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Posted by Moon Knight
on 9/6/2008, 3:41 am
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----- SHIELD Installation 4623; Several days ago -----
“You know me Nick, I’m not general up for playing devil’s advocate but are you sure about these two?” Sharon Carter flipped through the files that Fury had handed her.
“I can’t think of two better operatives.” Fury watched her reaction go from blank to complete disbelief. “Okay so I can. But these two are already on the outs with just about everyone they’ve ever come into contact with. Long story short they are good at what they do, maybe not the best but still pretty damn good.”
Sharon shook her head. “You’re going to have a lot of explaining to do if this ever comes back to you.”
“They won’t come back on me.” Fury noticed her shoulders also slumped slightly tell him that she wasn’t completely for the idea but had at least accepted it. “Besides they are one hundred percent expendable. Complete write offs if compromised.”
Sharon finally understood Fury’s motives. “Still Steve won’t like it and neither will Sam. Hell Spector or what ever name he’s calling his self this week was booted from the Avengers and don’t even get me started on the other one.”
“Well. We need them and if Sam and Steve have issues with them we can just as easily replace the respectable public face as we can these two.” Fury waited for an argument that didn’t come. He was more than a little surprised by the fact Sharon hadn’t stood up for Steve even though he could tell she wanted to say something so he attempted a rare moment of levity. “Besides Batman wasn’t available.”
"Bruce Wayne?", Sharon looked a little shocked. "He fights crime to avenge the murders of his parents, whereas Moon Knight beats up whoever has it coming because he believes he is the avatar of the Egyptian god of vengeance and it helps him to feel better about all the people he killed when he was a mercenary. He isn’t stable Nick."
Fury finally lit the cigar he had been chewing on since the meeting began. “I don’t need him to be stable.”
----- Long Island - Grant Mansion -----
Deep with in the bowels of the abandoned mansion Moon Knight was once again alone and training into the early evening. He had finished his second of three workout routines and was moving to the third station when he noticed the odor. His hand immediately dropped to a cestus dart on his belt.
“Relax. If I was here to do something worth that it’d already be done.” Nick Fury was leaning against the entrance to the room. “Nice batcave by the way.”
“%@^# you Fury!” Marc stared at Fury. “What do you want?”
“I’m here to give you a shot at getting back in the game.” Fury lifted himself off the wall. It hadn’t escaped his attention that Spector still hadn’t moved his hand very far from the cestus dart. “A shot at legitimizing yourself.”
“I don’t need anyone or anything, especially from people like you.” Marc shouted and pointed at his own chest. “I’ve been down that road before Fury and I don’t want someone behind the scenes pulling my strings.”
“No strings. No one to answer to but me and yourself. Simple just like you like it.” Fury watched Spector closely. “All the action but none of the glory. That should be right your alley for an adrenaline junkie like you.”
Marc spun away from Nick. “I don’t need this.”
“But you want it.” Nick’s words stopped him in his tracks. “I’m not going to sugar coat things for you I wouldn’t even try. Its not my style. I need you but not enough to beg. You’re not the only guy out there that likes to crack skulls. I got a list as long as my left arm. Just so happens your near the top of it.”
“You know I’m not fit for duty.” Marc turned back to face Nick. “Just ask your replacement Stark.”
“I could give two #^&@$ about Stark. This has nothing to do with him unless you like the idea of stickin’ it to the man.” Fury lit up cigar. “I know I always did.”
Marc watched Fury drop a small disc on the weight bench. “This is everything you need to know about contacting me. I’ll show myself out.”
TBC
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