Chapter 6

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"The rescue will commence tomorrow afternoon."

"In broad daylight? Won't that attract attention?"

"Exactly. Tomorrow everything falls into place."

(Tricarrier interrogation room. 11:00 pm)

"So you're real name is Tandy Bowen?" Fury asked Dagger. She said nothing as she sat in her seat, staring at her handcuffs. They completely encased her hands so she couldn't summon anymore daggers. Fury stayed calm and looked back at the file he was holding.

"I'm curious," Fury started, "why did you leave your family?" Dagger to gritted her teeth. Fury gave a slight smile.

"Your mother is a fairy successful model not to mention your father-"

"Stepfather." Dagger finally said. Fury raised an eyebrow.

"Yes. Forgive me, your stepfather is also successful. You even lived in a wealth neighborhood. I'm just wondering why anyone would run away from a lifestyle like that. Wouldn't you?" Dagger stayed silent and so did Fury.

"If you won't tell me about yourself then I'll ask about someone else." Dagger raised an eyebrow. Fury reached into his jacket and got out a picture of Peter.

"Do you know this boy?" Dagger stared at the picture shocked. She tried to put on a poker face but it was useless. Fury put the picture back in his jacket.

"That's all I need." He turned around but Dagger stood up.

"Leave him alone." She said sternly. Fury raised an eyebrow.

"I'm afraid I can't do that." Fury said. "I have a promise to keep." Dagger suddenly ran up to Fury and tried to punch Fury with her handcuffs. Fury caught her arm effortlessly.

"All of you are the same." She said as she struggled to get her hands free. Four guards ran into the room when they saw the commotion and restrained Dagger.

"You can't leave anyone alone even after you've toyed with them!"

"Take her back to her cell." Fury commanded. The four guards nodded and forced Dagger to walk towards the cells. Outside of the interrogation room there was Colson waiting for Fury.

"Well sir, at least she spoke." Colson said. Fury stayed straight faced.

"Did you find out anything else while I was interrogating her?" He asked. Colson shook his head.

"Not yet." He answered. "We're still running her DNA through the database." Fury raised an eyebrow.

"The Shield database?" Fury asked. Colson nodded. "That seems to be a bit excessive for a runaway teenager." Colson shrugged his shoulders.

"She seems to hate Shield." Colson answered. "Maybe her DNA or even her name could be connected to something that has to do with Shield." Fury nodded.

"I see." Fury answered as he rubbed his eyes. "We'll see if she has any connections in the morning. Go to bed Colson." Colson nodded.

"You should really get some rest too sir."

"I won't sleep and you know it." Fury answered. "Not after tonight." Colson reached into his suit and pulled out a small bottle, and then a bottle of water. Colson gave the two items to Fury.

"What are you..."

"Sleep medication." Colson answered. "Can't be underachieving." Fury cracked a smile.

"Thanks Colson." Fury answered.

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"Answers from you, I will get no matter what."

"Don't mess with me. I know how you shield lackeys are like. You having superpowers doesn't change a thing."

"I will get my answer one way or another. I won't leave until you answer them. Now tell me, how did Peter Parker become your ally?"

(The next day. 11:50 AM Tricarrier hallway)

Luke walked down the hall, his hands in his pockets not sure what to do. It was Saturday so he had the day off but even then he didn't know what to do. He didn't want to leave the tricarrier since they were on high alert for whenever the two remaining teens strike again. He thought that the rest of his team might not be busy but as he walked through the halls he found a different story.

Sam was sparing with Colson while Ava, now free from whatever had crippled her the night before, was practicing her gymnastics. Luke, unfortunately could not find Danny and decided to go to the bridge to ask Fury where he might be. When Luke got there Fury was looking over one of the agents shoulders as they typed on the computer.

"Um sir..." Fury. Turned around and looked at Luke. He looked back at the agents.

"How close are you to decoding it?"

"Give me a couple of minutes." The agent answered. Fury nodded and turned back to Luke.

"What do you need?" Fury asked.

"Do you know where Danny is?" Fury shook his head. Luke looked down at the floor.

"I see..." Luke said as he turned around. Fury grabbed his shoulder.

"Sir?" Luke asked.

"I could use some extra help." Fury said. Luke smiled.

"What do ya need?" He asked.

"Well, coffee would be nice." Luke frowned but shrugged it off.

"Alright." He said unenthusiastically. He started to go upstairs to the nearest debriefing room, when suddenly the main screen turned black. Then... His face.

"How..." Luke trailed off.

"Taskmaster..." Fury said."How did you hack into our database?!" Taskmaster smiled under his mask.

"How I did it is not important. What is important is why I hacked it."

"What do you want?" Fury yelled.

"You know exactly who I want." Taskmaster answered in a regular tone.

"Forget it! She's going back to her family after she's prosecuted."

"Ah so they didn't bail her out? I find that highly unlikely considering her mother's reputation. Did you not tell them that their daughter was in your custody?" Fury didn't answer. Taskmaster laughed.

"You're truly pathetic Fury. Let's get back on track. What I want is simple. Hand over Dagger by noon, or else." Fury looked at his watch. 11:58.

"Two minutes to decide wether or not to hand over a criminal? That's too much time and you know it." Taskmaster sighed.

"Whatever happens next is your own fault Fury." The computer screen blacked out and returned to normal. Fury turned to Luke.

"Get to Dagger now!" He yelled. "Get your team as well if you have time!" Luke nodded and ran out the door. Fury pressed a button on his wristwatch.

"Calling all available agents, go to the detention area now!" He yelled. It went over the intercom so everyone on the ship heard it. He hoped that all those agents would be enough. He ran up the stairs and looked down at everyone on the bridge.

"Prepare to land!" He yelled as he looked down at his watch. Thirty seconds till noon.

"Sir there's not enough time!" One of the agents yelled. Fury didn't care.

"We have to land!" Fury yelled. He didn't know what Taskmaster was going to do, but one thing was for sure. Taskmaster would exploit the tricarrier being in the air just like Loki did.

"Engaging landing sequence in three, two, one." The agent pressed the button but nothing happened. The Tricarrier stayed how it was. Fury looked at the agent.

"What's going on?!" The agent was just as confused.

"I don't know sir!" She yelled.

"Why the heck?" Fury heard a collective of people say. Over half of the agents working on the computers stood up and looked at Fury.

"Our computers just went black!" One yelled.

"Wait!" Another yelled. Everyone turned to the guy on the end.

"What is it?" Fury asked.

"There's a message on mine." Fury ran down to the agent.

Ten minutes.

Fury slammed his hand on the table.

Meanwhile, Luke had been joined by Ava, Sam and Colson as they ran to the prison cells. Luke had explained the situation to them and they ran faster than ever before with Luke in the lead, followed by Colson and Sam, with Ava at the end. When they made it to the door, they found two people standing around a group of fallen guards. It was Cloak and Apprentice.

Apprentice was placing small gray boxes all over the door while Cloak was finishing off a few agents. When Cloak was finished, he turned to the teens and Colson.

"Apprentice," he said, "don't stop no matter what." Apprentice looked up and saw Cloak charge at the four.

"Don't!" Apprentice yelled but it was too late. Cloak's cloak was wide open and he managed to catch everyone but Sam, who just barely rolled out of the way. Apprentice sighed and pressed a button on his utility belt. The boxes he had placed began to beep slowly, then sped up as the seconds went by. He then turned and joined the fight between Cloak and Sam.

The only thing Sam did was dodge. He knew after seeing Cloak swallow everyone else to stay away from 90% of his body. He did however think that if he could hit Cloak's head then he would win. Just as Sam was going to try, Apprentice came in a and grabbed Sam from behind. Sam flailed and tried to kick Apprentice but he had no luck. Apprentice then forcefully turned Sam around and in a split second, punched him in the stomach.

Sam collapsed to the ground, glaring at Apprentice. Apprentice did nothing and instead turned back to the door. Three seconds later, the bombs went off. Smoke was everywhere but surely enough a hole was blown through. Cloak and Apprentice walked through it while Sam slowly stood up and followed.

Inside, the two saw Dagger being held up by her neck by Danny. The two looked at Apprentice and Cloak. Danny immediately dropped Dagger and stared at Apprentice. Cloak, in anger, charged at Danny and tried to catch him. Danny however, jumped on top of Cloak's shoulders and ran towards Apprentice.

Sam at this point, had managed to stumble into the opening and saw Danny running to Apprentice. Danny, while charging up a chi attack, was ready to punch Apprentice.

However Apprentice was ready for the attack. In the split second before Danny could punch him, Danny jumped and switched arms. Apprentice tried to run away but Danny was too close at this point. He reached for the mask covering Apprentice's face. Right when he was about to grab it, Dagger, hit him with one of her energy daggers causing Danny to fall onto Apprentice before he could grab the mask.

Apprentice looked down at Danny, then up at Dagger and Cloak. He lifted Danny up by the neck and punched him in the stomach just like he did with Sam. He then dropped Danny and he fell to the ground.

"Why you..." Sam said. Apprentice didn't turn around. He instead you walked to Cloak and Dagger. Sam, with the last of his energy ran after them and managed to run into them just as they teleported thus getting teleported with them.

When Sam opened his eyes, he found himself on a rooftop with Cloak, Dagger and Apprentice looking down at him. Cloak opened his cloak and out came rope. Dagger forced Sam to go face down on the concreted as she tied his arms and legs together. After she was done, Apprentice pressed a button on the side of his ear.

"The mission is complete." He said in a low tone.

"Good." Taskmaster responded. "Now it's time for my part."

"What? You didn't..." Apprentice didn't get to finish. He heard a loud boom coming from the Tricarrier's direction. Even Sam managed to sit up and see what has happened.

"Thanks to your hacking skills, turning off the cooling systems for the engines proved to be child's play. Thank you, my Apprentice." Apprentice didn't answer. He just stared at the Tricarrier beginning to fall.

"So this time it's my fault." He whispered.

(Rocky Mountains)

"The Tricarrier is down. Begin your mission." Taskmaster commanded through the wrist communicators of his men. They were waiting right outside a remote Shield detention facility.

"Yes sir!" They all yelled. One of them was holding a small box with a radio antenna and one red button on it. He pressed it and everything fell to pieces.

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"It's amazing seeing Shield's destruction. All that's left is the main headquarters. Hacking into that should be child's play for my apprentice. Oh Richard, your son is just as brilliant as yourself."

Authors notes: it's out! It's finally done! Hope this chapter wasn't too short of you guys. I had a lot of fun writing it. Since the beginning this is what I what I planned so I hope it was a good pay off! See you guys next time! :)