Chapter Two:
Meeting the Initiative
Jason arrives at the Baxter Building. Jason's nerves unshaken and relaxed, partly due to his "usual" for breakfast. He knows where he needs to go. Nick Fury briefed him extensively on the buildings lay out. Take the elevator up to the 30th floor then the air ducts from there.
"Piece of cake" Jason thought to himself as he passed through the Fantastic Four museum and gift shop.
"Invisible Woman huh, she's pretty hot." Jason said to himself out loud. "I got your Mister Fantastic right here."
"Hello Sir would you like to buy a Mister Fantastic stretchy doll?" the young woman behind the counter beamed ecstatically as Jason walked by.
"Hell nah… I mean sure baby I'll take one especially from you." Jason flirted with the clerk as he pulled his wallet out to pay.
"So gorgeous, what do they do on the top floors now that the Fantastic Four are away?" asked Jason gazing at the clerk as if he wanted her.
"Aw, nothing much Hun. As far as I know there a few rent-a-cops up there. What are you doing later? I get off at six." The clerk says adjusting the buttons on her shirt.
"Oh, you naughty girl you. I'll come back before I go and we can talk. I gotta run baby." Jason said as he grabs his Mister Fantastic stretchy doll and headed toward the elevator.
"She was hot. I just might come back." Jason thought to himself as he pulled on the leg of the rubber Reed Richards. "What a dumb power. Good thing he's smart."
"Huh, looks like the 30th floor is where I get off" Jason says to himself as the elevator doors open.
The hallway is empty and quite. Jason moves cautiously putting a black ski mask over his face. Jason knows he's being watched on monitors so he moves quickly. Turning corner after corner remembering the map in the file Nick Fury gave him.
"The ventilation duct should be right around this… oh shit." Jason stopped just as he got to the corner of the hallway. He could hear guards talking to each other. Jason thought to himself. "I hope these guys have more than flashlights" Jason thought to himself waiting for the opportunity to confiscate the guard's weapons for himself. Jason pulls out the Reed Richards doll and tosses it in the middle of the hall around the corner. Jason smiles as he hears.
"What the hell is that?"
"I don't know it looks like a toy." another guard explains.
Jason could hear one of the guards approaching. He readied himself for combat. The guard reached the corner as he leaned down to pick up the doll Jason lunges out with a knee strike to the face of the guard. Blood splatters up to the ceiling as the guards head flung back. Jason reaches for the guard's waist grabbing the gun from his holster and spinning the guard to face the other guard at the end of the hall. Gunshots ring out as Jason uses the first guard as a shield. Jason could hear the thud of bullets hitting flesh as his human shield has stopped struggling for life. Jason returns fire with the skill of a marksman hitting his target repeatedly in the chest. Still holding the first guard as a shield Jason busted thought the before guarded door.
"Oh, a utility closet." Jason said to himself laughing at how easy the mission had been so far.
Jason looks up to see the ventilation shaft that leads to the upper levels of the Baxter Building.
Meanwhile at Camp Hammond…
"Rhodey we have a problem over at the Baxter Building."
"What's going on Joe?" Rhodey asks as he walks over to monitors in the briefing room.
"There is a masked intruder that has just infiltrated Dr. Richards's lab." Joe explains. "We got him on camera since he entered the building."
"Who is he?" Rhodey asks
"Jason Evans, a private investigator out of Brooklyn." Joe answers with a smile on his face.
"Is he registered?"
"No he's a private citizen with no super human abilities" Joe explains. "He's taken out two guards already and has made his way to the lab."
"Lets see what some of our trainees can do" Rhodey says as he sits down at a computer screen next to Joe. "We'll send Armory's group to intercept this intruder. Find out as much as you can about this guy"
"I'm on it"
Back at the Baxter Building…
After making his way through the ventilation ducts Jason finds himself in Reed Richards lab. The lights are dim and it's very cold. The first level of the lab is an open space occupied by desks and tables with numerous experiments on them. Jason investigates further seeing a computer that has been left on. "Couldn't hurt." Jason thought to himself as he pulls a flash drive out of his pocket. Jason manipulates the computers security with his own know how and a number of access codes Nick Fury had given him. He starts to download all files. Now Jason goes up to the second level of the lab where he knows the armory is as well as the super-gene nullifier. He browses the selection of weapons as he pulls a bag out from under his sweater. Jason fills the bag with anything that looked useful; grenades, pistols, and other utilities. Jason moves up to the next level of the lab where he sees large refrigeration units. "Bingo!" Jason goes for the one furthest away. He knows it in there. He opens the door and sees it. Cases of syringes filled with the nullifier and a hand gun delivery system. He put it all in the bag. Jason's got what he came for. He heads down stairs to the computer to retrieve the flash drive. Jason puts that in the bag. Ding! It's the elevator door.
"Hello, hello, Jason. Come out we know you're in here." Cloud 9 says as she immediately flies out of the elevator to get a bird's eye view of the lab.
"Do you see him?" asks Hardball walking out of the elevator followed by Thor Girl and Armory.
Jason can see his opponents, while crouched under Reed Richards desk. "Looks like it's through the window for me. Shit." Jason thought to himself as he watched the young super hero's search for him. "Rookies? Come on. Give me a little credit." Jason pops out from under the desk firing the two guns he had gotten from the guards in the direction of Hardball, Armory, and Thor Girl.
"Look out!" Cloud 9 yells as she dives toward Jason.
Hardball and Armory take cover while Thor Girl rushes in Jason's direction taking multiple gun shots to the chest. She throws her hammer at Jason as she falls hitting Cloud 9 in the ribs as she rams Jason. Jason and Cloud 9 fall together back behind Richards's desk.
"Open fire!" Armory yells as she runs to Thor Girls aid.
Hardball stands throwing glowing balls of light in Jason direction. They miss smashing the equipment behind the desk. Jason sees Cloud 9 is knocked out so he pops up again firing while running toward Armory. Gun shots hit Hardball in the arm and he falls back. Jason reaches Armory, who is kneeling over Thor Girl, and kicks her in the ribs then pistol whips her in the face knocking her out.
"Armory what's happening?" Hardball yells as he ducks for cover behind a giant steel beam gripping his arm as blood seeps from between his fingers.
Hardball looks around the steel beam to see what has happened to the rest of his team. "Bam!" Jason yells as he punches Hardball in the jaw knocking him out.
"That's it?" Jason says as he laughs to himself." Come on kids that was pitiful."
Jason walks back over to Richards's desk to see Cloud 9 coming to holding her ribs.
"Hey, little girl, you're gonna fly me outta here or I'm gonna take this hammer you just took to the ribs and bash your fuckin' head in." Jason says standing over Cloud 9 holding Thor Girl's hammer.
Cloud 9 struggles to her feet. Jason quickly grabs her from behind putting his forearm around her neck.
"Through the window. Now!" Jason barks as the two of them smash though the giant window that faces the city.
Chapter Three: Wanted dead or alive
After the Baxter Building fight two guards are left dead, Thor Girl in critical condition and Cloud 9's been kidnapped. Jason has been put on New York's most wanted list.