Chapter 19

AN - I am so sorry about the delay everyone, I have now finished posting all of the pre-written stuff and am now posting after a chapter is written. I know this causes delays but I promise that I will not abandon this story. I want to than everyone who has reviewed and Favorited/Followed, you are all lovely people. I sadly don't own any of this material it all belongs to JK Rowling and Marvel. Enjoy the chapter :)

That night after speaking to the base and updating them Harry sat quietly on the balcony overlooking the nightlife below, he let out a deep breath and lent back taking another slow drag from the cigar in his hand. Harry thought, "Good thing Soph isn't here, she'd kill me if she saw me smoking" chuckling slightly he took a sip of the bourbon he had ordered.

Sitting quietly he began to think, no doubt this mission was very dangerous and now Harry had a problem, he had something to lose for the first time in his career. He had previously been of the mind that if he died on a mission he would count only as a lost asset, not the emotional damage he would undoubtedly cause not only his family but to Soph as well.

That Harry was not happy with this.

Standing up and moving over to the railing Harry cast his eyes over to the ground below, following a group of young girls giggling down the road, clinging to one another. Shaking his head and laughing slightly he took another slow drag and watched the world below.

Unknown Location

"Have you heard of the rumours?" Said a heavily built man with short black hair and a multitude of tattoos, he looked toward a high backed leather chair that was position in front of a grand fire place.

"Of this American?" Came the reply in a thick accent, "What of it Nikolay?"

"How are we to handle him?" The black haired man, Nikolay, sat at a nearby table and claimed a bottle of cheep beer.

"I do not understand why you drink that der'mo Nikolay" Seeing he was about to respond the man gave a dismissive wave before continuing, "We will test him. See what this american can do."

"How?" The man in the chair stood without answering and turned to Nikolay

"I shall approach him tomorrow. Get me his schedule for." And with that the man left leaving Nikolay at the table alone. Downing the last swig of his cheep beer he stood and briskly left the room to complete his task.

Jumeirah Pera Palace Hotel, Presidential Suite

The next morning the alarm went off at 9:00. Harry rolled over still half asleep and smacked the alarm clock off. Grunting in annoyance he rolled back onto his back and glared at the ceiling, in an attempt to deny the fact he had to get up. Sophia found it hilarious that the super spy was not a morning person. The fact that Harry liked his sleep more than most things had been the topic of many a discussion between them.

Getting changed Harry got dressed and collected the files on the Military deal he currently had going, today he was meeting with the Generals to iron out any details before exchanging money and equipment. For Conway it was also an opportunity to look into future deals that could be made, therefore keeping the alias as current as possible and available for future use.

Before long Harry realized the time and made his way down to the awaiting car, "Denis Harp Okulu Academy, right Sir?"

Giving a short "Yes." Harry and the two brothers got seated and waited to arrive at their destination. Approximately 40 minutes into the car journey he got a call, answering it he said, "Conway here."

"Can you talk, it's important." Raising his head slightly as he realised it was Sophia, Harry gave a false smile before responding.

"Yeah I can, you alright darling." Harry said giving the brothers a pointed look that told them to look away and ignore the call.

"Harry you're on speaker, we just got an alert that someone ran a background check on you and he's going pretty deep."

Chuckling Harry replied, "Hey don't worry about it. It can't be that bad can it?" Harry closed the file he was reading and focused on the call.

"He's gone all the way back to your military service years."

"Okay that is impressive," he glared at the brothers who had, while he was focused on the call, turned to look at his, "What about when I was 6 years old, remember that?" Harry gave a happy laugh hoping she'd get the message.

She did, "We've set it up but it's not as deep as later years, the tech people didn't have long to finish it." There was a pause.

"Hey, you still trying to remember?" Harry said concerned that she had stopped so abruptly.

"No, it's set up but it looks like they've stopped. Apparently they bought it."

"That's a good thing," Harry smiled, happy that even though they couldn't talk properly he could still hear her voice.

"We're 5 minutes away Sir." Came a voice from the front, Harry nodded to the driver before turning back to the conversation.

"Listen I have a meeting I'm about to go into, can I call you again later say 10?" Harry quickly glanced at the two brothers and was glad that they had listened and had ignored the call.

"Yeah, you make contact with me, okay?"

"Yeah, miss you darling." Harry smiled at her reaction.

"I miss you too Harry," remembering that she was on speaker phone she quickly corrected herself, "… we all do."

Chuckling Harry bid one more goodbye before exiting the car and making his way to the meeting. Upon walking in he was greeted by Rivka Demir, "Mrs Demir, good to see you again. How are you?"

After the usual pleasantries had been exchanged, he was then introduced to the Generals they sat down to discuss the deal, "This is a lot of cargo Mr Conway. And we are paying a lot of money for it, more than we normally would. Can you assure us of the quality of the shipment? Will it even be here on time?"

"Your distrust of me is quiet worrying Sir. I gave my word that it will on both accounts and have signed the contract that states so but still you question me."

Rivka noticed the irritation in his voice and interceded before one of the Generals could, "We understand that Mr Conway, we are however understandably nervous. This is an abnormally large shipment for us."

Taking a breath Harry nodded, "Of course, but surely if I am the more experienced with delivering shipments of this size then you will be satisfied with my word." Harry stated, taking a sip of the instant coffee he had been given.

The room was silent, neither side willing to step down, again it was Rivka who broke the silence, "And we will attempt to remember that as long as you remember our situation Mr Conway? Generals?"

A murmur of agreement broke out from both sides, Rivka smiled slightly glad to have avoided that disaster, "Well than perhaps we should move onto the next topic. It says here Mr Conway that you are interested in becoming a permanent supplier," the officers turned in surprise to look at the young American, "Obviously there are proper channels for this but we can defiantly use this as a trial run to save time. Would this be acceptable to everyone?"

The Generals nodded in agreement, to have such a large supplier that actively pursued a contract with them was a very good thing for them. Harry also agreed and gave a small smile to Rivka.

When the meeting closed Harry smiled and said, "Thank you Mrs Demir. I know mediating between two very strong willed sides is not easy, especially when one of them employs you."

Rivka gave a small laugh and shook Harry's hand, "If you think that was a… pissing contest as you Americans call it then I can assure you that it was a minor hump."

"I think you minor bump, but that is irrelevant. You have my thanks." Harry again bid the Generals goodbye before indicating to the brothers that he was leaving and made his way over to the car. Sitting down again he let a small sigh of relief before he felt the car pulling out onto the road and began it's journey back to the hotel.

AN2 – Der'mo – means 'shit' in Russian.