"Sure. Let's go with that. Help carry them up with me, will you? Like I said, I'll carry up the two younger ones. At least, I think they're younger.", Natasha said.
"You 'think'? Okay, seriously, what's going on?", Pepper questioned. Red flags started flaring inside her head. Her doubt increased with each passing moment.
"Allow me to answer that for you. And just for the record, this is a total invasion of privacy. I don't care if this was ordered by Shield.", A man's voice said, only to hear the sound of propulsors firing off reach their ears. It was a constant hum. A figure rapidly descended from the nearby skies. Their suit was much more healthy now. it wasn't nearly destroyed as it was previously seen.
It was Iron Man of course. It looks like he easily found where Natasha and Pepper were heading off too. As to whether everything by Shield's agents have been cleaned up, that remains to be seen.
"Oh come on Tony. There's no better place than here, is there? Come make yourself useful. I could use a hand.", Natasha said, seeing Tony arrive in a totally-not-suspicious parking lot that belonged to Tony's private parking. Seeing Iron Man volunteer himself, Natasha decided to carry out Lala first, placing her over her back. 'Soft...', Natasha uttered, surprised.
"Like seriously. Is that a real tail? Just what's going on, Tony?", Pepper questioned. Pepper's eyes remained on Lala's spade-shaped tail drooping down out of her skirt.
"That's what I'd like to find out for myself. Still, they're the reason I came out of that damn thing. The least we can do is show some hospitality, even if they can't understand us. I didn't think I'd be looking after some aliens.", Tony answered.
"Wait. What?", Pepper responded. Her eyes turned wide as saucers. "Are you sure this isn't one of your jokes, Tony? All the aliens were destroyed in that battle, right?", Pepper questioned.
"'Fraid not, 'hon. I'm as serious as ever. Just ignore the fierce-looking lady beside us. We'll get our answers in due time.", Tony said, proceeding to place Momo on his back. "At least, I can jet us up this second run. Props to you going the long way. That was a blast to watch!", Tony replied with a playful laugh.
"Trust me. I regretted every moment of that, and you just let me do it?", Natasha retorted.
"No harm, no foul. I'm making it up by giving you a ride, alright? Hold on you two, it's going to get a bit bumpy.", Tony responded. "Jarvis, set the thrusters to minimum impact.", Tony instructed.
"Already done, Sir.", Jarvis answered. As Jarvis got the suit ready, Tony leaned in and placed Nana in a snug position. Seeing their fate before them, Natasha just sighed, and grabbed on tight, not letting Lala loose. Pepper did the same, and got a firm grip on Momo. Iron Man flew rapidly and out of harm's way. Before they attracted anyone's gaze, they found themselves back on the 91st Floor of Stark Tower.
"See? Easy-peasy. Let's get these three a bed.", Tony said.
"You owe me for this.", Natasha retorted.
Hearing Natasha and Tony banter, Pepper sighed. But they did what Natasha wanted, and quickly arrived at the same guest room where Baki was. There were enough beds to house a whole hotel. Tony had a lot of parties here, and if someone just wanted to crash out, they could. Not like Tony would let someone do such a thing, unless there was a situation like this one.
Seeing the four peacefully snore away without a care in the world, Tony undid his suit, revealing his person again.
"Tell me Jarvis. Did you get a successful reading on these guys?", Tony questioned.
"I have already performed a scan on their bodies while you got here. No signs of internal injury, just exhaustion. They should wake up in due time. I did get a read of their chemical make-up too. Their resemblance is quite remarkable, I must say. Almost exactly the same DNA composition to your carbon-life forms. But there is enough distinction to safely say that they are not of Planet Earth.", Jarvis explained.
"See? Aliens.", Tony explained in much simpler terms.
"I can neither confirm nor deny these accusations. See it as you see fit.", Natasha retorted.
"Speaking of which. Tell me why you're here again? Quote unquote, "This is an invasion of privacy".", Tony said, recalling what he had just said to Natasha.
"That's classified. I hope you won't shy me away. We're going to become REAL good friends in the near future~", Natasha teased.
"So you can't tell us what's going on cause you're with Shield, right?", Pepper questioned.
"No comment. On a more serious note, I'll be staying here for the time being. Hope you don't mind.", Natasha said to the two.
"I had a feeling you'd say that...", Pepper sighed. "I'll go prepare a room for you. Just for how long, exactly?", Pepper asked.
"For the foreseeable future~", Natasha teased again.
"Why did I even bother with that? We're still tidying things up. You can at least help with that, right?", Pepper questioned. She still had her broom nearby, so she grabbed it, and passed it over to Natasha.
"Of course. Any mundane expenses will be covered by Shield, by the way. Especially if it involves them.", Natasha said, accepting the broom. She then looked back at the room they had left from, housing the four individuals in question. After all, Baki's group was now considered interests of Shield. Fury left it to Natasha to use her own discretion at this matter, but at the end of the day. Any actions they start doing will be fully expensed by Shield.
"Good. 'Cause otherwise they'd just be a bunch of freeloaders. I still have to go shoo away those annoying pests strutting about the lobby. I wouldn't shy away from a nice woman staying here, but you know. Me and Potts have something going on right now. As long as you don't interfere with what we have planned right now, this floor is all yours.", Tony said to Natasha.
"Tony...", Pepper said, relaxing her expression a bit. Even she was caught off guard by what Tony said there.
"I know my own boundaries. It'll be like I'm not here.", Natasha responded with a nod.
"Excellent. Then I still have a lot of things I have to take care of for today. If you'll excuse me.", Pepper said, being the first one to excuse themselves from the 91st floor. After a hissing sound that opened a door nearby, she vanished. 'I can't believe we're housing aliens...', Pepper inwardly thought as she left.
"You up for some shawarma later? I heard they had a joint nearby. Never went. I'll be heading there with the guys later tonight.", Tony said, inviting Natasha.
"Sure. Why the hell not. I need a good distraction.", Natasha answered, nodding her head.
"Then I'll catch you around. Pick up is at 6PM sharp.", Tony responded. Despite being inside his own home, he still activated his Iron Man suit. His thrusters ignited once again, and he flew out. He had designated flight paths to leave Stark Tower, making it so nothing got destroyed in the process.
The Black Widow sighed, seeing that she was now alone.
She wandered to a nearby couch, and plopped herself on it, letting out a long and drawn-out sigh.
"I really do need a distraction. The Chitauri War might be over now, but things are only going to get crazier from here on...", Natasha uttered. To her surprise, despite being alone now, she heard a voice speak out to her, as if it came out from all directions.
"Miss Natasha, a bath has been prepared for you if you would like to, as they say, "kick back and relax". I am monitoring our guests. If they show any signs of waking up. I will inform you and Master.", Jarvis said, making Natasha remember she wasn't alone.
"A bath does sound nice to release all that stress...", Natasha uttered to herself. Sadly, she heard her responder ding, and she groaned again.
"Ugh, out of all times, you decide to pick up now?", Natasha groaned. She heard a very familiar voice speak to her.
"I take it the unknowns have been secured?", Fury asked.
"As it should be. You really do like to call at bad times, don't you, Fury?", Natasha retorted.
"Time's short. I'm having enough keeping this off the radar. The Council doesn't know about 'em yet and I hope it stays that way. Most of New York has begun cleaning up, and funding has started moving around to rebuild the destroyed buildings. Likewise, security measures are going to ramp up in the process, so I'm afraid I'll be busy for a while. Plus this event has exposed the Avengers to the world. Don't do anything too drastic during this time, alright?", Fury asked.
"I get it, I get it. I take it there will be no missions for the time being?", Natasha asked.
"Consider this a well-deserved vacation. Fury out.", Fury responded, cutting their responder there.
Natasha was now truly alone this time, minus Jarvis.
"That bath really does sound nice right about now...", Natasha uttered to herself, finding her body screaming as if telling her to take a break.
Considering there was still some time till 6PM where Tony would pick her up, Natasha soon found that she had some free time to spare. She heard the sound of running water in another room nearby, which was where the bath was. Most of Stark Tower was automated thanks to Jarvis existing, so she could use the leisure time.
Natasha snuck a peak back at Baki's group, and they were still knocked out. She then looked upward, and spoke out, wanting to speak to Jarvis.
"Jarvis, if Tony catches any of this. Tell him he's a dead man.", Natasha coolly said, squinting her eyes.
"Your privacy is yours alone, Miss Natasha. The 91st floor has been entirely lent out to you, and to our guests. Security feed on this floor has been cut off, at Master's request. Rest assured.", Jarvis responded, before the AI cut off entirely.
Hearing that, Natasha smiled. She got to work, or in this case, "relax". By doing so, she walked over toward the room where the bath was, and began stripping of her biker suit, which was largely destroyed. Her curves came out, revealing her hourglass body. Sporting C-Cup breasts, her allure was akin to that of a top-tier model. She was beautiful in her own right. It was a shame how her own circumstances came to be. Even if she wanted to start a family, Natasha knew very well that she couldn't. While Natasha could enjoy doing the deed, where was the enjoyment of that when it was all fake to her?
Taking a tip in the filled tub, her body began to relax. Natasha closed her eyes, and began recalling the events that all transpired today...
Some time later.
The Avengers could be now be seen at the restaurant Tony suggested. Even the Hulk, still transformed, all huddled around a single table with lots of shawarma placed around it.
They just sat in silence, enjoying a meal with an awkward atmosphere around them.