past prologue.

[Fury | Coulson | Barton]

This is me being very, very, very patient.

An explanation, please.

[Added later: Steve]

You will only ever hear this from me once.

You were right. I think.

I'm sorry.

[Skye]

New Task: There's been a raid on old SHIELD storage facility in the frozen north. I need all evidence of it wiped from servers - including military servers. How quickly can you do that?

[May, Fury, Barton, Romanoff]

Good work, today. Any hiccups I need to know about before we debrief?

Suggestions on how to proceed with Rhodes?

WHO: SHEEPs (May, Fury), Avengers (Barton, Romanoff), & HYDRA (& Rhodey!), oh my.
WHEN: Today.
WHERE: The oldest SHIELD storage facility in a classified location.
WHAT: They have the map, now it was time to procure the key. It never goes easy, does it?
WARNINGS: The usual action/violence that comes with HYDRA clashes. The Obelisk gets a little horrifying action too.
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( This is Colonel James Rhodes, US Air Force. My men have this building surrounded. You are under arrest for trespassing in a federal facility. Put your weapons down and your hands up. )

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.

Who: Nick Fury and Phil Coulson
What: Nick stops by to see Phil
When: Friday November 28; mid-to-late afternoon
Where: The Tower
Rating: PG for language

( It says you’re Mr. Coulson’s … proctologist? )

[Filter: SHIELD]
SHIELD Agent Field Report
Date: Nov 21, 2014
Reporting Agent: A-1
Status: Inactive
Assignment: None
Report Classification: Level 5 and below on a "need to know" basis only.

Summary: ( attached is a textbook field report, circa 1982 )

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).

Who: Tony Stark and Nick Fury
What: Lebanese food and talking.
When: 17 November (today!)
Where: Rincón Libanés, Ciudad Juarez
Warnings: Who knows? Possibly a clash of strong personalities. Also, shwarma

Nick Fury looked at the garish lights of the zone americas: all hotels and restaurants and Juarez's own little Times Square. And all within walking distance of the crossing. Nick had parked in El Paso and walked across, like any tourist. He didn't want The Leader's limo to be stolen before he finished rifling it for bits and pieces of intel.

He arrived at Rincón Libanés and smiled at the hostess. 'Buenas Noches, Sr. Napier!," she said.

"Buenas Noches, Sra, Harb. Necesita una sala privada, en el primer piso." She smiled at him and he shook his head. "Para los negocios no para el placer." Sra. Harb pouted and told him to stop working all the time and led the way upstairs.

She showed him to a small private room overlooking the courtyard. Nick ordered pita and hummus and a nice bottle of mezcal. He settled back in his chair to catch up on his journal and wait for Stark. He tried to make sure he left at least one glass of the mezcal for Tony, but that was going to depend on how long it took Stark to get here.

[Fury]

So.

[Ward]

I need everything you can tell me about Garrett's demise.

I assume Tony communicated the change in your liberties.

[Raina]

Talk.

Avengers in the headlines, not a good thing.


[Avengers, SHIELD]

I'm back at the Tower.

Sorry for the mess, Tony. I can honestly say it wasn't all my fault. You've read the reports, I assume. One good thing, I guess, is the Abomination is back in custody.

The public reports deleted the fact that Nick Fury was there.

Who: Bruce Banner, Nick Fury, various NPCs
What: Attack!
Where: Tony’s lab in New Mexico
When: 15 November (today!)
Rating: Language, violence
Status: Logged, Complete

( It’s some sort of gamma radiation reunion weekend )

Hey y’all, I am back from the sandbox. I’m back to my old gig doing some freelance security consulting, so any of you who know someone who needs a good 98z should just let me know, privately.

Otherwise, children (of the night and otherwise), take it easy…

[Filtered to Natalia Romanoff]
Nat, if you see my man Tony, let him know that someone busted out some windows at his place near Las Cruces. Not nice people and they’re still inside. I'm going to take a look-see but if he wants to keep this on the down low, he should send in some heavies, if you know what I mean.