" He's all over the globe. Robotics labs, weapons facilities, jet propulsion labs, reports of a metal man, or men, coming in and emptying the place." Said Maria
"Fatalities?" asked Steve
"Only when engaged. Mostly guys left in a fugue state going on about old memories, worst fears, and something too fast to see."
"Maximoffs. Well, that makes sense he'd go to them, they have someone in common." said Steve
"Not anymore." I said looking at the tablet Maria had in her hand. It had an image of Strucker's dead body with the word PEACE written in blood on the wall next to him.
Mason's head turns to Clint who is on the phone to someone.
"Barton, we might have something." said Steve
"Gotta go."
"Who was that?" asked Steve
"Girlfriend."
"What's this?" asked Stark
I rolled my eyes at the dumbass
"It's a message dumbass." I told him
"Ultron killed Strucker." said Steve
"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene, just for us." said Steve
"This is a smokescreen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech?"
"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss." Said Steve
" Yeah, I bet he... Yep. Everything we had on Strucker has been erased." said Mason looking at the computer screen
"Not everything."
"Known associates. Well, Strucker had a lot of friends." said Steve
"Well, these people are all horrible."
"Wait. I know that guy." Tony and I said
"From back in the day. He operates off the African coast, black market arms. " said Tony
"How do you know him?" Steve asked me
"He was the right hand man of the Jester, I just never got around to Ki..."
Steve gave me a pointed look before I said, "Ki...tickling him."
Steve then gave Tony an accusing look, "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."
I looked at the image of a man named Ulysses Klaue.
Thor points to the scar on the back of Klaue's neck before saying,"This."
" Uh, it's a tattoo. I don't think he had it..." said Tony
"No, those are tattoos, this is a brand." I told Tony
"Oh, yeah. It's a word in an African dialect meaning thief, in a much less friendly way." said Bruce
"What dialect?" asked Steve
"Wakanada...? Wa...Wa...Wakanda."
"Are you trying to say Wakanadain?" I asked Bruce looking at him confused
"If this guy got out of Wakanda with some of their trade goods..." said Tony
"I thought your father said he got the last of it?" said Steve
"I don't follow. What comes out of Wakanda?" said Mason and Bruce
"The strongest metal on earth." said Tony
"Where is this guy now?" asked Steve
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Like Father, Like Son
FanfictionAfter the death of Claudia Stilinski {Stiles's mother}, Noah {Stiles's father} blames his son for her death. He becomes so lost in his own grief and pain that he doesn't notice his own son has left their little home in Beacon Hills for a better life...
