Sound of Light: A Marvel: School of X Novel (Marvel School of X) by Amanda Bridgeman

Author:Amanda Bridgeman [Bridgeman, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Superheroes, Media Tie-In, Fiction
Publisher: Aconyte
Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Dazzler tensed significantly as adrenaline continued to flood through her body.

“S.W.O.R.D.?” Polaris said. “They’re the ones shipping the MGH?”

“What’s S.W.O.R.D.?” Rachel asked.

“The Sentient World Observation and Response Division,” Sage answered, then eyed Dazzler, “once a division of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Dazzler heard an accusatory edge to her voice.

“It can’t be,” Polaris said in disbelief.

Dazzler turned and walked away from them. She suddenly felt claustrophobic. Did S.H.I.E.L.D. know about this? Was this more information they were hiding from her, that her clearance level did not allow her to know? Was this why they wanted her as Mutant Liaison? S.W.O.R.D. was S.H.I.E.L.D.’s counterpart in space, dealing with extraterrestrial threats to world security. Had S.H.I.E.L.D. sent her to investigate this because they wanted her to handle the staff of S.W.O.R.D., who were largely made up of mutants and extraterrestrials, that regular S.H.I.E.L.D. agents may not be equipped to handle?

What was going on? What else weren’t they telling her?

Dazzler’s anxiety rose, her trauma clawing its way back to the surface and choking her, as memories of lies and betrayal flashed through her mind. Of Mystique and Madripoor. She pushed it back down to focus on the present.

Who betrayed Magneto in the bar, and who warned Rosenthorpe to move the MGH shipment?

“So, what do we do?” Polaris asked. “Confront S.H.I.E.L.D.?”

“No,” Dazzler said firmly, turning back to the women. “I think they already know.”

“How do you know that?” Rachel asked.

“How could S.H.I.E.L.D. not know? S.W.O.R.D. was their counterpart.”

“We should tell Frost,” Sage suggested.

“You didn’t discuss this with her when she gave you the consignment note?” Polaris said. “Frost doesn’t know this is related to S.W.O.R.D.?”

“No,” Sage told her.

“Why not?” Dazzler asked.

“I wanted to be sure first. Now that I am, we should tell her.”

“So, you withheld information from Frost?” Dazzler asked, unable to hide her tone of accusation.

Sage tapped the knife she held against her thigh. “I have learned along the way to be sure of something before taking action. Or making accusations.”

“I think Frost already knows,” Dazzler said, positive the pieces of this puzzle were beginning to fall into place, however raggedly. “She’s been around long enough to know about S.W.O.R.D. She was the one looking into this warehouse. Someone warned Rosenthorpe that we were coming, and he had the shipment moved. We forget, Frost has a long history, and she hasn’t always been on the right side of it.”

“She wouldn’t be involved in this,” Sage said.

“How do we know we can trust her?” Dazzler questioned. “Magneto and Cyclops have disappeared. She was their counterpart.”

“Frost wouldn’t betray them,” Sage insisted.

“Do you know that for sure?” Dazzler asked. “You’d trust her with your life?”

Sage considered this for a moment. “It depends on what hung in the balance. If she could save me, she would. If she risked many other lives to do so, she wouldn’t. Like me, she will do what needs to be done.”

“So, she’d sacrifice you,” Dazzler said.

“If it meant saving many others from the MGH, yes.”

“Do we know if she has links to S.W.O.R.D.?” Polaris asked.

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