Chapter 205: SHIELD O-8-4

Finally, the matter in Sokovia was over. Not only did Ryan manage to acquire two more superheroes, he managed to take one step closer toward his goal in the endeavor.

"You know what to do right?"

Ryan stood in front of the kidnapped Sokovia Prime Minister and flashes a threatening smile. Sweating profusely, the Prime Minister nodded his head furiously as he agreed to Ryan's condition.

Zemo had given the order to kill the Prime Minister's family after Steve Roger broke in. But Ryan had discreetly saved all of the people before he could get to it.

"If you don't…You know what's going to happen to you right~?" Ryan said childishly and crumpled the edge of the paper he was holding.

"ARGHH- STOP! I Won't forget! I WON'T!!" The Prime Minister screamed and begged/

"Good."

Opening a portal back to the Prime Minister's home, Ryan let the Prime Minister walk through on his own.

"I will see you in one month." Ryan said, flashing a devilish grin toward the Prime Minister. The chubby guy with a potbelly shrieked in fear as he saw it. Ryan closed the portal and returned to his main body with the scepter inside his storage ring.

'Unfortunately, the scepter has to be lost in the world to give a sense of looming danger in the world leaders' heart.'

That's why he uses Marduk to keep the scepter away. It would lessen the problem of vigilance toward the United States if the scepter was taken away by the Avengers now that the world leaders know what it could do. Also, Marduk wasn't afflicted with any other country, nor did he show himself to the outside world, making him the best choice in the matter.

Even Tony and Steve had stopped looking for the scepter after hearing it was in the hands of Marduk. The Masters of Evil had already escaped from Sokovia, therefore they adhered to Ryan's order for retreating.

'As his identity and affiliation is an enigma, I wonder what kind of scheme the opposition toward the United World Project would do next.' Ryan smirked inwardly.

…

" While we are locked in a hard battle, you're searching for a wife? You disappoint me bro." Rhodes teased Sam as they got out of the Sokovia airspace.

He smiled wryly as he gazed at the Songbird who was sitting further away from him. Natasha and Ayala decided to 'interrogate' the Songbird about the incident and found out what she knows about Zemo and the others.

Steve walked toward Rhodes and Sam with a solemn look on his face.

"Sam." Steve called out. Sam raised his head to look at Steve.

"What you're doing is endangering the rest of the team. When we get back, there will be consequences."

Sam lowered his head after he heard that.

Tony approached them and patted Steve's shoulder from behind. "Chill out. Sometimes you can't escape thinking with your dic- Heart. It's the curse of being a man."

"You want to say dick didn't you?" Steve narrowed his eyes on Tony.

Flinching, Tony replied while smirking, "No. I don't want to be admonished for my language again would I?"

Steve exudes a ruthless and overbearing aura, causing Tony to look away in defeat. "You're on your own Sam."

Steve turned his gaze back on Sam. Although Sam has no regret in the decision he had taken, he still felt insecure underneath Steve's gaze.

"Sam Wilson. From now on, you no longer have to report to the SHIELD base."

Rhodes widened his eyes when he heard Steve's statement. However, he gritted his teeth and didn't object as he knew that Steve was only talking as a leader, not based on his personal opinion.

"I understand." Sam replied weakly.

"And report to the Avengers training after this." Steve added.

Sam and Rhodes turned to look at Steve's face, only to find that he was smirking.

"Wait. Seriously?" Sam asked, his eyes were darting on the expression of everyone around. Tony, Natasha, Bruce, Ayala, all of the team members inside the plane were smirking at him.

"I thought I was fired." Sam said in a fake displeasure. The smile on his face betrayed his act and caused Rhodes to chuckle.

"How about me? Did I pass too?" Rhodes asked playfully. He knew being in the military, he couldn't join the Avengers, but then Tony answered for him. "You already are?"

Even Steve was looking at Rhodes weirdly.

"If that is your way to get attention.." Natasha teased with a poker face.

"What…I am?" Rhodes asked, confused. "Since when?"

Sam sensed that Rhodes was telling the truth. "You really don't know?"

"I really don't."

Tony said from afar, "Well. You know now."

Inside the empty Avengers tower, JARVIS received an order from Ryan.

"Start to prep the FALCON suit. The bird is coming home."

A new white and red suit rises from the underground floor of the tower with a new Falcon costume Ryan had created for Sam. It consisted of glider wings that have jet-powered tips and are charged by a sunlight battery pack linked to Sam's brain.

A talon that he could use to capture enemies, and a mask that gives him sight in different ranges from night vision, infrared, magnification, and a 360-degree view of his surroundings. His wings are created by Ryan's hard light technology, making it both support and weapons he could use in a battle.

The pack on Falcon's back created a hard light wing with a maximum wingspan up to 15 meters. Controlled by a cybernetic link, the wings can be instantly reconfigured into dozens of different cruise combinations and allowed Falcon to reach a speed of 10 mach.

The suit was also created using a vibranium microweave, making it impervious to firearms attack.

The new suit will take Sam to a great new height in his career as a hero!

…

-The BUS-

(A/N: I tweaked the AOS events a bit as in this story. Phil Coulson wasn't resurrected and became a bit crazy because of the Kree homing instinct, nor did SHIELD had fallen so they have a lot of support in their endeavor.)

Agents of SHIELD's team had managed to capture a lunatic doctor from rampaging in their mission. However, they stumbled onto the secret of Skye's birth as they found out the lunatic Hyde – or rather, Dr. Calvin Zebo was Skye's father.

It was revealed when Skye held a gun at Zebo, asking him to stop moving. Zebo disarmed himself as he recognized his daughter's face instantly.

"Daisy." He muttered with a shaky voice, tears started to poll in his eyes.

"What?" Skye asked in confusion. She then shot an icer buller on Calvin, knocking him out. Calvin has rampaged because he needs to find the bitch Raino who had stolen the diviner away from him.

"You know, didn't you?" Melinda May confronted Phil Coulson in his office.

"I have my suspicio-"

"Don't lie."

Defeated, Coulson let out a sigh and replied, "Yes. I know."

He knew about Skye as he had investigated her when studying Kai before this. A child 0-8-4 – of an unknown Origin that death seems to follow. The SHIELD agents who saved her all met their death

"Why do you purposely bring us here if you know?" Melinda said with no expression on her face, but after knowing her for a very long time, Coulson knew she was angry.

"The director asked me to." Phil replied.

"Why?" Melinda asked, becoming a bit calmer as the event wasn't concocted by Coulson.

"He finds some information that a Kree rogue organization came to earth 1500 years ago and experimented on humans of that time."

Melinda kept her silence and urged Phil to continue.

"The clue to find the city is located with Calvin Zebo. We need to find the city to cure some of our agents."

"How so?" Melinda asked.

"It's about..Project Tahiti." Coulson replied. Melissa grimaced, "What?"

As Phil was telling Melinda everything, Skye was comforted by Fitz and Simmons in the next room.

"I know that I said I want to find my parents before. But right now…I am not sure…" Skye muttered.

After she had asked Kai to adopt her, the wish for her to meet with her birth parents was thrown away to the back of her mind. But after hearing Calvin Zebo's story about Daniel Whitehall and her mother being killed, her mind becomes foggy.

"Why don't you…call you dad and talk to him?" Simmons advised.

Fitz gave her side eyes, trying to figure out if Simmon's wanted Skye to call her dad because Simmons has a major crush on Kai, or if she really did care. After all, Simmons still kept Kai's shirtless picture as her phone wallpaper.

Skye lost herself in her memories with Kai. "You know. It's funny. He said Daisy suits me before this. It's as if he knew."

She was afraid to call Kai, but then she remembered what he had said to her.

Kai: If by any chance later in the future you felt that you couldn't bother me with something – even if it's trivial, then you're an idiot. I am your dad. I will be there for you no matter what.

She was admonished by him after she hid the fact that she was in an argument with Ava (Ghost) about something that she couldn't even remember now. Smiling softly, Skye muttered, "I don't want to be an idiot. I guess I should call him."

Jenna smiled softly and Fitz showed a bright smile as they saw Skye's mood being lifted.

But before Skye could call Kai, Phil Coulson walked into the room she was in with Melinda May.

"We have a problem. Sources said that the obelisk Raina took from Zebo was taken to Argentina. It now has fallen into the hands of Gideon Malik, one of the heads of Hydra."

Melinda continued Phil's sentence. "We need to intercept their path before they get to the ancient city."

"What Ancient city?" Fitz asked.

"A Kree ancient city." Phil replied.

Skye asked with suspicion in her voice, "Who are your sources?"

Phil replied, "The Silver Sable."

The BUS changed direction and moved toward Argentina. Of course, it was after Phil Coulson had briefed Ryan about what was happening.

…

-Argentina, Gideon Malik hidden base-

"Boss. How do you wanna do this?" Battlestar, one of the Wild Pack members under Silvija asked.

"Let the Chameleon get his revenge on Malik. We will take care of the rest." Silvija said, cocking her rifle.

The Silver Sable and Dana Carvey infiltrated the hidden base stealthily and took out the Hydra guards there soundlessly.

"Be careful. These guys are armed to the teeth." Chen, the assassin of the Wild Pack said. Her tight black suit didn't cover her light-brown skin on her face and her flat-top hair was let free. She carried a twin dagger, and slit the neck of the Hydra agents in front of them.

Their infiltration inside the base was smooth– without any hassle from the guards swarming around there.

Silvija, who was leading the group, suddenly stopped.

"No. Something is wrong." She muttered. There is no way Hydra hidden base wouldn't react when they were already halfway inside.

"It's as if…they wanted us to enter." Dana Carvey said. This time, he wore his white mask that could mimic anyone it registered. "Like a hunter…waiting for their prey to fall into their trap…"

At the center of the hidden base, Gideon Malik spoke to a primitive looking man with a staff on his hand and a lion head vest.

"Hunter. Don't disappoint me." Gideon Malik ordered in a cold tone.

"Don't worry about me. Just worry about how you are going to pay me back. Purple heart-shaped herbs aren't easy to get. HAHAHA." Kraven the Hunter slammed the bottom of his spear on the ground and let out a big laugh as he saw the figure wearing the white mask on the screen.

"I don't expect this!" Kraven said with a maniacal glint in his eyes. "That's my brother. Dimitri! We're in laws! HAHAHAHAHA!!!" Kraven mocked Gideon Malik in front of him.

Speechless, Gideon Malik took some time to string together the new piece of information he had just gotten.

"Your brother is Ryan Knight's body double… I don't expect that.. But Our deal didn't change. He needs to be the sacrifice for the Hydra god."

"Fuck your Hydra god." Kraven spewed.

The Hydras surrounding the duo aimed their gun at Kraven.

"But. A deal is a deal. Even if that is my brother." Kraven replied while letting out a maniacal laugh.