I walked through the streets of San Francisco with Steve and Tony behind me the whole time, the three of us looking rather normal looking and trying to blend into the crowd. Before the mission I was supplied with plenty of new gadget and guns, thanks to the handy work of my hacking and computer technology I made modifications to the guns I had stowed in my backpack. Tony helped me with some of the modifications because of his field in weaponry, making me glad we were friends. It was a foggy day in the bay city, seeing nothing really big happening in the city near our part of town, but we were near the middle of the city towards the Transamerica Pyramid. It was the taller building in the area, and with that came the opportunity to hack into their computers and find Schmit. Steve wanted Schmit to himself, having me worry about him and wonder why he would want that. BUt I didn't want to pry, Tony volunteering that he would come along only for the sake of getting some action with the two of us. Clint was going to be watching from a nearby building, making sure we won't be followed to ambushed. I was thankful for him, and hoping deep inside that we would get this over with so we can go out together. Being the girl that I was, I was going back to that moment every once in awhile in my head and milling widely. But that wasn't good for now, we had a mission.
The plan was to find where he was within the city using the land computers and finding him on the radar, and later getting to him in time before he could inflict any damage on people. Natasha was going to watching from the ground with Bruce and Thor was left with Fury in one of the nearby planes in case of a extra man was needed. The three of us entered the building and headed for the elevator, seeing hardly anyone there but some security guards who smiled at us as we walked through. When we got into the elevator, Steve pressed the button and I heard Tony sigh behind me.
"There goes my part of the plan." he said in a sigh and I smirk, seeing Steve smile in the reflection.
"Listen up team." I heard in my earpiece as I rearranged the backpack I had on.
"There's a city wide concert going on near Pier 39, citizen count up in the thousands. We need to assume he'll strike there." I heard Fury explain to me as we reached up higher and higher into the building.
"Clover, as soon as you find him, send the feed back to us using your phone. Tony, get access into the system feed Schmit has and shut it down/ Steve, make sure nothing disturbs them both." Fury explained to us as I saw us reach the floor we wanted.
"If he uses the weapon before we get there in time, I don't know how long it'll take us to stop the weapon in general." I explained to Fury as the doors opened and we walked out into the lobby of that floor.
"Which is why we need to find him before he does." Fury replied back to us.
"Knowing him, he'll want to strike at the rich moment with the most people." Steve said to us as we walked down the lobby and towards one of the locked rooms of the CEO. I took out my tools from my pack and hacked into the room easily since he was touched activated. The door opened and I smirk, getting up from squatting down and placing my tools back in the pack. The three of us walked into the room and I walked over to the main computer near the window. Steve looked put the window, both in the air and on the ground floor as Tony went to the second computer. As the both of us went to work, I felt the nervousness coming through me as I knew this was vital for me, more vital than before. I looked throughout the security scans and cameras on the streets to find him, near Pier 39 and the bay close by. I saw nothing at first.
"How we looking on the ground level, Natasha?" I heard on the earpiece.
"Good here, nothing too shady happening." I heard in reply from Natasha and I got into the security cameras on the streets and buildings. I started scanning, looking up and seeing Steve look out onto the city. He looked so determined to find Schmit and get him before anything else happens in the city. I worried for him, seeing how angry he was looking in his eyes.
"What do you see?" I asked him aloud, seeing him look from place to place. Tony looked up as well from his spot on the computer.
"Just everyone near Pier 39. There has to be a good 600 people there." He replied to us both, making Tony go back to work in a quicker state and I as well. I saw nothing for about a 30 seances, but then seeing someone that looked very closely like his face. I scanned in and looked a bit closer and saw that it was him. HIs face, burning in my brain and making me squirm under my own skin, made me look in horro as I saw that he was in fact near Pier 39 and close by the concert. I hooked in my phone and uploaded the info, sending it back to Helicarrier.
"Fury, he's near Pier 39 in the crowd somewhere." I said to the earpiece, seeing both Tony and Steve look up at me in what looked like horror as I looked back at him. Steve walked over and looked at the image as well, making me see some of his rage in his system.
"Guys, two birds coming your way." I heard Clint say into my ear and I looked over at Tony, seeing him long off the computer.
"I have the weapons online. Let's get out of here." He said aloud as I got my phone un hooked and placed in my pack. Before the three of us could hit the door, there was gunfire outside the building, one plane shooting in. I saw Steve throw back two desks that war connect near us, grabbing my and shoving me behind it as Tony threw down his desk and hid behind it. I covered my head as Steve covered my body with him looking up and over at Tony, seeing if he was okay.
"Stark, you still alive?" I heard him yell as the gun ire seized for a moment.
"Yeah, but the shirt's no good." He said aloud as I heard a small beeping begin to happen near him. I wanted to peer per and see what was going on, but I didn't move from underneath Steve.
"What are you doing Stark?" I asked aloud to him.
"Getting my suit to come here as fast as it's little suit can." He said in reply to me in a grunt as the shoot begun to keep shooting. I pulled out my pack from behind my back and opened it, looking through for what I was going to use it for.
"Clove, Stark, Captain! What's going on up there?" I heard Natasha ask aloud into the earpieces.
"We're in a bit of a pickle right now. Leave a message." I heard Tony reply as I got out what I needed out of the pack.
"Thor's coming to get them off your back." I heard Fury say aloud, seeing Steve look down at me.
"Not necessary, Fury." I said aloud as I held up the pistol I had in my backpack and Steve raised a eyebrow.
"You're going take that thing down with a pistol." I heard him ask aloud, hearing the fire cease on us as I smiled. I grew myself up form behind underneath Steve and behind the desk, seeing the damage in the office and then the massive plane in front of us hovering in the air. I aimed my gun at them, shooting at the belly of the plane and then pressing a button on the side of the pistol, seeing the bullet that I shot explode and standing my ground as the plane was in fire. Steve got up as well as Tony and the three of us looked in amazement.
"Never doubt a hacker with a gun." I said aloud, reloaded another bullet that I had in my pocket. As I did, I saw them shoot at us once more and then something else flying our way to the window, something red and yellow. I smiled a Tony smiled as well.
"There's my ticket out of here. See you on the ground." I heard him yell as he ran and jumped out, landing on the suit as it was flying by. I saw the both of them fly away as the plane aimed at the two of us again.
"Steve, I need you to trust me." I said to him, looking up at him and seeing a confused look on his face. he then saw what I was thinking, and a small smile on his face as we ran towards the ledge of the building. We both jumped, having me feel the wind take us as we fell down floor by floor. I aimed my pistol up at the ledge and shot, seeing the bullet become a rope with a latch and latching onto the ledge. I saw Steve grab onto my pack as I felt the ground coming towards us quickly and I pressed on the trigger, slowly it down and having us land safely on the ground. Steve released me as I cut the top with a spare knife I had in my pack, seeing the rope bounce back up from the force.
"Steve and I are on ground level. Stark's in his suit." I said in the earpiece as I looked above the both of us and saw the plane exploding some more and starting to fall with fire and metal flying everywhere. Steve grabbed my hand and we ran as fast as we could away from the falling plane and barely making it. The both of us were covered in soot and burn marks. I looked back at the wreckage and saw what was once a plane, but now just a mess of metal, fire and pain.
"Didn't want you two to get hurt too early in the game." I head Clint say in the earpiece, making me look up and saw a small speck at the rooftop of the building across the street, making me smile knowing it was him that saved us.
"I owe you." I said to him as we started to run towards Pier 39.
"You already owing me by letting me take you out." He said in the earpiece and I grinned from ear to ear whilst running with Steve. We both crossed the street as we heard the sirens coming through the area.
"Please don't make me gag." I heard Tony say in a sigh as we hid around the corner from upcoming cops going to the scene. I looked behind me and saw a fire engine going to the same area.
"Clint, hide. Authorities are coming." I said in a quiet tone, looking up at the same place and seeing the speck run from the view of the rooftop. We then started to run again, trying not to be seen from the authorities. The mood was getting even more tense as we got closer and closer to the area. I heard loud music, mostly techno, coming from the stage and seeing the people there jumping up and down to it.
"We need to a pin of Schmit and stop him before it's too late." I hear Fury say aloud to us as we bottled for Pier 39.
"If he started that machine before we can get to it and stop it ourselves, it's gonna do real damage. I need to reverse it before it goes out onto the civilians." I explained to him as we saw the groups of people closer and closer. We ran faster, getting into the crowd as they were having a good time with themselves and others. The music was getting louder and louder as we got closer and closer. I scanned the area, hoping to find something that would look like a big weapon against mankind. I was unsuccessful for a minute or two, finding nothing as I looked through the crowd.
"Captain, scan the outskirts of the crowd." I heard Fury said aloud in the earpiece and I looked behind me, seeing Steve move out of the big crowd I was in as I kept going though towards the main area. Suddenly the music stopped,a nd people stopped dancing and moving around, looking towards the stage. It gave me a chill, knowing something big was going to happen, something evil and big. It was harder since so many people were there, but then I looked above me and saw Schmit. There he was, standing in front of the crowds of people on the stage, having a small smile on his face as there were his soldiers standing near him but dressed as civilians. I knew they worked for him.
"He's on stage." I said aloud as I threw on my hoodie and walked towards the side of the stage.
"Clint, take him out. Clover, get out of there, he might set it off and you'll be in the middle of it." Fury said to me as I pushed farther and farther into the crowd, keeping my head low and not seen by him or his soldiers. I looked up every once in awhile, seeing Schmit look out onto the crowd.
"I can't take him out without hitting the weapon." I heard Clint say over the earpiece.
"Don't hit the weapon until I tell you. I can disarm it for a moment or two, then shoot it." I said in the earpiece meant for Clint.
"I come here not to destroy you, but to bring your pure happiness." He said aloud to the crowd, seeing them all stand still and look up at him with some worry in their eyes. I kept pushing, trying not to be seen as I kept thinking where was Clint in my head to take him down. Run, please run you idiots. I thought in my head as the crowd looked at Schmit.
"Clover, I'm telling you go get out." I heard in my ear piece. I knew that was fury once more as I got to the edge of the stage.
"Give me a few more minutes and I can stop this thing." I said to him in a whisper as I saw a solider near me. I took out a silencer gun from my pack and took out two soldiers near the entrance of the stage, getting closer to the back of the stage. I looked around from being low to the floor and I saw something big, hiding underneath a big blanket. I knew I was going to die, or seriously hurt because of what was I about to do. I knew that if I was going to do this, that I would have to sacrifice myself for the others, for the innocent people, and for mankind. It was all too much for me as a young woman to handle. I had a life to live, a long life. But that was never an option since I was placed in my field.
"Don't be afraid of me." I heard Schmit say in a accent that haunted me as he faced the crowd, having me inch closer and closer onto the stage towards the big weapon underneath the blanket. I then saw one of the solider throw the blanket away, revealing the weeping as a massive ball of energy that was harnessed into a metal platform. I looked in horror as the crowd started to get angst and Schmit was walking towards it. I inched to the side to not be seen as I went behind the weapon, looking at the panel in front of me and seeing the technology work that was seen. I started to work on it before Schmit came close to the machine. I crouched down low and hacked away as fast as I could, trying to buy it some more time. As soon as he hit the red button, I took a step back and saw the machine fall function for a moment or two. Schmit looked confused and was filed with anger.
"Warum nicht es arbeitend? ist!" Why isn't it working? He asked to his soldiers, who started to come around to my side of the machine. I took out my silencer and killed once more.
"Steve, get these people out of here now," I whispered harshly into my earpiece as I rose up from my crouching position and faced Schmit.
"Geben Sie Schmit, Sie sind vorbei auf" Give up, Schmit. You're over. I said to him, seeing him eye me from my spot. I threw off my hod die and had him look at my face completely. He smiled widely at me, the same smile on the computer screen what seems life years ago. I stop amy ground, knowing the machine was on hold for the next thirty seconds as I saw him walk over to me slowly. I looked behind him and saw the soldiers start shooting at people and the rest running as fast as they could away from the pier and seeing Steve, now in his uniform, get people out.
"Emily Tresta, the little hacker who was hard to get." Schmit sneered at me and I moved away from the machine and onto the front of the stage, seeing him walk over to me.
"Clint, take the shot." I heard Natasha yell in my earpiece.
"Not with Clover there." I heard Clint argue.
"She's holding his ground for you to get him." Steve said aloud as I held out my hands in front of me to show that I wasn't going to move.
"I'm not going to let you do this to these people." I said to him in a slow tone. He smiled at me, a wicked smile that I knew was going to be bad in the end.
"If I didn't get you then, I'll get you now." He said in a grunt as he launched himself at me, making me spar with them and fight him on the stage. He was better than I though he was going to be, match better air tried to my hardest to get him away from the weapon. I had little time to get this done and get it done right. He fell to the floor after I kicked him in the stomach and I stood back up straight.
"Clint, fire at the weapon and it'll destroy it for good." I said in the ear piece, looking up at the crowd and seeing where he would be.
"I will once you get out of there." He said to me and I sighed.
"Now is not the time for control, just do it." I said to him in almost a bark. But before I could hear him say anything else back to me, I felt Schmit grab my by the neck and whirl me around, placing what looked like a hose onto my chest and make me loose my breath. He was using the weapon on me.
"This is what you get for choosing the wrong side." He sneered at me, making me close my eyes and loose my train of thought and fall to the floor.
Everything went black.