The Team Rethinks Some Things
Everyone was waiting in the waiting room at the hospital. Thor had gotten out of surgery and the doctor would allow Jane to join him in his room in an hour. With the news that Thor had lost his right eye, everyone was really realizing how dangerous this case was.
"Alright... I think that we need to go back to the hotel and get some rest. In the morning we can rethink on this case", Steve said. Rhodey looked at him incredulously, "Are you serious? Dude! Thor just lost his eye due to a flying axe that was coming for Jane!" Steve walked over to him and placed a hand onto Rhodey's shoulder. "I know. This is why I am suggesting that we go rest before we deal with this case with high emotions", Steve calmly said. Rhodey looked at him for a minute before nodding. After that, everyone but Tony and Jane left.
"Hey", Tony murmured as he knelt in front of Jane. "I want you to stay here with Thor or at the hotel. And before you protest, Don't worry about any research or your equipment. I will help Darcy out. Okay?", he continued to say. Jane sniffed before nodding, "Thank you, Tony." Tony gave her a small smile and kissed her forehead before he got up and left.
Tony honestly hated what had happened to Thor. Yes, he was wary about what might happen next. However, Tony knew he had to get his hands dirty so to speak and really dig deep for some clues that might help with this case. He just hoped that he could find it before someone else got hurt.
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The next time that the team met, they all had glassy looks on their faces. Well except for Tony, who looked like he knew something that they didn't, and Natasha.
"Well, I can agree that this seems hopeless and we should just forget about this case. But we can't", Steve said looking around in a weird daze. Everyone numbly nodded, except for Natasha and Tony. "And why not? Look what happened to Thor. Do you want something else like that to happen to someone else? For what? A - a TapaKaH", Natasha said. Bucky sneered at her, "Take that back, Natalia. Take it back or else." Steve stood up and raised his hands to calm them down, "Enough guys. This doesn't resolve anything. And yes, Tasha. We absolutely have to finish this case." Natasha crossed her arms over her chest and huffed.
"I totally agree with Steve on this. We need to finish this case. Now I did some research on the property. And I did find something interesting and looked into it", Tony said as he looked around the room. "And it involves one of us, or at least their ancestors", he continued to say. No one said anything, but waited for Tony to show what he found. And he was very aware of a certain redhead glaring daggers at him.
"I would like to introduce, or at least properly, Mr. Brock Rumlow from New York", Tony said as he put a picture up on the projector. The picture showed a portrait of Rumlow dressed to the nines while sitting regally on a mare. "He comes from a very prominent family with lots and lots of money. So much money, that they could afford their own personal medium. And with that let me introduce Miss Wanda Maximoff Romanov", he then said as he then put the mediums portrait up. She was dressed in a deep red Victorian dress. Her red hair, which was less vibrant than Natasha's, flowed down her shoulders in waves and curls. And what made it obvious that she was a medium was the table next to her had a crystal ball and tarot cards.
As soon as the shock of Natasha's family member was mentioned, everyone looked at her. She tried to not look at them, but look at her nails. Natasha then tried to scooch down her chair to try and hide. But since Natasha couldn't escape their scrutiny, she lashed out.
"What?!" She's a distant relative. I have no connection with her or any other relative", she said. Tony raised a finger, "Interesting that you say that. Because the Romanov family has been involved in a few well known assassinations. Abraham Lincoln, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie, The Roya; Romanov's and John F. Kennedy. They were all linked to a Romanov medium. Coincidence, I think not." The team looked at Natasha in disbelief. "I didn't do it! Any of it!", Natasha said defensively.
"Can we please get back to what this has to do with Rumlow?", Bucky asked with his arm wrapped around Darcy. "Right, right. So anyway, Rumlow was visiting a friend here in D.C.. He brought his medium with him. And well his friend, Robert Goodwin Pierce, invited him to a party. About halfway through, Rumlow laid his eyes onto a Miss Darcilyn Marybella Pierce. She was Robert's sister", Tony said as he brought up a picture of the siblings. "Holy shit!", Clint and Sam said in unison. "Holy fuck!", Darcy said aloud. The picture was a portrait of Robert standing behind a sitting Darcilyn. But what was shocking was that Robert could pass as Steve and Darcilyn was a dead ringer of Darcy, or the other way around.
"Yeeaahh... It's very, very... yeah", Tony continued to say, "So anyway, Rumlow tried to pursue Darcilyn. However, both Robert and Darcilyn agreed that Rumlow would not be a suitable husband. When Rumlow found out that he was not going to be considered, he got his medium involved. And well, apparently he didn't treat her well. So she placed a 'curse' on him to forever be stuck on that property and not have Darcilyn. After Romanov did her thing, Rumlow got into a fight with Robert that resulted in Rumlow dying. And he had been here ever since." Tony then looked at everyone for their reaction. Finally Steve nodded and stood up.
"Then let's go find out how to break the 'curse' for Rumlow's spirit to leave", he said with determination.