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Attempting to reach your boss in the middle of the night was certainly not how Steve envisioned his night—erh, now morning—to go. The flurry of Spiderman activity placed a hold on the American hero's tracking of the underground facility called Hydra. In lieu of his usual evenings, Steve commanded the Avengers on a heated pursuit against their ever-elusive vigilante, leading to the success of Spiderman's detainment.
His new mission of the night was to contact the one-eyed man in charge of the Avenger's team, Nicholas Joseph Fury, aka Fury. A rather intimidating spitball of fire he now had the pleasure of dealing with very, very early in the morning. Stifling a large yawn Steve, assumed this was the time when most normal humans were halfway to REM sleep. Then again, he wasn't most humans. Although he seriously doubted the rest of his teammates were resting peacefully after Spiderman revealed he was literally just an overgrown kid, nope, definitely not with the new spider in the tower.
Steve was not the biggest fan of Nick Fury. The Avengers were just now beginning to recover from the disaster called the Raft imprisonment status post the Sokovia Accords. Unfortunately, the idea of being controlled by the United Nation backed by 117 countries, created a major drift between himself and his fellow teammates. It was a fiasco.
No one necessarily liked the idea of relinquishing the private Avenger's organization to be supervised under a panel of UN delegates who were deemed to be superior in decision making—apparently, Steve huffed. The team was only beginning to trust each other once more. What a funny word—trust. More like tolerate each other for the sake of world peace, yeah that's it, he mused. Spiderman was just caught in the larger web of controlling politics.
In the whole scheme of things, Tony was certainly a complicated warp of emotions. That was a prickly pear Steve was still working to smooth over, maybe even make amends with one day. It was a slow-going process. Tony was angry at Steve's choice to not sign the accords and had a severe tendency to hold grudges against those who opposed his own decisions.
Less then half an hour ago Steve watched Bruce enter the containment room where Spiderman was being detained for the time being. There hadn't been any commotion or an appearance from the big guy, it was a good sign. Maybe his teammate would get the vigilante to talk more about when and how he obtained his spider-like powers. They would need that information before Spiderman could be cleared for release as non-threatening by SHIELD.
The teen had guts, Steve thought remorsefully. Spiderman defended himself against some of the world's most intimidating and powerful individuals.
He was intelligent, incredibly intuitive, and yet remarkably inexperienced. He was a kid fighting his heroes. Steve notice Spiderman pull his punches and purposefully evade rather than counterattack with force. It was almost as if he was more afraid of hurting the Avengers than properly defending himself.
Suddenly, Steve was immensely glad he and Bruce had been at the Avenger's tower during the mission. Reviewing footage from the multi-Avenger confrontation highlighted that Spiderman was mostly on the defensive side. It was good for his case when presented to SHIELD later that morning. Steve also noticed Clint and Stark desperately needed a reminder they were actually on the same team. Granted, emotional maturity was never either of their strengths.
Shaking his head at the disjointed coordination and lack of communication between the two, Steve let out a long sigh. The lack of trust between the Avengers made them look sloppy and careless throughout the mission. The Accords had certainly instilled a rift throughout the team. Natasha seemed to be the only thing keeping them from actively insulting or tearing each other apart while in the same room.
Shuddering, Steve had wished their sources had more information on Spiderman before their SHIELD mission turned into a semi-kidnapping, literally. Too late to dwell on the past now, Steve continued to stare at the Stark phone in his hand. Deciding to bite the bullet, he pressed the call button to dial for the Director of SHIELD.
[Calling Nick "eye-patch" Fury].
A sleep drugged voice answered with various notes of sharp irritation.
"This better be good, Captain."