Marvel: A Tale of Shadows

"Your stealth gear is not very inconspicuous." Wolverine pointed out as they lay hidden on the side of the road. Steve was dressed in a red and blue uniform similar to what he wore during the war. Except the material was more durable, it definitely had more pockets and the colors were a bit darker. The only other thing that was noticeable was that the colors had a darker hue. Even his shield was layered in a dark goo to make it darker.

"You are not one to talk," Steve chuckled in response as he glanced at the yellow and blue outfit that was similarly in a darker shade. But nonetheless a very colorful outfit, the same as the rest of his people. His ears perked up as he heard the sound of an approaching vehicle. "Remember to quickly roll under the truck as it goes around this corner."

"I know the plan bub." Wolverine growled out as he prepared to leap out into the road. Captain America nodded and prepared in a similar fashion.

As the truck came around the corner they quickly rolled under the truck bed. Grabbing hold of the non-moving parts of the truck's underbed. The sound of grinding was only heard for a moment before it ceased. "Stage one is complete. Let's hope Tony can time this perfectly."

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"Umm…" His mother looked toward the sound she just heard before looking at him. With a questioning gaze, as if she was asking 'what the hell was that?'

"Ignore it. If I had to guess, those heroes are planning to send at least one person in to turn off the security system. But they will be a few minutes behind us so you won't have to worry about them." Ethan explained as he quickly messaged his father to ignore the noises coming from the undercarriage.

"Well… if they are only your problem then I guess… I don't really care. With that being said… How are you so sure they will ignore us?" She asked as she checked her guns for the umpteenth time.

"I am banking off their paranoia and mistrust. So I figure they will have a net but not enough manpower to chase anyone once they get out of the net. Eventually Shield and the federal government will get involved but we will not leave any prints for them to find. Just make sure you don't bleed, that will be more difficult to cover up." Ethan explained as he pulled up the blueprints for the facility and went about memorizing them again.

Thirty minutes passed when the truck started coming to a slow crawl. There was another five minutes before it suddenly stopped and the rear of the truck opened up. Outside were a number of Hydra techs and guards who only nodded as Ethan and his mother climbed out of the truck.

One of them nodded to the warehouse behind them, "go get a brake before you report to administration you had a long drive. Warehouse crew can unpack the truck."

Ethan only nodded before walking into the warehouse with his mother and father falling in behind him. They walked inside going to a door marked 'Employees Only Past This Point', he opened it up and stepped inside the janitor closet. After a moment of hesitation the other two followed him in.

He closed the door and then flicked a lightswitch. The floor then began descending while the objects and cleaning supplies stayed connected to the walls. After a minute they stopped descending and Ethan opened the door stepping out into a corridor. It was a hexagonal metal corridor with plain metal colors. After a moment he began walking down the hall, quickly arriving at a door only passing a single patrol.

They arrived at a double sliding metal door with a pair of guards standing outside of it. They looked confused when they approached but Ethan ignored them as his parents quickly pulled out knives and stabbed them in the neck and eye.

He opened the door and walked into the security room. There were at least a dozen people in the room. All of them were on computers or watching cameras. "We don't need them, just don't damage the computers."

As soon as he finished talking his parents dropped the bodies they dragged into the room and brandished their weapons. His mother had a submachine gun while his father had a pistol. He closed the door behind them and walked into the room as silenced gunfire rang.

The security techs fell to the ground in pools of blood as he walked to the main console. He ignored the sound of silenced gunfire as they went around double tapping them in the chest and head. He pulled out his tablet and connected it to the console.

Quickly typing on it he started to look through the cameras until he found Ophelia Sarkissian in a private gym training with weights. "She is in a private gym." He quickly made a digital map on his tablet and made a path leading from here to the private gym. "Remember she is a mutant but we want her alive, that is why you have the tasers and the sleeping gas. Get her restrained and to the hanger. The route to the hangar from the private gym is the blue line."

He disconnected his tablet and handed it to them as he saw them switch out their balaclavas and helmets for metal masks. A red one for his father and a black one for his mother. He had a metal mask as well but it was a metal mask with a skull design. He flipped up his hood to complete his look.

"I will keep her locked in until you are done. But once you leave that room you are on your own." Ethan saw movement in the corner of his eye and drew his pistol discharging it quickly into the head of a Hydra goon. "Get going."

He then turned to the console and started typing after holstering his pistol again. The screens were quickly changing as he pulled up data and removed video footage of their break-in. He also had a camera focused on the outside door of the security room as he watched his parents walk off.

He pulled a harddrive out of the bag that he brought. He connected it to the console and started downloading all the research data that they gathered. "Oh… I am stealing data like picking apples…"

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Wolverine stealthily moved between crates. The Hydra goons were busy moving crates of food from the truck they rode in under. They avoided the cameras as they slipped into the warehouse. He looked back to the captain and saw him signaling to go further down the hall. Following his directions he arrived at a fire door and looked back and saw the captain symbolizing cutting it open.

His claws slid out of his fist and easily cut through the lock with a quiet pop as the heavy door opened slightly. They quickly slipped into the stairwell. As Wolverine was quietly closing the door the captain threw his shield and it bounced off something on the corner of the wall before bouncing back after deflecting on the staircase.

Wolverine looked and saw a smashed camera and winced as the sound rang out through the stairwell. "Come on. It will not be long before it is noticed." The Captain voiced before moving down the stairs.

Wolverine followed him down as they descended a floor. "We will run into at least two different patrols on our way there. There are not many locations to hide the bodies so just shove them into any out of the way alcove." He went to open the door but Wolverine grabbed his shoulder and shook his head as he sniffed the air.

"Let this patrol pass by." They waited for a few minutes as the quiet murmuring of talking could be heard through the door as it got quieter and quieter. He then nodded, "okay, let's go."

They moved into the corridor and moved down the hall. Each taking a side of the corridor, they destroyed cameras as they went with the captain smashing them and wolverine slicing them into bits.

The first patrol they encountered was near a breakroom. They were just stepping out when the captain clocked the one in front by smashing his shield in their face. Wolverine jumped in, flipping up the two behind them into the roof. Then a flying shield smacked into the last one in the chest, sending them crashing into a fridge.

They moved the unconscious goons into the room before they moved on. With the captain smashing the door handle just in case. They nodded to each other before continuing until they saw another group stepping out of a room. The captain smacked him back into the room but they both flinched as they saw the room was a prep room with at least a dozen Hydra goons.

One of them pulled out their radio but Wolverine was in the room a moment later slicing both the radio and the goon's hand into pieces. "Ahhhh!"

"We will be here for a few minutes." Captain America stated as he closed the door behind him.

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They double checked their gear ignoring the groaning Hydra patrol they just downed. "Who knew our son was so capable in espionage and planning? Are you not surprised honey?" His lovely wife asked him as some blood dripped from her mask.

"Not really… he has your grit and resolve but my more adept mind." His answer made her tilt her head in a confused yet adorable fashion. He smiled under his mask, "you gave him muscles and resolve. I gave him his mind."

"But… you are not that good of a planner." She dryly responded, causing his expression to drop.

So he just shook his head and opened the door. Immediately zeroing in on the green haired woman that was running on a treadmill. As they quietly strided into the room readying their tasers. Bella went in first as she slowly closed the distance before leaping with the taser sparking.

But before it touched her Ophelia dodged and grabbed Bella's wrist with the taser. Tossing her into some training equipment. Which fell with a crash but he ignored it as he was focused on Ophelia who was in a standoff with him. Before he could decide, his wife was tackling the woman to the ground.

While Bella held Ophelia, the green haired woman, in a headlock she used her legs to restrict the other woman's movement. "Damn she is strong. Hurry up and restrain her."

He looked at them, knew he could probably easily restrain the women as she was but then he looked at his taser that was sparking and smiled. Then he looked at his wife who realized what he was about to do. "Don't you da-"

They were both spasming as electrical current ran through their bodies. It felt good to get a bit of payback for his wife's earlier comment. After they both slipped into a dazed state he pulled out restraints and the sleeping gas. Quickly tying up the woman so her hands and feet were bound before he hooked the sleeping mask up to her face and the gas canister to a harness he placed on her chest.

"Uhhh… why couldn't we use chemical tranquilizers?" Bella complained as she slowly recovered from the tasing.

"Because, her mutant ability is poison secretions. So we do not know what immunity she has to chemical substances." He explained through a muted chuckle. Then he threw Ophelia over his shoulder, heaving her up. "You up for a sprint to the hangers?"

She grumbled something in mandarin before reading her submachine gun and walking to the door. "Follow the blue line on the map right?"