Matt was napping when the quinjet set down in the small African Kingdom, Wakanda. Home of the strongest metal on Earth, vibranium, the kingdom was the site of many S.H.I.E.L.D operations and even more covert black market personnel. Not too long ago, Matt was here fighting the A.I known as Ultron with the Avengers. No matter what the media might have said about Tony and the Avengers about the psycho robot, Matt felt like the group had done well in stopping a global extinction. Ross and the United Nations might disagree, but Matt thought they did good that day.
However, following his dispute with Ultron, Matt was confronted with the next part of his vision of the future. Daisy Johnson, once known to him as Skye, had asked for his help in taking down an Inhuman. Matt was reinstated to his Level 8 Agent Status and he did a little background reading on the Inhumans. Alien weapons thousands of years old, awakening awesome abilities in the modern world, it was like a fairy tale. Daisy had asked for his help simply because Matt couldn't be controlled by the Inhuman. Hive, as he was called, was attempting to build a mass army of Inhumans and turn the world into his slaves. Luckily, Daisy and Matt took care of the threat, at a great personal cost to Daisy. While Daisy had lost the man she loved, Matt had found his once again.
"Wake up." Steve shook Matt softly, waking the man from his slumber. The sky was black with night and the jungle roared around them. Had Matt not been in an underwater prison not a few hours ago he would almost assume he was on vacation. T'Challa was waiting for them at the doors to a massive building. The dark skinned King was in a nice suit and tie, not his vibranium panther Matt was used to seeing. The King greeted Steve as he walked toward him. Both of them exchanged some words before T'Challa moved and allowed them access.
Nebula walked in front of Matt, her demeanor was that of a spoiled child. It occurred to Matt at that point that she was still a villain and had killed him two short years ago.
"So what, are you good suddenly?" Matt asked the blue skinned warrior as she kept walking.
"No, but with Thanos no longer protecting me and Ronan long since dead, I feel like it's best to hide out on this disgusting rock."
"We should've left you on the Raft." Matt scoffed as he began to walk forward.
"I think you should no longer look at me as an enemy, but do not look at me as a your friend." Nebula said thrusting her arm in front of him.
"Trust me," Matt said flashing his eyes at her, "I don't." With a thought Nebula was pushed out of his way and Matt was striding into the castle. Steve put a hand on his shoulder as he walked by, stopping him.
"You guys go ahead, we'll catch up." Steve said as he pulled Matt into a side room. "Did you over do it a little back there?"
"Not really, I've done harder things." Matt said briefly remembering fighting a whole army of robots.
"Okay, just making sure. Also, just because we didn't agree on the whole Sokovia Accords thing, doesn't mean I don't think of you the same way I did before. You're still my recruit." Steve said. Matt nodded his thanks. "She's waiting for you on the third floor in a room marked with your name." Steve said allowing Matt to walk passed him.
Matt tried to take his time reaching his room, but it wasn't possible. The two had reunited just before the war between the Avengers began. Taking a moment to catch his breath, Matt pushed the door open.
"Took you long enough." Casey said sitting on a chair next to a large bed.
"Sorry, was kinda stuck in prison." Matt said, realizing he was still in his inmate jumpsuit.
"Honestly, my time in Terrigenesis was faster." Casey said pulling Matt into a hug. Even now Matt couldn't bear to remember his horror when Hive went on a recruiting mission to Seattle. Fearing for his girlfriend, Matt flew to the city to try and save her. Dropping one Terrigen crystal was enough to make the entire public square infected. Casey was just on the outside of the shockwave, freezing as Matt flew toward her. The relief he felt when she broke out of it a few minutes later, now as an Inhuman.
"Well duh, minutes versus weeks?" Matt chuckled. "There's no math there."
"Says the one who didn't graduate." Casey countered.
"Okay, fair, rude but fair." Matt said shedding his jumpsuit, feeling truly free. Taking a quick glance back at his girlfriend he smiled, things were actually starting to look up for once.
Hey guys, just a quick short update. The next one will probably be delayed with events occurring in my life in a few days. I will update hopefully before August, until then thank you for reading. Much more to come after this. Reviews are great btw.