Chapter 173 – Avocadoes At Law

"You know that I'm going to want to see everything, don't you?" Skye asked.

Harry glanced to the side at her with a lop-sided grin.

"You did hear Tony say that I'm not allowed to let you near any of the computers, didn't you?" Harry asked.

"Yeah. And?" she replied. "Exactly what do you think little ol' me is gonna do?"

"Firstly, you're not that old," Harry retorted. "As for what you can do, how in Merlin's name would I know? Computers and I don't get along all that well. Unless they're insulated against magic or a techno-mage has done their thing, my latent magic will blow one up if I'm not careful."

"I'm betting Stark has all his toys protected from you accidentally blowing something up," Skye grinned. "Come on, show me one. I bet I could teach you a few tricks to make them easier for you to use."

"We'll see," Harry hedged. "Just out of curiosity, you do know about Jarvis, don't you?"

"Stark's AI, the most sophisticated of his kind on the planet," she replied.

"Thank you, I am," Jarvis said.

"Woah, that's almost creepy," Skye said, shying backwards and staring up at where the speakers were located."

"You get used to it," Harry grinned. "What Jarvis isn't saying is that he hears all, sees all inside the Tower. Even if I let you near a computer, he'd know everything you did."

"Spoilsport," Skye pouted. "Mind you, I like a challenge."

"If that's the case, I think that I've got just the thing for you," Harry said. "And if you're as good at computers as you claim, maybe you can show me a few things."

"If I claim? Listen, magic man, my fingers can do things that you can only dream of," Skye retorted.

"Really?" Harry asked, one eyebrow raised, a hint of a smile playing about his lips.

Skye stared at him for a moment before giving him a light punch on the shoulder.

"Get your mind out of the gutter," she said.

"I don't know what you're thinking about, but my thoughts have nothing to do with the 'gutter'," Harry remarked innocently.

"You just keep telling yourself that," she replied with a smile of her own. "Now, what's first on this tour?"

The elevator doors chose that moment to open. In front of them was a great deck, at the end of which, through some glass doors, could be seen the tail end of a quinjet.

"Let me guess," Skye said as they stepped out of the elevator. "Hanger bay."

"Yep," Harry replied. "From here we can access the important parts of Avengers Tower fairly easily. Storage bays are down that way and Medical is straight through there."

"Makes sense to have it so close," Skye nodded, rubbing her stomach where she had been shot so recently.

Harry nodded his agreement as they meandered across the floor towards a nearby sitting area containing a couple of large windows providing a panoramic view of the city.

"The science labs begin one floor down," Harry said.

"Skip," Skye stated quickly. "I get enough of the sciencey nerd stuff from FitzSimmons."

"Then there's the training floors just above us," Harry continued.

"Anything interesting there or is it just treadmills and punching bags?" Skye asked.

"Do you know how many punching bags we go through when Steve's here?" Harry asked with a shake of his head. "And, to answer your question, there are a couple of interesting things up there. One of which has the computer program that I'm hoping you could help me out with."

"Really?" Skye asked, sounding incredibly interested. "Well, lead the way my young Padawan and let me teach you the ways of the mystical computer."

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"Morse told us that you were supposed to be our 'handler'," Tony commented.

"How is Bobbi?" Phil asked in response.

Tony shrugged. "She's not around all that much. Only when Fury wants something really."

"You can bet that she knows where she can find you all at any given moment," Phil replied. "And she'll be there if you need something. All good handlers are the same, there's no need to hover unless their charge is 'playing up'."

"Well, if she knows where we all are, that's one better than us," Tony stated dryly. "Birdbrain has developed this annoying habit of dropping of the grid every so often."

"No one knows where your brain is at half the time anyway," Pepper said from across the room where she was talking to the females in residence.

"Harsh but accurate," Tony replied offhandedly. "Well, come on then, Agent. You might as well see what we've done with the place since you were last here. You two coming?"

The four men, Tony, Phil, Bruce and Thor rose from their seats and headed towards the elevator.

"I've put in a whole host of floors fitted out with the best of science equipment," Tony said, indicating the levels for Candy Land.

"There's some equipment in there that I'd only ever dreamed of seeing," Bruce added.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. can keep its grubby little paws off," Tony stated, waggling a finger at Phil. "I've installed a closed server down there that only Jarvis can access from outside."

"It's not S.H.I.E.L.D. that doesn't know how to keep their nose out of other people's business," Phil replied pointedly.

"Hey, I'm a consultant," Tony protested. "I see it as part of my duty to test out your security and consult on ways that you could improve."

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