Unforeseen Consequences
Chapter 6 Talks and plans
Author's notes I don't own Marvel just the idea for this fic which is set in an AU Along with my OC's Jack and Graham Williams and others who might show up in this fic in future chapters. Also, some characters will be OOC in this story.
I want to apologize for the long delay with this chapter. Had a lot of writer's block and I took a break from writing after one of my older sister's Mary died.
I'm dedicating this chapter and the story going forward to her. Rest in peace Mary. I miss you, I always will.
Plus, my dad has been unwell with health issues as well.
That's enough of an author's notes, on with chapter 6.
SHIELD HQ
Early in the morning, Phil Coulson and Melinda May were meeting with the members of the SHIELD Council, Graham Williams was silent, as Fury and Councilwoman Hawley were told about what Graham had done to Hank Pym.
After Phil told them everything and had shown security footage to them, Fury looked at Graham and said "Explain yourself!"
Graham said "I did what I had to do. I did not want to order it done. You saw from the security footage. I begged him, to cooperate. Begged him, but Hank would not listen! With the tracking tech he made, we found a HYDRA cell that had stolen Pym Particles and took them down, we dealt a blow to HYDRA, our enemies, the questioning of Hank Pym lead to that and saved innocent lives. My conscience can rest easy."
Hawley said "That does not justify what you had done, ordering non-SHIELD assets in CIA agent Burke to do it on a former member of SHIELD no less. Even if it did lead to us, taking down a HYDRA cell. Where are the Pym Particles your men found now?"
Graham answered "The particles are on their way to Hank Pym, who is working on a way to bring back his wife Janet, with SHIELD funding his work."
Graham was silent as the others debated on his actions and what should happen, it was eventually decided by a vote to suspend Graham from the Council, his vacant spot would be filled a level 9 SHIELD agent or higher, which only left two possible candidates, Graham's son Jack, or his ex-wife Maria Hill.
Graham said "Jack will not accept a position on the Council, he likes being more active in the field. Maria is the only logical choice."
The Council agreed and Graham left the room, and soon left the building as he was no longer a member of the SHIELD Council for the length of this suspension as Maria Hill was contacted by Fury himself and told to come to the top floor, where she would be told what was happening and given her seat on the council.
Coulson just knew one thing; Jack was not going to be happy about this when he learned what happened with Graham.
As Graham left the building, he took out his phone and made a call asking "How is her condition, any change?"
The person he called replied "Getting worse, we need to get Hank's help."
Graham just said "After what I had done to him, he would never take my phone call. He only accepted SHIELD funding for his plan to rescue his wife, because we have money and resources he needs."
The other man just said "I will go see him then. If it works and we cure her then what happen?"
Graham answered honestly "She can retire from SHIELD. She done more than enough to earn it. Unlike others, I wanted to see her get a cure."
With that Graham hung up and got into his waiting car.
South Africa
Near the coast, several boats headed to an old rusted ship that corrupt local officials made sure no one got near it. The armed men and women went abroad the old ship, The Churchill once used by arms dealer Ulysses Klaue and looked up and down to find what they came for.
Once they found the locations one of Klaue's old crew told them about, they contacted their boss saying "We found it sir. Vibranium, A secret stash Klaue kept hidden from the psycho robot Ultron."
Back from his base in Mali, the head of HYDRA's Africa cell, Atoea smiled, they had some of what they needed, that was the easy part. What would come next would be harder to do.
HYDRA would come out on top; it would just be a matter of time and Atoea could wait.
The old member of Klaue's crew was told that his information was correct and got his payment, a bullet to the head from Atoea's right hand man Davis.
Atoea ordered the team to get the Vibranium back to their base, The weapons researchers were dying to get their hands on the Vibranium, Atoea himself looked forward to holding some in his own hands himself.
With this, HYDRA would be unstoppable.
New York City
Pepper Potts the CEO of Stark Industries finished her meeting with the lawyers concerning the lawsuit being filed by the company against Hank Pym for the theft of company property and industrial espionage he had Scott Lang do.
The media had already picked up on the story as share prices of Pym Technologies was falling and falling fast over the revelation of what Hank Pym had done, with his hatred of Howard Stark being well known for years as it seemed that hatred had transferred to Tony Stark, which enraged a lot of people who saw Tony Stark as a hero.
Pepper then got a text message from Tony, asking if she wanted to have a nice dinner tonight at her favourite Italian restaurant in the city, she smiled and sent a reply that she looked forward to a nice evening with the man she loved and great Italian food.
Tony also looked forward to a nice evening of dinner and a night off from all the chaos that had been happening since what happened in Nigeria. It was like being on a non-stop train at times.
With the Accords being law of the land and SHIELD helping enforce it, some of the pressure was being taken off Tony's shoulders, who would not have to do everything himself.
Plus, other heroes who signed the Accords were helping law enforcement deal with criminal organizations, like the Group known as the Defenders in New York who took down several organized crime groups tied to Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin.
Also, Spiderman had taken down a group of those terrorists, the Watchdogs who were trying to rob a bank in the city to get money to fund their terrorism campaigns, Tony was proud to see Peter become the hero he saw he could be when he first met him. He had also signed the accords and Tony had gotten Peter's aunt May, a job in Stark Industries, which she happily accepted and he was not shocked when she and Pepper hit it off and became fast friends.
Though, the good mood from thinking about that went away quickly as Tony reflected on knowing about this Thanos from the Guardians of the Galaxy, the one who mind controlled Loki and sent him to Earth, he was a threat Tony had to plan for, with Bruce back along with Thor and the Asgardians who survived what happened to Asgard, and their new allies in the Guardians of the Galaxy, they now knew what was on the horizon and would prepare, he just hoped it would be enough.
Only time would tell and they had bigger fish to fry, for the time being.
SHIELD HQ
Loki was in a room he was given in the building, he knew why he was here, SHIELD wanted to keep a close eye on him as his brother worked to help the Asgardian refugees find a new home on Earth. Progress on that was being made from what Thor told him with leaders in Europe who were offering them a place to stay.
He was not going to protest this comfortable accommodation, considering the revelation he had been mind controlled by Thanos, it seemed SHIELD was prepared to not keep him locked up like a prisoner.
He was now a guest being watched carefully, some feared if he was mind controlled once, he could be again. He could see why they would be fearful; he would be too if the situation was reversed. Part of him was worried, Thanos might be able to reassert control of him again, which he hoped would not happen.
He was pulled out of his thoughts as Sif walked into the room and sat down in a chair facing him, she asked Loki outright "You banished me from Asgard for another reason did you not. Not just because of me starting to suspect you were impersonating Odin, you sent me to Earth to not just ensure it's protection, but because you did not want to imprison me or have me executed to keep your secret. You banished me to Earth, so I could become a better person, like Thor and because you have a crush on me and have had for a while."
Loki was silent as Sif continued "I am right, am I not. Funny, when you were telling that story of how you used magic to turn Thor into a pig all those years ago. It was funny then and it is still funny now. I always liked those tricks you played on Thor."
Loki cracked a smile and said "Part of the reason why I played those tricks was because I hated how you seemed to have a crush on Thor, following him around like a love sick puppy."
Sif answered honestly "I did love him once, not anymore. Jane is a good woman. I would not want to ruin that friendship by going after him. Besides, you are a smarter man then him, no matter how much he might deny that fact."
Loki laughed as he and Sif started to talk about what has happened with Sif since she came to Earth. She mentioned a show Thor liked while on Earth, Game of Thrones and how bad it got towards the end, not something Loki would tell his brother about, let him learn that for himself.
The two of them talked for hours, getting along, before suddenly, Sif kissed Loki, who was in shock for a moment, before he kissed her back. Nothing else needed to be said between them.
Wakanda
King T'Challa was sat in the throne room, looking at what was in his hands, he had been here for over an hour, after the diplomatic dinner ended to welcome US ambassador Dominic Walsh to Wakanda.
In his hands was the shield Steve Rogers had, the gift from the United Stares given back to Wakanda were it belonged after so long.
He thought of his grandfather, King Azzuri, the leader of Wakanda during WW2, who gifted some Vibranium to the Allied cause and this shield, which Steve Rogers had, was the end result of it.
He knew why Azzuri did what he did, the Nazi's and their ideology had to be opposed, it was pure evil, same with HYDRA. He would have done the same thing, but what would Azzuri say if he knew what that donation would lead to happening decades later.
T'Challa put the shield down and decided that tomorrow that Vibranium would be melted down and reforged into something else, something for Wakanda, maybe a symbol to show all the tribes were now united, together in peace with one another, a new age for Wakanda was at hand.
SHIELD HQ
Phil Coulson was looking over latest reports from other SHIELD bases on the efforts from strike teams to deal with the last of the terrorist Watchdogs, when he heard the door to his office forced open,
He looked up and saw Jack was standing there with a look of anger on his face as he asked one of his oldest friends "Really Phil? Reporting my father, the man who done so much for you to the SHIELD Council? This should have been kept quiet!"
Phil stood up and said "What Graham did. He crossed a line Jack, that can't happen without consequences."
Jack retorted "He did what he needed to do, so we could find and destroy more HYDRA cells and it worked, HYDRA no longer has those Pym Particles, who knows what damage they would have done with them. They could not be allowed have them in their possession. We are in a war with HYDRA, SHIELD is fighting for survival against an enemy who is not afraid to break every rule in the book if it meant victory!"
The two men kept arguing with one another, things got more and more heated as Melinda May came into the room and said "Enough! All the shouting in the world will not settle this, so stop before the whole building hears you, or one of you loses your voice."
Neither man said a word for a moment after that till Jack said "Then we settle this, like all SHIELD agents would settle things in a dispute. We go down to the gym and let our fists do the talking."
Phil said "I have a metal hand; it'd be an unfair fight."
Jack said "Remove that hand for the fight, I'll have my left hand tied behind my back, make it a fair fight, you referee the fight, Melinda."
Phil was silent for a moment, before he nodded and removed his jacket, before taking off his metal hand, as Jack took off his jacket and they headed down to the gym with Melinda in tow.
Once they were in the gym, the few agents there were ordered to clear out, Melinda tied Jack's left hand behind his back and once both men got ready, signalled for them to start going at it.
The fight went on for 10 minutes before both men were bloody and beaten, having got all their issues out as they embraced like brothers and apologized to one another.
SHIELD could not fracture now, not with HYDRA still out there with plans in the works and SHIELD would be there to put a stop to it, no matter the cost.
Author's Notes well that is the end of chapter 6, let me know what you think of it. Read and review no flames though OK.
