Chapter 18 Money talks

Chapter 18 Money talks

Hawkeye got to the real reason he was sent here. He pulled out a note and handed it to me. I unfolded it and looked at the list of names on here.

Peter Parker, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent....

The list contained many of the superheroes and villains. I thought I knew what this was but asked anyway. “This is a list of people you want to know more information on, correct?” Hawkeye nodded in confirmation. The list had over fifty people on it. “What do I get for each person.”

“You’ll get twenty thousand for information on everyone you recognize on this list. We need a detailed report on at least half for you to get the entire am-.” I cut him off. “Pass. Anything else?”

He looked at me again before stating. “Any information you provide on any you’ll be given five hundred and any of the top ten on the list you’ll be give a thous-.” I cut him off again. “Pass.” Sighing frustrated he asked. “What do you want from our partnership?” I looked down at my drink before finishing it in one go.

“During the alien invasion from the race of aliens that wiped out the martians you specifically held back SHIELD from helping with the construct created near New York. Just about every year New York is attacked by a large-scale threat and every single time you do nothing to help.”

I sighed because I knew what I was about to say would torpedo my chances of ever working for SHIELD. “To be frank Sir you’re a massive coward and you shouldn’t be running SHIELD. Peggy would be very upset about what you’ve done with SHIELD and if you do end up hiring me I’ll do my god’s honest best to get someone more competent to replace you.”

Once again I’m over sharing but to be honest meeting SHIELD has been a disappointment. It was like meeting a movie star you looked up to and realized they were a jaded dickhead.

“In every world ending event when you could have helped them win you just disappear. You run away and go hide in one of your bunkers. It was funny in the comics but looking at it from a world I live in now you sacrifice a key pivotal role as one of the leaders of a branch of the military to run away and hide. I bet the first thing you thought of when I took out that HYDRA agent was that you could still beat me in a fight.”

We sat in silence and I really thought about everything that’s happened. Nick Fury was never this stubborn and even in the comics I thought something was off. “I have to ask a fairly probing question. Are you a skrull?”