
"What is the system here? In or out? If in, where do they go?" I ask using some of the spy lingo I picked up from working for SHIELD. 'In' meaning to bring someone in obviously. 'Out' meaning to take them out entirely. Sometimes 'Neutralize' is used instead of 'Out'.
"We do what is necessary. The ones we take in get handed off to a special liaison of ours." Natasha answered. It was vague, but was enough for me.
"Why is Tony doing this? When he is doing something good, he wants to be seen. Again, no offence Alyssa." Jimmy asked.
"I agree with you there Jimmy." I shrug off the comment on my dad.
"Ever since it became known that Hydra was responsible in the death of Maria and Howard Stark, Tony has been especially interested." Natasha reviled.
"Wait, what? Damn…" I say shocked.
"Your grandparents died cause of Hydra kid. Get over it." Clint balked.
"Not what I was shocked about. My dad likes to pretend he doesn't care about that. He apparently does." I clarify.
"Oh, well then… your shock makes more sense now." Clint nodded.
"This is cool and all, but what makes you think we'll say yes?" Jimmy continues.
"We already know Alyssa is in. we know we can trust you and you will be valuable." Natasha answered smoothly.
"So basically we are being recruited into the secret avengers." I finish. "I'm in."
"We are not the secret avengers." Natasha rolled her eyes.
"Tasha, she said it and it stuck. We are so the secret avengers!" Clint smiled. "What do you say Jimmy boy?"
"How can I say no to joining the secret avengers?" Jimmy smiled.
"Okay so who is the target?" I ask as Clint tells us they got a lead on a guy. We were currently in the Nest. Bandit was down there with us and started sniffing the new arrivals. Jimmy and me have been helping Clintasha with there missions for a few months now.
"Elsie Carson. A former SHIELD agent. She is hiding out in France running a hidden Hydra division." Natasha informs us.
"What did she used to do for SHIELD?" Jimmy asked as he got passed the file to get to work on obtaining more information.
"Counter-terrorism ironically enough." Clint laughed. I laughed as well.
"You guys are heading to France then?" I ask the two assassins.
"Yes we are." Clint said packing up his bow. "That 'we' included you guys too." Clint added.
"You two better pack up." Natasha looked at us and spoke to Bandit in Russian. Bandit followed along.
Why did I program him to understand Russian I have no idea.
"I will drop Bandit off with Pepper. You three better be ready to leave within an hour." Natasha said as her and my dog left to find Pepper.
"So that's it? We just are all going to up and leave for France? Who does that?" Jimmy looks on flabbergasted.
"Secret Avengers. That's who." Clint smirked. He loved the name.
"My dad just gave you this jet? Impressive of him." I ask as we are now in the air and on our way to Paris.
"He did. And access to his private runways." Natasha smiled coming into the passenger area of the plane from the cockpit.
"MY DAD HAS PRIVATE RUNWAYS? WHO HAS A PRIVATE RUNWAY?" I ask surprised.
"Apparently Tony Stark." Clint said coming in form the cockpit as well.
"If you're here, who is driving the plane?" Jimmy asked worriedly. Clint was the only one who could drive this thing.
"Autopilot." All three of us chorused.
"Oh. Yeah. Right." Jimmy looked down.
"Shall we start looking at our notes?" I ask the group, we all nod.
"Alright, so I was able to hack into the satellites and do a facial recognition of Elsie Carson. I also had the computer run an algorithm to also take into account the most possible subtle face changes. I figured she might have gotten some work done to help hide her identity." Jimmy said as he pulled up the recognition program onto the large screen.
Clint noted. "Factor in the eye scans as well, just to be sure."
"Got it." Jimmy typed in a few things.
"Also, you should be happy to know she wasn't a super soldier. When we did a bio scan using old SHIELD security footage there were no signs of bionics, cybernetics or any biological enhancements at all. You should be able to take her in no problem." I add.
"Good work guys. Find us an exact location." Natasha praised. We both nodded and started to get to work.
I wake up on the plane because Natasha is waking me up by shaking me. I glare at her. Apparently we have landed from the almost twelve hour flight.
"We got work to do." she looks at me.
"Did you have to shake me awake?" I ask still half asleep.
"At least Clint didn't wake you up." Natasha says and just as we finish we hear Clint use a cartoon siren along with a symbol to wake up Jimmy.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING!" Jimmy yells.
Natasha and me look to each other. I facepalm. Natasha stands up and heads towards where Clint is.
"BUT TASHA!" I hear Clint whine.
Dear lord Clint.
"Hey Tony, why does Lily have a cell phone in her toy box?" Pepper asks as she is trying to clean up the spill of toys Lily created. Lily, now standing and crawling, loved to pull every toy out of the toy box.
"She likes the sounds. There's an app that makes animal sounds." Tony shrugged. He was on the floor holding Lily as she patted Bandit. Tony had no idea why Bandit was with them, but Lily loved the robot so he couldn't complain.
"Let me rephrase that. Tony, why does our barely six-month old daughter have a cell phone?"
"Its not set up with a number. What's the harm?"
"She doesn't even know how to walk yet and you gave her a cell phone?"
"Its not like I'm letting her eat it. I was using it as an educational tool for Lily to learn that cows moo."
"And that is very sweet of you. But you know better. Lily can learn cows moo a normal way."
"What do you mean normal? You want me to buy her a farm so she can hear a cow moo?"
"No Tony, not at all." Pepper shook her head.
"Well then? Here, I'll call Alyssa. Lets see what she thinks." Tony said grabbing his phone.
"Why are you calling dad? Its too damn early where I am." Alyssa said instantly when she picked up.
"Alyssa, please clear up a debate here. How did you learn that cows moo?"
"Why the fuck do you want to know that dad?"
"Just answer. I want to prove a point."
"I don't have a fucking idea how I learned that cows moo. I assume I learned from a stuffed cow I had that mooed. Maybe I had one of those educational toys? For all I know I saw a freaking cow moo. What is the point of this?" Alyssa asked clearly confused.
"Thanks Alyssa. You proved Pepper's point." Tony groaned in defeat.
"No problem dad. Now goodbye." Alyssa hung up.
"Okay… you can get rid of the phone." Tony gave in.
"Thank you." Pepper smiled as she took the phone away.
"That your dad?" Clint asked as we walked the quiet streets of Paris, following Natasha towards one of her many safe houses. It was four in the morning.
"How did you learn that cows moo?" I ask Clint.
"What kind of question is that?" Clint asked.
"The question that my dad called to ask me."
"Is he drunk?" Natasha asked.
"Possibly." I shrug.
"Would it surprise us if he was?" Jimmy asked.
"A coin toss. Since Lily he drinks less. Less but hasn't stopped. But he is ninety-five percent of the time sober." I shrug.
"Impressive. For him, impressive." Natasha looked back.
"Are we almost there yet?" I ask.
"Just about." Natasha says as she turns a corner into an ally.
We follow her into the ally and see her pull down a ladder from a fire escape. Her and Clint climb up and leave Jimmy and me to follow them.
I pull myself up and it takes a few tricky moves to get to the top because of broken areas, but I gracefully get there. Jimmy almost gets his foot stuck.
"Why can you guys do this so easily?" Jimmy asks as he struggles.
"Two assassins, daughter of an assassin and the plucky sidekick. That's why." Barton smirked as he pulled Jimmy up.
