Sokovia

Wrapping up the training, Natasha feels she can correctly utilize her new abilities decently well. Breaking down camp Percy and Nat make some small talk while the get into their disguises they will be living in for the next few months. For Percy a fake scar across his face and a red wig. He will be assuming the form of Henry, a ex-convict turned amateur boxer, and for Natasha she dons a blonde wig and some makeup application turns her into Maria a typical Russian housewife. With the duo arriving into a close town Percy begins booking their plane ticked while Natasha begins snooping around for any information she can get while waiting for their plane. Fortunately for them however the plane arrives quickly.

The plane ride went by reasonably fast with the most interesting thing happing being a couple caught trying to join the mile high club. Which unfortunately for Percy Natasha refused to even humor the idea. Arriving in the Sokovian capital of Novi Grad, Percy and Natasha grab their bags from the pickup before attempting to find a hotel at last minute. Giving in Natasha finally agrees to go on a date with Percy for lunch which Percy insists will help their disguise.

"And that's how I gained the hatred of one of my teachers in school" Percy explains recalling the events of his dancing robot

"He hated you the entire time solely because of that? He must have had something else wrong with him for him to hate you that bad" Natasha laughs at Percy story

"I swear that's all, I was a good kid in school" Percy says trying to defend himself

"Somehow I don't know if I believe that" Natasha replies with a smirk

As the 2 enjoy their date time flies by and before long it begins getting dark and they have yet to find anywhere to stay for the night. As Percy starts to try and find a alleyway where he can sling ring them back to their campsite in the Himalayas, Natasha finds a hotel with a open room.

"You sure you don't mind us sharing a room?" Percy asks after they book their room

"Don't be getting cold feet now, it's just sharing a bed, besides we've already done worse so I don't see a problem." Natasha replies

"Wait so is that your way of saying we might could" Percy begins to say excitedly before being cut off

"Finish that sentence and there definitely won't be" Natasha says seeing the excited look on Percy's face

Waking up early Percy was happy that Natasha was up to doing it. Who wouldn't in his old world it was The black widow, the comic book crush of many Marvel fans, and not only that she was his lover which made it that much better.

Not trying to wake Natasha up since she was using him as a pillow Percy goes into deep thought as he tries to remember all that he can about the hydra factory in Sakovia from the movies. If scarlet witch is there, then this whole thing is going to be incredibly difficult. Maybe with the changes he is making Percy can save Pietro from his fate in the movies. Hopefully the whole Ultron ordeal can be avoided

Feeling Natasha beginning to wake up Percy's train of thought is broken

"Morning, you sleep well?" Percy asks

"Would have slept a lot better, but a certain someone kept me up all night" Natasha replies

"I don't think I was the only one who had fun" Percy answers

"I'll give you that one, but hop up we gotta shower and start getting some info of any strange happenings in the area" Natasha says

After showering the duo head down for breakfast and to attempt to gather information

with the two of them spending much of the day gathering info from the local bars they discovered that there have been people disapearing and that so far none of them have been found. The biggest tip that the duo got was that recently a group purchased the old fotress just outside the captial. Without Percy's memories of his past life he would have brushed off that info as just someone wanting to hoard up the land surrounding that capital to build something. Thanks to his memories however, Percy manages to connect the dots and realises that the fort must be where the underground research facility is.

"alright Nat this may sound crazy but I think that the fortress is what we are looking for" Percy says

"It's the best lead we have so far, if nothing else atleast it will be one less place we have to search." Natasha replies

"So how exactly are we going to go about doing this? We can't really just barge in there incase it is the real deal. We can't have them deleting the info we need to incriminate them." Percy asks

"That my dear is where I come in. In 1 week we shall try to break into the place. Ill see what info I can gather about it in the mean time" Natasha answers.

"Good while you do that I am going to head back to the ancient one and see if I can get her to teach me a spell. If i remember correctly she has this ability where she can project her spirit out of her body and form a astral projection, which is undetecable by normal people." Percy says summoning a portal.

Over the course of the next week Natasha gathers all the info she can on the old fortress while Percy slowly attempts to learn to use astral projection. Unfortunately for him however in the rush to learn it he is unable to sustain the form for very long. Using a portal to return to their hotel room he finds a sleeping Natasha. Doing his best to not wake her up Percy slides into bed prepairing himself for a very eventful day.