Shadow Of Darkness: Avengers x Male Reader

Chapter 25: Back to Base

"He's fast and she's... relatively similar to me, now that I think about it." You hummed as you came to a realisation. Everything Maria just listed about her, you could do. To some degree at least.

"Well, we'll be seeing them again." Steve nodded, passing the tablet back to Maria and stepping into the elevator. You got in and stood on his left, peering out at Maria. Was she just not getting in?

"I agree. File says they volunteered for Strucker's experiments. It's nuts." She said, clutching the tablet against her side. You reached out and tapped the button for the main floor, stretching slightly as you did. You had a few aches from sitting on the jet.

"Right. What kind of monster would let a German scientist experiment on them to protect their country." Steve remarked as the doors began to shut.

"You. You did that, right?" You tilted your head up at him as the doors shut. Was that what he was getting at? "Boys, we got a comedian in here. And for once it's not me."

"Are you sure he's gonna be okay." Natasha watched as Clint's wound was slowly patched up by the machine he was under. "Pretending to need this guy really brings the team together."

"There's no possibility of deterioration. The nano-molecular functionality is instantaneous. His cells don't know they're bonding with simulacra." Cho reached out to tap on the device's touchpad. Bruce watched in amazement.

"She's creating tissue." He said to Natasha with a goofy smile. It made the woman smirk a slight bit.

"If you brought him to my lab, the Regeneration Cradle could do this in 20 minutes." Cho shrugged, knowing this was nothing compared to the cradle.

"You know, I don't think he's gonna make it. Time to start taking job applications." You joked as you strolled into the lab, looking over Clint with a slight bit of guilt.

"No, no, no, I'm gonna live forever." Clint waved a hand at you, trying to disprove your theory.

"Not if you keep taking hits for me, Roy Harper." You grabbed a nearby chair and pulled it beneath yourself, sitting next to the man while Natasha stood on the opposite side.

"Isn't he a songwriter?" Bruce questioned.

"No, not that Roy Harper. Red Arrow. You know? Played by Colton Haynes?" You opened your arms as you looked between everyone. Nobody knew what you were talking about.

"Not ringing a bell." Natasha shrugged.

"The guy who played Jackson in Teen Wolf." You still got shrugs and declines from everyone, so you leant back in the chair and rolled your eyes.

"Didn't you say you didn't like Teen Wolf?" Clint turned his head to you. Oh, so he remembered your explanation from 3 years ago, but he didn't know who Colton, was. This son of a bitch. You were gonna have to teach someone around here how to burst down that damn wall of the 4th.

"I said that once." You crossed your arms. You stood by that word. Even if the writer himself disagrees with that opinion.

"Just a little bit longer. Soon your own girlfriend won't be able to tell the difference between the original tissue, Mr. Barton." Cho returned to the conversation at hand.

"I don't have a girlfriend." Clint replied with a small groan.

"Yeah? Join the club." You rolled your eyes. A voice began shouting in the distance, slowly approaching the lab as it was accompanied by barking.

"(Y/N), this is exactly why I was against you letting your dog stay in my tower." Tony speed walked into the lab, Hunter following just behind him with a curious look in his eyes. You slid off the seat and knelt down, Hunter turning to you and immediately walking over.

"Last I checked, this wasn't your tower anymore. It's ours." You said, smirking as Hunter climbed up onto your legs and started sniffing and licking at your face.

"He missed you while you were gone." Cho remarked. She lightly patted his head as she walked past and to the table, grabbing something off of it and fiddling with it. You lightly pushed him back so he wasn't right in your face.

"Sit." You ordered, scratching his neck as he followed your command. "He always does. Because I'm just so lovable."

"I'll take your word for it." Natasha joked, walking around to you and kneeling down. As soon as she was down to one knee, Hunter turned and moved from his spot, moving to nuzzle her. You just stared with narrowed eyes.

"Hey, you asshole. Just because she's here doesn't mean my commands no longer matter." You huffed as Natasha pulled him up and into her lap, cuddling him with a smug look being pointed your way.

"I don't think that's the best nickname for a dog." Bruce said in his usual slow tone.

"If it wasn't true, I wouldn't say it. This is the dumbass dog who tries to fight his reflection." You stroked his back before standing up with a groan.

"Is he coming to the party on Saturday?" Tony pointed a finger down at Hunter as you were about to walk past him. You glanced back, pondering your options.

"He'll probably chill in one of the other rooms and sleep, to be honest." You shrugged.

"Speaking of which. Helen, I expect to see you at the party, too." Tony looked over your shoulder at the woman. She glanced to him, pausing and debating it for a second before turning back to her work.

"Unlike you, I don't have a lot of time for parties." She said. Tony raised his hands, silently accepting her response as you glided past him and started to leave.

"Will Thor be there?" You heard her ask. Jane would not wanna hear that one.