Iron Will (sequel to Iron Soul)

Chapter Twenty Five: Better Than You

        "Oh yeah, it might be kinda helpful to tell you what's going on. So we are going to the Smithsonian's National Zoo and going to take out one of Hydra' biggest threats while we're there. We will be heading in separately and then closing in around him. You will be better informed on the way there, more details will be released to you. It is rumored that we may be running into two of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most powerful agents, two of their feeble Avengers. They shouldn't be too much of a problem though, they aren't actually on duty, they are actually just on a date possibly. Or at least that's what our intelligence has told us. It should be a pretty easy mission, civilians might be the only thing that could possibly mess with our mission. It should be a pretty good first mission for you." I nod as we walk through the door and out towards the garage.

        "Who are we taking out?" I ask, keeping up with Jeff's quickened pace. We slide open a van door and get in. He pulls a screen down in front of me and pulls up a profile of a man with dark brown hair and brown eyes.

        "A Mr. Tony Stark. He is also known as Iron Man.He is one of the Avengers but basically useless without his suit. He will be at the zoo today visiting with his wife Pepper Potts. She is also one of our targets but we think that maybe just taking her husband out would be enough to set her over the edge and kill herself. They have both gone through a lot of loss recently so triggering either one of them would be enough to set them off." he explains, pushing both of the profiles away.

        "Who did they loose?" I ask.

        "Their daughter. She was taken by another agency and something horrible was done to her and now she's dead. They haven't been taking it the greatest." I nod and continue looking at the screen, the van suddenly moving. "The two other Avengers who will be there today but off duty are Hawkeye and Black Widow. They are more commonly known as Clint Barton and Natasha Romanova. This is their day off, but both are very dangerous."

        "What's so special about them?"

        "Clint is a master marksman, amazing really. He can hit a target from miles away, no biggie. Natasha is a master assassin, Soviet trained. She probably knows about 50 ways to kill you with a bobby pin. But with the two of us together, I highly doubt that she will be able to do anything. Not to mention, the shock of seeing you there might be enough to stun them all into doing nothing."

        "Why? What about me would cause that?"        

        "Just, seeing a new agent I would guess. They've dealt with me before but, never you."

        "Got yah. So what's the whole plan?"

        "You will be entering from the west entrance, I will be entering in the east. Now it is very important that none of the Avengers or anyone associated with them notice that you are there because it could blow this whole mission. If you spot any of them, let me know immediately. From there we will figure out a rendezvous point to take them out. if you get in any trouble, there in a cyanide pill that will be in your right shoulder pocket. It's close enough to your mouth that you could rip it open with your teeth and bite into the pill. This is your camera, but it's not actually a camera. This is your cover basically. It still functions as a real one but, there's something special inside." I take the black thing into my hands. I examine it closely, turning it on and getting used to all the features. I aim it up at Jeff and laugh as I take a picture at him. I look at it on the screen and see him with both eyebrows raised, a light smile across his lips.

        "Knock that off. Okay so it functions like a real camera obviously but when the time comes, it's our biggest source of distraction. You can pull off the scope and detach it into two pieces. This will trigger the smoke bomb that will give us an advantage. Now at that time, slip on your black face mask and glasses. You want to try to keep your identity a secret for as long as possible. We have a few people coming in that will hand you an assault rifle. Use it. But if worst comes to worse, use your hands. You're trained well enough to successfully complete this mission using only your hands but we felt we should make your first one quite easy. I'll be there to help you the entire time. This should be pretty easy."