<div class="floatleft">(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k9pcZkVuAoI/SD4aWWspnYI/AAAAAAAABw0/FZ3jRJNro8A/s400/ironman_l.jpg)</div><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>  Name:</strong> Tony Stark<br/>  <strong>Title:</strong> Iron Man<br/>  <strong>Location:</strong> In-flight somewhere above the U.S.<br/>  <strong>Time:</strong> 4:21pm Thursday<br/>  <strong>Tags:</strong> <strong>Elizabeth Ross</strong> Maria Hill, Pepper Potts, Black Widow</span></span><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">     Tony laughed lightly at Betty's responses to his pressing offer - and also the way in which he had done so. She was quite savvy indeed. Tony didn't expect others to be as amazingly brilliant as himself, but he always enjoyed it when someone could be at least partially competitive for a moment. It was a battle that few won with Tony, he always had a quip sitting on the end of his tongue, and when he didn't... his mind was quick to formulate one on the fly. <strong>"Wonderful. However, Thor and I's relationship is strictly business, so you'll have to look elsewhere for your superhero man on man fantasy."</strong> He chuckled at his own play on her choice of wording, even if she didn't find it funny - he <em>always</em> found his own jokes to be right on the mark.<br/><br/>     <strong>"If this baby had room for two I'd offer you a ride back to Avengers HQ"</strong> he said, and she could probably hear the grin in his voice. <strong>"Oh well... I'll ring up Happy and have a car waiting for you at JFK. Look forward to working with you Miss Ross."</strong> And with that Tony ended the call and spun off to the left; all Betty could see was the flare of his palms and feet as the Iron Man suit rocketed off ahead of the private jet. <br/><br/>     Tony was beaming to himself - obviously proud of his accomplishment.<strong> "All in a day's work... Jarvis,"</strong> he paused, <strong>"hack into the SHIELD flight schedule and redirect that plane to New York. Post the flight change order with Natasha's authorization code. And then send me the coordinates for SHIELD's Helicarrier.</strong>" Tony had every angle covered. <br/><br/>     Jarvis voice chimed in through his speakers again, "I'm impressed sir. After Natasha gets lectured for that move, you'll have managed to anger three women within the span of an hour."<br/><br/>     <strong>"Is that a new record?"</strong> Tony replied.<br/><br/>     "And not just any three women," Jarvis continued, "but the three women in your personal life that have the power to make you pay dearly, I might add."<br/><br/>     <strong>"Jarvis have you never heard the term 'Shoot first, ask questions later'?"</strong><br/><br/>     "Indeed I have sir. I believe I've heard Miss Romanov use that phrase on several occasions..."<br/><br/>     Tony's eyes narrowed. <strong>"Touché."</strong> Pepper would be livid, but she would get over it, especially once she sees the importance of having Betty working in house rather than with SHIELD. Maria, well, Tony's existence alone angered her... so that was nothing new. He was, however, slightly worried about using the Black Widow in his scheme. He mentally winced at the thought of the next sparring match the two would have together. He'd requested Natasha train him in hand to hand combat - in the event that his suit failed - which it occasionally did after enough wear and tear. He was absolutely positive she used the lessons to work out her revenge for each and every comment he made that got under her skin - if it was even possible for anyone to do so. Yes. He contemplated taking some pain killers before that match even started. She was devilishly good at what she did, and had no qualms about sending him on a trip to the medical bay. <br/><br/>     At least he was learning though.<br/><br/>     When Jarvis uploaded the coordinates to his HUD, Tony adjusted his course for SHIELD HQ. He didn't <em>have</em> to tell Maria about Betty's new job... but he <strong>wanted</strong> to. And he'd been wondering where Director Fury had disappeared to as well. He could go find out while he's there anyways. He didn't yet have any idea as to Agent Hill's promotion, but that was probably just some built up karma Stark had coming anyways.</span></span></div>