Stephanie looked around in the room she was locked in and spotted a spider. She jumped to her feet and quickly went as far away from the spider. The spider just kept crawling toward her. She sighed, approached the spider, stretched her middle finger along with her index finger and thumb out and drew a circle in the air, big enough for the spider to go through it. The spider went through it and she quickly closed the portal.
It didn't take long for the trio to reach headquarters. Peter was fast and knew exactly where he was going. When they arrived, Linnaea was put into a cell, one next to Channing.
She sighed and stood up, walked over to the door and just stared at her. The next room had gotten awfully quiet, something Stephanie didn’t like one bit. A whole lot of possibilities on why they had gotten quiet ran through her head, and none of them were good. “Come on, talk already. Spill the damn tea,” Stephanie mumbled under her breath.
Peter set down, and Blythe hopped off his back and onto the ground. "Thanks for the ride," She said. Then she turned to Fury and Hill, who had been waiting for them. "We found Linnaea and Channing, and they're definitely suspects. Steph is doing her own investigation."
Stephanie heard the voice of an older man telling the others to be quiet. It gave her the impression that he was the one in control of everything. She sighed and started hearing every single bit of information they were saying. Their plan? She had no idea what it was. Stephanie knew Iris’s true intentions. She wanted to take down the Avengers, which was a bit surprising to Stephanie when she first found out.
"Linnaea Adam and Ethan Channing," Hill started. "We have info on them. We'll pull it up and have a look. They'll stay here overnight."
"What do you want us to do?" Blythe asked. Hill and Fury shared a look.
Stephanie heard what she had to hear. She whispered something through the bottom of the door, and immediately the metal bug came back to her without letting the others see it. Stephanie didn’t need to hear anymore. They had given her enough information. She took off the earphones that had let her hear everything in the other room and took a deep breath before contacting Blythe. “So, Blythe. You know how you and Peter left to take Ethan and Linnaea to S.H.I.E.L.D?”
Blythe was interrupted by a call. Normally she would ignore it, but once she saw it was Stephanie she had to answer it. She had no time to even say hello before the girl on the other end started talking. She listened to what was being said. "Yeah? They're right here, in some cells. Is something wrong? Do you want me to put you on loud speaker? Hill and Fury are here."
"Fury and Hill," Fury stated.
"Shut up old man."
Stephanie stayed quiet for a few moments, wondering how to answer Blythe. After another couple of moments, she sighed and looked up at the ceiling, a somewhat creepy smile slowly appearing. “Sure, go ahead and put me on loudspeaker.”
"OK, give me a minute to sort it out." She then spoke to F.R.I.D.A.Y., who was embedded in her suit. "F.R.I.D.A.Y., please put the call on loudspeaker at full volume."
"Certainly, Blythe."
“Alright, just tell me when you got everything sorted out.” Stephanie said as she fumbled with the metal bug that she was holding in her outstretched hand. It seemed like it had a mind of it’s own and was avoiding being put away.
Blythe put her phone on a table in the center of the room as Stephanie's voice suddenly filtered through on loudspeaker. "OK, it's set up. Start talking when you're ready."
“So while you brought those two to S.H.I.E.LD I managed to find a whole room of definite suspects. All crime-lords, criminals, etc. It seemed like they were there for a meeting and they couldn’t start without Ethan and Linnaea. Probably because those two are the second in command. Then an older man came in, yelled at everyone in the room for not starting and all of that. They then started explaining their plan, which apparently is to do what they do best. Also, on a unrelated note, one of them wants to take down the Avengers.”
"One of them? It has to be more than that, right? Much as I hate to admit it, the Avengers have a lot of enemies." Blythe tried to rack her brain as to who it could be, though there were many.
“Nope. Well as far as I know it’s only one of them. Quite powerful too. She’s someone who doesn’t play around and is always serious. Well, maybe not always serious, but mostly she’s serious. Not only is she powerful, she’s dangerous too.” Stephanie said with a sigh.
"What's her name? We'll probably have a database on her. Someone as powerful as you say isn't going to be secret."
“Iris S-“ She stopped herself from saying the rest. “Iris. Just Iris. I doubt there’s any information about Iris, but go ahead and try. If you find none, I know someone who might know something.”
"Iris who?" Fury interrupted. "You can't give us half a name, Miss Campbell. We need the full name. I know for a fact that our databases have multiple Iris' in it."
Stephanie bit her lip, trying to refrain herself from saying something insulting. She sighed and tried to calm herself down. “I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you the full name. I’d be in a heap of trouble if I do.”
She then added, “But of course, you won’t be able to understand.” Stephanie mumbled that part as low as possible.
"Damn it, Campbell!"
"Fury! She's not one of your agents! She's a kid!" Hill was often the only one to calm Fury down.
“Anyways, what do you want me to do with the suspects? If I don’t act soon, they’re going to leave the room and I doubt I’ll be able to track them down after they leave.” Stephanie said, ignoring Nick Fury.
"Don't do anything," Hill responded, pushing Fury away. "Not directly, at least. We can send a few agents out to keep an eye on everyone when they go their separate ways."
“Alright, I understand.”
Stephanie put the mechanical bug away into one of her hidden pockets in her dress. She took out a bobby-pin and straightened it. She then put in the key hole, turning the straightened bobby-pin a couple of times so the tumblers could move into place.
"Is there anyone is particular you think we should look out for?" Hill questioned, wanting to get as much information as she could. Some people could be unpredictable.
“Aside from Iris,” Stephanie started. “No. Well, none that I know of. I know sometimes people tend to be unpredictable, but most of the people in this room have the IQ of a rock. Which is quite sad.” Everything went into place and she turned the doorknob. She opened the door just a bit, and was able to see the people starting to leave the room.