Maria handed Tony a tablet and Tony spoke up again.
"Umm, yeah. Pietro you can get some clothes from Banner. And Wanda I'm sure you can rely on Lena on that one. We have three empty bedrooms at the moment. Cap I'm sure you know your way around. Show them where their rooms are and give them a full tour tomorrow so they don't have to ask around."
"Thanks a lot, Tony." I said smiling. He bowed his head slightly before looking at Rhodey and started discussing something.
"Okay. Banner, Alena, you two. Follow me."
Cap went up to a floor above my room and lead the twins up to their rooms. I gave Wanda a red sweater and gray sweatpants since they initially matched her color scheme.
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I was gonna go back to my room until I felt a tap on my shoulder.
"So...off limits ay?" Maria said with a large grin or her face.
"He wasn't the guy I was talking about!" I said looking behind me making my lie more noticeable.
"I know you're lying. It all adds up. He was an enemy, You met him somewhere around this week, And he's hot as balls according to your standards."
"Okay! Okay, fine. I was lying. Just don't tell anyone about it, especially Natasha. She knows about him too." Maria chuckled before going to her own room.
I finally went upstairs to my room and drifted off to sleep. I was so tired I fell asleep almost quickly.
It was 4 pm I was hanging out in the lab with Tony, Thor, Loki, Natasha and Pietro. We we're doing our own thing until Maria, Wanda and Cap when upstairs.
"What's this?" I asked looking at the screen. I gasped. It was a dead Strucker lying on the ground with the word 'PEACE' written on the wall beside him which I assume was written in his own blood.
"A message. Ultron killed Strucker."
"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene, just for us." Tony said rolling his eyes and shaking his head.
"This is a smoke screen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech?" Natasha asks turning her focus on to Steve.
"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss." Wanda said with her eyebrows slightly raised and her arms crossed.
"I bet he-- Yeah. Everything we had on Strucker's been erased." I said observing the screen and putting my hands into the air.
"Not everything..." We all turn to Pietro in confusion.
"Known associates." Steve said while flipping through more files. "Baron Strucker had a lot of friends." Steve said looking back at us.
"Well, these people are horrible." Bruce sighed.
"Wait. I know that guy." Tony said pointing to a file in Bruce's hands.
Tony was observing the file until he spoke up. "From back in the day. He operates off the African coast. Blackmarket arms. There are conventions. All right? You meet people. I didn't sell anything. He was talking about finding something new, A game-changer it was all very ahab."
"This?" I said pointing at the visible tattoo under the guy's shirt. Tony looked at it for a moment before answering. " It's a tattoo, I don't think he had it. "
" Those are tattoos, this is a brand. " Loki said pointing to the picture below it on the guy's neck.
I looked over at Bruce before he stood up, went over to a computer and opened a program up that decoded it instantly.
"Yeah. It's a word in an African dialect meaning 'thief'. In a much less friendly way. "
I was puzzled. "Why would someone get a tattoo in a language that could get decoded easily with enough technology?" I looked at the side and sighed. It looked like Natasha and Pietro we're having a conversation...
My eyebrows furrowed a bit before walking up to both of them with my arms crossed. "What are you guys talking about?" I said raising my eyebrows making a slight humming noise.
" Oh, just about the files and stuff... " She said pursing her lips. "It's getting really boring here..." She said trying so hard to hide the smile on her face.
" Yeah, it is. " I sighed while looking at the rest of the group, huddled against the computer waiting for answers.
I was spacing out before Natasha's face lit up and said; " You two can go and have a break. I'll make sure they'll never notice..." She said with a toothy grin.
"Are you sure?" I asked almost jokingly but she nodded her head and we're leaving the room quietly. I looked back to see Natasha with a large smile. I knew something was up...
With that we both entered the kitchen and decided to eat the leftover cake from last night's party.
" You guys had a house party last night? " He asked.
" Yeah, it was Thor's farewell party. We invited loads of bros and pretties too. I enjoyed getting to know everybody else at the party. I just talked to few people really. I just wanted to get some sort of special connection." I said while taking another bite from my food.
" You wished I was there? " He said looking straight at me.
I smiled and continued; " Yeah I did, I'm not a party animal like the rest of them." We both shared a laugh before noticing that we finished all of it.
"Hey, you guys ditched?" Steve said with a grin.
Pietro turned around and asked; "Where's Wanda?"
"She's upstairs with Loki. Both of them are checking if we missed anything. I may not be the God of Mischief but I can sense that there's some sort of lie to this." He said looking at the ground with a small smirk.
Pietro smirked before sprinting out of the room and me following after. I went upstairs to my room and spent the rest of the day in serenity.
