Fury stood in front of the parliant, with the dia and the watchers behind him. He doesn’t look nervous at all, but the politicians in front of him are. Flashes of light could be seen from behind Fury, hungry journalists and writers watched his back like vultures.
“Director Fury, please explain why you have compromised national security by practically burning our intelligence agency to the ground?”
“HYDRA was selling you propaganda and lies, not intelligence,” said Fury.
“You are the director of SHIELD, Mr. Fury! Do you have no sha at all for what your incompetence did to our nation?!”
“What I have done has been permitted by the United Nati–”
“This has nothing to do with the United Nations, director! This is about US national security!” said a man. “What you have done, colliding with foreign powers, is basically an act of treachery!”
“Then what do you want to do?” said Fury sternly. “Give those nazis a slap in the wrist? Is that what you’re insinuating? To let those fascists go?”
“That is not what I ant, I an why do you have to seek aid in foreign powers instead of finishing this dostically?”
“Look at the list!” Fury shouted. “See how many HYDRA mbers are in the ranks of the governnt! If I did, those nazis would’ve been alerted, and their plan would’ve succeeded!”
“Alright, then tell why you have sent those criminals to the Zirans! Those terrorist should belong in our prison!”
“This is more than putting people into prison!” Fury countered. “The Zirans and I have worked together so we can root out this rotten organization for good. The Zirans have better technology to extract that information, so I simply do what I thought was necessary.”
“Are you saying that you are not confident in our technology, Director?”
“It’s the truth.” Fury spat. “Even a blind man can tell. Cooperation is key towards the end of this debacle, yet you just sit here like the Zirans haven’t been a concern for the US for decades! If you don’t want them to beco a threat, then cooperate! It is that simple!”
“Director, please refrain for speaking state secret–”
“State secret?” Fury scoffed. “Are you joking?”
The parliant could only sigh at the statent. “Onto the next problem then.”
“Go on.” Fury humd.
“The disbandnt of SHIELD. So you are just going to disband our intelligence agency and transfer the personnel to an international agency?”
“Nothing will change,” said Fury. “Even before this, SHIELD has been a counter terrorism agency that operates on a global status.”
“Under the US na.” a man pointed out.
“Correct. But now, we have offered the United Nations to create an international agency to deal with counter terrorism and extra-terrestrial threat. All I ask is that you give permission on the transfer of personnel to that organization.”
“And why should we do that?”
“Because it concerns the safety of the people of earth.” Fury pointed out. “Do you want a second Battle of New York to happen? Do you want another alien attack that happened in London? No, of course not. We need a response team—”
“The Avengers are—”
“It is not enough.” Fury cut them off. “Do you want the fate of the entire world in the hands of a couple of n and won? In these past years, we know how dangerous the threat is, we need a proper organization to handle it.”
“And this… Sentient Worlds Observation and Response Departnt… Who will be in command of it?”
“The World security council, along with the UN will oversee it, and as the director. King Grodd himself agreed to his sche. He will supply the tech of the departnt.”
The eyes of the parliant sharpened as they heard that phrase. “Ziran tech?”
“Yes.”
“Explain to us more of this international agency, director.” asked another man.
“All the countries in the security council will be involved. Providing human and non-human resources. In this day and age, the borders of nations are thinning, we need to protect earth from otherworldly threats, be it from space, or from inside earth itself.”
The parliant went quiet for a second, before speaking. “We will discuss this in the next eting, Director. For now, you may go.”
The flashes of light turned more frequent as Fury walked out of the session, ignoring all the questions thrown at him. He looked calm, not showing any signs of emotions at all. All he had to do was direct the heat to him, while the organization built itself.
His job is done, for now.
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[New York]
anwhile, Pluto and Thena were watching all of these events unfold from the TV, while the sound of arguing teenagers could be heard in the background.
“Wow.” said Pluto absentmindedly. “Sotis I think I’ve gone too far on this…”
“On what?” asked Thena.
“The rings…. The apostles…” said Pluto, sipping so tea. “But what’s done is done… the one thing I need right now though… is so PEACE AND QUIET!”
The sounds of arguing teenagers from behind suddenly cald down, making Pluto sigh in content.
“Let them be…” Thena chuckled. “They’re discovering new things.”
“Hm, well, maybe I need to get the two of them so workshop or sothing… they're disturbing the peace and quiet of this house.”
“The robotic competition is in a month, so it’s natural for them to be stressed out like that.”
Pluto sighed. “We’ll see how it goes. If he wins, I’ll give him so place to tinker with his ‘partner’.”
Thena just laughed. “Sure, whatever you say.”
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