The Hunting Spider

Chapter 5

[Warning: Torture, blood, people who you'll want to punch (besides me or humanoid prunes).]

The Avengers and the Hunting Spider

Part One

Chapter- 5

Within an hour everyone was suited up and ready to go. Tony had the plane- a much smaller scaled quinjet lookalike- prepped. They were heading into HYDRA, no matter the size it posed a threat to them all. Not to mention they probably had multiple prisoners under their mind control, including the Hunting Spider. Who was both an unknown threat and their mission.

They clambered onto the plane with dark versions of their outfits. Bright blue or yellow would be noticed quickly and doesn't exactly scream stealth. Tony sat next to Bruce- who was coming in the event of an emergency, Bucky too- in the pilot seats. It took about twenty minutes to get there and the landed on the roof of an abandoned building a block away where they'd proceed on foot. Tony was on video call with Bruce, both of them working to hack in and put the cameras on loop and disable their sensors. When they succeeded they were within twenty feet of the building.

"Okay," Steve started, "here's the plan. Natasha, find any information on the Hunting Spider, you should be able to find his cell is. I'll be with you. The rest of you take care of the HYDRA soldiers. Bruce and Bucky, you'll be back-up if we need it. Our mission is to collect the Hunting Spider and take down this facility, since we have little idea how under HYDRA's control he is we are to proceed with caution." The words 'we don't want another Winter Solider situation' went through everyone's minds. "Understand?"

Everyone nodded. Tony sent the schematics to Natasha and Steve and then they advanced into the building through the empty parking lot. The paint was white and peeling and it had fading letters sprawled over the entrance gate. It was four stories tall, and used to be a food manufacturer, at least that's what his systems had said. Then a mysterious fire took out the top two floors, making them unusable, and killing nearly half of the workers. Shortly after that it was bought by Atwell who probably ran this branch- or did they call them 'heads'?- for a while.

Tony tried to push the door open but it wouldn't budge. He stepped back and Steve forced it open with one hard push. It fell off the hinges and slammed onto the floor. The group entered, trying to make as little noise as possible. It was dark enough they all turned on night vision and Natasha put on her goggles that gave her an otherworldly look.

"Find an elevator shaft. Feel for drafts or hidden doors. You know, typical evil villain scientist stuff." Tony advised before they split up. They spread out only sticking to the bottom floor, and went through separate doors to investigate. There were abandoned machines everywhere and the smell of mold seemed strong. The floor was metal. He let his hand trace over the wall as FRIDAY tried to scan the room. "Sorry, sir. The building appear to be lined with lead and are messing with my scanners."

Tony sighed and rubbed his forehead. Why did the bad guys have to make this so difficult? Couldn't they just, you know, come out with their hands up? No.

Then something caught his attention. "Hello, what is this?" He walked over to the askew panel.

Tony pulled off the wall panel and dropped it with a loud bang. "Wow, this is like... Cliché." Behind the wall was a control board with a single button... But it had a keycard slot.