Waking Up As An Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D (Marvel)(MCU)

Chapter 13: Chapter 13: Baptism of Blood



"They are about to lose their patience, we have to up the game, I'll eat whatever nutrients you need so we can accelerate this body's training and adaptability, or else I won't be able to escape and just simply die." Knowing how much they are willing to invest to make him a top assassin, strong enough to kill his father, they will give him whatever food or supplements he would need to get better.

"I'll start preparing then." Cortana simply replies back as she sorts out the data needed to know how to accelerate the body's healing, adaptability, and muscle growth.

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After another week, massive progress was made, though it did raise eyebrows among the Fraternity from how much food he's been eating.

Fox also approached him within that week, to allow him better control of his gift and reflexes, he was tasked to catch the shuttle of a weaving machine.

Ajentt suffered numerous cuts trying to catch the shuttle but with Cortana's help and his natural born ability of Adrenaline Rush, he managed to complete the task in a few days.

His training with the Repairman and the Butcher was finally over aswell, managing to free himself and beat up the Repairman, aswell as managing to cut the Butcher all over without getting cut himself.

His training with the Gunsmith had also concluded, being able to reload and fire a bullet quickly with a good aim and finally being able to curve a bullet.

Sloan had come to visit and see Ajentt's progress, he witnessed the final part of his training in which he fired several rounds into a target while walking aswell as while running, and for the last 3 bullets, he curved the bullet and managed to hit a bullseye for every round.

He was impressed, but he still needs the experience of actually killing someone.

"I'm impressed by how fast you improved, it has only been a few weeks and you've already gained professional skills that would take normal people years of practice.

But those are still just practice, you still need to experience what it's like to take a life." Sloan praised Ajentt but knows it's not enough to kill Cross.

"Thanks, does that mean you're giving me an assignment?" Ajentt Asked.

Sloan motioned him to follow, soon they reached a large circular room full of books, 

"You've improved far faster than I thought, but a skill is still a skill, you need knowledge to become a top assassin, and a top assassin is what you need if you want to avenge your father and kill the man after you." Sloan stated to Ajentt as he introduced the library and gaved him some books he should start with.

As Ajentt has a cheat called Cortana, he assigned her the task of recording all information he glanced at and storing them for his use, but of course he reads normally when he feels that someone is watching him, when there is no one, he goes through books after books, flipping them just fast enough to see the whole page.

With the occasional distractions and acting performance of reading normally, it took 2 days and nights for him to flip through all the books that they have, gaining many information about the history and missions of the Fraternity aswell as assassination techniques not normally available to the public, there are also miscellaneous info of life skills for everyday life.

Making his way to Sloan, he reported that his ready and has read every book that he would need. Sloan of course was skeptical and so asked him some questions about ways of an assassin and some mission histories. 

Sloan was impressed by his fast reading and great memory, but if only he knew how fast his fast reading was and how monstrous his so called memory is, all in thanks to Cortana.

Sloan brought him to another room, a single outdated looming machine was in work. "This will be the last time you will set foot here."

"Why?" Ajentt asked.

"You will be an apostle, and an apostle does not interpret but deliver." Sloan simply said.

He begins to show how it works and gives him his mission, Ajentt can't help but feel nervous that it's now time for him to take a life.

Making his way out of the Textile Mill, he followed Fox as they made their way above a train track.

"So Fox, are you single?" Ajentt asked her to lighten his nerves.

Fox looks at him with a smile. "Why do you ask?"

"Well I'm single, just wanted to know in case I live through all this." Ajentt knows she will die in the end of the movie, whether he can prevent that or not is really up to his skill and her stubbornness.

"I'll let you know if you survive." Fox left him with that as she jumped on top of a passing train.

Ajentt followed after her as they make their way to their target.

"This is what your target looks like, they have a fixed meeting everyday, the location is the fifth window of that building, understood?"

"Yeah, but do you think what the loom shows is right?"

""Killing one person to save a thousand people. This is the law of the Fraternity. In the past, there were people in the Fraternity who hesitated like you. In the end, their target killed a lot of people. When they finally decided to kill their target, it was too late. Look here." Fox showed the scar on her right shoulder. "My father was a judge, but the defendant killed him so as not to lose the case, the defendant was the target of the Fraternity."

"Gotcha, it's just weird that a loom can determine the fate of humanity." 

"That's normal, that's what everyone thinks too. But don't hesitate because if you let a person go, many could die." Ajentt was just silent, if it was his old world, he would just snort at such a statement, but this isn't his reality, who knows how the logic of this world works.

High in the sky out of sight, a drone was hovering and watching them. "Sir, Ajentt Gibson is on his first mission."

"Keep an eye out on that kid, I have an important meeting to attend, ensure you are not seen, and record every single detail." A certain one eyed baldy strode away. 'Time to deal with Tony Stark before he escalates things.'

"Yes sir!." S.H.I.E.L.D was keeping an eye on them from the moment that Ajentt had made contact with the Fraternity. A talent like the Gibson's is very rare, even though they aren't as strong as people like Captain America, they are still nearly on par with his best agents like Hawkeye(Clint Barton).

Ajentt standing on top of the train, nearing his target that Fox had pointing for him, he stilled his nerves as he asked Cortana to control the chemical compounds of his body so he could relax and focus. 

What he is about to do is not like a game, whether his dreaming or not, whether everything is real or just an illusion, to kill someone is still taking a life.

"Pay attention, you only have one chance." Fox shouted to him as the train arrived at their target. 

Locking eyes with the target, Cortana gaved him a boost of adrenaline, allowing Ajentt to slow the world down, Cortana also provided info of the wind speed, travel speed, distance from target, and an outline of the target directly on his retina without blocking his vision. Lifting his gun, he swung it as the train made a turn and went out of sight of the target. 

Firing a round, the bullet curved around the building as it went through a window and shattered it, the bullet continuing on it's way as it travelled directly on the target's forehead. 

With the mission complete, Ajentt sat down as the world returned to normal, that single shot drained him from all the tension of completing his first mission.

"Good job, it's always like this for the first time." Fox came over to congratulate and comfort him.

With sweat dripping from his face and getting swept away by the winds he asked. "Is Fox really your name or just a codename?"

Fox just smiled at the question. "You can call me whatever you want." She just left him with that as he lay down and looked at the sky, His truly, finally, a bonafide assassin now.

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