True Beast 01: glad you like the story btw I started reading one of yours and I gotta say very impressive and enjoyable story thanks for your OC Dragon I hope he lives up to your expectations
Nobel Six : thank you kindly thank you for lending me your OCs.
Darkknight421993 thanks for reading and for gem hope you continue to enjoy the story.
Guest of honor coulson does seek help from his friends, when he needs them thanks for the suggestion.
Noname: I understand your concern I know ive been slacking on my stories but I do intend to finish them.
hope you all enjoy this next chapter.
Ava sat in her room nibbling on her pen as she reviewed her calculus homework, not that she needed to double check her work according to her teachers, despite wanting to finish her homework Ava seemed focus on seeing Coulson at that run down warehouse.
"What was he doing there? That warehouse isn't listed under SHIELD property" she asked herself, and she would know…she checked, yet Coulson was there for a reason. Ava nibbled on her pen while curling and stretching her toes scrunching her bed covers under her feet relishing the feel of her cool covers "Parkers gone Coulson's sneaking around this can't be a coincidence"
Her thoughts itched like an itch that she couldn't scratch egging her on to act on an impulse (devil Tiger suddenly appeared on her shoulder, "do it break into the record room dig up any evidence on Coulson we can…" devil tiger leaned close to tigers ear "…and maybe take a detour through web heads…you know for research and such") Ava set her book down and rolled out of bed, tip toeing across her room to the door. The halls were bare as she darted from doorway to doorway racing towards the record room.
She reached the records room faster than she planned, then again she expected at least some security, not that she was complaining since it made things easier. "Carlton, Colton, and Collin…"where the hell is Coulson?" she whispered flipping through files of SHIELD agents "come on even Fury has a file somewhere"
Ava was becoming irritated and it seemed like Coulson didn't have a file on board but that wouldn't deter her from finding out what he was hiding.
"Looking for something specific Ms. Ayala?"
Ava quickly whipped around to face a figure behind her but the light of the hall casted a shadow over them concealing their face.
The Cimmerian began its decent into Frankfurt Germany with Vexi at the helm and the boys in the armoury. Dragon tucked his Jutte into a brief case under his crimson cloak, Fang dawned a belt of a snow white wolf head with sapphire eyes while tempest and gem emerged from their cubicles dressed in suits. Then there was Peter in a hoodie and blue jeans "I might be a little underdressed for this event" he stated gesturing to his attire.
"I wouldn't worry too much kid the clothes don't make the man" Dragon told him "besides Fox has you covered" he finished as he led the others to the loading ramp leaving Peter waiting for Fox.
Shortly after Fox came from the armoury carrying a brief case "ok team you know the routine get to work, Vexi inform the ambassador that I'll be late. Peter you're with me we have an appointment"
"We do?" Peter quirked as he followed Fox to a separate car. "so my first trip to Germany and I'm getting dragged to some appointment with some mystery people….should be fun" the car rolled along the black top as Peter and Fox sat in silence for a short time staring out the window at the floor anywhere but each-other
"Peter if this team is going to function communication will be a necessary element so if there's something on your mind I suggest you speak on it" Fox told him.
"Where to begin" Peter breathed "you said you knew my dad but this…this is almost black ops stuff" he replied
"It is black ops Peter, Shadow Squadron was a sanctioned off the books team your father, myself, our teammates Alice and Coulson…"
"Coulson?" Peter inaudibly asked.
"…we worked for a windowless agency called Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
"Already knew that fox tell me about my parents"
"So why are we here? You told me you'd help find the creep who killed my parents" Peter bluntly stated.
Fox didn't answer right away, instead he reached for a glass bottle with a bronze liquid inside and poured it into a glass and took a mouthful "a promise I intend to keep Peter Senator organa was a former mercenary, he worked for the group we were sent to infiltrate, he was the one who revealed our actual identities and made us targets. He's the first stone of the path to getting the man who killed your parents"
The car began to slow down as it approached a small closed down tailor shop. Peter followed Fox inside through the main room to the back workshop where they were greeted by a whale sized bald man in a white suit leaning on a cane with a slightly shorter man behind him, he was built like a fighter but seemed more like the timid dog who had been beaten and behind him on the table sat two locked stainless steel suitcases "hello Mason welcome to Germany" the whale man chummily greeted as he extended his massive hand to shake Masons. "Your order has been completed and is present" the whale man gestured to the silver cases. Fox stepped toward to open the first box revealing a black suit similar to a shield operative suit only this one seemed a little heavier with an outline of a fox head on the chest. "Melvin has updated your suit as you asked and has delivered your second request" the whale man finished.
Mason massaged the material between his thumb and index finger before laying it flat in the case "Peter take these and go put them on that operative suit is light and breathable enough to be worn under this suit" he ordered passing Peter the two cases.
Peter took the cases and headed toward a change room when something caught his eye, a black helmet like mask hanging on a nail over a black leather jacket wrapped around a black shirt and cargo pants, the mask itself intrigued him it was gun metal grey with colored lenses in the eye holes. He couldn't tear his gaze away, the mask seemed almost hypnotic.
The others took notice of his fascination and Melvin stepped forward showing a hint of a smile "you like that suit?" he hesitantly asked, feeling slightly insecure no one had ever shown interest in his personal designs his employer and the vigilante devil of his old neighbourhood both had special requests for their armoured suits but here was this teenage boy mesmerized by his own designed suit, "This was the last of my original design the helmet double walled fibre resin stronger than your average motorcycle helmet withstands the harsher wipe outs, the jacket is a Kevlar bi-weave tear proof this baby will stop a knife and protects the wearer even from fiery crashes, the under shirts tri-Tanium weave reinforced armour around the chest and vital areas of the torso these sections are bullet proof but the sides are not as well protected or else it would sacrifice mobility the pants are just pants and the belt contains 6 compartments for carrying convenience"
Peter reached for the mask rolling in his hands and slowly brought it over his shoulders resting over his head "this is cool" he said to Melvin. The helmet fit like a glove, there was no loose wiggle room when he turned his head it wasn't heavy on his neck and he could breathe easy without overheating inside mouth piece "Melvin is this for sale?" he eagerly asked.
Melvin was like wise smiling to at seeing his work appreciated for its originality "you can have it youngster" Melvin replied "enjoy the party" he finished "Mr. Fisk shall I bring the car around?"
The whale man known as Fisk shook Masons hand again "pleasure doing business with you Mason I look forward to that favor" he finished and left with Melvin on his heels.
"You like that outfit over the one I ordered?" Mason asked shaking his head at Peter who was finishing trying on his new look "you look like a motorcycle clown"
"Really I thought I looked bad ass in the mirror besides your suit brandishes a giant fox head really inconspicuous" Peter bantered.
Mason shook his head and started for the door "put the suit on and let's go we have party to attend"
Ava stared at the female in the door way her hair was pinned up and her pants suit gave a very federal appearance "Angela? Is that you?" Ava nervously gulped.
The female walked from the doorway flipping on a light revealing agent Hill "not quite Ms. Ayala but funny you should ask that…" Agent Hill replied "your cousins here"
Ava went blank in the face. Her cousin was on board the Tri-carrier of all places, "did she say why?" Ava asked nervously feeling her legs begin to shake in her shoes.
"Actually yes. Something about your father's pupil" Agent Hill stated.
Once again Ava went slack jawed her father's pupil…that was someone she hadn't heard from or of in quite some time.
Ava followed Agent Hill to the interrogation room where she came face to face with an older Hispanic women also dressed in a black pants suit and a jade green necklace hung from her neck "hello Ava been a while" the women greeted standing to hug her cousin who returned the embrace.
"It's good to see you Angie" Ava replied "but how did you…?"
"it's the family secret Ava not just yours" Angela interrupted before breaking the embrace, then her eyes began to swell and her breathing tensed, Ava could see her cousin struggling to talk to her "I need your help Ava…Adam is in trouble"
And there it was. That lemon juice on an open wound feeling, Adam Ingram, her father's first trainee, (hers too for a short time) and her oldest friend was on her cousin's watch list. "Why is Adam in trouble?" Ava demanded trying to contain her disbelief of Angela's accusation.
Angela let out a heavy sigh and took her seat placing a thumb drive on the table "I didn't want to believe it at first Ava…about 8 months ago I was assigned to a task force to track down a special criminal gang they're controlled by this man" she handed Ava a mug shot of an older, vicious, looking man with scars and tattoos on his face and neck "his name is Ryan striker former special projects officer from Milwaukee, his father was William Striker and his brother was Jason striker, after his father was killed Ryan wanted revenge and followed on his father's experiments creating Mutant experiments to exterminate mutant population…"
Ava hung on Angela's words with baited breath, she heard of Col. Striker and what he did to Wolverine and her old training friend Deadpool and was now afraid he did something to Adam.
"…he improved on the original experiments, where William Striker had to operate and torcher his candidates to bind their D.N.A with stolen mutant samples, Ryan has successfully merged stolen D.N.A with viable candidates with no side effects he's created his father's weapons, Ava Adam works for him stealing classified files from governments, he's Ryan's pawn as is the rest of the crew Ryan assembled." Angela placed the thumb drive into a laptop that Agent Hill brought in and played a video showing a laboratory with a man wearing only a towel enter a gas chamber "this is April 25th 1995" the man in the gas chamber stood still as the chamber began to fill with a green liquid and several canisters were fastened to the top and sides, shortly after a large surge of electricity was applied to the liquid causing the man inside to spasm and torque around in the liquid. The camera zoomed in to examine as the man's flesh was scorched and torn open, his body was tearing open on multiple sections of his body. For 10 minutes the camera watched this man be torn to a chunk of scrap meat when finally at long last the chamber drained through the floor and the tank opened spilling the man onto the floor where Ryan Striker proceeded to inject him with several syringes into his liver, neck and base of his skull. Several minutes lapsed on the tape and what happened next made Ava's jaw drop. The man's wounds began to rapidly heal, his body began to look as if it splitting in two, before it did creating two of the same man for a 15 seconds.
"Striker's experiment gave this man the ability to heal from any injury or damage of any kind, as you saw he created a second image of himself." Angela then rolled a second video of the man and a small group of masked and hooded followers invade an office space where a man Ava recognized as a former S.H.I.E.L.D council member. They spoke as if they knew each-other and the councillor looked afraid, the mystery man whipped his sword across the councillor's cheek leaving a thin line of blood to trickle down before he waved to someone off screen."
Ava's heart plummeted to the depths of her stomach as she watched a younger male approach wearing a white and blue cloak and in the blink of an eye he raised his hand and a massive gust of wind ripped through the office launching the councillor through the window and clear across the roof tops. "Adam…no it can't be! He wouldn't!" Ava protested.
"It is and he did Ava. The boy you knew you is gone that's why I need your help, Adam might listen to you if you tell him to turn himself in and get help"
Ava continued to stare at the screen her eyes pooling with water and anger surging through her veins. Adam had betrayed everything her Father did for him and her "you want my help to stop them you have it but I bring my team along" she replied.
"Of course" Angela smiled back.
Coulson stood behind the interrogation window wide eyed and vengeful, he saw the recording on the screen to and made sure to clone it using the security camera in the room. He turned to Agent Hill who saw the anger in his eyes "you know something don't you Phil?" she asked him.
"I do, the man from the recordings was a friend of mine guess that now explains why he hasn't aged a day after all these years" Coulson went quiet for moment pondering something on his mind "Agent Hill send Ms. Ayala, her teammates and Agent Deltoro to the hangar bay there's something I need them to see" was he had to say as he left the room.
(shortly after)
Coulson returned to his secret lair with the recordings from Ava's cousins thumb drive and inserted it into the jets computer console "Vulcan run comparative software analysis on uploaded video and file video of triskilion theft" he ordered.
"as you request captain Coulson" the automated voice responded as dual screens appeared showing comparative algorithms, not that Coulson needed the comparison his eyes could see the similarities the way fox moved as he took down the guards of the councillors was the exact same way the triskilion guards were taken down "that traitorous bastard! He was our friend! Our teammate and he sold us all out!" Coulson roared as he threw his keyboard across the room shattering it on the wall. "You're gonna answer for this Fox by anyway I can I'll make you pay!"
Ava and the guys are joining Ava's cousin on her case but Ava seems to have a tie to tempest, what will happen should the two reunite?
Peter's dubbed a new costume ( would anyone like to venture a guess who its based on?) will this new look include a new persona?
and Coulson has had a dark realisation of his former teammate and wants his answers. how far will he go to uncover them?
thank you everyone for the great reviews, glad everyone is enjoying the story so far, as always ideas and suggestions are always welcomed A/N are still being accepted for later story arcs.