The Ghost Initiative (Avengers Next Gen)

Could this be the start of something beautiful?

~Alex's P.O.V~

" Robin... Have a nearby agent send me down a coffee rig please, I'm gonna need it." I looked back at the man in front of me. Fighting to keep my eyes from wondering along his obnoxiously defined muscles. Why is every traumatised guy hot? It makes it really hard to pay attention.

" okay, so I'm gonna take some measurements and draw up a rough sketch real Quick and then we can work out the kinks together." I grabbed the measuring tape and started to measure the circumference of his bicep, calling them out to ROBIN. I then was careful in measuring the length and taking a closer look into how it connected to the scar tissue.

" Why Shield?" I looked up, he was looking at me with an odd look on his face, almost like it was in heard of for people like me to work at places like shield.

" why work with shield? Or why found the new shield? Cause I don't work FOR shield." I barely looked up long enough to see the shift in his face.

" Both, I just don't really understand why anyone would want to be in such dangerous situations." He seemed genuinely concerned about my safety " I mean someone as smart and talented as you could be in much safer working environments surely" I laughed slightly at that.

"Growing up, Mom made any talk about 'playing hero' completely forbidden. Especially since Dad died trying to save the world. And after Howie... I could't really stand seeing how others had their families destroyed when I had the chance to help them. So when I was old enough to take over the company I restarted shield... except how my Grandfather wanted it. So without Hydra spies." He nodded along as I spoke.

" who's Howie?" I froze for a second, watching as he went to apologise.

" He was my twin brother. But he died when we were 10, after Hydra attacked our school. It's how Melody and I got our abilities. He sacrificed himself for us" I stopped my work blinking tears away. This was ridiculous I never mentioned Howie to anyone, let alone some random person Shield sent to me for a prosthesis

"I'm sorry...that must have been really hard. I'm sure your brother would be really proud of all the good you've done. I know Tony will be when he pulls his head out of his Arse" I laughed slightly eyes still a little wet, nodding.

" okay, let's just get this arm designed so I can get the tech delivered and it should be done sometime tomorrow, what kind of strength do you want? And do you want it to look like a real arm or keep the metal arm look?" I pulled the schematic up as I spoke. Listening to him talk about the kind of stuff he's use to doing with the arm. Eventually we decided to keep the meta vibranium and make a "skin style" sleeve for him to wear in public.

"I'll order the material express delivery and start work tomorrow morning when they get in. Have a nice afternoon soldier." He looked at me odd, surprised I actually knew who he was. It'd taken a moment, considering how different he looks in history books.

" History books still exist, plus everyone who's been experimented on by Hydra knows about the Winter soldier. Welcome to the world of the free"