Disclaimer: I don't know Danny Phantom or the Avengers. I guess I should also include Marvel's Agents of Shield too.
Fury couldn't even remember when the members of the United Nations went to him and all but ordered him to take control of their new project they called SHIELD. He remembered being shocked though, because he proposed a similar project a few years prior. How long has it been since then?. A few years? Decades maybe? He didn't know because it all felt like a blur. Did he ever think in all that time that he would be hunting a ghost that looks like a teenager? No, never. Of course though, the Universe loves to throw him a curve ball.
"So," Fury said as he looked over the pictures of Phantom on a screen in the middle of his office. "These are all the pictures you could find of him?"
"Yes, sir!" one of the two soldiers next to the screen said. "He doesn't seem to like the spotlight too much, but a couple reporters were able to get some pictures of him when he was fighting a ghost."
Fury took a closer look at one of the photos. In it, Phantom was standing over two unconscious ghost octopuses with his foot on top of one of their heads. He seemed to be smirking at a couple of teenagers. Almost like he somehow knew them. Fury pointed at the two and looked back at the agents. "Who are these kids?"
"Their names are Sam Manson and Tucker Foley, students at Casper High. Their English teacher said that they usually hang our with another student of his, but he wouldn't tell us the student's name."
Fury kept staring at the photographs on the screen as if he was in a trance. "Those teens appear in every single one of these pictures. They must have some connection to Phantom. Get me the name of the last student and bring them all in for interrogations. I want to know what they know about Phantom."
"Yes, sir!" Both agents said as they gave a salute and began walking out the door. Fury let out a long sigh. He finally got a break to just relax. Even if it was just for a couple minutes. Or at least he would if Mr. Deggle hadn't run into the office and started panting.
"Ah, Mr. Deggle. You choose to come after all." Fury said sitting back in his chair. He tried to keep his cool even though he was a little annoyed for having his break interrupted.
Deggle walked over to Fury's desk and snatched the remote to the T.V. "Sir, your gonna wanna see this."
On the t.v, a woman from Amity Park's news agency was talking about the weather for the day. Fury was beginning to wonder why Deggle was so interested in the weather when thing began to get interesting. "We have two big stories for today folks. A source that wishes to remain anonymous sent us a picture of a dead woman holding her child."
The picture appeared on the screen and Fury immediately recognized it. "That's the woman one of our soldiers accidentally shot! I told you guys to bury that so the media couldn't find it!" Fury would've continued yelling, but the reporter wasn't done speaking. "She appears to have bullet wounds in her torso along with a trace amount of ectoplasm. Our source told us that it would be consistent with the new bullets manufactured by SHIELD. This leads us to believe that these two unfortunate souls are the first, and probably not the last, civilian casualties of this new warfare created by Shield. We recently got an interview with the family of the victims, but first our other story."
Thinking it was over, Fury reached for the remote to turn off the T.V when he was stopped by Deggle. "It isn't over yet."
"Time for our other story" the reporter said gaining the attention of both men in the room. "Local ghost researchers and anti ghost weapons manufactures Jack and Maddie Fenton have withdrawn their support for SHIELD after what they called a haneous assault on their son. They wouldn't go into detail, but it's safe to say that their son was shot by at least one SHIELD agent. We do not yet know the condition of him. Rest assured though, the Fenton's have vowed to stop supplying SHIELD with weapons. They are also asking any other manufacturer to halt their shipments of weapons to SHIELD. This is Harriet Chin, Action News."
Fury couldn't take it anymore and angrily grabbed the remote out of Deggle's hands. "This is all garbage!" he said as he shut off the t.v. I don't even know the Fenton's child much less hear of him being shot!"
Fury pressed the button to his intercom to his lieutenant. "Ms. Hill, organize a team of agents to secure the Action News station. I want them shut down immediately."
"Sir!?" Deggle shouted as he rushed to Fury's backside. "Isn't that a little extreme? You are about to deprive these people of one of their rights! Not only is this illegal but it will also help the anti-Shield sentiment grow in this city!"
Fury slammed his fist on his desk and all but glared at Deggle. "I am allowed to do whatever I want unless the council says otherwise! Until then, you will do as I say! Anyway, anti-SHIELD sentiment with grow with that broadcast on."
Fury sat back down in his chair and started rubbing his temples. He needed some peace. Something just wasn't adding up here. There was no way his men shot a kid without knowing it. He could care less about the weapons. SHIELD had already started their only line of guns and ammo, but this definitely wasn't going to sit well with the citizens in Amity Park. Who was this anonymous source anyway? He was somehow able to hack into SHIELD. Fury had to admit that was impressive. Too bad the man wasn't working for SHIELD.
"Sir?" a soldier asked as he stood before the director.
Fury checked the clock and realized five minutes passed. Deggle must of left the room when he started thinking. "Yes?" Fury asked.
"We found out the name of the third teenager. His name is Danny Fenton."
That there was enough to spark Fury's curiosity, but it was what the agent said after that that really shocked him.
The soldier reached into the folder in his hands and pulled out a picture. "Here is a photograph of the kid, sir."
Fury grabbed the picture and his eyes immediately widened. "What the hell is going on here!? Get the kid in here as fast as you can! He needs to answer some questions now!"
Maddie knew something bad was going to happen. She just had that gut feeling. Perhaps she should've been happy. After all, her son woke up a couple hours ago and, though weak, he seemed to be alright. There were a lot of questions Jack and Maddie were planning on asking him when he was ready, but Maddie felt like she would never get the chance. Call it mother's instinct if you will.
To distract herself, Maddie turned on the t.v. to the news and was able to see her old College buddy Harriet Chin give her two reports on SHIELD. Her heart clenched when the reporter brought up Danny being shot. How can she appear so calm and collected, Maddie thought. Doesn't she feel anything for him? She probably just sees him as another story.
Suddenly, the broadcast was cut off and all Maddie saw was static. This only caused Maddie's gut feeling to grow. Something wasn't right here.
Maddie could hear as someone came up to the door and started pounding on it. Every part of her body told her to not answer it and just walk away. She knew though, that she couldn't escape whoever was on the other side. It was fate for that door to be opened. "Jack!" she called out down to the lab. "Get the Fenton Ghost Peeler!"
With that done, Maddie slowly approached the door. Her hand hovered over the knob but she couldn't bring herself to turn it.. She knew what was on the other side and wanted no part of it. She didn't have a choice though, and she soon realized that when the door came crashing down and tens of SHIELD agents poured into her house and began searching every room. Maddie tried to stop then, but was immediately thrown to the ground and incapacitated by two agents. "This is outrageous!" she shouted. "Where's you warrant!?"
"Didn't you hear?" one of the agents asked while smirking. "The director took away everyone's first, fourth, and fifth amendment rights. He'll probably take away their second amendment rights too, but I guess that will come later.
Maddie struggled against her captives to no avail. "He doesn't have the right!"
"Don't you remember? Both the United Nations and the president have given him power over this city. This is just how he wishes to use it. And he can continue to until proven otherwise." the agent went in to kick Maddie in the head but stopped just before connecting and grinned. "You still have that right...for now."
"No! You will not take my son!" Maddie heard Jack shout from the lab. He came running up the stairs and collided with two agents, knocking them unconscious. Three more agents surrounded him though and fired three bullets into him. He fell to the ground bleeding heavily and unable to move. The only sign that he was still alive was his groaning as he layed on the floor.
The agent from before came from behind and knelt down to face Maddie. "Don't worry. He will be alright." the man said with mock sympathy. "Let that show you what will happen if you mess with us." the man turned to face another agent. "Now grab the boy and let's leave."
A scream came from upstairs where Danny was, but there was nothing Maddie could do. She lost and now her son was captured by SHIELD. They were most likely going to kill him and there was nothing she could do. She would've cried but she was too scared to even do that.
Mr. Deggle knew what he was doing could be considered treason and he would be executed if he was caught, but that didn't stop him from recording the message. It was the only way to end Fury's reign and hopefully save whatever was left of the man. He knew that the director was becoming more and more like a tyrant everyday and needed to be stopped. Of course he didn't have the power to do it, but three groups did. The mysterious council Fury got his orders from, the United Nations who created SHIELD, and the United States whose territory SHIELD was in. All three had the power to force Fury to stop. That is, if they knew about what was going on. Sadly, Fury wouldn't tell them a thing. That's why Deggle had to take action into his own hands.. He was going to send a message to all three groups and hope that one of them responds appropriately. This was a wild card though. Everything could go perfectly and SHIELD could leave, though Deggle didn't see that happening, Fury could go rogue forcing the United States to destroy the helicarrier and everyone in it, or this could spark another world war with the United Nations becoming fractured.
Deggle knew the possible options and decided to continue anyway. That way, even if he died, he knew he did the right thing. He pressed send and the recording was immediately sent to all three powers.
What did the message say? "Please send help. Fury is out of control. Preferable action is the immediate withdrawal of SHIELD and court martial of Fury. If worse comes to worse, the extermination of Phantom is requested."
Hi Everyone! It's been a little bit, hasn't it? Sorry, I've been busy lately and actually still am. I will try to update fastter though. So what did you guys (and girls) think of this chapter? If you have anything to say, then please review!
Reviews:
Inviso-Al: I'm an Ohioan and proud of it! I've even been to Cleveland a few times and it really isn't as bad as people make it seem.
Guest: Interesting little history lesson. I really should read up more on it. By the way, the beginning of this chapter wasn't supposed to undermine you in any way. I just thought that I should give some back story and since I already said SHIELD was part of the United Nations, I couldn't go back on that. I will probably use you information in the future. It all depends on how good I am at writing (you'll see what I mean later on). Anyway, thanks for the help.
