The Fastest Man Alive
Chapter 55
Pandamonium
Nick Fury
Director of S.H.I.E.L.D
Nick Fury sat in his office, rubbing the bridge of his brow. It had been a few days since the tahuman world was launched into pandemonium. When sothing had happened to the moon, the first thing Fury thought was that the Earth was finally under attack. Hell, he wished they were under attack, because when his sister had called and inford him of what had happened, he didn't know how in the fuck he was going to explain this situation to the World Security Council.
Fury wanted nothing else other than to shoot that overpowered nephew of his in the face. No one had told him, but Fury was certain that Ben could survive a nuke. And if he can survive sothing like that, then he could let his favorite uncle release so tension with a few rounds to the face.
Maybe he could get a hologram made of his nephew for his private shooting range. Today, Fury had been called to a joint eting of the President and the World Security Council in order to discuss the "my nephew broke the moon" situation. Generally, he had better things to do, but it seed this particular eting was over the report he had filed the other day about the "the incident". The world knew it as a stealth teor impact, but SHIELD had satellites and eyes everywhere, so they knew better. Needless to say, he had plans to spin this to his benefit.
Brushing by the two guards at the door with barely a glance, Fury glided across a gorgeous blue carpet with a certain eagle embossed in its middle, moving with the silk-smooth grace of a professional spy.
Fury looked up at the wall of monitors showing various world leaders. Observing the British Pri Minister, Fury noticed the office in the background. That could only an she was in the MI5 building, with Captain Britain sowhere in the room. The Russian Pri Minister was inside one of their safe houses, and Pierce was calling in from a certain bank under Washington D.C. Not saying anything, Fury placed the folder he was carrying on top of the table.
"Forget what the report says," councilman Rockwell said from his monitor, "We must bring him in and have him answer for it.". Several minutes passed as Fury violently clamped his jaw shut, an angry sort of mumbled growl-hiss leaving his mouth whenever a particularly stupid comnt was made.
"I say we vote on declaring Jason Todd a threat to humanity." The Korean Pri Minister spoke.
Sighing out loud, Fury once again regretted he was having world leaders involved in his job.
"We can't do that." Fury spoke up from his seat.
"Nice to see you Nick, but I don't see why we should vote on this matter," Pierce asked from his monitor.
Fury looked at those that were around the table before getting up from his seat. Pulling out a holo-table from the hidden "bag of holding" fitted into his "badass trenchcoat" (his nephew insisted on the nas), Fury moved to the front of the room. "Because he isn't a threat unless we make him one."
"Well, with what has happened to the moon, it's hard to see him another way." Spoke the President of the United States.
"Yes, well, from what I have gathered from my sources soone decided to step on our asset's toes," Fury spoke, before an image sprang forth from his holo-tablet. "Magneto decided to do what I believe we are about to do and that is, make an enemy of Mr. Todd."
"What does Magneto have to do with the moon's situation, our satellites only picked up one anomaly in motion." one of the World Security Council mbers said. The lower right corner of his screen changed to show a shirtless Benjamin flying through the air. Sighing inwards, Fury was at least partially happy that his now adult form resembled his Jason Todd persona.
"Well, it seems Magneto decided he wanted the throne of our asset." Fury said as the image changed to a recent photograph of Magneto. Fury wanted to show a picture of Magneto's current state, but he decided that he could use that later. It would have a far better impact.
"And that leads to thirty-eight percent of the moon being destroyed how?" The President of the United States asked.
"He was fighting against what we call an Oga class ta-human." Fury said so seriously you could cut the tension in the air with a knife.
"So they had a little scuffle, that doesn't explain the moon." One of the Council mbers spoke.
"No, this was not a scuffle as you would like to call it, this was a one-sided slaughter." Fury spoke as the images he showed changed to the decimated form of Magneto and the rest of his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. "Todd is a king that doesn't move unless he has to, but when Magneto invaded he sent the best of the best, and they did not survive the encounter.
"According to my source, the only reason why Todd fought on that moon was to not cause collateral damage to the earth. Hell, we had him classified as at least a class 10 with a "Do Not Disturb" tag attached to his na. We have no idea about the upper levels of Jason's powers and I would rather keep him on our side instead of turning him into an enemy."
Fury could see the contemplative looks on each of their faces, but of course, there had to be that one with far fewer brain cells than the rest.
"How large could his little nation be if none of us has ever heard of it." the council mber from Mumbai said.
"Well here is a little context of the matter." Fury said, keeping his face neutral. "Our friend Mr. Todd here is a king of his own sovereign nation, Pandora, a nation that as of yesterday is in fact the largest on this planet."
The image changed to a holographic globe which outlined the borders of each country, To the council's shock, the oceans were covered by a great red swath. Mutterings went around the room, several declaring the map to be a fraud.
"I can assure you that this is the latest report I was able to receive this morning." Fury spoke with such a deadly calm he had everyone on the edges of their seats. "It seems that Namor had aligned with Magneto and decided to participate in the attack as well. And let's just say… he didn't make it."
The holo-image shifted to show the ripped in half form of Namor laying on the beach.
"Mr. Todd ripped through everything before battling another Oga-level mutant known as Exodus on the surface of the moon, in order to not do this"—the images shifted to a cracked lunar surface—"to the surface of the planet."
"We must also rember, Mr. Todd has proven himself to be an ally to SHIELD and the WSC, providing us with massive upgrades in our weaponry. Hell, I had finally closed out a deal for the DELTA SIX accelerator suits. Additionally, in exchange for leaving his nation out of global politics, he has offered us Magneto and his 'Brotherhood of Evil Mutants', in addition to far more advanced weaponry."
The image shifted once more to one of a sleek futurist guntal grey and black super suit. On one of the hands was a miniaturized mini-gun and on the other was hanging over the shoulder. Missile pods and other weapons festooned the surface of the armor and Fury swore one of the military leaders cread his pants.
The Russian Pri Minister slamd his fist on the table.
"Enough of this! Regardless of his gifts, we can not let the damage to the moon stand!" The Russian Pri Minister spoke while slamming a fist down on his table.
The President of the United States countered: "I vote we have the United Nations extend an invite to Jason Todd, and to appoint his nation a representative in the UN in exchange for limited oversight on matters of planetary importance. "
"That will not work," Fury said, trying to keep his voice as neutral as he could.
"Why not?" The Pri Minister of Britain asked.
"Okay, let
clear this up so that everyone can understand." Fury spoke looking at the room. "The issue arises when you decide to try and sanction a nation that's not apart of the world economy. He has no reason to listen to us: we have nothing he wants. Not to ntion the fact that he is the leader of one of the world's largest and most powerful militaries, if what we saw during Magneto's invasion was an example... There is nothing we can do besides hearing out his offer"
"Thank you, Director, that will be all for now." Alexander Pierce spoke, and Fury heard the dismissal in those words clear as day. Picking up his files, Fury turned around and left without a second glance backward. No one noticed the small RFID tag he had placed under the table. Strolling down the hall, Fury cut a path as his trench coat billowed behind him in a display of pure badassery.
Fury smirked at the last guard as he waited for the elevator to take him upwards and back to his vehicle. The set of doors opened with a "ping
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