past prologue.

Who: Karla Sofen, Wade Wilson, Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Jemma Simmons, Leo Fitz, Skye, Grant Ward, Antoine Triplett, Lance Hunter (!!), Sharon Carter, Raina, and a few HYDRA mooks
What: HYDRA wants the Obelisk and they won't stop at much to get it
When: Now? Now!
Where: Classified airspace
Warnings: Superheroic violence, Wade's mouth.
Notes:: We have two adjacent logs in the works that run parallel to this that will be -- hopefully -- soon to follow, including Sharon Carter v. Karla and Wade v. May. Stay tuuuuuned! :D
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( The moment the alarms went off, Phil Coulson was in motion. )

[Filtered to Steve and Sharon]
Stark let it slip that you might have a lead on the bullet proof girl. Any truth to it?

[Filtered to Jemma]
I just wanted to touch base. See how you are.

[Filtered to Skye]
You okay, girl?

Well, it's good to be back.

[AVENGERS + SHIELD]

I'm back. It seems there are no lasting effects apart from the broken wrist which should be good as new in a few weeks. I'd like to take this moment for apologize for the past few weeks and to thank you all for your efforts in containing the situation in the cafe and taking care of things the last few weeks.

Onto business:

• May's briefed me on what I've missed from SHIELD's standpoint. Anything else I should know?
  
• How can we coordinate a response to these kidnappings? I don't know if we have records on all these kids, but SHIELD's records are open to the Avengers.
  
• It turns out the carving was meant to be a 3D model. JARVIS has digitized the model and it's uploaded on the servers, so you should all have access to it. The search for this city is a high priority. It's what the Kree are looking for.
  
• I'm not the only one who was injected with this drug, so it's possible HYDRA's looking for the city as well. We need to beat them there.
  

[Steve]

Captain, if you have some free time, I'd like to speak with you. I owe you a debt of gratitude.

[Skye]

Care to explain to me just what the hell you were thinking?

[May]

Dinner. Out. I owe you a thank you.

Director Coulson will remain on Floor 60 until further notice. Access permitted on a case-by-case basis.

Agents Morse and Simmons will continue to monitor the Director's medical status.

All queries should be directed to me until further notice.

[Simmons & Morse]

Stat report? I've uploaded the AV from the recording devices in Coulson's effects as well as the Cafe's security feeds.

[Carter & Trip]

Thanks.

I need you two to review the footage from the cafe and ID Latte Girl. Apparently a round to the chest didn't seem to put a dent in her.

We need a better code name than Latte Girl.

[Ward]

I need your help. Skye is MIA. I think she went with Raina to meet her father.

[Daisy]

Bored? I could use your help.

[Fitz]

How are things?

[Stephen Strange]

I need help, Doctor.

WHO: Coulson, Raina, SHIELD, passers by,
WHAt: see here for details
WHERE Ost Cafe on 12th & Birch Cafe -97th & Columbus,
WHEN: Friday Nov 21
STATUS: In progress thread


PART I
Who Raina & Coulson
What: Just coffee and Coulson trying to get information
Where: Birch Cafe 97th & Columbus


May would kill him. But after last night, well, he'd handle May. She didn't understand. None of them did. Not fully, at least. Not to the level in which it made Coulson doubt what he was doing, what he was. Which is why he was heading across town to meet Raina. He'd slipped into a cab - Lola was too noticeable - and taking it up to Birch Cafe, close to Central Park and far enough away from the Tower to give him some time with Raina. He'd left his phone at the Tower, so unless Fitzsimmons had put a tracker in his tie, he was fairly certain he was untrackable.

Until he noticed the tail. A bike courier that seemed just a bit out of place. Fury. Well. He trusted Fury to stay out of the way. Going into the coffee shop, he he ordered a cafe americano before taking a seat by the window, his back to the corner so he could see the entire cafe (and so no one could sneak up on him from behind). Spotting the familiar curly hair, he stood up, ever the gentleman (well, when he wasn't interrogating HYDRA agents).

This is my first year not joining my mom at the services for Veteran's Day. I'm a little bummed. So If anyone wants to join me, I'm off to have a drink.

For my Granddad, Morita, Fournier, Falsworth, Dugan. For all the guys who served, are serving and will serve. To all the friends we've lost.

When you see the good in someone, you don't give up on that someone. Even when they don't see it themselves.

This Tuesday is Remembrance Day. For every man or woman who has been beside me in a foxhole, and for every man or woman who gave of themselves to further the cause of personal freedom and collective independence, you have my respect. And whether your battlefield was on the sea, in the air or in the shadows -- it's your efforts, and your protection that keeps us safe.

Here are some facts about the veteran community you might not know:

Veterans between the ages of 18 and 30 are twice as likely as adults in the general population to be homeless, and the risk of homelessness increases significantly among young veterans who are poor.

Roughly 56% of all homeless veterans are African-American or Hispanic, despite only accounting for 12.8% and 15.4% of the U.S. population respectively.

About 53% of individual homeless veterans have disabilities, compared with 41% of homeless non-veteran individuals.

Half suffer from mental illness; two-thirds suffer from substance abuse problems; and many from dual diagnosis (which is defined as a person struggling with both mental illness and a substance abuse problem).

Homeless veterans tend to experience homelessness longer than their non-veteran peers: Veterans spend an average of nearly six years homeless, compared to four years reported among non-veterans.

http://www.greendoors.org/facts/veteran-homelessness.php

Join me at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, 11/11 for a remembrance gathering in Battery Park. Join me to make lunch for our veterans in NYC. We'll have music, and we'll have opportunities to meet one another. There will also be employers and colleges looking to partner with veterans to give them a running start.

[ELI]

I talked to Christine Everhart. She's an award winning investigative journalist, and she wants to hear your story.

[Sam Sharon Peggy
JamesTONY]

How many times have you re-invented yourself?

[SHIELD]

Not that I'm complaining but who exactly is the guy thanking us on the network? No one tells me anything anymore. Has everyone forgotten that I'm part of this team too?

[ SHIELD / AVENGERS ]

Thanks.

[ FILTERED TO STEVE ]

You're still angry at them for shooting out my arm. Don't be.

People are anti-vaccinations in the 21st century.

It's not easy, this weight on my shoulders. I want to make my grandfather proud, show him that I don't take his sacrifices for granted. But it's difficult. Who was I kidding, thinking I could this on my own. I'm only a kid. My grandfather was the true hero. He represented everything this country aims to be. How can I fill those shoes? Man, I was fool thinking I could take this on. I bit off more than I chew, carrying this legacy.

[Jemma]
How's Calcutta?

[Skye]
So, I have a question for you. Well, more of a favor. I know we pretty much nixed the Avengers seeing our files right now but I'd like to see mine. At least the stuff with Garrett. I just...need to know how much I might deserve a cell of my own of it was actually SHIELD related. However you can swing it, whatever hoops I need to jump through. Also, if possible, I'd like to keep this between us.


Anyone want to go get a beer? See a movie? Do something normal?

[SHIELD]

Morse and I are in Malaysia for a mission. Standard rules - May's in charge, Koenig's on logistics.

[Tony]

What are you playing at?

[SHIELD, SGS, Avengers]

Agent Morse and I are tracking down a HYDRA cell in Malaysia. We'll keep you posted on progress.

[FILTERED TO TEAM COULSON*]

Tony wants all the data I scrubbed on you from the internet.

Discuss.

* Yes, Ward, this includes you.

I feel like I haven't slept in a week. Anyone got an miracle cures for insomnia? Bit sure I've wandered through this place enough to do it blindfolded. Maybe I'll go out tonight. Wander the city for a change.

(PRIVATE TO STEVE ROGERS)
How is Bucky Barnes?

I'm sure it's probably over my paygrade so to speak but I've heard a lot about him. Well, him and you. My granddad served in the Howling Commandos before joining SHIELD. He used to love to tell us stories.

So, I'm thinking and most anybody can tell you that's a dangerous pasttime. But I'm thinking about how, when I was a kid, I had to scrape (literally scrape) and fight for art supplies, or school supplies of any kind. The NYPD are doing their best to find the girls who are missing, and we have to make sure that them and all their friends have every implement they need to learn.

I'm asking you right now to lend a buck or two - or more - and donate supplies to local schools in the area. You can bring your donations to Stark Tower, and leave it in the lobby. We'll be sure to disburse it.

[SHIELD, SGS, OPERATION BARNES BAITING PARTICIPANTS]

To each and every one of you who took part in bringing Bucky back to the United States, and bringing him under our protection, I give you my thanks. Besides being my best friend and brother of many years, Sergeant James Barnes has the distinction of being America's longest serving prisoner of war. He was owed our devotion in bringing him back to the fold.

Our work in Havana was the first step in a journey whose distance we are only beginning to map out. So, I beg your patience. And I beg your understanding. Most especially, I beg you to remember that HYDRA is the enemy and HYDRA is still present in the world. We have data, and we have intel. Our organizations have been methodically shutting down HYDRA cells across the world. But our work isn't over.

SHIELD and SGS have to work hand in hand to root out HYDRA influence and fight it on every front presented: from the battlefield to the laboratory. And I am going to be here with you. The Avengers are going to be here with you. As long as you're here with me.

[AMERICA]

Heya. I'm back in NYC.

WHO: Bruce Banner, Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton, Sharon Carter, Melinda May, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Tony Stark, Antoine Triplett, Sam Wilson + HYDRA goons and some US govt forces (if you squint)
WHAT: Baiting Sergeant Barnes, doncha know. There's also an EMP arrow and copious mentions of piña coladas.
WHERE: Cuba
WHEN: Now
RATING: PG13 for themes of everything you might expect (violence, language, mentions of torture and lack of autonomy, etc)
STATUS: Complete! Though if you want to carry on with some side scenes, please do feel free to thread it out below.

( Stand ready. )

So, apparently I've been upgraded from books to actual communication. I don't really understand why but I'm not sure how much of an improvement it'll be, but we'll see.

So. Is everyone...recovered?

BE ADVISED. THIS COMMUNICATION IS BEING MONITORED BY STARK INDUSTRIES SECURE NETWORK. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT, EDIT, OR REMOVE RESPONSES AT ANY TIME.

[ high security filter to those signed up for OPERATION: BARNES-BAITING ]

I hope you guys like tropical forests, because this one's a doozy.

Departure will be in 36 hours. Location: 22.30°N 81.38°W., about 200 clicks southeast from Havana. Satellite imagery and intel lead us to believe the structure in question is of typical HYDRA construction: unobtrusive exterior, with subterranean operations running several levels down. If the Winter Soldier acts according to his m.o. and continues on his current trajectory, he'll be attempting to use whatever official means of access he has left before breaking his way inside.

The objective is for Captain Rogers to take Barnes as atraumatically as possible, hence Plan A will be a modified grab & go manoeuvre: after touching down 1 click due north of the base, we will set up a perimeter while Rogers enters the building. From there, he has two hours to retrieve Barnes before we move to extract them.

Agents May, Romanoff, Triplett and myself will work the external perimeter from the ground.

Stark, you're working comms and providing air support.

Agent Barton: pick a tree, any tree, that gives you a good line of sight to the base's exit point. You'll be covering Roger's entry and his exit with Barnes.

Sam, the visibility will be poor with the sort of tree cover in this place, so you will be working the building's immediate perimeter from the ground until such a time you're needed in the air.

Banner, I assume you don't want to carry a gun. You any good at surveillance?

Questions?

Who: Jemma & Trip
Where: Avengers Tower
When: Prior to the team setting out for Operation Barnes Baiting
What: TBD
Warnings: TBD
Status: In Progress
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( It usually wasn't her job to think about what tactical items of deadly force and mass destruction SHIELD agents needed to carry into battle. )

TRIP & AVENGERS

Trip:

I hear you're in on the operation to bring in Barnes. If you could use an extra set of hands, then I'd like to come.

I need to get out of here.