Avoiding Avengers

There were requests to see how Shuri and Peter avoided Mr. Stark and T'Challa, so I wrote this up really quick on my break. Hope you enjoy it!




Peter checked his phone as they switched subways, heading back into town after riding all the way to the end. Happy and Mr. Stark had both texted him. He even had a text from a number he didn't recognise, but it requested he bring his sister back, so Peter figured it must have been King T'Challa. After getting over the initial shock of realising he now had King T'Challa's phone number, he texted Mr. Stark to say they were on the subway, headed back into town. A moment later, Peter's phone vibrated and he glanced at it to see Mr. Stark telling him that he and King T'Challa were coming to get them, don't move.


"Dude, your brother's here," Peter told Shuri, looking at her with wide eyes.


"Are they coming for us?"


Peter nodded, telling her that Mr. Stark had told them not to move. With a grin, Shuri motioned for him to pass over his phone.


"What are you doing?" Peter asked, handing it to her.


She grabbed his backpack, pulling it off his back, and shoved his phone in it.


Shuri smiled. "Throwing them off our trail."


She hid Peter's backpack under a bench as best as she could then grabbed Peter's arm and tugged him onto a leaving train.


"Is this really a good idea?" Peter asked, following her anyway. He wasn't sure how much trouble he could get in if King T'Challa claimed he had kidnapped the princess and he didn't want to find out.


"Yeah!" Shuri exclaimed, pulling him into the seat beside her. "And you can show me all over New York!"


That was all Peter needed before agreeing.


They rode the subway back into downtown Manhattan before getting off the subway. They carefully checked around the corner before Peter raced down the sidewalk, Shuri following close behind.


At the sound of the Iron Man suit headed their way, Peter panicked. Looking around, he found a fancy clothing store and pulled Shuri inside.


"They're coming," he told her in explanation.


He pulled a few clothes off a nearby rack and pulled Shuri into a dressing room. A few seconds later, an annoyed worker knocked on the door. They held their breath, but the worker unlocked the door and gave them an irritated look.


"This is a clothing store," she said, "Unless you want to try something on, no going in the dressing rooms. Especially if you're not alone."


Peter and Shuri's faces grew red, but they didn't have much time to be embarrassed. They could see Mr. Stark and T'Challa walking around outside.


"If you let us hide here, Iron Man and Black Panther, the King of Wakanda, will give you good publicity," Peter promised quickly, "For free."


The worker seemed intrigued and Shuri quickly backed him up.


"They're right outside and we know them personally!" she said.


The worker frowned.


"I don't believe you."


She walked towards the front door and Peter paled. While her back was turned, he grabbed Shuri and they ran, searching for a back door.


They found it just as Peter heard the worker yell at Mr. Stark, "Hey, there are two kids that claim to know you personally!"


"Run!" Peter whispered.


He shoved Shuri through the back door and they found themselves in a backroom. Peter frowned, but he could hear Mr. Stark and T'Challa talking to the worker.


"Hide!" Shuri hissed.


Peter had figured out that much.


They jumped in a basket full of what looked like towels and waited silently, listening to the worker talking to Mr. Stark.


Just when Peter thought they'd be found, a door opened and they began to move. Shuri lifted her head and looked at Peter with wide eyes. He shrugged with eyes just as wide. He didn't know what was happening any better than she did.


When they stopped rolling, he looked at Shuri and nodded. He jumped out and someone to his right screamed. Behind him, Shuri followed.


"Peter! In here!" Shuri yelled, pointing to an accessory store.


He followed her in and they went over to the hats, ducking down behind a large display.


Shuri found a floral hat for herself and a baseball cap for Peter. He found some glasses as well and when he held them up to Shuri, she nodded with a smile. After Shuri found a wig, they counted up what cash they had then quickly bought their new disguises and got dressed.


"Let's go back to the Tower and pretend to be waiting for a meeting," Peter suggested, staring at Shuri's pink wig and floral hat combination.


With both of them grinning, they waved down a taxi and headed to Stark Tower.


Peter used a fake accent to ask the receptionist for a meeting ASAP with Mr. Stark. She promised to try her best and they went to sit down, giggling and whispering to each other as they waited in the lobby.


When Mr. Stark and T'Challa walked in through the front lobby, they looked less than happy.


"I swear, that kid does the exact opposite of whatever I say," Mr. Stark grumbled.


Peter and Shuri looked at each other, suppressing smiles, then stood up. Shuri looped her arm through Peter's and dropped her head so her hat covered her face. With yet another fake accent, Peter led them over to Mr. Stark and T'Challa and tapped on their shoulders.


"Excuse me, sir," Peter said, his voice a little higher and more self-righteous sounding than usual. "My fiancée and I want your opinion of goats."


Mr. Stark stared at him.


"Do you prefer spotted or plain?" Shuri asked, her voice squeaky.


"I don't... I don't care?" Mr. Stark replied in confusion. "Why are you coming to me? I'm a technology inventor, not a goat farmer!"


Unable to keep up their covers, Peter and Shuri broke into laughter. Recognising the familiar laugh, Mr. Stark sighed and pulled the ball cap off Peter's head.


"You should have seen your faces!" Shuri said between laughs.


T'Challa stared at her as she doubled over in laughter.


"That's it," Mr. Stark said, looking at the both of them. "You're grounded. No more school for you, Shuri, and no more Spider-Man for the week, Peter."


"What? No more school?" Shuri cried. She looked at Peter with a panicked expression. What was she going to do while Peter was gone? Work in the lab?


"I wasn't gonna be Spider-Man this week anyway, Mr. Stark," Peter said haughtily.


Mr. Stark frowned, then smirked as he came up with a new idea.


"Fine," he said, "No more Karen."


"What?"


"No more Karen."


Peter dropped to his knees and hugged Mr. Stark's legs, begging, "Mr. Stark! Don't take Karen away! Please! She didn't do anything wrong!"


"Next time, don't run all over New York without permission," Mr. Stark replied before turning back to T'Challa. "Would you like to go get a churro?"


"I would love to," T'Challa replied.


Peter and Shuri followed them, grumbling about their unfair punishments, but they didn't get very fair before Mr. Stark turned around and shook his head.


"Oh no," he told them, "Criminals aren't allowed."


Without another word, he shot off into the air with T'Challa to go get their churros. 

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