𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 | 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒

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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑

𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖

               𝐓𝐇𝐄 group split up, leaving Tony, Lexie and Bruce to put their brains and intelligence together.

"What's this?" Tony asked as Steve got everyone to meet back up. He handed Thor a tablet as everyone looked at Steve.

"A message. Ultron killed Strucker." Thor shoved the tablet into Tony's chest roughly. Lexie was surprised it didn't crack.

"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene, just for us." Tony noted, looking at the photo displayed on the screen. He moved the tablet to the side so Bruce and Lexie could glance at him.

"Ew," Lexie muttered under her breath.

"You deal with blood and gore everyday?" Tony raised his eyebrows at her.

"Well not in a disturbing way like this, and it's never threatening gestures towards my brother." Lexie's voice went an octave higher.

"This is a smokescreen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech?" Natasha interrupted the two siblings.

"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss." Steve realised, in deep thought.

"Yeah, I bet he..." Natasha looked at the monitor on the screen. "Yep. Everything we had on Strucker has been erased." She sighed deeply.

"Not everything." Steve glanced around at them all before they pulled out the physical paper files they had on Strucker and began to go through them.

"Known associates. Well, Strucker had a lot of friends." Steve flipped through the files, taking them out of one of the boxes.

"Well, these people are all horrible." Bruce was sat at the desk also going through some files.

"Wait." Tony stopped him, recognising a man from a picture in the file Bruce had. "I know that guy." Bruce passed him the photo he had been looking at. "From back in the day. He operates off the African coast, black market arms." Steve gave him an accusing look which Tony defended himself with, "There are conventions, alright? You meet people, I didn't sell him anything." Lexie just rolled her eyes. "He was talking about finding something new, a game changer, it was all very Ahab." Tony explained as they looked at the photo with the name of Ulysses Klaue written in capitals at the top of the page. Thor pointed towards the scar on the back of Klaue's neck, acknowledging that it wasn't a tattoo. "This."

"Uh, it's a tattoo. I don't think he had it..." Tony trailed off.

"No, those are tattoos, this is a brand." Thor corrected him, still in an off manner with the billionaire. Banner began to search through the computer to identify the brand marking but Lexie took the paper and took a glance at it, searching through her brain.

"It's a word in an African dialect meaning thief, in a much less friendly way." She spoke up loudly, gaining all their attention. "What? I read." She noticed the looks they were giving her.

"Yeah, Lexie's right." Bruce announced as the computer came up with the same answer she had given them all.

"Truly are the definition of a know-it-all." Natasha smirked at her. Lexie just blushed and looked down. 

"What dialect?" Steve asked Bruce.

"Wakanada...?" Bruce attempted to say it.

"Wakanda." Lexie spoke up, pronouncing it perfectly however a worried look took over her facial features and her body tensed up.