Chapter 8: History and the whole truth

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Selene flanked by Kahn and David walk through the Avenger facility, the guards are twitchy, they've clearly heard the stories, the legends surrounding the Death Dealers. They are.....were a formidable army, once upon a time. Natasha stands at the end of the hall, arms folded over her chest, she's in Black Widow mode, and Selene is in her Vampire Elder, head of the death dealers mode. This is business. There is no pleasure in this.

"Selene..."

"Agent Romanoff" she greets back. "You remember David and Kahn" Natasha nods to them.

"Of course....Fury and the rest of the team are waiting" Selene nods and the three vampires follow Natasha into the room beside her, David and Kahn share a look behind her, Selene rolls her eyes as they step into the room. Fury stands in front of the others, Tony Stark, Clint Barton, Sam, Steve and Bucky and behind them the Maximoff twins, Wanda and Pietro stand with Dr. Banner. Bucky glances to Steve, confused as to why Selene was there, Steve himself looks to Natasha who doesn't meet his eyes.

"Who am I meeting?" Fury asks, looking over the three of them, Natasha looks to Selene who raises an eyebrow at the redhead.

"Selene is my contact...." She tells Fury.

"That would be me" Selene states with a smirk. "This David" she motions to said vampire. "And Kahn...." she motions to him. "And this refers to the dead body you found filled with liquid silver bullets" Fury nods, Selene watches his hand, it twitches, he wants to hold his gun for comfort. "Director Fury......are you afraid?" she asks with a smirk.

"There is no one in this room that could put you down....." Selene smirks. "I would be a fool to not be afraid"

"Then it is good we come as friends.....and not enemies" she tells him. "You want to know why the body count is up......and I wish we could tell you why.........their numbers in the last few years have increased significantly. And we do what we can but we are so few in numbers now....."

"I thought there was three huge covens..." Natasha states.

"Not all are trained as we are.....Death Dealers have a very specific skill set" Kahn explains.

"Death dealers?" Steve asks. Selene looks to David and Kahn who nod, Selene folds her arms over her chest.

"Let's start at the beginning, shall we?" she states looking to Fury who nods. "It began in the 5th century......Marcus Corvinus was the first of us, and it was he who spread the virus to others, creating our entire species. Marcus's twin brother, William, was a raging monster beyond control...and he created another species......This virus grants us immortality, superhuman physical abilities, enhanced resilience and healing, but causes a weakness to ultraviolet radiation........and a thirst for blood"

"You're vampires" Wanda points out, Selene looks to her and smirks.

"Yes" she states.

"Bullshit" Clint states. "There is no such thing...it's fiction" Selene pulls her gun from her thigh, the entire room stiffens, she turns and shoots Kahn in the head. The Avengers all watch him hit the floor before groaning as the bullet extracts itself and he sits up glaring at Selene.

"Was that necessary? Why don't we shoot you in the head next time?"

"My apologies, Kahn, but it seemed the quickest way" she turns back to the Avengers, to Clint. "I could bite you...it would infect you of course but....it would prove my point......"

"And the body?" Dr. Banner asks, Selene looks to him.

"The other species.......Lycans......Werewolves.....that body was that of a lycan"

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