Shadow Of Darkness: Avengers x Male Reader

Chapter 21: Insight's Fall

2nd Person POV

"First a car, now a suit. Steve, we gotta do something about this theft obsession." You joked as soon as you saw the suit Steve had on. You didn't know he had it in him to raid a museum just for a costume.

"Quiet." Steve, Sam and Maria hissed. Okay, sure. You were breaking into the Triskelion. Did that mean you weren't allowed to make jokes? The four of you just stood behind a door after Sam had messed with one of the satellite dishes. Someone would come.

It was quicker than you expected, though. The door opened to reveal a Shield agent. You, Sam and Maria had pistols pointing at him, and he immediately took a step back as fear flashed in his eyes.

"Excuse us." Steve nodded. The man threw his hands up in surrender as you all walked past him. It felt a little stupid to not at least knock him out, but you were going to roll with Steve's plan for now.

Once you made it into the room Steve was looking for, he pushed a chair out of the way and turned to the PA microphone.

"Attention all Shield agents, this is Steve Rogers." He announced.

"Good plan. Let's announce our presence." You clapped your hands together. Maria lightly smacked your arm, silently telling you to shut up. You glared back at her, recalling the time she threw water in your face and debating if it was the right time to throttle her.

"You've heard a lot about me over the last few days. Some of you were even ordered to hunt me down. But I think it's time you know the truth." Steve paused. He looked you in the eyes as if debating how to phrase the next few words. Cmon, it couldn't be that hard.

You walked over to him and lightly tapped his shoulder, getting a confused look from him before you pulled the microphone towards yourself.

"Shield has been overtaken by Hydra. Alexander Pierce is their leader. Rumlow and the Strike team are Hydra, too. And so are the Insight crew. God knows how many more. They could be sat right next to you." You made sure you were speaking in a stern and authoritative voice.

"Now, Hydra nearly have what they want. Total control of the world's free will. If they launch those helicarriers, their mission will be complete. They shot Nick Fury. They stabbed me, so I'm kind of pissed off about that. But if they get those carriers in the air, then they could shoot and kill anyone from the press of a button." You stopped to take a breath. Steve looked at you with a look of happiness, making you raise an eyebrow. Yes you could give a pep talk like him. You weren't a child who had to follow behind someone else.

"Unless we stop them. I know it's a lot to ask. For you all to risk your lives to help us out. But the price of freedom is worth spending our lives for. It's a price I'm willing to pay. It's a price Steve Rogers: Captain America is willing to pay. I don't care if my voice isn't received the same way his is. All I ask is that you listen to what I'm saying and understand the threat. So do me a favour..."

You looked back over your shoulder. Sam looked impressed. Probably more so at both of you, but Maria looked like she was about to start applauding.

"Go break some eggs." You finished, turning off the microphone.

"Did you write that down on a script? Or are you just able to memorise that off the top of your head?" Sam remarked and you rolled your eyes, not able to contain the smirk that was on your face. The pride... you loved it.

"Believe whatever you think. Do a man a favour and etch a triangle onto the chopper when Fury arrives. I want somewhere to retreat once I finish my job." You said, slightly breathless from the speech as you walked past the others. Now onto the hard part.