010 : Treasure In Hand

The entirety of New York City was under Lockdown. All entry and exit to the city were patrolled tightly by the military.

It had already been a day since William gained his super soldier powers.

From time to time you could see policemen and military men pass around the corner seeing people's faces and comparing it to the poster they has in their hands.

A sketch of William's face was turned into posters around the city with "Alive or Dead" Signs, with a prize of upwards of One hundred thousand dollars.

Bare in mind that most people earned less than $300 a month, the bounty was crazy high.

Not to mention the purchasing power of a dollar was almost 15 times more in these times, meaning this 100 thousand was equivalent to about 1.5 million in 2020.

This was the first [Dead or Alive] poster in a decade, that too out of the Wild West.

Along with his sketch and bounty prize, there was a description.

[About 6'2" In height, white ethnicity and of Asian-American descent.

Approach with extreme caution, is very strong and heavily trained, killed 18 soldiers and wounded over 40 to make an escape from a military facility.]

William saw his poster pasted on the board at the end of the street as he smiled.

He was already in disguise, he had strapped cloth around his belly area and wore a jacket above to appear like your average American.

Since William was an expert in the makeup, not even his mother would recognise him right now, if she was alive that is.

William, wearing a hat, walked leisurely on the street while forming a elaborate plan in his mind.

A plan to enter Stark's facility and take possession of the shield.

Unlike in the movie, Stark was still in New York right now, the date of Super Soldier program was coming near as he was supposed to see over the electronics and repair the ones that William destroyed.

According to William, there was a 50% chance that the Shield was still here in Military Research Facility in New York along with stark and other scientists who were working on the project.

William looked through the binoculars he 'borrowed' from shop owner as he saw that the Research Facility was heavily guarded.

The whole perimeter was safeguarded by fence and barbed wire with electricity running through it, not to mention the inner perimeter was made up of concrete walls so no vehicle to make a forceful entry.

There were two checkpoints to the only entrance to the whole building and underground.

Breaching in through brute force was impossible as he was a single person without any large weapons or vehicles.

He observed the building and noticed the patterns or entry and exit for a few hours as he confirmed the plan in his mind.

He moved through the sewers as he appeared below the cover of a manhole somewhere in the middle of New York.

He felt a vehicle approaching the manhole as he slided the cover and crawled out below the truck.

Yup, he used the classic 'hide under the truck' to gain entry to the facility.

He slided the cover of the manhole back as he clamped onto the underside of the truck hardly.

Doing this without any special equipment was hard, but he was a superhuman now, he could do it pretty well.

The truck cleared the checkpoints as it moved to the garage area.

The soldiers started unloading the boxes as William kept an eye on them from the below of the truck while keeping his presence to a minimum.

The soldiers took the boxes, put them on their shoulders and carried them to the facility below.

When all of them were out of garage, he stealthily approached the driver side of the truck and gave a hard chot to his neck.

The driver went into the Dreamland as William closed the garage door to prevent surprises as he opened one of the boxes that was left behind.

"Bingo!!" He said as he looked what was inside.

Inside were soldier supplies for 5 people, from uniforms to firearms, there was everything, without ammo of course.

William took off his 'fat' and changed into a soldier's outfit

William, who looked like your average american soldier with his make-up and mixed in with the soldiers in the facility easily as he roamed around, trying to find Stark's lab.

He suddenly saw the lift that took the people who were in a lab coat to the level below, the place it was most likely for the facility of R&D to be.

William looked at the emergency exit plans on the was as he smiled and turned around.

He went towards the common washroom as he entered it, trying to look as normal as possible.

As if luck was on his side, he saw a fat researcher wearing a white lab coat inside, washing his face.

William silently locked the door of the restroom as gave a strong chop at the man's neck, causing him to faint before he could see anything.

William took his clothes off and changed into them, he then dragged the half naked man into a stall as he made him sit on the seat and closed the door from the outside.

William looked at himself in the toilet mirror as the narcissist inside him spoke up "No matter what clothes I change into, I am still so handsome."

He walked out of the toilet after speaking as he moved towards the lift.

He looked at the lift and saw a guard inside standing with a gun in his hand.

William casually approached him and said to him "To the lab" And then turned around.

The guard just shook his head as he pressed the button on the lift as it started descending very slowly.

"I haven't seen you around, which department you work for??" The guards asked, seeing Williams reflection I the shiny steel of the lift door.

The guard gripped his pistol as was about to attack him as William hit the man with his elbow at an extreme speed that he couldn't react and passed out immediately.

William pressed the [STOP] button on the lift as it stopped midway.

He opened the wire mesh above that was meant for ventilation as he lifted the body of the guard up and threw it in a repair duct.

He went back into the lift as he shut the vent and pressed the button again as it proceeded descending down.

William walked out, as he saw the large hallway with doors to multiple rooms on either side of it.

There were research personel in white coat that roamed the hallway, all looking serious about the work they were doing.

He approached the room that was designated to Stark as he saw through the windows that he was I deed inside, working on something he couldn't see due to obstruction.

A young and nervous man in white coat came with sweat beading on his face as he looked towards me and asked "Is this Mr. Stark's lab??"

William saw the files in the boy's hands which read "V-ray generation" And were sealed shut with a wax seal.

William smiled inside his head as he made a serious and mildly angry face as he said "Are these the Vita ray generator files Mr Stark asked for?? Where were you, you need to be fast and handy!!"

William said in a commanding tone as the young man shook and lowered his head and said "Sorry..."

William took the files from his hands as he reprimanded "Be sure to be fast next time, now go on and do your work and let us do ours"

The young researcher walked away with his head down as William opened the door and went inside.

William looked around and saw that the whole place was riddled with complex equipment along with dozens of prototypes for guns and firearms around.

He looked at Howard who was working with soldering machine as he repaired an object that looked like the control panel that William had broken during his fight.

William took raised the files in his hands as he said "Sir, these are the files you asked for"

Howard looked upwards at William who was pointing the files I his direction as he said "Oh yes, the Vita ray generator files, keep them on the table behind" He said as he soldered the small wires and devices in the panel.

William moved towards the table behind him as he saw the treasure he came in here for.

The vibranium shield that was still unpainted as was in a silvery Matt finish.

Howard got up again as he streched his body and took the glass of coffee that had gone cold in his hand and took a sip.

William looked at the shield as he said "This shield looks extraordinary sir, what is it made of??"

Howard just looked at the shield and said "It's the strongest alloy yet, can invalidate most attacks, but unfortunately, the material is too scarce, we barely have any left, plus this shield doesn't want to melt."

He looked at William as he said

"Who are you exactly, I've never seen you around??"

William looked at him with a red glint in his eyes as Howard's eyes widened, he could see that his facial features matched at of the fugitive that almost killed Dr Erskine, turning himself into a super soldier.

Howard dropped the coffee mug in his hands as he reached for the pistol prototype that was on the table.

But before he could grab it, William gave him a strong hook to his head, knocking him out cold.

William couldn't risk making any disturbance, this facility was easily the most dangerous place he could be.

Getting in ghost was easy, exiting hot was much more complicated and risky.

William took a trolley in his hands as he kept the shield, along with a few equipment and guns in the lower compartment as walked out normally.

He approached the lift to see another guard in it as he asked William

"Hey, have you seen Andrew around?? He was supposed to be receiving the terrace duty today.."

"Yes actually, I saw him going to the restroom along with a young woman when I was coming down, so you know....."

"Hahaha, I knew it, the serious face was having an affair with Elena from the communications, thanks buddy, we having a party today!!!" The man said excitedly as William pushed to button for the ground floor.

The lift moved upward as William made a flattered expression "Yeah man, but I have a lot of work to do today, Mr Stark wasn't happy about the machines that were destroyed chasing that man with the bounty, I heard he destroyed alot of secret equipment that mr Stark made personally..."

"Yeah man, you should have seen how sad and angry he was, I heard he hasn't been out since last night and was continuously working on repairing the damage himself."

The lift arrived at ground floor as the door opened "See you later man, I got work to do" William said as he pushed the trolley through the hallway, into the garage.

He saw the soldiers, still unloading the crates from the truck.

They didn't pay mind to him as researchers were usually arrogant to them as William smoothly made up to the mechanic area in the garage.

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