Chapter 144: Mystique POV

Chapter 144: Mystique POV

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Weeks before Peter started his search through the coastlines of Morag alongside the few islands that appeared in the simulations, only days away from possessing one of the Infinity Stones, Mystique disappeared without a word to anyone.

This wasn't very normal for her either.

Usually, when Raven disappears for a mission or something, she would at least inform Erik, but even he was left in the dark this time.

Mystique promised Peter secrecy and would do her best to deliver on that. Especially since her stipulation was at stake.

Using the information that Peter provided, Raven did what she does best and infiltrated multiple Shield bases. Kidnapping her victims, she would impersonate them and slowly dig up any information on the cube that Peter was looking for.

Two weeks passed since receiving the mission, and Mystique infiltrated five different Shield bases, yet information about the Tesseract was few and far between.

One after another, Raven followed the tiniest crumbs that barely kept her hunt going.

Moving from base to base, she learned that the cube was on the move for a while before settling down in one place. The World Security Council decided to re-start something called Project Pegasus, but all other information wasn't available.

Raven had no idea what the World Security Council or Project Pegasus was, but at least she knew that the cube wouldn't be on the move anymore, which was good for thieves like her.

With this newfound knowledge, Mystique knew that she had to impersonate someone really high up on the food chain if she ever wanted to learn the Tesseract's location.

'He's going to be p*ssed if he finds out...' Mystique thought as she walked into a Shield facility in perfect disguise.

As she passed Shield employees, they would stop and make way, saluting respectfully as she walked by.

Raven already infiltrated this Shield base, so she knew the layout like the back of her hand. The reason that she chose this one out of all five bases she visited in the past two weeks was quite simple.

When looking into the Tesseract here, Mystique learned that the security clearance of the man she was impersonating wasn't high enough. The computer prompted that the information she was looking for was level 10 restricted.

This was something that she didn't see at any of the other Shield facilities.

She didn't know how she would find a Shield member with level 10 clearance, so Raven took the riskier more dangerous path and impersonated someone with the highest clearance.

Nick Fury.

Taking the elevator up, Mystique was surprised to find a group of high-level Shield agents waiting for her as the doors opened. At the front of them was the commander of the base she was currently infiltrating as well.

"Director Fury, we didn't expect your visit, sir." The leading man said nervously.

"I didn't exactly plan this visit. Something came up and I need something from lock up." 'Fury' says as 'he' steps out of the elevator confidently and starts walking down the hall.

Jumping into step behind 'him', the group of men and women start asking questions.

"What do you need, sir?" One asks.

"Classified." 'Fury' answers, keeping a fast walking pace through the halls.

"Do you need our assistance?" The commander asks.

"No, just return to your duties. I won't be here long." 'Fury' tells them as they arrive at a metal vault-like door.

Thankfully, it looks like she won't need any help though.

[Access Granted!]

'Now what do we have here...' Mystique thought as the screen changed to a file filled with a bunch of other files.

Though one stood out more than the rest.

[Project Pegasus V2]

Knowing that this was the project that was using the Tesseract, she clicked the file and many classified papers filled the screen.

Reading through everything as fast as possible, Mystique learned a bit more about what Project Pegasus really was.

Project Potential Energy Group - Alternate Sources - United States, abbreviated as Project Pegasus, was the name of the joint project between Shield, NASA, and the United States Air Force to study the Tesseract and harness its power.

In the 1980s, project leader Wendy Lawson used the Tesseract's energy to create a Light-Speed Engine. Following Wendy Lawson's death in 1989, the project was terminated.

At least until the project was reopened and moved to the Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility in the Mojave Desert.

'Finally, a location.' Raven thought as she closed everything, turned off the computer, and took her leave.

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"Sir!" One of the men from earlier calls out as he rushes into an office.

"Yes?" The Commander of the Shield base asks as he looks up from his desk full of paperwork.

"We have a problem." The rushed subordinate says as he places a laptop on the desk. "Director Fury said he needed something from Lock Up..."

"Yeah, I know." The Commander nods confusedly.

"Then why did he access the computer room and leave empty-handed?" The subordinate asks as surveillance footage plays on the laptop.

"..." The Commander watches the video carefully before taking out his phone and making a call.

"Connect me to the Director!" He yells over the phone and waits a moment.

"What?" An angry voice answers.

"Sir, did you get what you needed from Lock Up?" The Commander asks.

"Lock Up?" The confusion in Fury's voice set off alarm bells in his head. "What the f*ck are you talking about?"

"Lock down the building!"

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Walking out of the building at an even yet swift pace, 'Fury' made it to 'his' black sports car as alarms started sounding from the building.

'Too late.' Mystique thought as she started the car and sped off before anyone came looking.

Her body morphed into that of a beautiful blonde woman as she drove out of the parking lot and disappeared down the street.

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