Chapter 5: Plans and Strategies
"Where is the Tesseract?" The Chitauri leader growled.
"Why do you need the Tesseract? You were able to get into our world and out to ambush us." Nick Fury said tied up in a simple chair with wire connecting to a lever.
"That's for me to know and you to find out. But I'm going to need the Tesseract for my new plan."
"The Tesseract is where it belongs. Out of my reach and out of your reach. The human world and all the other worlds you plan on seeing."
The Chitauri looks at the guard and nods at him. The guard nods at him back and pulls a lever next to him. The power starts to turn on sudden loud screeches come from Fury. Once the power turns of, he takes a few deep breaths.
"You're wasting your time." He said looking down.
"We will be courting war on your planet. Only this time... It won't be for law and order. Not to rule the people but will be fighting until every being on the planet is dead." CL says smiling deviously.
"You're forgetting one little thing... The Avengers Initiative." The CL scoffs as he heard those last three words. He turns around shaking his head.
"They will reunite and fight until every being in your world is dead or out of our world again. And this time, they'll make sure you and your people don't come back." Fury continued. The CL scoffs and says,
"The Avengers…. How they can reunite and fight when their own leader isn't there anymore to lead and guide them into war?" Nick Fury then puts his head down and chuckles,
"I left my faith in good hands. Trust me; you have something to worry about." Fury says putting his head back up to smile at the Chitauri Leader for the first time he was captured.
Back at headquarters...
"So that's it. I've told you both everything." Natasha said to Steve and Tony back at the underground headquarters in the conference room. Steve leaned back on his chair and took a deep breath.
"So what are we gonna do now?" Steve asked as Tony sat next to him quietly.
"Well, before we plan our strategy, we better round up our team first." Natasha answered him as she flipped her short, dark, red hair.
"Just like Fury would do." Tony said still staring into space. Natasha looked up at him and smiled.
"Exactly," She said as Steve gave a look of determination. He was more than ready to get back in business.
"Ok, who's next?"
"I think you both know who should be next. Easy before hard, agree?"
"Agreed," Everybody said.
"But wait…." Clint butted in. "How do we now where he is? After last year's victory, Nick Fury stopped tracking down all of the Avengers and let each person go their separate ways. Dr Banner could be anywhere."
Everybody looked down realising what he meant.
"Yes, that is a pickle, isn't it? Well, Tony, do you know where he is?" Natasha said with her head still down. Tony then looked up at her and shook his head while saying,
"No, the last time I saw him was when he visited me at Stark Towers just after our victory. He only stayed for a month."
"And when he left, he didn't tell you where he was going?"
"Nope, well, I don't know, maybe. That was his business back then but he might have mentioned it when he was leaving Stark Towers. But it was long forgotten."
"Wait…." Steve spook up. "Does Jarvis record and have videos of rooms all around the house?"
"Yep, he has all the rooms bugged."
"Does he keep very old videos?"
"I think so; I always thought he stores them in some room somewhere in the apartment. I don't know Jarvis is the one that organises everything." Said Tony, Steve stroked his chin and then strategized there next move.
"Maybe if we can find the video, we can catch him saying his current location, track him down and explain to him the situation." Everybody nods in agreement.
"Ok, well that's our plan for tomorrow. It's going to be a long day so you two better get some rest." Natasha said standing up as the rest followed.
"Goodnight everybody," She said walking out of the room as the rest of them yelled out goodnight to her. Then after everybody said their goodnights they all went to their separate dorms.
STEVE ROGERS P.O.V.
Once I went into my dorm and closed the door, I managed to drag myself to the bed and I just completely flopped on it. It's been such a long and dramatic day. Learning all of that stuff of what happened to Fury and starting to help bring back the Avengers Initiative in just hours was a real shocker. I had so much on my mind; I had to get some of it out. So this is what I usually do. I know some of you might think this is be girly and high school-ish but when I need to get my thoughts out I keep a journal. When I write…. I feel relieved like my thoughts are going straight onto the page so I have space in my brain to think! (Sighs) Do you think that's weird? Well it gets weirder. You know how some people first start by writing "Dear Journal" or "Dear Diary"? Well, I start my journal by writing…. "Dear Peggy". (Sighs) I'm very embarrassed by it. It's hard to admit this but I miss her. So very much, she was the love of my life. And now I'm back 71 years later and I'm not with her anymore. She's not coming back. And it just kills me. I thought that after a year… that when I accept me being here 71 years later that I would…. Get over her but I can't…. How can you get over the love of your life?
So once I was done writing my journal, I put it back in my drawer and switched off the light. Once I lied down on the bed and put the blanket over me, I already started to close my eyes and fall into a deep sleep.
I guess that…. Because I write "Dear Peggy" at the start of my journal all the time, it's because…. I still want to think that she's there. Reading or listening to me whenever I talk about anything that comes to mind, what I did today, what I didn't do today…. I'm just…. pretending she's there because I can't accept the fact that she's not.