The Perfect One

by choejhulkp9

SHIELD. The Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division protects the world from a much weirder one. But they soon meet someone with a unique ability set that makes him a force of nature. One of Earth's mightiest heroes will turn into its last hope from total annihilation. You don't mess with Inhuman perfection.

4. The Royals meet the Perfected

Here is Chapter 4. Will is now officially a SHIELD Agent and an Avenger Candidate. His old life is gone and his new one begins. His journey has some obstacles but nothing he can't handle. His first mission it turns out takes him to the Artic where an O84 is called and he discovers it's not a weapon. Then he's brought to Antarctica where he finds himself in the middle of a bloody fight and shows why he is one of Earth's best defenders. And he meets people like him that can fill in the gaps as to who he is and why he's like this. Enjoy!

The Perfect One: The Royals meet the Perfected

Artic: October 2011

It's been about a month since Will became a full-fledged SHIELD agent/specialist and in that time, Coulson got him acclimated to how things worked. He was a level 2 agent considering he just started so he was kept on a very limited basis of information. Fury tasked Coulson to watch over him until further notice because of his unique situation. To everyone else at SHIELD, he was just a new level 2 agent who was supposedly gifted. Only Fury, Hill, Coulson, Romanoff, and Barton knew who he really was. His powers and abilities were locked under level 10 clearance level but his identity was a different matter. The only thing other agents would know about him was his name and that's it. Fury told Will specifically to keep his identity as much of a secret as possible. Obviously walking around SHIELD bases people would see him but unless asked by a high-ranking agent, he was not to give out his name. His designation at the moment was Agent O or Omega, seeing as Will still hadn't come up with a valid codename for himself. The Omega was something Romanoff came up with. It was in context with the phrase I am the Alpha and Omega, or the beginning and the end. The end of his old life to the beginning of his new one. Will wasn't sure how he felt about it but it would do for now.

He was on a mission to the Artic as SHIELD got a call about something found there. A Russian oil team found something odd in the ice and they were being sent to investigate. Will was decked out in cold-weather SHIELD gear and his new combat uniform Tony made. Tony took two of the Vibranium cores that Will kept and turned it into armor and weapons. Will's new outfit was a blend of special polymer blends and weaved material that made his outfit tear resistant along with a special Vibranium micro-weave mesh underneath, so his entire outfit was bulletproof. It was explosive proof to some degree, but Tony told him to not test that. The special polymer blends and Vibranium gave him the perfect combination of protection and mobility without extra weight but considering his new strength, it wasn't that much of an issue. Tony also made him special forearm guards and battle gloves. They were made up of Vibranium as well and Tony designed them as his main close combat weapons. His right forearm guard had two wrist-mounted retractable blades that extend to about 18 inches out. They were made up of a steel alloy/Vibranium combination, so they were deadly and could slice through just about anything. He left forearm guard had a small touchpad computer and miniature retractable arm shield. (1)

His combat outfit was partially inspired by what he wore on the island as it took the look of the hunting jacket he wore, but more refined and modern. His jacket and pants were colored black with streaks and lines of dark blue to help Will blend in for covert missions or urban camouflage…and Will liked blue as a color. Plus, it kind of fit since his powers seemed to be colored blue. He had two shoulder straps that held small explosive, flashbang or any other kind of specialty pellets and his handy pistol was strapped to his right leg with a holster for easy quick draw. He had a belt that would contain anything else he would need on a mission like extra ammo, tactical supplies, or anything of that nature. He had a small band of dark blue flechettes or small throwing arrows attached to bands around the ankles of his boots for quick throwing when he needed it. His hood was colored the same and Tony made a retractable combat mask for him. He pressed a button on the collar and it formed around his face so if he wore his hood, you wouldn't know who he was. The mask provided him with oxygen and filtered out smoke and toxins, had an advanced HUD display with a variety of complex vision modes. (2)

And the last thing he had were two small metal orbs made up of pure Vibranium. Tony used two of the three Vibranium cores to make combat clothes and weapons. The last core Tony purified, and Will managed to separate and compress them into two small metal orbs about the size of a half dollar coin. Will was able to use his powers to levitate and manipulate them. He could expand them into a flat circular shield or make Vibranium swords or anything he could think of. They were some of his best weapons as Will could shot them out faster than bullets and with them being Vibranium, they could tear through brick, steel and even tear up the ground with ease. (3)

They arrived at the nearby airbase and took a snowplow through a snow storm to the meet the Russian Oil Team. Will's jacket hoodie and combat mask were up as the snow would make just being in this weather tough. The snowplow drove them through the weather when they saw their contact standing in the snow with a beacon. The plow stopped, and they got out.

"You guys from Washington?!" He asked.

"We are!" Will shouted back as his mask was distorting his voice. "How long have you been on sight?!"

"Since this morning! A Russian Oil called it in about 18 hours ago!" He told them.

"How come nobody spotted it before?!" Agent Donnelly asked. He was one of the agents who was also on sight.

"It's really not that surprising! This landscape is changing all the time! Any idea what this thing is exactly?!" He asked.

"That's what we're here to find out!" Will told him.

"It's probably just a weather balloon!" Agent Donnelly said.

"I don't think so! We don't have the equipment for a job like this!" The contact told them.

"How long before we can start craning it out?!" Donnelly asked.

"I don't think you guys understand! You're gonna need one hell of a crane!" He told them as he and Will finally saw what the object was, and it was some kind of giant plane. Will had the SHIELD team on sight set up equipment and get the laser cutter to begin cutting a hole through the plane's hull, so they could see what was inside.

The laser cutter sliced through the metal and Will jumped down, his feet clanking on the metal of the hull. He pulled out a high-powered flashlight and began walking through the area as the other agents rappelled down and followed him. Will looked around and found himself in some kind of hull of a ship. He walked around and made his way to an open area when he noticed a lot of snow and ice piled up around what looked like an old chair. He shined his flashlight on the ice when his mask detected some kind of object in there. He focused his vision on the mound of ice and his mask showed some streak of red. He walked over and knelt by the ice, using his hand to move some of the snow off and what he saw made him speechless.

"Oh my god." Will said as Donnelly looked at him. "Agent Donnelly, contact Fury!"

"It's 7am." Donnelly told him.

"Then wake him up. This has been waiting here for long enough." Will said as he saw a red, white, and blue star symbol on a circular disk…the shield of Captain America. They immediately began excavating the area. With some time, they managed to get Roger's body out of the ice and they took him to the nearest SHIELD facility where scientists and doctors began thawing his body for analysis. It took some time, but they eventually managed to thaw him out and it seemed like there was no degenerative results of what happened.

The doctors detected faint heart beat indicating that he was somehow still alive. Will did a brain scan and found his mind was still active, but he was in some kind of deep sleep. And he found no issues with his brain function or any sign of damage. He checked the captain's memories and the last thing that happened was the Captain was fighting the Red Skull, the Red Skull disappeared, and the Captain had to down the plane to stop Hydra's attempt to wipe out the US. Once the Captain was thoroughly thawed out and stabilized, they had him transferred to the base in New York.

Will was in the New York base looking over some data the analysts were archiving about supposed 084 activity that had to do with some energy lab in California when the alarm went off. "All agents! Code 13! I repeat; All agents, code 13!" The intercom went off as Will ran out of the room and saw someone barrel through the guards so Will ran after him. He ran out of the building and stopped on the street as Will got a good look at him and it was Captain America.

"Captain, wait!" Will shouted as Captain America just ran down the road. "Dammit!"

Will activated his mask and followed him. He ran after the Captain and because of his enhanced physiology was he able to keep up. They ran for 5 blocks before the Captain found himself in Time Square, and in shock and confusion was frozen in place. Will ran up to him as other SHIELD agents began to secure the area and keep pedestrians away. "Captain, stop! We mean you no harm!" Will told him.

"At ease, soldier!" They heard as they saw Fury was there.

"Perfect timing, Director." Will said as he deactivated his mask but kept his hood up to conceal himself from the crowd. Fury then walked up to the Captain who was still confused as to what was going on.

"Look I'm sorry about that little show back there, but we thought it best to break it to you slowly." Fury told him.

"Break what?" Rogers asked.

"You've been asleep cap. For almost 70 years." Fury told him as Rogers didn't know how to respond to that. Rogers looked around at this new world that was 70 years from the time he knew, and he was no idea what to do. "Are you going to be ok?"

"Yeah…it's just…I had a date." Rogers somberly said as he realized that everyone he knew was likely dead. They took Rogers back to the SHIELD base and put him in one of their recovery rooms. He was given some food and time alone while Fury got things in order to take Rogers to the Retreat, a special room built by Bruce Banner where Rogers would stay for a little bit.

Rogers was in his room, listening to music when there was a knock at the door. The door opened slightly, and Will peaked his head in. "Captain Rogers, can I come in?" Will asked as he nodded. Will walked in, still wearing his combat gear but with his hood down. "I can only imagine what you're going through, so I won't ask you how your doing. I just wanted to check in. I was with the team that found you in the Artic."

Rogers looked at him and saw he was a young kid, probably in his early 20s. "Thank you for saving me." Rogers said to him as Will nodded.

"You're welcome. And I'm sorry it had to be like this and not 70 years earlier." Will said as Rogers looked at him. "I'm William Detmer. Just call me Will."

Will held out his hand and Rogers shook it. "How old are you?" He asked.

"23." Will said. "I'm a recent SHIELD Agent."

"You look young for this type of work." Rogers told him.

"You're not the first one to tell me that but my situation was a unique case." Will said as he looked at the food tray in Roger's room and levitated the jello off the tray and over to him. Rogers was in awe at what he was seeing. "The world's gotten weirder since you've been gone."

"Trust me, I doubt there's much that'll surprise me." Rogers said as Will chuckled.

"You'd lose that bet." Will joked. He sniffed the jello and pulled his nose away. "Yeah, I wouldn't eat this either. But I did bring something you might enjoy."

A bag behind Will's back levitated in front of them and placed on the table. Will walked over and took out a six pack of Orange Cream Soda, Root Beer and Dr. Pepper. Rogers chuckled as Will held one out and he took a Root Beer. "I haven't had one of these in years." Rogers said.

"I've experienced first hand the food here and it's not the best. And it's usually against protocol for this kind of thing but I've been known to bend the rules a bit." Will said as Rogers chuckled. He uncapped the root beer and took a sip, the familiar taste rushing down his throat. "How is it?"'

"Just like I remember." Rogers said with a smile as Will then reached into the bag and pulled out a bag of Salt Water Taffy from James Candy Company in Atlantic City. "James?"

"Yeah, you know James?" Will asked as Rogers looked at the bag.

"I remember taking a trip there once in 39. Place was a madhouse but sold the best Salt Water Taffy there was." Rogers said as he looked at Will. "It's still around?"

"Yeah. The boardwalk's changed but some stuff has stuck around." Will said with fondness.

"You know it?" Rogers asked.

"Born and raised in Atlantic City all my life. The Boardwalk is essentially my backyard. I figured you could do with some comfort food." Will said as Rogers smiled.

"Thank you, Will. This means a lot." Rogers said as Will nodded.

"More than happy to." Will replied.

"So, what brought you to work for SHIELD?" Rogers asked.

"They sought me out. I wasn't born like this…it happened to me. SHIELD found me eventually and helped explain what happened to me and they've been helping train me." Will said.

"Do you parents know about this?" Rogers asked as Will cleared his throat.

"They passed away." Will said as Rogers regretted asking that. "It's fine, you didn't know. But they're the reason why I'm here. The world's still a dangerous place and I've helped a lot of people so far. With SHIELD, I can help more."

"Well, the world's lucky to have you." Rogers said.

"I should be the one saying that. The whole world knows what you did during World War 2. The world owes you a great debt, Captain. Let me start to repay that." Will said as Cap looked down at the soda in his hand.

"You've already started." He said as he and Will cheers their drinks. They talked a little more as Will helped Rogers deal with everything and he felt that coming out of being frozen, having someone to talk to would help. Eventually, he was taken to the Retreat where he would stay for a while to get acclimated, but Will knew that Fury would want Captain America working with SHIELD.

Manhattan, New York: November 2011

At the UN Headquarters by the East River, dozens of delegates had arrived for a three day conference with the Human Rights Committee. Delegates from nations all over the world had come and it made Manhattan essentially a madhouse with the NYPD, the FBI, the NSA, CIA, and even SHIELD on high alert for anything to happen. Will arrived at the UN in his casual clothes and drove his dad's pickup truck to the service entrance. He was halted at the gate, but he showed them his SHIELD Badge and after they validated his credentials he was let through. They secured the container and the Security guards would help him escort it through the building after they did a security check.

King T'Chaka and Prince T'Challa were in a guest office to use for the conference at the UN. Since Wakanda was an isolationist nation with a few circumstances when the King ventured out, there wasn't an official suite designated for the Wakanda nation. The UN gave them a temporary one and once the King's special guard made sure the room was secure, they used it for their short visit to the city.

King T'Chaka was at a desk, looking over some papers as his son was staring at some of the stock photos on the wall. Some of the building when it was first built while others were of former members of the UN Staff and visiting ambassadors. They were brought out of their own thoughts when there was a knock at the door and Okoye walked in.

"My king." Okoye greeted.

"Yes, what is it Okoye?" T'Chaka asked.

"There is a visitor here to see the Prince." Okoye said as T'Challa and T'Chaka were curious as to who was here.

"Who is it?" T'Challa asked.

"He told me to tell you that he is an old friend from NYU. And that he would like the psychology notebook you borrowed back." Okoye said as T'Challa was a bit confused when he remembered something.

"Let him in." T'Challa said as Okoye nodded. She walked back out of the room and returned with two more of the King's special guard and the visitor and T'Challa instantly recognized him.

Will stood in the office suite feeling a little underdressed as everyone was wearing formal business attire, including the King and Prince while he was dressed casually. But he wasn't there for business, just for a visit.

"Will." T'Challa said as T'Chaka looked at his son in confusion.

"Yup, it's me. So, can I get my notebook back?" Will joked as T'Challa chuckled.

"I believe I gave it back to you after class." T'Challa told him.

"No, you didn't. I have a pretty good memory and I don't remember getting it back. Don't worry, I'll just bill you for it." Will joked as T'Challa chuckled. "Good to see you old friend."

"And you as well." T'Challa walked forward and shook his hand as Will shook back. "What brings you here?"

"I heard you'd be in town and I thought I'd visit. Plus, I have something to give you." Will said as he looked at King T'Chaka and bowed his head in respect. "King T'Chaka."

"Hello, I don't believe we know one another." T'Chaka said as T'Challa stepped forward.

"Father, this is an old friend from my time here in New York for school. This is William Detmer." T'Challa introduced his father to an old friend. "Will, this is my father."

"It's an honor to meet you, King T'Chaka." Will bowed his head in respect as the King bowed back and then shook Will's hand.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." T'Chaka replied.

"I heard about what happened to your parents, Will. I'm sorry." T'Challa said as Will nodded.

"Thank you, T'Challa. A lot didn't happen the way I thought it would in college but you adapt to what life gives you. And I've…made my peace with it at the moment." Will said as T'Challa nodded. "My life hasn't gone the way I expected it to but I'm good now. And my new life is actually why I'm here. I believe I have something that belongs to your country."

Will motioned them to wait for one second as he walked back outside. They heard something moving and Will pushed a military grade container into the room as Okoye and the other guards reached for their weapons. "Don't worry, it's not an explosive or weapons." Will pushed the container into the room and unlocked the latches. "It's something a little more valuable than that."

Will opened the container to reveal 10 cores of pure Vibranium. Once they saw what was inside, the guards lowered their hands as T'Challa walked forward to check that it was the real thing. He picked up one of the glass containers and looked it over to see it was real Vibranium. "Vibranium cores. Figured they should be returned to their rightful owners." Will said.

"How did you come by these?" T'Chaka asked as he walked forward and took one of the glass containers.

"It's a bit of a long story that I can't go into full detail but the gist of it is that a vacation with my friends didn't go as we thought. A little run in with some pirates led me to one of their cash troves and I found this there. Figured it was important. I brought it back to the states and when I learned it was Vibranium, I knew it should be returned to its rightful owners. It's why I'm here today." Will said as T'Challa looked at him. "Wakanda isn't exactly a Delta airlines destination and this was the only time you were in the city. I had to make it work."

"Well, thank you William for returning our stolen Vibranium to us. But may I ask how you know about this metal or about us?" T'Chaka asked.

"I'm not exactly allowed to say but Tony Stark helped me. Although it was a surprise to learn that T'Challa was actually a prince. If I knew that before, I'd have asked him to pay for all those lunches I covered him for." Will joked, causing T'Challa to chuckle. "Anyway, once Tony told me what this was, I figured it was best to return it. If the pirates had it on the island, it was probably stolen."

"Thank you, my friend." T'Challa said as Will nodded his head. "Any man once they figured out what this was would have sold it to the highest bidder."

"Well, I'm not like most men. It's against my genetic code to do something like that." Will said as T'Chaka was starting to view him in a different light.

"Thank you for returning this to us. If there is anything we can do for you, all you have to do is ask." T'Chaka told him.

"Thank you, King T'Chaka but I don't need anything." Will said as the King nodded. "I'll just take an IOU for the future."

"And I will honor it to the best of my ability." T'Challa said as Will nodded.

"Hopefully, I won't need to use it." Will said as he really hoped that he wouldn't need to use T'Challa's favor in the future and if he did…it wouldn't be because something bad happened.

Line Break xxxxx

Atlantic City, New Jersey: January 2012

Will was back at home getting some R&R after a few missions. He had recovered a stolen Encrypted Log key from a North Korean operative, help a team deal with a terrorist plot in Syria, and protect a SHIELD asset transfer to the UK. Because of his success, he had been promoted to a level 3 agent. He was given a few days leave for some rest and recovery, so he was using that time productively. He was in his kitchen having just eaten a nice hardy lunch and was working on a little project. Will liked working with Jarvis and liked the idea of having something like that to help in the field. He asked Tony for a basic neuromorphic matrix to build his own Natural Language artificial intelligence program.

Will was sitting at the kitchen counter, working on the program for his own AI. He used the basis from Tony but was building the rest from scratch. Kind of difficult but a few lessons from Tony and some research and he was familiar with what to do. He was just finished with programing the language software, so he walked up to grab a drink when his enhanced hearing picked up the sound of something moving in the backyard…much bigger than a deer or dog. Will walked over to the closet and grabbed his combat jacket and zipped it up. He grabbed his pistol, strapped it in place and slowly opened the door to the backyard.

"Hello?" Will called out as he kept his pistol holstered. "Anyone out there?"

He slowly walked into the backyard and looked around to see some bushes and tree branches had been knocked down. Will unclipped his holster and put his hand on the grip. "Whoever's out there…please get off my property!" Will shouted as he heard some movement so he unholstered his gun and pointed it at the trees. "I know your out there! Come out now!"

"I come in peace." He heard a male voice speak as a man walked out in a black cloak. "Relax, I came to find you. You're one of us."

"One of who?" Will asked as the man removed his hood and Will was frozen in shock. His skin was green, he had marks on his neck like gills and some kind of point on his head like a fin.

"We are Inhumans. My name is Triton. I know this must be confusing, but you've been exposed to Terrigen and you've changed. I came to help you. There's a place for people like us, for all Inhumans. The City of Attilan." Triton told him as Will was both intrigued and skeptical. "I came to bring you there."

"Look, I don't know who you are but I'm not going anywhere." Will told him as Triton slowly walked forward.

"Please, it's for your safety." Triton told him.

"I can take care of myself." Will read his mind and despite the crazy story, Triton was telling the truth or at least believed he was. With Will busy using his telepathy, Triton acted.

"Lockjaw, now!" Triton shouted as he grabbed Will and they vanished from Will's backyard and appeared in some courtyard. Will grappled with Triton and tossed him away, sending him flying through the courtyard and crashing onto a bench. Will looked around and saw civilians in the courtyard but then turned and saw a giant bulldog the size of a cow standing right there. The dog looked at Will and sniffed him when he heard rapid movement in the courtyard. He turned and saw people dressed in black military like clothing and armed with weapons.

"Halt!" The woman shouted as Will ran away, the civilians quickly getting out of his way as he was chased. Will put up his hood, activated his mask and called SHIELD.

"This is Agent Omega, requesting immediate backup at my location. Unknown hostiles are in play!" Will shouted into his masks communications link but there was no signal. "Dammit!"

Will looked around and saw clouds and blue sky, but he also saw a railing up ahead. Will stopped at the railing and saw he was in some kind of city and the courtyard was actually one floor of a massive complex. He heard movement behind him and more hostiles were coming for him. "Stop!" The woman shouted as Will jumped off the railing. She and the hostile ran to the railing to see the individual presumably fall to his death but to their surprise, he flew away and was heading to the edge of the dome.

"Engage Attilan's defenses and put out a wide alert!" She yelled into her comm bracelet and then looked at one of her men. "Contact Gorgon and alert King Black Bolt!"

Will flew through the city and noted a lot of the structures were unfamiliar to him. Bystanders who were going about their normal everyday lives looked up and saw a strange individual fly above them and head towards the dome. Will kept flying, thinking that he was getting away and would just fly to someplace he could call for backup when his danger sense kicked it, but he had no idea why.

It was too late as Will crashed into some kind of barrier and fell 50 feet onto the ground in a thud. The bystanders who witnessed the event just saw a strange man fly through the air and crash into the dome. Will groaned in pain as he retracted his mask and rubbed his forehead.

"What the hell was that?" Will stood up and walked forward when he hit the same barrier again. He touched it and saw that the clouds and clear blue sky was some kind holographic image. "Where the hell am I?!"

Will flew up in the air and looked around for some kind of exit. He flew along the barrier, hoping to see some kind of exit that led out of wherever he was, but he couldn't find any kind of exit. Will then flew upward, thinking that maybe it was just a wall like barrier, but his danger sense kicked in. He stopped to reached up and felt the barrier. He looked around and he was essentially trapped in some kind of dome. His danger sense kicked as he saw a bolt of lightning and a beam of energy heading for him. He raised his shield at the last second, so he couldn't raise a strong one and the impact sent him flying through the air and into a building. His shield had dented the wall as Will dropped to the ground and landed in a crouch in a courtyard.

The nearby bystanders witnessed the mysterious arrival land in the courtyard which was soon flooded with the Royal Guard and security. Will's danger sense kicked in as he rolled to the side and did a backflip to avoid being squashed by a large man with hoofs for feet. His impact cracked the ground into pieces and sent out a shockwave which Will managed to avoid because he was in mid backflip. He landed on his feet and saw his opponent, a tall black man with hoofs for feet. He charged at Will who ducked and dodged all his attacks with ease. Will ducked and did a leg sweep and then a spin kick to the chest, sending him flying away as the guards fired energy-based weapons at him but Will raised his telekinetic shield and blocked all them all.

An Asian man with face tattoos charged and attacked with a flurry of strikes and kicks but Will managed to block them all. Will grappled and locked arms with the man and used his enhanced strength to his advantage and threw him over his shoulder. The man got back to his feet as Will kicked out his leg, kneed him in the face and then threw him into a wall. Everything froze in place as the Asian man walked from his original place and looked at the situation, his mind going through complex calculations and probabilities as to what just happened. He analyzed the situation to the hundredth decimal for the hundredth time and realized that due to Will's enhanced physiology, he would lose in a straight hand to hand fight.

"Well, that won't work." Karnack said as he walked back to his original spot. "Let's keeps trying."

Will had just taken out Gorgon, so Karnack grabbed a stun pistol from a guard. "Let me borrow that." He said as he charged at Will. Will blocked and dodged all his attacks, locked his arm and threw him over his shoulder. Karnack got back to his feet and then quickly flipped to the side to avoid a leg sweep. Will threw out a spin kick as the man ducked and fired his stun gun, point blank at Will's chest and the impact knocked him to the ground. Will groaned as he felt his body seize up…he was hit with a stun gun. Karnack watched in amazement as the man managed to move. "Interesting."

Karnack shot him 10 more times and Will finally was knocked unconscious. The guards formed up and aimed their guns at the mystery man as Gorgon got up and walked over to his cousin. "Nicely done." He said to Karnack.

"It was a lot harder than it looked. It took more than 100 scenarios before I arrived at the favorable one. Whatever kind of Inhuman Triton brought here…he's unique." Karnack said as he zapped Will one more time and handed the gun back to the guard. "Restrain him and take him to Quiet Room. I want 20 guards stationed there. If he wakes, stun him again."

Auran nodded as she and a group of guards dragged the mystery man away while the bystanders were curious as to what was going on. "We must inform Black Bolt." Karnack said as Gorgon nodded.

Karnack and Gorgon walked to the throne room where King Black Bolt, Queen Medusa, Princess Crystal, Maximus, and Triton were waiting for them. Triton rubbed his side and shoulder as Crystal looked at him in worry.

"Are you all right, Triton?" She asked as Triton nodded.

"Yes, I'm fine. Just a little sore." Triton said as he rubbed his side.

"Couldn't handle this one on your own?" Gorgon joked as Karnack looked at him.

"If you'll remember Gorgon, this one also took you out with ease and would have finished you if I didn't intervene." Karnack snapped at him.

"It's not my fault. The man somehow knew I was going to attack and moved out of the way." Gorgon told him.

"Not hard seeing as how loud your feet are." Karnack replied. "But the situation is under control at the moment and he's restrained in the Quiet Room, my king."

"Might I ask why this situation was needed in the first place?" Maximus asked as he stepped forward. "Why was Triton sent to Earth for one human?"

Black Bolt hand-signed while Medusa translated. "This is no ordinary human. The seers detected an active inhuman signature on earth. The first time in millennium. I had Triton go down to investigate and ordered him to bring him back to Attilan." Medusa said.

"Which didn't go smoothly." Triton said as he pressed some buttons on his comm link and a holographic image was displayed from the ceiling which showed everyone what Will looked like. "He was very skeptical about what I said and didn't seem to believe what I told him."

"Which is understandable. It's the rational thinking when a transformation from Terrigenesis occurs. It's obvious this man doesn't know the history of our people." Karnack said.

"Is he the only one?" Gorgon asked as Black Bolt replied.

"Yes. The seers didn't detect any other active Inhumans on earth." Medusa said.

"Then why now? Why after all this time?" Maximus asked, curious as to how an Inhuman was transformed on Earth.

"We don't know yet. But we've sent Kitang to take a blood sample and run a genetics test to figure out his abilities. Once he awakens, we will hopefully get some answers." Medusa said as Crystal looked at his picture.

"He's cute." She said as everyone looked at him. "What? He's cute for an Inhuman from Earth."

"Don't get too attached, Crystal." Medusa said as Black Bolt also signaled. "Determining his origin is one thing…if he's a threat is another."

"From what I saw, I would say yes." Karnack said.

The Royal Family went their separate ways until half an hour later when Black Bolt summoned them to the throne room and it was urgent. "We've assembled, Kitang. Do you have your report?" Medusa asked.

"Yes, Queen Medusa and I can speak for the whole Genetic Council when I tell you that the individual you brought from earth is indeed Inhuman." Kitang said.

"So, he somehow underwent Terrigenesis while on earth." Karnack said as Kitang shook his head no.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. While his DNA does show that he is Inhuman, there is something else at play as well." Kitang said as he held up a tablet and projected the DNA and molecular breakdown of Will's DNA to show a very complex DNA structure that was more refined then a typical Inhuman. They thought that since he was from earth and he was likely a descendant of their kin that were left when they moved to the moon that his Inhuman DNA wouldn't be a pure as theirs, but they were wrong. The DNA showed that it was just as a refined, clean, and pure as someone from the Royal Family Bloodline. It was clear that Will was Inhuman, but his transformation morphed his DNA in a different way than they thought.

"How is this possible?" Maximus asked, curious as to how this happened.

"What's wrong?" Crystal asked.

"It would appear that his DNA has undergone a different Terrigenesis then you anticipated King Black Bolt. As we assumed since he was from Earth and most likely a descendant of the Inhuman line that remained there, his DNA wouldn't be as refined as ours, but the opposite has occurred. His DNA shows just a refined structure and makeup on par with yours, my king." Kitang said. "And its resulted in a unique powerset as well. His body has been enhanced to heights we've never encountered with any Inhuman. And his brain is supercharged resulting in telepathy and telekinesis."

"There's never been a recording of multiple powers with an Inhuman. What kind of Terrigenesis did he undergo?" Karnack asked.

"He didn't undergo a simple Terrigenesis. We isolated a unique subdermal radiation in his DNA and found a match in our oldest records…it's Primagen." Kitang said as everyone was frozen in shock.

"Are you certain?" Maximus asked.

"While it's been a millennium since our first King was changed with Primagen, we recorded its unique signature incase we ever encountered another meteor. Its signature is a hundred percent match to the DNA of our guest from Earth. It would also explain why his transformation is so different than we anticipated and why he has a more advanced power set." Kitang said.

"After all these years there was another Primagen meteor on earth. Brother, we must go down there now and recover what remains. If we recover it, think of the wonders it could do for our people." Maximus said as Black Bolt hand-signed.

"If Primagen is down there and still in one piece, we will recover it. But you must also be aware of the stories we were told. Primagen, while powerful enough to cause a greater Terrigenesis, is barely stable after one use. It if was used on this human, then it will likely not be there." Medusa said.

"We'll find out once our arrival wakes up." Karnack said.

Will was put in the Quiet Room after Karnack knocked him out. He was restrained with ropes and magnetic handcuff binds and put on the bed there with a whole platoon of guards outside the room incase he tried something. Will groaned in pain as he felt like he was run over by a truck when he felt someone shaking him awake. He blinked his eyes to adjust to the light and saw 20 men armed with guns all around the room and pointed at his head. He saw the guy with hoofs and the man with tattoos in the room along with a tall man in black clothing, a shorter one standing next to him, and a woman in a purple dress and red hair.

Will tugged on the rope and he knew he could get free of those easily, but the magnetic handcuff binds would be a little tricky. "Easy, we don't want to harm you." Karnack said as Will held up the magnetic handcuffs. "Anymore than what already occurred but considering what happened, we needed to take precautions."

"You did cause a bit of a ruckus." Gorgon said.

"Sorry, but in my experience when a stranger brings you to some mysterious city with no apparent way out it's a perfectly reasonable response to cause a bit of a ruckus." Will said as he was using his telekinesis to undo the screws on the magnetic binds. "Where am I?"

"Attilan, home of the Inhumans." Medusa said as Will was confused.

"I'm guessing that's not in New Jersey." Will said as Medusa was confused. "Why am I here? Who do you work for? The North Koreans? Syria?"

Everyone looked at each other confused as Black Bolt hand-signed. "We mean you no harm, I can assure you. The binds and rope are for our protection." Medusa said.

"Why did you bring me here? What's all this for?" Will asked.

"We brought you here to keep you safe. You've experienced a big change as your life as a human is over and your journey as an Inhuman starts now." Karnack said as Will was confused.

"Ok, what's an Inhuman? You keep saying that so what does it mean? And who are you people?" Will asked, wanting some answers as Karnack stepped forward.

"Perhaps we should answer the first question. It'll help with the others. Do you believe in life existing beyond earth?" Karnack asked as Will curiously looked at him.

"I do." Will said as Karnack nodded.

"Then this will be a lot easier for you to take. Eons ago, an alien race known as the Kree were engaged in a massive intergalactic war. During that war, they needed to create something that would aid them in their conflict and that led them to earth. Kree scientists engaged in an experiment with the local population which happened to be mankind's earliest ancestors. These experiments were to create weapons for them to use and it resulted in the Inhumans. All of us here in the City of Attilan are of Inhuman blood…as are you." Karnack said as Will looked at him.

Will took a second to take all this in. He had read Karnack's mind and he was telling the truth. Coulson and Fury did tell Will that his DNA wasn't human and that the likely explanation was that he was part alien, and this only proved that they were right. But the whole story about some race called the Kree and ancient human experiments was a lot to take in. "How can we be Inhuman? I don't understand."

"The experiments were a success and our race was born, all of us with the genetic potential to transform and be something more. Another Kree faction came to earth and stopped the experiments. Our earliest Inhuman ancestors remained on earth and the Inhuman gene was passed through generations. After years of conflict with humans, we left the planet and came to the moon to establish Attilan." Karnack said as Will chuckled.

"Right, the moon? We're in a dome city on the moon." Will chuckled as he saw they were confused. "You're serious? We're on the freaking moon?! That's impossible! The US had astronauts land on the moon years ago and we've had satellites up since the 60s."

"We've taken measures so that our city isn't seen." Gorgon said as Will thought for a moment.

"To keep people from knowing about you, because if they know it wouldn't lead to benevolent means." Will understood why they did that. History was already full of examples of mankind's cruelty against one another. Against Inhumans, he didn't even want to think of what would happen. But he was curious about something if he was supposedly an Inhuman. "Ok, if you're all descendants of the original Inhumans and the gene is passed down, does the transformation trigger like puberty?"

Medusa looked at Black Bolt who nodded to her and he signed. "No. Before our transformation we share no discernable differences from humans except for our genetic makeup. But in order for us to undergo the transformation known as Terrigenesis and fully change into an Inhuman, we must be exposed to a compound known as Terrigen." Medusa said as Karnack held up a small blue crystal that Will noticed looked similar to the meteor that gave him his powers. "Once we're exposed to the Terrigen, we undergo Terrigenesis and become Inhuman." Medusa said as Will absorbed all this information.

"Ok, while I appreciate you being up front and honest with me, I think you've got me mixed up with someone else. I'm not an Inhuman. The thing that changed me and gave me my powers didn't look like that." Will told them.

"Did it look like this?" Kitang pressed a few buttons on his tablet and a small holographic image was projected out. Will looked and saw it was an image of the same meteor that gave him his powers and the one he found on the island. Will did his best to hide his reaction but they could all tell that he recognized it.

"What is that?" Will asked.

"It's known as Primagen." Kitang said as Will looked at him. "It's one of the rarest compounds in the entire universe. It was said that this element was responsible for the earliest evolutions in the galaxy, including the Kree themselves. When the Kree starting the Inhuman experiments, they sought to use Primagen but because they had a very limited supply of it, they made their own."

"Terrigen? It's an artificial Primagen." Will said as Kitang nodded.

"Yes. But it being artificial, the results weren't what they were expecting. When they abandoned their project, they left before they could secure all their material. One of our earliest kings found a Primagen sample the Kree left behind and used it becoming the first Primagen Inhuman. Ever since, we've recorded and tried to find another Primagen sample but we've never been able too." Kitang said as Will absorbed all this information.

"Wow, this is a lot to take in." Will was still having trouble reconciling all of this.

"Which is understandable." Karnack eased him. "This kind of change is something humans are completely alien to. This is our history, and now it's yours. You came into contact with a Primagen meteor, correct?"

"It was about 2 years ago." Will remembered the events of that day. "I was home from college at that time. I was with friends at a party and I took some time to myself. The next thing I know, a meteor crashed down next to me. When I went to see what it was…it was a meteor of pure crystal and diamond. It glowed every couple of seconds and pulsated…like it was alive. I touched it and a drop of my blood hit it and that's when things got weird."

They all listened as everything Will was explaining matched with their recordings and history of Primagen. "Then I felt a rush of air blast past me and my head started to feel like it was on fire. The next thing I know, the meteor blasted me with some kind of beam and I felt like my body was going through a tornado. I passed out and the next thing I remember was my friends waking me up." Will recalled what happened.

"The meteor, where is it?" Maximus asked.

"Easy, Maximus." Medusa calmed him as Will still wasn't sure about these people.

"It was gone. When I woke up all I saw was the crater and the meteor was gone." Will told them as Maximus exhaled in frustration. "What?"

"Primagen, while powerful to cause metamorphosis in beings like us is also not very stable. Our records tell us that Primagen is powerful enough to affect multiple people but it's stability degenerates after the first use. Our records shows that some meteors can be used twice before degeneration occurs." Kitang told him.

"And that's probably a good thing. I'd hate to think what would happen if someone else on earth was affected like I was." Will said as Karnack was curious.

"Why?" Karnack asked.

"Because earth has enough problems to deal with so dealing with an Inhuman like me who would use his or her powers for less than benevolent means is a bad thing. It'd be one more thing for me to stop on an already piling list." Will told them.

"You're a soldier?" Gorgon asked as Will shook his head.

"Not exactly." Will hesitated about telling them who he was but given they just filled in the blanks of what he was, he felt he should return the favor. And gaining their trust might be the only way of going home. "After I became…Inhuman, I was contacted by people who wanted to know what happened. Granted, I didn't know what happened but they wanted to make sure I wasn't dangerous. They told me that they're part of a group that protects the planet and people and they wanted me to help them."

"Who are they?" Medusa asked.

"SHIELD." Will told them.

"They carry a shield? Isn't that a little archaic for what humans are capable of now?" Gorgon asked as Will shook his head.

"No, they're called SHIELD. They protect the planet and people from danger whether it's external or internal. After…" Will took a breath as he remembered his parents' death. "After an accident, I joined them. They showed me I could make a bigger difference by helping people with my powers instead of doing nothing. And I have. I've helped a lot of people and saved a lot of lives and it's something I'm not going to stop doing. It's why I reacted the way I did when you dragged me here. I thought I was being taken by some enemy group. I've already made some enemies."

Will pulled his hands apart as the magnetic binds fell to the floor. The guards raised their guns as the Royal family tensed up and were ready to react. Will undid the rope that tied him up and put it on the ground. He sat down on the bed and relaxed as they waited for him to make his next move but relaxed when they saw him sit back down. "Sorry, those were uncomfortable. And I would like to apologize for what I did before. My name is Will Detmer." Will told them.

"Apology accepted, Will." Medusa said as Black Bolt nodded.

"So, what happens now?" Will asked as Medusa looked at Black Bolt who signed.

"There are some things that we must still discuss, but for the time being you will remain here as our guest…provided you do not cause any more trouble." Medusa told him.

"Don't worry, I think I'm done with trouble for the day." Will joked. "Thank you for filling in some gaps on what happened to me."

"Your welcome. Get some rest." Medusa said as they left. Will laid back on the bed to relax so he could think about what he just learned. The Royal Family walked out of the quiet room to talk about what they learned from their new Primagen Inhuman.

"Well, for someone very skilled and potentially deadly, he seems nice enough." Gorgon said.

"He seemed rather genuine with his answers. He was most likely telling the truth." Karnack said.

"Possibly. For now, we will watch over him. Perhaps Duodon can help provide context and show us if Will is telling the truth." Medusa said as they nodded.

Line Break xxxxx

The Inhuman Royal Family had gathered in the throne room to wait. Auran then arrived and escorted Duodon into the room.

"Thank you, Auran. Duodon, can you show us the past of our new Inhuman?" Medusa asked as Duodon nodded and projected images from his eyes as everyone watched. They saw a small snippet of Will's life and everything was normal. He was a normal kid, had plenty of friends, went to school and while some of what he did was foreign to them, he seemed completely normal and happy. The images then showed the night the meteor struck down to earth and Will's transformation occurred just like he explained it to them. It crashed down onto earth, Will touched it and he went through Primagenesis, transforming into an Inhuman. They also saw that Will passed out after the transformation occurred and the Primagen crumble into dust.

"It would appear Will was telling the truth and our history is correct. The Primagen is gone." Karnack said as Black Bolt nodded while Maximus seethed in anger. That Primagen was a chance for him to go through Terrigenesis again and now it was gone, used by some worthless human.

"It's changing." Crystal said as the images changed to a few weeks after Will got his powers. He was talking to Fury and Coulson at SHIELD in New York when they were attacked. They watched the occurring fire fight as Will covered his mother to make sure she was safe. They saw Will and his mother try to get to safety and Will using his powers to protect them but he was knocked back into a building. They then witnessed his mother and father getting gunned down in front of him. "Oh my god."

Each of them witnessed the death of Will's parents and then saw him unleash the full raw strength of his powers, enough that it shook buildings and took down the mercenaries who tried to kill him. The image then changed to the funeral of his parents and his acceptance of Fury's offer to join the Avenger Initiative. The images kept changing to show Will training with Barton, Romanoff, Coulson, and Hill and then they saw him use his skills in action as he went to Paris to save his cousin and her friend from the Albanians. They saw the absolute ruthlessness and fury in Will as he took them down but also saw that he did this all out of love for his family. A man who was willing to go beyond to save the ones he cared about was an admirable quality.

"Impressive skills." Karnack said as he watched Will handle the sex traffickers and Albanians with ease and skill on par with himself.

"At least we know where he learned to fight." Gorgon said.

"Continue Duodon." Medusa said as the images changed to show Will's adventures on the island. His friends enjoying their time in Bangkok before Hoyt, Vaas and his pirates took them captive. The images then showed Will's adventures through the island to save his friends but only showed glimpses of them and just the basic things. Will taking down hordes of pirates, finding his friends and keeping them safe. Duodon's visions didn't show Will's adventure into the interior of the island and finding a second Primagen Meteor. The images then showed Will finally joining SHIELD and his recent missions and the last image of was Triton talking to him. "Thank you, Duodon. Auran, you can escort him back."

Auran nodded as she escorted Duodon out of the room so the Royal Family could talk. "What a hard life he's lived." Crystal said, having seen all the hard events he's been through.

"Indeed, but he's clearly come out stronger for it." Karnack said with some trepidation in his voice which Medusa picked up.

"You still have concerns?" Medusa asked.

"We've established that he is Inhuman, but what will his role be here in Attilan? If word gets out that he is from earth, I doubt he'll be welcomed with open arms. But if it's discovered that he was affected by Primagen, he could challenge your right for Throne, my king." Karnack said as Black Bolt thought for a moment. "We all know the importance of Primagen to our history and this is the first time ever since our first king that another Inhuman was changed by it. People will look to him as some kind of long forgotten link to our past or as a reincarnation of our first king."

"A little archaic don't you think, cousin?" Gorgon thought the whole idea seemed ridiculous.

"Maybe to us but not to the people if they learn of this." Karnack replied.

"What do you suggest we do, Karnack?" Maximus asked as Karnack took a breath.

"Perhaps keeping him locked up would be a better alternative." Karnack suggested.

"You want to lock him up like a prisoner? He hasn't done anything!" Crystal was opposed to this idea. "You saw what I saw. He helps humans for a living."

"I know, Crystal and even though he may share our blood he is still a stranger to our ways. And a very powerful one at that, probably with the potential to be one of the strongest Inhumans there is. Will he accept our ways or not? My king, he is a risk." Karnack told him.

"He hasn't done anything. We can't just lock him up. We can help him adjust to how things work on Attilan and he can join Gorgon with the Royal Guards." Crystal suggested.

"An Inhuman with his abilities could be an asset. But what of this SHIELD he works for? How long before they come for him and find the rest of us?" Gorgon asked.

"Gorgon raises a good point. This man has shown us that the humans known nothing about us yet which works to our advantage. We should go down there now and take back our rightful place on earth." Maximus said as Black Bolt signed.

"We're not going to earth, yet. The humans do not know about us and we will keep it that way." Medusa translated. "As for Will, I will think it over before coming to a decision but for now he will remain here. Time will tell what we will do with him."

They all reluctantly nodded and left the room one by one as Crystal walked up to her sister, Medusa. "Medusa, we can't lock him up. He hasn't done anything wrong." Crystal told her.

"I know, Crystal. He hasn't but Karnack does raise some good points. For now, we'll leave him be. Black Bolt will decide what to do." Medusa said as Crystal was still concerned. "He was handsome.

"What?" Crystal asked.

"The Inhuman from earth you defended. Will? He's handsome. You were right." Medusa said as Crystal chuckled. "Don't worry. I'll let you know what Black Bolt decides."

She kissed Crystal on the forehead and left with Black Bolt as Crystal went back to her room with Lockjaw. Will was still in the quiet room lying on the bed. It was still a little hard to believe, the whole Inhuman thing and Primagen but now he finally had answers to what he was and why he had powers. And he wasn't the only one, there was literally an entire city on the moon filled with Inhumans like him. Living here for who knows how long and completely unaware of what was happening on earth. Will was playing around with the Vibranium orbs, levitating them around and tossed them up to play catch.

He then juggled them as he reached into his belt and pulled out a small high-tech glass containment device which was tinted black. He pressed a button which removed the tinting of the glass to show the shrunken and compressed Primagen meteor. Tony designed the containment device to hide its unique signature and keep it safe with the nifty bonus of the container being made of Stark Industries Titanium compound and safety glass, so Will could have it with him and not risk it being destroyed. After Jarvis told him this meteor could trigger another mutation, Will kept it close because he didn't want to risk putting it somewhere and someone stealing it. With it close, he could keep an eye on it and having just learned what this thing actually is, keeping it closer was a better idea. Or maybe he could dig up a giant hole and leave it in there?

He heard the door open, so he quickly put it back in his belt and sat up when he saw a guard walk in with some food. "Thanks." Will walked up and took the tray as the guard nodded and walked out. Will sat down on the bed and took a sip of the water. He then picked up the tray and was a little confused as to what it was. It appeared to be some kind of soup. He sniffed and there wasn't an off-putting smell so he took the spoon and ate some and it was all right but not great. He ate a little more before he put the tray back down. He reached into his belt and pulled out a granola bar and happily began eating it. He heard the door open and saw a girl his age walk in. She had blonde hair with black streaks in it, and was wearing black pants and a yellow shirt with a black strap that wrapped around her neck. Accompanying her was the massive bulldog Will saw before in the courtyard.

"Hi." She greeted as she walked in and the dog walked over to Will.

"Hey." Will replied as the dog walked over to him and panted. The dog walked over and nudged Will in the side causing him to laugh so he pet him on the head which made him very happy. "Hey there, buddy. Sorry about my reaction when you brought me here."

The dog responded by licking him in the face which made Crystal laugh and Will to back up. "Easy, Lockjaw." Crystal said as Lockjaw backed off. "Sorry about that."

"No, it's fine. He's very friendly." Will said as he wiped his face on his sleeve.

"I'm Crystal and this is Lockjaw." Crystal said as she pats Lockjaw on the head.

"Will Detmer. It's nice to meet you." Will said as he cleaned his face with the napkin on his tray. "So, what brings you two to my little cell?"

"This isn't a cell." Crystal told him.

"Eh, I wouldn't be sure about that. One door with guards outside, a small bed and zero windows, kind of like a prison cell." Will joked as she chuckled a bit. "It's ok, I totally get it. After the little showdown before, I understand the need for this."

"You're taking this a lot better than I thought you would." Crystal said as Will shrugged.

"Well, I've learnt a long time ago that sometimes you fight and sometimes you learn to roll with the punches. Besides, I'm still stuck on the moon so playing nice is in my best interest." Will joked as she chuckled. "So, how did you get in here? I figured the guards wouldn't let anyone in."

"I just told them to let me in. No doubt they're probably on their way to tell my sister." Crystal said.

"Wow, I wonder how you pulled that off. So, what brings you to my little humble abode? Curious about the Inhuman from earth?" Will asked as she chuckled.

"A little." Crystal admitted as Will sat down on the bed and moved a little so Crystal could sit.

"Then by all means, what do you want to know?" he asked as Crystal smiled and sat down next to him as Lockjaw laid his head down next to her.

"What's it like on earth?" Crystal was exciting to know more about the planet. "All I know is from what the seers' show and tell us."

"And I'm guessing they've only shown the bad thing like wars and terrorism?" Will asked as she nodded. "Well, yeah earth can be bad and scary but it's not always like that. There's some peacefulness and beauty where you least expect it."

"Such as?" Crystal asked.

"Well…where I grew up, it was a place where a lot of people visited for vacation. Adults, parents, and children often visited and it could feel crazy. But…when things were quieter, I was able to just relax. I would head down to the beach with my friends and we'd relax by the water. When we thought we had the world…things were simpler then." Will said with such fondness for how things use to be. He took out his cellphone and brought up the camera.

"What is that?" Crystal asked as she was confused.

"It's a phone. It's allows me to talk to people who aren't here. Do you not have phones here?" Will asked.

"We have these communication bands. They let us speak to one another among other things." Crystal showed him as Will was impressed.

"High-tech, nice." Will said as he brought up some old pictures on his phone and showed her. "Here. Just swipe to look at them."

Crystal took the phone and looked it over like a baby would if they found a shiny new toy. Will chuckle as her naivety was kind of cute so he decided to help her. "Here." Will took the phone and put in in her hands as Crystal felt his hands and looked at him. He placed the phone properly in her hands and then showed her how to swipe "Just swipe."

Crystal swiped through the phone and saw the old pictures of Will and his friends. They were of them just goofing and having fun. They were either at the beach or hanging out by the small islands by the wetlands. Crystal chuckled as she saw a lot of these photos and how different things were. "I've never seen so much water in one place." Crystal said as she stopped on one picture Will took by the beach.

"Well, about 70% of the earth is covered in it from the oceans to fresh lakes and rivers. You can spend your whole life exploring them and people have." Will said.

"It's a little overwhelming." Crystal said as Will chuckled.

"It can be to people who aren't used to it. To me, that beach is like my backyard. I guess you don't have anything like this on Attilan?" Will asked.

"No. Everything is very controlled in Attilan. I always feel separate from everyone outside the Royal Family." Crystal said.

"Royal family?" Will asked. "The four who were in here before?"

"Yes, they're my family. Karnack and Gorgon are my cousins, Medusa is my sister and Black Bolt is my brother in law." Crystal said.

"Karnack? Medusa? Black Bolt? Interesting names." Will said. "Do you ever hang out with any friends?"

Crystal shook her head no. "It's just me and Lockjaw, mostly. Well even if I did have friends, my sister Medusa is so protective." Crystal said as Will was a little saddened by that.

"That must be tough." Will then had an idea. "Lockjaw can teleport, right?"

"Yes, why?" Crystal asked as she rubbed Lockjaw's head.

Will then stood up and zipped his jacket. "Because we're gonna get to know each other like regular people and its better done anyplace else except for my cell. How about a walk in the courtyard? I promise not to cause a ruckus." Will said as Crystal was unsure.

"I don't know. I'm not sure my sister would approve of you being out of this room." Crystal said.

"I promise, cross my heart and hope to die that I will not cause any more trouble. And if I do, you can have Lockjaw sit on me." Will joked as Lockjaw barked which caused Crystal to chuckle. "Come on. Let's go hang out like friends."

Crystal liked the idea of getting to know him and being friends so she eventually agreed. "Ok. Lockjaw, take us to the courtyard." Crystal said as the symbol on Lockjaw's forehead glowed. Lockjaw walked up to them and they vanished, teleporting to the courtyard outside as bystanders watched Lockjaw, the princess and a stranger appear.

"Whoa." Will said as they were now suddenly outside. "That felt weird."

"You get used to it." Crystal said as she rubbed Lockjaw on the head.

"Right." Will shook his head to readjust himself and they began walking through the courtyard with Lockjaw following them. "Well, this is nicer isn't it? So, what else did you want to know about earth?"

"What else is there?" Crystal asked as they walked through the courtyard and the bystanders were curious as to who was talking to the Princess.

"Well, a lot. I haven't been to everywhere on earth but there's so much it could take up your whole life to find it all. Everywhere you go on earth is unique. For example, Hawaii is great for awesome beaches, lush forests and a laidback spirit. Where I'm from borders New York City which makes it one of the busiest places on earth. It can be a little overwhelming like I said, and New York City is basically just a giant tourist trap…but its home. Plus, it's nice in the spring. Winters can be a bit harsh." Will told her as they walked through the courtyard.

"The Winter, what's it like?" Crystal asked.

"Cold in a lot of places. In New Jersey, it's a time when the tourists are gone and things quiet down a bit but it also brings the holidays like Christmas and New Year's." Will told her.

"Christmas?" Crystal asked.

"You guys don't have Christmas?" Will asked as he realized where they were. "Right, on the moon. It's a holiday that occurs in the winter. It's a religious holiday about the birth of Jesus Christ but it's celebrated around the world and is also a holiday that brings families together and we exchange gifts."

"A strange custom." Crystal said as Will agreed that to her, Christmas must seem bizarre.

"It is to someone who doesn't know what it is but I have some of my best memories during that time of year." Will said as they stopped near a tree as he remembered some fond memories. "Every year, my parents and I would head down to the local shelter and we'd spend the entire morning and early afternoon helping out however we could. Working in the kitchen and helping prepare dinner for those who came in or cleaning up. Every year it was a tradition. Then afterward, we'd head back home and have a nice family dinner and sit down by the TV and watch Christmas specials with some hot cocoa or coffee."

Crystal listened to Will's story and could tell he cherished those memories. "Looking back now, it's a reminder of why I do what I do now with SHIELD." Will said as Crystal was confused.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Going there, it reminded me of how lucky I got to have the life I did." Will told her as she was confused. "I never knew my birthparents. They gave me away when I was a baby."

"I'm so sorry." Crystal said to him as he smiled at her.

"It's fine. I was taken in by my adoptive parents when I was a baby and they raised me as their own. Growing up, they always told me that I should cherish what life gave me and never think of what I could have. He said a lot of earth's problems came from people wanting more than they should have." Will told her as she listened to him. "Going to the shelter every Christmas reminded me that there are a lot of people out there with very little. People who were down on their luck and society had written off."

"Why would they do that?" Crystal asked, not understanding the situation as Will sighed.

"That's a long and complicated answer that I'm not even sure I can answer. I guess a lot of people either are blissfully ignorant or think they can't help. But I've never stopped trying to help them and working with SHIELD lets me take that to a global scale and help more people. With what I can do…I can help a lot more people by preventing bad people from doing some very bad things. But I never forget that my job is to help everyone." Will told her as she looked at him. "Sorry, I kind of got a little deep there. Ok, enough about me. What about you, Crystal? Tell me about yourself."

"What do you want to know?" She asked.

"Anything. Anything at all. You said you have a sister?" Will asked as she nodded.

"I do, Medusa. Our parents died when we were young, so Medusa looked after me." Crystal said as she walked over and sat down on a bench.

"I'm sorry." Will sat down next to her and she smiled at him. "That couldn't have been easy."

"It was tough, but my sister and I had each other. Eventually, my sister married Black Bolt and when he became King she became Queen." Crystal said as Will nodded when he realized what she said.

"Wait, back up a second." Will said as he stood up and she looked at him. "Your sister married King Black Bolt and is Queen?"

"Yes." Crystal replied as she was wondering why he asked this again.

"So if your sister is Queen…then that would make you…a princess?" Will asked as she nodded.

"Yes, I'm princess of Attilan." Crystal told him in a nonchalant manner. "Is that a problem?"

"No. No, not at all." Will cleared his throat. "I just wasn't expecting to meet a princess in my life. Guess I can check that off my bucket list."

"What's a bucket list?" Crystal asked.

"Oh, it's a list people make of things they want to do before they die…or kick the bucket." Will told her. "And now I can say that meeting you, I've managed to knock one of them off. And to think meeting a princess would be the hardest one."

"What else do you have on your list?" Crystal asked as Will sat back down next to her.

"Well…travel around the world at one point…meet Bruce Springsteen and Elton John…go to Hawaii for vacation…meet a princess." Will said as he looked at her and she smiled. "And make a new friend with an amazing girl on the moon. I guess that's two bucket list items I can cross off thanks to you."

Crystal chuckled as Will piled on the charm. "That last one isn't true."

"I wouldn't be sure about that. I made the list when I was nine and I was weird back then." Will joked as she chuckled. "So, if Inhumans have abilities, what can you do? You know mine."

"Well…" Crystal stood up and held her hands out. She pointed her index and middle finger out and they began blowing blue. The air in front of her fingers began to get cold and frost over and soon a ball of ice was created. She raised her other hand and her other fingers glowed grey and a small tornado of air kept the ball of ice hovering in the air.

"Whoa….that's amazing." Will saw her create ice and control wind. "You have elemental control?"

"I do." Crystal said as Will raised his hand and levitated the ball of ice out of the small tornado. He then floated it above their heads and began spinning it like a top. He used his telekinesis to create small edges by the ball of ice and it began shaving it down and sprinkled down snow on them. Crystal laughed as she held her hand up and saw the snow pile up. "Amazing."

Will smiled and then decided to show her what else he could do. 'That's not all I can do with my powers.' Will telepathically told her as she heard his voice in her head.

"What is that?" Crystal asked as she looked at him. "I heard you in my head."

'That's my other power set. I'm also a telepath meaning I can communicate using my mind. Kind of cool right. We're talking right now in your head. Just think of a response and I'll hear it.' Will told her.

'Like what?' Crystal thought as Will nodded to her. 'You're hearing me right now. This is amazing.'

'Yeah, it kind of is. It's something I developed a few months ago and I've been training it ever since along with some other abilities.' Will thought as he floated off the ground and levitated there in front of Crystal, showing his flight ability. He then hovered over to her and held out his hand. "Want to go for a quick flight?"

"Around Attilan?" Crystal asked as Will nodded.

"Come on. Get a different view of the city from the air. It'll be fun. As the wise street rat Aladdin would say…do you trust me?" Will asked as he held his hand out to her. Crystal hesitated for a bit before she nodded.

"All right." Crystal said as she took his hand and Will used his powers to lift her in the air. She was floating there right next to him as she waved her hands around, thinking she was going to fall but she was fine. "Whoa…this is amazing."

"Yeah, my favorite part. Don't worry, you're in good hands with Air Detmer. Let's go!" Will shouted as they flew into the air.

"We'll be right back, Lockjaw!" Crystal shouted as Lockjaw and nearby bystanders watched as Princess Crystal and the mystery stranger flew up into the sky. Will took him and Crystal up into the air as they flew above the courtyard and then flew them over the courtyard and north. "This is incredible!"

"Amazing, I know!" Will shouted as they flew through the courtyard and above the city. Will did a few flips and spins in the air as Crystal laughed and tried to turn but since Will was controlling the flight, she couldn't do anything. Will then spun her around a few times, causing her to shout in fright.

"Don't do that!" Crystal shouted as Will laughed and flew them up to the top of the dome where they could see the entire city. "This is amazing. I've never seen Attilan from this view. There's so much of the city that I've never seen before."

"Being this high can make you change how you see things." Will told her as she smiled. Will looked and saw they had started to get some attention, so he decided to take them back to the ground. "We better get back down before your sister sends those guards after me."

Will flew them back to the ground down by Lockjaw and once they touched down, Lockjaw immediately jumped on them and barked in excitement. Crystal laughed as she pet and tried to calm down Lockjaw when Will heard a lot of footsteps coming and he saw the guards coming their way.

"Princess Crystal, are you all right?!" The head guard asked as Crystal nodded and saw them aim their guns at Will.

"Stand down! He's out here with me!" Crystal ordered as the guards lowered their guns.

"Guess it pays off to be princess, doesn't it?" Will asked as she chuckled. Her communication band then went off and she saw it was her sister.

"Yes, Medusa?" Crystal asked.

"Crystal, the guards told me that they've seen you out in the city with the Inhuman from Earth?" Medusa spoke over the band.

"I have a name." Will whispered to Crystal who motioned him to keep quiet.

"Yes, Medusa. I'm with him now. We've just been talking." Crystal told her.

"Please bring him to the throne room." Medusa ordered as she ended the call.

"What do you think she wants?" Will asked as Crystal shrugged.

"Either to talk or hurt you." Crystal said as Will nodded. "Lockjaw, take us to the throne room."

The symbol on Lockjaw's head glowed and he teleported them to the throne room. There waiting was Karnack, Gorgon, Medusa and King Black Bolt. Will looked and saw that Medusa wasn't happy her sister was with him.

"Before you attack me, I should say that I've been a perfect gentlemen and Crystal and I have just been talking." Will told them as Crystal looked at him funny. "Trying to calm them down." Crystal nodded as Will whispered to her.

"He's right. I went to go talk to him and that's it. We've just been talking." Crystal told them.

"For over two hours?" Karnack asked.

"It's been two hours? Wow, guess time does fly by." Will said as they didn't seem amused. "I'm going back into the cell, aren't I?"

"No, you're not." Medusa said as Will and Crystal were confused. "Your arrival and revelation of your Inhuman nature was a shock to us and in the time you spent with Crystal, we've been deliberating the best course of action. And King Black Bolt has come to a decision that you may join the rest of us here in Attilan."

"You mean I can stay here with the rest of you?" Will asked as Medusa nodded.

"That's great." Crystal was excited that they decided Will was allowed to stay and wouldn't be a prisoner.

"There are still some logistics to work out, but you may remain here in Attilan. We'll find you appropriate accommodations and there will BE a small adjustment period, but you will find your role among us." Medusa told him as Will liked the idea of being with people like him but knew in his heart he couldn't stay.

"Thank you for the offer, King Black Bolt and Queen Medusa." Will said as they nodded. "But as much as I would love to accept it…I can't."

They all looked at him and wondered why he couldn't accept the offer. "Will, what are you doing? You can stay here in Attilan with us…with me." Crystal told him as Will looked at her with a somber expression on his face.

"And I'd love to stay longer here to explore more of Attilan and learn more of our history…but this isn't my home." Will told her. "Crystal, I'm sorry. I wish I could stay but I can't."

"Yes, you can. Black Bolt and my sister said you can. You'll be safer here in Attilan then on Earth. When the humans find out what you really are, they'll turn against you." Crystal told him.

"Once they get to know me, it won't matter what I really am. Some of them already know and it doesn't change how they look at me. But that's not why I can't stay. I'm needed on earth, it's my home." Will told her. "Before, when we looked out over the city…everything was peaceful. Attilan seemed like the perfect home."

"It is." Crystal told him.

"But earth isn't perfect and it's my home. I may be Inhuman by blood…" Will said as he looked at them all. "but I'm human by instinct. And one thing that I learned as a human is never give up and run from my problems. Earth still has a lot of them and I have to go back and help."

"Why?" Medusa asked as Will looked at her.

"Because if I don't, no one will. There are 7 billion people on earth. Some of them are bad, but more of them are good and I'm not going to let anyone die because I refused to act." Will said as he looked at Crystal. "Remember when I told you that I help a lot of people by stopping bad guys?"

Crystal nodded. "I've just gotten started with that. I speak for the dead, once the wicked have robbed them of their souls. This is my fight…and I can't walk away. I'm sorry, Crystal. I hope you understand that." Will said as he could tell Crystal was hurt by his decision but understood. He then looked at the others. "I'm sorry about all this but I can't stay here. My place is on earth. But I make you all this promise…the Inhumans and the Royal Family have an ally on earth. One who will help them however he can…and keep their secret."

Black Bolt listened to what Will had to say and began hand-signing as Medusa translated. "I understand your reasoning for why you can't stay. Should you change your mind, you will still have a place amongst your kind. Please understand that the secret of our kind must be kept." Medusa told him as Will nodded.

"I swear on my life that the secret of the Inhumans of Attilan will not leave my mouth." Will told them. "Your are my people now as well. Family…and I protect my family. Not even SHIELD will know of you."

"Thank you. When you're ready, we'll have Lockjaw take you back to Earth." Medusa said as Will nodded. He looked at Crystal who was sad that he was leaving.

"Thank you, Queen Medusa. I'll be ready to leave in an hour." Will told her as she nodded, and Will looked at Crystal and Lockjaw. "Lockjaw, can you take us back outside?"

Lockjaw's symbol glowed as he teleported Will and Crystal back to the courtyard. Will looked at Crystal who managed a smile at him as Will smiled back. "Your sister is probably gonna kill me but why don't we spend my last hour together." Will said as Crystal nodded. "Come on."

The two walked throughout the rest of the city and spent some more time together, talking and getting to know each other more as this might be the last time they would see each other. They spoke more as Will told her more about his life and earth and Crystal told him more about herself and the history of the Inhumans. He saw glimpses of the Kree language which consisted of weird lines and circles and she told him how the Terrigen Crystals were originally in special containers called Diviners. The Diviners were a safeguard the Kree designed when they were doing the experiments all those years ago. The Diviner housed the Terrigen Crystals and protected them against those of non-Inhuman blood. The Diviner would lead the Inhuman to a Kree temple where the Diviner would be removed, and the Inhuman transformation would begin. When the Inhumans moved to the moon, they had removed the Diviners and kept the Crystals.

While Will learned more about who he was as an Inhuman he also learned more of the city and the people as well as Crystal. She was nice, a little bit of a princess attitude but Will was able to get past that fairly easy. She was a little guarded but got a lot more open as the two got to know each other. When Will found out she was a princess, he half expected the generic princess stereotype of spoiled, but Crystal wasn't that at all. Shelter, definitely and a little naïve but not spoiled. There was an innate kindness and compassion to her and Will felt that the Inhumans were in good hands with her as their princess.

She and Will got to know each other more and both could feel a bond forming. Unfortunately, Will was heading back to earth as he and the Royal Family were in the Seer's view room. They had all gathered as Gorgon handed back Will's pistol.

"That's everything you came with." Gorgon told him as Will checked his pistol. He ejected the clip, pulled the slide to check for a bullet before he inserted the clip back in, flipped the safety on and spun it around his finger and holstered it. "I figured that humans would advance beyond simpler weapons."

"Sometimes simplicity is the best method. Besides, it's a lot more useful than you'd think." Will said as he fixed the holster strap and zipped up his jacket.

"Lockjaw will take you back to the location Triton found you." Medusa told him as Will nodded.

"I know that our initial meeting didn't go as you expected but thank you for bringing me here. For two years, I've been wondering how all this happened to me and why and now I finally know. Thank you." Will said as he held out his hand and Medusa shook it. Black Bolt then stepped forward and to their surprise held out his hand. Will shook his hand and then Black Bolt hand-signed.

"We wish you safety on Earth. If you truly feel like you belong there, we hope you continue your work and help people." Medusa said as Will nodded.

"Always." Will said as he then walked over to Lockjaw and Crystal and Will saw she was sad he was leaving. "I'm sorry, Crystal."

"Me too, Will. But I know why you can't stay." Crystal said as she managed to crack a smile. "I hope earth sees you as the good person they deserve and the SHIELD that guards them."

"One can only hope. But I'm not sure SHIELD will like it if I call myself SHIELD as well." Will joked as she chuckled.

"Maybe you could come up with a different name like it. If you are going to protect humanity as an Inhuman, you should use an Inhuman name." Crystal suggested as Will gave it some thought.

"I'll take it into consideration and come up with something." Will said as he reached into his pocket and took out his phone. "Here, I want you to have this."

"Your phone?" Crystal asked as he handed it to her. "But don't you need this?"

"No. It's fine. I took the sim card out so now it's just a…" Will noticed that Crystal didn't understand any of that. "I uh…I mean I want you to have it. There's some music and videos I think you'll find entertaining. Think of it as a reminder of the handsome and charming Inhuman from earth."

Crystal chuckled as she clicked a few buttons and brought up the camera reel to see a picture the two took when Will showed her the camera. It was a selfie of the two with Lockjaw in the background. They were close together as Crystal hugged his side and Will had his arm around her. "Thank you." Crystal smiled as Will smiled back.

Will then leaned forward and kissed her cheek, causing her to blush. He pulled back with a smirk on his face. "Is your sister glaring at me?" He asked as Crystal looked behind him and saw Medusa wasn't happy. Crystal nodded as Will chuckled. "Well, I wanted to cross kiss a princess of my bucket list as well. If you ever manage to make your way to earth, come find me."

Will kissed her forehead and before Medusa could kill him, he walked up to Lockjaw. "Ok, Lockjaw. Back to earth." Will told him as Lockjaw's symbol glowed and he teleported Will away before Medusa could sent out her hair to kill him.

Crystal sighed as she saw Lockjaw take him back to earth, unsure if she'd ever see him again. Medusa was sad he left before she could kill him while the others wondered what would happen to earth now that a Primagen Inhuman was there while Gorgon had one lingering question in his mind.

"What's a bucket list?" He asked as the others looked at him.

Lockjaw had teleported Will into his backyard as Will looked and saw the sun just rising over the horizon. When he left, the sun was up meaning he had been gone for a while. Will then rubbed Lockjaw on the head as he was enjoying it. "Take care, Lockjaw." Will said as Lockjaw barked and teleported back.

Will walked back into his home and took off his jacket and unstrapped his pistol and belt. He walked over and got a bottle of water from the fridge and drank it all in one go. He finished his water and grabbed some food out of the fridge to make a snack when he stopped after seeing a photo stuck on the fridge. It was of him, Riley, Keith, and Daisy on a middle school field trip to the museum of Natural History in New York. It was of the four of them in front of an old painting of the Greek God Zeus summoning a lightning bolt and holding a shield as he fought against the Titans. It was the Greek mythology exhibit the museum did years ago.

"An Inhuman name that shows I'm here to protect them." Will said to himself as he realized he could use it as his SHIELD moniker or codename.

Will went to his computer and googled the shield of Zeus and it was called the Aegis. Granted, it's nature is uncertain kind of like him and it was interpreted as an animal skin or shield.

"Aegis…that could work." Will said to himself.

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Triskelion, Washington DC: April 2012

Will was walking through the halls of the Triskelion on his way to a mission briefing Director Hill contacted him for. Will was walking through the halls in his casual clothes with his pistol strapped to his leg. Will decided not to wear his uniform since the meeting was only with Deputy Director Hill. Will walked through the halls with his ID badge pinned to his jacket as the other agents paid him no mind as he walked by. To them, he was just another agent who was underdressed. Will had come far in the three months since his little Inhuman adventure and was now a level 5 agent. Usually moving up through the ranks would take years but Will's excellent record in missions both as the primary and backup agent pushed him up faster. He was quickly becoming a legend within SHIELD like Barton and Romanoff, although the rest of SHIELD didn't know it was him but his moniker, Aegis.

Like Barton and Romanoff who took the codenames Hawkeye and Black Widow, Will was known as Aegis. When he wore his uniform and mask, that's was he was called, and it was better than Agent Omega that's for sure. Will walked through the hall and entered the briefing room to see Director Hill next to a large monitor.

"Agent Detmer, thank you for coming." Director Hill said as Will nodded.

"Director Hill. From the immediate quinjet pickup, this seems to be important." Will said as he took a seat.

"It is." Director Hill replied as she handed him a file and the monitor brought up satellite images of some kind of pyramid. "Approximately 5 days ago, one of our satellites detected an abnormal heat bloom in Antarctica. The heat bloom came from beneath the earth and it outlined this."

The image on the monitor changed to show the outline of some kind of weird formation. "The red lines indicate solid walls and through thermal mapping, we've managed to generate a three-dimensional image of the structure." The image then turned into a 3-D image of a pyramid or temple and a massive one at that building around a central core at the bottom.

"A pyramid in Antarctica? And just to think when this job wouldn't hold any surprises." Will commented as he looked over the data.

"The structure is massive, and it contains hundreds of rooms all built around a central core. We've consulted with some experts and what they can say is that it appears to be a pyramid, but they can't say for sure who built it. The structure shares similarities and features with that of Aztec temples, Cambodian Angkor Wat and the great pyramids of Egypt. We might be looking at the first pyramid ever built by the planet's first civilization." Hill told him.

"And this thing just happens to show up on a heat bloom for our satellites to detect? That's convenient. What caused the heat bloom?" Will asked.

"We're not sure but the structure is located over on Boevetoya Island and is 2,000ft below the ice." Hill said.

"Nothing's ever easy, isn't it? This all smells funny, doesn't it?" Will asked.

"It does but Director Fury want's this structure analyzed and excavated. SHIELD has already assembled a team of expert diggers, archeologists, historians, linguists and a guide. Their information is in the packet but Director Fury wants you to lead the SHIELD security presence there." Hill told him as Will looked over the files of the people assembled.

"I'm interested but why me? There are higher up agents who have more experience than I do." Will stated.

"True but we have no idea what the team will be running into when they go to excavate the area. Director Fury needs an operative who can think fast and who will be ready for whatever surprises will be waiting for the team there. You're one of his best." Hill said.

"In other words, if all hell breaks loose Fury wants his telekinetic super soldier there to stop it." Will put it bluntly as Hill sighed. Despite his rising through the ranks at SHIELD and becoming an excellent agent, he still kept his regular attitude which was a nice thing. It showed Fury and Hill that despite everything he's been through all the bad and horrible, he's still Will Detmer…and it was a refreshing change of pace as well. "I'm in."

"Excellent. Outfit and report to the Quinjet for extraction." Hill said as Will got up and left to grab his gear and head to Antarctica.

Antarctica: April 2012

Will was in a quinjet transport to a SHIELD Icebreaker ship where the team would journey until they got within 100 miles of Boevetoya Island where they would then take snowplows to the coordinates. Will was in the passenger bay of the quinjet dressed in his combat gear which included his jacket and forearm gauntlets. He adjusted his grey cold weather parka as he activated his gauntlet computer.

"Edi, you there?" Will asked as a digital woman's head appeared on the touchpad screen.

"Always." Edi replied as a familiar woman's voice replied. Edi was Will's personal Natural Language Artificial Intelligence program he created from the neuromorphic matrix Tony gave him. Tony have Jarvis, Will had EDI or Enhanced Defensive Intelligence for short. Like with Jarvis, Edi often acted like a real person and at times you would forget that she was a program but that just meant Will did a good job in creating her. When Will created her, he was inspired by Battlestar Galactica because he used to watch it all the time with his dad. So, he took some audio from the show and now EDI sounded like Number Six, or more accurately, her actress Tricia Helfer. It was great and she was excellent in the field although it was weird when she and Jarvis spoke to one another because it sounded like they were flirting when they interacted. (4)

"Be sure to monitor all SHIELD channels while we're up here and keep the line to the Triskelion open. And keep the 3-D image of the pyramid on standby." Will said.

"Of courses, Will. And should I keep watch for any abnormal satellite feeds over the area as well?" Edi asked.

"Good idea. I'm still iffy about this whole heat bloom in the middle of Antarctica that outlined an ancient pyramid that's never been documented before. My gut tells me something else is a play here." Will said.

"And your gut is rarely wrong." Edi said as Will looked down at the duffel bag by his feet carrying his guns.

"Then it's a good thing I'm coming prepared." Will said as the pilot told him they were nearing approach to the ship. The pilot got clearance and landed in the landing bay of the ship as Will grabbed his bag and walked out of the ship where he met with the ship's captain and the SHIELD Team he would be commanding which included a familiar face.

"Agent Detmer, welcome to Antarctica." The ship's captain greeted as Will walked onto the ship and nodded as he looked at his SHIELD Team which consisted of 16 trained agents and his second in command for the mission, Agent Barbara 'Bobbi' Morse, or call sign Mockingbird. She was a Level Five Agent as well and someone Will's worked with before when he's been teamed up with Barton a few times. She trained under Barton as well and she was a skilled fighter, especially with her twin Escrima Fighting Sticks. Next to her was the lead SHIELD scientist for the expedition, Dr. Charles Weyland. One of SHIELD's most decorated scientists and despite his age he was still willing to go out into the field rather than take a job back at the Triskelion.

"Captain, Agent Morse, Agent Weyland." Will nodded as Bobbi nodded back. "Team, gear up and then gather at the snowplow bay for final brief and deployment."

"Yes sir." His SHIELD team replied as they left to get geared up.

"Agent Detmer, glad to have you here. If your reputation is anything to go by, I'm glad to have you here with us." Dr. Weyland said as Will shook his hand.

"The pleasures mind, Dr. Weyland." Will replied.

"We're onto something big, I can feel it." He said as he left to get ready.

"You're moving up in the world, Will. Just a few weeks ago you were a level 4 agent." Bobbi said as Will smiled.

"I'm just that good." He said as she hugged him and he hugged back. "Good to see you, you look good."

"Thanks. You do too. You do something different with your hair?" She asked as Will scratched his head.

"As if I'd ever cut this beautiful mane. How'd everything go with Hunter?" Will asked.

"About as you'd expect. Some colorful words but what's done is done." Bobbi said.

"Sorry about that." Will said to her.

"Thanks, Will but this kind of life makes it difficult to have a normal life outside of work." Bobbi said.

"Eh, I wouldn't be so sure about that." Will said.

"Oh really, and have you had any success in that part?" Bobbi asked as Will chuckled.

"Been a little busy for that but I can guarantee you that when I do find the time for a relationship, I'll prove you wrong." Will walked over to his room on the ship and dropped off the stuff he didn't need. He put everything he did need in the duffel bag carrying his weapon and grabbed it. He was outfitted in his cold weather gear and walked out into the snowplow bay where Bobbie and the SHIELD team were all outfitted in black tactical cold weather and carrying cases and bags of their SHIELD Gear for excavating the pyramid, surveying the area and weapons in case something went bad. He walked into the snowplow bay to see SHIELD personnel getting the snowplows ready to move out into the snow while the band of consultants coming on the trip were all outfitted and ready to go.

"Everyone, please listen up!" Will shouted everyone began to gather around. "Please gather around! Thank you. I just want to take the moment to thank you all for your courage in coming on this expedition. I just want to remind all of you that every step of this journey is voluntary. Despite what you've heard from other agents, I want everyone to know that every step of this expedition is voluntary. If you feel that at any point you can't continue or must leave, then you're free to go. This expedition has its dangers and I don't want anyone to feel that they are forced into this. Is that understood?"

Everyone nodded as Will smiled. "Good, now before I finish up, I think a word from our guide and survival expert Alexa Woods is in order." Will said as Alexa nodded and stepped forward.

"Thank you, Agent Detmer. It is my job to guide all of you and keep you alive on this expedition, and I need your help to do that. Since I don't have the time to properly train you, I'm laying down three rules. One, no one goes anywhere alone, ever. Two, everyone must maintain constant communication. Three, unexpected things are gonna happen. When they do, no one tries to be a hero." She told them.

"That's our job." Will stepped forward as Alexa stepped back. "When Ms. Woods isn't in charge, I am. Despite the potential benefits of this expedition, my foremost priority is your safety. So long as no one does anything stupid, that shouldn't be an issue. Now, make sure your gear is ready, stay warm and above all else…listen to us. All right, let's move out!"

Will put his bag of gear into the snow plow but took out his pistol and holstered it around his leg like he normally does. He took out the clip and made sure his pistol was ready before putting the clip back in and holstering it. "Seven seasons on the ice and I've never seen a gun save someone's life." Alexa said to Will.

"Hopefully I don't plan to use it…and this." Will said as he pat his large duffel bag.

"Then why bring it?" She looked and saw all the other agents loading up gear on their snowplows. "You look like you have your men ready for a fight."

"Kind of the whole point. I don't plan to use it, but best be prepared for anything." He said as she nodded. "I heard you were thinking of leaving, glad you decided to stick around. I feel better having you here."

"We shouldn't be going at all. This kind of trip isn't something we go on without proper training." Alexa told him.

"I couldn't agree more but I don't get to make the rules, just follow orders. So, the next best thing is making sure no one dies." He said as she nodded. "Just do your job the best way you can, and I'll do mine."

"Fair enough." She said as Will motioned everyone to move out.

They all got into their snow plows and made their way across 60 miles of frozen tundra to the spot the pyramid was directly under. Bobbi was driving the snow plow as Will was in the passenger seat checking over some supplies when his wrist computer beeped. "Edi, what is it?" Will asked.

"SHIELD satellites detected another heat bloom over Antarctic space in the same area the pyramid is located." Edi told him.

"Another heat bloom from the pyramid?" He asked.

"No. Based on scans, the source of the heat bloom seems to be coming from somewhere close to the pyramid. I'm working on ascertaining the source of the heat bloom." Edi replied.

"Good, keep me informed." Will said as he ended the transmission. "I've got a bad feeling about this."

"What's wrong?" Bobbi asked.

"Remember that mission in Cairo where we teamed up with the GID for that terrorism threat?" Will asked as Bobbi nodded.

"Yeah, the one where you got that weird feeling because something was off, and it was because of a rogue agent in the GID led us into an ambush." Bobbi said.

"I'm getting the same feeling right now. I have a feeling we're running into a trap." Will told her.

Another 20 minutes passed, and they stopped at the coordinates for the pyramid. Will got out first and looked out over the abandoned whaling station that was directly above the Pyramid. Bobbie and the SHIELD Team joined him followed by everyone else on the expedition. Alexa fired a flare gun round over the area and everyone saw the old abandoned whaling station. "It's an abandoned whaling station. According to your satellite images, the pyramid is located directly beneath it." Alexa said.

"Keep the trucks running and everyone stay here." Will said as he put his duffel bag on his back. "I'm gonna go scout the area."

"What's wrong?" Dr. Weyland asked.

"Our satellite picked up another heat bloom. Once is a barely a freak accident of nature…twice, is something else. Everyone stay here, Bobbi you're in charge until I get back. If you here shouting, gun shots or explosions, head back to the ship. And don't wait for me." Will walked forward and slid down the snow and ice until he reached the bottom. He pulled out his pistol and held it in front of him as he slowly walked into the abandoned station. "Mask on."

His mask began to unfold from his collar and formed on his face as his HUD came up and Edi began to scan the area. "Edi, what am I looking at?" Will asked, his voice now changed due to the mask.

"I'm not picking up any heat signatures in the area other than yours and the expedition team on the ridge." Edi said as Will kept his pistol out, he still had a bad feeling about this. He saw a group of penguins walk by without a care in the world which was a little of a relief because if something bad was going on, animals would be the first to feel it. "I did manage to isolate the satellite feed and discover the heat bloom."

"Bring it up." Will said as Edi brought up a stilled satellite image and saw what looked out a large tunnel carved out of the ice from the whaling station straight to the pyramid. He walked through the station and tripled checked the area and there were zero heat signatures in the area. He had his HUD run through every single sensor setting and mode detection he could have Edi run just to be safe and nothing. No one had been through here in years. According to legend, the entire station was abandoned in 1912 and no one from here was ever seen from again. A whole station of people disappeared over night…now, whether that's a myth or actual fact is still up for debate but something about this place makes his skin crawl. He moved through the area when he saw some destroyed wooden beams and saw that based on the lack of snow coverage, they were destroyed recently so he investigated and saw an old building was destroyed by something that made a massive whole. "What the hell? Edi what caused the heat bloom?"

"I'm unable to identify the source but it wasn't caused by the pyramid." Edi said as he looked and saw the hole was a perfect circle cut through the ice at a 30-degree angle.

"Bobbi." Will contacted her over the comms.

"I hear you." She replied.

"The area's clear but we've got a situation. Group up on me." He said as Bobbi moved everyone into the whaling station. They moved the snow plows into the station and they began setting up equipment as people joined up with Will at the hole and they saw what he saw. He had deactivated his mask as they joined him.

Will popped open a flare and sent it down the hole as it seemed to go straight down. Ruster Quinn, the head of the drilling team came over to examine the hole. "This is incredible. It is drilled at a perfect 30-degree angle." He said.

"How far does it go down?" Alexa asked.

"All the way to the pyramid." Dr. Weyland brought up the satellite images on a tablet so they could see, and the hole went straight to the pyramid. "There is it, clear as day. And this is roughly 16 hours ago." Dr. Weyland changed the image to 16 hours ago and the hole wasn't there. "Nothing."

"How was it done?" Dr. Graeme Miller, Scottish chemical engineer asked.

"Thermal equipment of some kind." Quinn said.

"Anything like ours?" Will asked as Quinn looked behind and saw part of building was blasted apart in a semi-circle indicating that whatever made the hole had blasted clean through the building as well.

"No, much more advanced and incredibly powerful. I've never seen anything like it." Quinn said, looking at the destroyed part of the building. "I'm the best digger in the entire world and we have the best technology, so I can tell you that I know of no team in the world that could drill to that depth in 16 hours."

"Clearly someone did." Bobbi said.

"Well, the only way we're gonna know for sure is to get down there and find out." Weyland said.

"I don't know. Something about this doesn't seem right." Alexa said.

"I agree. Someone made this, and I have a feeling it wasn't for altruistic reasons." Will added.

"We have orders to head down there, Agent Detmer. HQ wants us to examine the pyramid and that's what we're going to do." Weyland told her as Will sighed. He couldn't disobey orders and while he was the head agent for security and threat assessment, if Dr. Weyland wanted to continue, he couldn't argue no.

"All right. Set up equipment. I'll head down there first and check out the area. If another team did do this, we might be running into a trap. Get down as fast as humanely possible." Will said as Quinn nodded. He then jumped down the hole and slid down the 2,000 ft. path to the temple.

Will slid down the path on his boots as the cold wind rushed past his face. He activated his mask again and put it in Night Vision mode as he jumped when he reached the bottom and landed in the snow. He held his pistol forward and took out a flash light as he looked around and saw no sign of anyone having been here in years. No depressions in the snow or tracks other than his. No one had step foot in this place at all and Edi would have been able to detect if the snow had been recovered or moved but it was all perfectly level and the ice levels in the chasm indicated no atmospheric temperature change which meant no one had been here.

"Edi, have your scans picked up anything?" He asked.

"I've scanned the area two thousand, five hundred and seventeen times and I haven't detected any disturbance, trace, or marking that indicates another group of people have been through this area." Edi told him as his mask went through one last echo-location scan of the area and it didn't detect any disturbances at all.

"That's impossible. That tunnel didn't just show up. Someone had to have made it and left a trail for us to follow. Scan again." Will said.

"Will, I've scanned the surrounding area now four thousand, seven hundred and twenty-eight times. Scanning anymore times would be considered the very definition of insanity." Edi said.

"Please don't remind me of Vaas, Edi." Will said.

"My apologies, Will. But my scanners are unable to pick up anything in the area and seeing as how you designed them with the help of Mr. Stark, it's safe to assume that there is nothing here besides you, your team and the pyramid." Edi said.

"Then what the hell made that hole?" Will asked.

"I'm not able to detect any other signatures in this area. I cannot answer that question." Edi said.

"Great. Edi, send all this information to HQ and have the crew on the ship to be on standby." Will said.

"Of course." Edi replied as Will took out two flare pellets and turned them on, creating some light in the dark icy cavern. He placed them on the ground to light the place up as he moved through the cavern and came to an opening to a larger cavern and he saw the pyramid.

"Whoa…ok, that's impressive." Will said to himself as he took out a flare pellet and threw it high into the air. With his super soldier strength, it flew up to 400 feet in the air and lit up the cavern to show a large empty ice cavern and the pyramid sitting there in the ice for who knows how long.

He heard some movement and turned his head to see some flashlights coming from the tunnel so he walked over and saw Bobbi and the others finally make it down with some equipment. "All right, get these lights set up and get the equipment up and running. I was a relay station for communication with HQ." Will ordered as he deactivated his mask.

"Yes sir." His men replied as they got to work.

"Anything down here?" Bobbi asked.

"Nothing. Not even a track or temperature fluctuation. No one's been here in years." Will said as Doctor Weyland came over.

"It doesn't make any sense. No foot prints or sign of another team." He said as the team got the lights set up.

"Well, that tunnel didn't dig itself." Alexa said as she loaded her flare gun and they walked over to the larger cavern. She fired a round into the air and exploded in a bright flash of light that illuminated the dark cavern and everyone got a glimpse of the pyramid. "Congratulations, Agent Weyland. Looks like you'll be leaving your mark after all."

Dr. Weyland smiled as he coughed a bit. "All right, let's go." Will said as they grabbed some gear and made their way up the steps of the pyramid to the main entrance. The group had high-powered flashlights and lanterns out to illuminate the entrance to the pyramid that took literally thousands of steps to get up to. They had to stop every now and then because it was a lot of steps, even for the agents. Lucky for Will his super soldier physiology made it a piece of cake for him.

Once they reached the top of the stairs they walked in through the main entrance and saw that despite the pyramid being here for what would be assumed as thousands of years, it looked to be in perfect shape. They looked around and some of the scientists began taking photos and recording everything they saw for research and to send back to HQ. Will looked and noticed the hieroglyphics shared similarities to that in the pyramids in Egypt, Mexico, and Cambodia. As they were walking, one of the agents stepped on a tile that depressed into the ground and activated some kind of sequence. Will's hearing picked up the sound of something moving but when he turned around nothing was out of the ordinary and the tile had moved back into place.

They moved through the area as some of the archaeologists and linguists moved over to a part of a wall to look at some of the hieroglyphics to try and interpret them. "Thomas." Professor Sebastian De Rosa called over his assistant Thomas.

"What is it?" Thomas asked as Sebastian moved some cob webs out of the way to get a better look at the hieroglyphics. "I recognize the Egyptian."

"The second symbol is Aztec, Pre-conquest era. The third is Cambodian." Sebastian said.

"Then you were right." Dr. Weyland said. "The pyramid contains all three cultures."

"That's what it looks like." Sebastian said.

"You may choose to enter." Thomas deciphered part of the writing. "Those who choose may enter."

"Who taught you to translate?" Sebastian asked.

"Funny, kind of looked like you." Thomas replied as Alexa chuckled.

"Well, it's not choose, It's chosen. Only the chosen ones may enter." Sebastian said.

"That's not foreboding at all." Will said as everyone looked at him. Will checked his computer and the compass showed them they were moving east. "All right, let's keep moving. Everyone on high alert. Something doesn't seem right."

Line Break xxxxx

Back up at the Whaling station, the digging crew and the four agents Will had stay behind as security had finished setting up the basics of base camp and were hunkering down because a storm had come in with raging wind and snow. One of the SHIELD agents was outside doing a patrol when he heard a loud noise so he pulled out his pistol and turned on the laser sight. He looked around but with the wind and snow he couldn't really see anything. He heard another loud bang and it was closer.

"MR. QUINN IS THAT YOU OUT THERE?!" He shouted as he heard some movement and turned to see a shimmer of a figure. "ARGHH!"

Ruster Quinn had heard the shout of pain as he was securing some equipment and the SHIED Agents and two members of the digging team were in one of the old Whaling houses when they heard the shout. All of the sudden the door to the house slid open and the agents pulled out their guns and aimed at the door way as their laser sights refracted off some kind of figure that was using active camouflage…and that's when the massacre began.

One of the agents was thrown through a wall and was killed by the impact while another was stabbed through the stomach with some kind of blade and hoisted up into the air. His limp body was tossed away as the last agent fired his assault rifle and shot the entire cabin with bullets but hit nothing. He was then hit with something and sent flying through the air until he was stuck to a wall. He grabbed his stomach and saw a large spear de-cloak before he died.

"Mikkel!" Quinn called out for his friend as he walked into the cabin and saw the three agents and two members of his drill team all dead and being strung up by their feet like they were freshly killed deer. Quinn looked in horror at this when he heard an animalistic growl and saw a blood coated shimmer. He ran out of the cabin and closed the door when a spear shot through and pricked his arm. He grabbed his arm and ran away as fast as he could, stumbling across the snow. He tripped on his feet as he crawled up an elevated platform and broke into a sprint but smacked into something and fell down. "AHH!"

Quinn shouted in terror as he smacked into the dead body of one of his digging team. He looked and saw the other four members of his drilling team were dead and hung upside by their feet like they were animals. He crawled away as fast as he could when he saw a pistol on the ground so he grabbed it. He looked around and saw a shimmering figure on a rooftop so he fired three bullets at it. The first two bullets hit the building but the third hit the figure in the shoulder as it began to crackle with electricity. The active camouflage disappeared to reveal the figure was some kind of alien. It was large, at about 8 feet tall and was big, built like a linebacker or offensive tackle. It had several weapons ranging from spears to knives on its body along with metal armor on its shoulders, chest, arms, and legs. It had a distinct mask on its face but the most worrisome thing was the fact that all over its body were ceremonial bones and skulls of things it had hunted and some of them were human skulls. This was the species known as the Yautja…or as it was colloquially known as the Predator.

The Predator reached up and pulled out the bullet that hit its shoulder armor and if anything, it was just annoyed. [ROAR!] The Predator roared and jumped down right in front of Quinn. Quinn raised his hand and tried to punch the Predator but it grabbed Quinn's hand and twisted it, forcing him to drop the gun. He then backhanded Quinn and he was sent flying through a wooden table. The Predator stalked up to Quinn and was hit in the arm with a piece of wood but it did nothing. The Predator backhanded Quinn again and sent him flying through the air and into the tunnel, which sent him sliding straight to the pyramid. Quinn pulled out his ice axe and slammed it into the ground to try and slow and stop his descent. He slammed his axe into the ice but the friction forced his axe out of his hand and he was sent sliding to the pyramid.

The Predator who attacked Quinn walked over to the tunnel and was soon joined by two other Predators who de-cloaked. They had their own unique weapons and trophies on their body but they were all there for a reason. The lead Predator held up his gauntlet and pressed a few buttons and a holographic image of the pyramid came up and then zoomed in to one section of the pyramid that picked up several heat signatures. It's where Will and his team were.

Will and his team had moved through the pyramid and recording more data when they came to a door that led to a large room with 12 large slabs that looked like beds with a skeleton on each slab. They walked into the room as Will took out some glow sticks, cracked them and shook them a bit before placing them around the room to get some extra light.

The scientists and archaeologists looked around and the place seemed like a gold mine for discovery. Will and his SHIELD team began moving around to secure the area and once they found it was secure, the scientists and archaeologists got to work in examining the area and any potential artifacts.

"What is all this?" Alexa asked.

"This is the sacrificial chamber." Sebastian said as he walked over to the one of the stone slabs to inspect the skeleton.

"Just like the Aztecs and the Egyptians. Whoever built this pyramid believed in ritual sacrifice. This is where the chosen ones were offered to the gods." Thomas said as Will walked over to a wall and saw dozens of human skulls with their spinal cords still attached like some kind of mural.

"It's a good thing that fell out of favor because now that thinking would make people think you're crazy and get you killed." Will said.

"Those that were chosen would lie here. They weren't bound or tied in any way. They went to die willingly. Men and women. It was considered a great honor." Sebastian said.

"Lucky them." Alexa said as Thomas was videotaping some of the hieroglyphics and translating them.

"They gave their lives so the hunt could begin." Thomas spoke as Bobbi walked over to the skeleton on the slab. She looked it over when she noticed the large gaping hole in the chest.

"What happened here?" she asked, shining her flashlight on the hole in the rib cage.

"It's common in ritual sacrifice to take the heart of the victim." Thomas told her.

"Wonderful." Bobbi said sarcastically. "Except that's not where your heart is located. And the bones look like they were bent outward instead of inward. It's more like something broke out of the body."

[SCREECH] Will turned his head because he could have sworn he heard a screech, like an animal. "Did anyone hear that?" Will asked.

"Hear what?" Dr. Weyland asked.

"Edi, anything on the thermal sensor?" Will asked.

"I'm not detecting any other thermal readings in the pyramid other than yours." Edi said.

"What about that central chamber below the pyramid?" Will asked.

"The chamber appears to have some kind of thick stone material and ice which makes scanning for a heat signature next to impossible without getting closer." Edi said as Will brought up the 3D image of the pyramid to look at the chamber when he noticed a grate on the floor with some kind of serpent carving. He looked down the grate and took out another glow stick. He popped it as it glowed bright green and tossed it down the grate to illuminate a shaft that went straight down about a hundred feet.

"What is it?" Weyland asked as Will looked and saw the faint glow of the glowstick stop about a hundred feet down.

"Looks like a shaft to another level." Will replied. "Another room down there."

"Let's go and see what's down there." Dr. Weyland said as Will nodded.

"Ok, everyone. There's another room directly below us. Rousseau, keep a team here and catalog everything. Get all the equipment up and running and stay sharp. Dr. Thomas, you'll head the research team here until we return." Will said as Rousseau and Thomas nodded.

Will then left with Dr. Weyland, Bobbi, four other SHIELD agents, Sebastian, Alexa and Dr. Miller to go find the other room. They walked down a series of hallways and stairs that was littered with more statues, hieroglyphics, and wall carvings. Will looked at some of the carvings and they depicted the building of the pyramid and whatever civilization lived here a long time ago but what drew his attention were the drawings of two other things. One looked humanoid but was wearing some kind of mask and armor while the other was some kind of bipedal serpent with an elongated head and sharp tail.

They kept walking as Will checked his compass on his computer gauntlet and saw they were nearing the exact coordinates of the sacrificial chamber above. They kept walking and entered a room where Will saw the glow stick he tossed down the grate on the floor.

"Ok, we should be right under the sacrificial chamber." Will said he walked over and picked up the glow stick. They walked into the room and saw some more statues and hieroglyphics but there wasn't anything else until Alexa noticed a large slab of concrete at the far side of the room in the shape of a coffin.

"Sebastian." Alexa said as everyone looked at the coffin and walked over.

"It's a sarcophagus." Sebastian brought his flash light closer to get a better look as he noticed three distinct dials along with numbers he recognized as the Aztec Calendar. "This is the Long count, the Aztec Calendar. And this is some kind of combination lock."

Sebastian looked and noticed two other dials similar to the first one. "Days…months…years." He got a closer look at the dials and the date they were set at. "The dials are set for…1912."

"So, you're saying that someone opened this thing a hundred years ago?" Will asked as Sebastian thought for a moment while everyone thought that was impossible.

"What's today's date?" Sebastian asked.

"April 8th." Alexa said as Sebastian set the dials for 4-8-2012. Once he set the last dial into place, a loud rumbling and crackling came from the sarcophagus as it seemed to open up.

"GET BACK!" Will pulled out his pistol and aimed it at the sarcophagus as everyone got back. The sarcophagus opened up and a cloud of dust was kicked up. Will slowly walked forward and looked at his computer as EDI didn't detect any kind of radiation, toxin, or energy coming from the sarcophagus. He walked over as the cloud of dust disappeared and he saw what was there. "What the hell?"

Everyone got up and looked to see three weird looking devices that kind of resembled tubes but they honestly looked more like futuristic tech than ancient relics. "What the hell are those things?" Alexa asked as Will activated his mask and had Edi run a full spectrum scan on the artifacts and from what she could detect, they were completely harmless. No radiation or detectable energy signature and the things were made up of some kind of steel alloy type metal.

"Any idea what these are?" Dr. Miller asked.

"No. You?" Sebastian asked.

"No." Dr. Miller replied.

"It's a good thing we brought the experts then." Bobbi said.

"Well, yeah, it is a good thing. Because this is like finding Moses' DVD collection." Dr. Miller said as Sebastian chuckled.

Dr. Weyland began having a dry coughing bit as he stepped away from the group to take some puffs from an oxygen tank. Will walked over to see how he was doing. "Are you ok?" He asked as Dr. Weyland nodded.

"A little too much excitement." Weyland said as he took a few more puffs of air.

"Ok, we've been out long enough for today. We're gonna set up base camp at the Whaling station and get back at it first thing tomorrow morning." Alexa said as everyone looked at her before looking at Will.

"You heard her. We've done enough today." Will said as everyone nodded.

"What about these things?" An agent asked.

"Take them. We'll run further tests up on the surface." Weyland said as the agents pulled out the artifacts when Will noticed they were on pressure plates.

"Wait, stop!" Will's warning came too late as they were all removed and the sarcophagus closed back up. A rumbling could be heard throughout the entire pyramid as the entrance was closed off by a three-ton stone slab that came down from the ceiling. The ceiling grate was closed off as well as the doorway to a set of stairs up. Then the stairs up shifted downward to reveal a secret path that wasn't there before. The room stopped shifting around as Will got on the radio.

"Rousseau, come in. Rousseau, report in now." Will spoke into the comm line but there was no response. "Adams, report in. Jefferson, report in. Any SHIELD agent on the line report in now! Edi, what's going on up there?!"

"I'm not exactly sure but the comms appear to be working. It would seem as those they aren't answering." Edi replied.

"Is there anything you didn't tell me about this place?" Alexa asked Dr. Weyland.

"Nothing. Your guess is as good as mine." Weyland told her.

"We just walked into a trap." Will unzipped his duffel bag and pulled out his modified M249 Mk46 LMG and loaded the drum magazine into place. He pulled the slide back and chambered the round and hooked his spare magazine on his belt. The other agents and Bobbi did the same, opening up the suitcases they were carrying to reveal HK G36 assault rifles and loaded them with magazines. Will and his agents turned on the flashlights and laser sights. "Our priority now is to get out of here. That path should take us back to the surface and we regroup at the Whaling station. We'll pick up everyone else on the way there. Donners, Stuart, you two cover the rear. Gomez, Jones, each take a flank. Bobbie with me. Everyone else in the middle. Let's move."

"The heat bloom your satellites detected makes a lot more sense now, Dr. Weyland. A building this sophisticated would require a major energy source. I think that's what your satellite detected. A power plant for this pyramid firing up. Preparing." Dr. Miller told him.

"Preparing for what?" Dr. Weyland asked.

"Let's not stick around to find out. Let's move." Will said as he and Bobbi took the lead while the rest of the agents covered the back and the sides leaving everyone else in the middle. They moved down the new path with their weapons at the ready as Will activated his mask to be ready for any kind of surprises. They then moved to a hallway lined with statues of the humanoid figures Will saw on the cave carvings. They must be whoever this pyramid was dedicated for.

They kept moving down the hall as everyone scanned their corners in case something happened. Sebastian and Alexa looked at one of the statues and noticed something. "Recognize what's on their shoulders?" She asked as Sebastian nodded.

"Yeah." Sebastian walked over to a wall to look at the hieroglyphics.

"We worshipped these things?" Bobbi asked.

"According to this we did. The artifacts we removed from the sarcophagus seemed to be their weapons." Sebastian said as Alexa checked her compass.

"Let's keep moving. Only another 200 yards to the entrance." She said as they kept moving when Will's sensor picked up something…a heat signature.

He raised his hand and everyone froze in place. "Heat signature, group up!" Will whisper as everyone did when he noticed they were one short. "Where's Stuart?"

Will and the SHIELD agents looked around for Stuart when he saw something by one of the statues and it looked exactly like the carvings. It held up a spear and threw it at them so Will quickly grabbed Bobbie and pulled her to the side to avoid getting speared only for Donners to get the spear right in the chest and pin him to the stone wall.

"Open fire!" Will shouted as they fired at the position the spear came from. They fired a myriad of bullets that destroyed the statue and stopped as the agents loaded new magazines into their rifles while Will looked around for it.

"He's dead." Weyland said as he checked on Stuart.

They all heard rumbling and the walls, floors, and ceilings of the pyramid began to shift again. "The pyramid's shifting again!" Sebastian shouted as the agents opened fire. The creature jumped from one side of the hallway to the other and turned invisible mid-jump. And that's when all hell broke loose.

"Fall back now!" Will shouted as he and Bobbi grouped up with Dr. Weyland, Sebastian, and Alexa while Gomez fell through the floor to some kind of secret shaft while Dr. Miller and Jones fell through a separate one. Will and his group kept moving when the pyramid stopped shifting and they were trapped in the room.

"Agents, report in!" Will spoke into the Comms. "I repeat, Agents report in!" Will waited for a response but all he got was a gargled radio response. "Edi, what's going on with the comms?"

"I'm getting some kind of localized signal disturbance which is affecting our communication system. The signal is too advance for me to circumvent but I have managed to deduce that the origin was from your attacker." Edi told him.

"Dammit." Will said as he brought up the 3D image of the pyramid and tried to get a clear path to the exit but with all the shifting, there wasn't a clear path anymore.

"What on earth was that thing?" Weyland asked as Will shook his head.

"I have no idea." Will held up his computer and pressed a few buttons. "Edi, holographic projection of the attacker. Freeze frame."

"Of course." Edi replied as she projected an image of the attacker, so everyone could see what attacked them. Edi projected the image from Will's forearm computer and it showed the attacker in mid-jump before it went invisible. Now that everyone got a good look, they saw it was the same thing as all the wall carvings and statues throughout the pyramid.

"It's the same thing as the statues. But how? Where did it come from?" Alexa asked.

"I have a feeling it didn't come from this planet." Will said.

"You mean that thing is an alien?" Sebastian found that entire sentence utterly ridiculous. "That's ridiculous."

"As ridiculous of being in an ancient pyramid in the middle of Antarctica?" Will asked.

"Fair point." Sebastian replied.

"Whatever that thing is, it's clearly dangerous." Alexa said.

"And smart. It picked off Stuart quietly and used its terrain to its advantage, hiding in the shadows when it threw the spear and staying elevated." Bobbi said.

"We're dealing with something serious." Will said as he checked his gun to make sure it was fine. "Bobbi, how much ammo you have?"

"Two more mags." Bobbi said. "You?"

"This drum has half and one more along with my pistol. We need to make them count." Will said as he checked around to see if there was another way out or in but nothing except for going through solid stone. Dr. Weyland sat down and took a few more breaths from his oxygen tank and tried to calm his breathing, letting out a few heavy coughs.

"Anything on the radio?" Alexa asked.

"No, communication system is jammed and everything else is jammed as well." Bobbi said a Will walked over from doing a quick recon of the area. "Anything?"

"No. This entire area is cut off." He said as his computer beeped. He activated the screen and it recorded a slight uptick in energy output.

"What's that?" Alexa asked.

"Dr. Millers statement that the heat bloom came from a power plant for the pyramid gave me an idea. I set up Edi to scan for any slight energy signatures or fluctuations. Any kind of structure that is able to shift like this would require an extraordinary amount of energy. Edi detected another energy fluctuation which if it means what it think it means…this pyramid is gonna shift again." Will said as not a second later one of the walls moved down to reveal a new pathway. "God, I love being right."

Will and Bobbi held up their flashlights and weapons at the passage. "Let's stick together." Will then noticed Dr. Weyland wasn't looking good. "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. Let's get out of here." Weyland said as Will took the led position followed by Sebastian, Weyland, Alexa, and Bobbi. Will moved down the passage with his gun's flashlight and laser sight illuminating the path forward while his mask's sensor system and night vision kept them on the watch for any kind of trap. They made it out of the hallway to a more open area as Will had them group up, so he could keep closer watch on them.

They kept moving when Dr. Weyland dropped the artifact on the ground and grabbed onto a pillar to keep himself from falling. "Weyland." Alexa ran to his side to help him. "You ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." He replied as he reached down and picked up the artifact.

"Leave it. It will only slow us down." Alexa told him.

"Too much has been lost to leave here with nothing." Weyland told her as Alexa sighed.

"Give it to me." She said as Weyland put it in her pack.

Will moved forward when he stopped because Edi detected two heat signatures nearby. Then his danger sense kicked in as he turned and saw the alien come out from a corner and fire a metal net at him. Will rolled to the side and dodged the net as he fired his gun, but the alien ducked behind the wall to avoid the hail of bullets. "CONTACT!"

Will's hearing picked up the sound of something flying towards them, so he did a butterfly spin through the air and avoided some kind of shuriken as it skimmed past his arm. Bobbi, Alexa and Weyland managed to move out of the way but Sebastian was too late and was hit with the shuriken and the force stuck him to the wall. The alien walked out from another corner and fired some kind of projectile from its wrist that sliced Will's gun clean in two. The alien knocked Bobbi and Weyland away, the force of the impact sent them into a wall. The alien then focused its attention on Alexa before Will charged forward and tackled the alien away from her. He rolled from the impact and threw the Alien over his head and onto the ground as he quickly got to his feet. The alien held up its gauntlet as two blades popped out of its gauntlet and it held up a metal stick that unfolded into a spear.

Will activated his shield and wrist blade as the alien got in a fighting stance. The Predator thrust with its spear, intending to end this fight in an instant but Will raised his shield and it blocked the spear. The Predator stopped for a moment because it didn't expect to see its spear stopped by the human's shield. Will felt the impact of the spear thrust and knew that this thing was strong, but his super soldier strength evened the playing field as the thrust didn't force him back or break his arm. Will pushed back and did a jumping spinning hook kick and hit the Predator in the face as the impact forced it back. The Predator's head turned from the kick but then it turned back sharply and growled, which Will guessed that he pissed it off as it charged at him. It spun the spear and tried to stab Will, but he kept blocking and dodging. Will backflipped to avoid a spear to the legs and swiped his wrist blades but the Predator raised his blades to block them. Will locked blades with the Predator before pushing it back and doing a jumping kick to its torso and knocking it back a bit.

Bobbi looked up from the ground to see Will fighting the alien, so she quickly reached for her assault rifle when some kind of shimmering invisible figure kicked her in the gut and knocked her into a wall. Bobbie groaned in pain as she managed to sit up and see the shimmering outline of something. She pulled out one of her fighting sticks when she heard the schink of a metal blade leave its holster. The figure was about to kill Bobbie when some kind of sharp tail impaled the figure in the stomach. The invisible shimmer flickered with electricity as the figure decloaked to reveal it was another alien like the one Will was fighting. The Predator was lifted into the air, the tail still through its body as it was turned around and some kind of serpent alien came out of the shadows, this was a Xenomorph. The Xenomorph brought the Predator closer as it growled at its prey before opening its mouth to reveal and smaller secondary mouth which shot out and broke straight through the Predator's mask and skull, spraying Bobbi with its bright green blood.

The Predator Will was fighting pushed him away before turning to see his brother killed by a Xenomorph and growled in anger. The Xenomorph tossed the dead Predator away as it focused its attention on the new one. The Predator ran at the Xenomorph which screeched and jumped forward as the two aliens clashed in an epic fight. Will saw the two aliens fight one another and wondered why the Predator would rather fight the serpent but decided not to press the issue and get the hell out of there before the winner wanted another fight.

"Come on!" Will shouted as he ran over to grab Bobbi, Alexa, and Weyland. He grabbed Weyland and hoisted him up as Bobbie grabbed her assault rifle and saw the Xenomorph was on top of the Predator, scratching and clawing at it's armor. Will carried Weyland as the four ran as fast as they could away from the fight.

The Xenomorph clawed the Predator's helmet and lashed out it's second mouth to try and kill the Predator. It then managed to get enough leverage and pushed the Xenomorph off and sent it crashing into a pillar. The Predator got back to its feet as the Xenomorph growled at it. The Predator lunged with its spear but the Xenomorph lashed out its tail and knocked the spear out of the Predator's hand. The Predator swiped with its wrist blades as the blades clashed with the Xenomorphs sharp tail. The Predator leaned back as the tail flew by its head and smashed into a pillar and then lashed on the Predator's foot and tripped it, sending it on its back. The Xenomorph then jumped onto the Predator and stabbed its tail down but missed and it got stuck in the ground. The Predator flicked its wrist blades and they reverse position. He sliced the Xenomorphs tail causing it to screak in pain as it backed away. The acid from the Xenomorph melted the Predator's wrist blade so it charged forward and tackled it into a pillar, cracking it in half. It grabbed the Xenomorph by the leg and began spinning it around, smashing its face into the walls before throwing it down the hall.

The Predator let loose a loud roar and charged forward as the Xenomorph flicked its tail and sprayed its acid blood all over the place with some of it hitting the Predator's chest armor. It quickly discarded it before it melted through and saw the Xenomorph used the opportunity to slink away. The Predator looked around as its visor tried to track down the Xenomorph's location. The Xenomorph was actually above the Predator. It slowly crawled out from the small crevice it was hiding in and lunged at the Predator, but the Predator turned and fired another metal net at the Xenomorph. The Xenomorph was caught in the net and crashed onto the ground with enough force that it broke through the stone and landed in a secret graveyard filled with human skulls. The Xenomorph screeched and tried to get free but the net slowly constricted around it's body as the razor-sharp metal of the net began to cut into the Xenomorph's body.

The Predator jumped down into the graveyard and pulled out a knife from its boot as it slowly walked over to the Xenomorph. The Xenomorph screeched as the metal net cut into its skull and the acidic blood slowly began to degrade the metal. The Predator raised its knife to take its kill when the acidic blood melted through one knot of the net and the other knots on the net broke apart and the Xenomorph broke free. It lunged and tackled the Predator to the ground and got on top, knocking its knife away and then killed with its inner jaw piercing through its skull. The Predator slumped to the ground dead as the Xenomorph screeched in success and enjoyed its kill.

Line Break xxxxx

Will carried Dr. Weyland as he along with Bobbi and Alexa made their escape as fast as they could. To be honest, they didn't even know if they were going in the right direction…they just needed to get the hell out of there.

"What the hell was that thing?" Alexa asked.

"I'm not sure but let's not stick around to deal with the winner!" Bobbi shouted as they ran up a set of stairs.

"I've got to stop. Stop!" Weyland said as they stopped on the stairs and Will put Weyland down. His lips were blue, he was sweating profusely, and his breathing was getting more and more erratic.

"Weyland, look at me. You have to slow your breathing down. Slow, steady breaths." Will deactivated his mask as he handed Weyland his oxygen tank and he took a few breaths. Bobbi held her rifle at the ready while Will and Alexa looked at Dr. Weyland as best they could. "Just relax. I'm gonna get you out of here. I'm not gonna let you die down here."

"You didn't." Weyland told him when Edi picked up another heat signature nearby and Bobbi saw a shadow by the doorway.

"There's another one!" Bobbi shouted as she fired a few bullets, but they bounced off its armor and pissed it off. "We need to go!"

Will took out a flashbang pellet and threw it at the Predator. It concussed the alien and gave them a few more seconds. "Weyland, let's go!" Will picked him but Weyland pushed them away.

"No. Will, get them out of here! Get to the surface and destroy this place! Go now!" Weyland pushed him away but Will decided to finally let loose.

"Hey, ugly!" Will shouted as he sent out a force wave and it knocked the Predator back out the doorway and slammed it into the wall. "Nice sentiment but we've lost enough as it is."

He picked up Weyland and threw two explosive pellets at the doorway to collapse it as he, Alexa, and Bobbi ran away. They made it to the top of the stairs and down the hallway a bit when Edi detected an energy signature flicker. "Crap." Will said as the floor began to rise. "MOVE!"

They down the hallway as fast as they could or at least as fast as Bobbi and Alexa could while Will moved faster than they could. He made it down another hallway and knew that Bobbi and Alexa wouldn't make it so he levitated them up and pulled them to him as they zoomed through the air and made it just before the hallway closed up when a spinning shuriken flew at them, but Will caught in hand before it hit him.

"I hate that thing." Will said as he put Dr. Weyland down against the wall so he could catch his breath.

The Predator looked at the room the humans were in and knew it couldn't get to them until the pyramid shifted again. It heard noise as a Facehugger flew through the air towards it so it threw another spinning shuriken and sliced it clean in two, both halves flopping on the ground before it stopped moving. The shuriken curved through the air and returned to the Predator like a boomerang. A Xenomorph slowly and carefully crawled down from the ceiling and was inching closer and closer to kill the Predator silently when the Predator sliced its shuriken across the Xenomorph in one quick motion. A few seconds passed before part of the head of the Xenomorph fell down to the ground to reveal it was cut clean off. The rest of the body slumped to the ground as the acidic blood melted the stone floor. The Predator flicked its shuriken twice and it collapsed into a small circular disk that it put on its belt.

Will walked over to a small opening/window and saw the Predator over the body of a dead Xenomorph. It pulled a plug out of its facemask and then took it off its face. "Jesus that is one ugly alien." Will said as Bobbi and Alexa walked over to see what it was doing.

The Predator reached down and ripped off one of the legs of the Facehugger. "What's it doing?" Alexa asked.

"I don't know." Will replied as they saw the Predator used the Facehugger's acidic blood to melt some of the armor and carve a symbol into its mask. A diagonal mark from right to left and then a curved mark that went down. It then did the same thing and carved the symbol on its forehead, growling in pain. "It's marking itself."

"What?" Alexa asked.

"Some cultures would mark themselves with the blood of their kill. Kind of like a rite of passage." Will told her.

"You study archaeology as well?" Bobbi asked.

"No, ancient history and cultures course in college." Will said as he picked up a large stone slab off the ground and put it in the opening.

"So, now there are two aliens who are after us?" Alexa asked as Will shrugged his shoulders.

"Yeah because one wasn't enough but where did that serpent come from?" Bobbi added as Will walked over to check on Dr. Weyland who was doing ok but would need some medical attention soon.

"Not sure. There's a lot about this place we'll never know about." Weyland said as Will looked at the hieroglyphics on the wall and got an idea.

"But I think I know where we can learn." Will pressed a few buttons on his forearm computer and activated a scanning beam which he ran over all the hieroglyphics in the room. "Edi, translate."

They waited a few seconds and Edi finished translated the hieroglyphics. "Translation complete." Edi replied as Will looked over the translation.

"What does it say?" Alexa asked.

"It looks like the history of this place." Will said as he looked it over. "Thousands of years ago, these Hunters found a backwater planet and encountered the earliest humans. They taught humans how to build and were worshipped as gods. Every hundred years, the gods would return and when they did…they would expect a sacrifice. Humans were used to breed the ultimate prey. The hunters would battle with these great serpents, to prove themselves worthy to carry the mark. But if the hunters lost…they made sure nothing survived."

"That would explain why there's never been another discovery of a pyramid like this. This must be the last one." Bobbi.

"An entire civilization was wiped out overnight." Will said.

"So, the humanoids, the hunters…they brought those things here to hunt?" Alexa asked.

"And they need vessels to breed them…hosts. The heat bloom we detected was designed to lure us down here. This entire thing was a trap for a sick game…and we fell for it." Will said. "Without humans, there couldn't be a hunt."

"We need to destroy this place." Weyland said as Will nodded. "We can't let any of those things escape."

"They won't." Will said as he looked at the shuriken in his hand. He then pressed the two trigger devices on the inside of the disk and the blades retracted into the disk. "That's better."

He put it in his belt and checked his heat sensor and saw that it wasn't picking up another signature, so the Predator must have left. "That thing is gone for now. When that door opens, we make our way out of here and find anyone else we can." Will told them.

"You think you can take that thing down?" Bobbi asked.

"I should be able to handle it. The only thing that concerns me is the Serpents. Where the hell did they come from and are there more?" Will wondered as Alexa was thinking of something. "What is it, Alexa?"

"We're outnumbered. We need to set this right." She said.

"What do you mean?" Weyland asked.

"This pyramid is like a prison. We took the guards' guns, and now the prisoners are running free. To restore order, the guards need their guns." Alexa said. "When that door opens, we're gonna give that thing its gun back."

"You want to arm that thing? That thing already killed my entire team and who knows who else and you want to give it a weapon that can do god knows what?" Will thought she was crazy. "We're being hunted and the last thing we want is to arm the hunter."

"Except we're not the actual prey. You saw it before, the thing stopping fighting you and fought the serpent. We're in the middle of war…it's time to pick a side." Alexa said.

"We already have a side." Bobbi said.

"And we're losing. We don't know exactly what's going on, but that thing does. And we need to make sure those serpents don't make it to the surface no matter what. If they get loose, everything everywhere could die." Alexa said.

"I'm not gonna let that happen, trust me." Will said as he handed Bobbi the drum magazine from his machine gun, so she could use it. His computer beeped, and they waited for the door to open only for a wall on the opposite side to slide open. "Let's get the hell out of here."

Will picked up Weyland and they moved down the hallway together. Bobbi had her rifle up as Alexa used her flashlight to give them some light. They kept moving as Edi's heat and motion sensor kept an eye out for anything. They turned down a hallway when Will's danger sense kicked off and he heard a screech down the hall and saw one of those serpents. It jumped forward, but Will sent out a force wave and knocked it back into the wall. Bobbie and Will fired dozens of bullets that ripped through the Xenomorph's armor and exoskeleton. The Xenomorph fell to the ground with its head blown to pieces and its acidic blood dropping onto the ground and melting through the stone.

"Acid blood. Good to know." Will said as they kept moving and came to a bridge that was destroyed. He jumped over the gap with Weyland and then levitated Bobbi and Alexa over.

"Didn't know you could do that." Bobbi said.

"There's a lot you don't know about me." Will told her as they kept moving. They moved down an open hallway that had multiple entrances on each side, so they stayed alert. They kept moving until they came to a dead end. Will's danger sense kicked in, so he turned around but didn't see the alien anywhere. He checked Edi's scanner and it was picking up another heat signature, so he knew it was close by. "I know you're out there!"

"What are you doing?" Alexa whispered as Will put Weyland down.

"Trust me." Will told her. "I know you're watching us! You've been watching us since we stepped foot here! Your species hunts for sport…then hunt me! I fought one of you to a standstill and I knocked you on your alien ass! So, come out you ugly motherfucker!"

Will waited a few seconds when he heard footsteps behind him and a shimmer of electricity revealed the Predator standing there. Will recognized the weapon in its hand as the collapsible spear and knew it wanted to fight. "Stay back." Will told Bobbi who nodded as she got in front of Alexa and Weyland to protect them. They took a few steps back while Will faced off against the Predator.

The Predator unfolded its spear and held it up while Will activated his mask. His mask's glowing blue eyes stared at the Predator as he activated his wrist blades and the Predator did the same. "You're gonna regret coming back to his planet." Will told him as the Predator let loose a roar and charged forward.

It charged forward but once it got close Will flipped over the Predator and sliced his wrist blades down the back of the neck and spine. The Predator stopped and slumped to its knees as Will then slashed his blades across its neck and sliced the alien's head off from its body as it fell to the ground dead, staining the ground with bright green blood. "Told you so." Will sheathed his wrist blades. "Got to love Vibranium."

"You killed it." Alexa said.

"Told you I could handle it." He said as he looked down at the dead alien. "That was for my team you son of a bitch."

Will knelt down to the head of the alien and did a quick mental download before the brain died completely. It was a lot of information to take down, but Will got everything. The language and knowledge to understand it, the technology, and why they were here. Like the story on the hieroglyphics said, the Predators or as the species was called, Yautja, came to earth thousands of years ago and helped the early humans build. The serpents were known as Xenomorphs and were deadly but like Will suggested, they were bred meaning that the chamber at the very bottom of the pyramid housed the Queen of the Xenomorphs.

Will shook his head from the enormous information download. "The hunters are dealt with." Will deactivated his mask as he looked at Weyland, Alexa, and Bobbi. "But the serpents are still a problem and they have a queen."

"A queen?" Bobbi asked.

"Yup." Will said as he reached down took the gauntlet off of the Predator's arm. He pressed a button and the gauntlet opened up reveal some kind of computer. Will closed it back up and grabbed another shuriken disk from the Predator's belt along with a metal knife. He then saw four flat triangular shaped devices that he knew from his mental download as laser nets, so he took them as well. He grabbed the spear off the ground and pressed a button on the handle and it collapsed into itself for him to carry. "Let's go and see if we can find anybody."

They kept moving down the hall when Will noticed some weird goop/slime on the ground and a solidified slime on the walls that resembled a sort of weird fungus structure that spread around. Will checked his map and saw they were heading back to the ceremonial chamber. They moved into the room and it was covered in the slime/fungus structure with maybe a hundred eggs scattered around. There were some that were empty indicating that those eggs turned into the Xenomorphs. But then Will saw something that made his heart sink completely. His entire SHIELD team along with the researchers and archaeologists that were on the expedition were strung up on the wall with gaping holes in their chests…they had been hosts for the Xenomorphs.

"Oh my god." Will said as Alexa, Bobbi, and Weyland saw the horrors of what the Serpents did. "My entire team…all of them…this is my fault. I was supposed to protect them."

"This isn't your fault, Will. You couldn't have known." Bobbi told him.

"She's right. If anything, this is my fault. You urged us multiple times to go back but I kept us going." Weyland told her. "Their deaths are on my hands."

"Thank you for that but this is on me. I should have gotten us out of here the second something seemed off." Will said as he looked at his dead men. "I promised them to protect them and I couldn't do that."

"It's no ones fault except for the things that did this. We kill them all and make sure nothing leaves this place." Alexa said when they heard a loud roar and the pyramid shake.

"I think their mother just woke up." He said as he opened up the Predator's gauntlet and pressed a few buttons as red alien symbols appeared on the gauntlet.

"What are you doing?" Bobbi asked.

"Blowing this entire place to smithereens. This thing is a powerful explosive. Nearly nuclear. It'll be enough to level this entire place and wipe out every single one of them." He said as he pressed one more button and threw it in the middle of the egg nest. "Let's go!"

He picked up Weyland and they ran as fast as they could out of the pyramid. They managed to find a route that took them back to the large staircase as they made their way down and over to the equipment by the giant tunnel in the ice. He heard a screech and saw Xenomorphs charging at them, so he took out some explosive pellets from his shoulder holster and threw it at the Xenomorph. The Xenomorphs jumped into the air at the pellets and they exploded which blew the Xenomorphs into pieces. Will levitated Bobbi, Alexa, and Weyland and flew them up the tunnel just as the Predator nuke went off, destroying the pyramid. A wave of fire collapsed the ice cavern and came up the tunnel as Will flew them out, the biting wind and ice nipped at their skin.

They flew out of the tunnel as the explosion destroyed the tunnel and shot out into the air like a flamethrower. The resulting explosion caused a chain reaction that caused the ice holding up the buildings in the whaling town to collapse. The buildings and ice sank in to the ground as the entire town was destroyed. Will flew them down and they landed on the ground, seeing the destruction the explosive caused. The pyramid was definitely destroyed and every single one of those Xenomorphs were dead.

"It's over." Weyland said as he took a deep breath with his oxygen tank. "Nothing could have survived that."

"Definitely. That pyramid is gone for good." Will said as he called into SHIELD ship. "SHIELD Carrier 7 this is Agent Detmer reporting in, please respond, over."

"Agent Detmer, this is SHIELD CT station 29 on SHIELD Carrier 7, we've been trying to reach you for a while but received some kind of interference on our end. What's the situation, over?" SHIELD CT said over the radio.

Will took a moment before answering. "Situation escalated quickly. Unknown hostiles were waiting for us. The entire expedition was a trap." Will reported in.

"Roger that, Agent Detmer. How many survivors?" Will looked at Bobbi, Weyland and Alexa.

"Four." Will reported in a somber tone.

"Understood. Units are on their way for pickup and assessment." SHIELD CT reported in when the ice beneath their feet rumbled and they heard a crackling sound.

"That's not good." Bobbi said as the crackling and rumbling got more intense and constant and then part of the ground burst open and something crawled out. The ice caved away and a massive Xenomorph burst out from the ground and crawled onto the ice on its hind legs. The other Xenomorphs they've encountered were about human size but this was easily four times as big, easily 30 to 40 feet tall. It has a long tail with a razor sharp blade at the end and it had a crown like skull…this was the Queen Xenomorph.

"What is that thing?!" Alexa shouted.

"We just upset the queen!" Will activated his mask. "Bobbi, get them out of here!"

"I'm not leaving you!" Bobbi told him as Will took out his pistol and fired a few shots at the Queen. The bullets hit the queen and hurt it but because of the sheer size of the queen, it was like shooting a bear with a bb-gun. It hurt the Queen but wouldn't do anything lethal.

"That was an order!" Will shouted as the Queen screeched and whipped it tail around and nearly skewered Weyland had Alexa not pushed him out of the way. Bobbi grabbed Alexa and Weyland and they ran away as the Queen saw and followed them. Will put his pistol away and took out the two small disks and unfolded them into the shurikens. He threw them and they whizzed through the air and sliced through Queen's side and neck before spinning around and flying back into Will's hands. He threw them again and sliced the top part of its crown off along with making another slash on the side, causing it to bleed and the acidic blood to melt the snow. "Hey, you ugly bitch! Follow me!"

The queen screeched as it charged at Will who ran and took it in the opposite direction from Bobbi and the others. Will ran through the ice as the Queen charged after him, growling and screeching and was hell bent on eating Will alive. Will slowed down a bit so the Queen could gain on him and when it was closer; he stopped suddenly and ran in the opposite direction underneath the queen. He dove to the side to avoid the tail and then jumped onto the back of the queen. He unfolded his spear and stabbed it into the back of the Xenomorph Queen as it screeched and bucked in pain to try and get him off. It whipped its tail at Will but he activated his wrist blades and sliced the tail clean off, the acid blood hitting his clothes and coating his wrist blades. Will held onto the spear as the Queen tried to buck him off and the acid melted his snow parka but he saw it wasn't melting his combat jacket or his wrist blades.

"Man I really love Vibranium." Will then took out his pistol and fired his entire clip into the back of the Queen. The bullets cracked off the Queen's armor and made it shout in pain. Will took both his shoulder pellet straps off and pressed the timer on the explosive ones before throwing it into the crack in the Queen's armor. He then back flipped away and onto the ice as the Queen bucked and roared at Will when the explosives went off. The explosion blew off most of the Queen's back and body as it fell onto the snow.

Will stood up and walked over to the downed Queen and saw somehow it was still alive as it weekly screeched out and tried to move but couldn't. The Queen looked at Will and lashed out its second jaw in anger but couldn't muster the strength to get up. Will held up his hands and levitated the Queen's head up off the snow and then made a fist, crushing the Queen's head within itself and killing it. The head slump to the snow as Will looked at the spear in his hand and retracted it back into a smaller size as Bobbi, Alexa, and Weyland came over.

"Is it dead?" Alexa asked as Will took Bobbi's assault rifle and fired the entire drum magazine into the crushed head and the rest of the body. He kept firing continuously until heard the distinct clicks that the drum magazine was empty.

"Just making sure." Will said as he deactivated his mask and activated his comm system. "SHIELD CT, estimate on pick up?"

"ETA, 8 minutes. Is everything ok?" They responded.

"A little complicated. You'll see when you get here." Will said as he ended the call.

Triskelion, Washington D.C. April, 2012

After the pickup in Antarctica, Will informed command about the disaster of the mission and what happened and they were immediately brought back to the Triskelion for debrief while another team cleaned up the mess in Antarctica. Will was immediately brought to a secure meeting where and told the Director what happened. The pyramid, the weapons, the Predators and the Xenomorphs along with the Queen and destroying everything: he told them everything. Afterward, he was told to wait and so he's been waiting in the debriefing room for the past hour. He knows that SHIELD would make arrangements for all the families of the agents and researchers on the expedition along with taking care of Alexa and making sure she didn't breathe a word of this to anyone.

Bobbi had to go through a debrief as well as Dr. Weyland but Will guessed he was doing fine as he was leading the research team on analyzing the weapon they had from the pyramid. Will was brought out of his thought when Deputy Director Hill and Director Fury walked in.

"Agent Detmer, are you positive that you took care of the aliens at the Pyramid?" Hill asked as he was confused a bit.

"Yes, Director Hill. I killed two of them and the third was taken care of by a Xenomorph. And I blew up the pyramid with the Alien's bomb and killed the Queen. Nothing could have survived that." He said.

"How much information did you get when you did a mental download on the Yautja?" Fury asked.

"A lot. I understand their language, weaponry, and their species." Will replied.

"And in your professions opinion, do we have anything to worry about from a possible invasion?" Fury asked.

"Invasion? I don't think so, sir. From what I saw, this species isn't a conquering kind. They came to Earth thousands of years ago, yes but that was to find a game preserve. With the pyramid destroyed…the only time they'd come back to Earth is if they want another hunt." Will said. "Is there something I should know?"

Fury nodded to Hill and she handed him a tablet with some pictures, data, and a crude drawing of the humanoid alien he fought with. And there was already a designation for the Alien…The Predator. "This isn't the first time we've encountered the Predator. The first reports come from 1987. An elite squad of Green Berets was deployed into the Central American Jungle on a CIA mission. There were only two survivors and said that whatever killed the rest of the team was invisible, possessed highly advanced weaponry…and killed them like a sports hunter. The next one was in 1990 Los Angeles. It took town a Columbian and Jamaican Drug Cartel along with a small CIA contingent team. Same description and weaponry." Fury told him as Will looked over the reports and it was a Predator he fought. "This leaves us with your encounter with the species."

"The only thing we know for sure about the species is that they're intelligent, cunning, strong, and live for the thrill of the hunt. With your information, we've learned more about their species than we have in the last 20 years." Hill said. "But this new one is a concern."

"The Xenomorphs." Will said as they nodded. "The Queen is dead. I crushed her skull and nearly blew her in two, not to mention unloaded an entire drum magazine into her body. They're not invincible…just persistent like bugs."

"And it's a good thing we sent you on the mission because if we hadn't, those things would have likely gotten out and do god knows what." Fury said as Will nodded.

"Then it's a good thing they're all dead." Will said. "And if another Predator shows up…I'll be ready."

End of Chapter 4

1). His right forearm guard has the Predator wrist mounted blades that extend and retract. His left forearm guard as a built-in computer and a retractable small shield like Guardians' in the Young Justice Cartoon. Not the Arrowverse Guardian, the small one from Young Justice.

2). Earth X's Dark Arrow outfit except Black and Blue, not Black and Red. Black as the main color, Blue for the streaks and lines. He has the flechettes around his ankles and his pistol strapped to his leg. The mask's eyes are colored blue instead of red as well. No quiver and bow unless he needs to use one.

3). Two small metal spheres Will is able to control, shoot out, enlarge, and shape. Like how Magneto used the iron spheres to escape his prison in X-2: X-men United.

4). EDI from Mass Effect.

I hoped you guys liked the chapter, Will's got his combat gear, his codename and now understands what exactly he is. He's met the Inhumans and is fully embracing his new job as a SHIELD agent and dealt with two alien species that aren't so friendly. But he did get some pretty good weapons from the deal so that's a plus. And he'll need them because soon he'll be met with an invasion and it'll be up to him and a few others to stop them. But…some assembly will be required.

Will finally met the Inhumans on the moon and now knows what he really is and why he's so different. In the comics, Primagen was a special energy crystal that helped caused the evolution of many species in the galaxy including the Kree. They sought to make their own Primagen which ended up becoming Terrigen and used in the Inhuman experiments. Primagen causes a more powerful Terrigensis transformation in Inhumans which is why Will has both telekinesis and telepathy. It also plays an important role in Inhuman history. The reason they only detected Will as an Inhuman is because he actively uses his powers and the energy from the Primagen is more potent than Terrigen. In Agents of SHIELD, the Inhumans of Afterlife don't use their powers regularly like Will does so that's why they can't detect them. The Inhumans will play a bigger role in this story than they do in the MCU and Will will be kind of the leader/ambassador for Inhumans and help them when the time comes.

So that everyone knows, I've read all the reviews and messages about sending Will to the Arrowverse world and I will do it. It won't be next chapter, but it will happen. The question is do you think I should send him during Season 4 and put Damien Darkh in his place and save Laurel or send him during a different season? And how long should he be there? For a few episodes and then head back like no time passed or for an entire season so he could be there for an epic crossover? And should he be able to pop back like Supergirl does?

William Detmer

Moniker= Aegis (means something under protection from a benevolent source/Shield of Zeus and Athena)

SHIELD Status: Level 5 Agent/ Avenger Candidate/ Special Operations, Tactics and Defense Specialist (SOTD)

Appearance: Stephen Amell from Arrow, Season 1 build.

Combat gear: Earth X's Dark Arrow jacket and pants with full-face mask colored Black and Blue. Eye covers in mask are colored blue as well. Shoulder strap pellet holders. Combat gloves and forearm guards with weapons and equipment.

Weapons:

Signature Guns:

Modified Heckler & Koch P30L handgun.

Modified Knight's Armament SR-25 Sniper rifle with modified scope, bipod, and suppressor.

Modified M249 Mk46 Light Machine gun with a modified barrel, magazine insertion well. Equipped with adjustable buttstock, 100-round magazine drum, deployable bipod, red dot sight, flashlight and laser sight attachment.

Others:

Right forearm guard wrist mounted retractable Vibranium/alloy blades.

Left forearm guard wrist mounted small retractable Vibranium Shield & touchpad computer.

10 dark blue flechettes/throwing arrows wrapped around his ankles.

2 Vibranium orbs that Will is able to manipulate.

Natural Language Modified Artificial Intelligence program EDI.

Predator Combi stick/spear

2 Predator Shuriken

4 Laser net devices

Predator knife

Casual Outfit: dark blue or black sneakers, jeans, blue or black t-shirt and either a zip-up hoodie, jacket, or button up over.

Born: September 8th, 1988-Currently 23

Notable talents: Genius level intellect potential, self-defense military training from Harold Detmer, knowledge, and training in 15 types of martial arts, gun knowledge and expert marksman trained by Clint Barton, espionage and spy skills trained by Natasha Romanoff, SHIELD tactics and medical training from Coulson and SHIELD trainers, well-crafted knowledge and understanding of psychology, knowledge, and experience with engineering both mechanical and electrical.

Personality: Kind, caring, composed, attentive, intelligent, and driven. Can be a bit of a smartass.

When insulted, angered, or in a serious situation, focused and relentless. Considered dangerous and unforgiving in these types of situations.

Uses powers sparingly in the field unless absolutely needs to.

Pairing: Will x Skye/Daisy Johnson x Crystal

Powers: (If in bold, capable of doing now)

Rakyat Tatau: Mystical tattoo that enhances speed, strength, stamina, intelligence, instincts, healing speed ad metabolic function to absolute human peak potential. (Captain America Level Super Soldier)

Telekinesis, the ability to impact objects through the direct influence of mental power or other non-physical means: Power Level=Adept

Binding-to keep an object/being from moving

Levitation-to lift an object

Orbital Field-to makes objects and energy orbit around user

Telekinetic Shield-to create a shield of telekinetic energy around user or others/strength of shield depends on mental strength and focus of user

Psionic Speed-to augment user's physical speed

Psionic Strength-to augment user's physical strength

Telekinetic Bullet Projection-projecting telekinetic energy as bullets

Telekinetic Choking-to strangle someone with telekinesis

Telekinetic Grip-To grasp an object firmly in place

Telekinetic Maneuver-to alter an object's directional course

Telekinetic Pull & Push-to pull or push objects away from user

Molecular Manipulation-to manipulate matter at molecular level. Can accelerate, slow down and adjust spacing of molecules. (Not fully developed and trained/limited in use. ie. manipulating Vibranium orbs and reshaping them)

Telekinetic Aura/Sense-To sense one's surroundings with telekinesis

Telekinetic Compression-to crush or compact an object

Telekinetic Blast-to emit telekinetic energy as a blast of blue energy

Telekinetic Destruction-to make an object explode into dust

Telekinetic Flight-using telekinesis to fly

Psionic Explosion-to create/discharge psychic energy across a wide range

Telepathy, mentally receive or transmit information: Power Level=Adept

Mind Reading-ability to read the thoughts of others (Range: 1 mile)

Memory Reading-the ability to read the target's memories

Psychic Communication-the ability to secretly converse with others

Telepathic Speaking-to speak aloud using the mind

Download-the ability to process/download information of another person (If used in a violent or angry mood, can harm the victim)

Knowledge Replication-the ability to replicate learned knowledge and skills

Knowledge Projection-the ability to project knowledge to another

Rapid brain activity-the ability to process and understand information at incredible rates

Mental Inducement-The ability to put the targets mind into the wanted state

Mental Hallucination-the ability to cause mental hallucinations

Mind Link-the ability to develop a permanent mental bond with any person

Mind Walking/Melding-to enter another's consciousness

Precognition awareness-six sense awareness of imminent danger

Telepathic Prediction-the ability to know a person's moves by reading their brain waves

Astral Projection-to separate one's mind from their body and explore physical plane

Telepathic Surgery-the ability to perform neuropsychic surgery, healing and/or damaging the mind

Memory/Mental Manipulation-the ability to manipulate a target's memories and mind

Clairvoyance-the ability to gain direct visual information through non-physical means

Foresight-the ability to foresee possible future events and observe what may happen (Completely random at the moment. Needs certain triggers to activate)

Disclaimer: I don't own Agents of SHIELD or any Marvel Properties, they belong to their respective owners, I'm just a fan.

Don't worry, there will be more updates this month and next month as a Holiday gift for all my readers. Sorry for the delay but a computer crash and hard drive problems screw you over. The stories I can say for sure I'll update are my Naruto/Game of Thrones story, Naruto/Gotham story, Red Sun story, and my Riverdale story for sure. Some of the stories will be discontinued. Sorry, but it happens and I've kind of lost inspiration for those stories. I'd rather keep my focus on the stories I like rather than the ones I don't. If any of you would like to adopt the discontinued stories, feel free to. I hoped you enjoyed the holidays and have a Happy New Year!