Paid by S.H.I.E.L.D. the Merc with a Mouth gets charged to protect Vanessa O'Conelly: the 26 year old assistant to Governor Ray Thorton and trophy girlfriend of Senator Gregory Killibrew both of which S.H.I.E.L.D suspects to be behind the recent apocalyptic events of New York City. Originally published to fanfiction.net as a complete work, now being edited and reposted by chapter. <3