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Chapter 9: Preparing to go back
After Tobias finally calmed himself down they both got up and left without as much as a glance toward the others. They could still hear her friends and their families commenting on the sudden leave, but ignored them. Once inside Tris' room they lock the door and attack each other, both fighting for dominance over the other.
An hour later Tris is half lying on top of Tobias while he is playing with a strand of her hair. They did it twice and even would have gone for a third time, but not getting enough sleep the night before exhausted them so they just relaxed for a bit without saying another word, until Tobias breaks the silence.
"You wanna go on a date with me?" he asks. She looks up at him and wonders if he is serious.
"A date?" she asks.
"Yeah. I want to take you out on a date. A real one."
"Tobias, we went on a date. Didn't go that well," she says amused.
"Yeah, but things have changed," he says smiling.
"Yeah, they did," she says grinning. "Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why do you want to go on a date?"
"I want us to try, just like my father suggested, but we should start from the beginning," Tobias explains.
"So, basically, you wanna date your wife," she summarizes.
"Exactly," he confirms with a nod of his head.
"You do realize that dating comes before marriage?" she asks sarcastically.
"I thought you wanted to give it a try, to get away from all this," he says. During their long talks last night Tris mentioned that she wanted to retire and try to have a normal life.
"Yeah, I suppose," she says and sits up.
"Then let's try. I know I've said this before but I am really sorry for what I said and did to you in the past," he says sitting up as well.
"You didn't really do much and as for what you said you were pissed just as much as I was." She remains quiet for a while and looks away. When she turns back his gaze is still trained on her and a serious expression on his face makes him look older.
"Okay. Let's try." He smiles widely before crashing his lips over hers. The kiss isn't like before filled with passion, but instead is gentle and soft and full of promise.
"I promise I won't hurt you, not intentionally," he vows.
"I wish I could make the same promise," she says and he looks at her surprised. "You know, 'cause I can kick your ass and stuff," she says grinning. God, she's still annoying.
"You suck, Mrs. Eaton," he says playful.
"And don't you like it," she says and he rolls his eyes.
"You think we should leave this room and return to the others?" he asks.
"Yeah, we probably should. Besides, I really need to talk to Coulson about our situation," she says. He kisses her one more time before getting off the bed and putting his clothes back on.
Within ten minutes they are back out and are heading toward the Director's office. Tris knocks on the door and is surprised to see both her parents and in-laws in there along with Tony and Steve.
"Nice gathering you have here, boss. You guys deciding who should take the ring back to Mordor?" Tris asks and Tobias chuckles at her "Lord of the Rings" reference.
"Tris, good. We were just about to call you," Coulson starts saying but Tony interrupts.
"But we figured you were riding your hubby into oblivion."
"You do realize I have a video of you in a compromising position that I could always show to Pepper?" Tris asks sitting down in her favorite place, the window sill, Tobias sitting next to her on the chair.
"You wouldn't," Tony says serious.
"Why do you guys keep saying that? I'm not a high-society well-behaved chick. Romanov put me through an initiation of her own that rivaled the Dothraki's," she says.
"Who?" Steve asks confused.
"Game of Thrones," Coulson explains, but Steve still looks confused. "I'll explain later."
"You wanted to talk to me, boss," Tris says trying to change the subject.
"Yes. We talked and also spoke to our contacts at the FBI. There is a search party who is looking for you and since Stark is such a good person," Coulson says and looks at the billionaire, "he offered to help."
"Yeah, I'm going to rescue you all," Tony says with a smug grin on his face.
"Oh, dear God," Tris exclaims under her breath. Tobias chuckles and rubs her knee. "Okay. When are you going to rescue us?" Tris asks Stark.
"Tonight. You'll be sleeping in your own beds."
"Alright. I guess we'll be beaten up and bloody," Tris says and both Evelyn and Natalie look shocked. Tris jumps off the window sill and walks to Stark. "Hit me," she says.
"What?" Andrew asks in disbelief as he watches his daughter stand in front of the billionaire.
"Nah-uh. You're just gonna punch me in the nuts again," Tony says and takes a step back.
"Don't be a pussy," Tris mocks.
"Why should he punch you?" Marcus asks.
"We're supposed to be held hostage. And I have to say those fuckers did a poor job with you guys. I would have expected a lot more bruises and black eyes," she says looking them over.
"Tris, we're not going to beat you all up. We can use make-up," Coulson says.
"What? What happened to it has to be for real?" Tris asks holding her hands on her hips.
"That's different when it's for a mission. Besides, while you are trained to take a beating I doubt any of them is," Coulson argues.
"Alright. But no interviews until our wounds heal. We don't need to explain things."
"No. We already decided that after you all get rescued you will stay home for a while and the FBI will send people to check on you," Coulson explains further.
They go through every detail until it's time to get into position. They decided to wait until after eight p.m. and release a statement that the Eatons and Priors were rescued by a special task force of the FBI and Iron Man. Of course, Tony had to go in front of the cameras and make a statement, but for once Tris was glad his vibrant personality could be used for something good.
By late night Tris and Tobias arrive at Tobias' penthouse apartment, while his parents went home and decided to invite Tris' parents to spend the night there. SHIELD took care of Tris' things and brought them over, as well as made sure that the apartment was secure.
Once Tris is inside her new home she goes straight to the couch and plops down. Tobias joins her being home for the first time in days.
"Home sweet home," he says.
"How about a tour?" she asks.
"Sure," he says standing up. "This is the living room and over there's the kitchen," he points to his left.
"Let's start in the bathroom," she suggests with a smirk.
"Tris, you're going to kill me," he says grinning and goes to pick her up. Tris jumps into his arms and wraps her legs around his waist.
"Nah, I still need you," she says and he leans forward to kiss her.
The next days passed and SHIELD made sure that the kidnapped victims were safe. Uriah started working at Andrew's firm to make sure he was safe and since the two office buildings, the Prior's and the Eaton's, were close to each other Uriah was always available in case Tris needed back-up.
Tris talked to Marcus and Tobias and decided to get a more permanent job at her husband's firm. To the staff she was the young wife of Eaton Junior and wouldn't work there full-time, but come in almost daily. It was easier for them this way. She would have an excuse to walk around the office and inspect things for herself.
But she also had other motives, Tobias being just one of them. The job Marcus offered her seemed more and more appealing. This is what she wanted. Wasn't it? She was twenty-four years old and had seen more death and misery than her entire family plus the new addition combined. She wanted to be normal. But given her Inhuman status would she really be normal? And was it fair of her to drag Tobias into it?
Her life was messed up before but now… she had to figure things out. She couldn't just leave and forget about Tobias and the Eatons. Marcus was in danger and maybe Tobias too. No, she needed to stay put and make sure these people were safe. This is what she signed up for.
"How was your first day at work?" Tobias asks her as they sit in their dining room eating some ravioli they prepared together.
"Was okay. I checked the premise. No surveillance, other than mine. The computers are clean and I checked the backgrounds of all the employees. I think I will be bored tomorrow," she tells him.
"You checked all of this in one day?" he asks astonished.
"Yup," she answers with a smile.
"I guess I'll have to find something for you tomorrow then," he says grinning.
"Just for the record, I'm not gonna blow you under your desk," she says pointing her fork at him.
"We'll see," he replies smirking.
The next day Tobias asks Tris into his office. His secretary Myra just informed him that she is pregnant and will leave in roughly four months to prepare for the arrival of her baby. Tobias congratulated her immediately and asked her to help Tris learn her way around the office.
"You son of a bitch," Tris says once Myra leaves.
"What did I do?" he asks innocently.
"You are seriously making me your secretary," she says angry, her arms crossed over her chest. She is standing in front of his desk while he is sitting in his chair grinning stupidly.
"I need a secretary," he replies amused.
"You have one," she barks.
"She's going to leave to take care of her baby," he tells her calmly, still amused by her reaction. She kept it together while Myra was in his office, but the moment she left Tris erupted.
"Well, you should have told her to not get pregnant then," Tris argues, completely irrational. When she said she wanted a normal job, secretary was the last thing on her mind. Especially not his.
"Hey, it's not like I knocked her up," he defends.
"Whatever," she says rolling her eyes and giving him the finger. She walks out of his office and leaves the door wide open. "Stop staring. It's rude," she yells at someone and Tobias silently laughs and shakes his head.
Tris decides to take a mouthful of fresh air and heads up to the roof. She always loved the high ground and felt more in her element there. If Stark wouldn't be such a dick she would ask him to let her use one of his spare suites[1] . Obviously, after disinfecting it first.
She was just enjoying the warm sun when her phone started ringing. She pulls it out and looks at the caller ID. Stark. What now?
"Yellow?" she answers her phone.
"Angel, so good to hear you. Where are you baby girl?" Tony asks cheerful.
"Please, for the love of God, stop calling me that," she says a little exasperated.
"But Angel is your codename, baby girl," he says and Tris can see his smug grin.
"I didn't mean… never mind. What do you want?" she asks irritated.
"Mission," he says more serious now.
"I'm already on a mission," she retorts.
"Coulson needs a Black Widow for this one," he says.
"Coulson already has a Black Widow, the original Black Widow. Remember? You fought with her a lot," Tris says half angry, half exhausted by his behavior.
"Nah, baby girl. Romanov is on a mission with Cap. We need to do this together, you and me. I'm coming to pick you up. ETA 5 minutes," he informs her. What?
"Tony, I can't leave. I have a job here," she forcefully says into her phone.
"Don't worry, Flare was informed and is on his way to make sure Eaton is safe. We need you, Angel."
The line goes dead and Tris sighs. Damn it. What was Coulson thinking? She is already on a mission. But if they require a Black Widow this means this is dangerous and top secret. Should she tell Tobias? No, better not. He might talk too much about it and someone might hear them. No, Uriah would probably explain things later. Besides, Stark would pick her up any minute. And as if on cue a quinjet lands on the large rooftop. Tris boards it quickly and the minute they take off Tris receives a message from Uriah letting her know that he arrived and is currently in Marcus' office informing both him and his son of Tris' mission. Just as she finishes reading Tobias calls her, but she ignores him.
"Trouble in paradise?" Stark asks and Tris glares. "Alrighty then. No small talk."
"What's the mission?" she asks trying to change the subject. She turns off her phone to make sure Tobias gets the idea to not disturb her during missions.
"We have intel that a Hydra group is located West of Mexico City. The group apparently is in possession of a Terrigen Obelisk and wants to use it on the local population to draw out more Inhumans. Our mission is to retrieve the obelisk, neutralize the threat and if possible gather some intel. As far as we know the group in Mexico is just a satellite operation, but they might have intel on other such groups or even who is in charge now," Tony explains.
"Copy that. Hey, why are you on a mission with me?" she asks about this unusual turn of events.
"I will come with you, but first we're flying to the Playground to pick up two other agents," he informs her.
"That doesn't answer my question," she says.
"I know. Coulson asked me. The two other agents are more of the muscle and we will be the brains on this op. I will help you retrieve intel, but you will have to pick up the obelisk since you are the only one who won't be turned into stone when touching it," he says and she nods.
Tris wondered why she was called in for this mission. There were several others qualified enough to go. Daisy could have gone. As an Inhuman she can pick up the obelisk without getting killed. So, why Tris?
The answer would soon come.
Sneak Peek Chapter 10: The life of an agent
"You can torture me as much and as long as you want. We both went through the same training at the Academy," Tris says, her voice strained.
"Nah, Garrett was extra helpful in that department," Ward says leaning back in his chair.
"So was Romanov," Tris retorts.
"Touche. But I need you to tell me where your little base is located," Ward says.
"Tahiti," Tris replies immediately.
A/N: Please review and don't forget to vote. Love you all, my brave agents.
Another thing. After chapter 10 I will take a short hiatus. A few weeks to recover, maybe even take a longer trip. I will keep writing as best as I can to delight you once I'm back :)
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