Stargazing • MCU/S. Rogers Fanfic•

1-7: Molar Mass of 29.88 g/cm3

Donut Shop

May 30, 2011

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"We've secured the perimeter but we don't think we should hold it for too much longer." Natasha reported when she and Astra approached the table. Tony had a mixed of a surprise and confusion expression. "Uh... you're fired." He pointed at the redhead.

"Thats not up to you." She countered then took a seat.

"Astra, was it really nessicary for you to come, too?" The older sibling buried his face in the metal hand.

"We can talk about this later. Right now there are more important things to be discussed." Astra stated in a serious tone.

"Tony," Fury started, clearly amused. "I want you to meet Agent Romanoff."

"Hi." Tony took of his sun-glasses, defeated.

"I'm a S.H.I.E.L.D shadow. Once we knew you were ill I was tasked to you by Director Fury." She made a quick explanation.

"Uh, I suggest you apologize." Tony said, being quite disappointed that he was being spied on.

"You've been very busy." Fury started. "Made your girl CEO, given away all your stuff, you let your friend fly away with your suit. Now if I didn't know any better-"

"You don't know better," Tony cut Fury off. "I didn't give it to him, he took it.

"Woah, woah, woah!" Fury was amused and shocked. "Nah! He took it! You're Iron Man and he just took it? The little brother just walked in, kicked your ass, and took your suit." He turned to Astra. "Is that possible?"

"Well, according to his data base security guide lines there are redundancies to prevent unauthorized usage." Astra explained.

"What do you want from me?" Tony gave up.

"What do we want from you! Nah. What do you want from me?" Fury corrected as the redheaded assassin got up to retrieve the Lithium Dioxide. "You have become a problem. A problem I have to deal with. Contrary of your belief you are not the center of my universe. I have bigger problems than you in the southwest region to deal with." Natasha walked back, injector in hand. "Hit him." Fury ordered her and she injected the serum.

"Oh God, you trying to steel my kidney and sell it?" The misguided man asked. "What did she just do to me?"

"What did she just do for you." Fury corrected. "That's lithium dioxide. It's gonna take the edge off. I'm trying to get you back at work."

"Lithium Dioxide." Astra showed off, with a smirk. "Molar Mass of 29,88 g/mol, it's appearance is solid white, density of 2.013 g/cm^3, melting point of 2620 degrees C-"

"That's good, Agent Stark." Fury stopped her from continuing, his eye roll being very discreet.

"Gimme a couple boxes of that and I'll be right as rain." Tony mumbled.

"It's not a cure, it just delays the symptoms." Astra corrected him, her eyebrows knit together.

"I don't look like its gonna be an easy fix." Fury added.

"Trust me I know, I'm good at this stuff. I've been looking for a suitable replacement for palladium. I have tried every combination, every permutation of every known element."

"Well I'm here to tell you, you haven't tried them all." Fury finished and stood up. "I'll meet you in the car. You need to have a long overdue conversation with your sister."

The two spy's left Astra and her brother alone in the booth.

"Look about yesterday..." He started.

"Lets just move past that, ok?" She interrupted, not wanting to go back to that topic. "I got all my frustration out of my system."

"Long overdue conversation?" He questioned what Fury just said.

"Yeah..." The nervous female trailed off. "It's a very strange topic really."

"Go on." He leaned back in his seat.

"Well, as you know I've always had 'health issues' as mom and dad put it." She tried to explain from the beginning. "Well those doctors appointments where really my S.H.I.E.L.D. hours, when I went so I could be examined and trained. They helped me in any way they could in regards to my... abilities-"

"Hold on." He interrupted her. "Abilities? Plural? I'm only gonna say this once-." He pointed.

"How about 'none-ce.'" She interrupted him. "Let me speak." Once she knew her brother was listening she started talking again. "Maybe I should of told you before. But, I made an agreement. And it just never seemed like it was a good conversation to have. Even now I don't know how to continue this conversation." She laughed at herself.

"Maybe you could list your uh..." He tries to processed the word he's about to say. "Powers? How many are there two, three?"

"As far as I know, four." The girl stated, snickering at her brothers reaction. Tony seems to be having a hard time processing this, so his eyes went kinda wide as he buries his face in his right hand then motions her to continue. "Uh, I have visions, can't control that though. Then I can create weapons, nothing else, just un-mechanical weapons. Should I give you a minute?" She noticed Tony get uncomfortable.

He was really trying to understand this but, it was pretty hard to swallow. "No, just keep taking."

Astra sighed before continuing. "I heal quickly. I actually burned my hand a few days ago, see." Astra rolled her sleeve up a bit to show her left hand, where she was previously burned. "Like it wasn't there in the first place. And, I don't know if you would call this an ability, really, but I am a stronger than the average person. Not super-strength, but it's pretty well above average."

That's when Tony started to laugh hysterically. "This is some joke right?" He continued to laugh while Astra rolled her eyes. "Funny. I really believed you for a moment."

Astra took her right hand and made a quick movement, a dagger appearing in her hand. Tony's laugher died down as he stared at what her just witnessed. The female spun it a few times before throwing it and the dagger lodged in frame of a door, disappearing moments later.

"I'm gonna need some time to process this all." He said to himself more than her.

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