Disclaimer: Not mine, sadly…

Placing:After Hogwarts and the first Avenger movie.

Accompanying piece to "Confession Time", sequel to "Family Oddness" and "Birthday Presents"

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Fury stared incredulous at the papers he had gotten from his legal department. They contained the threat of one Anthony Edward Stark – in black and white.

His eyes narrowed at the documents.

"I'm not giving one of my best assets to an uncontrolled alcoholic," he said with a growl.

Before he could say anything further, a voice spoke up from all around him.

"I don't think that some people will be happy hearing you calling Ant an 'uncontrolled alcoholic'," the male voice said.

Fury's eyes snapped up towards the ceiling.

Then his eyes narrowed.

"Stark," he growled. "I will kill you for bugging my office!"

The answer was a laugh from the male voice.

"Oh Director Nicholas Fury Junior," the male voice said amused. "You're quite far off with your guess this time around."

Fury narrowed his eyes at his ceiling.

"Don't shit me, Stark!" He growled. "You're the only one who would even dare to bug my office!"

"Na, na, Director – watch your mouth! How'd you know that there's not a child listening on my side?" The male voice admonished him, still amused.

Fury's eyes narrowed further.

"Stark!" He growled.

The answer was another short and sharp laugh.

"Holmes," the voice said.

Fury stared at the ceiling in disbelief.

"Are you again trying to threaten me with Holmes?" He asked the voice in disbelief. "I thought you were less repetitive, Stark!"

For a moment, there was silence, then the male voice snorted.

"I'm not Stark," the voice repeated.

Fury opened the voice to object or maybe even curse Stark, but was stopped when the voice continued.

"I'm Holmes," the male voice said.

That stopped Fury's thought process for a second, before he narrowed his eyes again.

"Very funny Stark," he said growling. "But I know the true voice of Holmes!"

The answer was another snort.

The next moment, Fury's phone rang.

He stared at it for a second, before he picked up.

"Director Fury," a well-known voice greeted him coolly.

"Mr. Holmes," Fury returned, a bit surprised and also angered that he was called in right that moment. He definitely couldn't talk to Mycroft Holmes while Stark was listening!

But before he could say anything else – before he could stop Mycroft Holmes talking about anything important, Holmes already continued.

"I heard you wanted to talk to me, Director," Holmes said coolly.

Fury's eyebrow rose.

"I'd have called you, Holmes, if I'd wanted to talk to you," Fury said growling.

The answer was another snort from the male voice in his ceiling.

"Well…" the voice drawled. "I thought you might be a bit shy this time considering that Ant decided to involve your and his legal department to free the little bird from your claws…"

"I've definitely no trouble with your legal department, Stark!" Fury growled. "You won't get Barton even if –"

"Barton?" Holmes repeated from the phone, startling Fury.

"I'm sorry, Holmes," Fury forced out gruffly at that. "Stark has hacked into my office or whatever and I need to get rid of him before talking further to you –"

The answer was a sigh from the other side of the phone.

"That's not Stark, Director," Holmes corrected him, sounding a bit disgruntled, startling Fury.

"What do you mean, Holmes?" Fury asked surprised and a bit confused.

The answer was another sigh.

"You're currently talking to a Holmes," Holmes said.

Fury frowned and opened his mouth to object when the voice in his ceiling piped up again.

"D'you believe me now, Director Fury?" The male voice said. "After Myc told you that I'm a Holmes and I myself telling you the same – will you accept that I'm a Holmes?"

Fury's eyes narrowed.

"If you're a Holmes," he said slowly. "Then why did you bug my office?"

The answer was a snort.

"That's easy, Director," the voice said. "I want you to give in to Ant's legal demands and release the little bird into his custody – or I might get creative…"

Fury stared at the ceiling icily.

"Are you threatening me?" He asked harshly.

The answer was a sigh from the other side of the phone.

"My brother never threatens people," Mycroft Holmes corrected Fury. "He promises."

That startled Fury again.

"Are you telling me you're supporting Stark's decision to take over Barton's contract?" He asked in disbelief.

Holmes answer was muffled, as if he was pinching his nose.

"I know that Stark is often enough irresponsible," Mycroft Holmes said, clearly unhappy. "But you have to admit, that Barton in your hands right now might not be the smartest idea."

Fury frowned.

"I'm –"

"Unable to protect him from the consequences of his enslavement," Holmes interrupted him and Fury wondered where the other man had gained that information from. "Stark on the other hand has already shown that he can protect him – so why do you refuse to hand him over?"

"Because Barton is my asset, Holmes!" Fury growled.

"Well, if you don't hand him over willingly, I will ensure that you will get his resignation a few days from now," the voice in his office piped up. "If you want to, I can even delete everything you have about Barton to help you…"

With that, Fury's computer suddenly opened files after files about Barton and his work.

Fury stared at the files.

A hacker!

The other Holmes was a hacker!

Fury's hands immediately turned towards his computer, trying to remove the unknown Holmes' hold on it, but nothing he did, helped and pulling the plug wouldn't help as well, considering that the whole thing might be seen on his computer, but the files itself were not stored there at all…

"Holmes!" Fury shouted. "Keep your sibling away from my organization!"

The answer was a snicker from the voice in the ceiling and another sigh from the Holmes on the phone.

"If you wish me to control them," Mycroft Holmes said coolly. "Then you will hand over Barton to Stark. In exchange I will ensure that no sibling of mine will ever enter your organisation again, if you want that."

For a moment, Fury thought about objecting, but in the end he sighed.

He knew that when Mycroft Holmes was actually on Stark's side in this, Barton would be lost to him in the end – no matter how much he fought. He liked to see himself as Mycroft Holmes' equal, but truthfully, Holmes had a lot more influence than Fury ever hoped to gain…

"For this to happen, there are some stipulations, Holmes," Fury said icily.

"Of course," Mycroft Holmes replied, clearly unconcerned. "I will ensure that you still call upon Barton as a consultant for your cases. You are allowed to list him as such in your database, if you need to. It's his decision which case he will take, but I'll make sure that you'll not be without your man that suddenly. He will also stay on as an Avenger – just like the others. Anything else I missed?"

Fury scowled.

"If that's all, I will ensure that Stark will send you Barton's contract as a consultant in the next three days," Holmes said as if he didn't expect that he had missed anything. "Of course, considering that Barton will leave the country with Stark within the next twenty minutes, it might take some time for him to take on one of your cases."

Fury startled at that.

"He's leaving the country?" He repeated in disbelief.

"Yes," the voice in the ceiling said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "He has promised Ms. Potts that he will look after Ant while Ant's on that conference in Britain."

Before Fury could even think about answering that statement, Holmes on the phone spoke up.

"If that's all, Director, I will be gone. I've a country to run, after all," Mycroft Holmes said. "Have a good day, Director. And you, Sherrinford – please keep me out of your squabbles the next time around."

With that, Holmes hung up.

The voice in the ceiling snickered.

"Sure thing, big brother," he said. "Until next time, Director Fury."

A second later, Fury's computer finally reacted to his touches again.

Fury scowled.

It seemed like he would have to pay Stark for a check-up on their computers. Who knew what the other Holmes had done while having control, after all?

The answer would get obvious just a few days later after Fury had handed over Barton's contract to Pepper Potts.

The files of Barton were gone.

Absolutely gone.

Well – not all of them. They still had his mission files and some of the medical ones – but everything else, everything personal about Barton was gone.

Deleted.

And there was nothing that Fury could do but curse the other Holmes – because this time around it certainly hadn't been Stark who messed with Fury's servers…

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That was the reaction of Fury and Mycroft to Tony's announcement and decisions…

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