Ok, yeah, I know I've been really choppy today, since this is a really short chapter- like, I'm pretty sure the author's note will double the length of the whole chapter.
Sorry about that!
Ok, but for realsies, this just needed to be separate from the man chapter. I may or may not be creating a new villain. Sort of. Almost. *quiet evil grin*
REAL QUESTION IS: What's your guys' opinions on The Silence from Doctor Who?
The file folder exchanged a number of hands before it reached him.
When he finally read over his newest mission details, he was a bit… dumbstruck, by what his superiors were asking him to do.
SHIELD wanted the son of Bruce Banner.
Having been with the agency for a number of years- five before the Battle of New York and now over a year after- he knew enough about Bruce Banner to know that kidnapping the man's son… wouldn't end well. First off, the man and his son lived with the other Avengers in Avengers Tower, a stark-tech filled death-trap to those who even thought about trying to get through all the security measures and defense systems built into the building had to be either insane, highly motivated, or insane and highly motivated. There was the security and defense of the building itself, and then there was the occupants you'd find at the top- The Avengers. That would be a complete bust. As it was, there was really no way to get at the boy, especially since he didn't seem to leave the Tower very often, and only when accompanied by two or more Avengers.
Looking through the documents again, the agent tried to think up a possible plan of action, who he'd request for his team- because he'd definitely need one- and whose most prominent question: why him?
His was nobody; a little over six years in SHIELD didn't mean much to his fellow agents- really, any number of years with the agency didn't truly mean anything. A double-agent could stay with an agency a lifetime only to betray them at the end. Really, it was agents that distinguished themselves above the rest by going above and beyond the call, those were the ones who would be considered for this kind of job. He couldn't even remember leading an op as strenuous and dangerous as this. Why him, then? Was he going to be a fall guy if the op went wrong? Declared as a double-agent and thrown into a dark cell for listening to his superiors? A scapegoat? He sighed, maybe then, at least somebody would know his name then. Nobody ever seemed able to remember who he was.
He was always called "Agent" or "Sir" or on the rarer occasion "Newbie". Did he just not have a very memorable face that his peers couldn't even remember how long he'd actually been there? Was that why? Well, apparently it was memorable enough to give him Lead on this extremely dangerous, almost suicidal op.
Well, he'd do it. He wasn't going to turn down something like this.
He'd kidnap Peter Benjamin Banner.
Your Overlord is a kind and benevolent evil overlord, so fear not! Right, but what was I gonna say...
THE POLL! The results are in; a question of who Bruce was going to end up with- Natasha or Tony- was put to the readers, and you lot have made your decision...
Hold on, actually, I gotta go count them...
Oh.
Ok.
So, guys...
I'm actually really surprised, both by the result and by how freaking close that voting was. Literally, we had 21 votes, 10 vs. 11. You guys are gonna give me a heart attack with this, watt teh fudge. Alright, you guys voted...
&^&$%*^$%*#$#%(#^&#)$^(#&$( %# BRUCE/NATASHA )&% #^% #)$& #)(%& #)%$ #$^ $#^
You know, as much as I was planning on this pairing from the beginning, I actually am almost disappointed to not see Tony/Bruce win. Like, I actually was kinda rooting for it, but you guys have made your choice, and OVERLORD I MAY BE, BUT I ANSWER TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. So, there you go, we're going with Bruce/Natasha (unless you can convince me otherwise... x.0)
You didn't think it'd be that easy, did you? That we'd just have this nice little fic where Peter had a sad beginning, but he finds this great family and goes to school with all these other future superheroes and just gets a nicely laid out happily ever after? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *Begins to choke* HAHA-cough-HA-cough cough- BAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA- cough- HAHAHA
no.
I AM OVERLORD. I AM RULER OF SPIDEY BOY AND JOLLY GREEN GIANT WORLD. NOTHING IS EVER THAT EASY.