Chapter 19: The New Gu & The New Plan
Back at the base, with Brock Rumlow safely secured in a high-tech cell courtesy of Skye's Techno Gu, the team was finally able to take a moment to breathe. The air was thick with the scent of coffee and the lingering adrenaline from the fight.
Adam, with a sense of grim satisfaction, approached the shimmering Gu-Sack that had appeared in his palm after Rumlow's capture. It pulsed with a dark, primal energy. This was no ordinary Gu. This was a Gu born of combat and betrayal.
"Alright, everyone," he announced, holding up the sack. "Time for the moment of truth. Let's see what we got."
He activated his system, and the Gu-Sack dissolved into a brilliant flash of light, coalescing into a small, black beetle-like creature with armored plates and a jagged, skull-like pattern on its back. It buzzed menacingly in his hand.
[Gu Cultivated: Crossbones Gu (Rank 3). Ability: Enhanced strength, durability, and tactical combat knowledge.]
"Crossbones Gu," Adam said, a hint of unease in his voice. He could feel the raw power emanating from it, the tactical knowledge of a career killer. It was a terrifyingly efficient Gu. "It gives me enhanced strength, durability, and a sort of… combat precognition. I can anticipate attacks and movements."
Frank, who had been nursing a black eye from his fight with Rumlow, looked at the Gu with a mixture of respect and suspicion. "So you're saying you're gonna be able to fight like me, but with a system-assisted cheat code?"
"Something like that," Adam said, putting the Gu away. "Look, I know what you're thinking. A HYDRA Gu? That's… messy. But we have to use every tool at our disposal. This isn't a game. It's a war, and we're just getting started."
Later, he and Skye were sitting in the lab, going over the massive amount of intel they'd gathered. The list of sleeper agents was extensive, and it was a chilling reminder of how deep the rot went.
"It's a lot," Skye said, her voice small. "The sheer number of them… it's overwhelming. We can't take them all down. We're just… five people."
"And a guy who can get really big, or really small," Scott chimed in from the corner, where he was trying to shrink a donut into a more manageable size.
Adam smiled faintly. "Scott's right. And we're not just five people. We're a team. And we've got a plan." He took a deep breath. "This is where my meta-knowledge really comes into play. I know what's coming. I know the big bads. I know the events. We've been playing defense up until now. We've been reacting to things as they happen. But that's not going to cut it anymore. We need to go on the offensive."
He pulled up a new projection on the screen, a sprawling timeline of future MCU events. The Battle of New York, the Winter Soldier incident, the Ultron program, Civil War… it was all there, a terrifying roadmap of their future.
"This is our new mission," he said, his voice full of a renewed sense of purpose. "We stop reacting. We start acting. We find the future threats, we recruit the future allies, and we gather the necessary resources to stop them before they even become a problem."
[Main Mission: Proactively seek out and neutralize future threats. Reward: Dependent on success.]
Luis, who had been listening intently, finally spoke up. His Clarity Gu had been processing all the information, and now he was ready to offer his two cents. "Okay, so I'm looking at your plan here, Adam, and it's got a few… what do you call 'em? Logical blind spots. Like, you can't just go up to some guy and be like, 'Hey, I know you're gonna be a super-soldier one day, so you should join our team.' They'll probably think you're insane, or a serial killer with a bad pick-up line. You need a better approach. A... more subtle approach."
Adam laughed. "That's why I've got you, my friend. You're the human lie detector and bullsh*t artist. Your job is to make the insane seem… slightly less insane."
The team, for the first time, wasn't just a group of individuals fighting for their own reasons. They were a unified force, a proactive team with a shared goal. They were going to save the world, one HYDRA agent at a time.
"It's like we're playing chess against a master, but we have a copy of the other player's playbook,"
Skye said, a newfound determination in her eyes. "We know their moves before they even make them."
"Exactly," Adam replied. "But the playbook can change. We have to be ready to adapt. Because this is the real world. And the real world doesn't always play by the rules."
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