Elizabeth 'Betty' Ross is played by Liv Tyler Gemma Simmons is played by Elizabeth Henstridge Hope Pym is played by Evangeline Lilly Natasha Romanov is played by Scarlett Johannson
Chapter 3
Peter stood in the Stark Home gym watching Happy and Tony spar with boxing gloves.
"Please come sign the transfer paperwork," Pepper said as she walked in followed by one of the most gorgeous women in the MCU. Happy and Tony took note of her just after Peter. "I promise you this is the only time I will ask you to sign over your company."
"I need you to initial each box," Natasha Romanov AKA Natalie Rushman told Pepper while holding out an open binder.
"Lesson one, never take your eye off of...," Happy began having jabbed Tony in the back of the head.
Tony proceeded to attack Happy. "What's your name?" Tony asked while pointing at Nat. "Rushman, Natalie Rushman," Nat replied. "Come in the church," Tony said while tapping the ring. "No, you're seriously not," Pepper said. "Oh he is," Peter interjected. "You'd better humor him Ms. Rushman. It'll be quicker." "Peter does know Tony pretty well," Pepper said.
Natasha slowly approached the boxing ring unable to take her eyes off Peter. Their intel did suggest Tony working with a person named Peter. But the photos she had seen hadn't shown him looking like this. She blinked as his face shifted to another before her eyes. Then another. Each was a different looking man.
"Holographic overlay technology," Peter explained. "Can't have Mr. Stark's bodyguard being always recognizable."
Natasha suddenly wished she had access to such technology. She stepped into the ring and met Tony's eyes. Tony took a drink from his water bottle as their gaze never wavered from the other.
"What?" Tony asked, breaking contact first. Nat had a very small smile. Looking over at Happy, Tony said, "Can you give her a lesson?"
"I think Happy is the one who is going to need a lesson," Peter said. "Martial arts background?" "Just a little," Nat replied.
Tony stepped out of the ring to go talk to Pepper. Peter barely held in a chuckle as he watched the lesson commence.
"So you've got a martial arts background. Have you ever boxed before?" Happy asked. "I have a little yes," Nat replied. "What like Tae Bo, Booty Boot Camp, something like that," Happy said a little patronizingly. "I'm going to enjoy this," Peter said.
Nat met his gaze and couldn't help being attracted to him.
"How do you spell your last name Natalie?" Tony called before removing his boxing gloves.
"R-U-S-H-M-A-N," Nat replied.
Nat was glancing back at Pepper and Tony.
"Rule number one. Never take your eye off your opponent," Happy said before trying to punch Nat.
Nat caught his punch by the wrist. Before Happy knew what was happening Natalie had flipped herself upside down wrapping her legs around his neck and threw him to the ground. Happy was in a chokehold with Nat holding onto his right arm and choking him out.
"Oh my god," Pepper shouted in alarm. Nat just as quickly released him. "That's what I'm talking about. Peter, you're up," Tony prompted.
"Seriously, after what just happened?" Pepper asked her boyfriend. "I want to see how Peter stacks up," Tony said. Peter stepped into the ring. "Feel free to use any technique," Peter said just before he rushed Nat.
He was honestly curious himself. Being an experienced martial artist in his last life he had worked to maintain proficiency in this life. Nat was a whole other level. The only thing that allowed him to keep up with her was his strength, speed, and agility. Natasha quickly realized she was fighting a potential enhanced. He moved too well and was too fast. She wasn't completely certain. If he was enhanced he was staying just above human norms. She did think it was slightly possible he could just be an incredible athlete. To test her theory she set up the same move she had tried on Happy. When Peter took the bait, she attacked. Unlike Happy, Peter was waiting for it. Peter didn't go down. Instead, Nat ended up with her legs wrapped around Peter's neck, her crotch facing him. He grasped her by her lower back holding her there for only a moment before he controlled their descent until Nat ended up on the ground with Peter straddling her. He quickly pinned her body down with her arms above her head. Nat struggled but was unable to break free. His grip was like iron. Their gazes met from inches apart.
"You're very good," Peter complimented.
"So, are you," Nat said as she stopped struggling and he let her up.
The pheromones were working their magic. Nat climbed out of the ring.
"Now that was an impressive fight. Good to know I hired a capable bodyguard," Tony said.
"I need your fingerprint," Nat said as she produced her binder.
Pepper walked over with a smile as Tony gave his fingerprint. Peter observed with amusement. Women could get quite defensive when such a beautiful woman was around their boyfriend.
"And now Pepper is the boss," Tony said. "Will that be all Mr. Stark?" Nat asked. "Yes. That will be all Miss Rushman," Pepper replied for Tony. They watched Nat go. It was Peter that Nat threw a glance at over her shoulder. "I think I should make her my assistant for Peter's sake," Tony said. "For Peter's sake huh," Pepper said while glancing at Peter in amusement.
"It's obvious the two of them have chemistry," Tony pointed out.
"That is obvious," Pepper agreed. "I felt if we weren't here the two of them might have been without clothes by now. You promise nothing will happen between the two of you?"
"I promise," Tony said. "Very well," Pepper replied.
As Pepper walked away, Peter said to Tony, "In case you missed it. You're now set up for a test. Do anything with Natalie and you'll fail."
"I'm ok with that," Tony said.
Peter's Room, Stark Home
Peter didn't actually need a room in Tony's house. But Tony had given him one to use whenever just in case he didn't want to portal home when he was tired. This helped hide the fact he had the ability to portal if anyone was keeping tabs on him. It also seemed normal to Natasha that Peter would have a staff room. It was the end of the day after Tony had hired her on as his personal assistant that found Nat standing outside of Peter's door. There were many reasons that had brought her there. She told herself mostly that she wanted to find out about the holographic tech that Tony revealed Peter had invented. The larger part of the truth was that the pheromones had turned Nat on. She couldn't help but think about Peter most of the day.
"Natalie, what can I do for you?" Peter asked.
"I hope you don't think this is too forward of me. Feel free to say no. I enjoyed our spar today. I was wondering if you'd like to do more sparring in your room?" Nat said suggestively leaving no doubt what type of sparring she meant.
Peter reached forward and pulled her into his arms. She came willingly. He leaned down and kissed her. Nat gladly returned the kiss. Her hands went to his shoulders which were impressively defined. His hands went to her ass. She was still wearing her professional black pants. The two kissed as Nat kicked closed the door of his room. They kissed as they walked back towards the bed. Her hands slipped down to his pants and quickly worked them open. With expert hands she fished out his dick.
Begin Smut Scene (Warning This is Going to Get Kinky – Including Anal Play)
"Very nice," Nat said approvingly after breaking the kiss to admire the dick she was stroking.
"Glad you...approve," Peter said with a gasp as Nat slipped to her knees and took his prick between her lips in one fluid motion.
Nat's eyes met his as she licked the underside of his cock. Nat loved the feeling of the cock pulsing in her mouth as she bathed it with her saliva. She wasn't boasting when she said she was quite good at sucking cock. It had been part of her training in the red room. She had intended to come here, suck some dick, and if she didn't like how things went leave. She was finding herself so turned on from just sucking this man's dick that she couldn't help herself. She had to have it in her pussy.
Popping her mouth off his dick for a moment, Nat requested, "Show me your real face and the next place this dick is going is my pussy."
How could anyone deny that as Nat sucked his dick back between her lips taking it all the way to the root. With her lips wrapped around the base of his dick, Nat watched as his face shifted to a handsome man. If she were to guess she would say he was maybe twenty, 4 years younger than Nat herself. Peter of course showed Nat an older face than his body physically was. But he wanted to be younger than her because that would make him less likely to be relationship material for now. Nat gave one last suck of his dick before standing. She fluidly moved to the bed, put her right knee on the edge, and reached back to spread her pussy lips.
"I need fucked. Give me that hot dick," Nat urged while meeting his gaze.
Peter didn't waste any time. He came up behind her, bent his knees slightly, lined up with her opening, and thrust inside. Nat moaned approvingly as he buried his bone in her body. His hands went to her hips. She turned her head and kissed him as he slowly started stroking from and back into her body. To Nat he was stretching her cunny in all the right ways. His dick just did it for her, hitting her best spots. She leaned back and pressed her back against his chest. The flesh-on-flesh contact felt really good. Gripping her hips tightly he continued to pump her pussy with his hardness. She felt his groin bouncing off her rump, her best feature. He groaned with his mouth next to her ear and she could feel his dick throb within her. Each thrust forward into her core sent a surge of pleasure flooding out of her pussy. Then something happened which made an aftershock of pleasure surge through her after each initial wave. Nat had never felt anything like it. But she certainly loved it. Nat would not find out until much later that this was Peter's bioelectricity power at work.
"Fuck," Peter groaned into Nat's ear. "You are unbelievably gorgeous. I could happily spend all night with my dick buried in you."
"I have nowhere to be," Nat said while really loving the feeling of his dick slipping in and out of her.
Nat leaned forward slightly knowing how much her partners loved staring at her ass. Stare at her ass Peter did. She was easily one of the most gorgeous women he had ever met and that was saying something. He watched her juicy cunt cling to his length as he drew back three-quarters of the way before giving in as he surged back into her snatch. Peter settled in to really enjoy this screw. He was in no hurry to climax. He felt his balls slapping off her clit each time he shafted her. There was a mirror above his bed which she looked into meeting his gaze when he wasn't
busy looking at her body. He took his right hand off her hip and ran it up the curves of her back, feeling her muscled form. He could tell his bioelectric technique was working because her snatch was growing wetter. Nat was also looking more harried, more out of sorts, the longer he carved out her insides. Her left hand came up and played with her left tit. Her right hand went down to her clit. She was forced to abandon her clit a moment later because the sensations were already too intense from the bioelectric attack on her nerve endings. Lust filled Nat's eyes as she met his gaze. She was consciously gripping with her Kegel muscles each time he bottomed out in her. He pushed past her resistance and loved every moment of it. She started pushing her butt back at his thrusts, driving her gash onto his rigid pole.
"Fuck, I don't know how long I'm going to last like this," Nat admitted. Nat actually meant that. Sex with Peter felt fantastic. "You'll last," Peter said confidently as he backed off the bioelectric technique to a lower level.
Peter kept Nat aroused without pushing her over the edge. When he felt her getting too close his hands returned to her hips and froze her in place. Nat tried to fight his hold on her but found herself unable to break his grip. Nat's eyes flew a little wider. He had just confirmed his enhanced status. No normal man would have been able to hold her.
"Let me go. I want to fuck you," Nat said.
"No. This isn't going to be quick. I'm going to screw this hot pussy until you're ready to pop from the slightest movement," Peter promised.
Nat didn't give out a whine. But she wanted to. She felt frustrated but also incredibly turned on. What followed was Peter holding her in place by her hips, his grip unbreakable, mixed in with short deep thrusts to and from her core. When she moved to finger her clit, Peter countered. He took her up to the head of the bed where it was revealed the frame was cloth covered steel. He tore through the cloth, removed a pair of handcuffs from somewhere, and cuffed her hands to the frame easily overpowering her despite her own enhanced strength.
"Bondage on the first time, how naughty," Nat said as she stopped trying to fight.
It was clear he was more powerful than her. She was at his mercy. It excited her more than she would have thought. He slowly drug his dick out of her cunny before thrusting sharply back in, stretching her just how she liked it. Nat lost complete track of time as she was used by Peter for his pleasure. She lost herself in his dick stroking into her again and again mixed up with breaks. It was during one of those breaks that he changed things up. He slipped out of her and Nat was surprised to feel his tongue on her asshole. Nat was no stranger to anal play. It had also been part of her training. But the suddenness of it was what surprised her. She was very grateful she had taken a quick shower before coming here. Nat's pussy really leaked juice as she got her asshole tongued for a little bit. Then Peter stood and re-sheathed himself in her cunt. She felt his thumb slip into her back door letting Nat know exactly what he intended for later. She was fine with that.
"Mm...there's nothing I can do if you decide to fuck my ass," Nat said. "Do me a favor though. Get me off first."
"Oh you'll be getting off real soon. You'll be creaming on my cock. You'll shatter on my dick," Peter promised as he resumed his pumping into her core.
Peter was done holding back. He slowly began to ramp up his bioelectric assault, also channeling it through his thumb up her backdoor. He could feel every millimeter he moved through her sleeve with how sensitive his shaft had become, particularly his frenum. He was getting really close to blowing into Nat's core. She stood there and took his fast thrusts, growing more sensitive herself. She expected him to pull out of her again. She looked over her shoulder at him when she realized he wasn't going to.
"Oh thank god yes," Nat cried as she reached the point of no return.
He sped up his thrusts, slamming into Nat with enough speed and force that even her enhanced body was challenged. Nat cried out as her orgasm overtook her. She truly did shatter around his dick, coming completely undone. She gripped the bed frame bending it slightly with her enhanced strength. Peter gripped her hips. Her clasping cunt pulled him over the edge. He thrusts half a dozen times into her as fast as he could before burying his bone and letting loose. Surge after surge of hot semen flooded into Nat's pussy as he held her hips pinning her in place. She happily took his load as ecstasy flooded her pussy greater than anything she had felt before. Her toes curled with the intensity. She molded her back against his chest trying to get as close as possible. She pushed her butt back trying to get as much of him inside of her as possible. His left arm wrapped around her body beneath her breasts. His right arm went across her pussy as his right hand held her left hip. She was fully enveloped in his embrace as he lifted her off the bed. She hadn't even noticed as his finger had slipped from her ass or when he had shattered her handcuffs so casually.
The two stayed locked like that for some time before slowly separating.
End Smut Scene
"You're enhanced," Nat said as she looked up at him.
"So are you. And you're not just a secretary or a paralegal. Don't ask me about me and I won't ask you or say anything to Tony about you being more than you seem," Peter said.
"Fair enough," Nat said. "What now?" Peter asked. "Now, I'd like a round two but with me on top," Nat said as she eyed his still hard dick. "I'd be a fool to turn that down," Peter agreed.
"You would," Nat added before climbing onto the bed after him.
They had their round two, and a round three. Like all his previous bed partners, Nat gave up her ass that night. He again suspected some divine intervention.
Monaco, Hotel De Paris
Peter had insisted on tagging along on this trip. Tony just thought it was because Nat was there. Peter knew about the shit that would hit the fan soon. Peter was currently shrunken down on Tony's shoulder. Happy wasn't toting around a suitcase suit like in canon thanks to the nanite pendants.
"Hello," Nat greeted. "How was your flight?" "It was excellent," Tony replied.
"There's a photographer from the ACM here if you don't mind," Nat said as she accepted the drinks that Tony & Pepper had just picked up from a serving tray.
The couple posed for a couple of pictures before Tony broke off with Nat. "So what do we have on the docket today?" Tony asked. "You have a 9:30 dinner," Nat answered. "Perfect. I'll be there at 11," Tony replied. "Is this us?"
Tony was pointing towards a corner table he liked. "It can be," Nat answered. "Great. Make it us," Tony said. Elon Musk was sitting at the next table. Pepper approached him with a smile. "How are you?" Pepper said.
"Congratulations on the promotion," Elon said as he shook her hand and rose from his seat. "Thank you very much," Pepper said as Tony came over.
Peter had to admit he was fan boying a little bit. Elon Musk had been a great man who had done a lot for humanity in his old universe. Tony came over and shook his hand exchanging a few words before they parted. Tony and Pepper moved over to the bar.
"Heads up Tony. Justin Hammer is down at the end of the bar and just popped his head out to smile at you," Peter warned over the com system which was nanite based.
"Oh fuck," Tony hissed under his breath. "Asshole Distraction Protocol." "Anthony," Hammer called as he walked down the bar.
Peter took aim with his right arm and fired a small projectile out of a launcher. The projectile had a rapidly decaying shrink field on it that began decaying the moment it left the launcher. The timing was perfect. The projectile made it into Justin Hammer's mouth and down his throat before it began to enlarge. Hammer stumbled as the pill reached full size in his throat. The stumble was only momentary because the nanites in the pill rapidly tore the casing to molecules before spreading out. The nanites had two primary missions. Mission 1 was to trigger uncontrollable erections. Mission 2 was to trigger explosive diarrhea.
"Oh, excuse me," Hammer said as he walked off. "That was strange," Pepper said.
Tony leaned into Pepper's ear and whispered, "Peter just caused Hammer to have some explosive diarrhea with a mix of uncontrollable erections.
Pepper leaned back and stared at Tony stunned.
"You know I feel like I shouldn't be so surprised by you two anymore. But I still am. A lot," Pepper said. "I can't even."
A few minutes later Tony excused himself to go drive a racecar. He didn't tell anyone that was what he was intending to do, not even Peter. Peter didn't mind. He knew what Tony was doing.
"Have you seen Tony?" Pepper asked Nat. "He said he was using the restroom," Nat reported.
"Oh boy. I leave that man alone for five minutes. Did you see what he and Peter did a little bit ago?" Pepper asked.
"I get the feeling I didn't. But since I haven't seen Peter at all today that isn't surprising," Nat said. "What did they do?"
"Peter has technology at his disposal that allows him to be very hard to notice," Pepper explained, unintentionally making Nat even more curious about Peter. "Justin Hammer was
about to speak to us when Peter used more technology to give Hammer explosive diarrhea and an uncontrollable erection."
"That would be really useful to have at times," Nat thought to herself. "I don't even know how to respond to that," Nat said out loud. "What do you know about Peter?"
"That he's very popular with the ladies," Pepper said. "Anything beyond that isn't my secret to tell." Nat nodded. Then Pepper noticed the TV and said, "Oh crap. I think I've found Tony. We need to go."
"Yes. Of course," Nat said as she and Pepper headed out of the restaurant towards the race track.
Nat texted Happy to let him know where they were going. By the time they reached the track the race was under way. They found Peter actually visible for once waiting on them.
"Peter, why didn't you stop him?" Pepper asked.
"He's got his suit set on instant deploy," Peter answered with a shrug. "He'll be fine. Though that is troubling," He added as he pointed to a nearby monitor showing Ivan Vanko walking out onto the racetrack shedding clothes. "Friday, what do you have?"
"Ivan Vanko," Friday, Peter's suit AI, said from the nanite pendant around Peter's neck for the benefit of Pepper and Nat. Friday could communicate through nanites in Peter's body. "He has a prison record from Russia. I am also currently reading an arc reactor on him with a power build up and technology."
Even then the technology was revealed as Vanko burned off the orange jump suit he had been wearing. Vanko cut the first racecar almost in half causing it to flip end over end. Tony's car was next. His suit deployed the instant the AI perceived the danger. Iron-Man exploded out of the wreckage of the car and immediately fired repulsor blasts back-to-back at Vanko. Vanko was able to use his plasma whips on the first two rounds despite his surprise at Iron-Man's sudden appearance. Unknown to Pepper and Nat they were currently talking with one of Peter's duplicates. Peter himself was in fact shrunken and now inside of Vanko's arc reactor. Vanko tried hitting Iron-Man with his whips. But Tony maneuvered out of the way using his suit's repulsors. That was the moment Vanko's arc reactor exploded.
"Did you get clear?" Tony asked. "I did," Peter responded over their coms. Tony went over and picked up and pretended to analyze what was left of Vanko.
A Short While Later
Tony as Iron-Man with the helmet retracted stood next to Pepper as several press stood near the race track.
"Thank you for coming," Tony said. "I just wanted to say a few words. My computer has identified the man who exploded as Ivan Vanko from Russia. I do not know why he attacked me. I was able to tell from my suit analyzing his technology that he had a flawed arc reactor design. It was a pale imitation of the technology I created. And it cost Vanko his life. I will now answer questions."
"Mr. Stark, Tom Moran with ESP News. Aren't you concerned that more will try to make copies of your technology?" Tom asked.
"It's bound to happen. There is nothing I can do about that. But Vanko just proved that trying to do so is very dangerous. Perhaps that will make them think twice about doing it," Tony said. "And if they don't we can always trigger their tech to explode," He thought privately.
Peter had triggered Vanko's reactor to explode to deal with the man who had just killed a race car driver. It was a lesson to others who would try to duplicate the technology and use it for crime. Tony stayed and answered more questions.
"Take a really good look at the Stark Expo Model your father built when you get home. It holds the solution to your palladium problem," Peter told Tony just before they left Europe on the jet.
On the Jet Back
"Do you have any interest in joining the mile high club?" Nat asked.
Peter snorted and said, "Hell yes."
Nat took Peter by the hand and led him back into the rather spacious bathroom of the private jet. They didn't come out for some time.
Later "This bathroom smells like sex," Pepper said out loud after she had sat down to pee. She grabbed some Febreeze out of a cupboard and sprayed it around.
Tony's Birthday Party "Tony is just a little drunk," Peter mused as he stood next to Nat.
"I'd say that is more than just a little," Nat said with a grin. "I'm surprised he isn't dancing around in his Iron-Man suit."
"Oh, he wanted to. I locked that down. That was a good attempt to get into the database by the way. It might have worked before we upgraded security recently," Peter said.
Nat glanced sideways at the man she greatly enjoyed screwing. "I don't know what you are talking about," Nat said.
"Of course you don't," Peter said. "Don't try to infiltrate Tony's systems again and we won't have to have a repeat sparring match that is less friendly."
"Fair enough," Nat said. The two were silent for a little while. Then she decided to ask because it couldn't hurt. "Want to slip off somewhere for a quickie?"
"Sure," Peter agreed.
Tony Stark's Bedroom
Tony woke up sleeping next to a naked Pepper Potts. He remembered the night before very well. Peter had convinced Pepper to drink a little and kept on eye on Tony making sure he didn't do anything too stupid. Tony's movement woke Pepper.
"Good morning," Tony greeted. "Good morning," Pepper said. "How much of last night do you remember?"
"Everything," Tony said with a grin. "I was starting to sober up by the time we made it back here. Are you having trouble remembering?"
"Not at all," Pepper said. "I do have a bit of a headache." "Let's get up and get some water in you. Did you do anything you regret?" Tony asked. "No," Pepper said before leaning over and kissing him.
Tony grinned and said, "I know a donut shop that has pretty good donuts for breakfast. How about we get dressed and head over."
"Let's shower first," Pepper suggested as she slipped out of bed naked and headed towards the bathroom.
She looked over her shoulder with an invitation in her expression as she reached the door. Tony followed quickly.
At the Donut Shop
Tony and Pepper were eating donuts when Nick Fury walked in followed by Natasha Romanov in her Black Widow uniform. Tony and Pepper watched the pair take a seat across from them.
"I'm glad to see you didn't make a mess of things after the whole Vanko situation and you managed to solve your little palladium poisoning issue," Fury said.
"Well it turns out my father left me something that helped," Tony said with the new core in his chest having synthesized a new element with Peter's assistance.
Pepper and Tony didn't have many secrets from one another. She knew about Nick Fury. "I take it Miss Rushman works for you?" Pepper asked.
"Agent Romanov does yes," Fury answered. "She was sent in to assess the situation when we got word of a possible threat towards you and saw the Palladium poisoning signs for Tony."
"My intervention wasn't necessary in either case," Nat said.
"We'll be sorry to see you go," Tony said. "You were a good assistant," He added sincerely. Tony changed the subject abruptly and said, "Do you have additional details on my parents' deaths? Was it really a fatal car accident?"
Nick looked at Tony in surprise for a moment before answering, "We believe they were taken out by an enemy agent known as the Winter Soldier."
"I'm not familiar with him," Tony admitted. Fury looked at Nat expectantly.
"He is an elite assassin with a bionic arm made out of Vibranium. He has some version of augmentation to make him faster and stronger. I wouldn't be surprised if it is a watered-down version of the Captain America super soldier serum. He's ruthless. Nobody survives when he goes after them. Or at least very few. I fought him off once and barely made it out," Nat admitted.
"Howard was carrying a variant of the re-created super soldier serum he made," Fury explained. "The case of super soldier serum was missing after your parents were murdered."
Tony took a few moments to process this information. "Thank you for telling me," Tony said. "Why do you want to know?" Fury asked curiously.
"I know some people that may be able to help bring my parents back. Could you set them up with new identities? I imagine they may be re-targeted if my parents were suddenly brought back. They're going to look a different age," Tony said.
Nat and Fury stared at Tony in surprise. Pepper did not. She knew what Peter and Tony were capable of.
"I owe Howard a lot. Of course," Fury said. "I get the feeling you aren't going to tell me who these people you know are."
"You may find out some day," Tony said. Fury nodded. Nat slid out of the booth and stood followed by Fury. The two spies left.
Peter's Home
Peter grinned as he finished reading the short note Nat had left in his quarters at Tony's house once more.
Peter,
I had a lot of fun sparring with you with and without clothes. I wouldn't mind doing it regularly. Here's a cell number you can text me at. If you're interested, text me and we'll set something up.
Nat
Peter had already texted her. He'd be a fool not to.
December 16th, 1991
Howard suddenly found himself experiencing what seemed like an out of body experience. One moment he had been driving down the road with his wife Maria in the car. The next moment he watched an assassin kill them both and take the super soldier serum. Howard expected to go
onto the afterlife. But instead after the assassin had gone there was a flash of light and he found himself in an unfamiliar place. A red haired woman was sitting in the room looking anxious.
"Tony," Maria said in surprise bringing Howard's attention to Tony looking older wearing a red suit of some sort with his face exposed.
"Mom," Tony said with tears in his eyes.
Another suited figure retracted its helmet to reveal a young man.
"What's going on?" Howard asked.
"We just faked your death using clone bodies and illusions and brought you to what will seem like your future," Peter explained.
"It's the year 2010 dad," Tony added while hugging Maria. "So that assassin really did kill us in your past timeline," Howard said. "Yes he did," Tony said. "We have a lot to catch up on. First let me do something."
Tony focused on Maria. There was a flash of light. And suddenly Maria looked to be in her twenties. The younger man focused on Howard and suddenly after another flash of light Howard felt like a new man.
"We just reverted your physical age back to your twenties," Tony explained. "Is this an illusion?" Howard asked in awe.
"No illusion," Tony said. "Time travel has many benefits if you know how to use it. This is Peter my friend. And this is Pepper, my girlfriend."
"A pleasure to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Stark," Pepper said. "Call us Howard and Maria dear," Maria said. "We do have a lot to catch up on," Howard said.
New Mexico
Peter briefly stood over the form of Thor restrained in the hospital bed. Peter had been here for a while shrunken watching events. So, far they were the same events as canon. Peter had probes monitoring everything here. It was time to see if he could get to Asgard.
Asgard, Meeting Hall
Peter came through the tiny portal in his shrunken form. Volstagg, Hogun, Fandral, Loki, and Sif were all in the room discussing the situation with Thor.
"We should never have let him go," Volstagg declared. "There was no stopping him," Sif pointed out.
"At least he is only banished and not dead. Which is what we would all be if that guard hadn't told Odin where we'd gone," Fandral added.
"How did the guard even know?" Volstagg asked.
"I told him," Loki admitted.
"What?" Fandral asked.
"I told him to go to Odin after we'd left. He should be flogged for taking so long. We should never have reached Jotunheim," Loki explained.
"You told the guard," Volstagg said in outrage. "I saved our lives," Loki said. "And Thor's. I had no idea father would banish him for it." "Loki, you must go to the Allfather and convince him to change his mind," Sif pleaded.
"If I do, then what," Loki said. "I love Thor more dearly than any of you. But you know what he is. He is arrogant. He is reckless. He is dangerous. You saw how he was today. Is that what Asgard needs from its king."
Loki left the room.
"He may speak of the good of Asgard. But he has always been jealous of Thor," Sif said after Loki had gone.
"We should be grateful to him. He saved our lives," Volstagg pointed out.
"Laufey said, there were traitors in the house of Odin," Hogun added. "A master of magic could bring three Jotuns into Asgard."
"Loki has always been one for mischief. But you're talking about something else entirely," Fandral reasoned.
"Hogun is correct," Peter said as he grew to his full size.
He was currently wearing his Spider-Man armor with the hood retracted. He looked to be in his twenties thanks to illusions. He was impressed at how quickly weapons were drawn on him.
"Who are you?" Sif demanded.
"My name is Peter. I am from Midgard. Among other abilities I am a sorcerer able to travel between realms. It was Loki who allowed the Jotuns into the vault to derail the coronation," Peter explained.
"And how do we know it wasn't you," Fandral pointed out. "As you just pointed out you are able to travel between realms."
"You have no way of knowing except to learn to trust me with time," Peter admitted.
Peter's pheromones were already working overtime on Sif. He was very attracted to her. She was attracted to him.
"Why is it that you are really here?" Sif asked.
"I am a defender of Earth or Midgard as you know it. Thor is on Midgard with only a slightly above-human strength. I can take one of you to Midgard and allow you to watch over Thor unseen by Heimdal most of the time," Peter explained.
"And how would you accomplish this?" Hogun asked. "By shrinking beyond sight of easy observation," Peter said even as he shrunk into a tiny form.
It was only the fact that they had been watching him shrink that allowed the warriors in the room to see where he had shrunk to.
"This is not an ability we have encountered before," Volstagg admitted as he relaxed.
"He is right. Heimdal would not think to look for something so small even if he was monitoring Thor," Sif said. "I will go with him."
"Are you certain?" Fandral asked.
"I am," Sif confirmed as Harry returned to normal size. "How often can I check in with my companions?"
"Take this communicator," Peter said as he produced a cell phone sized device. "I can open a micro-portal whenever you want to contact them."
"I will check in at least once a day," Sif said. Turning to Peter she said, "Let us depart before I change my mind."
"Don't be alarmed. I'm going to have a suit form over you to protect you from the shrinking process," Peter informed her.
Sif nodded. Peter stepped up to Sif, wrapped his right arm around her waist, caused a nanite suit to flow around her, and shrunk them. A micro-portal later and the pair was gone from Asgard.
New Mexico
Sif found herself shrunken in Midgard. She had never been to Midgard. The humans called it Earth now according to their intelligence. It was such a strange place she thought.
"We can speak over the communications system our suits possess," Peter informed Sif. "They can't hear us."
"What is this place called?" Sif asked.
"We are in New Mexico. This business is called a diner. It is a place to get food," Peter explained.
Sif asked questions about things she saw or heard as they listened with half an ear to Thor talking with Jane Foster, Erik Selvig, and Darcy Lewis. When Thor left the diner, they followed. Thor caught wind of the location of his hammer from the locals and made to head there. Thor spent some time searching for a means to get fifty miles to the site of his hammer.
"Aren't you going to intervene and help him? I understand that I can't grow in size and speak to Thor without risking Heimdal discovering me. But surely you could grow larger and teleport him," Sif suggested.
"I could," Peter agreed. "But I have certain potential knowledge of events to come. Odin had a reason for banishing Thor here. Thor is learning to be humble."
"You are a seer," Sif said with surprise.
"Of a sorts," Peter confirmed. They watched Jane Foster show up and offer Thor a ride. They hitched a ride in the back of Jane's vehicle. "My knowledge is limited. But I know that if mostly left alone Thor will be humbled and grow to be a better person. I intend to intervene at the right moment which is soon."
By nightfall the crater where the hammer had landed was reached. A SHIELD facility had been set up around it. Harry, Sif, and Jane watched Thor fight his way through SHIELD agents to the hammer and fail to lift it.
"Thor could not lift the hammer," Sif said contemplatively.
"Odin spelled it so that only someone Odin considered worthy could lift it. Odin is hoping that being humbled on Earth will give Thor the ability to lift the hammer," Peter explained even as Thor was detained by SHIELD agents.
Peter and Sif tagged along as Agent Phil Coulson questioned Thor. Then Loki paid Thor a visit lying about Odin being dead.
"You aren't going to want to miss this," Peter told Sif as he took her hand and pulled her back towards the hammer following Loki.
Sif and Peter were able to see through Loki's spells thanks to a spell Peter employed just for that purpose. They watched as Loki tried and failed to lift the hammer.
"Thank you for that. I shall cherish that memory," Sif told Peter with a grin.
"Let's go back and talk to Thor," Peter said. "You might want to check in with your fellows to confirm that the Allfather is not dead."
Sif nodded and began speaking to Fandral once Peter opened up a micro-portal. As soon as they reached Thor's room, Peter grew in size. He employed a spell which would make only Thor aware of him.
"Who are you?" Thor asked while still looking devastated about Odin's demise.
"My name is Peter. I am a defender of Earth," Peter said. "Loki lied to you. Odin is not dead. Loki wants to break your spirit. Your father is in the Odin Sleep. But he still lives."
"How do you know?" Thor asked.
"I can see things," Peter said. "I also see why your father banished you here. He is hoping you will learn to be humble and other lessons a king needs to know. You will be able to wield your hammer again if you learn these lessons. Do you still think that what you did in storming to Jotunheim was right?"
Thor was silent for a few moments as he thought it over.
"Perhaps I should have exercised some caution," Thor admitted. "So you are saying my father is trying to teach me humility. Do you know who it was that let the frost giants into Asgard?"
"Loki showed them the way. But Laufey didn't know that at the time. There's something you should know. Loki is adopted. When your father fought the frost giants on Jotunheim he found an under-sized frost giant baby abandoned to die on Jotunheim. This was Laufey's son. He took him in and raised him. Originally Odin thought through Loki they could forge a lasting peace.
But he came to care for Loki as a true son. Loki's jealousy of you is immense. He wants to prove to Odin that he is worthy to rule. Loki intends to plot with Laufey to seemingly kill Odin. But it's a trick against the frost giants. Loki will kill Laufey and save the day. Then he intends to destroy all of Jotunheim," Peter explained.
Thor started in surprise at this and said, "Loki is powerful. But even he could not destroy all of Jotunheim."
"With the Bifrost left open he could," Peter said. "It's like a weapon of mass destruction." "This is very troubling. I need my power back to intervene," Thor said.
"You must become a different person. A humbler person. In my visions of the future you sacrificed your life to save others and fell in love to become that person," Peter said.
Thor gazed off in the direction he had last seen Jane. "Thank you for your advice, Peter. I will consider it," Thor said.
Peter nodded and under Thor's gaze shrunk back down. They watched as Coulson let Thor go after Selvig showed up and gave a bullshit excuse.
"Come on. We'd better go find a place to sleep for the night," Peter suggested as Thor left with Selvig.
"I will not abandon my duty to protect Thor," Sif said.
"He's going to spend a little while drinking with Selvig and spend the rest of the night talking to Jane Foster. Do you really want to spend your night watching Thor fall in love with a mortal?" Peter asked.
"I do not," Sif admitted. "Rest does sound nice."
Sif and Peter portaled to a nearby hotel where Friday had already arranged a room. Peter spelled the illusion of normal clothes over their armor and picked up the room key. When they entered the room Sif eyed the single bed.
"Relax, I'll sleep on the floor," Peter said. "It would have looked strange if we had asked for any other arrangement. Besides, I enjoyed the look on the desk clerk's face when he thought I was with such a beautiful woman."
"Thank you for the compliment," Sif said. Sif was no longer a blushing maiden. Her adventures with Thor and the warriors three saw to that. "That is a large bed. You can sleep on one side and I will sleep on the other. Does this lodging provide conveniences with which to bathe?"
"It does. But we may need to buy a few things," Peter said as he had Friday locate the nearest Walmart. "It's time I exposed you to the people of Walmart."
Sif took the offered arm and followed him through a portal to a darkened spot beside a large building. Experiencing Walmart was truly something. She found it a very curious experience. The people of Earth came in all shapes and sizes. That was for sure. When they returned to the hotel room, Peter graciously allowed her to shower first after showing her how to activate it.
Sif found it hard to calm her mind and get to sleep. Being so close to Peter turned her on even more. The pheromones were doing their work on her. She was very tempted to roll over and initiate sex with him. She managed to resist the urge for now and get to sleep.