Hey, everybody. Back with another chapter.
Let's get to it.
Guest: I'll take some of those into account. Only problem with having Neal McDonough as Magneto is that he's already been in the MCU. He played Dum Dum Dugan, one of the Howling Commandos, in Captain America: The First Avenger.
Chapter 10- Hunting
Oliver and Natasha leap off the roof of the building after Moon Knight, landing beside another warehouse. This one is on the opposite side of San Francisco from the one where they set up the ruse to draw out Moon Knight.
Moon Knight motions for them to follow him into the warehouse. They go through one of the doorways and follow him through some large equipment and going up to the second floor of the warehouse, where they find a space cleared in the midst of some construction equipment, with the same kind of set up that Natasha saw in Moon Knight's hide out in San Diego before he cleared it out.
As he walks over to a statue, the same one Natasha saw in his lair in San Diego, he removes his mask and hood. As he approaches the statue, Oliver asks, "Who is that statue?"
"That is Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon. It was Khonshu who brought me back from death and gave me my powers," Marc says. Oliver just nods, wondering if that story is real or if it is a figment of Marc's imagination to explain something else that happened. But, he decides not to ask about that.
"So, Marc, is there anything that you know about your brother that could help us draw him out of hiding?" Oliver asks.
"My brother is highly arrogant. I'm sure you've both encountered your fair share of arrogance. But my brother is on the extreme end of the spectrum. He believes that he was also chosen by Khonshu, and that if he was blessed by a god, that he is almost invincible. However, he is also cautious. He served briefly in the military like me, so he has a strategic mindset drilled into him by his time in the military. I've tried setting traps for him before that he's avoided because he knew that I would have the advantage. He's not going to be the easiest person to bait out of hiding," Marc says.
Natasha thinks for a few moments about this, then says, "Well, our first move should probably be to see if we can find out where he might be operating from. If we use our facial recognition software and resources, we might be able to see if he goes out in public anywhere where a camera might catch his face."
"Randall is going to be careful. He's going to be careful about letting any person or camera catch his face until I'm dead. But, at the same time, he also knows the extent of the resources I have at my disposal, and he knows that on my own, I don't have the resources needed to try any kind of facial recognition. And I doubt he realizes yet that I have you two to help me," Marc says.
"Do you have any computer equipment?" Oliver asks.
"Kind of. I have a pair of laptops I use for my activities, but that's it," Marc replies.
"Hmm. I don't know if those will be sufficient," Oliver says.
"Well, then I guess we have just one option left," Natasha says.
(Avengers Compound)
"Are you sure that none of your teammates will see me here?" Marc asks. Oliver and Natasha had decided to secretly bring Marc to the compound so they could use their computers and facial recognition software.
"Yeah. They all went on a mission to India to deal with some terrorists at the request of the Indian government. They'll be gone for at least a day, probably longer. Nobody is going to see you here," Natasha says.
"Good," Marc says.
"Alright. Let's get to the intel room," Oliver says.
They make their way through the halls of the Compound in silence. It only takes them a few minutes for them to reach the intelligence room.
As they enter the intelligence room, Marc whistles a bit. "D***. You guys have some pretty fancy toys," he says.
"Well, we have Tony Stark financing us," Oliver says.
"Fair point," Marc says.
"Alright. Let's get to work," Natasha says.
(The next day)
Oliver walks back into the intel room, carrying some sandwiches. They've been working for almost 24 hours to try and locate Randall Spector, and so far, they've found no sign of him.
"I come bearing gifts!" Oliver declares.
"Good. I'm starved," Marc says. He waits for Oliver to walk over to him, and takes a turkey sandwich off the plate, instantly tearing a large chunk out of the sandwich.
Natasha smiles as Oliver walks over to her with the food. She leans up and gives him a kiss before saying, "Thank you."
"Any luck?" Oliver asks.
"What do you think?" Natasha asks sarcastically.
Oliver smiles a bit. "Come on. Be optimistic. We'll find him," he says.
Right then, he hears fingers snapping, and Marc saying triumphantly, "Or, more accurately, I just did."
The two turn to him and he turns his seat to face them, grinning triumphantly. The two of them hurry over to Marc's seat.
"Where? Where'd you find him?" Oliver asks.
"I just found this footage right here," Marc says as he points at the screen, "It's from outside a grocery store in Sacramento."
Oliver and Natasha look at the screen, and sees the footage Marc has found. It's a bit grainy, but they can tell that the face of the man in the video is Randall thanks to the photos Marc has provided of his brother.
"Alright. We found him. Let's get up there," Oliver says.
"Except what's your plan here, Queen?" Marc asks.
"I just found out something the other day. There's actually a weapons smuggling group operating out of Sacramento that has managed to gets it hand on some Chitauri weapons. The FBI hasn't managed to find where they're operating from yet, but our teammate, Batman, told me a few days ago that he was doing a little digging and thinks he knows the general area they might be operating out of. It's not going to be easy to take those guys down without making a scene. If you go after them, it might cause enough of a scene to attract your brother's attention. And once he comes after you, then the three of us take him down," Oliver says.
Marc sits there for a moment before his facial expression changes, and in a slightly more gangster sounding tone, he says, "Well you one crazy SOB, buddy."
Oliver and Natasha exchange a look. Marc's expression then changes back, and he says, "Sorry about that." He then grins at Oliver and says, "I think you're onto something Queen. Let's do it."
And, I'll end there.
So, next chapter will feature the fight with Shadow Knight. It should be up within a week or so. Until it is, please leave a review and stay tuned!