So it goes with saying that only things I own with any connection to MARVEL I bought on Ebay or Etsy. MARVEL COMICS & MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE are their own creatures and I have nothing to do with either of them aside from the fact I enjoy reading or watching them, and am grateful for the ability to play in their world. I claim nothing, and I receive nothing for this, expect the pleasure of putting something out into the world.

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DAY FOUR

CHAPTER NINETY THREE

FRIDAY, MAY 4TH 2012

0347 HOURS

UNMARKED S.H.I.E.L.D GROUND TRANSPORT

INTERSTATE 70, CLAYSVILLE, PA 15323

RUMLOW

After we finished cleaning up that fuck up, and didn't find Pierce jr's body or body parts we had to assume he was alive and running. That meant we had to hunt him and put him down. HYDRA doesn't tolerate traitors, and I am more then happy to carry out that execution order.

I never liked him is a person and a S.O, even if I followed him. I always felt his heart wasn't in it, which since they told me he had a souped up joy buzzer in his eye, turns out I was right. There was also the part where he seemed to take particular delight in beating the street out of me in the beginning, but mostly, if I kill him this 'temporary promotion to captain of STRIKE becomes a permanent one.

Personally hope my unit gets to him first. With him off the reservation we aren't the only group out looking for him. Since anything and anyone connected to S.H.I.E.L.D isn't an option for him anymore, he's gonna have to find help from somewhere else. That's why we pulled up his old cases and are sending a greeting party to knock on all the doors of any unaffiliated organizations.

Our teams heading to NYC because there's a trafficking ring out there with connections to him, is well is the information i just got from the phone call with Pierce Sr.

"Okay boys..." Jacks driving so that lets me turn around and look at the men in the back. "good news, Apparently S.H.I.E.L.D's got Loki locked up in the Hulk tank."

That made the back break out in a combination of cheers and groans. Even if were HYDRA we can still take satisfaction in S.H.I.E.L.D's success. Especially when our organization just caught a 'god'. The groans of the group are those who are pissed they weren't part of that mission themselves.

"Now better news. He was alone. That means the only thing between us and the bitch or the bosses son are humans, so the 'do not engage' rules been lifted." Now its nothing but cheers.

"We need to start running on triple time though, Malick pulled some strings and were the only ones looking for the woman now so this windows to perfect to miss. And looks like we drew the right straw" Sitwell was finally able to come through with some info. They figured out that the alien pricks plan needs a reactor, and wouldn't you know there's one of those sitting in the basement of Manhattan's latest skyscraper. "Now...who wants to go kill the bosses boy?"

FRIDAY, MAY 4TH 2012

0534 HOURS

UNMARKED SEMI TRAILER

INTERSTATE 80, COLUMBIA, NJ 07832

ERIK

Loki said she needed to sleep because she would need all the energy she could muster for the fight, so I followed his instructions and left her alone. It wasn't hard really, since her section of the truck bed was pushed all the way to the back, nearest to the cab. But then I had to wait for the engineers to finish assembling the portal device.

Nobody seemed to notice or mind that I wandered off then, they probably just needed me out of the way anyways since our work space was so small now that we were mobile.

She was still sleeping when I parted the curtain a little to peek in on her, and I was going to leave it at that until I noticed the goosebumps on her skin.

"It will be perfect, when you wake up you'll see." After I replaced her almost empty IV I tuck her sheet neatly under her chin, the blanket isn't very heavy or warm, but it should help make her comfortable all the same. "When Loki takes over, he'll set everyone free." Tucking her arm under there takes a little more creativity so it doesn't tug on the tubing. "They'll understand, once they see."

"Doctor?" It's one of our guards whose voice and body pass the curtain. "They've finished the machine, it's waiting for the..." But he barely starts the last word before my eyes widen in excitement. "The iridium, oh yes!"

FRIDAY, MAY 4TH 2012

0613 HOURS

UNMARKED SEMI TRAILER

INTERSTATE 80, PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054

ARNORA

"It will be perfect, when you wake up you'll see." Those words won't stop echoing in my ears, like the distant sound of a human voice, indistinct but somehow crystal clear too.

My world is moving?