Ghosts of the Past
Chapter 7 leads and practice runs
Authors notes I don't own Marvel Agents of SHIELD. All I own are my OC's Jack Williams, Shadow, the Katana Killer, Carl Berlin, Henry Radcliff and Cobra.
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The main pairings of this fic will be Phil Coulson/Melinda May and Jack Williams/Maria Hill but I might add others later on in the fic.
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Well that's enough of an author's notes on with chapter 7.
SHIELD Headquarters
Jack and Maria arrived back at HQ where Director Fury said "Carl Berlin will only talk you Jack, or Coulson or May no one else. Any idea why. Your paths never crossed when he was at SHIELD before?"
Jack honestly replied "I have no idea. Let's see what he wants."
Jack, Phil and Melinda entered the interrogation room where Carl was being held and the man said "I see you finally showed up. Better late than never. I suppose."
Jack glared at Carl while Phil said "Carl. 21 years ago you betrayed SHIELD to work for the Shadow. Why did you do it? What he offer you, was it money, power or something else?"
Carl looked at his locket and said "He offered me vengeance. 24 years ago I came home late for my birthday. When I got there. I found blood, only blood. No bodies. No notes from anyone claiming responsibility for the attack. I spent the next 3 years trying to find the attackers but to no avail. It was then that he appeared and offered me vengeance."
Flashback 21 years ago New York City
Carl stood outside the house and cried as he remembered what happened there 3 years ago on this very day.
A man walked up to him from behind and said "I can help get what you seek Carl."
In shock he turned to face this man who was wearing a black Skull mask that fit perfectly around his head and with lit up red eyes in the mask. Carl asked "What did you say?"
The man answered "Vengeance for your wife and daughter, I can help you get it."
Carl simply asked "Who are you?"
The man replied "I am the Shadow."
End of flashback
Carl said "Shadow has looking into recent missions your team has done Agent Coulson. He is impressed. Especially with the Calvary here, that mission in Bahrain. Incredible work."
Jack immediately had a hand around Carl's throat and said "Call her that again and the last thing you see before you die. Will be me ripping you throat out. We understand each other?"
Carl nodded as Jack let go and stepped back. Carl smirked and said "A person you have met is connected to the Clairvoyant. Ian Quinn. He is underground right now and can't be found. Not even we have been able to find him. Rest assured he will get what is coming to him soon enough. Now Henry Radcliff is giving Centipede their foot soldiers. He is in his mansion in San Francisco at the moment and he has many corrupt cops and city officials on his payroll. I can get several of you close to him if you pretend to weapon dealers working for one of my unknown alias as a cover. From there you can take him into custody while the Shadow has his men destroy Radcliff's mob."
Phil said "Alright. Myself, Jack and Melinda will go in and get Radcliff."
Carl smiled and said "Good. Tell Director Eye-patch. I'll need my phone to inform the Shadow about this and tell them to not even bother trying to trace the call. It goes to an untraceable phone."
Carl soon had his phone and made the call. Once the call ended Carl said "The Shadow is going to attack Radcliff's mob in the next 48 hours. That's your time frame. Go to San Francisco. Bring a crate of weapons with you and say Charles Bliss sent you. That will get you in the door."
With that Jack, Melinda and Phil left the room as they did Carl looked at his locket again with a distressed look on his face and whispered "Happy birthday my love."
Phil gave a briefing to the team as they headed to San Francisco. Skye, Fitz and Simmons were to stay on the plane while Ward would go with the others as their driver and as back up if needed.
Once they were done Jack headed down to the cargo hold to load up some weapons for the meeting with Radcliff and Phil followed him.
Neither man said a word to each other as Jack filled a crate with pistols and sub machine guns. Once he was done Jack said "You still love Melinda don't you Phil. I can see it in your eyes, so there is no use in lying."
Phil replied "You still have feelings for Maria. That much is obvious Jack. I can understand why you haven't told her. Losing Josh hurt all of us that day."
Jack said "I was thinking of leaving SHIELD once Josh was born. Maria was as well. Did I ever tell you that?"
Phil shook his head and said "I promise you. We will find Centipede and make them regret what was done to Josh."
Jack said "We'll also make them pay for what was done to you. If they try to come after you again. They're going to have to kill me first."
Phil said "If our roles were reversed Jack. I'd do the same thing for you. You know that right?"
Jack simply said "That's what brothers do. Look out for one another. My father always says that you're like a second son to him."
Phil asked "How is Graham?"
Jack said "My father is doing alright. Haven't seen him in a while. Working on the book made me very busy."
Phil then said "Call him Jack. We have a while before we get to San Francisco."
Taking his advice Jack took out his phone and called his father. The call was quickly answered and Jack heard his father say "Jack. Good to hear from you son. I've heard from an old friend that you're back with SHIELD and working with Phil again."
Jack smiled and answered "Yes I am dad. I'm guessing you learned about Centipede as well?"
Graham answered "I have. Seem like a group that needs to stopped as soon as possible. I know they tortured Phil. Fury and me still talk from time to time. Make them pay for hurting your brother."
Jack said "I will dad. I swear it."
With that Jack hung up and finished loading the guns into the crate.
Pyongyang North Korea
Cobra knelt down and aimed at the target, he smirked as he saw he had a clear shot at Kim Jong Un. He took a deep breath and opened fire once.
The dictator was shot in the chest and fell back onto the ground. Within moments he would be dead either from the gunshot or the Cobra venom in the bullet fired.
Cobra smiled and said "Over 3,500 yards. 2 miles away from the target. Good, the practice run is complete and I just earned 500 million from South Korea for killing that bastard dictator."
With that Cobra packed everything and headed back to his car which he acquired from the Chinese embassy easier to get help so that he got to China as fast as possible and long before anyone found out he was the shooter.
'Soon' Cobra thought 'I will kill my real target and be 1.5 billion dollars richer.'
San Francisco Henry Radcliff' mansion
Jack, Phil and Melinda exited the car as Ward stayed in the driver's seat and Phil said "Charles Bliss sent us" to the guards outside the mansion.
They escorted the three of them inside and led them to the office where Henry Radcliff was waiting for them.
The old man was talking with his lawyer Alan Barlow and smiled when the guards brought in the arms dealers sent by Charles Bliss.
Henry said "Good to finally meet you all. Now what weapons do you have for a sale?"
Phil and Melinda immediately opened fire with the Night-Night Guns on the guards and Radcliff while Jack knocked out Barlow with a punch to the face.
Once Radcliff was secure, the three of them left the mansion, quickly stunning any guards who got in their way to the car. When they were there. They got in and quickly headed back to the plane.
A few minutes after they left several black sedans approached the house, armed men stepped out of the cars and proceeded to kill everyone there.
Once they were done the leader of the strike team sent a message to the Shadow telling him the mission was complete. With that the strike team quickly left before the police showed up.
The Bus
Once Phil and the others got back on the plane, the still unconsciousness Henry Radcliff was handcuffed to a chair in the interrogation room by Ward while Phil contacted Director Fury to tell him that they had Radcliff and were heading back to headquarters.
Meanwhile Jack was in his room reading up on some of his old missions from 11 years ago. Looking for any possible connection to Centipede. So far he wasn't finding any.
He then left once Phil called over the intercom for Melinda and Jack to meet him in his office.
Once they arrived Phil locked the door and said "Director Fury just informed me that Carl Berlin had a USB flash drive in the bag her had with him when he turned himself in. He had a GB of info on one topic."
Melinda asked "What was it?"
Phil showed her some of the images he printed off and when Jack took a look he was surprised. It was photos of Phil and his team, but most of the images were of Skye.
Jack said "Melinda told me you're both trying to help Skye learn about her parents. Why would Carl Berlin have these images?"
Phil said "I intend to find out why when we get back to HQ."
When the plane arrived back at HQ Jack and Melinda brought Radcliff to a holding cell as the mob boss kept demanding a lawyer.
Getting annoyed at the yelling Jack said "A lawyer can't help you now Radcliff."
He laughed and said "The Clairvoyant won't abandon me like what happened to Raina."
Jack asked "What makes you so special?"
Radcliff smirked and didn't say another word as he put in a holding cell.
Meanwhile Phil entered Carl's interrogation room as the traitor asked with a smile "Did you find Henry Radcliff, agent Coulson?"
Phil took off his jacket, put it on the desk and started to roll up his sleeves. Carl stopped smiling and said "Did you find what was on the flash drive agent Coulson. Are you mad that the Shadow has been taking a special interest in your little protégé Skye?"
Phil disconnected the wire from the back of the camera in the cell as Director Fury was watching on and did not order guards to stop Coulson. Fury thought to himself 'Traitor deserves to lose a few teeth.'
Phil asked "Why is your boss so interested in Skye? What do you know Carl? You're his second in command. You have to know something. So tell me what you know?"
Carl asked "If I don't what are you going to do. Hit me?"
Phil answered "Yes." With that he cocked back his right hand and punched Carl in the face.
As Phil continued to punch Carl demanding answers and getting none. Carl's mobile phone rang.
Phil answered it as a distorted voice said "Agent Phil Coulson. Poster boy for SHIELD and man who came back from the dead. I am the Shadow. I think it's time we meet face to face."
Authors notes well that's chapter 7 completed please let me know what you think of it read and review no flames though ok.