Chapter 21 - Curiosity (1/2)
Tony stark looked up at a holographic screen as he watched Natasha walk out the front door of Avengers tower. Making sure that she was gone and looking at the time. (7:30) He pulled up a keyboard in front of him. Typing in some quick commands a new screen appeared.
The screen showed a view of New York before in the following seconds it zooming in on a specific target. The person that was being tracked turned out to be Natasha and the view followed her as she walked down the street. In her gorgeous dress and carrying a large bag, the screen caught the sight of many a man staring her way.
Tony slowly lowered himself down on to the seat behind him and watched with a satisfied smirk. Anyone looking from the outside would feel that his smile had gone from charming one second to slightly creepy.
*Pish* The door to the lab opened and a new person entered. Sporting a bow behind his back and a black top, the man had a perpetual smile on his face and a happy glint in his eyes. Scanning the room with his hawk like eyes, he instantly locked on to tony sitting down.
Walking over to discuss something, his footsteps stopped for a second as he looked at the screen in front of Tony. Without looking behind Tony addressed the new person. ”Hey Legolas, what's up?” Not one to be outdone the man quickly quipped back. ”I knew you were interested in Tash, but I think you've gone over the edge Tony with the stalking. What am I going to tell Pepper?”
Tony tensed at the words and a small shiver went down his spine at the mention of 'Pepper' he still felt a phantom pain from when she caught him eyeing Natasha the other day. ”Don't joke about that Barton.” Giving a small smile, Clint Barton, better known as Hawk eye, pulled up a chair next to the billionaire and looked at the screen before them. He straddled the chair backwards and rested his chin on the top of the chair back.
Laughing lightly a curious light flashed through his eyes. ”So why are you tracking Tash with a…Satellite I'm guessing.” Tony gave a small nod at his words. ”You remember when she was angry the other week.” Clint gave an amused nod. ”It was so bad I was afraid to ask if it was 'that time' of the month'. I think she might have actually broken something at the time.” Tony gave him a look at the intended joke with a shocked face, before giving him a thumbs up. ”I wish I had thought of that one!”
They both laughed as they imagined what her face would have looked like after asking the question, before they both shuddered as they realized how much danger they would be in if they uttered such words.
Having a moment of silence Clint finally spoke again. ”So you hacked a satellite to track her? Because of her bad mood a week or two ago?” Tony gave a self satisfied smirk. ”Hacked one? No, I own this on. Stark industries made and manufactured.” He flashed a big smile towards Clint as he bragged. ”And yes, yes I did. Come on you want to know as bad as I do why she was so pissed off!”
Clint had to admit he was right, he hadn't seen her that mad since a target got the drop on her and almost killed her one mission. After that incident she had stepped up her game to a whole different level and at the same time trained Clint into the ground with how many spars they went through. He physically couldn't walk for a week after the amount of time he spent with her practicing combat techniques.
But even though he was thinking that he could help but get in a little teasing. ”Nah I'm not buying it, if you really like her so much you should try the direct approached instead of stalking her.” Stark's face turned annoyed as he chewed on the words. ”Haha, I don't think that would work out well for me, actually scratch that, I don't think that would end well for anyone.”
At his words Clint winced for a second. He had indeed once been straight forwards with Natasha when they had just started working with each other. Trying to hit on her during a sparring match might have been the worst thing he ever tried. Waking up in the infirmary with 2 broken bones wasn't funny in their sort of business.