Hydra Island
The night was warm, thanks to the tropical location of the island. Creatures of the night filled the air with their wild calls as a guard passed by. The man had a green suit and red goggles, his gaze passed steadily over the brush as he scanned for any sign of intrusion or abnormalities. Seeing none he continued on, keeping his stride, once he was gone a bush rustled and a masked face appeared. The eyes narrowed suspiciously before the figure stepped into the open, looking around quickly before signaling for others to follow. Immediately the bushes rustled, 4 other figures stepped out, one female out of the group before they followed after the first figure, ducking into the brush on the other side.
One figure stepped into a mud puddle and made a childish groan of disgust.
"Why did Hydra have to pick this place? They could have picked somewhere near Hawaii or even less…you know…icky." He whined, looking at his companions.
The girl came up to him, giving him a swift smack on the back of the head, making his helmet spin around before he stopped it and straightened it.
"This is supposed to be a stealth mission, it requires stealth." She said, emphasizing the last word.
He finished readjusting his helmet and the leader of the team came up to him.
"Tiger is right, Fury trusted us for this mission and we cannot afford to lose our cover." He said.
"Spiderman speaks truly, though words can be great silence is profound." Another teammate said, stepping beside Spiderman.
His hands were clasped together like monks and gave off an air of wisdom despite his youth. He nodded towards Spiderman who gave thumbs up for respect.
"Okay, our job is to infiltrate this base and allow S.H.I.E.L.D. to get in, White Tiger will go with Nova to the south side and cut communications. Iron Fist and Powerman will create a distraction in the north, I will get in and search for their intelligence room and get as much data as I can during the ensuing battle. Nobody moves until everybody is in place, alright?" he asked, looking around at his team.
They all nodded in agreement before Spiderman rubbed his hands together in satisfaction.
"Alright, everybody go." He said, hopping into a tree and shooting a cord of webbing towards his destination and swung away.
The rest of the team scattered to complete their tasks and soon it seemed they had never been there at all.
Spiderman crawled through the air ducts upside down and he peered through a vent cover. He saw several Hydra agents guarding a room and continued on, guessing the room was the armory before he came to a room lined with computers with Hydra workers typing away.
"Hmm looks like the intelligence room." He muttered, looking it over.
He spotted what looked like a bright glowing pool table and realized it was a strategy table. Instantly he knew he was in the right place and he held his wrist in front of his face, a watch materializing on it.
"Spiderman to team, I'm ready to go." He whispered.
"Iron Fist and I are in place, spidey." Powerman stated.
"We're ready to go." White Tiger said.
"Alright, commence project take over now." He said.
"You don't need to tell me twice." Powerman grinned, popping his knuckles.
"You ready fist?" he asked.
Iron Fist's fist began to glow vibrantly and he nodded.
Powerman smirked.
"Let's get this party started." He said before rushing the base.
White Tiger peered through the grate at the Intel agents as one called for an officer.
"Sir, fighting has been reported from the north side." He said.
"Send intel to the rest of the base, we cannot-"
The screen was suddenly slashed as White Tiger leaped down and Nova began to destroy the communication machines and devices.
"Not on my watch." She said waving a clawed finger at them then proceeded to claw up the machines and take down Hydra soldiers.
Spiderman waited until an alarm sounded and the room's guards immediately vacated to help with the fight before he jumped out of the vent and sprayed the room with his webs, trapping everybody.
"Sorry for the sticky situation but I've got intel to get." He said pulling a disk out and put it in a disk slot then began to download.
He typed in the keys as the Hydra agents struggled in their bonds. After a moment he frowned and rubbed his chin curiously as he looked over the information streaming on the screen.
"Wow, you guys sure do a lot here…and what is Project Lycan?" he asked, turning to look at the trapped Hydra agents.
He looked around when he noticed an empty spot in his webbing where it had been cut through. Quickly he backed up against the computer and looked for the missing agent.
"Ah…that can't be good." He thought out loud.
A sudden sense made him jump back onto the computer, almost instantly the Hydra agent had a scythe buried in the ground. The agent stood and looked at him; he had a dark purple cape and a black jumpsuit with bullet belts wrapped across his shoulders and waist. His arm was a full blown scythe and he had green skin that looked pickled, he smirked wickedly at Spiderman, holding up his scythe.
Grim Reaper, super deadly Hydra agent with a knack for slicing and dicing.
"I hear you're quick, but are you quick enough?" Grim Reaper sneered huskily.
"Uhhh yeah can you ask another question?" Spiderman asked before doing a flip over the Grim Reaper.
The Grim Reaper spun around and swung his scythe at the incoming web balls as Spiderman shot them at him, deflecting them harmlessly.
"Is that the best you got?" he sneered.
Spiderman suddenly aimed at the Grim Reaper and shot at him, his webbing suddenly flashed brightly, forcing the Grim Reaper to cover his eyes. Spiderman rushed forward and swung his fist, punching Grim Reaper square in the jaw, sending him flying over the console and out of sight. Spiderman looked at the console and noticed the download was complete and he pulled the disk out.
"Oh good." He said.
A roar made him flip backward as the Grim Reaper sliced his scythe through the console as he tried to reach Spiderman. Immediately alarms sounded and the room began to glow red as the console sparked and became scrambled.
"Uh oh-" Spiderman said before ducking the Grim Reaper.
White Tiger and Nova had just finished taking down the communications when the room began to glow an eerie red and the machines began to spark.
"Aww what did web head do now?" Nova groaned.
"I don't know but that doesn't look good." White Tiger said, looking as a countdown appeared on the machines.
"Alright, we're out of here." Nova said, grabbing her waist and taking off out of the room.
"Why would Hydra have only one prisoner?" Iron Fist asked as he inspected the cell door.
"Maybe it's not a prisoner but a new experiment." Powerman suggested.
"It does not seem so, the enclosure is built for a single individual and by its structure this person was no doubt kept here not of their own will." He said, frowning at the bolts.
"Maybe one of their experiments went wack and they wanted to keep it locked up." He said, throwing an elbow back as he hit a Hydra goon in the face.
"These doors are well worn, whatever is in here has obviously been moved from here, possibly on a daily basis." He said before studying the console.
"A prisoner let out on a daily basis? Sounds fishy." Powerman said, peeking around the corner.
A sudden flashing of red lights made Powerman and Iron Fist look up.
"I guess our time has run out, let's go." Powerman said before rushing down the hall, after a moment he skidded to a stop and looked back at Iron Fist.
"Come on man, those alarms mean trouble." He shouted.
"I cannot go." Iron Fist said, peering within the small window on the cell.
"Are you crazy?!" Powerman shouted.
"SELF DISTRUCT IN T-MINUS 5 MINUTES." A feminine robotic voice said.
"Kyah!" Iron Fist shouted, slamming his luminous fist into the pad, shattering it and it sparked as it shorted out.
He put his shoulder to the door and began to push, grunting from the exertion; suddenly a second shoulder joined him and pushed as well, moving it easier than he had.
"You owe me for this." Powerman grunted as he pushed the door.
They both grunted until the door was open enough for Iron Fist to quietly slip in. Powerman waited impatiently as Iron Fist whispered comforting words, after a few seconds Iron Fist emerged helping a hunched figure covered in a blanket exit the room.
"Why did you do that? You don't know what that is capable of." Powerman said irritably.
"I sensed innocence and pain, this prisoner needs our help." Iron Fist said, picking up the hunched figure and carrying it bridal style.
"SELF DESTRUCT IN T-MINUS 3 MINUTES." The voice said again.
"Well come on, we gotta get out of here." Powerman said, running down the hall.
Iron Fist followed him and he looked at the figure as he ran.
"It is okay, you are safe now." He said.
The figure made no sound and stayed still as they headed for an exit.
Nova hovered in the air and looked down at the base and watched the chaos as Hydra agents and other personnel evacuated the ringing base. He ducked to the side when a stray shot flew past him as a hidden agent spotted him and he landed quickly beside White Tiger
"Any news from the others?" she asked.
"Not even a stray web." He said.
"Aww you guys were worried about me?" Spiderman said appearing behind them.
"Oh there you are, okay we got webs." Nova said, sounding bored.
White Tiger turned to Spiderman.
"You're late, and we haven't heard from Iron Fist or Powerman yet."
"Let me check my handy dandy wrist com." He said, cockily displaying his wrist communicator before using it.
"Powerman, Iron fist, are you guys there?" he asked.
He heard nothing but feedback and tried again.
"Hey guys, are you guys in the clear?" he asked.
Powerman suddenly answered.
"Sorry webs, but Fist decided to take a little detour and grab a Hydra prisoner." He explained.
"Prisoner?" Spiderman questioned.
"Just wait and you'll see-" suddenly he was cut off as a breaking sound was heard and the screen turned to static.
"Powerman? Iron Fist?" Spiderman said, tapping his watch then looked at White Tiger and Nova.
"I think it's time to check things out."
Powerman grunted and pushed the rubble off of himself and looked around, that's when he realized the hallway was blocked behind him, where Iron Fist was.
"Fist! you there? Speak to me man!" he shouted, trying to break past the cement and metal beams.
"I am alright, we must have set off a booby trap." Came the faded reply.
"Hold on man, I'll get you out in a jiffy." Powerman said, trying to break through the rubble wall only for more to fall.
"It's no use, the rubble is too thick, I'll back track, take another route, I will see you again brother." He said quickly and Powerman heard as his footsteps hurried away.
"Fist! There's no time! FIST!" Powerman began to panic and punched the rubble when the robotic voice spoke.
"T-MINUS ONE MINUE TO SELF DESTRUCT." Powerman cursed and continued to punch through the rubble, he struggled but was almost buried in a small avalanche and coughed as he shook it off.
"T-MINUS 30 SECONDS TO SELF DESTRUCT." The voice said.
Powerman cursed and took one last look at the rubble before he turned and ran, after a short time he heard the countdown and double timed his running.
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4-"
"You better be out Fist." He muttered and dived out as the countdown ended.
The building went up in flames before a series of explosions decimated the whole base, shaking the island and ending with fragments of the building flying through the air. Most landed harmlessly, the rest crushing nearby trees in burning heaps and destroying any nearby forestry.
When the majority of rubble stopped falling Powerman turned and looked at the burning base as the rest of the team came running up.
"Powerman! Are you okay?" Nova asked, flying to him and helping him stand.
"Where is Iron Fist?" Spiderman asked after looking around.
Powerman looked at the building and quickly checked his communicator.
"Fist, come in..Fist, man you better be alive." He tapped the screen and only heard static.
"Powerman, what happened?" White Tiger said.
He turned to her before speaking.
"Booby trap, set it off and made a wall of rubble where Fist couldn't get out, he said he would take another route and ran off before I could do anything…I tried getting through but the rubble was too thick." He explained, looking depressed.
Everybody looked at each other before Spiderman checked his watch and began pushing buttons.
"What are you doing?" Nova asked.
"Setting a tracker, we need to find Iron Fist and make sure he got out." He explained.
Everybody quickly hurried to look and watched as the screen beeped before a message appeared.
NO SIGNAL
Everybody shuddered and their hope seemed to deflate.
"We have to tell Fury, we got to get a search team out to look for him" White Tiger suddenly said.
"Good idea, his watch might just be damaged, let's go." Spiderman said and they hurried as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents began to climb out of boats on the shore.
Powerman looked over his shoulder at the burning base and thought to himself.
"You better be alright." He muttered and turned back as Fury stepped ashore.