Operation: Save the Worlds
Chapter 8
In The Last Twelve Hours
Nick Fury pinched the bridge of his nose, exhaling sharply. As a director of S.H.I.E.L.D he has come to expect the unusual, but within the last twelve hours he began to question his mental health. Within those last twelve hour three of his best agents, not to mention Avengers, had brought in an injured soldier with no previous records onto a top secret government base with a crazy theory that he was from an Alternate Universe. After that a psychotic demi-god with daddy issues mirrored one of his Avengers, (and one of the most brilliant mind of this generation)and broke into a top secret government agency just to give the injured soldier a empty pouch, but according to the soldier had claimed it was nightmare sand before passing out. That was the type of day Nick was having, and he wasn't too thrilled about it,
"Director Fury." The Director turned from his command station, to face Agent Barton has he walked onto the bridge,
"What is it Agent Barton?"
"Diagnostics ran a test on the bag that the God of Crazy brought in. Nothing is unusual about the bag, nothing. We have even scanned it for all forms of Asgardian magic,"
"So Loki broke into S.H.I.E.L.D to give an unknow soldier an empty bag?"
"Apparently Sir, but that doesn't answer the question on the way this Bennett kid reacted when he saw it. Something about nightmare sand?"
"I am more concerned about the fact that the only person that might have a possible clue to what the hell is going on is passed out in infirmary."
"Don't worry Sir, Steve is with him right now. I will interrogate him once he wakes up."
"Very well, you are dismissed Hawkeye," Fury turned back towards his controls. Agent Barton nodded before going back to medical ward.
"Director Fury?"
"Do you have those reports for my Agent Romanoff?" Fury asked, not even bothering to look up from his screens,
"As much of a nut case as Loki may be, he was right about a portal," Fury turned towards Romanoff, "It gives off a different signature than the portal Thor uses to access our world."
"So basically you are saying we have another potential threat on our hands?"
"Exactly Sir. Only this portal is located only fifty feet away from where First Lieutenant Bennett was found."
"I thought you gave a sweep of the area where Bennett was found," Fury raised an eyebrow at the agent,
"We did Sir. It seems the portal may be invisible to the naked eye, we were only able to locate it through the Alpha radiation it was giving off."
"Is there anything else we need to know?"
"Yes. We have gotten word that portal closed about five minutes ago."
Steve sat quietly next to Jamie's bed as Annabelle began to run different tests on the unconscious boy.
"Good news Captain. His heartbeat seems normal. Breathing's in check. The medicine we have been using on him seems to be healing him faster than we predicted," she began to draw blood from Jamie, the boy had no medical records whatsoever so Annabelle had to do her own basic records.
"I wonder way that is. He doesn't have any 'abnormal' abilities, does he?" Steve stood up from his chair,
"No. But it could also be because the only other patient who need this medicine was Agent Barton, and I am pretty sure he is building up an immune to the drug," the nurse laughed,
"And again, I heard that," Barton stated as he walked into the medical ward,
"I am glad you finally realized how to use the door like a civilized person, Hawkeye," Annabelle laughed again, only to receive a death glare from the agent,
"Agent Barton, good to see you. What are you doing here? I thought you were giving your report to Director Furry?" Steve inquired,
"I did, and I am going to interrogate about the accident with Loki once he wakes up,"
"No, once he wakes up I will be better treating his wounds, then you interrogate him," Agent Barton rolled his eyes at the nurse,"Don't you roll your eyes at me. Not everyone is as stubborn as you to get out of here once they wake up," Annabelle uttered as she continued the testing on Jamie's blood, "Captain, on Bennett's chart there is a section labeled 'blood type' could you write type O for me? Please?"
"Yes, of course," Captain quickly wrote down the information. Barton quietly leaned up against the wall of the infirmary, contrasting with his dark S.H.I.E.L.D uniform. He kept an eye on the whole infirmary; there were five other agents in this section of the infirmary and about six nurses in total with two doctors, nothing seemed out of order, but he felt a weird presence in the room. Being an assassin not much could surprise or scare him, but this presence made the hairs on the Agent's neck stand up, it bugged him more that he couldn't pinpoint the source.
"Ma'ma is something wrong with him?" Steve asked quickly to Annabelle, breaking Barton from his trance. Jamie had begun shaking, sweat covering his forehead,
"It looks like he's having a...nightmare?" Annabelle sounded confused, she never saw someone having a nightmare like this one, the patient would usually wake up panting. It was like something was keeping him in his dream state. The nurse looked at his heart monitor, his heart rate was rising to a dangerous level,
"He is going into cardiac arrest!" Annabelle shouted, she quickly began to perform hands on CPR,
"I thought you said he was having a nightmare?" Clint rushed to the other side of Jamie,
"He is! Wake him up!" Hawkeye and Steve quickly exchanged glances,
"Jamie! Jamie wake up!"
"Come on kid, wake up!" The two avengers began shaking the soldier, trying desperately to wake him up.
Finally, Jamie's brown eyes shot up and began to gasped loudly. Steve, Clint, and Annabelle all let out the breaths they were holding. Jamie quickly shook his head twice, then looked around at the three people staring at him intently,
"What did I do?" The soldier asked with almost puppy dog eyes. Annabelle let out a small chuckle,
"You just gave us a small scare, that's it. Did you have a nightmare?"
"Yeah, I did. Sorry I didn't mean to scare you.." Jamie trailed off as he looked around the room,
"Son, are you okay?" Steve addressed the young soldier,
"Yeah I am fine," he said looking back at the three, "Is it alright if I go splash some cold water on my face?"
"I am not sure if thats a-"
"Yeah sure. You should be fine with the medicine they gave you, just take it easy okay?" Agent Barton interrupted the S.H.I.E.L.D nurse. Jamie gave them each a nod before he got out of his hospital bed and walked towards the bathroom.
"Agent Barton, no matter how many time you are in here you are not a trained medical professional. You can't just-"
"You can save me the riot act later Annabelle," Clint's eyes narrowed at the two, "Would you guys care to explain to me how someone can go into cardiac arrest by having a bad dream?" Both Annabelle and Steve became quiet, "My point exactly. Then did you see him afterwards? It was like he was looking for someone. Now I have had my fair share of nightmares, I will admit you are a little disoriented afterwards, but not like that,"
"I have to agree with you Clint. Something seemed different about this whole situation," the Captain folded his arms,
"Okay, what is up with you guys and your theories today?" the trio turned to see no other than the Black Widow standing in the doorway, arms crossed over her chest.
"I was wondering when you were going to make your presence known," Barton gave a small chuckle, "And what do you mean 'our theories'? You even located a possible portal."
"I will give you that you theory is looking more concrete. But a soldier could very well have that bad of nightmares."
"Tasha, you weren't in here during his nightmare. I haven't even seen any of us have nightmares this bad," Natasha gave Clint a questionable look,
"Natasha, I haven't even seen something like this," Steven added. Annabelle rubbed the back of her neck, "Neither have I and I have seen a lot of agents." The four stopped talking as they heard the bathroom door opened, Jamie appearing in the doorway. He was drying his hands with a towel,
"Sorry, I took a while. Those burns are a-" Jamie looked up from his towel, his eyes widening in horror, then turned in into a glare, "PITCH!"
The four S.H.I.E.L.D operatives looked around the infirmary. No one else had entered the room besides Natasha, all other patients, nurse, and doctors seem oblivious to Jamie's shouts,
"First Lieutenant Bennett, no one else is in the room," Romanoff tried to tell the boy, but he wasn't listening,
"So it really was you after all? Giving me those nightmares?," Jamie's voice dripped with a venom that no one thought he had, "So it really was you who gave Loki the pouch of nightmare sand, huh?" Steve, Clint, Natasha, and Annabelle all looked at the boy when Loki was mentioned,
"Jamie who are you talking to?" Annabelle requested, standing a bit behind Steve, but once again Jamie ignored them,
"Don't even start about my hospital gown, you are still dressing in that black dress, by choice.To be honest Pitch, I never thought I would see you again. I thought MiM sealed the great and powerful Nightmare King in his own hole," Jamie slowly strolled towards the agents, but never looked directly at them, "I know you've kept your eye on me since I joined, waiting for your moment to strike. I would feel honored but I know you are really after Jack. The Guardian and believer that lead to your downfall."
"If you killed me, it would tear Jack apart, then you would attack. I have no doubt in my mind you were behind the attack that sent me here. Only you didn't plan on my snowglobe breaking, sending me into this universe? Did you?" Jamie clutched the broken necklace, he stopped talking for a moment, almost like he was listening to someone else talking,
"Should we do something?" Barton whispered to his partner, who just shook her head 'no' but still rested her hand on her guns.
"The fear of an adult," Jamie continued, "not to mention a Guardian's first believer and friend, must be delicious to you. But I have news for you, I believe in you, I am just not afraid of you. I know Jack will do everything he can to bring me back-" Jamie made a face as though he was interrupted, "Even if the portal closed, they will find a way. I found one didn't I?" The Black Widow's eyes widen, only a few knew about the portal and that it closed, and Jamie wasn't one of those people, "Why can't you see Pitch? We beat you before, we can do it again, only this time you are in a world full of super heroes," Jamie walked even closer to his bed, "No, I am going to stop you there. Loki was defeated by these heroes in this world, and in the comics more than once. You are in over your head," the heroes in the room looked at each other in confusion.
They turned suddenly when a heard a choking sound. Next to them Annabelle was clawing at her throat, her face turning bright red,
"What the hell is going on," Clint looked at the poor girl and back at Jamie.
"Pitch you bastard put her down or so help me," As he said that Annabelle began to hover a few feet from the ground. Within seconds Jamie charged towards Annabelle, going past her, and tackling unknown force behind her. Annabelle dropped to the ground, Steve rushing to her side. While Barton and Romanoff watched Jamie closely. It was unusual sight, Jamie looked as though he was on top of someone but no one was there.
"Listen to me carefully Pitch. You can give me all the nightmares that your little twisted heart desires. But don't you dare go after people I care for, that includes anyone at S.H.I.E.L.D. Got it?" Jamie growled at the unseen deity. The energy in the room sifted and Jamie got off of whatever he was sitting on,
"Uh-oh. I feel dizzy," Jamie put a hand to his forehead and began to sway back in forth as his adrenaline began to wear off. With quick reaction skills, Captain left Annabelle's side to catch the falling boy,
"Thanks Cap," Jamie whispered before slipping back into unconsciousness.
"He really needs to stop doing that." Clint rubbed his temples.
Fury looked at the video in front of him with disbelief. The injured soldier he took in seemed to take out an invisible force; this day was getting better and better.
"Will someone explain to me what the hell I just watched," Nick stared intently at the three Avengers in front of him, (Annabelle stayed behind to look after Jamie.)
"That's the thing Sir, what you see on the video is all we know," Steve look towards the Director, "We are completely lost."
"All I know is that before Bennett had his nightmare I had an uneasy feeling. Made my hairs on the back of my neck stand up."
"Then this thing must be one scary ass mother fucker if it got Legolas scared," a smiling Tony Stark walked into the room, looking intently at his tablet with Bruce Banner not far behind, "You know Fury, this Benette kid-ah!" Not even a full thirty seconds had passed since Tony made his presence known before Agent Romanoff had his head in one of her death locks, "What the hell Natasha? I thought we were through with you trying to kill me like a year and eleven months ago?" he grip only tighten, "Fury call off your guard dog!"
"Sorry Stark, nothing I can do. We only had one Tony impersonator today. We just need you to prove you are the real Tony Stark," Fury just shrugged at the billionaire on the floor.
"Bruce what the hell are they talking about?" Bruce simply laughed at his friend before showing the security tapes from when Loki attacked. Tony's eyes widen, "That little dick," he mumbled before looking at his team mates,"Oh come on you guys its me! I am just responding to the 'Avengers Assemble' that came through our cards. Show them Bruce!"
"Okay fine," Bruce laughed again before showing the team both his and Tony's Avenger's ID cards with the 'A's' flashing,
"See?! I am not lying, now please get her off of me!" Tony began to struggle under the Widow's hold,
"I would love too. Just convince me you are my real teammate," Tasha smiled, she was enjoying this too much,
"Tony, just tell them your social security number," Bruce offered his struggling friend, whose eyes just widen in horror,
"You gotta be kidding me Stark," Steven laughed.
"What? Pepper knows it! I think there is a five in it.." groans came from all five of his teammates and the Director.
"The most brilliant mind of his generation everybody," Barton exclaimed.
"Shut up Katniss," Tony hissed, Natasha's grip tighten even more,
"Ow fuck,"
"I am not sure about you Stark, but I can keep this up all day. So tell me something that only the real Tony Stark would know."
"Okay, fine. Ugh. One night Thor stayed up late watching the 'magnificent moving picture box' when he saw an add for Pillow Pets. So with my credit card, he orders every single one made. So now his Asgardian themed room in the tower is filled with Pillow Pets. See only the real Tony Stark would know that because I had to pay for those fuckers," Tony rattled off at a unthinkable pace, only Natasha's grip tighten, "Ow! what the hell is wrong with your legs?"
"What else?" She hissed,
"Ow! Dammit! For Clint's birthday Thor gave him the Playful Penguin pillow pet, because that was the only pillow that was a bird and the theme of his birthday. Clint will also deny this till the day he dies but he sleeps with his pillow pet every night. I only know because JARVIS told me."
"Hey! I do not sleep with the damn pillow pet!" Barton injected. Tony gave Natasha the 'told you so' eyes, and she released him.
"I never want to be in one of your death grips again. Damn that hurt," Tony rubbed his neck.
"Sorry about that Stark, it is just a precaution," Fury smiled,
"Okay whatever," Tony mumbled as he grabbed his tablet from Bruce, "As I was say before I was so rudely interrupted," he casted a glare towards Natasha as she sat back down in her chair, "this Bennett kid shoulds familiar."
"Tony, did Romanoff hit you on the head or something? How could this kid sound familiar? We aren't even sure he is from our world," Steve pointed out.
"Well Capstical. Do any of you remember the group of agents relocated to the West Coast team because they had some sort of powers?" Tony looked around the room at the group of empty faces,
"Stark we sent a lot of agents to the West Coast, you are going to have to be more specific," Fury stated,
"Um..she could be more than 19 at the time, probably 20 now. She fights with a katana? Ring any bells," Tony looked around again at his teammates,"Ugh! You all need to pay better attention. Anyway she would always carry books about 'Guardian Mythology' or whatever with her,"
"Oh you are talking about Agent Endo?" Natasha finally pointed out,
"Yes that's who! Thank you Natasha, it somewhat makes up for putting me in you choke hold of death."
"What does this agent and her book have to do with any of this?" Bruce inquired.
"Well I got intrigued because she always had the book, so I took it and skimmed through it. You know when she wasn't looking. And I swear I saw the names Pitch Black and Jamie Bennett. So I figured we can call in Agent Endo and maybe she could make sense of this all."
"Are you sure about this?" Fury crossed his hands behind his back,
"Well what choice do we have? You guys have been attacked twice and both have been around the kid. Bringing in Agent Endo might be our only choice," Tony argued. Fury took a step back from the table, thinking about his choices.
"Sir, it if helps, her partner is Clockwork. The agent that is from an alternate universe," Clint said, skimming through Agent Endo's and Clockwork's files.
"Director, I have to agree with both Clint and Tony, right now they are our best option." Steve tried to help persuade. Bruce and Natasha voice their support as well.
"Fine, but if this doesn't work and we waste even more time. You six will have to answer to the Council. Agent Morse get on the phone with the West Coast division. Tell them I want Agent Endo and Clockwork here ASAP."
"Right away sir," the blonde agent responded.
On Asgard Thor was summoned to the Bifrost Bridge, the Fates had decided it was time for him to come;the darkness was beginning to rise and the evil was spreading. All the targets had been found according to Loki, now it was the new darkness's turn to find their enemy. If Fate played its card right then all should go according to plan.
"Am I allowed to pass?" Thor asked as he neared Heimdall, who nodded his head as the god arrived,
"Do well Thor of Asgard. The universe needs your help. It will become a war of worlds from this day forth. You must stop your brother and his ally before we're all doomed. No one is safe. Not even fear and darkness will survive. You must stop it before it's too late. Darkness may fall but be careful on which one it is. Good luck." The Gatekeeper bid before transporting Thor onto Earth.
"Wait, what does that mean?" Thor asked the Heavens as if the Gatekeepers voice would project down to there.
"Oh Thor, if only you knew what the Fates knew." The Gatekeeper sighed from his perch. He would keep an eye on the young prince, for the fates predict a tough road ahead of his team and the planet he holds so dear.
*Holy shit! I am soooo sorry for not updating in a while. i was in the middle of moving and painting my room and then schools starts on the 3nd! But I hope Jamie being a BAMF makes up for it. So I would like to thank Darkblade, Tigermike83, Serena Nightingale, and little miss BANANA HEAD for reviewing. I would also like to say how much the support DarkBlade has given me throughout the story and I am glad you liked it. Then Tigermike83 needs to stop reading my mind. Finally little miss BANANA HEAD Serena's eye color changes with her mood ;) Oh! And from here on out I will be putting in different ROTG and Marvel references in the chapters, and who ever guesses them all first gets a shout out and the next chapter dedicated to them. There are a few in this chapter ;)
Okay! So tell me what you think and if you want to see anything special in the next chapters because I am still finishing up my plot outline. So please R&R XX*
