17 Chapter 17

I woke up coughing and bleeding on the bank of the Hudson. coughing water and probably more slightly unsteady, I slowly shuffled to a nearby phone booth. I couldn't rely on the foundation right now, I was too far away, and I only had one combat squad, which was dead. the only squads I had left were Sleepers, which were non-combatants that focused on intelligence gathering. I collapsed inside, sitting against the wall I called the private phone I had given Fury, while I hadn't gone into specifics I had informed him that he had moles in Shield, this was to maybe prevent him having to fake his death in winter soldier. after all, if it could be purged of its infestation, then Shield was a very useful tool, or scapegoat. still Hydra needed to survive at least past the Chitari invasion, I needed Baron Strucker to use Lokis scepter to create Wanda and Pietro.

the phone rang before an angry voice sounded on the other end, "OH SO YOUR TOO GOOD TO ANSWER THE PHONE FOR ME YOU CAN CALL WHENEVER RIGHT!?!" Fury shouted into the phone. after his tirade, I spoke calmly, "Fury, I was just attacked by Shield, so either give me an answer or our cooperation is over." I said slowly, trying my best to hide the wheezing. I could almost hear the frown, "I didn't authorize an operation for today, especially one against a possible ally." he said, I could hear him begin to type on his keyboard. "Don't look for it," I said hurriedly, "if you aren't meant to know about it and you look it up, then they'll know, and you could be targeted next." The clacking of a keyboard stopped,"so I'm not supposed to investigate the possible infiltration of my organization, " he asked, slightly annoyed

"Well, unless you want the Winter Soldier hunting, you I suggest no," I said

Fury was silent for a few minutes,"okay, what do you need?" he said with trepidation

"I assume this isn't for free," I said, already knowing Fury's character

"You assume correct, you still owe me a tour, this time in bringing Romanoff and Barton though, and after you're going to help me with purging these parasites from Shield." he said in a demanding voice

I thought for a moment, I didn't really have a choice, though. "Fine," I growled, annoyed at the entire situation, "as long as they can behave, after all, some of the things we contain will kill you just for knowing they exist."

I could hear Fury suppress a chuckle, "You laugh now, but you'll see, some things aren't too keen on human existence."

Fury didn't pursue that line of conversation, instead simply asking where I was, I told him, after all, I had no choice right now.

about an hour later, a black sedan pulled up next to the riverbank where I was resting. a window rolled down, and Barton was behind the wheel, Natasha, in the seat next to him. it seemed he was gunna say something sarcastic, but the words got stuck in his throat seeing me covered in blood, my arm hanging limply at my side, obviously broken, all while being covered in water.

so I wordlessly crawled into the backseat, "Where to" Fury asked, "Marshall's Motors," I replied with a smirk. Fury glanced at me, " That's you? of course, it's you, that place sprung up in days. "

one long drive, and we pulled up in front of the garage. by this time, I had lost feeling in one of my legs, a very large and ugly bruise had begun to form on my chest, and my immobile arm had begun turning a deep purple. one of the workers approached, "What's the issue?" he asked, leaning into the window. Barton looked at him and leaned back in the seat, giving a clear view of me, "it's leaking a disturbing amount of fluids, sir," Barton said with a smirk.

there was a flash of surprise across his eyes before he cleared his throat, "Sir, this is a mechanic shop, I'm sure you need..." he began before I interrupted "their good, temporary level 1 clearance authorization 05-1 code seven seven five lambda"

the mechanic nodded before saying something into a walkie-talkie, then the garage door slowly opened, "Please pull forward onto the lift," the mechanic said before stepping inside, disappearing around the corner.

Barton pulled forward, stopping on the lift. After the garage door had closed, the lift began to decend though, and as the floor below it opened up, the car passed through several layers on concrete before stopping in a large room. the room was bare, as I didn't have enough points for my plan. See, this room was actually situated below the sewers as well as most man-made things underground, with the plan being an expansion of front companies around New York, each mechanic shop opened would lead down here and as the room was expanded it would become a large garage so MTFs could be deployed anywhere in New York without having to navigate traffic or worry about being followed. more future plans, though, as right was barely the size of your average retail store.

as the Overseer exited a nearby elevator with a group of security personnel. "we saw what happened, we need to talk but before that what do we do with your... guests, " he said with displeasure in his tone. I crawled out of the car and hobbled next to him before turning towards Fury and company, "temporary holding cell, basic accommodations." I said, Fury looked startled before him and his agents reached for their weapons. but before they could over twenty weapons of various personnel were leveled at them, causing them to stop their current action. "we will speak later after I've stabilized my current condition, until then.." I said with a small smirk ,"Welcome to the Foundation."

--A/N

hello I am alive, I know I've been gone a long time but I have had some personal stuff keeping my attention and unfortunately this project had to take a back burner so to speak, however I haven't stopped working in it even if that work has been a bit slow, I've told you guys before that I won't drop this and I don't plan to, I'm still gunna be writing and releasing as best I can but it will be in consistent. but no matter how long it is, whether it be days, weeks, or God forbid, a month I will keep writing,

thank yall for reading, there's already a little over 550 of you which is far further than I thought a book I started off a random bout of inspiration would go

thank you for your patience and hope you enjoy