[Felix POV]
Melina looked almost surprised when she stared at me, but her emotions were controlled.
"I thought you didn't want to meet me face to face because you were afraid of me."
"Oh no, I'm still afraid of you."
SPACE notified me of something in my glasses. I don't go anywhere without them.
"Shit, I messed up. Do you happen to have an extra gun on you?"
"Why? Are you planning to kill me?"
That question surprised me a little bit, but when you think about it, that's the only thing you can think about in this situation.
"No. Why would I kill you after healing you? That's dumb, don't you think?"
"When you say it like that, it doesn't make sense."
"So do you have a spare gun on you?"
I asked, knowing full well she got three guns on her and four daggers, as well as poison with the antidote on her.
"Did you ask knowing full well I have it?"
"Why bother asking when you know the answer?"
Melina gave me the Glock 17 she had on her. When I held it, I thought about Klaue and the deal.
Besides, I need more Vibranium, but I don't think I'll get it anytime soon since it wasn't that long ago I bought Vibranium.
"What do you need a gun for?"
"You'll see," I said to Melina as I started walking inside the building. I suddenly remembered something.
"Oh, where did you go yesterday? You suddenly left after Priscilla was done."
"Oh, I went to the doctor."
Melina said that like it's not a big deal.
"You went to the doctor? You didn't trust me."
"Why are you surprised? It's not like you didn't know where I was."
I did know where she was because there were security cameras in that building.
"Wow, look at you adapting to me and SPACE."
"Is SPACE the one who monitors and knows everything?"
She caught on quickly, but it's not like I was going to keep her a secret. We were talking while we were in the elevator heading to my office.
"You could say that. Her full name is Sentient Personal Assistant & Cognitive Engine, but I call her S.P.A.C.E for short."
Melina didn't say anything afterwards.
"Oh, she's an AI, by the way."
"I got that the second you told me her full name."
"Oh, you need to act like my personal assistant after we get off the elevator."
She didn't say anything, let alone question me, but just nodded.
We headed to my office, and Melina was walking behind me. She was indeed performing like an assistant.
"I hope you're comfortable from where you're sitting..." I said as I entered my office. Melina looked confused about who I was talking about but said nothing.
"Nick Fury."
An African-American man sat in my chair as he turned around to look at us. He was bald and had an eye patch on his left eye.
"I ain't even surprised you knew I was here."
[Nick Fury POV] (let's go back a little bit)
"Good that you understand. Good morning. Oh, and in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. Have a good day."
This motherfucker.
He was able to hack the entire headquarters without anyone noticing. That's not even the worst part.
He knows about the destroyed Hydra and yet has the balls to say we're Hydra.
"Laura, tell me everything you know about this bastard."
She better give me a clue at least.
"There's not much. What you know is what I know, sir. There's something that's concerning, though."
"What is it?"
"I wasn't the only spy there, sir."
"Who was the other spy? Because that person doesn't belong to SHIELD?"
"I don't know, sir, but she had the same mission as me, to infiltrate, and she was Russian. Probably from the remnants of the Soviet Union."
"What makes you think that?"
"She looked trained, sir."
That's suspicion. We aren't the only ones who checked on the boy. How did he get on the Russian radar?
Unless the Russians are running out of resources and they're looking for an easy target.
Wait, is she working for General Dreykov?
"I see. Barton and Clark, you can leave now."
I gotta figure this out. I better ask Pierce, but he probably doesn't know anything about it.
If he can hack the headquarters without anyone noticing, that means he knows about the council.
Does he know about the cube?
If he does know about the cube, that means he is a bigger threat to all humanity. We can't have a threat like Doom and also him.
Wait, can he create Doombots like him? If so, then his threat level rises.
Speaking of Doom, maybe Richards can figure something about the guy.
Stark is a disappointment.
"Someone bring me Coulson."
I better go and check the Baxter Building.
"Sir, Agent Coulson went on a mission with Agent May."
Oh shit, I forgot about that.
"Never mind, let's go. You drive towards the Baxter Building."
"Yes sir."
Since I'm on the way to them, I might as well figure out where they disappeared to.
That guy is smart, he can probably figure it out.
"Sir, we arrived at the location."
"Ok, wait here."
This building is tall. As I was about to get out of the elevator, I met the bastard.
"Oh man, time to see some wo... Ah shit. REED! THE BALD-HEADED SPY IS HERE."
Motherfucker. I really don't like him.
"Oh Fury, if you're here for Reed, he's in the other room."
"Thank you, Ben."
At least the stone one has manners.
"Reed, we need to talk."
What a nice ability to have but the man uses his ability for an everyday use.
I bet if there's no toilet paper of the toilet, he can just stretch to fetch the toilet paper.
That's convenient. Bullet does nothing to the guy.
"Ah Fury, what can I help you with?"
"There's someone I'm trying to understand but before that, tell me where did you all disappeared to?"
Reed looked surprised and serious when I asked him that.
"It's going to be a long story. It doesn't help whether you know or not."
"Don't worry, I've got time."
There's nothing to do today besides some paperwork.
[Reed POV]
Nick Fury.
I first became acquainted with him in 95 during the Kree and Skrull invasion. He was a very secretive.
If Johnny didn't become interested in Carol, I wouldn't have met him. Besides he refused to tell me anything about the cube.
Probably he doesn't know what it is.
That cube appears to exhibit effectively unbounded energy output, with no observable upper limit under current conditions.
I attempted to replicate the energy output under controlled conditions, but the results suggest the original phenomenon operates beyond conventional reproducibility parameters.
That caused us to travel to the the past. I guess noo ne can replicate the energy from the cube and I don't think that's it's real power.
I guess if one defines a suitable basis over the relevant state space, there may exist a non-zero probability amplitude for reproducing the observed energy configuration, contingent on the cube's adherence to coherent quantum dynamics.
[A/N: I really hate Richards mind. This is the only time I'm writing is POV. I don't know about the future.]
"It's going to be a long story. It doesn't help whether you know or not."
I better just tell him few things and not everything
"Don't worry, I've got time."
"Remember when you came after the Kree battle to Baxter Building to talk to Johnny"
"Yeah, I remember that. What does that have to do with anything?"
"Okay. While Johnny and Carol were fighting together, Johnny was able to touch and protect the cube. He didn't know what it was but he was able to describe it."
Fury said nothing but listen to the story.
"So I tried to replicate the energy in hopes of having unlimited energy in Baxter Building but things didn't go as planned."
"So you failed,"
"Oh no, I succeed but the thing is that, it cost a rift to the past. It used up the entire energy in the building and we were swallowed by the rift."
"So what happened?"
"We travelled to ancient Egypt."
"Time-travel. How far in the past did you go?"
"We travelled to the year 2960-2950 BC. The rift was caused by a time-travel. When I activated the device, it connected to a time-travel that was happening in that time. Someone came from WAY into the future from us to travel to the past. I don't know if it was a mistake or not."
"So you weren't the only ones?"
"The time traveller called himself Pharoah or more precise Pharoah Rama-Tut. He build statues of himself and made people believe in him. He told them to reject the old Gods and that angered the gods. The gods sent their avatars to stop Rama-Tut."
I don't think I should tell him his real name. He would probably use it against me.
"So how did you get back after all that?"
"Honestly, I don't remember but I know someone sent us back with a smoke bomb or something. He had something as big as a tennis ball and smashed it to the ground, the ball swallowed all four of us."
"So what happened to the guy?"
"I don't know. We left him there or more like, he sent us home."
I remember the guy but Fury doesn't need to know that.
"I understand. So can you replicate the energy from the cube?"
"I can try but since I haven't seen the cube, I don't know what I'm doing. If you let me see---"
"No. That's classified."
"Just seeing it once it's classified?"
"Yes. Anyway, I came here to ask about something or someone if you have met the guy."
"I can help if I know the guy."
"Do you know Felix Cole Vale?"
"Never head of him. What's the reason for asking?"
"He's a CEO and Founder of Oseong Corporation. I need you to hack into him."
Okay, it's gotta be hard if fury came to me. Let's check him out... Felix Cole Vale.
This guy is classified by Absolute Protected Executive X-clearance, APEX for short. I've never heard of that classification.
It's harder to hack but I think I can break into it. Looks like this classification change its authentication when someone is trying to hack into it. It's like if someone is trying to enter the pin, it changes the pin to a different one.
This is harder than I thought.
How long have I've been trying to hack into it. Wait, Fury is eating and when did Susan get here. It's been 4 hours since I've been trying to hack into it.
"FINALLY!"
I finally succeeded.
"Did you succeed?"
Oh Fury is here and Susan too. Lets check what is inside.
[THERE'S NOTHING MORE BESIDES MY NAME, JOB AND NETWORTH. What DID YOU EXPECT? WASTING YOUR TIME FOR NOTHING.]
"""WHAT!""""
(They all said it together: Reed, Susan and Fury)
Did I just spent 4 hours for nothing?
I don't know how to feel?
[Fury POV]
Richards spent the entire 4 hours trying to get inside and I wasted 4 hours doing nothing because I thought he'll succeed within 10 minutes.
Everytime I asked him he always say "I'm almost there." or "Just a little bit"
I ended up listening to him and waited for for him.
His wife eventually cooked a meal for me. I don't think he noticed his wife is here.
After all that, there's nothing inside the folder.
I never expected there'll be nothing in it.
Felix.
"I better leave. Thank you for your time Richards and thanks for the food Mrs Richards."
"You're welcome."
Man but atleast I learnt something. I don't think Richards told me everything. I think he knows who that guy is or that Rama-Tut guy.
He didn't tell me everything but I can't dig further.
Is this motherfucker sleeping? Oh shit, I forgot I came with him.
"Wake up and drive to the headquarters."
"Yes sir."
I gotta finish everything quickly and meet that motherfucker.
Time to check with Talos and maybe asked to inflate the Oseong Corporation since he's not a member of SHIELD but I think that would be dumb to do that.
I feel like that guy knows everything.
Don't tell me he knows about the creation of Helicarrier?
Motherfucker.
[Fury POV]
Shall I tell the council about the classified file on Felix? There's nothing to tell them either way.
I better finish my job.
How the hell am I supposed to find Dreykov, he keeps slipping?
[3rd POV]
Fury sat in his office after coming from the Baxter Building. He completed the his work.
While he was working, he got a report from Coulson that everything is going as planned. Fury got a message from Talos about the Skrulls that they have no base and they keep changing locations after something happened.
Fury told him, he'll figure something out.
He finished the entire day's work.
The following day, Fury went to look for the new location for the Skrulls and he found a location.
Somewhere in the woods away from the city but still relatively close to buy supplies.
Fury told them to not cause a scene and try to blend in the city if hey ever went to buy supplies.
He told that some needs to find jobs because he can't keep supplying them with funds since they're not agents of SHIELD.
Some listened to him and others didn't.
Fury left and returned to the headquarters to look for the whereabouts of Dreykov but his search is fruitless expenditure.
He asked on how is the helicarrier is going and its going well. He went to the sight to check its creation.
He got a call from Alexander Pierce that everything is going as planned that by early 2000s, he might be prompted to Director of SHIELD.
Fury accepted the information with ease but he was glad inside.
So before he gets promoted to Director, the helicarrier will be finished by then.
They day went by.
[Fury POV - The following day]
I better go to Chicago and visit the boy.
Shall I bring back up just for incase... Maybe two guys would be enough just in case.
Fury drove towards Chicago with two agents with him.
This is far. Why couldn't he build his headquarters in Manhattan or Long Island?
Finally, I've arrived.
"Hey, One of you needs to snipe this place and the other need to wait nearby."
"Yes sir"
"Snipe were you can get a clearly. We're dealing with a very dangerous person we know nothing about."
"Affirmative."
Better be safe that sorry.
Why doesn't he lock his door? Laura is write there's not a single camera on sight and let alone some access machine gate.
Fury walked towards the elevator while checking his surroundings. He took the elevator to the last floor.
Even in this floor, there's not a single camera. Looks like this window is fresh new.
He needs to make this place lively.
Fury put a bug under the desk, put a bug on the corner of the room, under the chair and at the bottom of the corner near the window.
There's not much place to put a bug in this place.
The chair is basic, no nameplate or computer. This guy needs to upgrade his room.
Oh, there's my sniper and the other guy is not far from here.
"I hope you're comfortable from where you're sitting... Nick Fury"
This place doesn't have cameras, how did he know? I need to get to the bottom of this.
"I ain't even surprised you knew I was here."
This woman must be the one Laura was talking. She's in defence stance, good stance. No one could notice it.
"So what brought you to my humble abode. Since you're my guest, I could offer tea, juice or soft drink, which do you prefer?"
What's wrong with this guy? He's not surprised that I'm here or I have a gun or agent nearby but he's offering some refreshments. Even she's suprised by his actions.
"I would like some juice."
"You're kidding right? You know I don't have those things since I'm just starting but you want some juice."
WHAT THE FUCK?
"Then why did you make the offer?"
"To be polite because I thought you'd refuse."
I wanna kill him.
"Anyway, I want you to answer my questions."
"Ahh shit, here we go again. Worst person in the world."
Why do I feel like he's treating this as a joke.
"How did you become rich?"
"I told you."
"TELL ME THE TRUTH MOTHERFUCKER!"
"It's obvious I stole it. Do you think I work for the richest company in the world, Roxxon."
"I know you stole it, I wanna know where or from whom?"
"Man, you sound like Hydra. 'Tell me where you got it or I force the truth out of you. Hail Hydra' blah blah blah. Let's fast forward to the end, I ain't telling you more than that."
Motherfucker.
"Hydra was destroyed by SHIELD. It's suspicious that you know about it."
"Yes yes I know it was destroyed by Agent Carter. Believe what you want to believe."
He even knows who destroyed it. How much does he know?
"So you know. I'm gonna m----"
"I REFUSE!"
He didn't wait for me to finish.
"You didn't hear what I had to say."
"You were going to ask me to join SHIELD and so, I refuse."
I was going to say it.
"What a shame. I was hoping you would've agreed."
"I refused and now you're going to tell your sniper to shot me."
What he knew about them?
Damn, she drew her weapon quickly.
"Relax Linda, I was just telling him I knew about the sniper."
Thank god she lowered her weapon. Is she a good fighter than Agent May?
That speed is superhuman. I didn't realise until the gun was pointed.
"So, you knew about the sniper and still refused."
"Yep and I knew about the other agent you came with."
So he even knows about the other guy. How the hell does he know?
"Let me ask you something important. Are you going to be a threat?"
"Depends"
"So you are going to be a threat?"
"Depends on what is at stake."
"What does that mean?"
"You'll understand when you love someone more than you love oneself."
That's deep for a teenager. Is he talking about his parent or his lover? He's still young and doesn't understand anything.
I'm pretty sure he hasn't been dumped.
Young love.