Back at the bunker/fighting arena

Tony brought Vers on to a bench and let her rest.

He then opened a portal to his Antartic base. He placed the limiter chip on a table. A robotic arm received the chip and Tony went back to the bunker.

Tony sent the limiter chip to JARVIS for scanning. Other than the power limiter, the other technologies should be rudimentary electronics. His clone with Vers verified that.

Even without the clone, the same conclusion could be made. The signal transceiver equipped in the Starforce gauntlet's computer should be the smallest version the Kree had. Otherwise, the Starforce standard equipment would have been equipped with this instead of what they had now. Having Kree's special forces equipped with very outdated equipment would be unimaginable.

If the analysis was successful, he was going to make JARVIS create more of those power limiters. There would probably be multiple unrecognised elements used. Tony could just create something else for that function. He just wanted the power limiter technology they used. He did not need the new limiters to be as small as the original sample anyway.

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Outside the bunker, Fury and his boss was currently staring at the door. Fury lead his boss straight to here and not to another location. He did not notice anything suspicious with his boss.

Boss: They are inside this room? Why are we just standing here then?Are we waiting for something else?

Fury: The all clear. They were just about to fight when I left so I am not too sure if the fight is completed. Can't be too careful when they could blast a hole through the wall and stuff.

Fury noticed his boss getting impatient. He was not sure what to do. He did not want to get hit in the crossfire if they were still fighting. That was when his boss offered a suggestion "Can't you just knock?"

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When Fury and his boss entered the room, they were shocked with what they saw. Tony had some ch.i.p.s he was eating. His other hand was petting a yellow cat. It looks like he was relaxing. On the other hand, Vers was laid on a bench. It looked like she was knocked out.

Fury and his boss were surprised since they expected exhausted fighters. They expected Tony laying down on the floor. They even prepared incase they see Tony heavily injured.

This is because before they entered, Fury informed his boss about the two.

According to Fury, Tony is just a human while Vers is an alien.

Vers was supposed to have glowing hands. Fury narrated the event where she did her hand thing. It melted the door including the metal handle. She also that she had non human strength but he was not able to verify that.

Tony on the other hand had magic. It looked like he could lift objects. He might make things move but that's it.

Comparing the two, Vers clearly posed more of a threat than Tony. She might hold back a little to avoid leaving any serious injuries. She might even not use her powers. But the best possible scenario Fury could hope for Tony was a draw.

They never expected that she would lose to the point of knock out. There was no bruisings on her but her hair was a mess and there was dust all over her. She looked like she came out of a skirmish.

They also took a closer look at Tony. He did not look like he was exhausted. If he doing what he was currently doing on a sofa in front of a TV, they would be convinced that he just chilling out. It did not look like he just finished excercising much less just come out from a fight.

Boss: Isn't she supposed to be the strong one?

F: Yeah

Boss: AND?

Fury: Ooops?

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Tony saw the two walking towards. He did not know if Fury's boss is already the transformed Talos so he picked up Goose and made sure she was fully seen. Tony did not miss the new guy flinching just as he placed Goose on his shoulder.

When the two got close, Fury introduced Tony to his boss. When he was about to introduce his boss, Tony interrupted "You can drop the act."

Fury did not understand and his boss (Talos) pretended to not know what he was talking about.

Tony:"Fine, then can I you watch Goose here for a minute? I need to go to the bathroom."

Boss: "Why don't you just bring it to the bathroom?"

Tony looked at him like he just said something crazy. "I don't know where you're from, but going to the bathroom with your pet is weird. Now, here."

Fury tried to get Goose to not trouble his boss but Tony dodged him.

Tony went straight up close to Fury's boss. He got Goose from his shoulder and held her with both his hands. And he lifted him straight to Talos' face.

Talos: "Aaaaahhhhh"

Talos jumped back. Tony induced a little extra force to make him trip. Talos is now on the ground crouching.

Fury did not understand why his boss is so afraid of the cat. In his opinion, Goose was a particularly lovable cat. It was cute. It liked to play around. And most importantly, it did not have the mood swings most other cats usually have.

Tony: "You still don't want to admit it?"

Tony waited a couple of seconds but Talos did not respond. Tony knew from his clone at the ravager that people from high-level civilisations. Skrulls in particular are immune to common types of allergy like allergic to fur. If they were not immune to it, then situations where they have to impersonate a beast humanoids like a half-dog person(AN: Marvel name Courga).

Talos panicked. He could not immediately reason out allergies because he was not using that concept when he impersonates other aliens like the Kree.. He could also not learn it from the original Keller's recent memories. It is not like the SHIELD agents are always thinking about allergies all the time.

Tony was sure that he was actually Talos. But since Talos did not admit it, he tortured him some more. "Fine, Goose. Why don't you just snuggle up to Mr. Keller here while I go out for a bit."

Goose was playing along. The cat rubbed her head on Talos' back acting like she was preparing her new bed.

Nya nya nyaa nya nyaaaaaaa

Fury was actually jealous when he saw this. If it was him, Goose would already be laying down sleeping.

Talos: "Alright, alright. I am not agent Keller. Now, can you please get that thing away from me?"

Fury heard this and was surprised. He was aware of the Skrulls ability but did not notice one right beside him. He would have drawn out his gun but seeing Goose acting all cute like that removed all the tension from him

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After "torturing" Talos a bit more, Tony finally stopped. Tony asked Fury to make sure the doors are closed. JARVIS can handle the surveillance systems but humans randomly appearing is always a possibility.

Talos got up and he undid his transformation. Talos expected a bit of a surprise but neither Tony nor Fury showed and hints of it.

Talos: What gave me away?

Tony: Nothing. I am just guessing before you reacted to Goose

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