Be Known, the Truth-(Marvel) Lady/Fox

Phil grinned a little at him. "it is fun when you punish me." he agreed, kissing the other again. "i'll even let you do one thing on the list." the list was things that Phil had never done before or was uncertain about. every once and a while Phil would be feeling adventurous and would pull out the list and Clint would get to pick whatever one he wanted and try it. it didn't always end well, but Phil was usually open enough to enjoy most of the things on the list once the got started. it was just getting him into the mood to accept having something done to him. "It's alright Clint." Bruce said, shying away from the other, wary and frightened because he wasn't sure Clint wouldn't hurt him and he was still very twitchy and frightened. who wouldn't be after what he had gone through? "it's okay Clint." Phil promised softly. "you'll understand once we start asking the questions." he admitted, sitting his lover down. "do you mind... if it's just the two of us?" he asked. "Clint's getting anxious..." Bruce hesitated and then nodded, set up the machine and shooed Steve and James out, they could watch through the video feed on their tablets. once Clint was a little more settled Phil explained, what he could about how the lie detector worked and settled it in place over Clint's head, making sure not to obstruct his vision. set the wrist restraints in place, just to make sure he'd have time to go for his tazer, and started the questions, his bright blue/gray eyes watching Clint intently.
 
"It is ..and good. I should get something on the list for this cagey, spying bullshit."clint grumbled, because while he worked as a spy, was one of the best, he didn't like it most of the time. It made him twitchy to not know everything going on. This a s gonna hurt. Watching bruce he winced a little realizing the other was afraid of him, taking a slow breath before nodding slightly."yea...Its okay..."he muttered though he wasn't so sure about that. Watching the others go he frowned et thing some as he realized what was going on, and ended done before frowning as he answered questions. Though some of the answers were hazy and a littlequestionable, it was obvious that it was because of his trust in natasha, and willingness to let her call the shots that made it, not his own loyalty to hydra. It was because he was loyal to natasha, though he was starting to feel confused at what was going on. Questions were supposed to make things clearer, this was just confusing him.
 
Phil smiled at him, being as cute and apologetic as he could be, nuzzling the back of the others neck . "everything will be explained." he promised. "and maybe i'll even let you pick two things off the list." he decided. which had only happened once before. when phil had thought Clint had died on a mission. had thought he was going to loose Clint. which told Clint all he needed to know. Phil thought he was going to loose Clint. Phil looked up at the door when Clint finished answering and Bruce came in. "it's alright. he cleared the questions that mattered and the others where expected." he admitted. "you didn't exactly pass all of yours either." Bruce admitted, smiling at Phil. "go ahead and take him to your rooms and explain everything. we're having a bit of an... issue so i have to go." he admitted, grimacing when the sounds of Pierce having a verified Temper tantrum seeped through. "i HATE it when they switch his pills!" Bruce cursed, heading into the back, Phil grimacing as he let Clint go, rubbing his hands. "come on... i'll explain everything in the rooms they gave me... it's... it's bad... Clint... it's... it's so bad..." he couldn't even stop now, everything just started spilling out. how Natasha was Hydra. how Fury was. how Bruce had been kidnapped and everything else. he couldn't stop now that he had started.
 
“Okay.”Clint muttered looking at the man, before smirking. “Two?awesome.”He said though the idea made him even more nervous, if it was bad enough to make phil want to give him to things, tht was just bad. “Issue?”Clint said looking concerned before following phil out, nodding slightly. Worried and upset, he had a feeling he just wasn’t goign to like this. Pale and shaken, and actually hiding in the corner curled up and hiding as much as he could.

“What can we do?”Steve muttered looking at bruce, worried at the temper tantrum, but having no idea what to do to help even if he wanted to.
 
Phil knew better than to try and coax Clint out of the corner or try to comfort him until he wasn't in his fight or flight response. he sat well within sight but out of range, not for his own safety but to make sure Clint could see Phil couldn't strike him from there. "i truly think that we can save Natasha." Phil admitted. "you've seen it too, the way she looks at us. all of us. Steve and Tony, you and me and Bruce.like she wants to be part of something she can never have. i think we can save her Clint." he admitted softly. "Both Steve and Pierce have assured me they won't kill her, even if we can't save her. they want to try. there is lots of specialists here, who help with people like James and Rumlow and Natasha." he admitted. "so even if we can't save her, she'll at least have a quality of life she doesn't have now..."

"nothing. he has to work it out of his system just like a toddler." he admitted. "right now that's pretty much what he is. a toddler hearing voices and not wanting to do what we asked him to." he admitted, laughing when James, watching Rumlow, suddenly flung himself to the floor and did everything Rumlow did, shocking the nutty man right out of his temper tantrum. James just looked very proud of himself, but he was very used to Rumlow's 'episodes'. even more than Pierce. Rumlow just stared at them, still looking highly unhappy. he didn't seam to recognie them at all but at least he'd calmed down.
 
Clint rested his head aginast his knees, turning his head to look at the other, as he eyed him. Swallowing hard as he nodded a little. “Yes...she’s always wanted to belong. I never knew why she didn’t think she did.”He muttered frowning a little, looking upset and lost as he tried to figure out how to help natasha the best, before moving, crawling over and resting his head in phil’s lap. “Promise?They wont kill her?”He whimpered quietly, turning his head to look up at the other.

“...Okay.”Steve said looking frustrated that he couldn’t make things better, that this was all he could do was stand guard and make sure the man didn’t hurt himself. Startling a little at james’ move, he started to move to stop him before realizing it had helped before snorting. “Hey, Soldier?See if he’ll play with Little. Little makes you feel better. Maybe it will make Rumlow feel better.”Steve said watching them, trying to help, even if there was nothing he could do.
 
Phil smiled sadly. "yeah. it makes sense now." he whispered. "i'm hoping that when she realizes James and Rumlow left, she'll understand that she can leave and be with us too." he admitted. "i'm desperately, desperately hoping she wasn't involved in handing Bruce over to that monster..." he admitted softly. "i don't think Bruce or Natasha could ever recover from that... i don't know if i can ever recover from it. you know how she fusses over Steve and Bruce." he admitted before smiling as he stoked Clint's hair. "i swear. i made them answer under the lie detector." he admitted softly. "they don't want to kill anyone, they want to do it with as little death as possible." which Phil was very grateful for. "How can i help baby?" Phil asked softly. he knew this had to be hitting Clint even harder than it had hit him. Phil was mostly okay now, this wasn't the first time he'd been betrayed. Clint had never had to suffer that, as far as Phil knew.

"No." James huffed. "Little is Itty Bitty." he informed Steve. clearly James didn't think Rumlow would be gentle enough with Little and dumped the main coon, which James called Monster, onto Rumlow's lap instead, which settled the insane man right down. Rumlow happily stroking the purring kitten. "well that went better than last time. we had to drug him last time." Pierce admitted with a sigh. "it did not go over well because James thought we'd killed his Commander and he tried to kill us and it was a mess." he admitted, watching James and Rumlow play with the kittens. "do you really think that we could seduce Natasha away from Hydra?" he asked Steve. "i only ask because i don't know that Phil and Clint could... stand it." he admitted softly. "i'm not sure you or Bruce could either." he admitted. "and we have to b very careful about how she's brought in too. out of everyone, Fury would notice her missing the fastest."
 
“Yes....hopefully. She talked about a mentor....someone who trained her. Now knowing James is alive....I think it might be him. I can see it.”he muttered sighing quietly, before shuddering. “Me to....if she was, I don’t think any of us would recover.”He agreed, shivering at the idea, before snorting. “She’s amusing when she fusses over them.”he said before relaxing, nodding. “Good....don’t think we should be killing.”Which was amusing since he’d worked as a assassin, but if he could, he avoided killing. “...I...I don’t know. I don’t know how to handle this phil....”he said sounding utterly lost.

“Ah. So she is.”He agreed tilting his head as he considered that, and agreeing that rumlow probably couldn’t be that gentle. Before snorting as James gave him monster. Having named the cat that not only because james called him monster, but because everyone did. “Well, good thing I had the cats around. We’ll just let him play with a cat each time it happens.”Steve said watching them, going quietly as he considered what the other asked him. Nodding slightly. “I think we can.”Though he didn’t sound to hopeful. “I think....I think we will. And I’m working on trying to figure out how to do it. It’ll take more planning to get her out.”
 
"Yeah. she did mention that. i think your right. it was very likely James." he greed, nodding a little before pressing a kiss to Clint's forehead. "i don't know either Clint." he admitted softly. "i don't know what to do... everything i've ever known has been a lie." he admitted with a sigh. "come on. we'll cral into bed and take a nap. we'll feel better after some rest, okay?"

"Might not always work, but better than nothing." Pierce agreed with a smile as Rumlow snuggled monster. James was right, Rumlow was a little too rough for Little. Monster seamed to be loving it though. "i desperately hope your right. i don't know if we have the resources to hold her for long." he admitted. "we could keep her contained for a month, maybe two if she refuses to abandon Hydra... get her what help we can but when she decides to leave, and i'm sure she will if we can't change her mind, we won't be able to stop her." he admitted. "and then we'll have to be ready for War because i've no doubt she will inform Fury." he admitted. though he never once even thought about killing her. if they caught her and she was too loyal to Hydra, they would simply have to start preparing for the repercussions of her eventual escape. "I'll leave the planning to you, and the others. i don't know Natasha well enough to be able to plan for her." he admitted with a sigh. "we should bring in Geberal Rhodes as well. Tony is getting fidgety."
 
“Probably.Hopefully knowing he’s here, and doing well, will be something that sways her in our favor....”He muttered sighing softly, shivering a little. “Me either.....life was simplier this morning....”he sighed before nodding, “Yes...rest is good.”He muttered crawling into the bed.

“Definitely better then nothing.”Steve agreed before smiling at the sight of monster getting his snuggles. That was just cute. Raising his phone to take a picture he nodded. “I do to. If I’m wrong, well, we’ll figure it out then. But I think the knowledge James is here, will be what turns her. Along with clint and phil.....james trained her didn’t he?”He asked tilting his head a little to look at the other, before swallowing thickly. “Yes...it’ll be a war. But we’ll try and stop it before then.”He shuddered a little before wincing at the idea of tony getting fidgety. “I’ll get the general in today to.”He sighed, heading for tony’s lab. “Tones?”He called as he stepped into the room.
 
"There's not muh we can do really. other than be prepared. i am not willing to hurt her." Pierce admtited. "not even at the risk of everything we're fighting for being lost. i just can't bring myself to hurt her when she never got a chance to choose." Peirce admitted with a sigh. "I don't know for certain, but i think so, yes." he admitted. "he's mentioned her a few times. he's quite pleased with her sometimes and other times he's outraged that she managed to shoot him." he admitted with a chuckle. "thank you. i hate seeing Tony so upset." he admitted, watching Steve leave before smiling at Rumlow and carefully urged him off to bed.

Tony was standing in front of a table, babbling away as he worked on... something. two young boys where watching him, nodding and taking notes, looking utterly fascinated. Peter Parker and Leo Fit where enthralled by Tony as he worked on his something. "Steve! C'mere!" Tony called, looking delighted to see the captain. "Take your shoes off! throw them at me!" Peter choked and Fitz looked startled. "yuo haven't run calibrations yet!" "you haven't even turned it on yet!" they both protested. not used to Tony's 'lets see if it works and jump right in' attitude. "Tony! put that down!" "it's probobly going t explode." Leo declared, making Tony laugh. he loved getting reactions out of people.
 
"No. .she is natasha. I don't think any of us could stomach hurting her."stee said looking sick at the idea, because he knew he could, he'd just never be able to live with himself after.bwell that'll be something in our favor. Hopefully he can still get to her."he muttered before nodding."me to."he sgreed.

Bhey tony."steve said looking amused and thoughtful as he watched the two young men, sighing as he slipped out of his boots."someday, your going to have to stop stealing my boots."he said not even questioning it anymore as he chucked his boot ay him.
 
"no. i don't think any of us could... well, James could." he admitted, looking a little amused. "but i don't think he rightfully counts." he admitted. "I hope so too." he admitted. he hoped, desperatly, for everyones sake, that they could convince Natasha to switch sides.

"yes!" Tony said, dropping into a crouch to minimize the surface area tat could be shot at and as the boots sailed through the air they hit a glowing shield and bounced off, making both boys blink. "huh... look at that. it does work." Leo just nodded, speechless and Tony huffed. "you know. for being my biggest fans, you uys seam to doubt me a lot." "we talked to Pepper." "That traitor." Tony complained, sulking before beaming. "Look Steve! look what i made! it's for you! so you'll never have to worry about metal armed maniacs shooting you in the street ever again!" Peter snorted, covering his mouth wth his hand to hide his amusement. Leo just snickered uncaring if he was seen or not.
 
"It does."steve stared looking amazed at it, though he had no idea why anymore. Tony always amazed him."pepper should never be believed. She tells lots and lots of explosions and fires, and hiding from whatever tony has done." "Did you just c a ll me a liar, Steven rogers?" "No!of course I didnt!"steve sputtered having been setting up for a prank, but calling pepper a liar to her face wasn't a option. "Tony, are you scaring your interns?"pepper huffed a little. "Thanks tony. Though he's not a maniac who randomly shot me. He had orders you know."steve said looking thoughtful
 
"..." Both Peter and Fitz stared at Captain America trying to tell lies about Pepper Potts and wondered if life had tilted to the left a little? "No. he just said you where a little over-dramatic. you do scream a lot." Tony admitted to her. "Pepper! Throw your shoes at me!" he ordered, beaming at her. "no! no i am not scaring my interns! these interns are brilliant! i like these interns!" Tony admitted happily. "although, technically only one of them is an intern. this is Peter! he's going to school, and this is Fitz, he went to the Acadamy." he admitted happily. "he's totally a maniac who shot you." Tony huffed. "but this will protect you in places where you can't take your shield. like those stupid parties Pepper makes us go to. speaking of maniacs, the arm is done! where is lean mean?"
 
Steve grinned at pepper innocently as the woman shook her finger at him. “Don’t even try that, Steven.” “Hey, hey, no breaking out the full name.” “I will use your full name when you are in trouble, Steven. And you Anthony, aren’t doing me justice. I am not overdramatic, living with you is like dog years. You age one for every week!”She said dramatically, which indeed said this was a very old conversation. Rolling her eyes. “No. These are my good shoes, and not even for you do I throw shoes.”Pepper said with a sniff before sighing. “Well, I’m glad you found new people to terrorize.”She said huffing a little smiling at the two.”hello.” “He is not. And it’s not the first time he’s shot me actually.....okay, so many he is a little maniac....”Steve said before smiling a little, “Really? Good. And he’s playing with Little and looking after Rumlow.”
 
Tony giggled at Steve getting in trouble and just beamed at her when she tried to scold him. "You do scream a lot though." Tony pointed out, completely ignoring the dog years comment. he had once and she'd nearly killed him for it... grated, he had mentioned she might have been getting wrinkles, but even Tony could learn a lesson. "but.. but science, Pepper!" he complained, Leo chuckling as he took his shoes off and lobbed them at Tony, as gently as he could, shocked when the shield itself noticed the incoming, even when Tony didn't, and activated again. "oh my god he really is a genius." Peter groaned, pinching the bright of his nose and offered Fitz a small wad of green money, Fitz laughing as he accepted the cash and started counting through it. "have you been betting on me?" "No." "yes." "....you're a liar and good for you." Tony said, looking very proud at Leo, who had answered yes as he counted his winnings. "...he's shot you before?" Tony asked, looking faintly amused now. "when?" he asked, picking up the large metal arm that weighed exactly the same as James flesh one. it was smoother, sleeker, much more refined. a lot more flexible and maneuverable and if James had the inclination he coul have played a guitar or a piano with it for all the dexterity in the fingers. it was light years ahead of anything anyone else could ever have dreamed of. it was nearly as good as a real arm. Tony had really gone all out on it.
 
“If you would stop doing insane things, I wouldn’t have to scream.”Pepper said with a sniff, before huffing. “Not even for science do I give you my shoes.”She said before startling as the shield bounced off, laughing a little. “Everyone bets on tony. You should do more bets.”She encouraged snickering a little. “Yes. Um. Well. On our hike out of austria. He was very upset that I was the Captain.”Not so much because he was bigger and badder now, but because of the experiment that it had been, a risk to create a super solider. Staring at the hand his eyes went wide, trailing off from the story as he stared at the arm. “Oh tones....this is amazing.”he muttered actually tearing up he was so overwhelmed at the gift, even if it wasn’t for him.
 
Tony grinned at her. "well. i like doing exciting things. besides, the world needs me." he said with an impish grin. "i like being bet on. it's awesome. means people are paying attention to me." he admitted with a grin before he laughed at Steve. "he shot you for being an insane german experiment? oh god... being honest i'd have shot you too." he admitted with a grin before looking almost shy. "i just... thought he'd like it... do you think he'll like m... it?" poor Tony, so transparent. he was desperate for James to like him. because James was Steve's friend and Tony was a little in love with Steve and Steve wouldn't like him at all if James didn't. well, in Tony's convoluted mind anyway.
 
“....you are so weird.”Steve said rolling his eyes a little, the project that had brought him down to the lab forgotten for the moment in the face of getting james his arm. “Yes, he did. He was not happy, and gave up on hitting me, and decided I deserved to be shot. Though it was only in the thigh, a through in through.”Steve grumbled sounding like he was sulking something fierce before tilting his head, smiling. “Well, this might just get him to stop callign you bug. Come on, let’s go see our super soldier.”
 
"i am not!" Tony protested. "i'm eccentric! there's a difference." he admitted with a grin before he snickered at the idea of Bucky and Steve having a fight on the way back from a rescue mission and James just getting frustrated and shooting Steve. "i don't mind him calling me Bug." he admitted with a smile. "James only nicknames the people he thinks about. so me being Bug is kinda nice. it means James has an pinion of me. he doesn't have one of everyone you know. matter of fact i don't think James notices anyone else at all. he just sort of walks past people without even looking at them. sometimes people he interacts with every day." he admitted, carrying the arm as they headed for where James was petting Little and watching Monster chase a mouse toy. Rumlo had since left and gone to take a nap. "Captain. Bug." James said, looking quite put out at seeing them together.
 
“No there isn’t.”Steve said rolling his eyes before huffing a little at how amused tony looked at the idea. “You don’t have to look so amused by it.”he grumbled before tilting his head. “True though he does call Bruce Frog.”He said looking amused at the idea of tony taking the name bug as a good thing, rather then be insulted over it. “Soldier.”Steve said because he had to be so careful to no call him james, to not confuse him. Though he looked interested in why the other looked so upset. “Bug has your arm done, and we need to go see bruce about putting it on.”
 
Ton just smirked a little. "i am amused." he admitted, looking a little smug. "no he doesn't. Bruce is Doctor. Hulk is Frog." Tony corrected. "Arm?" James asked, perking up a little and turned to examine the thing in Bug's hands. maybe Bug wasn't so bad. he was still a bug and James still didn't like him hanging around his Captain but he supposed Bug was okay. "Doctor is in Lab." James informed them, picking up Little and put her in the basket and carried her to Bruce who was wearing goggles and playing with vials of funny colored liquid. "don't cross the line." Jemma Simmons, Bruce's 'lab assistant' ordered, indicating a large yellow line. James didn't even bother arguing, he just hovered there at the edge of the line until Bruce finished. which he did when whatever the liquid was started eating through the glass. "interesting." both Simmons and Bruce mumbled, Bruce abandoning the experiment and leaving Jemma to take notes and clean up. "what's up?" "Arm." James said, handing his basket to Steve and reached up and with a faint shrieking sound that had Tony cringing, James detached his own arm, revealing that it was rusted and sparking in places. no wonder Tony had done a rush job on the new arm. "oh dear heavens James!" Bruce muttered. "i hadn't realized it was so bad!"
 
“Ah.yes, that’s right.”He looked amused before nodding. “Yes, your arms done. It’s awesome.”Steve grinned as they headed for the lab. Fidgeting a little as he watched bruce’s experiment, fidgeting because though he knew bruce knew what he was doing, it still made him worry about him doing it. Relaxing when he finished he nodded. “Tony’s got the awesomest piece of tech I’ve ever seen.”he looked amused before cringing, eyes wide as he looked at James’ arm, “Dammit....I should have known.”He muttered pale at the idea, so upset at the idea, swaying a little on his feet, even if he kept the basket and little steady
 
"relax Steve. i take every safety precaution and it doesn't affect organic material." he admitted before sighing at James. "you promised to come get me if your arm started breaking down." "didn't." James huffed. "i'm going to have to clean this out James." Bruce complained, scolding the soldier. "won't!" "will." "Won't!" "sit in the chair." James sat but he was clearly sulking while Bruce got the stuff and carefully started cleaning James socket. it didn't take long and there was no organic problems. that was to say, he wasn't overly affected by the degrading arm. no infection, no blood, his flesh hadn't even been affected. which was good because it meant once the rust was cleared out and the electronics fixed James could put on his new arm. "light..." James muttered, tilted a little because he was so used to being off balance from his other arms. he'd adjust quickly. he flexed his wrist, wigled his fingers, moved the arm with an expression of stunned delight. he hadn't known people could make things like this! he reached down and touched a beaker with it,something flickering in his expression as he carefully picked it up, even Bruce looked surprised. "you where able to build sensation emulators into the arm?" "of course."
 
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