Avengers: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Dan Abnett

Author:Dan Abnett
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781302489526
Publisher: Marvel Characters, Inc.
Published: 2016-12-27T05:00:00+00:00

SIX MINUTES,” said Runciter over the headsets.

Cap nodded.

“Tac in position,” she added. “Waiting for your go.”

“Okay.”

The city lay below them: bright lights, glittering streams of traffic, the amber haze of sodium street lighting. Corporate logos glowed in neon colors from the tops of high-rise business premises. Lights blinked on rooftop masts and needles.

The stars were out, just visible in a night sky bleached brown by the ambient glow of the city. But there was no air traffic: no winking running lights of passenger jets leaving the airports or stacking up over the city to land.

Runciter had told him that Civil Aviation had declared no-fly because of the crises in the U.S. and Russia. Nothing was moving internationally. Increasing problems with communication and global data traffic had grounded the airlines for safety reasons alone.

“Anything new?” he asked, knowing that she’d have told him if there was.

“From the U.S.?” She shook her head. “It’s still dead. Nothing from S.H.I.E.L.D. stateside or the Avengers. We’re not even getting private traffic or individual operators. The problem’s spread to Canada and South America.”

“How long before Bridge recommends an eyeball look at the situation?” asked Cap.

“He’s liaising with government organizations and U.S. bases in Europe. A flight’s gone into London to see what’s happening there. A couple of hours, and he’ll authorize a transatlantic mission—whether our European partners approve of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s plan or not.”

“I want to be on that flight,” said Cap.

“Man, you can’t be everywhere,” she said. She strapped on her ballistic vest and shoulder rig. “You’re here, Steve. We’re doing this. If you plan on saving the world, do it a little at a time.”

“Three minutes,” the pilot radioed. There was a sudden drop in noise. The pilot had switched to whisper mode, and the copter was banking down toward the high-rise district. One Thousand One Riechstahl was an impressive eighteen-floor block built along proud, prewar styles.

Cap strapped his shield across his back.

“Rooftop, fifteen meters,” he said to the pilot. The pilot nodded. Cap took off his earphones and tucked an earbud under his mask.

“Hear me?” asked Runciter.

“Loud and clear.”

Cap unstrapped and slid open the side door, letting in the night air and the whicker of the stealth rotors.

“See you on the far side,” he said.

“Get Strucker,” she replied.

He jumped out of the copter. Straight drop into the night, down onto the building’s flat roof. He rolled with the landing, came up on his feet, and ran to the edge of the illuminated rooftop. There was a roof door, but that would probably be linked to the building’s alarm system. Strucker would have chosen the place carefully—and probably set up trips of his own.

Runciter had compiled a list of residents. Most checked out. There was a large apartment on the eleventh and twelfth floors that had no listed occupants, but had been rented anonymously for eight weeks through a foreign brokerage company.

On the roof edge, Cap played out the nylon line he had wound around his waist. He secured the end to the roof blocks with a little fusion spike that slid into the stone as if it were butter.

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