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~ Rochana: Soon, next chapter. Promise!
~ Rin-s666: Thanks! Hope ya like this one.
~ Izi Wilson: I hope that's an optimistic eagerness!
~ animals202: Ah! You're making me blush. *u*
~ Guest1: He just wouldn't be Stark if he didn't make a scene.
~ (guest) PeekABoo: Yay, positive critic! Thank you!
~ EiraLuna: Yeah, I kind of see Big Hero 6 being more a team and the Avengers more like a bunch of individuals who vaguely know how to work together. Good idea for the (friend!) pairings, but I was thinking something a little different, less predictable. Still I'll keep your ideas in mind, they're good ones.
~ (guest) hamadabrosrule: Oh they will! It's pretty much mandatory when two inventor get together and with their personalities. . . Well, it's bound to be explosive. *hint hint, wink wink*
~ (guest) SuperDarthVader1: Thanks! I honestly can't see anyone else but Downey being able to pull off Tony Stark. Not to sure. . Baymac vs the Hulk? I see that ending badly with a popped Baymax and a sad Hiro. But I suppose I could twist it, make the Hulk see Baymac as his personal teddy bear. But then Hiro would get jealous. . .Hmmmmmmm, the possibilities. . .
~ Acidwing: Glad ya like it! Sorry, 3rd conditions a secret but I'll take any suggestions. Fury too much fun NOT to mess with and stark will get his eventually.
~ forever-a-fanchic: Ah, thanks, I'm glad I don't sound stupid. Here's to hoping I keep it up, eh?
~ Hope' e: Yeah, Fury's awesome. Love to hate him, hate to love him, but we all do anyway. Quite honestly, I'm a bit surprised there's not a Tony/Fury slash out there (there won't be in this! well, maybe if you squint . . . through broken glass) Given their personalities and the slash crazy people out there it seemed like a forgone pairing but I haven't come across any.
~ dragon gad 758: Not sure if he's jealous. . . yet.
Author's Note: Sorry I missed last weeks update and This one is late. Life went and got in the way, sorry!
Chap5: Misgivings
The eight week long mission was over, finally, the report written up on the return flight, the debrief over and done with, and now he had just one thing left to do: sleep!
Sleep. What a heavenly concept, and considering he was so tired he might as well be brain dead, sleep was about the only thing he was capable of thinking at the moment. Yep, Hawkeye would be shelved with his bow and arrows and Clint Barton would surface, intent on relaxing after some well deserved and much needed sleep. . . At least that was the plan until his path was blocked by the worst thing known to mankind. . . Well, agent kind at least.
He stared at the thing, the horrible, dreadful thing, and resisted the urge to cry because this thing could only mean one thing: more work!
"Stop staring and take it."
Hawkeye let out a sound that most definitely wasn't a whimper. He had been so close! His room, or at least that's what the other agents called it, was right there, literally just around the corner! Natasha rolled her eyes as she shoved the folder of papers into Clint's chest.
"No paper work and it's not a mission," she told him, tactfully ignoring the way Clint sagged in relief. "Just a debrief on our new comrades."
"Our. . .Wha-?" Clint asked, looking down at the folder. His poor, sleep deprived brain was taking a ridiculous amount of time to process the information.
"Get some sleep," Natasha order sharply. "You're lowering the IQ of the whole place the longer you stay awake."
Clint blinked and looked up, only to see that Natasha was gone.
"I'm not sure what you said, but I know it was insulting," Clint muttered, stumping into his room and dumping his stuff on the floor. Clint cracked open the file as he kicked his shoes off and squinted at the writing. "San Fransokyo?"
Clint frowned as he dropped onto the bed. He didn't know much about San Fransokyo, just that it had changed its name after a sudden influx of Japanese immigrants after Mt. Fugi had irrupted due to questionable circumstances. The city had seen a drastic rise in scientific development to such a degree that is was considered several decades ahead of the rest of the world. Why the scientific advancement hadn't spread was a mystery, one it seemed no one really wanted to solve, though why also remained a mystery. Regardless, San Fransokyo was an enigma and so isolated from the rest of America it might as well be a separate country. The only thing Clint knew for certain regarding San Fransokyo was that it was the primary source of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s advanced technology.
The file slipped from his hands as Clint's body finally gave out and he fell asleep.
"I can't believe it! My little Hiro, off to New York for a summer internship! At Stark Industries!"
"Aunt Cass." Hiro's voice was muffled as his aunt crushed him in a hug and whatever guilt he had about lying to his aunt was disappearing about as fast as the air in his lungs. "I need to get going."
"Right, right," Cass laughed, twirling them one last time before stopping and stepping back, hands resting on Hiro's shoulders as she gave him a searching look. "You will be safe right?"
"Aren't I always?" Hiro asked, giving his aunt a cocky smile.
"Promise me?" Cass was still smiling, but there was no hiding the worry lining her face and Hiro's smile softened.
"I promise."
"I suppose that will have to do," Cass sighed and let her hands slide off her nephew's shoulders. She picked up Hiro's bag and handed it to him. "Have fun and take care."
"I will." Hiro slipped the pack over his shoulder and grabbed the handle of Baymax's recharging station. "Stop worrying Aunt Cass. I promise I'll be back."
Cass ruffled Hiro's her and she walked him to the door.
"'Sides," Hiro smirked. "I have to make sure Luke doesn't get handsy with you."
"Why you–" Cass spluttered, face reddening at the reminder of her not so secret admirer. Hiro laughed as he ducked the towel aimed at his head. "That was one time!"
"I'll call when we get to New York!" Hiro shouted as he climbed into Wasabi's van.
"I better get at least one e-mail every day or I'm flying over!" Cass shouted after them.
"You got it!" Hiro yelled back before flopping down and buckling himself in.
"All packed, Hiro?" Honey asked, automatically smoothing down the younger boy's ruffled hair.
"Yes, mother," Hiro sighed, exasperated. "And I washed behind my ears too."
"Oh, good," Honey replied, sounding genuinely relieved and happy.
Hiro stared at her for a moment before shaking his head. He would never understand how Honey thought. . or well, any girl from that matter. Hiro idly wondered if he could get Baymax on that problem. Man, if he could just–
"So, Hiro, any luck digging up information on our, ah, new friends?" Wasabi asked, eyes carefully locked on the road as he drove them toward the airport.
"Hmm? Oh, yeah, give me a sec." Hiro scrambled for his bag, still talking as he dug around. "You guys know I'm not much of a hacker, that's more GoGo's thing–"
"I gave up hacking years ago," GoGo muttered, smacking Hiro upside the head. "Punk."
"Right, my mistake," Hiro returned sarcastically, pulling out a couple files. "Anyway, S.H.I.E.L.D. was a pain to get anywhere close to, but we managed to open a backdoor into a deceased agent's file. Some guy named. . . Phil Coulson?"
Hiro glanced at GoGo who nodded, handing a file to Fred and Honey.
"Deceased?" Honey repeated with a frown.
"Yeah, apparently he was a casualty of that alien invasion," Hiro answered.
An uncomfortable silence settled on the group. They all knew about the invasion, hard not to when it was all every new channel talked about for months, but they'd had their own little crisis to deal with at the time.
"Well," Fred flicked through the file in his hands. "It looks like this guy was a huge fan of the Avengers."
"That's an understatement," GoGo scoffed.
"Yeah, this guy was crazy about them. Mostly Captain America though. He was obsessed with the Captain." Hiro smirked and opened the Captain's file to show them. "Might even have been more obsessed than Fred is with comics."
"No one is more obsessed than me!" Fred cried, twisting in his seat to look at the file only to gape at the extensive and almost creepily detailed notes and pictures. "But this guy is a close second."
Hiro laughed and the two girls shared an amused look.
"Anyway, as you guys can see we managed to get some pretty good info on the Avengers. Well, except for the red haired chick and the dude with the bow," Hiro corrected with a scowl.
"Those two are apparently agents," GoGo told the rest of the group. "Their files were too well protected, couldn't get near them without letting someone know we were looking."
"But they're referenced in the other's files, so." Hiro cleared his throat, pointedly ignoring the way Honey giggled and GoGo and Fred snorted at his attempt at seriousness. "Ok, so we all know the general info on them right?"
The others all nodded or mumbled an affirmative and Hiro continued.
"Good, well first up is, of course, Captain America. Official name is Steve Rogers, and he was originally a scrawny, weak, asthmatic who did everything he could to get enlisted into the army so he could fight in World War II. After failing 23 times?! Seriously, this guy doesn't know when to give up!"
"Sounds like someone else I know," GoGo commented dryly and Hiro stuck out his tongue.
"Anyway!" Hiro said, raising his voice so he could be heard over the other's laughter. "Rogers, after going through some experimental drug treatment, became a super soldier. Official stats include speed and strength 3 times greater than the average human, increased intelligence, heightened sense, and greater reflexes."
"Basically he got all the perks of steroids without any of the drawbacks," GoGo summed up.
"GoGo!" Honey scolded. "That's not nice."
"His personality profile," GoGo continued, unrepentant. "Says he's a real leader; knows how to get the job done, but also knows how to look out for people. Psyc profile's questionable though."
"Considering he was frozen for 70 some years I think that's forgivable," Hiro commented dryly and GoGo chuckled.
"70 years," Wasabi repeated, more than just a little disturbed at the thought of loosing 70 years.
"The poor man," Honey sighed. "It must be so hard for him. Just imagine waking up and suddenly everything and everyone is gone or different!"
"Pfst!" Fred snorted. "The dude's lucky! Talk about time travel! Hey, Hiro, when I finally get to old to fight – in, ya know, 50-60 years – think you can freeze me and wake me up in 70 years?"
Fred peered over the seat, giving Hiro his best set of excited puppy dog eyes.
"Sure, why not?" Hiro rolled his eyes. "I'll just freeze us all and have Baymax thaw us out when things look interesting."
"Awesome!" Fred cheered, completely missing, or ignoring, the blatant sarcasm. "Now onto the next 'friend' and I'll do the honors if ya don't mind."
Fred swiped Honey's glasses, kicked his feet up on the dash, and opened the folder with flourish, somehow managing to do all of it with a sophisticated air.
"Dr. Banner," Fred began, his tone posh and cultured to the amusement of his friends. "Renowned chemist and physicist, specialties include focused studies and multiple experiment on gamma radiation and extensive research on the 'super soldier' serum."
"Dr. Banner?" Honey squealed, taking back her glasses. "Oh, I love his work! It's so in depth and detailed! If I could work with him. . . Oh, that sounds like so much fun! I can't wait to meet him."
"Hmm, don't raise his blood pressure though, apparently he turns into, and I quote 'a huge, green, rage monster.' Quote courtesy of one Anthony Stark," Hiro commented idly, as he read over Fred's shoulder.
"'Huge, green, rage monster?'" Honey wrinkled her nose in confusion and reached forward to tug the folder away from Fred. "Oh! He's the Hulk."
"You didn't know that?" Wasabi asked incredulously. "You? Who practically worships the guy?"
"I never really bothered with his personal life," Honey mumbled, blushing slightly. With an embarrassed cough, she opened the folder GoGo handed her, looking for a distraction. "Oh, I've got Thor!"
"Thor? The Norse god of thunder?" Fred asked, whipping around excitedly. "The dude with the huge hammer that makes lighting and can fly?"
"Um. . . Yes?"
"Awesome!" Fred crowed. "The Norse always know how to throw a party! And the legends around this guy. . . I can't wait to hear them first hand!"
"Isn't he the one with the psychotic brother that blow up New York?" GoGo asked, picking up a picture of said brother.
Fred looked at GoGo balefully. "I am not letting you ruin this for me!"
"Sorry, Fred, but according to this Thor's back in Asgard with Loki, his brother." Honey gently closed the file, tactfully ignoring Fred's, overly exaggerated, cry of disbelief and denial.
Wasabi cleared his throat and gave Fred an exasperated look. Fred fell silent but pouted and slouched more comfortably in his seat.
"We'll be coming up on the airport in about 10 minutes," Wasabi informed the group. "Now might be a good time to pack up things up."
"We've only got one more file," Hiro said.
"I'll pack up the ones we've looked through," Honey said, knowing none of the others would, except Wasabi, but he was driving.
"Anthony Stark, more commonly known as Iron Man," GoGo read, eyes flicking lazily over the file in her hands. "Self proclaimed 'genius, billionaire, play boy, philanthropist' but with more than enough to back it up. Oh look, there's a little note, says 'does not play well with others.'"
The amusement was all too clear in GoGo's voice as the car ground to a stop. Still smirking she shoved the file into Hiro's bag and pulled open the door.
"So, Hiro, excited to meet Tony Stark?" Honey asked, as they made their way through the airport.
"Not really," Hiro replied, eyeing the ticket in his hand.
"Eh? Why not?" Wasabi asked, as he double checked each of their bags to make sure the name tags were secure. "Inventor, genius, creator? Stark sounds like an older version of you."
Hiro wrinkled his nose. "Yeah, with the maturity of a 2 year old."
"Well, if nothing else at least it'll be interesting." GoGo ruffled Hiro's hair before swiping his ticket and handing it off to the waiting flight attendant.
Author's Notes:
Ok, so originally Stark was going to be doing some research on the Big Hero 6 and that's when I was going to introduce my reasoning for why San Fransokyo was so advanced, but then I realized that I had completely forgotten to include Hawkeye in the last chapter! I mean when I wrote it I pictured him there but when I read it over there wasn't a single reference to him! I could have smacked myself! So I decided to give him some 'screen time' in this chapter to make up for it.
As for my reasoning for why San Fransokyo is so advanced, let me know if it makes sense and if anybody has a better reasoning I'd love to hear it. M'k that's all thanks for your patience!