It was a dreary night, rain cascaded from the skies and the black clouds engulfed the plane and blocked out the stars above as lightening shot across the sky, tonight was not a good to be flying. However due to the nature of this visit the risk was ignored because this flight could determine the shift in the balance of power in the U.S favour.
On board this particular G5 airplane sat a young general Nick Fury overlooking some files in his lap both files intrigued him but his superior director Sawyer was only willing to fund one. "Your work in arachnid genetics is most impressive Richard theoretically you've replicated the super soldier serum and opened a gateway to advanced military progress" Fury said sounding genuinely impressed with the Spider research but Richard knew Fury all too well to speak up just yet. "However we need unmatchable weapons to win wars and your vaporizer canon seems like a game changer" Fury hummed.
Richard continued to sit patiently while General Fury read through the files when two young women in black suits entered from the tail end of the plane the brunette was engaged in a phone call while the red head fitted her belt. "ok sweetie remember brush your teeth and be a good boy for your aunt and uncle, ok Petey here's your daddy" the brunette said with a happy tone passing Richard the phone "Richard say good night to your son he's been having nightmares again" she told him.
"Please excuse me General" Richard said standing up and taking the phone from the brunette "thanks Mary, hey champ how are you?"
Richard left his seat for Mary to sit down "your husband…isn't quite the man I remember agent Parker" Fury chuckled putting the files down to rub his sore eyes "you and Natasha have secured every inch of this plane?" he asked.
"yes sir the planes secured Edward is just finishing up the last of the presentation for director Sawyer as for Richard I do believe my husband is still very much the man you recruited he just has more engaging priorities now like checking in on his 5 year old son" she told him without batting an eye in regards to her insubordinate remark.
Normally general Fury wouldn't tolerate being lipped off to by his agents but he always favoured agent Parker and her partner agent Romanov, their remarks were never meant to insult or offend anyone they were just amusing. "ha-ha fair enough Mary fair enough but I am looking forward to meeting your son one day being the son of you and brilliant former airborne ranger I expect he'd be a very valuable, very notable agent one day" Fury chuckled.
"Peter will never be a solider or an agent general I'm sorry but I want what's best for my baby and the best thing for him would be a normal life" Mary sternly replied with no trace of humor or playfulness in her voice. Richard returned to his wife's side with a tall blond man right behind him
"General Fury the presentation is ready" the blond man said offering Fury a small disk which he then loaded into the computer and a holo display appeared in the middle of the room in the shape of a giant spider "the arachnid project allows us to splice D.N.A strands from various genus of spiders and successfully merge them into 6 super spiders each one with combined features of their donors sir. Our super spiders have the ability to leap 3 times the space of a normal spider, capable of lifting 10 times their own body weight with the speed to match, higher sense of awareness a spider sense if you will and all of them are capable of cellular regeneration. A slow acting process that can take hours to weeks depending on the severity of the damage…and in one case the spider actually regrew a dismembered limb. General Fury we implore you and director Sawyer to consider this…invincible immunity systems. Diseases like cancer will be rid of forever wounds that can regenerate themselves military and police applications alone…" the blond man trailed off when Fury raised his hand to stop him
"I've read over your Arachnid project and while I'm impressed with it Director Sawyer is requesting the specs of your vaporizer canon, the ability to vaporize an enemy target with a weapon that cannot be replicated is something more of interest" Fury replied.
"Nick that weapon was drawn up by two kids the element used to power it is a cold war myth" Richard interjected but he too was cut off by Fury's raised hand.
"and yet you were able to build a working prototype and even create the red mercury element power source judging by your files Dr. you were successful in vaporizing an armoured car during a trial session, so I'd say the children who drew this up are either geniuses or you're trying to hide something so which is it?" Fury asked.
Before either Dr. could reply to Fury's accusation the plane began to violently shake and disrupt the lights flickered and the oxygen masks deployed from their hatches throwing the passengers from their chairs to the floor "Dugan! What's happening up there?" Fury yelled into the radio monitor.
"Nick it's insane up here the plane is declining but were gaining altitude, I thought you promised there would be no more craziness after project Godzilla went a bust!" the man called Dugan shouted back from his end of the mic just as the tail end of the plane began lifting tilting the plane forward, the metal of the craft began creaking and moaning under the unbalanced pressure struggling to hold together. The lights flickered off once more but did not come back on they were in the dark wondering what was happening outside the plane until a blue flame pierced through the roof cutting through the hull followed by a red tail forming into a circle. The windows began blowing out from the intense pressure release forcing the passengers to duck down in between the seats "Eddie! The disk!" Richard screamed trying to keep himself stationary. Eddie slowly struggled to crawl across the floor to the computer the increasing wind pressure started blowing the doors off the cabins whipping them into the back wall but he reached the computer and pulled the disk placing a small hockey puck looking object on the data surface of the disk just in time since two black canisters fell from the open hole in the hull.
"Close your eyes and ears!" Richard screamed shielding his wife as a blinding white light and thunderous bang filled the cabin and men in black tactical gear with automatic weapons began pouring in from the hole. The first man dropped in facing the cockpit and fired through the door with the second man dropping in facing the passengers he only fired 2 shots which struck Eddie in the chest the impact forced his lifeless body up against the now crumpling wall leaving the man to quickly grab the disk discarding the black object "EDDIE!" Richard cried out at the sight of his lifeless friend
"Target acquired blow out" the man ordered before turning to Mary and Richard raising his rifle. Richard quickly stood drawing a pistol from his belt firing off a shot striking the man in the face giving Natasha and Mary time to grab the parachute packs from under their seats ready to escape when the tail inevitably tore off from pressure but another series of rifle bursts interrupted their plan as Richard toppled backwards over the seats with 4 blood pouring holes in his chest.
Mary's world stopped moving as she helplessly watched her husband sprawl over the floor his pistol struck the floor landing on the already cocked hammer causing a discharge. The bullet shot through a corner of cabin and fragmenting the bullet on impact and the shrapnel shards and fragments struck General Fury on his right side of his face digging deep into his eye. Then the inevitable happened the tail of the plane ripped away from the hull creating an expansive vacuum effect, the pressure invaded the hull pushing Mary into the arms of her husband's killers then the back pressure sucked out Natasha and General Fury into the stormy night air. It was there Natasha saw how their assailants executed their plan, they used a military grade Hercules plane with high tension cables and a winch in attached to the tail end giving them complete control of the plane and the ability to mimic a legitimate plane crash to cover up a murder/heist. What remained of the G5 hull was released and fell to the ground exploding in a horrific scene of fire and carnage illuminating the area in a reddish orange blaze there was no possible chance of survival Richard and Mary Parker along with Dr. Eddie Brock were surely dead on a secret rendezvous meeting with Shield director Sawyer unfortunately no one would ever know the truth of why they died as Natasha knew this would be told to the world as just a plane crash. Whoever did this knew exactly how to do it right.
In the coming weeks following the assault on the plane Nick Fury was treated for his wounds but the damage was so severe his eye would be forever damaged but Fury could live with his wound he was more concerned with the wound that Natasha Romanov was now dealing with…she took it upon herself to tell Richard and Mary's loved ones what happened a task that he knew no matter how many times one would do it in their career never got easier especially when about a close friend like Mary.
A black sedan pulled up along the curb to a small house in queens, nothing special just your average house with brick sidings and a wooden door on the front and yet Natasha still felt a sinking feeling in her stomach she always hated this aspect of the job but Mary was her partner, her friend even more than that Mary was family she even baby sat her son not so very long ago. She knocked on the door feeling a lump form in her throat with every passing second until a young man bearing striking resemblance to Richard opened the door "hi, can I help you?" the man politely asked her.
The lump in Natasha's throat began to swell as she slowly spoke "Mr. Ben Parker?" she choked. The man nodded, "my names Natasha…I am…I was a friend of Richard and Mary's…"
Ben stood straight up in the doorway the look of fear on his face "did something happen to my kid brother and Mary?" he asked.
Natasha could only nod at this point "yes, there was an accident…the plane they were on crashed…there were no survivors" she choked forcing her pooling tears back with a watery sniffle
"Ben who's at the door?" came a soft voice from the kitchen soon followed by a young blond woman carrying a small child. Natasha recognised Peter immediately he was the spitting image of Richard the same chestnut brown hair, same facial features except his eyes…his bright blue hopeful eyes were his mothers and much to her discomfort Peter recognised her to.
"Ben what's wrong?" the woman asked again catching her husband's hurt pained expression
"Aunt Natasha?" Peter asked perking his head up from the woman's shoulder with hopeful eyes "where is my mom and Dad? are they with you?" he asked.
"Ben?"
"Richard and Mary…" Ben trailed off as tears began streaking down his face "May take Peter to the other room please"
Natasha turned from the doorway wiping her eyes "I'm so sorry" she whimpered back to Ben and started back to her car with Peter calling after her
"Aunt Natasha! Aunt Natasha wait!" Peter called but Natasha fought with every ounce of strength she had not to look back at him she knew she wouldn't be able to hold herself together if she had to tell him the truth. She reached her car and no sooner did the car start did she hear the most heartbreaking noise come from the house, the sound of a crying child who just learned his parents weren't coming home before pulling away from the house.
hey everybody sorry for the wait but as promised this story is coming back and so shall 30 days of darkness, hope you all enjoy and i'll try to post more chapters soon.