24 CHAPTER 24
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Nick Fury was many things, but a patient man he was not. And without asking he got in my car when I told him I didn't have time to talk, with a sigh I let him stay while I drove.
"You're a hard man to find... or should I say you were, before you got involved with the X-Men," Fury began.
"What does Shield want with me?" I asked.
"Nothing for now, but... I'd like to know why you attacked an organization like Hydra, aren't you afraid to make them your enemy?" Fury asked, opening a chocolate bar as he did so.
"Personal reasons, among them that they tried to enslave me, and that they tried to hurt Emily," I looked at Emily who was listening to music with the headphones Ororo had bought her.
"They tried?" Fury pressed.
"They kidnapped me, and tried to break me, to mold me into their image, in the end... it was me who broke them, and I plan to drive them to extinction." I elaborated with a determined look.
Fury looked at me, sighing, "I don't know whether to believe you and admire you, or.... doubt you."
"Fury, believe what you want, I know what I lived through, and I know what I will do," I replied with a smile.
"I believe you," Fury laughed, "Your gaze is that of a man who has killed, who has bathed in blood, but not that of a liar, in fact you look like a terrible liar."
"What now?" I said.
"Now I offer you a job," Fury replied.
"I'm not interested in being the government's bitch," I laughed.
"Understandable, how about being the part-time bitch?" Fury asked, "A... special agent, to help us wipe Hydra off the face of the earth."
"Fury, Hydra is everywhere, even in Shield." I sighed.
"Rewind motherfucker," Fury exclaimed, "Hydra is where?"
"In Shield, I don't know how deep it is, but they have people in charge, agents watching Shield's every move." I replied.
Fury was quiet for a moment, "Are you sure?"
"Yes," I nodded.
"Motherfuckers!" Fury growled, "Okay, change of plans, work for me."
I looked at him surprised that he had believed me so quickly, "For you?"
"Don't look at me like that, believe me I wish I didn't believe you, but like I told you you're a terrible liar, and you're not lying to me... besides, out of my gut feeling, Shield being contaminated with Hydra would explain why we didn't realize they still existed." Fury explained.
"If I work for you, or rather with you, there are a couple of things and favors you must abide by," I said firmly.
"Which are?" Fury asked.
"No one must know my name, I don't know if Hydra is aware that I'm still alive, but if not... my name would get me hunted, and thus Emily hunted," I replied, "Two, I want you to get me and Emily the citizenship under false names, this goes along with point one, three.... I will not be your slave, my mission is to eliminate Hydra, and that I will do... nothing else, unless the world is ending, don't call me. And last but not least... no one must know of our agreement... since I don't know how deep Hydra's corruption is… one of your bosses could be part of them, and send people after me."
"Very well," Fury nodded, "I find that acceptable, now about money…"
"We'll discuss that later," I chuckled.
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Two hours later, I was Tom Maxwell, an American born and raised in the USA, and Emily was Emily Maxwell my daughter. I didn't want to confuse her with a new name, the new last name was hard enough, though it melted my heart she asked why was our last name Maxwell and not Walker.
Anyway as per our agreement, Fury kept his end of the bargain, telling no one about me, I would know, for no Hydra or Shield agents were around, as for my salary, well, I didn't ask for one, but for a few items, every now and then, guns, knives, swords and more to add to my inventory, money was really not a problem for me, but finding good weapons was.
Anyway, after I settled on New York, I enrolled Emily in a private school, and decided to take a break to analyze in what I wanted to spend my stats points on. After all, once I did, there was no turning back.
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[Nick Fury POV]
Alex was a strange man, but so was I… I guess the difference between us was the cards the universe had played on us, regardless of that, he knew more than I did, at least when it came to Hydra, and while every spy instinct I had wanted me to not believe him, I did, for every human instinct I had told me to do so.
If he was right, and Hydra was inside SHIELD, then it would all make sense, how they had managed to keep themselves hidden for so long without us noticing, if he wasn't right… Well, the alternative was even scarier, so I didn't want to waste my motherfuckering time on it.
At least for now, I had someone that hated Hydra even more than SHIELD should.
"Fury, have you found out who did this?" Feller asked, and I shook my head.
"No sir… my gut was wrong during this case, whoever did this… is either dead, or hiding very well," I replied.
"I see," Keller sighed, "Any news from the data team?"
I shook my head once more, "They say it would take them a while to recover any data from what we recovered, but we should have something soon."
"Very well, keep an eye on that," Keller ordered, and I nodded.
"As you wish sir," I added before leaving.
"Fury, I heard you had a rough time during your latest investigation," Agent Smith commented.
"I guess everyone gets their one, and this was mine," I replied with a chuckle.
