Marvel Mayhem

Chapter Ten: Eyes Are Everywhere

            "You have to understand. We're not here to destroy your planet. We're here to make Earth a better place."

            Tied to an antique wooden chair, the "Sitwell-Skrull" did exactly what Sean and Ciciley wanted him in their interrogation: reveal the entire plan of his alien race. It basically sounded like world takeover to the mother and son S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. But all of his other ramblings had no bearing whatsoever to them. What made it even more of a nuisance was how precise in voice and personality this doppelganger was to the actual Sitwell. The way in which he poured himself to the cause of his species sounded like something Sitwell would praise, especially with the news they heard about the agent being affiliated with Hydra.  

            "Honestly," the doppelganger continued, "our invasion could not have come at a better time. Your situation with Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. will get a lot worse. Our trusted source has foreseen it."  

            "You've got some sort of soothsayer on your side or something?" Ciciley questioned.  

            "None of that crap matters, because you are lying through your extraterrestrial ass!" Sean yelled to the Skrull. "You talk about what Hydra plans to do. They make the same claim with their intentions."  

            "We do not plan to kill millions for our cause like Hydra does." The Skrull retorted.  

            Ciciley eyed the creature suspiciously. "What was that?"  

            "As part of my cover, I obtained the knowledge and memories from the original Sitwell. In them, I learned of Project Insight – the top secret S.H.I.E.L.D. operation made in direct response to the growing supernatural forces that began plaguing Earth since the Chitauri invasion. Three heavily armed Helicarriers linked to a satellite and designed to proactively strike out against potential threats before they actually happen. Hydra intends to use this against S.H.I.E.L.D., targeting millions – including you, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Maria Hill, Stephen Strange...anyone who stands in their way."  

            The sickening plot was almost too impossible to believe, yet it nonetheless sounded legitimate to Sean and Ciciley.  

            Sean looked to his mother dubiously. "Did you know about this 'Project Insight'?"  

            "Nick never told me a thing about it." Ciciley clarified, visibly furious. "Dammit! If that man were here right now, I'd slap him so hard, he'd grow a new eye!"  

            "Hydra stands as a larger threat than we realized." Sean noted.  

            "Now you understand why we are involved." The Sitwell-Skrull remarked, reminding Sean and Ciciley of the other issue they faced.  

            "No, no. You and your brother-in-arms over there," she gestured to the dead body of the Blake-Skrull, "You both attacked us the second you saw my mother."  

            "She is not of this planet. She is not even human. Neither is the child you possess."  

            The Skrull's allegations sounded like more ramblings to Ciciley. To Sean, it made him significantly curious of what the alien knew. There was still not very much known of Chrissy Livingston since she was discovered in John Saccheri's Man Cave of Horrors. To gain information, even from the most foreign of sources, would bring the greatest of closure for Sean.  

            "What is she, if not human?" He brought himself to ask.  

            "She's an—"