"How long until S.H.I.E.L.D. starts tracking us?"
I fed Deadpool the answer to Captain Arica's question.
"About 9 minutes?"
"Good. Let's begin."
At that, Deadpool plugged the USB into a laptop. I imdiately started hacking. Honestly, I could have hacked all the contents, but that would deviate from the original story, so I decided only to reveal the location information. I inford Deadpool of this.
"It's protected by an AI, so I can't open the files, but I can track where this was created."
"Where is it?"
Just then, a store employee, seeing they had been using the computer for a long ti, ca over and asked,
"May I help you?"
Then Deadpool hugged Captain Arica and said,
"No~ We're planning a trip, my boyfriend and I. We were looking at destinations."
"Ah, I see. I'm envious. Where are you going?"
With perfect timing, I displayed the location on the screen.
"New Jersey."
"I see. Very well. Have a pleasant trip~"
After the employee left, I showed a more precise location. Captain Arica looked surprised. Deadpool asked him,
"Do you know it?"
"Long ago... Anyway, it's been over 9 minutes. Let's go."
Captain Arica and Deadpool took the USB and started moving. But S.H.I.E.L.D. agents could be seen searching for Captain Arica everywhere. I guided Deadpool, showing him the agents' locations and a safe route out. It seed they could get out safely without any problems if they followed my directions.
But Deadpool didn't take the path I suggested.
-Hey! Where are you going!
Deadpool didn't answer and moved with Captain Arica. As they moved, Captain Arica spotted S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and warned Deadpool.
"We've got a tail. Two in the line behind us and on the opposite side... I'll take them. You head to the underground parking and bring the Talaria around."
"Shut up, put your arm on my shoulder, and smile goofily."
"What?"
"Now!"
Captain Arica did as Deadpool said, putting his arm on Deadpool's shoulder and smiling goofily. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents didn't notice them and passed by.
Then, as they were going down an escalator, they saw Rumlow, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent they had been looking for. Deadpool looked back at Captain Arica.
-Hey! Don't tell ...
"Kiss ."
"What?"
"Hurry!"
Captain Arica had no choice but to hold Deadpool and kiss him. I was dumbfounded. I had plotted the route to prevent this very situation, but Deadpool just went along with the original story. Anyway, Rumlow glanced at them and averted his eyes, so it seed they had successfully fooled him. Then they casually walked out the mall's main entrance and returned to the Talaria.
"Cap, you're a terrible kisser. You should practice."
Captain Arica, looking embarrassed, scratched his head and replied,
"Sorry, I've never been in a relationship with a woman for very long... Anyway, let's move."
As they drove, Captain Arica turned on the TV to watch the news. In the anti, I scolded Deadpool.
-Why did you do that? If you had followed my directions, you could have gotten out easily.
At that, Deadpool, pretending to drive the Talaria, answered quietly,
"You said it was important to follow the original tiline. Besides, I wanted to experience a spy thriller too."
-Still... What if Captain Arica finds out later?
"Well, we'll just keep it a secret."
-Geez...
Deadpool showed no hesitation about kissing a man, which flustered . After all, this was the guy who, having beco a woman, wanted to try it with a man. I just felt sorry for Captain Arica, who was taken advantage of unknowingly. They arrived at an old military facility in New Jersey.
"Is this the place?"
"Yeah, the file was created here."
Captain Arica looked around the facility, lost in mory, and said to Deadpool,
"I trained here. It was a military base."
This was the facility where Captain Arica trained before becoming a Super Soldier in The First Avenger. Captain Arica and Deadpool looked around the facility. In the basent, they found old S.H.I.E.L.D. files. Seeing them, Captain Arica said,
"I guess S.H.I.E.L.D. started here."
As they explored, they found signs of a person having passed through. They followed the trail deeper inside. At an empty bookcase, the trail ended. Captain Arica said,
"It stops here."
Then Deadpool stepped forward, grabbed the bookcase, and pushed it aside.
Creak~! Thud!
"Hiding things like this is so old-school?"
Behind the bookcase was a modern-looking door, which seed to have been installed recently. Seeing it, Deadpool said,
"This place is from a different era."
"Yeah."
They went through the modern door. Inside was a very old-looking computer with multiple monitors. The computer was an antique model, seemingly using the entire room as its mainfra. It looked like it was built shortly after World War II.
"We're back in the olden days."
Captain Arica also looked around, bewildered.
"Is this the place?"
"It seems so."
Deadpool spotted a USB port connected to the old computer and plugged in the USB. The old computer humd and whirred to life, and the monitor in front of Captain Arica automatically turned on. A low-resolution image of a man with glasses appeared on the screen, and a voice ca through the speakers.
-Steve Rogers, born 1918. Eleanor Camacho, no data found. How strange... To have soone with no data.
"I'm a woman of mystery."
-I'm not really interested, young lady.
Seeing that, Captain Arica asked, surprised,
"That wasn't recorded?"
-It's not a recording, Steve. I still exist, though I look very different from the man you captured in 1945.
Then, an image of Dr. Arnim Zola appeared on another monitor.
-Dr. Zola. I thought you were dead.
-You're wrong. Look around you. I am very much alive. After the war, the newly ford S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted my intellect. They recruited . And when my natural lifespan ended, they analyzed my brain, turned into data, and implanted in this computer.
"I see..."
-But I didn't just sit idly by in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s hands. I created a new Hydra, right under their noses. A beautiful parasite, growing inside S.H.I.E.L.D. For the last 70 years, Hydra has been secretly fonting crises and starting wars all over the world. When history didn't cooperate, we simply changed it.
"So Hydra was ultimately controlling S.H.I.E.L.D. from behind."
-Correct. In this world of chaos created by Hydra, humanity will sacrifice its freedom for security. When the purification is complete, Hydra will rule the world.
Unable to listen any longer, Captain Arica punched and smashed the monitor. But Zola's face appeared on another monitor and said to Captain Arica.
-Futile. Didn't I tell you? I am data now.
"What's on this USB?"
-Project Insight required insight, so I created the algorithm.
"What does the algorithm do?"
-Unfortunately, you won't hear the answer to that. You're about to die.
As Zola finished speaking, the door they had entered began to close. Captain Arica quickly threw his shield, but it was too late.
Bang!
-I was stalling for ti, waiting for the missiles to arrive. You'll die with , for Hydra, Captain.
KABOOM!!!
With that, a loud explosion shook the building, and the ceiling began to collapse. Captain Arica quickly grabbed Deadpool, jumped into a crawl space, and covered their heads with his shield.
Crash! Bang!
"Ugh!"
Captain Arica held up his shield against a massive piece of debris, protecting himself and Deadpool. When things cald down, they erged from the crawl space and caught their breath.
"Eleanor, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm alive. When this is over, I'm going to demand a huge bonus from Jin."
At that, Captain Arica chuckled.
"Yeah, do that."
They went back to the Talaria RV to wash off the dust and debris. Just then, Director Fury contacted .
-Jin, I need to see you. I can't tell you the location, so find yourself. It's dangerous, so I hope you understand.
"Okay. I'll be right there."
I quietly inford Deadpool of this.
"I have to step away for a while. Work well with Captain Arica. From now on, it's just fighting."
-That's my specialty.
"Oh, and don't forget to pick up Falcon."
-Okay.
I went to the bunker where Director Fury was hiding. I had already located the bunker through Minerva. But even if I hadn't, it would have been easy to find by tracking his close associate, Maria Hill.
Inside the bunker, Director Fury was lying on a bed, still receiving treatnt, with Maria Hill nursing him. Fury looked at and started to complain.
"You knew about all of this, didn't you? Why didn't you tell us?"
"Back then, you wouldn't have believed . You were too busy jockeying for position. Would you have trusted ? And internal affairs are your responsibility. Why are you blaming ?"
"This is insane..."
Fury rubbed his forehead. I handed him a thick file.
"What's this?"
"A list of the parasites inside. Information I gathered while observing S.H.I.E.L.D."
"So you were watching us."
"Of course. You're an organization that could turn hostile at any mont. I couldn't just stand idly by."
Fury glared at , then opened the file and looked through it. His expression changed to one of shock.
"This... is more serious than I thought. From politicians to the military..."
"Director Fury, it's pathetic that you didn't notice until the cancer had grown this large. I've marked the brainwashed individuals separately. Deal with them yourself."
"Sigh... This is giving a headache. Hill, could you get us sothing to drink?"
Maria Hill brought us tea. She would have brought coffee normally, but Fury was still receiving treatnt, so she brought tea instead.
"What are you going to do now?"
"First, we need to stop Project Insight. You'll help, won't you?"
Fury asked for help, but I refused.
"Sorry, but I have other things to do. I'd appreciate it if you were satisfied with that file and handled it yourself."
"What could be more important than this!?"
"I have my reasons. It's a secret."
When I answered without a mont's hesitation, Fury looked incredulous.
"You're crazy..."
"I'll be going."
"Wait. If it's too much for you, could you at least send so of your people? Not that Deadpool guy."
Fury didn't like Deadpool either. But Deadpool was already assisting them. I was curious how Fury would react if he knew.
"Fine. I'll send soone. But you'll have to pay their bonus."
"Deal."
I left the bunker and asked Minerva if there was anyone resting at the company.
[No. Everyone is out on the hero business.]
"Really? Then is Tony around?"
[He is at Stark Tower in New York.]
"I see."
I went directly to Tony. I explained what had happened so far.
"God damn! Is that true?"
"Yeah, so we need soone to support Captain Arica."
"I see. Then I'll go see Mr. Motherfucker."
"Good. Here's the location..."
I thought this would be enough. I returned to the lab and checked on Deadpool. Deadpool and Captain Arica were talking at Sam's (Falcon's) house.
"So you're saying Jasper Sitwell, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who was a hostage on the ship, would know about this?"
"Yeah, so we need to grab that baldy and question him."
"But how do we kidnap a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in broad daylight? We're both wanted fugitives."
Just then, Sam placed so files on the table and said,
"Simple. Use ."
"What's this?"
"My resu, I guess."
Captain Arica and Deadpool looked through the files he called his resu.
"Oh~ welco aboard~"
"Eleanor, wait. We can't ask Sam to do this. He left the military because he was sick of war."
Then Sam said,
"Helping Captain Arica is reason enough to co back."
Unexpectedly, things were going well without my guidance.
Even with Deadpool involved, it's going smoothly? Did I underestimate him?
I decided to trust them for now and teleported to Xandar to check the situation. Sothing seed off in the city. I asked a guard what was happening.
"Well, a thief stole a vibranium ingot and got away. It's chaos. What did they call him...? Ah! 'Star Prince'?"
"Excuse ???"
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