Nick Fury and Maria Hill looked to the sky expectantly along their Human and Skrull counterparts alike at S.W.O.R.D. headquarters. Fury's modified pager kept on beeping and beeping.
"C'mon, Danvers." Fury said. "C'mon…"
Thankfully, the screen flashed back Captain Marvel's logo, indicating that she'd gotten the message. Wherever Fury went, the pager would signal to whoever had the other one exactly where he was.
Fury's burner phone vibrated.
Photon: Nick, something happened to Lt. Trouble. I woke up and she wasn't there at my bed. Strange things are going on in Louisiana, it's like the rapture over here. You need to call the Avengers. You need to call Avenger.
Fury found Photon's contact, ignored her advice, and called her instead.
"C'mon, Photon. You're not on a plane. Pick up, pick up, pick up."
Maria Rambeau.
"You've reached the voicemail of Photon. Say your message at the beep."
"Beep!" Lieutenant Trouble's tinny, recorded voice added.
"Aw, no." Fury said. "Not them. Okay. Hill, call everyone. Call Barton, call Pym, call Rhodey, call everyone with a super-suit. I can pull a few strings given the circumstances, get the folks who shouldn't be wearing them a pardon from Ross."
A dozen agents began dialing numbers on their phones.
"Fury!" Talos said. "I got someone… What's that… Yes, Nick is here…. Mmm-hmm… I'll get him now."
Talos cleared his throat and spoke in Fury's voice this time around, casually putting the call on speaker. "Fury here. Can you repeat what you just said, please?"
"Hi. My name is Ned Leeds. I'm Spider-Man's guy in the chair, I run his day to day operations. He's on a mission right now, and told me to take all his calls until he gets back from space or wherever.
"Hold up." The real Nick Fury said. "Mr. Leeds, what do you mean, from space? Do you know where he is? Who is he with?"
"OH SHIT!"
The S.W.O.R.D. crew was now hanging on to every word.
"I'm sorry, it's just that my teacher just exploded right in front of me."
Roger Harrington.
"That's why we need Spider-Man, Ned. Did you see where Spider-Man went?" Soren said, speaking in Nick Fury's voice as well. "Did he swing off to help out with the ship that landed over Greenwich?"
"Yeah." Ned said. "Then the ship took off. Haven't heard from him in hours. We're all gathered at the gymnasium at our school right now, taking a head count. What should I do from here?"
"Ned, do what your friend would do." Fury ordered. "He's currently on a mission with the Avengers. Iron Man is looking after him. Let his aunt know he might not be making it home for wheatcakes. Let her know he's Spider-Man. Usually, I wouldn't tell you to tell other people that, and I know the little homie has the right to privacy, but this is an emergency, and we need heroes to rise to the call of duty. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears open, okay?"
"Okay, Mr. Fury. Sir."
*Boop*
"Motherfucker." Nick, Soren and Talos all said in the same voice.
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