Chapter 60 – Demands
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Stark Industries, Jay's Office,

A person was sitting in front of him, and four people were behind him. The one that was sitting between two parties was Nick Fury and the four that were behind him. Well, since all five were holograms, other than Nick, who didn't mind showing his face and body.

The other four were androgynous, humanoid holograms that were sitting on the chairs.

"Where is Captain America?"

"Hm, I don't know. Ask Ten Rings, maybe they kidnapped him?" Jay drew a proper design for his superhero costume on the paper, answering half-heartedly.

Another one of the World Security Council spoke, "where is Agent Natasha Romanoff?"

Jay's left hand that was drawing came to a stop, "well, she was distraught over the fact that Hydra was in World Security Council and SHIELD, and some of her mission might have been for Hydra. So, she needed a timeout. When she dumped me, she said she was going for a trip around the world."

The third voice became angry, "Fury! You asked us to talk with him, but this is absurd! We didn't come here to listen to lies!"

Nick rubbed his head, "Jay. Can you be serious for once?"

"I am being serious. I have no idea where Captain is. He went to find Winter Soldier, a.k.a Sergent Barnes. As for Natasha, she left to discover herself because of the heartbreak. And trust break, and purpose break. Trustbreak is when your trust is broken and purpose-"

"Yeah, I get it. I get it. What about the fact that we got the offer from Sokovia? They say they have the first engine that would allow us to drive spaceships?"

Jay sat forward with interest, "they have? Who did you talk to? Give me the number. I always wanted to go to space. Wait, did you say Sokovia? Are you even sure they are telling the truth? I don't remember anyone that good in Sokovia."

Jay used his intercom to call the front desk as he talked. Fury frowned, about to say something when Jay raised his hand, "Maria, Sokovia has new space propulsion tech. I need every last bit of information on it. If there is, then tell Pepper that I have a proposal to start an Aerotech company."

"I do understand what you mean. But Sir, that is not what Aerotech means."

"It doesn't? Well, it does now," Jay cheekily smiled, cutting the call.

"Fury?! Is this a joke?!"

Fury frowned when Jay shrugged, "what? Is there anyone else you are going to ask? Anyone else that builds those spaceships would be a decade or two behind compared to what Stark Industries will build. You should be happy that I am Aerospace department. SHIELD will be our first and foremost customer."

"Oh, Aerospace," Jay called Maria again, "Sir?"

"I like Aerospace better than Aerotech. Let's go with that."

"Yes, Sir."

Jay cleared his throat, shifting his eyes towards Fury, then towards the four members, "what do you truly want from me?"

"Prisoners of Hydra. Those people know too much about the government, and you as a citizen have no right to keep imprisoned. That is a violation of civil rights."

Jay rubbed his chin, "that's true. Ok, I will release them."

"You will?" Nick raised his eyebrow, with disbelief in his eye.

"Yes, I will. I don't want to violate civil rights or anything or go against them. So, I will free them when I find them. I'll put all my resources on finding them."

"Finding them? Absurd! They are in your custody!" The Security Council member spoke.

"Hm? They are? But they are on none of the properties is that on my name. It is just a conjecture that you came up with. Are you accusing me? Fury, ask them for more money, your Stark Industry discount? Just got canceled."

Fury held his head, "Jay, this is serious. We need to ask them questions and find out about everything that they did."

Jay took a Rubik's cube from his desk, playing with it, "I am serious when I say that I don't have them. How about this. I'll hold a press conference and say this. You can read it."

Fury frowned when a holo-document appeared in front of him. The more he read, the deeper his frown became.

The WSC members couldn't wait. Since they didn't get it, asking, "Fury, what is written on that?"

Fury shifted his eyes towards Jay, "that Primo came to Jay, and told him that after WW2, Hydra survived. And embedded itself in an extra-governmental organization and spread through the world. Ever since then, it has had a hand in creating chaos and wars across the whole world. At first, Jay didn't believe it until there was an assassination attempt on him, which led him to work with Stark. And use his intellect to expand Stark Industries' influence, which he used to help Primo find the Hydra agents in SHIELD. But now that Primo has the Hydra agents, rather than handing them over to the government, he took them to a secret location, to torture them for information."

Fury let out a breath, "But because this goes against everything that Stark Industries believe in, they are now trying to find Primo and his location. So, that Primo doesn't start assassinating the government officials in the name of being with Hydra. Recently, two Senators have randomly disappeared, which could be the work of Primo. A member of WSC has also been found out to be Hydra and taken in custody."

Jay smiled at them, "exactly. I am going to come clean if you start saying that I violated civil rights. You can sue me."

"Do you have any idea what that will do?! All of the government radicals will start attacking the officials!! In the name of them being Hydra! The first ones they might come after are the members of WSC! There will be chaos!" Fury slammed his hand into the holo-document, breaking it apart into pieces.

Jay glanced towards him, smiling, "Yes. Hypothetically, I think that someone wants to get to the Hydra prisoners to kill them, so their own involvement doesn't come out. Or, just release them. And I don't want that because then I will be a target for Hydra. So, this is for my own protection. Non-hypothetically, Primo has them. Go deal with him." Jay cut the call.

He glanced towards 17*17*17 sided Rubik's cubes, working forward to solve it. It was one of the few things that he liked, it wasn't all that mind challenging, but it took time to solve.

He continued solving for a while to keep himself busy until Nick's avatar appeared again, "So? How did it go?"

"Still discussing. This might go on for weeks. So, what did you find?"

"A lot, but don't worry about that. I asked someone else to carry out the assassination. Within a few weeks, none of the Hydra agents will be left alive."

Fury frowned, "that would need some serious reach. Who?"

"Confidential," Jay smiled, glancing towards Fury, "SHIELD and SWORD should focus on those spacecraft. You will need it more than you think and sooner than you think."

Fury glared at him, "what is Coulson's team doing? They stole a 0-8-4."

"It has to do with one of Hydra cells and the individuals on the Index. I need stable individuals on the Index, and they need a leader. That is the whole purpose of that team," Jay looked away, his scarlet eyes looking distant.

Fury was about to say something, but the intercom's ring, which Jay picked, "what is it?"

"Sir, Mary Jane Watson has come to see you. She says she knows you."

Jay raised his eyebrow, "send her in." He looked towards Fury, "I'll see you later, Fury."

"Don't hang up-" Jay hanged up the call, and Fury's hologram disappeared. He turned his eyes towards the glass wall. Watching MJ open the glass door, walk-in.

His eyes roamed around her body, on her clothes, watching her walk towards him wearing a white cropped top with thin straps. Her breasts bulged, making him wonder if those thin straps could hold it. His eyes shifted towards black, tight, and shiny spandex pants, "hello, beautiful."

MJ crossed the table, standing in front of him, between him and the desk, "what is going on?"

Jay leaned back, cluelessly tilting his head, "you are asking me? After you came to my office without calling? Shouldn't I be the one asking what are you doing here?"

"I mean, what is going on between Felicia, you, and Gwen?" MJ narrowed her eyes, "the two of them disappear around the same time and appear around the same time. I can't contact them, and you have so many numbers, and most of them get forwards to some Echo. I don't even know how to contact you."

Jay scratched his cheek, "Yeah, about that...I will give you my private number."

"You didn't give me your private number? We'll talk about that later. First, I want to know what is going on!"

Jay curiously looked at her, "what do you think is going on?"

MJ narrowed her eyes, "so something is going on, and you know?"

"Yes..." Jay looked away, wondering if he should tell or not.

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