"Are sure you're ready?" Tomas asked eagerly.

Y/n sighed shaking his head. " brother this the 6th time you've asked me, I am well prepared."  Y/n answered as they walked down the street.

Tomas got a sheepish look "I'm sorry, I just want this to go well for you!"  He said as the turned the corner.

"You may be more concerned than me." Y/n chuckled.  " look it's clear there's something there, I trust everything will turn out okay." Y/n said  with a small smile.

Tomas nodded in agreement"Right, of course, and when you two finally make it official, Nikki can finally get her wish of a double date." Tomas chuckled as she had brought it a lot  as y/n and Jen's relationship grew. " so what's the plan for tonight?." Tomas asked as the convenience store was in sight.

" we're going  to this fancy Italian restaurant she's been talking about, I'm going to bring it up there." Y/n said as they neared the store. " I'm thinking it would be best to just do it near the end of the night."

"Smart idea, and I recommend using some colOO-!"

Y/n suddenly looked to his left and saw Tomas was gone. " Tomas?" Y/n wondered looking around, when he couldn't sense his temperature he got worried. " Tomas!" Y/n shouted before suddenly he felt himself falling through the ground.

Y/n felt like he was going across planes, it was like using the enchanted scrolls the lin-kuei had access to.

Suddenly he saw he was heading towards solid ground and landed on a his feet, slowly standing up and analyzing his surroundings, it looked like a museum, perhaps a sanctum....

"You were quite difficult to track."

Y/n swiftly turned to the voice and found someone floating in front of the picture window.

The figure was radiating magic and y/n immediately felt anger, he must be connected to the sorcerer who attacked him.

Y/n eyes glowed blue in anger and ice began to emerge around the sanctum.  "If it is battle you seek sorcerer...." Y/n growled  as he produced stalagmites of ice, a small shockwave of cold wind to blow around  the room.

Y/n then ripped  two pieces of ice and got into his stance, shifting the shards into twin axes.

"Then I am willing to oblige" Y/n spoke firmly,  waiting for any reason to put the sorcerer down.

The doctor looked on, inwardly impressed and astonished, he knew these warriors must have had some connection to magic  but the man before him radiated  ice magic, the rooms temperature had dropped in an instant, this man was no mere opponent, he finally began to approach the warrior.

Y/n hadn't take his eyes off him for a moment, he hadn't attacked so he merely waited.

"So your the elusive Lin-Kuei." Strange spoke calmly.

y/n  was mere seconds away from taking a swing at the sorcerer,

"Brother!"

Y/n glanced behind to see relief washed over him as  Tomas jogged to him. " stay your hand." Tomas urged,

"They know who we are Tomas." Y/n spoke, this is exactly the sort of thing he wanted to avoid.

"Not as much as you think." Wong said as he walked up the stairs. " and I apologize for the kidnapping."

"As do I" doctor strange.  " my name is doctor Stephen strange,  and I'm sure you have already met my friend Wong."

Tomas eyes widened in realization. "No way...You part of the avengers... your the sorcerer supreme." Tomas spoke in awe.

" formally , the current one is actually Wong." Strange clarified. " but regardless, I know this isn't the best introduction but it was a matter of urgency to make contact with you,"

"We could have sent a letter or perhaps an email but you have not made it clear to us where you allegiance lies." Wong spoke stepping next strange.

"So now you want to interrogate us?" Y/n questioned in skepticism.

"Brother please." Tomas urged placing a hand on y/Ns shoulder, they didn't need to escalate things with the good guys.

"No, simply to...clear the air so to speak..it's our job to keep track of mystical individuals and beings who could be threat to this world, our hope here is that perhaps this is all a big misunderstanding." Strange explained.

"If you would give us the time of day,  we assure you this won't happen again unless given a reason to"  Wong assured.

Y/n looked between the two unsure whether to give them an answer or freeze them where they stand, Tomas ever the mediator decided to cut it. " please excuse for a moment." Tomas said pushing his brother a distance away out of ear shot.

"No, it's not happening." Y/n said firmly.

"Y/n be reasonable, father always taught us to never solve a conflict with fighting if we can avoid it." Tomas said reminding him of one their father's teachings.

"Never mind the fact they've been tailing us for who knows how long, we tell them anything and we risk giving ourselves away." Y/n argued in frustration.

"Or it could benefit us, look we've avoided contact with the public and heroes alike, who wouldn't be a little suspicious of our motives." Tomas spoke in understanding.

"That is not the same, we don't owe them information, the fact we aren't on the news is reason enough." Y/n said, frustrated they were in this predicament in the first place.

" but things have changed, we don't know if the Lin-kuei has strayed from its purpose under cyrax and sektor, can you honestly say we will be able to handle them if they decide to invade LA Tomorrow?" Tomas questioned hoping to open his brothers eyes.

Y/n looked down in contemplation, he and Tomas were one of the best they clan had to offer, but to face the entirety of their force? Even he was a bit uncertain.

Tomas gained a softer look "I know it would have been better not getting caught at all, but we need to acknowledge this much, we didn't aid them in the fight against thanos, and now we are here, far from home and unable to truly call ourselves Lin-kuei, we know them, we've seen the good they do, why not do things a little differently this time?" Tomas said placing a hand on y/ns shoulder.

Y/n sighed, he hated to admit but Tomas was right, it would be foolish to make enemies of the avengers when they don't have to. "Very well brother, we do it your way." Y/n nodded.

Tomas smiled and patted his shoulder in appreciation. " thank you brother." The two then approached the sorceress.

"We're open to talking." Tomas said with a smile.

"And let's not take too long."y/n said eying his watch, his date was in a few hours. " I have an engagement in a few hours."

Strange smiled , grateful the two were willing. " thank you and don't worry this shouldn't take too long." Strange then looked to Wong who nodded and made a motion with his hand.

Soon the four found themselves seated in the library in seperate comfortable chairs.

"Tea?" Strange asked as a small cup of lemon tea appeared in both Tomas and y/Ns hands.

Y/n accepted the beverage as he had enjoyed drinking tea "Thank you." Y/n said taking a sip.

"I actually don't drink tea." Tomas said sheepishly, bless their late father's heart but he only accepted this as a drink when he was sick.

"What do you drink?" Strange said willing to switch it up.

Tomas thought about it for a bit.  " orange juice?" He asked and suddenly a cup of fresh juice appeared in his hand. " ooo!" Tomas said in awe as he took a sip.

" so I believe  the best way to begin to discussion is with our first question,  who are the Lin-kuei?" Strange asked

Soon the talk was under way, y/n explained the best way the could without giving crucial information, how they were warriors in the shadows, with the sole task of protecting the people and leaving them none the wiser about the threats that were under their noses, they expressed the clans goal to remain anonymous even to the avengers , despite their secrecy all were up to the Lin-kuei, it was just put to individual to figure out their existence and see if they could find them.

"Well gentleman right now there only two big questions we are hoping you could answer." strange said clasping his hands together, " why not help us in the fight against thanos?"

Wong nodded. " the madman held the power to eradicate the people of earth, one would believe despite your rules this would be the one exception." He spoke as he sipped his tea.

"Well we can assure you it wasn't a simple matter for us." Tomas spoke scratching his head.

"The lin-kuei didn't specialize  in alien threats, when thanos attacked the first time our superiors deemed it an avengers problem, and hoped it would pass, we thought it did at first... then the blip happened." Y/n said drinking his cup.

" it really did a number on us, after that preserving the clan was our top priority." Tomas added.

"When our scouts caught wind of the ongoing battle , it was a large debate but ultimately it was put to a vote, and we were told to stand down."y/n finished.

Strange didn't look to please. " so what your superiors say no a you listen,  didn't you consider the possibility that you could have been wiped out had tony not given his life?" Strange said, anger rising in his voice though clear he was trying to keep his composure.

" we know we aren't absolved from avoiding the fight, we wondered if more lives could have been saved if we were there , Tony especially is something we sat with for quite some time."  Tomas said looking down with a bit of guilt.

"But we were soldiers then.... We still believed in orders." Y/n said firmly taking another sip of his tea.

Strange anger slowly went away as he and Wong looked at each other, Wong nodded non verbally letting him know that was enough for him.

Strange nodded. " alright, sorry for my tone, victory was bittersweet as you know." Strange spoke leaning back in his chair.

"We understand." Tomas spoke.

" The second thing we wish to know is, why is that you to have been residing in Los Angeles, are you on a new mission?" Wong answered curiously.

Y/n shook his head. "No, me and Tomas have not been lin- kuei for almost two years now." Y/n answered.

"What changed?" Strange asked in surprise.

Tomas looked at his cup as he spoke. " a few months after the invasion....we were blindsided by the death of our father." He spoke.

The information had caught the older men off guard, y/n continued. " in his absence it created a vacuum, one my older brother bi-Han had to fill, but bi-Han....he wasn't father, he believed the clan should be relegated to servicing the people of earth, bi-Han thought the clan should help lead it, he proposed plans and ideas that would have made father roll in his grave."

"We hoped over time perhaps he could be reasoned with, to stave off his hunger and be more like father...but before we knew it he sided with our enemies, all for the sake of power, he had betrayed everything we stood for." Tomas spoke in frustration.

"He had confirmed what I didn't want to see for years, one thing led to another and well....i killed him." Y/n firmly as he placed his cup of tea down.

"And the clan didn't take to kindly to that?" Strange asked putting it together.

"Unfortunately , our clan was divided regarding bi-Han , some thought he wasn't fit and would have preferred y/n as leader, others followed him out feelings similar to his or just out of loyalty." Tomas explained. " and despite acting in self defense we didn't have the proof otherwise."

"So not eager to be unjustly put to the chopping block, we deserted, and while one of our allies caught us in the act he knew we wouldn't have done what we did without reason, so we were allowed to leave, and we never looked back." Y/n added.

"But why hide?" Wong asked.

"Yeah, you left the clan, isn't that supposed to be the end of it?" Strange asked wishing to understand.

"We may have been allowed to leave but that didn't mean the Lin-kuei would stop hunting us, we keep a low profile so they don't have a reason  to come to New York." Y/n explained. " we would like to think under new leadership they have bigger things to worry about but we can't be certain so we would rather be safe than sorry."

Strange and Wong took their words in and had had truly understood the position the two brothers were in, they wish they could know more details but this was supposed to be healthy discussion , they weren't owed anything personal. " well I see why you weren't too pleased with the sight of us, sorry for the rough meeting." Strange apologized.

Y/n nodded in respect. " we appreciate the apology, I can't fault you for your skepticism."

"Before you two take your leave today, I must ask..." Wong begins." Should Los Angeles or perhaps even the world itself find itself in trouble, can we count on your support?" Wong asked.

To be allies with the avengers, y/n would have shot down the idea but after talking with the two men he wondered, he looked to Tomas and nodded with a smile, heh not much was needed for him.

"Well, if this is an invitation into the avengers we would have to decline but..." y/n began then gained a confident look. "We won't turn a blind eye to conflict, on that me and Tomas can assure you."

" just make sure it's of the magical variety, we aren't exactly caped crusaders." Tomas said sheepishly.

Strange chuckled but was glad to see the two were willing to help. "Of course, well gentleman we won't keep you any longer." Strange said as he and Wong stood up, Wong then opened a portal, showing the alley that was near the convenience store. " should you need any help, please contact us." Strange said handing out two cards with his and Wong's information.

Tomas took the cards with a smile. " thanks! will do." He said as he pocketed them.

"Be seeing you." Wong said bowing their heads to them a bit.

The brothers did the same before walking through the portal, strange than closed it behind them

"That went well." Tomas said proudly.

"I suppose." Y/n said checking his watch and realizing he didn't have time to dwell on it. " shit.. call an uber Tomas , the dates in two hours." Y/n said shaking his head, this is what they get for deciding to save gas money.

"Heh, on it." Tomas chuckled as he pulled out his phone.

Y/n hoped this was the last situation he had to deal with today.

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Boom!

Oh I'm excited to get the next chapter, I've been itching to do some more action but I wanted to tie some threads before I did.

Let me know your thoughts!