Chapter 22: SHIELD
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We find ourselves at the Silver Dragon and needless to say when they heard the big announcement about Stan they were not taking it well.
"Oh this is bad, this is very bad." Yan Lin said pacing back and forth.
"That's the understatement of the year Mrs. Lin." Irma.
"A government agency knows about us." Hay Lin said.
"How did we mess up so badly?" Taranee asks.
"Will you guys calm down. Stan said they just wanted to talk to us." Neo said.
"Neo, you don't know what they do to people like us." Irma said.
"What do they do?" Caleb asks.
"They'll capture us, put us in labs and experiment on us or dissect us like frogs." Will said.
Gulping in fear, Neo stepped back.
"Thor what do we do?" Will asks.
"Well if things get bad, we're going back to Asgard what's your plan?" Thor asks.
"You think they won't find you?" Cornelia asks.
"Please, you mortals can barely get to your moon. Let alone Asgard." Sif said.
"What about Meridian?" Caleb asks.
"Bigger problems right now Caleb." Irma said.
"Yeah we can't save anyone if we're captured." Heather said when the door opens.
Scrambling all of them sat down and Neo yanks Rayla's hood over her head for safety.
"Ah good you kids took my message seriously." Stan said walking in with multiple men in suits.
Gulping nervously one walked up and took off his glasses revealing a man with short hair.
"Uh excuse me I think I have a to-go order under Phil Coulson." He said surprising them.
"Uh hold on." Yan Lin makes her way to the back.
Confused there was total silence on their side.
"Heard good things about this place." Phil smiles. "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Phil Coulson of SHIELD. I have to say it's a pleasure to meet all of you."
"Uh thanks." Cornelia said nervously as Yan Lin brought in a to-go bag.
"Here keep the change." Phil said paying her a 20.
"Yes sir." Yan Lin smiles.
"Thanks for helping us Stan." Phil said.
"Anytime." Stan smiles.
"So what's going on? What are you gonna do to us?" Neo asks.
"Nothing, we just wanna talk. I'm here to bring you all to meet with Director Fury." Phil said.
"Fury huh? Yeah that doesn't sound evil at all." Astrid said.
"Don't worry, we're the good guys." Phil said as the SHIELD agents opened the door revealing three vans. "Now if you'll come with us please. We have some people who want to meet you."
"Johan stay here in case anything happens." Thor said.
"Yes sir." Johan nods as the WITCH girls, Caleb, Mala and the Asguardians left leaving him alone with Mala, Yan Lin and Blunk.
"I won't lie Johan I'm nervous." Yan Lin said.
"Agreed, no matter how this goes done nothing will be the same." Johan nods.
"Blunk no scared, girls and Neo can handle it." Blunk said.
"If you say so." Johan said.
After traveling for a half hour they arrive at an airport where they were then brought to a jet that took them up in the air.
Inside it they were even more nervous than before, all except Stan and Phil who were enjoying their take-out.
"Mmm this is pretty good." Stan said eating his General Tso's chicken.
"Yeah I might have to go back again." Phil said eating some noodles.
Nearby Neo noticed Taranee scribbling something on a piece of paper.
"Uh what are you doing?" Neo asks.
"Just you know…writing my will against anything happens to me." Taranee said.
"Taranee nothing is going to happen." Heather said.
"How do you know that?! We're in a jet flying to who knows where with government agents surrounding us on all sides!" Taranee panics.
"Oh I don't wanna die, there's many things I haven't done yet." Hay Lin said.
"I've never had a boyfriend before." Cornelia said.
"Gee I wonder why?" Rayla said sarcastically rolling her eyes.
"Will you all pull yourselves together." Sif said.
"Seriously, this is pathetic." Astrid said.
"Interesting group you got there." Stan said to Neo.
"Uh yeah sorry this whole thing has everyone rattled." Neo said.
"Can you tell us anything about what's going on?" Thor asks.
"All questions will be answered when we arrive." Phil said.
"Don't worry we'll be there soon." Stan said.
"Where exactly is here? It feels like we're flying higher and higher." Will asks.
"We are." Phil said as they climbed out of the clouds.
"Whatever happens have your weapons ready." Thor whispers.
"Uh dad, I don't they'll be much help in this situation." Neo said seeing something.
Looking over they look in shock to see a giant flying helicarrier high in the sky. On the deck, it was lined up with jets and thousands of agents.
"We are severely outnumbered." Caleb gulps.
"Here we are. SHIELD headquarters." Phil smiles.
"Well didn't see this coming." Irma said blown away.
Landing on the helicarrier, they were escorted inside and needless to say all the agents were looking at them.
"You guess don't get many kids on this thing do you?" Astrid asks.
"Only special cases." Phil said leading them inside.
Making their way to a large meeting room, they see a man with dark skin and an eyepatch on his face waiting for them.
"Director Fury, we brough them." Phil said.
"Thank you Coulson." Fury said.
"And who might you be?" Thor asks.
"Nick Fury, Director of SHIELD. You must be Thor, god of Thunder." Fury said getting out of his seat.
"You would be correct." Thor said holding out Mjolnir to emphasize his point.
"Weapons on the table please. We don't want any trouble." Fury gestures to a small table nearby.
Narrowing his eyes Thor put Mjolnir down on it before walking to the table. Following his example, Neo put his sword down, Heather and Astrid put their axes down, Sif put her spear down and Rayla put her knives down.
"It's good to finally meet you all face to face." Fury said as they all sat down.
"So you're not gonna dissect us?" Cornelia asks and instantly Fury, Phil and Stan chuckled.
"You kids watch too many movies. We're not gonna dissect you, we just want to talk business." Fury said.
"Okay then what are you guys?" Will asks.
"SHIELD stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. We're a secret that maintains national and global security. We're the guys who keep an eye out for things most people don't." Fury said.
"Which is good because you only have one eye." Irma said as Astrid elbowed her. "Ow!"
"Irma not the time." Astrid growls.
"This is no time for jokes now we are dealing with powerful influencers here." Taranee said.
"You are correct." Fury said.
"So how did you learn about us?" Thor asks.
"It wasn't too hard." Fury clicks a button and the footage of the Destroyer appeared.
"The Destroyer." Thor gasps.
"I thought you guys put the barrier up so no one would see it." Neo said.
"We did." Will said.
"But not quick enough. Using this footage, we were able to make out 4 individuals." Fury said as images of Thor, Neo, Will and Jane appeared on the screen. "However when we went to investigate Thor and Neo had disappeared. So we focused on the witnesses we did have. So we asked our old friend Stan to keep an eye out for anything. Be our eyes and ears until the moment was right." Fury said.
"I came out of retirement for this gig." Stan said sitting down.
"Good work Stanely, amazing job as always." Fury smiles as they shook hands.
"It was a pleasure, Nicholas." Stan smiles.
"So you knew about Thor, Neo and Asgard but how did you know about Meridian?" Caleb asks.
"We keep an eye on a lot of things. Including what you've been up to." Phil said typing on a keyboard and multiple images appear on the screen showing all of them fighting off the forces of Phobos.
"And here I thought we were doing a good job covering everything up." Will cringed.
"You do but we're better at uncovering than you are at covering." Phil smirks.
"I'll admit this is impressive." Sif said.
"These guys are like super spies." Hay Lin said.
"From observing you all in these situations we've been able to see you all possess special skills and qualities that the world needs. This one and Meridian." Nick said.
"How do you know about Meridian?" Caleb asks.
"We make it our business to know these things. Including Asgard." Phil said surprising the Asgardians.
These guys knew their stuff and exactly who they were dealing with.
Back at the Silver Dragon, Johan, Yan Lin and Blunk were watching Mala pace back and forth nervously.
"You know Neo does the same thing when he gets nervous." Johan chuckles. "Sometimes I think if he paces too much, he'll make a moat."
"She's his mother alright." Yan Lin chuckles.
"I'm worried, they've been away for a while. I hope they're okay." Mala said.
"Don't worry Amora can use her magic to get them out if things get too dangerous. We just need to have faith." Johan said.
"Blunk should have gone too." Blunk said.
"We wanted to make a GOOD impression not make their noses hurt from your stench." Johan said when the door opens revealing Susan.
Yelping Johan shoves Blunk under the table.
"Uh excuse me Mrs. Lin." Susan said.
"Oh Mrs. Vandom what brings you here?" Yan Lin asks.
"Will has been out for a while and she's supposed to call me if she's gonna be out for more than 2 hours." Susan said.
Looking to Johan, Yan Lin elbows him telling him to come up with something.
"Uh she's with my students." Johan said standing up. "She seemed in need of a lesson."
"You don't have the half of it. I swear I feel like I'm at my wit's end with that girl." Susan said.
"Children are a challenge." Mala agrees.
"Wait I remember you. I saw you drag Neo and some other kids out of the movies." Susan recalls.
"Oh yes, I forbid them to go while I was away and I went to get them. They learned their lesson." Johan said.
"I could never get my Will to listen to me like that. I feel like she hates me sometimes. Your students must really respect you." Susan said.
"She doesn't hate you." Johan said.
"No I think she does." Susan said.
Getting an idea Mala nudges him again. "Distract her." She whispers.
"Uh if you don't mind I can share a few tips of mine." Johan offers.
"I'd like that." Susan smiles as they walked to a table on the other edge of the restaurant.
"That should buy us some time." Mala said.
"Clever moves General." Yan Lin said as Blunk popped his head up.
"Always make use of your resources." Mala smirks.
Back on the helicarrier, Fury had finished showing them the footage.
"So as you see, we've been watching you kids for a long time now. Dealing with all kinds of threat from Meridian." Fury said.
"So what is you want?" Sif asks.
"We want to help." Phil said walking up. "We can't let the public know about Meridian and you guys are making sure of that."
"So what is it you guys want to do?" Heather asks.
"We want to give you some backup. You kid can come in now." Fury calls out.
Entering from the back room, they looked at a red and yellow human-sized robot.
"Fury you cannot be serious the guardians you told me about are girls dressing for a Halloween party?" The red one asks.
"Hey watch it robot boy. Watch it or we'll send you to the junkyard." Will glares.
"Sorry let's try this again. I'm Iron Man or you can call me…" Iron Man took off his helmet revealing a teenage boy with smooth black hair. "Tony Stark."
"Stark? Wait I've heard that name before." Neo recalls.
"No way you're Tony Stark heir of the famous Stark industries I thought you were dead." Taranee said standing up.
"The rumors of my death are were completely exaggerated." Tony said.
"Tony here and his friends will aid you in these Meridian affairs of yours." Fury said.
"Wait you're saying we're getting help from a cutie rich boy I like that." Cornelia smiles.
"Gold digger." Rayla mumbles.
"What is that elf girl?" Cornelia glares.
"You heard me blondie." Rayla glares.
"Okay girls that's enough." Neo said as he and Astrid separated them.
"Stark you Rhodes and Potts will stay in Heatherfield and go to School with them." Fury orders.
"What School? Are you kidding me?" Tony groans.
"You're only 16 and I had a talk with good old Howard Stark and he agreed to stay away from NY For awhile. But don't worry Rhodes and Potts will go you." Fury said.
"Fine…but I'm not you're messenger boy Fury." Tony said.
"Wait, you said Howard Stark died." Neo said looking to Stan.
"No I said the article said Howard died. I just said it made cry, I never said it was real." Stan points out.
"Well you got me there." Neo said as Thor looked to Tony.
"Can you fight?" Thor asks.
"Oh yeah, I can handle myself." Tony smirks.
"Alright children it's settled you're our generation's new hope of heroes. Hope you survive the experience." Fury declares.
"Wow, you should have your own line of inspirational greeting cards." Irma gulps.
"So wait, what's in it for you? You're offering us all this, but what do you want in exchange?" Caleb asks.
"As long as you can protect the Earth from these types of dangers we'll consider it even. So long as you can keep doing it, we'll have no problems." Fury said.
"And say we do?" Astrid asks.
"Don't." Fury glares before walking out.
"Well he seems nice." Hay Lin said as everyone had different thoughts on this.
"We'll take you kids home. As of now we'll be dropping in on you from time to time to check on things." Phil said leading them out.
"Still beats being dissected." Neo shrugs trying to look on the bright side.
"Yeah but not by much." Will said.
An hour later they arrive back at the Silver Dragon to see a huge surprise. Susan was sitting with Johan talking and laughing.
"No." Susan smiles.
"I swear I'm not kidding.' Johan said.
"Master Johan?" Neo, Astrid, Heather and Rayla said surprised.
"Mom?" Will said equally surprised.
"Oh Will, there you are." Susan said.
"What are you doing here?" Will asks confused.
"You were gone for some time I was getting worried. Fortunately, Johan was here to keep me company." Susan said.
"You don't say." Will cringed.
"We have to do this again sometime." Susan said.
"I'll be here." Johan said.
"Great come on Will." Susan said walking out to her car leaving everyone speechless.
"Did your mom and our teacher just…" Neo starts.
"I think so." Will cringed.
"This day just gets weirder and weirder." Caleb cringed.
