9 Believe me Black Widow

Arthur looked at his own burnt clothes, he couldn't help but frown. Being a Superhero was indeed not easy, they always have to be battle ready and a lot of times their superhero costumes get ruined in fights. But If there was a chance for him, he would really like to make a strong and durable battle suit for himself, not for show off but for his own convenience. Because if his clothes always got ruined in fights then he would have no dignity in front of the public.

Now he couldn't help but think of Hulk. His pants have always been one of Marvel's unsolved mysteries. No matter how he fights his upper clothes will always get torn but his pants remain safe. Speaking of Hulk, if he can get his abilities, then that would be great, at least on Earth, he would be invincible.

However, while absorbing the power of Pyro, he discovered a small difficulty, that is, although he could absorb the ability through the palm of his hand, it was not so easy, especially in the case that the opponent doesn't cooperate, he received a very strong resistance.

The first time because Pepper was completely cooperating with him and didn't resist him, so the absorbing went very easy and smooth.

But the fire manipulation ability belonged to Pyro from birth, it was caused by the X gene, so it was difficult for him to absorb it. Especially when he resisted, he couldn't absorb it at first at all, he had to use high temperatures to make Pyro feel pain so that he could stop resisting him.

So now he knew that currently it was completely impossible for him to easily devour his opponent's ability with just a touch. He could only absorb someone's ability if the opponent did not resist or was unable to resist his devouring power.

Therefore, for now he shouldn't have any ideas about Hulk's abilities. Perhaps even if Hulk just stood there without any resistance and let him try to absorb his powers, he wouldn't be able absorb it. He had to become more stronger, only if he became strong enough, will he be able to absorb stronger abilities. Anyway, this time he had absorbed the ability to manipulate flames, and if this ability is used well, it could indeed be a powerfull tool.

So, although his clothes were ruined, Arthur's mood improved a bit.

"Sorry Skye, we couldn't have a meal at that restaurant." Arthur apologized towards Skye, who was looking for his clothes at a shopping centre.

Skye just shook her head and replied: "It doesn't matter, we can have a meal some other time, but we had to leave that place no matter what." After buying his clothes and going inside their car she handed the clothes to Arthur, then turned and prepared to drive. Arthur changed his torn clothes, and seeing that Skye was fairy calm, he slightly relaxed.

It seems that she was not afraid of him due to his abilities.

Thinking about it he realized that there are a lot of people with superpowered abilities in the world, and Skye has also deliberately researched about them after all she was a hacker, so she wasn't too scared.

Brotherhood of Mutants will definitely know about Pyro and that his mutant power were stolen. SHIELD will also know about this matter. After all, even though Black Widow was not following him now, SHIELD's also has many means of monitoring people. Plus they always keep an eye on mutants and especially on an extreme organization like Brotherhood of mutants with goals of mutant supremacy.

Even if SHIELD was not monitoring him, the intel about ability of Pyro being stolen will definitely make them suspicious of his involvement, because they knew about him absorbing Extremis.

But this was an accident. After all, it was Pyro who took the initiative to provoke him, not to mention that Pyro himself was an lawless person with ideology of Mutant superiority. So in addition to making SHIELD more vigilant against him and his powers, there should be no more trouble for now.

The noise of skidding tires due to applying brakes of the car interrupted Arthur's thinking.

"What happened?" Arthur hurriedly asked.

"I'm afraid… we are in trouble." Skye solemnly said.

Outside the car, a black jeep was blocking their way, the windows were probably bullet proof with dark tint on them. This vehicle was not something that ordinary people could drive.

"Stay in the car."

Arthur sighed and took his lighter and got off the car.

Black Widow also came out of the jeep and looked at Arthur. Black Widow smirked and then said with a smile: "I knew you weren't someone who would follow rules, but I didn't expect you to break them so soon. Pyro John, his ability isn't that strong? I didn't expect you to choose this ability."

Arthur didn't expect them to find out so soon, but it didn't matter too much, he lit the lighter and the flames started dancing around his hands. "I always had the hunch that you will definitely continue to monitor me, so you should know that he took the initiative to fight me, so he had to pay the price."

"Yes, don't you feel that this scenario was too coincident? You just happen to go to a random restaurant, encounter Pyro and even have a conflict with him!" Black Widow blinked and stared at the lighter in his hands

It seems she was alert.

It was known that he had absorbed Extremis and also absorbed the powers of Pyro John, but who knows if he had any other abilities? How can Black Widow treat such a dangerous person lightly? She probably already had prepared backup if he attacks her.

"Its your choice to believe me or not." Arthur shrugged. "So, let's talk about your intentions, you haven't come all the way here just to scare me? You shouldn't be so free!"

"Well, I am here to ask you to come with me to SHIELD with your little girlfriend." Black Widow grinned and said.

"If I refuse?"

Arthur squinted his eyes and the flame that was dancing around his hand had stopped.

"Hey, don't be so serious, I am not taking you to SHIELD because of stealing Pyro's ability, but because of your little girlfriend. The hackers of the 'Rising Tide' organization, they are very active recently, and they are constantly releasing some information now a days. Information that shouldn't be made known to the world." Black Widow said with a smile.

Arthur grinned: "For me, or for her, there is no difference to me, I am not interested to visit SHIELD at the moment, so you can go back."

"And If I refuse?"

Black Widow said the same thing.

Arthur grinned. "Then we can only fight!"

"Really?"

"If other people don't provoke me, I won't go to mindlessly injure or kill them. I want to keep a very friendly relationship with SHIELD and especially you, but the premise is… don't target me and the people around me." Arthur finished saying this to Black Widow and then turned to his car.

"Let's go."

Arthur said to Skye.

Skye started the car and slowly drove away. Black Widow didn't stop them.

"You say that if others don't provoke you first then you won't trouble them? But how long has it even been since you said that you won't be a threat to SHIELD? Now you already have a girlfriend and that too with someone from the rising tide organization and even stole a mutants power. How can I believe about what you said is true and simply trust you?" Black Widow muttered to herself.