The room went into a panic and I sat back and watched it go down. I waited and the orator brought the court back into order, I
stood up as all attention came to me. I turned and faced the cameras, I knew it was a live stream, which was only natural.
"HYDRA is SHIELD, they infiltrated it, took over and tried to use the world's own resources to bring it down," I snapped my
fingers, immediately the TV's frizzed out as hundreds upon hundreds of documents came up on the screen, "I'm currently
uploading every file I have about Project Insight into the web, what SHIELD knew, and what HYDRA kept from them."
The people gasped as they took out their phones and searched, and sure enough, my fake accounts had posted links to the
uploaded files and the server farms already, it was like Christmas came early.
"Excuse me, but what is Project Insight?" a reporter asked.
"We are here for Mr. Parker's trial, not a press inquiry!" the councilman tried to bring attention back to them, but I had the
reigns now, and it was time for my plan to bring.
I took a deep breath and began, "Project Insight...was a project born out of fear. Out fear of the unknown, of the idea that one
day Aliens might come back down and kill us all. But when we allowed out fear to blind us a bigger threat came out, a manmade threat. Ourselves. HYDRA planned on using the weapons SHIELD made to kill anyone and everyone they deemed a threat,
using this," I held out a hologram with a stream of code on it, "I found it in the system of the three helicarriers I blew up. It
would predict any possible present and future threat to the world, HYDRA would use this list, and kill the threats before they
got out of hand."
"Threats? What kind of threat?" a reporter asked as they all eagerly took down every word I spoke.
I smirked, "what kind of person scares an organization who bring about fear? To HYDRA, these people were threats, but to us?
They are our salvation, born to fight oppression and for freedom."
"Someone stop him, this isn't a press release!" the councilman from Iron Man 2 cried out.
I turned and pointed a finger at him, "he works for HYDRA too," I had Sexy display the list Felicia stole of Strucker and there
listed was Senator Stern's full name, "and he planned to fuck all of you over I'm sure."
"W-what?! He's lying! Obviously! Someone stop him!"
"Oh shut you wannabe Donald Trump reject," I snorted, turning back to the eager reporters, "I gave Director Fury this list of
HYDRA operatives, and yet in the last week since I was incarcerated, not one mention of this list was made. I'm sure he's trying
to keep things quite, to maintain the faith the world holds for SHIELD but...damn him. No more, no more lies or deceit. We can't
keep playing this game of shadows, not when the lives of all mankind are at stake.
"We need to be more...we need to be better. We can't allow hate to guide our actions anymore or else stupid shit like this will
keep happening! The world is filling up more and more everyday with people with powers and we can either be afraid and run,
or we can stand with them, and earn the right to call us human.
"You know what that word means don't' you? Human? It means to be compassionate, to be empathetic. How can we do that,
when we are so ready to hate and reject that which is different from us? Mutants are the next stage in human evolution, we
caused it, and now we must accept the consequences of our actions. We must stand together and stay strong, because
tomorrow...a threat which even a team of seven heroes won't' be able to face alone might come around, and we'll need
everyone..every single person on the planet to speak up and be a hero.
"The time of being afraid is over...from now on, it is the Age of Heroes!"
The room exploded, and I smiled.
"You're sentenced to life in jail! No parole for leaking state secrets and being a traitor!" Senator Stern cried out.
"As far as I care, the only traitor in here is you Stern!" I spat, the wad of spit his tting his face, "fuck HYDRA!"
"That's enough!" the men standing in the side charged in and grabbing me, I didn't resist much as I let them pull me away. The
people cried out and yelled at me, demanding more answers, demanding I be allowed to talk some more.
I smiled as I was dragged away, I had did it. Fury's dirty laundry was exposed, he couldn't hide anymore. HYDRA was exposed,
all of SHIELD's secrets. They now had two choices, adapt and overcome, or die. Either Way, the world will not be the same.
This world has too many problems and to few people willing to do anything about it. Heroes were a rare breed, and I needed to
make them make a stand, but I knew I couldn't just ask them, no I needed to force them.
There was so much prejudice against powered people, so much hate. I needed this time to speak out against it. I knew people
would hate me for it, I knew most wouldn't' listen, but I had to try. I needed to do that at the least, for what I did next would
surely ruin their lives as a whole.
HYDRA will now be forced on the run, and for that single fact alone, I'm happy to have done this.
I was thrown into another armoured truck which speed off. I looked around and frowned at the men, they weren't SHIELD, no,
they were dressed as army. And the man sitting right next to me wore a beret, not a helmet.
I blinked, immediately recognizing him, "General Ross?"
The man smiled, "hey kid...long time."
"Yeah...what is this? Where is the SHIELD team?" I asked.
"You got sentenced remember? You're being taken to a newly made prison for supers, where you'll be thrown in a hole and left
to rot," he said in a worried tone.
I narrowed my eyes, "I see…."
"You don't seem worried," he raised an eyebrow.
"I don't," I knew it wouldn't really hold me, I doubt anything could right now. My tech is too advanced for it, "and besides, why
do you care?"
The man smirked, "you would be surprised that I do…." he sighed as he took off her green beret, "do you know the difference
between a vigilante and a soldier is Parker?"
I raised an eyebrow, "what is this? Philosophy 101?"
"Answer the question kid," he grumbled.
I snorted before thinking for a moment. I then spoke, "there isn't much...a soldier fights because he's ordered. A vigilante fights
because he can."
Ross nodded, "not a bad answer...but do you know mine?"
I sighed, "I'm guessing you're going to tell me even if I say no aren't you?"
The soldiers next to us smirked, Ross himself smiled, "yes...to me a soldier is a hero, he laid down his life for something greater
than himself...and he is willing to do that whenever he's asked. But a vigilante...they only fight for themselves and for their
needs. As such….they have no honour."
I shrugged, "whatever makes you sleep at night Ross...but I know a few people who embodied the very epitome of
goodness...and they are damn fine heroes."
He nodded, "maybe...but I can only agree with you on one person."
I raised a curious eyebrow, "really? Who?"
He turned to me, "you," he looked at the soldiers around us, "you don't recognize them...do you?"
I narrowed my eyes and looked around, I realised the soldiers were all smiling, at ease around me, most had even placed their
guns aside form their person. "No...why?"
Ross snorted, "they're the soldiers you saved Parker...that day in Harlem more than a year ago. Remember? When you stopped a
fuel leak from the helicopter...you saved each of these men's lives that day. Not the Hulk or Stark...you...and for that, we all owe
you our lives."
"When I told my kid I was the first person Spider-man saved, he was ecstatic," a soldier to my left said with a smirk, "every time
you showed up on the news, saving people, stopping monsters, I would at the screen and tell my kid, 'see, that's the guy that
brought your daddy home'."
"We all owe you our lives Peter," Ross spoke, "and soldiers don't forget their debts. Not like the whims of a politician. We have
our order yes, but damn them, damn them all," he took out a piece of paper and slipped into my hands, "Rogers and the rest
are waiting for you at this location."
My eyes widened, "you planned this out?"
Ross nodded, "yes, but we don't have time to explain. Quickly, knock us out and escape, I know you're strong enough to escape
out of those cuffs."
"What?! You want me to escape?" I blinked, "why?!"
"Stark told me you were in danger, that's why we volunteered to take you away after your sentencing," Ross motioned to his
men, "I hand picked these men because I knew they would be more than willing to cover for you."
"But why?" I asked, "why do you want me to run from the law? What is the end game here?"
"Why? Do you have a better plan?" I thought about, I didn't have one. I always planned on breaking out and doing my own thing,
might as well do it now then.
SNAP!
I broke out of my cuffs easily and looked around, "I'm sorry, but this is going to sting," electricity sparked across my finger
tips.
"Do what you have to do kid," the soldiers said, smiling all the while.
I carefully stunned each and everyone of them, leaving Ross for last. "Godspeed kid," Ross whispered as I shocked him
unconscious as well.
"Black Spider mode," I growled as my armour shimmered alive, transforming form it's suit mode into my armour. I approached
the back door of the van and kicked it open. I shot a web line out and jumped out, swinging away as the van turned a corner.
The address Ross gave me was too an abandoned warehouse in the outskirts of the capital. But ten minutes into my career as a
runaway from the law, the entire city was covered with police and military personnel.
I had to hide in the shadows and stick to the rooftops, using stealth mode to make my way around. It eventually got so bad
they had called in helicopters as well.
I looked over from atop a residential building and saw the sky filled with choppers and personnel. If SHIELD was behind
this...that would explain why the city turned into a fucking war zone in 10 minutes flat.
I managed to finally sneak into the warehouse and sure enough, between several large wooden and metal crates, was Cap.
Standing next to him was Tony.
I landed before them, startling them all as my costume shimmered out of stealth mode, "hey."
"You're suit has stealth mode as well?" Tony groaned, "of course it does. Out done by a 16 year old, I can't believe this."
"Careful Spider, I think you hurt Stark's feelings," Cap smiled.
I allowed my suit mask to retract, revealing me face to them both, "yes well, no reason for me nto to excel at something."
"So...this is what you had planned," Tony remarked as he took out his phone that was playing a newsreel.
"The startling claims and files leaked by Peter Parker has sent the world a frenzy. Ove a million copies of said files have been
made. And the listing of HYDRA agents has already found over three hundred names in high government position all around the
world. Said people have now been put on a watch list, the FBI and CIA are scrambling to form a task force to investigate them
for any truth the charges leveled against them."
"You put up the names of every single HYDRA agent in the world Peter. Fury would have handled it, but now…." Cap said
warningly.
"He was moving too slow for my preference Cap," I shrugged, "I don't trust Fury...not anymore. Not after what he did. This way,
no more secrets, no more hiding."
"But you also alerted them that we know," Stark argued, "and not they are scrambling to hide, to bury themselves."
"And they can never ever hide again," I argued back, "the world now knows about them….and if they ever plan anything like this
again, it won't be a last second surprise. By keeping this fight in the shadows we allowed them to thrive, but now...now the
world knows about them, and more importantly, the Avengers know about them."
"So is that your plan?" Cap asked, "to have us handle them?"
I nodded, "yes, and frankly I don't trust SHIELD to do the same...but I know it will be difficult, so I have something that can
help," I reached into my belt and threw a pendrive into Tony's hands, "that is the full list. A list every super powered hero who
can help you. I got it from HYDRA's system, they already know about these people, so I would suggest you hurry."
Tony foran, "what do you want us to do with it?"
"Find them...recruit them. Train them," I sighed, "we need more heroes Tony, and we need people. Doom almost won last time,
not the mention...we have other threats coming for us."
"Like what?" Cap asked.
"The man who gave Loki his scepter," I told them, "Thanos...he's coming. And we, all of us, need to be ready to fight him. So use
that list, and build and army, I'm trusting both of you to do it, since I can't really do so."
"And what about you?" Cap asked, "Ross and I didn't have a plan, we just...we didn't think you deserved to be sent to jail for
the rest of your life. Not for doing what was right."
"You might be a wanted felon, but I'm guessing you are smart enough to use this to your advantage," Tony hummned.
I sighed, "well...I have an idea on where to go. But first thing's first. Where is my car?" Tony grinned, he snapped his fingers
causing a large wooden crate behind him to pop open, relieving my car inside. I grinned, "perfect."
Three hours later:
Felicia walked through the halls of the mansion. When she woke up after her ex tased her a week ago she felt it was karmic. She
tased him and left to protect him and he did the same.
The nights following that Felicia was tempted, so very tempted to just get up and leave, to find him, break him out and run. But
Jean always stopped her.
The girl didn't talk much, Felicia felt isolated and alone, she couldn't help thinking this might have been how Peter felt when she
left. She felt horrible, but she knew, right now, she deserved at least some of this misfortune.
"He got out?!" she heard Kurt cry out, but ignored him, these mutants were always so loud, she figure it was just some game
they were playing. She sighed, today was the day of Peter's trial, but she couldn't bring herself to watch the man she loved get
thrown into prison.
She was already forming a plan in her head, how to get him out. She could ask her father for help, the man wouldn't like it, but
he would agree to help, for her. And even if eh didn't, Felicia knew she could ask at least Jean for help, though the girl still
disliked her.
She walked out to the gardens, it really was an amazing and quite place to visit. And best off all, it was quite. They didn't
bother her here, they knew she wouldn't like it. Felicia sat down on the outdoor white swing and looked out into the flora, it
was so...beautiful.
"Hey..." the voice startled her, but immediately she smiled.
She turned, she saw him standing over him with two small bags on him. A lazy smile on his face as he was dressed in a black
hoodie and blue jeans.
"Hey..." she replied, a small smile growing larger and larger, tears running down, "you came back."
"Yeah…."
"I didn't think you would…."
He smiled, "now you know how I felt when you left….speaking off...you should probably head back to Smykaria. Silver will
protect you...it's dangerous here."
"No," Felicia said adamentally, "never again...I'm staying here, with you and Jean...where I was meant to..."
He snorted, "fine..." he looked at her, there was still this...gap between them, this wide gap that didn't seem to close anytime
soon. But, she hoped, hoped against hope, that one day, it would. And right now, she had all the time in the world to do just
that, get this relationship right.
Does this mean they are together and everything is the same as before? No...but this is the begining of a relation being rebuilt
and I as it is, it will make space for another in it, Jean. Like a tree growing around a pillar, so too will thier relationship.
P.S. the reason I was late in this was because...I'm drunk. So...yeah. Don't beluve that guest user, if it's me, I'll use my account to
review and tell you guys I"m late. Bye.