17 chapter - 017
- New York 2008 new year-
[Ethan POV]
This has to be the first time I am using my stealth skills ever since I came to this world. Before I used to go around the streets beating up thugs as Moon Knight in full glory, only using my stealth skills to escape any detection so I could transform back safely.
But today, I was using my skills to the fullest, and that too without the Moon Knight suit. The first part of my operation makes it difficult for me to come out as Moon Knight.
I have to ensure full secrecy until I find my target. I had put on such a heavy disguise, that even I would not be able to find any resemblance to myself if stand in front of the mirror.
Already in the restricted section, I start going up the floors. I had less than a half hour to find Antonia and Dreykov. I had already found the Red Room Academy but before doing anything to it, I wanted to deal with Dreykov.
I know Natasha's bombing of the building to kill Dreykov is going to be a failure but at least I know he will be here. He was a hard man to find. I had to find. I have been using all my resources to track him since last year like using Snapbook to make notes of the approximate location via his IP address or his chat records on my latest WhatsApp application.
He avoided my tracking using a simple VPN which I could not do anything about and his profile on Snapbook and his chat history on WhatsApp made me think if I was checking the wrong account.
I know these are not the best methods but I even tried the hacking route. But I did not find anything. It shames me to think how I tried to learn all the different types of knowledge for hacking but I don't even know how to apply them properly.
Anyway, pulling the guy passing through in the storage room I was currently in, I knock him out like his fellow mates. This was the fifth guy I downed, and searching him, I finally found the thing I was looking for. A key.
The elevator which leads to Dreykov's office needs a key to access it which I finally found. Making my way there, I use the key and press the only button available for going up.
I look at the camera in the elevator, wave at it, and don my Moon Knight suit. As only the elevator can be used to access the top floor, I don't think Dreykov will be escape.
Reaching the floor, I walk towards the only door and knock at it before going in. Inside, I see Dreykov holding Antonia with a gun on her head. He should have known there was no escape and used the only method available.
"Don't worry. I am not here to kill you but to save you. S.H.I.E.L.D. has this building rigged. Apparently, one of your Black Widows betrayed you."
I look at the crying and fearful Antonia as I speak. I want to save the child but also kill her father who she is close to. But now, I can save some future revenge drama if she is smart enough to understand her father's true nature.
"How can I trust you when you sneak into my building?"
I take out a phone and throw it at him.
"It's the photo of the bomb in the building. It activates on the trigger and we are still talking right now because the ones who put the bomb in place are seeking a place to hide so that when the Hungarian special forces come to check, they do not get caught."
He relaxes his grip on the gun a little but still doesn't let it go.
"I did not want you to alert the whole building at my appearance thereby S.H.I.E.L.D who will just blow off the building to kill you."
He nods and puts down the gun after contemplating for a bit, and the moment his gun leaves Antonia's head, I reach my hand towards my chest, take out a crescent-shaped blade, and throw it at his gun hand.
I run and take Antonia away from him before kicking him in the chest. Seeing him knocked out, I look at Antonia to check if she was okay but all I see is a confused look before her eyes widen looking behind me.
I don't even think about it before raising my cloak to protect her from any deflecting bullets but find none were going toward me but Antonia. That bastard was pretending to be unconscious and the first chance he got was not him trying to after me in hopes to kill me but his daughter.
Again I throw a blade at him but this time go for the head. I did not want to kill him in front of his daughter even if she later found out I killed him but he was asking for it this time.
Glancing at Dreykov and confirming him to be dead, I directly pick up Antonia and run toward the elevator. The bastard did not have any window in his office for me just through.
Going down and escaping the place was not easy with Antonia in my hands but she was very quiet. I guess her father's shooting at her gave her a bigger shock than I imagined.
As I fly through the air with her in my hand, my focus shifts to the problem at hand. I had thought, how good it will be to save Antonia from the fate of her father using her as a killing machine but I forgot to think, about what to do after saving her.
As I look at the girl with closed eyes tightly clutching to me, I get the feeling she has chosen me as her emotional support and will never let me go. I mean, it is common in damsel-in-distress scenarios.
I start to think about what to do with her now not knowing she was just trying to save her from not looking and falling down the sky we were in.
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Hello Dear Reader,
How's the chapter? I thought killing Dreykov will be good and doing something about the red room better, so I did it. But now there's a problem with Antonia's case as she was supposed to become the taskmaster later.
I don't know what to do with her but do give me some suggestions.
Here are some of the things I thought:
> Make her go through the red room's training and become the taskmaster but without brain control.
> Let her live a normal life while being her caretaker. We can go through the first route through this too.
>or give her to shield and let Natasha handle her.
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