Without hesitation and with a speed that surprised even Adam, a gun appeared in Natasha's hand and she killed Dreykov with three shots. One in his groin and two in the head, seeing this Adam couldn't help but flinch and a hand moved protectively over his own. The man was brought back to consciousness due to massive groin pain then killed, probably had no clue as to what was going on besides the unending thoughts of pain and regret.
"Damn, remind me to never get on your bad side." Adam voiced out as he shook his head, "You coming with me or going with them?" He asked Natasha and the other two Avengers, they had just walked in from having a conversation with Fury, as he pointed to the medics who were loading all the unconscious women onto hovering gurneys and loading them onto a large transport ship.
"Depends. Where are my sisters going, then where are you going? Will you be going to where they will be going after you're done?" Natasha asked with a thoughtful expression. She did want to stay with the women to ensure they were truly safe since even tho this SPARTAN seemed amicable, she didn't know them.
However if she can observe the apparent leader of the group she can gain valuable intelligence and gain many more answers to her questions if she followed him, she just needed to make sure he was going to regroup back with her sisters so she can still check on them.
"They are going back to my ship for a final medical check to ensure they have no lasting effects and that are back in full control of themselves. Myself, let's just say I'm head hunting.. No, not actual head hunting, I am going to try to recruit a few people into my crew." Adam stated as he saw the look Natasha and Steve gave as he had explained, thus making him have to quickly explain further before a misunderstanding occurred.
"As for that last question yes, however it may be a few days before you will be able to see them again if you go with me." Adam answered her final question, crossing his arms over his chest as he studied her face. "Also the meeting with Fury maybe around that time depending on how things go so that could delay it further."
After some thought Natasha gave a knowing smile and stated, "You wouldn't happen to be also trying to recruit all my younger sisters without the courtesy of recruiting the big sis first, right? I'll follow along with you, I want to see how you recruit others before I make any decision." Natasha was all the more curious as to who this group was, in her mind they must operate off a vessel in international waters and felt safe thinking SHIELD will be able to track the ship with her sisters to their main base.
She was unaware that his and her idea of a ship were completely different. Although before long she will find out just how wrong she was in her thinking.
"Fare enough. I thought you would be happy where you're at already. I wouldn't say no to talent. But I don't think your boss would be too happy with me if I stole their number one spy." Adam answered back as he shook his head.
He definitely wouldn't deny having Natasha join his crew would be a big boon, especially if he could figure out a way to link a Mjolnir armor to her.
The Infinity had a deck specifically for SPARTAN teams, so he had the ability to make and repair Mjolnir armors. But only a SPARTAN could wear and use a Mjolnir armor since it links up to their neural network directly thru the implanted augmentations that all SPARTAN recruits receive.
He could perform the SPARTAN four procedure on her, or anyone else for that matter, since much like the original SPARTAN program it required the subject to be an adult. SPARTAN two and three required the process to be started on children, while his own unique program required him to be genetically grown and modified. Unlike the original program however the SPARTAN four was much safer, out of the hundreds who went thru the original SPARTAN one program only five had survived.
Although they were technically the weakest SPARTAN the SPARTAN four were still extremely adaptable and were not a blemish to the SPARTAN program at all, in fact they had become the majority over the others since it was cheaper and cost efficient.
There were only several hundred SPARTAN threes left after the war and only a handful of SPARTAN twos which were led by Master Chief. As for Adam, he was the only SPARTAN-X in existence even in the Halo universe since he was pretty much a living breathing trillion dollar man. It was highly expensive to make him, he cost the UNSC more than the Infinity did.
Natasha followed him out to the helipad where he had left his ship, "So do I get on your back or are you going to carry me like a princess. Stark can carry Steve." She commented playfully since the ship was visually cloaked still and she had seen his suit could fly.
"Neither." Adam answered without looking back, since right after his answer his ship removed the visual camouflage which shocked the three Avengers. SHIELD did have technology similar to what they saw but usually once you got close enough you could see the refractive plates thus rendering the camouflage useless they were also directional.
The ships hatch opened allowing them entry into the ship, the three Avengers studied the interior and although it was foreign to them, it also gave the feeling of familiarity since they had been in military facilities, ships and vehicles more times than they could count.
"Where to next, Adam?" Eve's voice came from a miniature hologram of Eve that appeared before them. "Siberia, we are going to hit HYDRA where it's going to hurt..." Adam replied after a moment of thought.
Suddenly booming laughter could be heard from behind stopping Adam in his tracks as he looked back at the three following behind him. Tony was laughing hard while holding his belly.
"Hahaha... I'm sorry.... I'm sorry... It's a bit much to take in, but what's with the whole Adam and Eve thing, I mean it's cute and all but..." before he could continue Eve chimed in.
"I am happy you find it cute Mr Stark, I myself find it rather pleasant as well. It is also rather fitting, although unlike in your story of Adam and Eve, I wasn't made from him, rather I was made specifically for him. I am his assistant, secretary, psychologist, protector as well as whatever else he may need. As for his name, well that too is well deserved since he is the first and last of his kind."
Natasha's interest peaked after getting such a response and couldn't help but ask, "First and last of his kind? You make it sound like he is not human."
"Oh he is human, but further information is classified. If you wish for further information. You will need clearance granted from UNSC leadership, or Adam himself."
Steve who had remained quiet due to feeling way out of depth with all this finally asked, "Don't we work for the same people? I mean you are obviously working with the World Security Council just like SHIELD. I have level seven clearance now, is that not high enough?"
Eve looked at Steve and tilted her head questioningly, "What do you mean by this question? We are not associated with any organization you would know."
Tony then spoke up, "UNSC stands for United Nations Security Council correct? Although that is the old name publicly they now go by the World Security Council now and we do know of your organization."
This comment caused Adam to shake his head but then realize how that was very coincidental and could see where they had made that assumption.
Seeing the response to his comment not as he expected, Tony couldn't help but ask, "Then what does it stand for if not that."
"United Nations Space Command." Eve's answer froze the three dead in their tracks as they processed what they just heard.
"Bullshit... There is no space program besides the Air Force and NASA." Tony stated since he didn't want to believe it.
"Enough Eve, they won't believe anything we say yet anyway. How soon till we reach the base?" Adam asked as he made himself comfortable in the pilot seat.
"We will arrive in 10 minutes." After confirming that he had a few minutes Adam then decided to give these Avengers a rundown.
"Since we have a few minutes I will explain as best as I can. I understand if you don't believe it but obviously I'm sure as time goes by it'll be easier to take it. My crew and I are from the future. A little more than 500 years in fact. So yes we are part of the United Nations, but not your United Nations. My ship was targeted by an enemy attack and had set a trap for us, we barely escaped with our lives. Our ship performed a blind slipspace jump and we ended up near Saturn."
As soon as Adam said this Tony's eyes shrank, he remembered being brought in on locating a large object that appeared then disappeared near Saturn.
His mind raced at the possibility that what this man was saying was true. It would explain multiple things such as all this advanced tech that Jarvis had been trying to scan but had been unable to.
"This is how I know so much about each of you, as well as the reason for my recent actions. Right now we are heading to rescue an old friend of yours Steve so be prepared." Adam said as he pulled up a 3d model of the base they were on their way to while a file also displayed showing Sergeant Bucky Barnes service record along with HYDRA's file on the Winter Soldier Program.
Upon seeing this Steve's eyes widened in shock and he couldn't help but call out his best friend's name who he thought was dead.
"Bucky's alive?!" Steve excitedly asked, he didn't even think it could be a trick, while Tony and Natasha both had also been shocked by this information. Tony knew HYDRA used a Winter Soldier to assassinate his parents and Natasha had almost been killed by one. They had always thought the Winter Soldier was one person, however this file showed there were multiple Winter Soldiers.
They were cryogenically frozen to keep them at peak performance and only awaken for missions they were needed on then refrozen. This allowed them to not only stay young and not age, it also allowed them to be programmed and brainwashed constantly.
"Yes and no. Although alive, he isn't the Bucky you know. Not anymore. Even if we remove all the shit they did to his head, all the brainwashing and mental programming, he won't be the same as you remember. This was why I wanted you to be here when we assaulted this base. Bucky is the only Winter Soldier that can survive past this attack. All the others weren't as heavily brainwashed as Bucky, they are all volunteers and dedicated to HYDRA completely. So don't hold back." Adam explained as he showed them the layout and then went into what the attack plan would be.
Steve sharpened his senses and listened as well as provided input in the attack strategy. Steve couldn't help but be amazed by the ability of the technology he was seeing before him.
'If we had this kind of tech, Red Skull wouldn't have been able to go far.' Steve thought as he used the holotable to study the facility along with Tony and Natasha.
Tony's pride also got a boost since hearing that the only reason his tech couldn't match up was because they were from the future, not because they were smarter than himself like he originally thought.
In his mind the power armor Adam was wearing was based on his own design thus making him the ultimate creator of even Adams suit.
Little did he know that his Ironman suit and Mjolnir although similar, originated from a whole other universe which was something Adam wouldn't tell. It was much easier to just explain that they were from their own future which would explain many aspects of his knowledge of people and events without having to explain they were a fictional universe that he watched on TV.
That would just make everything rather weird. Also this would still provide valuable camaraderie between his crew and the Earth if the crew felt that this was their home but just in the past. They would go above and beyond to protect it with their lives. This was why even to his own crew he had passed this idea along to the crew members of Infinity.
He did feel a little guilty but like them he felt not only should he be able to get them back but possibly allow access to multiple universes as well.
He would just need to install the infinity stones onto his ship turning it to his very own Infinity Gauntlet. A ship that can bend reality, space and time was a very interesting idea to Adam; one he planned to make a reality, eventually.