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[Ward's throat still feels like shit and a half, but he's managed to process the following. He's no longer in jail (that's a plus), he's got super powers (he's unsure if that's a plus or minus) but he arrived and avoided the network for a few days out of fear of breaking the damn thing. He's decided long since then that he can't let Skye intimidate him.

She's here. And she's been here for awhile. She has home team advantage.

The only problem is they have a record of him. This whole registering thing was crap - what was the point of being given a second chance if he really couldn't leave Grant Ward behind? For the first time he wants to.

So time to test the waters. He's been to the ceremony, he's been sworn in, he's had a dramatic reunion with the woman he'd thought he cared about.]

New arrival here. Roomba salesman and repairman. Anybody else get a completely shit job? I know nothing about Roomba's.

Assuming Roombas here are the vaccuum robots. Y/N?

Also feel like shooting myself in the foot here, but is there some kind of a "so now you have super abilities" support group? Any help or advice appreciated.

[Reading over it two or three times he nods, satisfied that it's not incriminating, that it's blaise enough that even if people decide to ask him questions he can think up enough to talk about without screwing up.

He'd been in worse situations.

His roommates might have noticed that his doorknob on the outside was significantly bent and someone has been closing doors in their apartment very, very quietly.]

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[selfequipped]

Can I ask, or would you prefer for me to read the hundreds of other explanations first?

edit!

Scratch that, already went ahead and read. Hydra sucks big time. If you need help, just let me know.

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[hackitude]

Thanks. I may or may not take you up on that.

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[selfequipped]

What's his skill set?

Also, did you really date him? Or am I totally reading into psycho and Jesse's macho off?

[Also, is she dating Jesse? Did she read that into the macho off?

Because somewhere in Heropa, Kate is facepalming at eight different things.]

[hackitude]

Who told you that?

We didn't date. We kissed twice and admitted we both had feelings for each other and maybe we would have dated but then I found out what he was really like.

Look, okay, don't judge me. He had everyone fooled. It wasn't just me.


He was our team's specialist. He's basically the equivalent of ten Navy Seal dudes in one.

[selfequipped]

I read the manipulative abusive ex-boyfriend spin he put on your conversation. He hit like every point on the "how do you know if you're dating an abuser" list.

... Which is insensitive to say. Sorry.

I've dated assholes, too?

Ten Navy Seals. Do you know anyone who's stronger than ten Navy Seals. I'm a good archer, but I'm not that trained.

[hackitude]

Don't worry about it. I'm so past the point of getting worked up over "insensitive."

And it used to be only five but then this place had to go and give him freaking *super strength*. It's like he's... Evil Captain America or something.

[selfequipped]

He doesn't even deserve to be called evil Cap. That's disrespectful to the real Cap.

There are ways to get around super strength.

[hackitude]

You're right.

And yeah, I'm working on one at work atm. But we may as well pool our resources. What's yours?

[selfequipped]

Shoot him from afar.

[hackitude]

Yeah okay that works ... until he gets resurrected. Then what?

[selfequipped]

Who said anything about killing him?

[hackitude]

Well that's USUALLY what someone means when they talk about sniping someone from afar.

[selfequipped]

I don't kill.

[hackitude]

Good to know.

... Hey, can I ask you something semi unrelated?

[selfequipped]

I'm all ears.

[hackitude]

You're on a team back home, right? The Young Avengers, or something. David told me a bit about it.

[selfequipped]

Yeah, I'm kind of their leader.

[hackitude]

Yeah...? How come... you haven't re-started it here? ... If you don't mind my asking.

[selfequipped]

Where did you get the idea that it's not running here?

We don't make our business public, but we definitely always function as a team. I live with a teammate, Skye.

[selfequipped]

Wait, do you want on? Because we can totally make that happen.

[hackitude]

Oh. Um... thanks. I'm not sure that I'm exactly qualified to be an Avenger or anything, though. I mean. I'm just a normal person with really awesome computer skills. I'm like, barely a level one SHIELD agent. I mean, okay, my gun aim's gotten pretty good, but that's about it.

I was thinking, though... wouldn't it be better if we had like an official response team here? To deal with imPort business. I mean, not everyone they bring here is exactly hero material. Look at Ward. If someone like Ward goes off the rails... what are the cops going to do about it? He took out twelve highly trained SHIELD agents on his own once, and that was BEFORE he had super-strength.

If they're going to keep bringing in people and giving them super powers, eventually there's going to be super villains, too...

[selfequipped]

We don't function as Avengers, so it's not what you think. We carry the cards, but we function independently. I don't take orders from Cap or Iron Man.

And I think a team like that isn't a bad idea, but I'm not going to endorse any one group that takes care of business. I've fought against Lucifer, I was going to break Mitchell out if that guy hadn't confessed, and I've fought at a number of different things. My team's going to keep being involved, just like I imagine the main Avengers will regroup and work together.

There are already supervillains, and some of us have been keeping an eye on them. If you don't know them, then maybe I should provide a dossier. They're likely to become known soon enough.

[hackitude]

I'm not saying that there should only be one group that takes care of business or whatever. That's dumb. But if we have *a* team that has government sanction, doing stuff like co-ordinating with the police/FBI/etc on cases that have possible imPort involvement will be easier. No more... sneaking into morgues.

[Oh. Yeah. She knows about that.]

[selfequipped]

Oh, you want a government sanctioned team.

Yeah, I'm not interested. Also, don't read my stuff anymore, Skye.

[hackitude]

I wasn't going through your stuff specifically. I was just interested in that case. Given that, you know, I'm kind of in the target demographic.

Why not interested? I'm not saying we have to be their lapdogs. It would just make access to information so much easier. As well as gaining their trust. Maybe they'd let us have a look at the Porter.