A/N: So sorry it's been awhile since the last update, guys! I was super busy with school related things and then I got sidetracked with other story ideas. But I'm back! Also, I've decided to incorporate some of the things from Age of Ultron - no spoilers, I don't think, but it will include characters from the movie.
Hiro's wide eyes peered out from beneath a thick clump of windblown black hair as the car settled in the parking lot of a huge building in upstate New York. "Flying car," he gasped, his voice at least one octave higher than normal. "Lola flies. You're-we're...we're in a flying car. Unbelievable."
Wasabi was clinging to the side of the car, having gone hoarse after loosing a long scream and a rant about the lack of seat belts in the backseat at first. Honey Lemon was keeping Fred from toppling out of the car, and Go Go was crammed in between Wasabi and Honey. Hiro was glued to the front seat.
Coulson grinned to himself, shutting Lola off. As they exited the car, he poked a button on his new remote controller for the car, and her new upgrades took into effect - cloaking and a small protective force-field so that nobody could bump into her. Courtesy of Leo Fitz. Hiro gawked as the bright red car turned invisible, and shook his head. His brain was nearing overload. Fred clapped a hand over his mouth and did a jig.
"Follow me, guys," Coulson nodded towards the building, and the team jogged along behind him, dashing back and forth as they took in every single detail of the hallway they were walking down. Doors lined either side, but Coulson advised them not to barge in. Finally, they reached a meeting room, which appeared dreadfully bland and boring to Hiro. "You're probably wondering why I brought you in, right?"
"Yeah, sort of. Is our team in the works to be part of some super-secret agency or something?" he asked, moving to poke at a suspicious-looking button on the table. A holographic screen lit up and projected to the wall across from the table, and he squeaked in surprise before allowing his eyes to take in the information on the screen. "That's...that's him!"
"Who?" Coulson asked.
"The...the creepy-attack-dude that tried to burn up my friends and I! Are you tracking him? Who is he? He-" Wasabi blurted for Hiro.
"Slow down," Coulson said, shaking his head. "His code name is the Desert Soldier. There's an agency called HYDRA-"
"We know," Go Go nodded, snapping her gum. "We know who HYDRA is. It was all over the news when the Avengers destroyed one of their buildings in Romania."
Coulson nodded. "Well, the agency took this young man and brainwashed him. He was in an accident, so he's been patched back together with top-of-the-line prosthesis. It seems a fake eye has been implanted in order to give him directions without the chance that he'll ignore them. These fake eyes..we've seen them before and if the individual does not follow orders, the controller will detonate it. He's the one that burned your garage down, but we think he has been the cause of several other incidents. We're hoping to capture him, fix what HYDRA broke, and allow him to either join the team at S.H.I.E.L.D. or allow him to resume life as a normal citizen. That's where you come in."
"Why us? We're just barely out of college, and some of us aren't even yet. Surely the Avengers or your team would do a better job at capturing him," Honey said quietly, staring at the photographs of the Desert Soldier.
"We think..." Coulson trailed off. "Well, it's best to have this explained by someone who's dealt the most with HYDRA." he tapped a few buttons on his watch, and a few minutes later, Steve Rogers strode in the room.
"Captain America?!" Fred squeaked. "Holy mother of Megazon-"
"Don't start," Go Go glared at him to silence him, but Coulson sidled over to Fred and gave him a thumbs up.
"I know. Pretty cool, right?" Coulson whispered.
"Good to meet you. We've heard about your team, Big Hero 6, and you're doing a great job. The Avengers are only pulled in for world-threatening individuals such as Loki and Ultron, and most of us are tied up with new recruits. So we need you guys to track this one down. You're all smart, we expect you understand the dangers associated with the task at hand. You took down Callaghan, what, two years ago? This guy will be harder, but if you work as a team - and that's the most important thing to remember - you should be able to take the Desert Soldier and bring him in. It seems as though his abilities lie in hand-to-hand combat and planting bugs that explode, so you'll be given fire-retardant gear to replace what you lost in your own fire. You'll be equipped with icers that will knock him unconscious, but won't kill him. The last known location of the Desert Soldier was in Nebraska, which seems to be where HYDRA's newest experimentation lab is located. I can't go with you guys, but I'm sending my best men, one of which was in a similar situation that the Desert Soldier is in now. They'll take care of the big guns. Do you accept your task?" Steve explained.
"Yes!" Fred yelled, jumping up. "Volume Two of Big Hero 6 begins!"
"Who are we going with?" Honey asked.
"You'll see," Coulson grinned once more. "Follow me - you'll meet them, as well as your trainers, in Training Room Number 459. You'll take a crash course to make sure you're ready."
