Chapter 68: Tense Meeting

Chapter 68: Tense Meeting

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"You're late!" Fury shouted in annoyance.

"Yeah, but we're here now so relax." Peter says jokingly as he takes a seat across from the angry pirate.

"I'm a busy man, unlike you and Stark. Rearranging my schedule for these meetings is a headache. The least you can do is arrive on time." Fury starts to rant.

"Okay, you're right about Tony-" Peter says as Tony turns to him with a betrayed look on his face.

"Hey!" He shouts.

"-but I've been busy in Japan, setting up everything for the Avengers, performing my heroic duties, and a bunch of other nonsense that I can't disclose just yet. Trust me, I've been busy too, but you don't hear me whining about it." Peter says as Erik steps forward.

"I apologize, my subordinate was causing trouble which slowed us down." Erik says as he extends his hand toward Fury, but the angry man doesn't accept his handshake.

"Take a seat." Fury practically orders as he leaves Magneto hanging.

"Don't mind him." Peter says as he pulls out a chair for Erik. "He's always grumpy."

"..." Fury simply glared at Peter in return as Tony and Magneto took a seat. "Where's Professor Xavier?"

"..." Erik looked at Peter questioningly upon heading this, as he was never informed that Charles would be here.

"Erik and Charles have a rocky past. I thought it would be best to have their meetings separately. At least for now." Peter answers.

"That's smart of you." Erik comments from the side. "Charles doesn't trust me anymore, so it would be best to recruit us individually."

"Exactly, and we can enjoy the drama that unfolds on the first Avengers Council meeting when he finds out that Erik is with us as well." Peter says, causing Magneto to smirk in anticipation.

"I like the way you think, Spider-Man." Erik remarks happily.

Although Erik gets a kick out of messing with Charles and the X-men, deep down he does find it appealing to work side by side with them again. Erik finally felt that they were moving in the right direction.

For far too long, he and his subordinates have raided countless laboratories or detention centers, just for two other similar facility to take their place. Instead of constantly chasing the next bad guy, Erik felt that he was finally getting somewhere with his cause. Even if it was still early.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Fury cuts in before they could go off-topic. "I don't have time to be here all night."

"Sure, I fully agree with Erik joining the Avengers council, so it's up to you two to ask the questions you need." Peter says, getting an appreciative nod from Erik, as he sits back, planning to mainly listen through this meeting.

"Fine, tell me about Shield and your attacks on their facilities." Fury gets straight into what he wanted to know.

"They held meta-humans captive and were experimenting on them, so I did what I always do." Erik says with an uncaring shrug.

A stressful moment of silence ensued as the air became heavy before Erik let out a sigh. Soon after, the knife fell from Fury's neck and landed on the table.

"I apologize for my outburst." Erik says as he looks toward Tony expectantly.

"Fine..." Tony mutters reluctantly as his palm dims and his arm lowers.

"..." An awkward silence fills the air as Tony's helmet opens and he takes a seat with his suit still on.

As Erik takes a seat as well, Peter could see a vein begin to throb in Fury's forehead.

"Release me..." Fury commands with a dangerous amount of calm in his voice.

"Oh, my apologies again." Magneto releases Fury from his metal restraints, pretending to have forgotten.

"..." Fury rubs his chaffed wrists after he's released and sends one last single-eyed glare in Erik's direction.

"Now that we all got that out of our systems, let's get back on track. Fury is a busy man after all." Peter says jokingly.

"Shut up, you idiot. You caused all of that." Fury snaps in annoyance.

"True, but it's best to rip the bandaid off quickly. Now, do we have any more questions?" Peter says with a shrug.

"Yeah, do you know who is running these experiments on meta-humans?" Fury gets back on track

"In Shield? No, if I knew who it was they would be dead by now. Though one name comes up here and there. Baroness. She seems to be the one to oversee these operations, but it's just a nickname." Erik gives all the information he knows.

"Baroness..." Fury mutters as he thought of possible individuals that fit this name. "I'll look into it. If you find another facility like this, contact me and I can do some investigating before you turn the place upside down."

As he says this, Fury takes a card with a phone number on it from his pocket and hands it over.

"I'll see what I can do..." Erik says as he takes the card and pockets it.

Peter knew that the card had to have some sort of tracker in it, but he decided to throw Fury a bone and not say anything. If Erik is smart he'll figure it out.

"Tony, any questions from you?" Peter asks.

"No, Just a warning." Tony says as he looks toward Magneto. "We're serious about this. I have a lot to make up for so If you compromise that, you won't like the consequences..."

When Tony throws down these threatening words, the thrusters on his palms pulse dangerously once again as his helmet slams shut.

"Are we clear?"

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"Crystal."

A/N: 1600 words

[DONT FORGET MY STONES! During my years of solitude, contemplating my former rule, I've come to a realization... I was completely wrong... I should have been harder on you disgusting peasant swine! I hereby mobilize the which remains of my army and declare Marshall Law! hehehahaHAHA!]