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"Just because something works, doesn't mean it can't be improved."
- Shuri, (Black Panther)
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<(Omniscient POV)>
'An army of high-tech armor droids fitted to the brim with state-of-the-art weapons... This is so above my pay grade. How did these designs even get leaked? I thought Coulson and Maria were looking after Stark and his company.' Natasha Romanoff, aka, the Black Widow complained to no one as she muttered to herself while watching the scores of Iron Man armor replicas being displayed to the public.
"You seem worried about something? Care to tell me what?" Her current boss, Vanessa Carlysle, aka, Copycat asked offhandedly as she clapped for the various armor designs that Justin Hammer was revealing on the stage one by one.
Natasha or Natalie Rushman was the name she was currently using to infiltrate Meta International to find out its deepest secrets and get some dirt on the 'God' that according to intel was the true owner of the conglomerate. This was her biggest and most important mission from the time when she joined Shield. The organization had spent millions of dollars to prepare her for the mission.
From constructing shell companies, a very thoroughly made fake identity that might as well be real in the eyes of the government, an online social media identity, fake digital traces all over the internet, the most advanced micro-grade non-metal Thought Scrambler drilled into her skull to block any telepathic and mind control powers, nothing was spared to make her seem like an ordinary woman with sharp business acumen and a huge ambition to make a name for herself along with the smarts needed for it.
The plan was simple. She was to infiltrate one of the biggest, if not THE biggest company in the world as a talented employee and then slowly climb the ranks till she catches the eyes of either Atem who was the real mastermind of the company, or his rumored 'mistresses' who occupied the top management positions.
In fact, she had decided that she would act as a desperate gold digger trying to seduce her boss to quickly climb up the corporate ladder. The mission that was given to her by Shield was to do anything and everything that was required of her to get close to the 'patron god' of New Genosha and get as much info about him, his cult, his company, and his country as possible. Absolutely no mistakes were allowed.
Till now, Natasha had carried out her mission without any sort of hiccups. She had gotten a job at Meta International's investment arm, which was the most important part of the company, and had succeeded in grabbing the attention of many of the people that are rumored to be closely associated with Atem. Vanessa was one of them. Natasha had introduced herself to her as a mutant with the power to block out any sort of telepathic abilities which was actually a result of the advanced thought scrambler implanted inside her skull.
Now, she hadn't been trusted as much as she would have preferred. Still, the trust that she had earned with her hard work was enough to be promoted as a secretary for the blue-skinned metahuman who was appointed as the representative of Meta International in the Stark Expo.
"Huh? Nothing Ms. Carlysle, it's just amazing how much technology has evolved. I thought Tony Stark was the only one who could make stuff like this but it seems like this is soon going to be the industry norm... Shouldn't we be working on technology like this too to ensure we don't fall behind others, Miss Vanessa? It could be a great way to increase the company's security forces as well if we were able to get our hands on advanced weaponized armor like that." Natasha tried to dig in for some information.
"We don't need to develop or invest in such technology ourselves when we are Hammer's biggest investor. Plus, if we really wanted to, we could develop this technology a hundred times better than both Hammer and Tony." Vanessa revealed with a proud grin, looking very proud of the company that was directly founded by her lover himself.
