-Spiderman POV-

Peter swung as fast as he could to stop the cat burglar, she has been robbing people for a while now, and from what I heard in the news reports I'd say she is halfway done with her retirement fund. The problem is there seems to be no sign of her stopping.

I intercepted her while she was jumping across a building and threw her across the roof but a cat always lands on his feet and she was once again running away, I can run faster than her but I'm afraid I'll break the roofs of these people so I held myself back to chase her with softer steps. Once I had positioned myself right beside her, I threw a couple of webs right in front of her feet making her dodge left and right deftly but I anticipated that right from the start as I fired a right at her hair and pulled as hard as I can.

She falls head first on her back and I wince as she holds her head while rolling around on her back moaning about the pain(Only about the pain) "Sorry, for that but you were proving harder to catch this time" she finally shakes her head as she says "Of course I'm harder to catch now, I have more to lose" I agree with her statement as I ask her "So, how are the kids? How's life?" She scoffs and stands up "What kids? What life? It's all shit now" I was surprised by the bitterness in her voice so I asked her "Why is there something wrong?"

She rushes towards me and pushes me back as she says "Is there something wrong you ask? Everything is wrong because of you" I frown and wonder in confusion "What the fuck did I do?" she looks at me with venom in her eyes as she says "You killed my buyer" I feel back in shock as I exclaim "What! Who?" She turns away from me as she yells "Who else but the fucking Kingpin, fat pig that he is at least brought the stuff I stole for a fair price but now I have to bargain for every piece of metal I sell and it's all because of you"

I frown in suspicion as I ask her "Why do you think I was the one who killed Kingpin?" She turns to me incredulously as she yells out "Who else can even touch him? You ask me to investigate who Kingpin's cronies are trying to catch and a month and a half later Kingpin is dead and the city has no criminals. It isn't that hard to get whose prying hands were responsible" I was quite shocked at her deduction so I tell her "I didn't know you thought that much about this issue" She looks at me angrily as she says "My main buyer was lost, of course, I'll fucking look into the issue why did you stop me anyway?"

I take out the picture of the diamond that the Ancient One asked me to help steal and tell her "I need this stolen" She folds her arms in front of her, emphasizing a certain area as she says with sarcasm dripping in her voice "Oh and how will I get paid this time? By keeping your mouth shut about my identity again" I shook my head as I told her "I promised that your identity is safe and I'm not going to break that promise" I pointed at the jewelry she seemed to be stealing and told her "I noticed that you became a small-time thief once again so, how about I help you find employment".

She looks at me in surprise and says "Didn't know you swing to the other side of the law Spidey" I wince and tell her "Nothing shady, trust me. I know a government agency..." She was quick to disagree "Fuck no, I am not working with those fools".

I sigh as I try to explain shields weird under the government but not really under the government's way of running things "Ok, so here's the thing this Spy agency is completely secret. No one knows they exist so they can't be swayed by local politicians the only government body that can control that organization is a council of members from various countries, and they won't be included in anything less than a national emergency."

"so yeah they will probably just hire you on a contract rather than all that ID, Social Security bullshit" She seemed to be contemplating the option as she looked away from me before turning back and nodding her head "I'll do it, but I'll need your help to steal it" I immediately agree "Done" lest she finds out about how shady SHIELD actually is and refuse the offer.

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In a way I am throwing her to the wolves but if I get Coulson to be her handler, he'll probably make a good hero out of her. Speaking of Coulson I wonder where he is, as I was wondering where Coulson was when Black Cat slipped away with the jewelry making me sigh as I mutter to myself "She probably just stole it from some asshole rather than a random Jeweler"

-Coulson POV-

I was walking ahead as Captain and Ricky followed me, for some reason Captain thought the Nerdy glasses look made him blend in with the surroundings more but as a spy, I can attest that sometimes being yourself is much better than making up a character that doesn't fit your stature. Coulson knew that because the one time he tried to act like a College Student with his bald head, he got way more looks than if he chose something simpler like a Professor or a Cleaner.

A man with ripped muscles wherever you see cannot blend in as a Nerd because he will still get female attention like the Nurse currently making advances at Steve, yes I can call him Steve he is younger than me in a way.

"You can call me Madeline, Steve you don't have to add any Ms. Wiss and all that nonsense, we are friends aren't we?" She emphasizes her point by squeezing Cap's bicep and I turn to Ricky as I mouth the words 'Is this sexual harassment?' Ricky nods in agreement so I step in to save the poor man from being raped. "Ms. Madeline, we would like to know the condition of Mr. Stark" She gives me a withering glare before putting on a corporate smile as she says "Mr. Stark cannot be accessed by anyone below security clearance of 6, which reporters like you and your photographer wouldn't have?"

Wow, she thought I was a reporter and Ricky was a photographer. I wonder who she thinks Cap is but we don't have that much time so I show her my badge and tell her "We have clearance Ms." She looks at the badge flippantly as if expecting it to be fake but the very clear security clearance level 1 on the badge must have spooked her as she nervously said "Right this way sir" and led us to Starks room.

We found Stark standing in the middle of the room with an IV drip held by a robot with the title D.U.M.M.Y which followed him as he moved a giant stack of papers across the room while complaining "Why didn't we shift to computers earlier? Half the hassle with paperwork comes from the paper amount of paper you have to haul" he finally notices us awkwardly standing there in front of his office and deigns to give us poor netizens some honest work.

"Just in time grab those two piles and this IV bag, D.U.M.M.Y will probably rip the needle out if I move faster than a snail" Ricky was the first to move and take the easy job of holding the IV while me and Cap took the papers, with him grabbing the bigger pile.

We moved out of the Stark Industries office with the Nurse following us to the parking lot as she scolded Tony "Mr. Stark you have to understand that moving in your condition can make the recovery take longer than needed" Stark like his usual ignored her warnings and flirted "Are those new ear rings, they suit your eyes well?" But Ms.Madelline was quick to respond "I have been wearing the same ones from day one Mr. Stark"

I wince as Stark turns around to officially look at her "OK, you want me to sit around at home and do nothing when this thing in my chest might kill me at any moment" Ms.Madelline chewed on her bottom lip in worry as she said "The procedure has a success rate of 67%.." but Tony interrupts her "and the procedure can wait until I am 100% sure I can't cure myself"

After that Stark stormed off the lift and Coulson tried to console Mrs.Madelline "He has been through much in the last 6 months, I'd say give him time to heal" but she gave him a short glare as she said "I hope he doesn't die while he heals" and walked away, I shake my head and follow along and put the papers in Starks Ferrari as I tell him "Stark, we are here to help?" Stark looks at the both of us as he snarks "I'm sure a Government agent is capable of sneaking into my blood vessels and retrieving a piece of metal without ripping me apart and then Captain can punch my pain away"