Hello there, True Believers! Welcome to another all-new and exciting installment of Spider-Man: Secrets of Oscorp! Nick Fury has summoned the Avengers for an emergency level 10 meeting! What does this entail? What does this mean for the future of Peter and Jessica? Well, you're about to find out! Excelsior!
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Chapter 9: Level 10 Emergency
45 minutes ago In Clint's Room…..
Clint and Natasha heard the emergency call from Nick Fury as Clint turned off his laptop and said to Natasha, "We haven't gotten a level 10 since the Battle of New York. This is getting really serious. I wonder if it's about the Dr. Doom's WMD's."
Natasha loaded and cocked her Lugers as she put them in her gun holsters on her thighs and gave Clint a sly look and winked as she replied, "We'll be fine. Just think about Budapest and we'll be just dandy."
Clint set aside his laptop on his bed and put on his Hawkeye helmet and equipped his bow and arrow. He then got grabbed his laptop to show the recon reports to Captain America. He then stood next to Natasha as he knocked on his steel desk three times. The desk slowly started flip itself over as a hatch opened beneath it and slowly started to lower itself in the opened compartment. As it was doing that, a secret passage opened as a part of purple wall in front of Clint and Natasha opened itself, revealing a spiral stairway.
Clint had a cheeky grin on his face as he looked at the secret passage and said, "I actually feel like we could use more level 10's, because I totally feel like Sean Connery in his prime right now."
Natasha rolled her eyes as she gave a quick glance at Clint and added, "And what does that make me, your Bond girl?"
Clint blushed at that idea and sheepishly looked at Natasha as he said, "Well…I guess if you want to be."
Natasha then replied with a smile, "I guess I'll consider it for now, even though you're more of a Robin Hood."
As they began to run up the stairs, Clint began to hum the James Bond theme song and Natasha twitched her eyes as she said, "You know, you are a little bit too chipper for a level 10 emergency."
Clint replied, "Well I am thinking about Budapest after all."
Natasha replied as she frowned at him, "You do realize there is no such thing as From Budapest With Love, right?"
Clint gave her a sly playful look as he said, "Are you sure about that…. Black Widow?"
Natasha blushed as she furrowed her eyebrows at him and retorted, "Stop associating Budapest with my favorite Bond movie! You're bastardizing it damn it!"
Clint laughed out loud as he replied, "Ok ok! But you know what they say…" Natasha asked, "What?" Clint replied, "It's a magical place."
As they kept going up the stairs, Clint asked, "Wait a minute, how are the others gonna get there?"
Natasha replied tonelessly, "We have Doctor Strange."
Clint scratched his head and said, "Since when?"
Natasha gave a long sigh of frustration and said, "Remember when Iron Man went MIA and we literally called in every single detective in the city to help out and even Doctor Strange's Astral Plane projections wasn't even able to find him? Well, we thought we could use his help in dealing with enemies who have otherworldly spiritual powers anyway so we recruited him!"
Clint replied sheepishly, "Oh yeah! But it's too bad that Matt Murdock couldn't join us though."
Natasha smirked as she replied, "He said that he was still busy dealing with Hell's Kitchen at the moment and still is dealing with it. He's a small operations kind of guy anyway so I don't think he would be too much of a help dealing with Dr. Doom's evil plans."
Avengers Tower At around the same time….
A man with a black hair with a considerable beard and a long red cape on his back sat cross-legged on his mat as he closed his eyes. He wore a long-sleeved blue silk shirt with an odd marking of silver mystical sign that looked like a letter "U" crossed with and "I". He also wore a golden necklace that had a large eye that was closed as it was tightly attached to his cape. He was meditating to himself alone in the lobby while waiting for everyone in the team to come to the lobby.
A man with a charred dragon mark on his chest that was uncovered by his unbuttoned green apparel rushed in the lobby. He was also wearing a yellow mask that covered half of his face that looked like bandana and sported yellow belt, gloves and boots. Behind him was a African-American man who wore a yellow shirt and brown khaki pants.
On the other hallway that was on the adjacent side, Captain America and Captain Marvel were rushing along with a man who with a short brown hair who was wearing thick glasses and a lab coat. And behind him was a woman with a short brown hair wearing a yellow and black striped skirt with yellow gloves along with black tights to cover her legs. She also was very tiny almost like a bee and had wings buzzing behind her back. Behind her was a short and stubby man running with Adamantium claws coming out of his hands. He wore a yellow and mask that covered his eyes and covered his ears as they twitched upwards covered in black.
The African-American man said to the man with a yellow bandana, "Yo, Danny. Have you ever teleported before?"
The man with the yellow bandana replied, "Not since the days when I was training to become Iron Fist."
The African-American man asked, "What's it like?"
The man with the yellow mask replied, "It feels like you ate 1,000 burritos at once."
The African-American man replied, "Lookin' forward to it, man."
Danny replied, "Hey, you'll be fine, Luke. Just think about giving a heroin dealer your good old titanium punch."
Luke replied, "A can of whoop-ass? I can deal with that."
On the adjacent side of that hallway, the man with the Adamantium claws said to Captain America, "Hey, bub. Where's goldilocks at?"
Steve replied, "He's in Asgard right now, Wolverine. He said that he'll meet us there in Fury's office."
Wolverine replied angrily, "What?! You mean he's in his flying castle right now and fucking drinking beer without me especially when it's a level 10?!"
Captain America replied, "Well, he said it was an emergency regarding Lady Sif, so I don't think he's going there to have a feast."
Wolverine replied, "Oh. I'll be the judge of that when he comes through."
Carol sighed as she added, "Logan. Also for the record, it's technically called Mead, which is not the same as the dog piss that you drink all day."
Wolverine growled, "Fuck you Danvers! I like my PBR's!"
The tiny woman with the buzzing wings, A.K.A. The Wasp retorted, "Guys! Can we just focus on the mission ahead and talk about beer later?"
The man with the lab coat said, "Yeah! I'm with Jan! But speaking of beer, I think my other guy wants a drinking contest rematch with Logan and Thor."
Wolverine laughed out loud, "Come on Banner, a rematch? So you can get your ass handed down again like last time?"
Wolverine then growled again, "God damn it, I was so close to beating him!"
Carol rolled her eyes as she said, "Ugh, boys."
They met up with Danny and Luke as they reached the lobby in front of the man with the long red cape. Captain America said to that man, "Sorry, Doctor Strange. The team got bigger in the recent months so that meant renovating to have longer hallways and more rooms so it took us a while to get everybody in time."
The man with the long red cape stood up as he turned around and said, "Don't worry, Cap. Anyways, everybody is all here and counted for right?"
Captain America nodded as Stephen continued on, "Ok. Everybody make sure to stay as close to me as possible. And if you haven't teleported before…." He looked at Luke as he took a gulp and said, "Well, you're gonna feel as if you've just been smashed like a bug for 5 seconds. Please try not to vomit."
As the team gathered close around Doctor Strange, he swung his cape around the team as a green light arose around them as they disappeared in thin air.
XXXXX
Nick Fury's Office in Level 7 of the Helicarrier
Clint and Natasha ran up the stairs as they reached Nick Fury's office. Natasha smirked at Clint as she said, "Beat you again."
Clint smirked back as replied, "Oh shut up. You know I totally let you win this time."
Then next to them a green light arose out of thin air as the almost of the rest of the Avengers showed up. Doctor strange went to the wall of the office as he motioned his hands and glowing purple lights came from his hands. He said to Steve, "Cap, as right now, whoever comes in this room will only see a empty office and they will not be able to hear us."
Cap nodded in relief as Luke had a wide-eyed expression on his face as he said, "Quick! Someone! Paper bag!"
Doctor Strange sighed as he pulled out a brown paper bag from his pocket and handed it to him and said, "Here you go, Cage."
Luke Cage quickly snatched the paper bag from Doctor Strange's hand as he threw up in the bag. As the team gathered in front of Nick Fury, Coulson, and his special agent, Clint said to Steve, "Hey, Cap. Where's Thor?"
Steve replied, "Emergency visit regarding Lady Sif." Natasha added, "Oh no, I hope she's ok."
Nick Fury cut in the conversation as he said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm sure we have many interesting things to talk about but we need to start this meeting as soon as possible because we have many things to discuss…. now where the fuck is the demi-god?!"
A beam of white light shined next to Nick as a tall muscular long blonde-haired man with a silver winged helmet and a large steel-plated one handed hammer came floating down. He wore a red flowing cape on his back as he wore a black armor with series of round silver plating on his chest. He had a bright smile on his face as he reached out his arms in the air with his trusty hammer, Mjolinr on his one hand and said, "My dear great friends of Midgard! I come to thee with news of good tidings!"
Clint asked, "What is it, Thor?"
Natasha asked, "How's Lady Sif doing?"
Steve said, "We could really use some good news."
Carol asked, "What's the good news you bring?"
Jan buzzed her wings and asked, "What is it, Goldie?"
Banner asked, "Did you bring more Mead?"
Logan said, "You smell like beer."
Thor then replied happily, "My lovely Lady Sif is pregnant! I'm going be a father!"
Everyone in the room clapped as Carol hugged him and said, "Mazltov, Thor! We are so happy for you two!"
Thor replied, "Thank you, Carol Danvers. This is truly a great day."
Steve shook his hand and patted him on the shoulder as he added, "You did it, man. The Avengers could not be any happier for you than this day. Tell her that we send good regards."
Thor replied, "You are too gracious, my friend."
Jan buzzed her way as she changed her form to her regular human size and asked, "Oh my god! That is so awesome! Did you name the baby yet?"
Thor laughed haughtily as he replied, "No, not yet miss Van Dyne. The name of our child shall be discussed in the sacred halls of Odin."
Logan crossed had his arms as he lay on against the wall with a smirk on his face and said, "It looks like the rematch between you, me, and Bruce needs to happen sooner than ever. Congrats, goldilocks. You're gonna be a great dad."
Bruce also shook Thor's hand as he said, "I'm happy for you, brother. Great news like this could not have come at a better time."
Thor smiled as he replied, "Aye, Wolverine. There will be many drinking battles and feasts to be had in the very near future, and thank you, Bruce Banner. Your words are truly sincere."
Then he looked back at Wolverine as he said with a cheeky grin, "By the way, Wolverine. For the record, I always smell like Mead."
Wolverine chuckled at that as Clint and Natasha congratulated him. Clint patted him on the back and said, "About time, Pops. Looks like the hulk is gonna have another sparring partner in next 10 years or so."
Natasha patted him on the shoulder as she added, "Can't wait to see what the baby looks like. Congrats, Mr. Asgard."
After the rest of the team congratulated him, Nick Fury stood up from his desk as he said, "All right, team. Listen up. I know that we're all happy for Thor and his Mrs., but we have a job to do right now because shit's about to hit the fan real quick."
He then turned his holographic screen that was still in a still-frame state and said, "What you're about to see here is a Oscorp footage captured by my very special lackey named, Jessica Drew who I'm sure many of you know as Spider-Woman."
Natasha asked with a smirk, "How'd she do?"
Nick Fury replied as he was about to start the footage, "She came back in one piece, and that's all matters. Although, she did kick herself for losing the target towards the end but we got what we needed."
He then looked at her and Clint as he added, "You two are in for some rough ride with this footage. I hope you're ready."
He then started the footage as the Avengers began to learn the shocking revelations that Jessica discovered on her mission. After the footage finished playing, Natasha became wide-eyed as she put her hand over her mouth and said, "So, he is a double-agent….and he was the one who killed Bobbi."
Clint clenched his teeth as he added, "When I get my hands on him, I'm gonna blow his fucking head off."
Natasha stormed over to Nick Fury's desk as she growled, "Nick. Clint and I need your permission to terminate this target. Do you know where that son of a bitch is right now?!"
Nick got up from his desk as he said, "Listen, you two. I know that this issue is very personal to you two, but you do realize that I just don't give out termination orders like Santa Claus, right?"
Clint pleaded, "Nick, this is serious! He killed a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent! Not to mention that he probably knows about all of our secret protocols if he's been able to stay in the shadows for that long."
Nick then slammed his desk and yelled, "Which is exactly why I'm ordering you and rest of the Avengers to take out this motherfucker!"
The Avengers stood there shocked as Steve said, "Nick. With all due respect, why not just capture him and put him in Ryker's Island just like the rest of the crooks?"
Danny scratched his head as he added, "Yeah, I haven't killed anyone or anything since I've slain Shao Lao back in the day."
Nick Fury sighed as he replied, "Believe me, you guys. That's what I want to do but we can't keep a guy like that in Ryker's, The Osborns and the rest of those clowns? Sure, they can be tortured and should be kept in the prison for a very long time, but this double-agent? I have no idea how long he has been in our ranks and he could very much know everything about S.H.I.E.L.D. including how to disable the security system in Ryker's, which means that we need to take him out as soon as possible."
Carol crossed her arms as she added, "I'm really surprised that you're doing this, Fury. I can't remember the last time you gave out a termination order like that."
Nick Fury added, "I know. This is the first termination order that I'm giving out this year and it will be the only one."
Steve sighed as he said, "Alright, Nick. But this is the only time, and I mean the only time that we're doing this. I don't want to jeopardize our team's reputation any farther."
Luke Cage furrowed his eyebrow as he said, "But man, do you really need all of us to take down one jackass in a Halloween costume? Isn't that bit of overkill?"
Nick replied, "Luke, we're dealing with a double-agent who killed our best S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with a level 10 clearance. And on top of that, he stole the Vita Rays from our container right under our noses and now fucking Justin Hammer as somehow managed to get him boxing gloves that are harder than Cap's shield. And this skull asshole probably has hundreds of lackeys on this ship right now so you do the math."
Steve interjected, "Yeah, we're gonna have to do something about the shield."
Nick fury looked at him intently as he said, "Oh, don't worry. We are working on a little something right now, so we got you covered."
Carol scratched her head as she said, "Also, what the hell is thing called 'Cure of Immortality'? It just seems like a really bad name for a weapon from a video game in the 90's."
Nick Fury added, "I'm not sure, Carol. But we need to find out what and where that is, and we gotta find it fast."
Clint raised his hand as he said, "Hey, you guys. What do we do about Dr. Doom? Because Nat and I pretty much have a confirmation that he's involved in this mess."
He then got out his laptop as he placed it on Nick Fury's desk as he turned it on to find the footage. He went through his files as he found the footage file that he and Natasha recorded on Latveria as he said, "Here's a demonstration of Doom's Death Star weapon."
The Avengers watched the weapon's demonstration as a gigantic laser beam shot in the air, the laser became spores that started to spread out through many, many miles.
Steve replied, "What's with the spores? They're not doing anything."
Nick Fury replied, "That's because he needs that damn serum."
He then got up from his desk and walked over to the Avengers as he said, "Ok, everybody. I have a Plan A and a Plan B."
Wolverine sheathed his claws as he said, "What's Plan A, bub? Do we raid Trask's little fun house and slash up his toys?"
Nick gave a snarky glance at Wolverine as he replied, "Not quite. That's more of a Plan B and I don't want this situation to get to the part where we have to go there."
Steve crossed his arms as he sternly looked at Nick and said, "So, what's Plan A?"
Nick Fury strutted around the room as he said, "Plan A: We take out this skull-masked jackass and find that Cure of Immortality as soon as possible."
Carol added, "And, what if that fails?"
Nick Fury looked out to his window behind his chair as he sighed and said, "Then, we have no choice but to raid Oscorp, and violate a major international treaty."
Steve continued to look sternly at Nick Fury as he said, "You do realize that the public is not going to be happy about the Oscorp raid, right? They have a very clean image in the public scrutiny. Not to mention that invading Latveria will most definitely cut the Avengers' funding from the UN."
Nick Fury walked over to Steve as he placed his hand on his shoulder and said, "That's why Plan A needs to be successful at all costs."
Jan questioned, "If we're all gonna be in this together, shouldn't we be looking for Tony? I mean, doesn't the Oscorp footage justify that it's not his fault that the Vita Rays were stolen?"
Luke crossed his arms as he replied, "Yeah, but how do we really know that it wasn't Iron Man's fault? I'm not buying it just because a couple of high-tech police officers are showing us a found footage film."
The female agent with long brown hair and maroon eyes standing next to Coulson perked up as she said, "Oh. That would be my cue."
Coulson then said, "Everybody, this is agent Skye. She's one of our top system hacking specialists in S.H.I.E.L.D."
Skye got out her tablet as she placed it on Nick Fury's desk. Then she swiped the screen and said, "Do you guys remember about 6 months ago when Coulson interrogated Iron Man in the Avengers Tower and he went rogue because he thought everybody was blaming him for the stolen Vita Rays?"
The Avengers silently nodded as she continued, "I managed to find a hidden security file from J.A.R.V.I.S."
Carol looked at Steve as she retorted, "We've looked a 1,000 times!"
Then she looked at Skye as she added, "Are you sure you found something? Because J.A.R.V.I.S. cross-referenced all the security footages of that tower since its inception! That's 50 years of history, you know!"
Skye smirked as she replied, "Not everything."
Luke Cage was baffled as he said, "What?! You managed to hack into Tony Stark's brainchild of the Tower and you've found something that even he couldn't?!"
Skye added, "Well, if Coulson could hack into J.A.R.V.I.S., then so could I."
Then she looked at Coulson as she added, "Although to be honest, he couldn't do it without my help."
She then swiped her laptop as it showed a holographic file on the screen above and said, "There was a hidden encrypted security footage file in J.A.R.V.I.S. that was recorded on the day before Iron Man shot out of the tower. And it took me almost 6 full months to crack the file open."
She swiped the holographic image with her two hands above the tablet as the file opened itself and revealed a recorded footage. She pressed the play button on the picture of the footage as she said, "Voila."
The footage began playing as it showed the man with the skull mask snooping around Tony Stark's hall of Iron Man suits. He silently walked over to the 2 Mark VII suits that were in their containers. He pulled out a remote device from his pocket and pushed a green button as those Mark VII suits launched from their containers out into the sky. Then he pushed a smaller button on the side of the remote controller as the two empty containers were filled up with Mark VII suits again out of thin air as if it never left the premises.
Doctor Strange was shocked as he said, "By the Vishanti!"
Thor was also dumbfounded as he added, "Odin's Beard!"
Luke Cage was also confounded as he said, "Yeah….what the hell just happened there?"
Bruce Banner approached the holographic footage closer as he observed the replaced Iron Man suits as he said, "Those are not Tony's suits. There's less plating on the ark reactor."
Skye smirked as she added, "And you are correct, Mr. Banner. You see…."She zoomed up in the neck of the armor of the Iron Man suit as it said with yellow print, H.A.M.M.E.R. Industries.
Coulson nudged Luke Cage on the side as he said, "She's pretty good, huh?"
Luke furrowed his eyebrow as he replied, "Yeah, no shit."
Skye glanced at Luke as she added, "Now, if you want to see more evidence, here is this."
She swiped the screen on her laptop as it showed footage of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts in a restaurant as they were having dinner together. Skye said, "I've bugged the ceiling of the V.I.P. table that Mr. Stark always goes to with Pepper. He always sits at the same place, so I put a micro camera above them."
Jan watched the video solemnly as she hovered in mid-air and said, "Poor Pepper. She still hasn't stopped crying after all these months!"
Steve also looked at the footage as he added, "That's why we gotta find him fast, especially now we know that it wasn't him who stole those containers."
He then looked at Nick as he said, "Have you found out any whereabouts of his location since then?"
Nick Fury sat back on his desk as he gave a long frustrating sigh as he replied, "Nope, Nada. Not a single damn blip on our radar. It's like he's literally gone off-the-grid."
He then got up from his desk as he said to the Avengers, "Speaking of gone off-the-grid, I'm here to tell you that this is the last time you'll see the real me because I'm also going off-the-grid until we sniff out all the hydra snitches on this ship."
Clint gave a cheeky grin as he said, "Bustin' out your old inspector gadget toy, Nick? How long has it been? Like 10 years?"
Natasha sighed as she added, "It's gotten that serious, huh?"
Nick walked over to a nearby closet as he took out a LMD that looked exactly like him. Luke Cage was baffled by its appearance as he said, "Whoa man, that looks too much like you."
Nick Fury smirked as he added, "That's why he's worth his money all right."
Steve looked at Nick Fury as he brought over the LMD in front of him as he said, "So, what happens from here?"
Nick Fury placed the LMD next to him as he replied, "Steve, Carol. If it's not much too ask, I'd like you two to stay in the Helicarrier for some extra firepower just in case we find that skull-masked goon."
Steve and Carol looked at each other and Steve said, "Sure, the sooner we find the skull-masked guy, the problem will be resolved quicker."
Carol added, "Yeah. I was gonna help out with my extraterrestrial department anyway"
Nick added, "we also need to find out where this mystery serum is and look for the guy with the skull mask as soon as possible. As far as Iron Man goes, Coulson has his own special force in Portland, Oregon and he's gonna be visiting them tomorrow. They've been looking to find where Tony Stark is all this time but still haven't had any luck yet though."
Coulson added, "But I feel we are getting closer to find about his whereabouts. So it shouldn't be too long before we find him."
Logan chuckled as he said, "Heh, you guys have your own X-Force?"
Coulson smirked as he replied, "Oh yeah. And they're much less annoying because we don't have Deadpool with us."
Logan laughed out loud as he said, "No Wade?! That sounds fucking delightful. Sign me up bub."
Coulson also laughed out loud as he replied, "Sorry, Wolverine. The roster's full. Maybe we'll hit you up next year."
Luke Cage scratched his head as he asked, "What's Portland like? I've never been out to the west coast before."
Coulson replied, "They have a great philharmonic with a fantastic principal cellist."
Danny perked up as he joined in and said, "I heard that there's lots of redwood trees there. Totally my thing you know, all that chilled-out zen stuff."
Nick Fury interjected, "Well then, today's your lucky day. Because I'm gonna be sending you and Luke along to help Coulson and his group for some extra muscle just in case shit gets awry. Is that ok with you Steve?"
Steve gave thumbs up as Danny and Luke cheered in joy. Then Carol's eyes sparkled and said, "Do you know what's really cool about Portland? They have the best craft beer in the fucking country."
Logan made a mocking face as he said, "Blargh! Craft beer is for fucking hipsters."
Carol scoffed, "Of course you'd say that Logan. You have no taste for decadency."
Logan snarled at her as he said, "You know what, Danvers? You've been really pissing me the fuck off today. What the hell is the matter with you?!"
Carol hissed back, "What the hell is the matter with me?! What the hell is the wrong with you, you fucking dog-breath?"
Logan glared at her as he said, "Hey! Nobody fucking calls me a dog-breath!"
Steve got in between them as he said to Logan, "Hey, you need to relax man. No need to argue over petty shit like this."
Wolverine scratched his head as he replied, "Ok, that's a fair point bub."
Then he turned to Carol as he added, "Babe. You need to compose yourself better than this. We have a job to do right now."
Carol sheepishly looked at the ground as she replied, "Yeah, I know. But you know how I am when it comes to beer."
Steve smirked at her as he added, "I know. But hey, I heard that they have decent craft beer recently in the helicarrier also. So, maybe we can grab a drink later tonight."
As Carol clapped in joy, Coulson said, "By the way, I need someone to fill in for Peter Parker's lesson because I'll be gone the whole entire day tomorrow."
Steve raised his hand as he replied, "I can do it. Besides, I've always wanted to have a sparring session with Spider-Man."
Coulson stuttered, "T-that would be amazing, Cap. He-he's also a big fan you know."
Steve scratched his head as he chuckled, "Yeah, I've heard."
Then he turned around to face his teammates as he said, "Make sure the tower stays safe. Tony would get angry if that place was got trashed."
Doctor Strange smirked as he replied, "Don't worry Cap. We'll hold down the fort."
Janet buzzed her wings as she added, "We'll take good care of Bruce and Hulkie."
Bruce then added, "No need to worry, Steve. Just go and do your thing."
Logan then said to Nick, "I'm gonna have my X-Force look for Iron Man as well. Let's just say that we'll be doing our own private investigation."
Nick replied, "No complaints here, Wolverine."
Thor added, "I shall be going back to Asgard for the time being. I need to tell Heimdall to look for Iron Man and our friendly skulled menace."
As Doctor Strange, Bruce Banner, Janet Van Dyne, and Wolverine stood next to each other, Doctor Strange said, "Take care, Cap."
Then he flipped his cape as they vanished in thin air. Thor also vanished as he floated in mid-air and disappeared from the room. Luke Cage and Danny Rand followed Coulson and Skye towards a secret exit as Clint and Natasha left the room by following the stairs they came from.
Nick Fury sat on his chair and said to the two captains of the Avengers, "I need to speak to you two about something."
Steve said, "Sure, Nick. What's it about?"
Nick palmed his hands together with his elbows on his desk as he added, "I need you to recruit Spider-man and Spider-Woman into the Avengers."
Carol was slightly shocked as she added, "But, Nick. Jessica's only been a full time agent for almost 6 months now and Peter's still going through his S.H.I.E.L.D. training. Are you sure you want them to join us? I mean, we've been looking to recruit them when they were older, but don't you think that this is too soon?"
Steve also said, "And no offense to S.H.I.E.L.D. but we take on much bigger and dangerous fish than you guys do."
Nick sighed as he replied, "And that's the exact reason why I want them in your hands."
He said, "Carol. You've been their principal for two years. You know that those two are bit of loose cannons. Someone needs to rein them in when we're not around."
Carol scratched her as she said, "Yeah, but they're with S.H.I.E.L.D. so why do you need us to take care of them?"
Nick looked at her intently in the eyes as he replied, "Because we'll need you to."
Carol Steve and Carol looked at each other in a confused manner as they looked back at Nick as he replied, "Listen, you two. Jessica is going to be acting on her own to beat these guys since she found out who the killer is and that's not a good idea considering the manpower that the Osborns have summoned. As for Peter….well, I'm sure you guys know what Harry Osborn did to Jessica at this point."
Steve and Carol silently nodded as Carol replied, "Yes, and what does that have to do with Peter joining us?"
Nick shut his eyes as he replied, "Well I told him what happened to her months ago and he's been taking this as a personal vendetta and he doesn't want anybody else involved in it, including the Avengers."
Steve scratched his head he replied, "Heh, looks like the scouting reports have been right after all."
Nick added, "I understand how he feels, but he needs all the help he can get so I need you to recruit both him and Jessica into your team."
Carol smacked her head as she added, "Peter's always been the stubborn one. I mean Jessica's stubborn, but he's really on another level of stubbornness."
Nick replied, "Also, I don't know if there's going to be S.H.I.E.L.D. anymore. If this hydra double-snitch as been able to hide in the shadows for so long, there might be more Hydra goons in this ship than what they're accounted for."
Carol had a worried expression on her face as she said, "They're just kids, Nick. They're still in their teens."
Nick Fury slammed his desk as he said, "Damn it, I know Carol! It's…it's just that if this shit goes all up in flames and S.H.I.E.L.D. becomes beyond repair, we will lose all of the national funding and our program will get shut down for good and someone will need to look after those two."
Steve gently patted Nick on his shoulder as he said, "Nick, you've worked too hard to get to where you're at right now. Everybody in S.H.I.E.L.D. has a family they need to take care of and if this program gets shut down, thousands and thousands of people will be jobless, and we are just not gonna let that happen. I won't let Peggy Carter's dreams and ambitions go to waste."
Nick Fury smiled at him as he replied, "Steve, remind me to vote you for president when you decide to run."
Steve chuckled as he said, "Thanks man. But you know that politics is not really my thing."
Nick Fury pleaded as he said to Steve and Carol, "Could you at least please recruit Peter and Jessica?"
Steve and Carol silently nodded as they began to walk out of the premises. As they were about to leave the room, Nick Fury said to them, "Oh and you do know that they have a thing for each other right? Maybe you could talk to them about how to work out their relationship and stuff."
Steve had a confused look on his face as he said to Carol, "Babe. What's he talking about?"
Carol playfully slapped his shoulder as she added, "I told you about this just yesterday! They totally like each other but they don't know that they're in love."
Steve furrowed his eyebrows as he replied, "Ohh….that story." Carol waved her at hand at Nick as she said, "Don't worry, Nick. You can leave that to us."
Congrats to Thor and Sif! Nick Fury is going off-grid! How will the captains of the Avengers persuade Peter and Jessica to join them? Find out next time in Spider-Man: Secrets of Oscorp! Excelsior!
P.S. I hope you enjoyed all of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. easter eggs and the Cameo by Agent Skye (A.K.A. Quake in the MCU)! As usual, please take this time to review my story if you can. Thank you again!
