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If you haven't read the intro yet, please read that first!
Warning: There will be some swearing as well as violence/blood!
Due to the length of this I have decided to post this in two parts instead of one.
You were awoken the next morning by J.A.R.V.I.S. voice in your room.
“Director Fury would like to speak with you Miss (y/n).”
You groan silently but move to get up.
“Thanks J.A.R.V.I.S. Please tell him I’ll be there as soon as I had a shower.”
“Of course Miss (y/n).”
Luckily he had not woken you up too early. It was already 9, meaning you had slept in a bit. After taking your shower you dressed and went down the hall to the elevator.
Natasha’s door was open and her room empty. She must have already left for the gym or something.
You made your way into the elevator and followed the route Maria had showed to you yesterday to Fury’s office. Your hand was already rising to knock when you heard him calling you inside.
You opened the door and closed it behind you instantly when you saw the deep frown on his face.
“What is it?” you ask him with a serious look on your face. You sit down before he can answer.
“About the file I gave you yesterday… It may be worse than I thought. An undercover agent just called me. I told him to be on the lookout for Sulfur…”
“You told him that and he didn’t ask why?”
“I told him that it was important, that’s all he needed to know. He’s been with S.H.I.E.L.D. for a long time now, he knows how things are handled. Anyway there have been more traces at the suspect’s house. He will also be hosting a large party so I suggest you get a nice dress.”
“A dress? Please tell me you’re kidding me. I can’t hunt in a dress. I don’t even have the funds to get a dress for a fancy event. I belong on the streets not there… The people will notice that.”
“Then I suggest you get a few pointers by Agent Romanoff. She will be able to help you. S.H.I.E.L.D. will also be paying for your dress so go shopping with her.”
He hands you a new file and a credit card before continuing to work through the paperwork in front of him. Of course you know that means that you are being dismissed, so you tuck the file under your arm and leave.
You sigh as you get back to the elevator and take a look at the file. Level 9. Well fuck. That meant that the information inside were on a strict need-to-know basis.
Still you had to get Natasha’s help so you would have to tell her. You walked into the common room while reading the file. Nick had been right, it was a lot worse than you thought.

“Morning babe.”
You looked up at him as you were greeted by the one and only Tony Stark, nursing a drink.
“Morning playboy.”
“Oh is that my new nickname? I like it.”
His attention wanders to the folder in your hand more precisely to the front where he can see the labels of ‘Classified’ and ‘Level 9’.
“You are level 9?” you raise an eyebrow at the dumb question. Would you be going around reading a level 9 file if you were not? In the Avengers tower of all place? Not very likely.
“You are not?” you shoot back at him.
“Okay, got it. Not my most intelligent question of the day. You want a drink as well?” he asks as he moves to get himself a new one.
“Before breakfast? Count me in.”
He prepares a drink for himself and slips one over to you.
“So what’s the file about?”
“You’re not level 9 so why should I tell you?”
“I could just hack into S.H.I.E.L.D.’s database and find out myself but you could save me precious time by just telling me.” He grins confidently at you.
“While that is true I need to talk about it with Natasha first… And go shopping. I guess I’ll tell you about it later.” You finish your drink fast before grabbing the file. “The tattoo artist will be here while I’m out with Natasha, Maria has the symbol. J.A.R.V.I.S.? Mind telling me where I can find Natasha?”
“Miss Romanoff is currently in the gym with Mister Barton.”
“Thanks J.A.R.V.I.S.”
“You’re welcome Miss (y/n).”
“See you later playboy.” You say while taking your leave again. “And thanks for the drink!”

Thanks to J.A.R.V.I.S. directions you manage to find the gym only a few minutes later. It’s a lot bigger than you thought and in the middle of it there is a boxing ring where Clint and Natasha are currently sparring. You sit down at the sideline and decide to wait for them to finish. In the meantime you study the file again until you notice Natasha and Clint coming up to you.
“What are you doing here?”
They notice the file in your hands and sit down next to you.
“Do you need help with that?”
Of course they noticed the labels so in contrast to Tony they decide not to ask too much.
“I could actually use your help Nat. Mind going out with me for a bit? I’ll tell you everything on the way.”
Clint nods before leaving you alone with Natasha.
“We have enough time for you to take a shower. I’ll meet you down at the car afterwards, okay?”
She nods before leaving. You stand up and walk down to your car were you take a bottle out of your trunk and wait for her.
As soon as she joins you in the car 15 minutes later you hand her the bottle.
“You need to drink some.”
She raises her eyebrow but does as you want. She takes the bottle from you and takes a gulp before giving it back.
“Now I guess that was holy water, mind telling me what’s going on?”
“Just a security check. If you had been possessed that would have hurt like a bitch and I could have exorcised the demon. The file you saw earlier… Some people high up the food chain have been taken over by demons and I need to take care of it.”
You take out the credit card that Nick gave you before.
“Nick told me to buy a dress to go there and ask you for help with it. I never really wore a dress and I don’t know shit about make-up, so I might need a lot of help…”
She smiles at you reassuringly.
“Don’t worry we’ll get you everything you need. I’ll help you with your make-up and hair before you go there and try to teach you the basics. It’s not really hard. It would be easier if you take back-up though… Someone who is used to the crowd.”
“I’ll think about that later, right now we need to get this done.”

Nearly 4 hours later you were exhausted, but you had finally managed to find a fitting dress which would allow you to hide your weapons underneath and which allowed enough room for movement, should you have to fight. You also succeeded in finding matching shoes with wide heels so that you would not break your legs if you had to fight in them.
Natasha would borrow you a necklace and matching earrings for the party. She also took the time while the two of you were shopping to give you some pointers about how to behave at the party.

As soon as you were done shopping you drove back to the tower. You thanked Natasha and told her that the party would be the next evening. You took your bags out of the trunk which you had collected on your way to the hotel and followed her inside. The instant the two of you made your way into the common room to ask Tony were you could put your things you were greeted by him, Clint and Steve. They looked pretty serious.
“How much did you find out?” you ask with a look at Tony.
“Nothing but I know that there is something going on that you are not telling us. Fury made sure that there is absolutely nothing I could hack into so it has to be serious. I hope you’re planning to tell us.”
“Did you all get your tattoos?” you ask while you get out the bottle again. You unscrew it before splashing them all with a bit of holy water into the face.
“What. The. Fuck?” Tony looks at you as if you had lost your mind.
“Guys this is serious and I had to be sure that no one of you is possessed. We have to do this somewhere where we can’t be overheard and no one can ‘walk in accidentally’.”
“We’re going to my lab.”
For once Tony seems to be serious and everyone follows him as soon as he picks up his glass and leaves.

The walk to the lab is completely silent and as soon as you are inside, everyone’s eyes are back on you.
“Before we start this you have to promise me not to tell anybody. I think I’m going to have to do this alone, everything else could be too dangerous. If one of you shows up that could be a warning sign to them that we cannot afford to give.”
They nod at you before all of you sit down on different surfaces. You choose Tony’s working desk to make yourself comfortable after sitting down your bags next to you.
“Why were you out with Natasha?” Tony had to ask before you could explain anything.
“There is something going down and the best way for me to check it out is a damn high-class party so I needed to get a dress. Like I told you before, we were out shopping. Now let me explain.” You manage to shut him up as soon as he opens his mouth to ask anything else.
You take a deep breath before dropping the bomb on them.
“It’s demons. I can’t just kill them because they are public figures and they would be missed. Nick called me to his office today to tell me that an undercover agent of his called him to tell him that he has found traces of sulfur at his current employers place. Sulfur usually means for a hunter that there is a demon around who is using his powers. There have been signs of more than one demon and the employer of the agent was… “You look at Tony before finishing.
“…his name is Charles Healey, CEO of AccuTech subsidiary to Stark Industries.”
The second those words leave your mouth you hear the sound of the glass shattering in Tony’s hand.
“It seems that the demons are trying to get influence within Stark Industries before taking Tony out and having the company produce weapons again.”
“Those damn bastards.” You hear the billionaire mutter while you move to take a look at his hand. Luckily not much of the glass had penetrated his skin and there were only a few cuts. You gather up your bags to take them with you.
“Come on playboy, I’ll clean those for you.”
Natasha gives you a nod as you pass her with Tony and stops the others from following you.
“How could this happen?” he mumbles apparently more to himself than you.
“You don’t notice things like that unless you know what to look for. Don’t even start telling yourself that you should have noticed. Demons are masters of manipulation you wouldn’t have found anything even if you noticed that they were behaving odd or something like that.”
You go with him to the elevator.
“I had a floor prepared for you. You can set down your things there. I’ll need a stronger drink.”
“Don’t worry about it too much Tony, I’ll do everything I can to weed them out. I just need to identify them and see how many there are.”
The elevator stops at your floor and you set down your things before rejoining Tony in the elevator. The two of you continued on to his penthouse.
“There’s a first-aid kit in the bathroom over there.”
You nod and move to get it before following him to the bar. He is already nursing a drink again. You both stay silent while you take care of his hand and wrap it afterwards to keep the wounds clean.
“All done.”
You set the box aside and sit down next to him at the bar.
“What do you plan to do when you find them? How are you going to find them? And what will happen to the people they possessed?”
“That actually depends on the situation. If I can’t trap and exorcise them I will need to kill them. I have everything I need for that so don’t worry about that. I will find them by using these.”
You take two rings out of your pocket.
“They are pure iron. Demons can’t touch it without having their skin burned, especially the lower ones. I just need to shake a lot of hands… What happens to the meatsuit as demons call them depends on how long the demon was inside them and what happened to them in the meantime. If everything goes according to the plan they will wake up and don’t remember anything that happened while they were possessed. But if the meatsuit got a fatal wound while possessed they will die as soon as the demon leaves.”
He takes one of the rings from you and slips it onto his little finger, the only finger where it fits.
“I’ll go with you.”

You stare at him for a second before shaking your head.
“You can’t! I can’t take an Avenger with me, it could warn them!”
“You can’t take an Avenger, which means Iron Man can’t join in. But nobody says you can’t take Tony Stark, owner of Stark Industries. I usually don’t go to things like that so everybody will want to shake my hand and you can have a better lookout. And don’t even try to say no Sunshine, I’m going whether you like it or not.”
You sigh and think about it for a second. Everything he said was true and every hunt had a certain danger to it.
“Alright, you can help.”
“Guess it’s a date than babe.” He grins cheekily.
“Wait, who said anything about a date?”
“We will be going to a nice party, where could you have a better vantage point while I shake hands than on my arm?”
You stay silent for almost a full minute while you stare at him and he continues to grin at you.
“Damn, you’re right again. Alright, I’ll be your date for the party, but only because of the hunt understood? Now give me one of those too.”
“Of course, only for the hunt.” He fills up a glass for you and the both of you drink in companionable silence until it is interrupted by a heavy British accent.

“Hello love.”
You sigh before answering.
“Hello Crowley, to what do I owe the pleasure of meeting you today?”
Tony jumped up in shock at the unexpected voice in his room.
“J.A.R.V.I.S. how the hell did he get in here?”
“It appears that he has the ability to teleport sir.”
“How rude of you darling, shouldn’t you introduce us?” Crowley looks at you, still standing a few feet away from you.
“Of course, where are my manners? Crowley, Tony Stark. Tony, Crowley current King of Hell.”
“King of Hell?!”
“Please Tony sit down. As much as I would like to kill him myself sometimes, he at least keeps his demons under control.”
Tony decides to listen to you and sit down but he continues to keep his eyes on the newcomer. You press a finger to your mouth to signal him to keep quiet while looking at him. He nods reluctantly and watches the two of you.
“Don’t bother calling for the suit, couldn’t kill me anyway.”
“Crowley. How did you find me this time? I thought I hid well enough.”
"Never underestimate the King of Hell, darling. I know a lot of swell tricks." He answers you while sitting down next to you.
“Of course you do. How’s Juliet?”
“Growing like a weed, must be the food. Now as much as I like having a chat with you love, my issue with you is a little more businesslike.”
“Meaning that you need a favor? Or do you have information for me? That or you are trying to get me to strike a deal again. I told you last time, it’s not working.”
“Actually I have a little problem that you could resolve for me. Moose and Squirrel are currently occupied.”
“So a favor it is. What kind of favor are we talking about?”
“Some rats decided to take off with a few of my souls. I want them gone and the souls returned to me.”
“Well that would call for a favor in return right? Don’t you think I earned a little something by helping you out?”
Crowley gives you a grin before going on.
“Are you trying to negotiate with me? That’s my girl! What do you want? Riches? The apple pie live? Happily ever after? You know the rules.”
“I don’t want any of that and you know that. I’m not striking a deal with you.”
“Well what do you want then darling? As you may recall: patience isn't one of my virtues...well, I don't have any virtues... but if I did I'm sure patience wouldn't be one of them."
“You give me the details, I’ll take care of your little problem for you and I get a nice little IOU from you. You’ll just even the score when I need your help the next time.”
“Of course. Should I get the paperwork done?”
“Nope.” You take another mouthful of your drink. “Paperwork would mean it’s an official deal and like I told you the last time, I’m not kissing you.”
“Aw come on, show papa some love darling.”
“I know that you honor your deals, even if it’s just a favor so there is no need for that.”
“You’re lucky that I enjoy your company from time to time. Much better than those denim wrapped nightmares. Alright. There are a former crossroad demon and 4 minor players on the run from me.”
“Why don’t you just sick Juliet on them?”
“I can’t have my pup ruining her appetite with rubbish like them. They also may have taken a hellhound with them.”
“So you want me to take care of that as well? You know they are almost impossible to kill for a hunter. You better make that a major IOU.”
“Whatever you want darling.” He takes a list of names out of his suit and puts it down in front of you. “I got you the names of the meatsuit’s.”
“Why do you need my help with this? Wouldn’t it be much easier to just do it yourself?”
“I’m a very busy man love. So the favor is the following: You exorcise them and get me my souls.”
“There have to be a lot of souls if you’re willing to have an IOU to me on your plate.” After a look onto the list you nod. “I’ll take care of it.”
“Now that that is done I’ll be taking my leave. I’ll be waiting for those betraying bastards in hell. Maybe I’ll even clean up the torture-chamber for their arrival.”
With those words he teleported out of the room and a long relieved sigh left your mouth. Tony who had been silent the whole time looked at you, waiting for an explanation.
“Thank you for keeping your mouth shut, I know it’s not an easy thing for you.” You joke before downing your drink.
“Usually I’m all up for jokes but right now I would prefer an explanation.”
“Well the King of Hell just came by to manipulate me into doing his bidding, which succeeded. I have an IOU with him which he counted on, I’m quite sure of that. He’ll make sure to conveniently safe me in the future from a threat he totally did not send himself to even the score. But what he did not know was that he just helped me a lot more than he thought. The names he just gave me are the names of the demons within your company, including one Charles Healey. But… I have bad news as well.”
“Worse news than telling me that demons are trying to take over my company?”
“Actually… yes I think so. I’m sorry Tony.”
You turn the list around and slowly slide it over to him, pointing at the last name on the list:

Virginia ‘Pepper’ Pots.