Neb: I do not own X Men Evolution. This is a fanfic about a team of OCs recruited by SHIELD. They are Section X.
"So your the plates I've heard about," a man with an eyepatch spoke up. Terrance looked back at him and sighed. "My name is Nick Fury, pleased to meet you."
"Vibrant picked that name for me," he explained. "I called myself Darksteel before being brought here."
"Darksteel?" the man laughed as he turned some pages in a file. "Sounds cool, but doesn't really explain your powers. Says here in what Ricky wrote was that you create plates the size of dominos. You use them to develop weapons, shields, and armor. Your real name is Terrance Westbrook a kid who's been playing vigilante by himself until a building dropped on him. That was when my men pulled you out of the rubble and repaired your body."
"And I appreciate that," Terrance explained. "I look forward to paying you guys back in the fight of protecting humanity from mutant threats." That was when the man started to laugh. That might be the front I put on for this team, but we already have the X Men and Shield taking care of that job. Do you honestly think the world needs another team for that."
"If not protecting the world," Terrance began. "Then why do all of this. Ricky thinks we are going to step out on a battlefield."
"You are," Fury admitted. "In dangerous times like these we will use all of our resources, and you are a resource, but that is not why I brought you in particular here. The team's fight might be against many mutants, but yours is against one." Fury handed a file over to Terrance that he skimmed through until he saw a photo of a girl with dark hair and blades coming out of her knuckles.
"Who is that?" Terrance asked.
"A potential threat to society," Fury explained. "She is referred to as X-23, a weapon created by an intelligence organization called Hydra."
"Ricky listed them as a potential enemy," Terrance admitted.
"What if I told you the real enemy may be Ricky," Fury pointed out and Terrance raised a brow at that. "He honestly has no Idea where she is, yet he keeps bumping into her. Makes me think that she is kind of like Vibrant's personal guardian angel given she keeps saving his life."
"So she's not a threat then," Terrance smiled and Fury shook his head.
"I thought so for a while too," Fury explained. "When harm comes to people she cares about, she's been known to.. lose control. She is a potential killer designed by Hydra for killing. A super healing immortal weapon that has anger issues. She can't feel anything else without having her rage take control. I don't want to admit it, but that is the case."
"So why not tell Vibrant to make sure she doesn't go crazy," Terrance asked and Fury didn't seem to agree with that.
"I like Ricky," Fury stated. "He's a good kid, with a great personality... But he's not level headed either. On the outside, he smiles, but on the inside, he is just as angry as X 23. Aside from that, he would never give away her position, even if it's for her own good. He's got that big brother thing about him that keeps people like you and his team by his side."
"I see why you picked me for this mission," Plates sighed. "It's cause I had an abusive big brother, isn't it."
"Now you understand," Fury responded. "I don't see you getting attached to Vibrant, which means you are the perfect spy for the group. When that is done you can get money, a place to live, and maybe even a team of your own or an office in Shield." Terrance remembered Vibrant telling him he wondered what they had four mutants in one building. Terrance now knew why. This wasn't a team, it was an ambush designed to take down a lunatic mutant.
"I like the offer," Terrance smiled. "If I'm doing good for the community, then I don't mind helping you guys defend it from your mutant menace."
"I knew you'd see things my way," Fury smiled.