AN: Well, the time has come for young Michael to be introduced to Nick Fury. Of course, everyone is expecting a man that is close to middle age. Surprises around, ladies and gentlemen.

Chapter Three: Black Widow's Dragon Surprise Part 1

Working with Tony Stark, and I mean working with him personally, means getting used to some perks that Tony himself has. Virginia, called "Pepper", knows that first hand. Tony is well known for being brilliant, not shy, and of course, arrogant. Pepper gets infuriated while working at Stark Enterprises, and for Tony first hand, but that did not stop her from loving him anyway.

Now, she heard that she brought someone out here that he was researching for a long enough time. Before the guy's meeting with Nick Fury, Tony himself wanted Pepper to meet him. Tony said he was rather young, just so that Pepper was going to be aware of that little fact. Pepper, being of rather high intelligence and ingenuity, assumed that the guy Tony was talking about was going to be in his mid twenties, or even in his early thirties.

So, imagine her surprise when she found out that the guy that Tony Stark, head of Stark Enterprises, and well known super hero Iron Man. The "man" intended to be a new Avenger, turned out to be a kid not even out of high school.

"Tony," Pepper asked, bringing Tony to the side as Michael sat at a desk reading a book, "how old is he?"

"I have no idea." Tony said innocently.

"Tony!"

"I never asked him." Tony said again. Pepper glared at him, and Tony backed down from her.

"Fine. Michael, how old are you?" Tony asked him.

"16." Michael said.

"See, now you know." Tony said.

"He is almost a baby. You are going to get him killed!" Pepper whispered.

"No, I'm not. He can handle himself." Tony said. "Besides, I am confident that he can do the job. If not, he can head back home."

Pepper didn't say a word, she just glared at him, and sighed. Tony Stark can be a real piece of work sometimes. Who knew that better than Pepper herself?

She could only crack a smile as she thought of the way that Tony was going to explain this, this being the fact that Michael was not a legal adult at the moment to Nick...

Well, here he was. Nick was dragged out to Stark Enterprises because Tony wanted him to meet this guy that he had his eye on. This guy, whoever he was supposed to be, was someone that had extraordinary power. That piqued Nick's interest enough to the point that he came out here to see what the big deal was. Also, Nick noted that Tony said that there was something about this guy that was going to catch him off guard. When he further inquired about what that was, Tony told him to come out here to see him in person.

Just as Nick was about to lose his patience, Tony came walking in, that usual smirk on his face.

"Well, any reason why you wanted me to come out here? Where's this guy that you wanted me to see?" Nick asked, shaking his hand.

"Well, he is just outside, waiting for me to introduce you to him." Tony said.

"You said he's young. How young is he?" Nick asked Tony.

"Well, it's better that you see for yourself." Tony said. "Mike?"

Nick's expression changed from curiosity, to flat out confusion as he watched a kid who couldn't be more than 15 entered the room. He was dressed in a black suit, with a red shirt, and his long blonde hair was tied back into a pony tail. He looked really nervous, and Nick continued to look confused at the kid that stood before him.

"Tony, how old is this kid?" Nick asked him.

"Old enough to be your great grandson." Michael said.

Nick snapped his neck to Michael, and glared at him.

"Nick, this is Michael, Michael Harris." Tony said, trying to ease the forgoing tension that was already building between the two of them.

"Hello, sorry about that crack." Michael said.

"Kid, if that is the best you can do, you need some work." Nick said. "The fact that you are willing to stand your ground, that means you are willing to stand your ground."

"So, let's get down to business. Here is what I want you to see." Tony said. Once again, he pulled out the DVD player, and played the DVD that Tony showed Michael while he recovered in the hospital. Nick watched the short little movie, and he looked almost astonished as to what he saw.

"Damn." Nick said.

"My thoughts exactly." Tony said in agreement. "So, what are you thinking?"

"I think that Natasha will have to train him." Nick said. "She isn't going to like that he is so young, though."

"Don't tell her. I am going to love the look that she is going to have when she first meets him." Tony said.

"Is that really necessary?" Nick said.

"It is an immature trick that I am pulling." Tony said. "Of course it is."

"Kid, it has been nice knowing you. " Nick said to Michael.

"Can I just ask you something?" Michael asked the two of them. "She is going to flat out kick my ass, isn't she?"

"I can say with all honesty, most likely." Tony said.

Well, as it was agreed upon earlier, Tony and Nick did not tell Natalie Rushman, who was known to the rest of the Avengers as Black Widow, that she was getting a young, really young prodigy to train. Before he left to do other business elsewhere, Nick wanted to make sure that Tony was going to tell her, but again, Tony being Tony was going to leave that alone. For kicks and laughs, he wanted her to see first hand that this kid was young, and see her reaction with out any prior warning.

So, when she arrived, dressed in a skirt and nice top, she met Tony in his office, and assumed that the guy was already going to be in there. After the usual pleasantries were exchanged, she grew ever more guarded. When he wasn't, and noticed that Tony was fighting back laughter, she was immediately suspicious.

"Tony, where is this kid that I was supposed to be training?" Natalie asked him.

"Well, he is here, but there is something that you should be aware of first." Tony said.

"Okay, what is it about?" Natalie asked him.

Tony took a deep breath, and then he spoke. "It is about the guy that I requested that you train."

"What's wrong with him?" Natalie asked again.

"He's on the young side." Tony said.

"How young is he? 25? 20?" Natalie wondered.

"See for yourself." Tony smiled. "Michael, come on in."

The door slowly opened, and Natalie stood up and watched as a kid that was just about a high school student, walked in, wearing a black suit, with his hair in a ponytail, and glasses on his face.

"You are kidding me, right?" Natalie said, turning between Michael and Tony. "He is a baby!" Tony looked over her shoulder to see Michael's reaction to Natalie dressing him down, and his calm expression was changing to one of some anger.

"Natalie..." Tony said, trying to stop her.

"I am supposed to train this little kid? Even if I do, I might kill him before he makes it through the first day of training!" She said. Tony saw from a glimpse that he stole that Michael was kind of contemplating saying something, and given what Tony would say in his position, Michael thought that it might be something stupid.

"I think he can make it. How will you know if you do not give him a chance?" Tony said.

"Just how old is he?" Natalie asked. Tony saw Michael open his mouth, and Tony made as if he was going to stop him, but he was too late. Michael's mouth was opened, and the words were already out of his mouth.

"Old enough to be your great-grandson." Michael shot at her.

Dead silence. Michael knew that he said the wrong thing, and Tony knew that from the look of utter horror on his face. Natalie looked at Michael and Tony. From her seat, Natalie got up, and began to stomp towards him. At this point, Michael had a deer in headlights look on his face. That look, of course, prompted Tony got up from his chair and immediately stepped between them.

"Okay, fine. Have him ready to go by tomorrow morning." Natalie said to Tony. She shot a deadly glare Michael's way, and stomped out of the office. Once they were alone, Tony turned to Michael.

"Well, I would say good luck, but I think that she is going to flat out kill you now." Tony said to him.

"So, what should I expect from her?" Michael asked, casually glancing at the door, just to make sure she was not coming back to get in a shot at him.

"I would bring your best stuff, and be prepared for a beating." Tony said.

From the short time that he had been here, Michael was able to pick up on when Tony was being serious. He seen him joke around with Pepper from time to time, like what Michael would use to do with his friends and family. Now, with the look of pity and fear that he had for his young protégé, Michael could see that he was being dead serious. That really scared him.

AN: Michael's training is up next chapter, and boy is he going to regret that crack from earlier...