it took him a moment to really
think about the best way to answer this. shield wouldn’t just let him
go after they were done interrogating him. they both knew that shield
would want more and to say anything different would be lying. “no,”
he finally answered, knowing that it was better to admit the truth
than try to lie.
unfortunately, it was his job
to bring this kid in and to let him go wouldn’t look good on him. not
that he honestly cared. his job was to do the right thing and
sometimes doing the right thing meant going against what shield
wanted from him. and in this instance it was starting to look like
the right thing to do was to let him go. steve knew it would mean a
lot of explaining but better than the alternative; this kid getting
lost in shield’s system.
“you could and things get
could really ugly if you do decide to fight.” people would get
hurt, innocent civilians could get killed and no one wanted that. but
shield would give him that if he decided to stand his ground, and it
would end up destroying parts of this city. sighing, steve knew he
couldn’t let that happen. as much as he hated the idea of letting
this kid go given his orders, he knew in the end it would be for the
best. “i’ve seen what shield can do and you’re better off on
your own than actually going in with me.” he was doing his job
and shield could deal with the fallout from this however they wanted.
the only thing left to do was
figure out how to get this kid away from all agents that would be
converging on the scene. if he could get him to come with him he
could drop the kid off away from all the action. “come with me.”
it was going to be a long shot but at least it would get them away
from the scene. “i’m not taking you in but i can drop you off
away from all of this.”
messy was a major understatement. if things got into a fight, there would be more dead than needed, and ky would be the cause of it all. in truth, it was what he was expecting; a battle of epic proportions. something that he would be known for and something that he wouldn’t walk away from unscathed. that way, he could prove himself as someone more than just a child – no, a boy who was grasping at straws to understand the limits of what he could do.
getting captured by shield wasn’t an option. to do so would mean that he proved himself weaker than he thought. not to mention whatever they would do to him. ky wasn’t a good person… if he could be called such a thing.”things always get ugly around me. you’re just delaying the inevitable.” it was a fair point in his mind; he would just go back below the radar and wait this out.
shield would look for him, but another situation would arise. next time… maybe he would be stronger. be able to take them all on with out a second thought. that day… it would come soon, but he didn’t want that. what he wanted… was control and to know what he could do. something… that would only come with time. “it’s your choice,” he said.
it was all about choices. ky made his already – to stay and fight. to destroy everything to prove a point. however, that could be changed — if the one before him was willing to help him out? it would delay things, but not forever. “just make sure it’s right one.”
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