Epilogue

Fury sighs as he ends the call after having spoken to Natasha, Bucky and Wade. The fact Ajax had escaped with the knowledge that Deadpool was working with the Avengers was nothing short of disastrous with regards to their plans.

As for the knowledge of Wade's inter-dimensional travel, well…

'Sir, don't you think we should tell them what we know?' Hill interrupts his thoughts.

'Not yet, not until they've talked more with Strange,' he replies as they fall into step. 'Besides we have other things for them to focus on before we start worrying about inter-dimensional travel being added to that list. How are preparations for the Wakandan Accords going?'

'We have a final draft all ready to go, T'Challa is ready to call a meeting at the UN as soon as you give the word,' she responds, handing him a tablet with the document on. 'Any last alterations?'

'I'll take a look and let you know,' he replies. 'Any news from Carol and the Guardians?'

'The Guardians are happier to trust the Avengers than us, besides Rocket seems to be in charge of their comms and I'll be honest he's not the easiest to discuss things with.'

'Quill not answering?'

'He and Nebula are still arguing over whether to go straight to Vormir or not apparently.'

'And Carol?'

'As informative as always. No news on any movement of larger groups, but there's apparently rumours she's trying to chase down. Nothing concrete yet except for worlds reporting people going missing and bodies being found on other planets. Once she's got something more concrete she'll let us know. Nick,' Hill pauses, 'you can't seriously be considering starting a team to go out and have an impact on the galaxy?'

'Our first greatest threat came from Earth and we're still trying to get rid of it,' he points out, 'our second came from outer space. You really think we shouldn't have some kind of answer to that threat other than a team that can only pick up the fight once the threat gets here?'

'So what's our next steps? Now that Ajax can take the news that Deadpool is with the Avengers back to HYDRA where do we go?' she asks, pushing aside all of her former questions to one side.

'Let me contact T'Challa, we need to get the Accords moving sooner than I'd hoped. Something tells me there is more than just HYDRA at work here, and I want us to be able to face it without jumping through hoops and losing a chance every time it gets within our grasp.'

'What about Ororo Monroe? The princess who helped us in Wakanda? Think she might be of any help?'

Fury shakes his head. 'No one knows her tribe exists and I think we'd be better to keep it that way for now. Protect our allies so they can come to our aid when its needed. Besides we need to earn their trust, and if we expose them to the world that's going to do nothing but have them shut themselves away even more.'

'A hidden weapon in a way,' Hill states.

'In a way,' he agrees. 'But I think our young Parker may be of more use than the team would have us believe. I think if we have a situation come up during this Accords business, then we need to utilise the newest member of the team and let the others focus on the bigger battle.'

'You mean you want to test him.'

'Oh he's already been tested, Hill,' Fury tells her, about to take the opposite hallway to her, 'I just need to see if he's willing to graduate.'

A/N: Hi everyone. I'm so sorry I didn't update last week, I had problems uploading the file to the site. Double update this week to make up for it and: Christmas story should be up tonight as well. I was trying to get a few chapters into it so I could start uploading it before I updated this week.

Hope you enjoyed this story - please do let me know what you think of it and where this series is potentially going to go. Also: let me know if you have any requests for the Christmas story.

Love always,

L x