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Chapter 1: Angels in Manhattan
Melinda May was getting tired. She'd been flying this gigantic, black plane through the clear American skies for an hour now. After the day her and her team just had, the last thing she wanted to do was fly a plane for five straight hours all the way from Los Angeles to New York City. However, she was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and sometimes that meant she didn't get a full nights sleep.
About an hour ago, May along with agents Coulson, Ward, Simmons, Fitz, and the new girl Skye, tranquilized Michael Peterson, a man who was injected with a virus by an unknown person that gave him superhuman abilities. He posed a danger to the entire city of Los Angeles as the virus was causing him to self destruct. The tranquilizer also had been infused with an antidote which cured him. Agent Coulson thought that they should recruit a skilled hacker named Skye, against May's wishes.
Now, the team has been sent on a mission to New York City to investigate reports about moving statues. It seemed that America's largest city had become a nest for alien activity these past few years. There had been many minor alien incidents, but there were two major events that shocked the entire city. The first came a few years ago when evil aliens called Daleks moved the Earth across the universe to the Medusa Cascade. The Daleks descended upon the city and caused unbelievable destruction. There was once a U.N.I.T. base in New York City, but it was destroyed by the Daleks. S.H.I.E.L.D. managed to go completely underground and avoid extermination by the Daleks. Eventually, the Earth was restored to its rightful place by means unknown to S.H.I.E.L.D. and its operatives.
The next major event that rocked the Big Apple was the Chitauri Invasion.
A powerful alien artifact called the Teseract opened a giant portal which allowed the Chitauri, aliens from another world, to descend upon the city and bring New York to its knees. The Avengers, a group of Earth's most talented heroes, were the sole reason that New York City and planet earth were not conquered by these creatures. Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawk Eye successfully, closed the portal and killed the Chitauri. Now, some new alien threat plagued New York. Agent May only hoped that this wouldn't be a terrible threat, mainly so that she could sleep when this was over. They had four more hours to go until the plane touched down. May was left to wonder in solitude about the mission, just the way she liked it.
The rest of the team had gathered in the discussion room onboard the plane with the big table where all were sitting down comfortably except for Agent Coulson, who was pacing around the room and holding a book in his hand.
"So what's this mission all about exactly?" Agent Ward asked.
"The report said something about moving statues." Skye said.
"What did HQ tell you?" Jemma Simmons asked Agent Coulson.
"People in New York City have reported a moving statue." Coulson said, "The statue has been described as an angel. This is the same statue that appears frequently in this book."
He put the book on the table so that all could see. It was titled Melody Malone: Private Detective in Old Town New York.
"What is this?" Fitz asked.
"I do believe it's called a book." Sky sarcastically commented.
No one laughed, but she amused herself, which made Sky happy.
"It's a mystery novel published in the mid twentieth century. It's about a woman trying to solve the mystery of living statues that move in the dark." Coulson said.
"But that's just a book." Grant Ward stated, "How can a made up story character be in the real world?"
"Well maybe it's not made up." Coulson suggested, "Maybe, these moving statues are real and the author put them in the book so people could read about them."
"Stop trying to scare us." Skye said.
"You never know what you're going to find when you've got this job." Coulson stated, "You all know what we're going to do. Once we get to New York in four hours, we start searching for this statue. HQ wouldn't have given us this mission if they weren't sure that this thing is dangerous."
The team members then left the room and went to their sleeping quarters, hoping to get a few hours of rest before what was sure to be a stressful mission. However, Skye remained inside the room to talk to Agent Coulson in private.
"Is something wrong?" He asked her.
"No, it's just...well you don't really think that there's a living statue. That would be ridiculous." Skye said.
"More ridiculous than killer aliens descending on New York through a portal from another world?" Coulson countered.
"Good point. Sorry. I guess I'm just nervous. I've never really done this before."
"Don't worry. What's the worst thing that a statue can do?" Coulson jokingly asked.
Skye smiled and left the room. However, Agent Coulson did start to wonder. What was the worst thing this creature could possibly do?