Chapter 39: Wakandan Outback
After destroying the bases in Hong Kong and Rome, the trio then took time to break Sidewinder and have her bring them to the ones in Baghdad and then one in Germany. That left exactly five more bases to take down.
After that, Katerina had actually settled down and had more or less put a lid on her perverted urges after breaking Sidewinder. However, instead of killing the clone, she instead turned her into her own personal toy to use as she pleased. Something Johan was a little irked about.
"Why can't you just make your sis ditch Sidewinder? I mean, you're the older sibling, right?" Romano asked as he scratched his head in confusion.
"Because as much as I hate to admit, she's stronger than I am." He admitted reluctantly with a sigh.
"Well there's a blow to the old manhood." Marcus said.
"How do you think I feel?" Johan grumbled.
"Focus guys, we're about to approach the Wakanda border." Gavin snapped. They had been driving for the past hour and they were finally about to reach their destination: the esoteric African kingdom known as Wakanda.
As soon as they did, however, their Jeep was met by resistance from armed guards armed with vibranium weapons, and were riding rhinos, apparently.
"You are approaching Wakanda territory. State your business or we will deal with you accordingly." One of them ordered.
Johan then jumped out and held up his SHIELD badge. "I am Agent Johan Sever, codename Omni, from SHIELD, my companions and I are here on a sanctioned shadow op against a sect of the terrorist organization HYDRA that has been suspected to have taken refuge within your lands."
"Say we believe your words, where is their base located in our territory?" Another guard inquired.
"The base has been suspected to be residing in one of the deepest parts of your natural forests, just northeast of your vibranium mines." Johan explained, handing a picture up the man in front of him. It showed pictures and videos of mutants being led into the compound in chains. And many of them being either branded publicly as a means of breaking them, or even being operated on out in the open to maximize pain, particularly by forcibly fusing some of the more powerful mutant's skins with stolen vibranium.
The one looking at the pictures and images was mortified by what he was seeing. "And this has been happening in our borders without us knowing?!" He asked, his voice full of anger.
"It has. I'd like to bring this evidence to the current Black Panther to make him aware of what is happening and gain his permission to attack the base due to it being in his kingdom." The green eyed soldier explained.
"Yes, but unfortunately the current Black Panther is only the crowned prince, so you will need to speak with his father, the King and the Wakandan Council." The man said. "I am W'Kabi, I shall take you to see King T'Chaka."
"Very well. Lead the way, W'Kabi." Johan replied as he got back into the Jeep.
With that they were led into Wakanda's borders, and everyone was surprised by what they were seeing. The small hidden country's technology was far more advanced than what they had back home, especially the cloaking force-field surrounding the country itself.
After parking their Jeep, W'Kabi's companion, a man named Zuri, lead Marcus and Romano to a place where they could stay. While the other trio was led to the throne room of King T'Chaka. However, they were soon blocked by a bald woman wearing red armor of sorts holding a spear, and a man in typical Wakandan Royal garb and looked a lot like Chadwick Boseman.
"Prince T'Challa, Okeye, I have brought the three who wish to speak with the King." W'Kabi said to the two.
"What is it they wish to speak to father about?" TChalla asked.
"Oh I dunno, how about the fact that your country has been turning a blind eye while a Nazi terrorist group has been tormenting and turning mutants like me into slaves right under your noses?!" Gavin hissed as he flashed his fangs in annoyance, which earned him spear pointed in his face from Okeye.
"Gavin!" Katerina hissed as she elbowed him. Johan, meanwhile, sighed in irritation.
"Despite this bluntness and anger at the topic, he is correct. We have evidence of HYDRA having a base in your borders." Johan told them.
"Truly?" T'Challa asked before cursing under his breath. "I apologize, I realize now that we should not have been so careless." He then turned to Gavin, who managed to calm himself. "You say that you are a mutant?"
"Yeah, why?" The boy asked.
"I once was engaged to a powerful mutant myself. A beautiful woman with the power to control the weather. Do you know her?" The prince asked.
"Yes I do, actually. If you're referring to Ororo, then she's living just fine." Gavon replied. "She's actually one of my teachers."
"Ah, good, so you are one of her students." The man nodded. "Then come, my father and the council are just beyond this door."
"Then let's proceed, shall we?" Johan beckoned. With that they stepped inside, and in the room were several elderly people, each in various forms of African garb. And at the very front was a man who was wearing glasses and sitting on a throne.
"Father." T'Challa said while bowing slightly to the man.
"Son, who are these people who so boldly came to our borders, demanding an audience and free entry into our lands?" T'Chaka asked his son.
"SHIELD agents on a sanctioned shadow operation. They have evidence of the organization HYDRA having a base within our borders." His son replied, making everyone's attention focus on him.
"How is this possible?" An elderly woman questioned incredulously.
"And what exactly are those heathens doing within our lands?" Another member of the council asked.
"I'll let all of you look over the evidence we came here with so you can see for yourselves." Johan said as he gave said evidence to the King for him and the council to look over. Needless to say they were less than pleased with what they saw, though the majority of the council were more concerned about HYDRA doing what they were doing within Wakandan borders, not the atrocities themselves.
"And they've been doing this under our noses?!" One member asked, voicing his anger.
"So it would seem. What concerns me is how they're getting their greedy hands on our vibranium." Another piped up.
"Either way, I believe our actions concerning this base are very clear: We destroy it, take back our vibranium and set the innocent souls within it free." An elderly man said.
"Finally, someone acknowledges that there are innocent people being tortured in there." Gavin growled.
"Calm down, Gavin. We'll get to that base soon." The Cthulhu woman assured him.
"That's not what's got me pissed." He muttered. T'Challa looked at the boy in sympathy.
"Agent Omni." T'Challa asked Johan.
"Yes?" He responded.
"If you'd be willing, I'd like to join you on your mission, seeing as that this base is on Wakandan soil." The man told him.
"Of course. Though in advance, I'd like to warn you of my sister's… Abilities. Does the name Cthulhu sound familiar to you?" He inquired.
"I am vaguely familiar with the monstrosity, yes." The man nodded.
"My sister's mutation is a somewhat watered down version of him. You won't go insane by looking at her, but she can still induce insanity and reconstruct a person's mind from it. She is also able to turn her entire body into a female version of the aforementioned monster." He explained.
"So I shouldn't be surprised if I suddenly find members of HYDRA tearing each other apart?" He summarized.
"You shouldn't be surprised by a ten foot tall eldritch woman walking around either." Johan added, getting a nod in return.
"I see. Thank you for the warning." T'Challa told him. "When will you attack the base?" He then asked.
"Immediately." The pseudo vampire said as he adjusted the cross necklace Rogue gave him for Christmas.
"I'll get ready, then." The Black Panther said before heading to where his armor was stored.
(Elsewhere)
Ororo was sitting in the living room with Evan when she got a call on her phone. "Hello?" She asked.
"Ororo." The voice of T'Challa spoke from the other end.
"T'Challa? Not that I mind, but why are you calling all of a sudden?" The weather mistress asked in surprise.
"One of your students is here in Wakanda." The crowned prince told her. She was about to ask when it suddenly hit her.
"Gavin is in Wakanda? Why?" She asked.
"He and two agents from SHIELD are here. We are about to attack a HYDRA base that had been right under our noses… I'm sorry Ororo, if I would have known, I would have never allowed those innocent mutants endure such suffering." T'Challa explained before apologizing.
"Don't worry. You're fixing it now. Just make sure Gavin gets out of that mess alive." She told him.
"If I don't, then those two SHIELD agents will. Anyway, it is almost time to attack the base. Bye for now." He replied before hanging up.
(Elsewhere)
Gavin and the Sever siblings now followed T'Challa to the base and they all saw that it was being guarded by mind controlled mutants whose skin looked silver. They were entirely coated in vibranium.
"Uh oh, that looks like trouble." Johan whispered.
"Those sick bastards!" Gavin growled.
"Want me to break them out of everything controlling their minds?" Katerina offered.
"That would be useful, yes." T'Challa nodded. "Wait…" He then pointed at a pair of men who were talking outside the base. One was most obviously Artum Zola, and the other was a man who looked similar to Andy Serkis. "Ulysses Klaw… So that's how they've been getting the vibranium."
"How do you wanna deal with him?" Johan asked as he readied his gun.
"Keep Klaw alive, my father will want to deal with him personally." The prince told them. "The other man, however, you may do as you wish with him.
"Alright. Sis, deal with the vibranium coated mutants. Gavin, help T'Challa deal with Klaw. I'll deal with the other guy." Johan said as he readied his assault rifle.
"That guy is Artum Zola, HYDRA's head scientist, and he's basically a human brain inside an old computer. We wanna kill him permanently? We gotta make sure he can't come back digitally." The pseudo vampire added as he cracked his knuckles.
"A virus, then? I think I can manage that." The nanotech soldier said with a smirk.
"Make sure he's permanently dead." Gavin stated before the quartet of heroes charged towards the base, ready to destroy everything that got in their way.
The first to notice them were the mutants, who started using their powers to attack them, terrakinesis, aquakinesis, glass creation and manipulation, and there was even one with pain immunity.
Katerina sent several blasts of eldritch energy at them to make them stop the attacks of the first three. The shots hit their marks and the mutants collapsed to the ground, clutching their heads and screaming in terror.
"Good work, Cthulhu! Keep going with the others too inside the base!" Gavin yelled as he charged at Klaw who blasted him with a vibranium powered gun.
"Ya made a bad move coming here, kid!" The man yelled as he pointed the cannon at him.
"That's what you think, asshole!" The boy yelled as he turned into smoke and then reappeared next to him and struck him with his sword, causing him to drop the gun.
"GAH!" Klaw yelled in pain as he staggered to the ground. Gavin then pointed his sword in the man's face.
"You are gonna pay for supplying these assholes with vibranium. Especially after what they've done with it." The boy growled.
"Tch, why should I care? Money is money." The old man said uncaringly.
"Don't gimme that shit." He snapped, showing his fangs before turning to T'Challa who managed to knock out the mutant with pain immunity. "He's all yours, T'Challa."
"Thank you." He nodded before glaring at Klaw. "I do believe we have much to discuss." He growled.
Klaw groaned as he fell back. Meanwhile, Johan was currently fighting Zola, and his nanotechnology was working it's way into the cyber man's body right under his holographic nose.
"I think you're long overdue to join your precious fuhrer in the depths of hell, Zola!" He yelled as he decked the scientist in his TV screen face. Zola staggered for a moment before he regained his footing.
"You cannot kill me! I am immortal!" He boasted arrogantly. Johan just smirked at him in response.
"Let's test that theory." The man stated as he snapped his fingers. Seconds later, Zola's mechanical body started to malfunction.
"VAT?! V-v-v-v-vat's h-h-h-happ-p-p-p-pening?!" He yelled in shock as his mech malfunctioned.
"What's the matter? Can't stop a virus from entering your personal network?" Johan taunted with a smirk.
"Y-Y-Y-Y-You cannot do this! My vork is t-t-too important! Near si-i-i-i-i-ighted fools like you would never understand my bri-I-I-i-i-iliance!" The mechanical man sputtered through static. "Mutants are meant to be veapons! They are not humans, your anger is meaningless!" He stated, causing Johan to glare at him.
"I'm not nearsighted, you're fucking blinder than a bat! Mutants are just as alive as the rest of us. They think, they feel and they can sure as hell hold a massive grudge! People like you are going to be the downfall of humanity as a whole, and that is the reason you will fade and be nothing more than an unpleasant memory. Good riddance, you deranged fuck." The green streaked man growled as the virus finally destroyed him for good.
With Zola gone, the three men threw Klaw in the back of the Jeep and entered the base, where Katerina had already been putting detonation devices all over and fixing the brainwashed and vibranium infused mutants, and setting the rest free.
"We're good to go now guys, right everyone?" The woman called back to the escapees behind her.
"Damn right!" One of them replied.
"Come with me and my people will lead you back to your homes." T'Challa told them as the four led the escapees on the first steps of their exodus from captivity.
(A couple days later)
-Sydney, Australia-
Gavin and his four companions were now in Sydney, Australia to destroy the HYDRA base there. After letting Marcus and Romano do their own things, they started to track down any possible leads to the location of the base.
After the permanent destruction of Artum Zola, the HYDRA higher ups had become frantic to stop any further damage. They were sending everything from mercenaries to brainwashed mutants after them, which really slowed their progress.
"We really stirred up the hornet's nest this time, didn't we?" Katerina asked as they finished up interrogating a HYDRA doctor/mole who was in the Australian hospitals kidnapping mutant babies and patients.
"Yeah we did. Personally, I think this is an indicator of how much damage we're doing." Gavin said from where he stood.
"Yeah. The people they're sending after us is proof that they're getting scared. We keep going as we are, they'll slip up eventually and we'll find what we're looking for." Johan said before he suddenly smirked. "And maybe we'll find something really juicy in the process." He added.
"What are you getting at?" Gavin asked as he shot the dead beat doctor in the head, his gaze never leaving the German American.
"What I'm saying is that we might get lucky and find ourselves with an opportunity to kill the jackass leading HYDRA if we play our cards right." The green streaked man elaborated.
"The Red Skull? I don't doubt it. That guy has his mind on one thing: world domination. You mess with his chances of that objective? You're screwed." The boy smirked. "Anyway, The base we're looking for is located right underneath Uluru or Ayers Rock, Australia's largest rock formation."
"Well then, let's rip 'em a new asshole to shit out of." Katerina smirked ferally.
"Guess we're gonna be goin down under, eh eh?" Johan chuckled.
"Shut up, Johan." Gavin snapped half heartedly as he rolled his eyes with a smile.
It was late at night when they reached the Ayers Rock, and now they were waiting for someone to show them the entrance.
"So is there a reason why your costume looks like you belong in the Akatsuki?" Katerina asked, having been curious about that for a while.
"Ya know, that's been on my mind for a bit, actually." Johan confessed as he looked at Gavin for an answer.
"Next to vampires I'm also a fan of ninjas, actual historical ninjas. But I like the Akatsuki for their varying sets of people with different motivations. Like the one I chose to base this costume off of: Pain." The boy told them. "He wanted to cause the people who wronged him and his loved ones the same pain they suffered, just like me."
The two siblings nodded in understanding. As they traveled and talked, they had begun to understand Gavin's motivations and just what made him hate HYDRA so much. Johan could easily stand by him. If his sister had been taken by HYDRA, he'd be on a warpath until he found her again… And made sure they suffered for what they had done. Katerina also understood. While her brother wasn't a mutant, she loved him dearly and would drive anyone who did anything bad to him into the abyss of insanity.
"Yeah… We can see that." Johan said while Katerina nodded in agreement. The younger sibling then remembered something that was constantly slipping her mind.
"Aaaaand I just remembered that I have a healing factor." She said with a facepalm, making Gavin look at her oddly.
"You have a healing factor and yet you forget about it? How does that even work?" He asked incredulously.
"The reason we keep forgetting about it is because everyone around her is usually already insane before they can hurt her. It happens all the time." The older sibling explained.
"... You guys are weird." Gavin said as he suddenly saw someone walk towards the rock and then the ground suddenly opened up. "And there's the white rabbit that'll lead us to wonderland."
"He must be late, for a very important date." Johan chuckled.
"Let's third wheel that date." Katerina added.
"Oh yeah." Gavin smirked as they made their way to the entrance and let Johan work his magic.
"Here's a little jewejewebee right here." The man said as he removed the mechanism that kept the door closed and held it in his hand while looking at it. "Hello mama." He smirked as the door opened, no alarms even indicating that they had gone off. "Wow, it's like they want us to storm the place." He chuckled.
"Why do I get the feeling that we're about to walk into a trap?" Katerina asked as they went further down.
"We probably are. Omni, send some nanotech to scout ahead." Gavin ordered.
"Got it." The older man nodded and sent some nanotech to see what was waiting for them. "Oh for fuck's sake…" He groaned.
"What?" Gavin asked.
"We got some of the most notorious Mercs up ahead. Crossbones, The Beetle, Taskmaster, and… Oh fuck no." Johan said before he went pale.
"What?" Katerina asked.
"Deadpool's here." He finished. Katerina and Gavin immediately lost all color in their faces.
"Kill me now…" The eldritch themed woman groaned.
"I knew that name HYDRA Bob sounded familiar! He was a really close friend of Deadpool." Gavin said before facepalming.
"And we capped his ass." Johan sighed.
"This is gonna suck, isn't it?" The pseudo vampire groaned tiredly.
"Oh yeah. Big time." The man nodded. With that they continued forward, and sure enough, said mercenaries were all there, Deadpool included.
"Well well well, if it ain't the dumbasses that killed my best friend!" The regenerating degenerate said in faux cheerfulness, but everyone knew he was actually angry at his best friend's killers.
"Yeah no shit captain obvious, seriously what the fuck is wrong with you two? Killing HYDRA Bob just for a Pulp Fiction reference?" Wade questioned as he pulled out of reality to address the powers that be.
[Hey, piss off!] The co-author retorted.
[This is our story, you're just living in it.] The author added.
Back in reality, Gavin glared at Wade coldly after the Merc had just questioned why the pseudo vampire killed Bob.
"You asked me why I did that. But even if I told you I doubt that the knowledge would change anything at all. But let's say that I took the time to explain it to you, what would you say?" The boy asked as he stepped forward and blocked an incoming punch from Crossbones. "My goal is to fulfill the dream that not even Captain America could have achieved. What I want is to create peace and bring about justice."
"How the fuck was killing HYDRA Bob doing justice?!" Deadpool retorted angrily. "I'm here to get justice for my friend, and the home and family you tore him away from!"
Gavin nodded slowly as he kicked Crossbones into Beetle and towards Johan. "Oh I see, that would be justice." He nodded before he rushed at Wade and stabbed him through the chest with his bare hand. "However, What about my family? My friends? My home? They suffered the same fate as Bob did at the hands of HYDRA and thugs like you. How is it fair for you people to go on about peace and justice? Years ago, HYDRA came to the benefactors of my family in the yakuza to have the gangs develop weapons for them and wage war on the streets so they could profit from it. If they hadn't, they probably would have been taken down rather quickly, but then they decided to go after mutants. Treating these human beings like little remote control toys for their own gain, so our slowly growing race suffered for it." He said this as Katerina was fighting Crossbones hand to hand style while trying to strangle Taskmaster with her tentacles and Johan was trying to subdue Beetle.
"You and I are the same, Deadpool. We both are motivated by the pain of losing the ones we hold dear, and a desire for justice along with peace." Gavin continued as he removed his now bloodied hand from Wade's chest. "The justice I seek to deal against HYDRA is no different from what you are trying to do to me. Everyone feels the same pain of losing a loved one. You and I have both experienced that pain. You strive for your justice, I strive for mine. We're just ordinary men who are seeking vengeance in the name of justice, and if one comes to call vengeance justice, such justice will only breed further vengeance. And trigger a vicious cycle of hatred. You and I now live in such a cycle. I know the past and with its knowledge can foretell our future, it is the same as our history. So we believe that human beings, human or mutant simply can't understand each other, and they never will. This corrupt world we live in is ruled by hatred and hatred alone." He then looked down at Deadpool who looked up at him as his chest healed.
"So, Deadpool, how will you combat this hatred to create peace?" Gavin then knelt down to be at eye level with the mercenary, his cloak's collar hiding his mouth. "I want to know what your answer is." He finished.
Deadpool looked to the side silently as he tried to come up with an answer, but couldn't. How was someone like him supposed to counter that?
"I don't know, I don't have an answer." The Merc with a Mouth said, for once in his life not having anything to say. "Damn you two, that was seriously deep. I'm speechless. And I'm never speechless!" Deadpool said to the authors.
[We try, and I think we nailed it good.] The co-author replied.
[And that is why Pain is one of my favorite villains in all of anime.] The author added.
Back in reality, Wade just sat there as Gavin stood up and then turned to his partners, and saw they were having trouble with the other mercenaries.
"I appreciate you listening, Deadpool, I needed to get that off my mind." The boy said to the Regenerative Degenerate before joining his friends in the fight.
With the Sever siblings, they were starting to tire out against the three mercs they were fighting. It started off well enough, but they had a lot of experience over them and it showed.
Though once Gavin joined to even out the odds? All that went out the window. He immediately went after Taskmaster and started attacking him, and even with his photographic memory, Gavin's superhuman speed kept the man from being able to copy his moves.
With a strong kick, Gavin sent Taskmaster crashing into a wall and knocked him out on impact.
"Thanks man." Johan said as the boy helped him up. "Now, let's give my sister some breathing room." He said as he went to help his Lovecraftian sibling with the horror enthusiast.
Beetle was easy enough to beat, all Johan hard to do was shoot his jet pack with his sniper rifle, and the ensuing malfunction and sixteen inches of steel did the rest. Crossbones, however, was an entirely different beast.
"This guy is seriously tough!" Katerina growled, still in her Cthulhu form. "And his mental fortitude is so strong that my powers won't work on him!"
"We'll have to get really creative here, then! Vampyr, any ideas?" Johan asked the youngest of the trio.
"Do whatever ya want kids, you still won't be able to beat me! I've gone toe to toe with the Wolverine, Sabertooth, the Avengers, and even that asshole the Juggernaut." Crossbones boasted as he threw a few shadow boxing punches.
"Almost nothing. You two distract him, I think I've got something that might work." Gavin told the siblings.
"Alright, Cthulhu?" Johan said to his sister as he pulled out a scout rifle.
"I hear you, Omni. Let's go to work." Katerina replied as she cracked her knuckles.
With that, Gavin turned to smoke and made Crossbones look around before he was shot at by Johan through the smoke and then decked in the face by Katerina.
"Lucky shot!" He grunted as he recovered.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night." She retorted.
Before he could retort, a laser shot him in the back and made him fall to his knees and as Gavin retracted his gun's laser function and then held Devil's Scorn at the back of the man's head before shooting him execution style.
"That was a lot tougher than I thought it would be." Katerina panted as she turned back to normal and collapsed onto her ass.
"Yeah, guess it's true what they say, power is meaningless against experience without a solid plan." Gavin sighed. "Come on, let's go-where's Deadpool?" He beckoned before noticing that the aforementioned merc was missing all of a sudden.
"I dunno." Johan shrugged as they went through the base. Gavin was in charge of releasing the prisoners this time, and after a while he finally reached the solitary confinement section and then found a guy who was in a straight jacket and had a blindfold on his eyes.
"Come to take me for more of those damn tests?" The guy said, thinking he was a guard.
"Nope. I'm here to set you loose." The pseudo vampire told him as he used Bloodfallen to slice apart the straight jacket. The boy removed the blindfold and revealed he had forest green eyes. "Name's Vampyr, me and my two friends Omni and Cthulhu are in a three man war against HYDRA right now. Who're you?" He asked.
"Sean." The boy stated, his currently grimy brown hair showing that he had not had a decent shower in a while. He was also very pale, indicating he hadn't gotten any sunlight in ages.
"So, any particular reason why they got you in solitary while blindfolded?" Gavin asked as they left the room.
"Yeah. I can temporarily copy any power I see from any individual. Naturally, they got scared of me and locked me up." He explained as they walked.
"Huh." The boy nodded. "I know what it's like to be feared. I mean, my powers basically make me a mutant soul sucking vampire. And my powers are so strong that I have to have four levels of mystic and telepathic Control Art Seals to keep them at bay."
"Seriously? Shit. That must be rough to deal with on a regular basis." Sean commented.
"It is. Certain aspects of my personality were also sealed away for the safety of others… But then I met the people at the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters. Those guys treated me like I was normal, they never thought of me as a monster… They made me feel like family." The pseudo vampire said before looking at the boy next to him. "That's why I'm doing this: Some of my friends there went through hell at the hands of HYDRA, so I'm here to get justice and end their hate once and for all, for the sake of all mutants."
Sean looked at him with admiration and couldn't help but feel the desire to join the war he and his friends were waging. He went through hell because of HYDRA, so why shouldn't he help others who were suffering at their hands?
"I wanna help." Sean said. Gavin only shook his head as they got back to the Sever siblings and the rest of the escapees.
"No. This is my fight. You should go back home to your family, I'm sure they miss you." Gavin told him. Sean looked at him and sighed, though perked up when Gavin handed him a card. "Here, once you get to your family, think about coming to the Institute, we'll help you get your powers in line."
The power copier took the card and looked it over before nodding. "Alright. Thanks." He told him.
"You're welcome." The boy nodded as they all left and walked out of the base as it exploded behind them and sent a fire ball into the air.
Six bases down, only five to go, wouldn't be long now.
"Oh hey, Gavin. I almost forgot, you wouldn't believe what I found in that base we stormed in Germany." Johan said as they packed their bags back at the hotel.
"What'd you find?" Gavin asked with a raised eyebrow. The partial cyborg then pulled out a blue glowing cube from his bag.
"This, my pseudo vampiric friend, is the Tesseract in all its mythical glory." Johan said in a dramatic tone.
"... Well shit." Gavin said, unable to react any other way.
"Nice find bro." Katerina added.
"Yep. And now we got the perfect bait to lure out the Red Skull." The man grinned as he held up the cube with a smile. He loved it when a plan came together.
(Elsewhere)
Back at HYDRA HQ, Skull and the rest of the HYDRA top brass were more than livid at what was happening to their operations. Especially Skull, who was furious at the theft of the Tesseract. They had hoped to stop them at their base in Australia, considering who they hired, but even that failed!
"Zhis is ze final straw! No more hiding, comrades! We will squash zese interlopers like ze bugs zey are!" Skull yelled, slamming his armor clad fist on the table. "For the glory of HYDRA, zis stain on our legacy must not stand. Are you with me?!" He asked the other leaders of the organization, two of the seats being vacant due to Zola being dead and Madame HYDRA being catatonic.
"Hail HYDRA!" The others yelled, voicing their agreements.
Dragon Emperor0: Now that's how you add depth to the philosophy of your character's desire for revenge. Also, I bet you guys probably won't know who Sean references.
ThermalsniperN7: I'll be impressed if some of you guys figure it out right away.
Deadpool: Quick question: Where did I go after Gavin went to help the two siblings?
Dragon Emperor0: Back home with Blind Al, Vennesa and Weasel to watch Golden Girls of course. Also, how many of you guys were surprised that ol' Wade here was speechless after Gavin's little monologue?
ThermalsniperN7: Let us know how surprised you were in your reviews. With that out of the way, see you guys next chapter!
Deadpool: Maximum Effort!