Little Avenger

7b

I'm standing with Nat by a computer when the guys come in, gaining our attention.

"What's this?" Tony asks and Thor slams a tablet into his chest.

Rude.

"A message." Steve answers. "Ultron killed Strucker."

"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene, just for us."

"This is a smokescreen." Nat states. "Why send a message when you've just given a speech?"

"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss." Steve nods.

"I bet he... Yep. Everything we have on Strucker's been erased."

"Not everything."

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Now, we're all in a room with a bunch of files on Strucker and Hydra and all that good shit. Thor keeps throwing lids to boxes and I smile everytime.

"Known associates." Steve opens a box. "Strucker had a lot of friends."

"Well, these people are all horrible." Banner states.

"Wait." Tony starts. "I know that guy."

Banner hands him the file he had, taking a closer look.

"From back in the day. He operates off the African coast. Black market arms."

Steve gives Tony a disapproving look, making me almost laugh but, I hold it back before I can.

"There are conventions. Alright? You meet people. I didn't sell him anything. He was talking about finding something new, a game-changer. It was all very Ahab."

"This?" Thor points at a branding on the guys neck.

"Ah, it's a tattoo, I don't think he had it."

"No, the branding." I point and he nods.

"Oh, yeah." Banner finds it. "It's a word in an African dialect meaning 'thief', in a much less friendly way."

"What dialect?" Steve asks.

"Wakanada-"

"Wakanda." I correct staring down at a file.

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"Sweet boy Jarvis told me about it." I shake my head. "I'ma beat Ultron's ass."

"Yeah, sorry about that-" Tony starts.

"Oh, no, no." I look at him. "I don't blame you-"

"You don't blame him?" They all ask.

"Start with me, bitches." I stare at the wall. "Mess with me, I dare you. Leave him alone or you're after Ultron."

"Sorry."

"That's what I thought."

Tony pats my back and I look at him to see him grinning at me.

"But, anyway, Jarvis said that Wakanda is where the strongest metal on the Earth comes from, which I'm sure you already knew, considering that is exactly what the shield is. Vibranium."

"Oh." Banner nods.

"Know where we can find this guy?"