Back to New York

"Home, sweet home," James murmured standing in front of his apartment. After a long flight of four hours he was finally back n Manhattan, New York.

'Man, the Stark's Tower is so real,' He thought as he entered his apartment. Before coming back to his apartment he checked a few famous sites from the marvel movies, one of which was the Tony Stark's tower. Looking at that giant tower, he clearly felt the reality of the situation.

'This looks good,' James thought after scrutinizing his apartment with three rooms.

'How sad that I have to rent another apartment now,' James sighed.

He had decided to leave this apartment fearing that The S.H.I.E.L.D may have placed bugs all over this damned place. Because while convincing James to join the organization, Phil had backed down easily just after facing one rejection. James believed that Nick Fury was not the type of a person who would let a potential threat to roam freely in a city filled with innocent and harmless civilians.

'He should be watching each and every action of mine,' James thought. 'Still, even if I change my apartment, there is no guarantee that he won't tamper with that place too,' James frowned.

'What should I do? What should I do?' James questioned himself while sorting out all his stuff.

'Wait a minute, the current year is 2011, And in one year the plot of the movie Avengers will start. And I am living in an apartment near the Stark tower,' James massaged his forehead with his fingers.

'The problems don't seem to end at all. On the other hand, it is also an opportunity for me increase my strength by fighting those damned aliens and make myself stronger,' James just shook his head and discarded all these thoughts.

He had to get ready for work and had just 15 minutes left before he had to report to his supervisor who is a very punctual person.

James was currently working as an accountant for almost two years in a medium sized Company named Orion. He wouldn't want a stain on his clean record of the work of pass two years.

Fortunately, the company was only at a walking distance of about 5 minutes from his apartment.

James freshened himself up and after changing his clothes and taking his ID and the office bag departed in the direction of his company.

After reaching the office, he promptly walked towards his supervisors cabin and presented a few documents from his bag to him.

"Good morning Mr. Scott," James greeted him.

"Good to see you James. Its been four days right? Punctual as ever hmm," Mr. Scott said while going through the documents submitted by James. "You don't have to work on holidays too James Few of these are due in five days," Mr. Scott continued quite pleased with the work done by James.

"I had a bit of time on my hands," James replied.

"Commendable," Mr. Scott said and placed the documents on his table. "James," He said quite seriously. "The Manager is quite pleased with all the work you have done till now. You have contributed a great deal to the company and we have decided to appoint you as the Head of the Accountancy Department of our company with a salary of $80,000 per annum and you know the other benefits quite well. So you interested?" Mr. Scott smiled.

"Obviously," James smiled and shook Mr. Scott's hand.

"Congratulations, you totally deserve it. Everything has already been arranged, now go back to work and don't forget to throw a party for your promotion today," Mr. Scott grinned.

"Thank you, Mr. Scott," James nodded his head and exited the cabin only to find his colleagues waiting for him outside.

"You guys seemed to be informed even before me," James said looking at them.

"Well, being the son of the Manager has quite few perks," Sam, a tall blonde guy winked at him.

"Congratulations James," Sam along with others congratulated him for his promotion. After chatting a bit, they went back to their positions and started working.

James thanked them and with a promise of a free dinner, he walked towards to the cabin designated to him after his promotion.

'Well that's a good start. $80000 not bad at all,' James sat on his chair and thanked the previous owner of his body for all the hard work.

'I am glad that the memory related to the job was transferred to me by the angel, otherwise I would have been fired in no time. But do I really want to work?,' With that thought James started working on his computer.

Time passed and even before he knew it was 7 in the evening.

"Buddy, don't forget about the party," Ryan, another colleague of James said while entering his cabin.

"Yeah, just a minute..... and done," James yawned and stretched his body. He got up from the chair and after collecting his stuff, he followed Ryan out of the cabin.

Four people were waiting for them outside. Sam, Mia, Carl and Monica beamed after seeing him coming out of the cabin.

"You look more excited at the idea of getting a free dinner rather than my promotion," James mocked them.

They just laughed without saying anything and along with James started walking towards a nearby restaurant.

"Guys, do we really need to eat now? Its not even past 8 and having dinner now won't feel good," Mia complained.

"Shut up Mia. Don't give a chance to this miser to bail out from giving a party," Ryan glared at her.

Sam too joined in," Yeah, even if we have dinner too early, it will be totally worth it if we empty his pocket."

"Guys, I am not that bad," James sighed.

"No, you definitely are," Carl laughed and lightly punched James's shoulder.

"By the way how was Mexico?," Mia asked.

"Same as ever," James replied casually as they reached the restaurant while talking and joking with each other.

James was feeling awkward at the start while conversing with them, but soon got used to their company and blended in.

After drinking and eating a lot they finally bid each other goodbye and went on their way.

James too reached the building where he had rented his apartment and entered the elevator. Just as he reached the fifth floor, he sensed someone standing outside his apartment before even the doors of the elevator had opened.

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