Chapter 4
"Nyx, hey hi!"
"Hi, what are you doing?"
"Visiting a museum in America. What about you?"
"Work break" nyx sighed out.
"Hey I have an idea. Come to new York for a week! Can have our second date at times square?" Chase suggested, Layla was staring at them like they were crazy and rolled her eyes.
"Oh that sounds great! I'll get packed right now! Bye chase!"
"Right, laters!" Chase hung up, saw Layla crossing her arms and chase tilted their head.
"What?"
"Are you sure you can trust this nyx?" Chase groaned
"I like nyx. Nyx likes me. That's why it's called a second. Date." Chase flapped their hands about and started to climb the stairs up to the museum.
Hopefully they'd be able to find something here. If not, their search would come to a dead end for now.
"Still. I haven't met this person but..it doesn't feel right. Somehow" Layla added, walking beside her friend, "what were they like when you met?"
"Gorgeous. Uh- she was nice. Wanted to know about my life. Went back to mine and chatted for a while" chase shrugged out, "I thought it was all normal stuff."
"Might be now." Layla hummed out, "but you trust her?"
"I do." Chase nodded out.
"Well…then I guess I can't really stop you seeing her can I?"
"No you cannot." Chase grinned out, nudging Layla's shoulder lightly and the pair headed to the Egyptian exhibits, looking for anything that may help them.
After about 20 minutes. Chase gave up and was now sat on a bench.
Layla joined them ten minutes later and sighed.
"Chase there's nothing here."
"Yeah I noticed. No Anubis. Or ushbati." Chase grumbled out, running a hand down their face in frustration..
"C'mon, let's go get something to eat and then think of a plan. Something will come up" Layla patted Chases leg and the friends stood up, left the museum and headed to a nearby cafe to grab some food.
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Chase was scrolling through their phone, eating a sandwich at the same time and a grumble left them, chucking their phone onto the table and looked out the nearby window they were seated at, "maybe there's something In the dingy little apartment Marc was renting out?" Chase suggested.
In reality, they were grasping at straws that led them no where.
"Maybe we go back to that strange fellow." Layla suggested.
"I don't particularly want to ask help from the avengers and anyone affiliated with them Layla. They've fucked the world up so many times." Chase started, resting the side of their head on their hand.
"Yeah but they have resources we don't have" Layla argued.
"Then you go to them and I'll stay away."
"No, we're both going" Layla stated and a groan left chase.
"Fine fine. Because you're the actual Spector here, I'll follow your lead"
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"Okay so. How do we actually, talk to them?" Chase asked, looking up at stark tower, shielding their eyes with a hand
"...we go up and ring the doorbell?" Layla suggested, not too strongly. But it was a suggestion.
"How about we come back at night, and moon knight can talk to them with the scarlet scarab."
"Yeah that's better. Better suggestion" Layla decided. Chase looked at the sun, huffed and looked about.
"What do we do now?"
"How about we search for clues at the dingy apartment?" Layla suggested.
"Sounds like a plan." Chase nodded. Looked at the tower then followed Layla.
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Back at the apartment, the friends were starting to pull everything apart to try and see if there were any hidy holes for phones, locker keys or even a journal of Marc's little missions for khonshu.
But there was nothing.
At least they wasted a few hours searching. The pair fell onto the sofa, chase letting a small groan out and let their head fall back.
"Layla we must be missing something here"
"I think he learnt from his previous mistake with Steven." Layla also groaned out.
"Well. Suns down, let's go pay stark tower a visit"
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"Menhit, why didn't you give me the ability to fly. Its so much easier" chase said
"I'm a cat. Not a bird, little cub" menhit snorted out and chase just rolled their eyes.
"Let's just get this over with, Kay?" Chase grumbled out, watching Layla land beside them and the friends walked into the building and into the elevator.
"Do you think they know we're here?" Layla asked
"Oh pretty sure by the looks of them cameras" chase stated, giving a small wave to the camera that was in the elevator.
The numbers clicked up and up until eventually, they came to the top and the friends walked out and chase got hit with an arrow sticking out their chest.
"...okay, ow" chase ripped the arrow out, throwing it to the side and walked forward, "we ain't here to fight you. We need to talk."
The first one to speak, was Bruce Banner, "having two uninvited guests here is cause for concern, miss."
"Mx. This is my friend The scarlet scarab and you can call me moon knight." Chase started, walking down into the centre of the room, Layla following next to them.
"We believe you have technology that can help us" Layla started
Chase then took over, "we're looking for Marc spector. Previous holder of the moon knight suit. He went missing a year ago and just yesterday, I went to visit Dr. Strange.
He had zombies in this mirror world and I sensed old magic on them. We have reason to believe someone wanted our attention."
"And you came here, for what" Clint Barton asked
"Well. The avengers are known for dealing with threats to earth are they not? I mean, you did pretty well with the Thanos snap situation." Chase drawled out, "so well that it took two years for you to sort it out." Chase narrowed their eyes.
"Something has changed in you, young one" khonshu rumbled out, "you're finding your voice"
"And what does that mean for now? What- what are you getting at?" Bruce asked.
Chase took another step forward.
"If you refuse to help us, you're looking at a mass extinction event.
I'm sure you kept track on the goings on in Egypt, there's been videos of it on the internet. The Egyptian heroine, scarlet scarab, fist of khonshu - moon knight and warrior of Menhit - the golden lion, they all fought against one man. Arthur harrow."
"Yes we know all this" Clint barked out
"Good. Then I suggest, unless you want people dying without explanation, you work with us. You let us use your technology." Chase stated.
"What do we get in return." Bucky Barnes.
"Then we're available to help you on a mission of your choosing, Bucky Barnes." Layla spoke up.
"...alright. you have a deal. You can use our technology for your…thing and we call on you when we need help" Bruce stated.
"For one mission only" chase reiterated, "I have a midnight mass to run y'know"
"I like this new avatar" khonshu rumbled out, his voice sounding a bit happier than when they first started this venture
"Khonshu you're not keeping my cub" menhit huffed out, sounding rather irate
"Then we'll pick our mission wisely." Clint grunted out.
"Good! Glad we have an agreement. Chase Grant will be over tomorrow to start work with miss El-Faouly." Chase stated, giving a small nod to the remaining avengers.