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Chapter One

Tony thought it was rather ridiculous. When they could be trying to find a way to get Loki, or the tesseract, they had him and Natasha on a goose chase to find some girl.

It was a night club. Honestly, what did Fury want with a girl from a place like this? And if Natasha had any concerns she didn't voice them. Neither one however,  could figure out why they were paired together for this one. Natasha reckoned she was just due to her skill, and Tony was because no one would be surprised to see him out at a club.

"Let's go sit over there," she pointed to a spot near the stage that wasn't too close nor too far.

Tony followed her over as they sat together, "Her name is Elizabeth, right?"

"Right, we should know her when we see her."

And when she came out, they knew it was her. She was the opening act of the night.  Just like in the photo of her on the file, she had long brown hair, had big brown eyes, and was rather on the shorter side, even with the heels that she was wearing.

Elizabeth was dressed in knee high black leather heels, that lead to a strap to her black underwear, which lead to a black top, that was like an upside down triangle with one strap holding it on. She positioned herself on the pole, putting one arm on it.

As the song started, she began swirling her hips, as she switched arms and rose the other one to move around her head, and before either knew it the performance was on.

While watching her, neither could deny her obvious athletic abilities. In her revealing clothing, you could make out her many muscles, and rather defined abs. She was also flexible, obviously shown by her multiple splits, on ground, or the pole.

After her performance was over, the two were able to scoot away in search for her. It wasn't too hard to spot her, she was at the bar, pouring drinks for people.

Both walked up, as Natasha spoke, "Miss. Tolen?"

Elizabeth turned surprised to see Tony Stark standing there, with a woman who was not his girlfriend, Pepper Potts. She had to do a double take. Never had she thought someone of such importance would walk into a place like this. It wasn't like this was the worst club in town, but it certainly was nowhere near the best. "Hello," she smiled while wiping her hands, curious to what either of them would want. Something was off, and she knew that right away. "Can I get you guys anything?"

"I'm Agent Romanoff, I'm from the Strategic Homeland-"

"The S.H.I.E.L.D." Elizabeth hadn't heard of S.H.I.E.L.D. in what seemed like forever. Not since her Grandparents had died. Both of them were members in their youth, and they often told her many stories, adventures, missions, how they met. Even on several occasions during her childhood Elizabeth went to their various bases. What do they want with her now? Elizabeth was more than sure that she was firm when she denied their job offerings.

"Yes. Do you think you could come back with us, for a meeting?"

"Not tonight," she leaned against the bar. "I'm busy."

Tony challenged, "Doing what?"

She laughed while pointing to the bar and the building in general, "Doing this."

"Really?" He leaned in too. "You got another show?"

"In fact I do." Elizabeth leaned back giving a charming smile. Something was triumphant in her that the Tony Stark was curious about her having another show.

Natasha stifled a fake cough as she moved, and stomped her heeled foot over Tony's. Better than what Pepper would have done if she was here.

"Ow," Tony muttered as he shifted his weight.