A Hotel of Two Tales

[ngm_hydra]

The decrepit-looking hotel near a waterfall in Colombia was a case of the facade not quite matching the interior. Early 20th century grandeur fought against years of disuse and nature's reclamation. While the first floor retained some of it's moldy and waterlogged appearance, it was a deception to keep the local guerillas uninterested in the goings on inside the building. With late night experiments leading to flashing lights in some of the windows, the locals, gun-toting or not, spoke about the old hotel as a haunted location.

The head of that nest was counting on interlopers of the goody-two-shoe variety. Though the planned team wasn't the ones in blue and white. Either way, Huntress 19 had called in assistance from extra nests.

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Re: SHIELD

[the_next_avenger]

"Don't worry, Agent May. We'll handle getting in and dealing with the targets. We'll be back before you know it." Joe said, slipping his black half-helmet on his head, a replica of his father's gear, just colored differently.

"U.S. Agent will take point. I'll make sure you all get to the target location then double-back and make sure no one's on our tail. Agent Fury, you're QB. Once you guys are in let me know and I'll follow you."

Re: SHIELD

[agent_timeout]

"Will do." Sammy adjusted her earpiece securely. "Everyone sound off. I want to know this is working before we head in."

Re: SHIELD

[simon_didnt_say]

"Fitz here," he said, a little slowly so as not stutter. "All set."

He had a few specialized insertion goodies for this mission. The best hardware he could bring to the job. Plus whatever it was that Nikki had provided him with. He still wasn't entirely sure what it was, but he had it if he needed it.

Which he hopefully wouldn't.

Re: SHIELD

[ngm_shield]

The two Coulsons were sent out on flank when Agent May heard gunfire closer than she would have liked. They were to rendevous with the rest of the team by the time they got to the HYDRA base. May stayed near the loading ramp as the team was sent out.

The agents worked their way through the jungle. Gunfire occasionally sounded around them, but no guerillas seemed to have taken shots at them. The gunfire covered any noise the team made moving through the jungle.

The dense foilage cleared about 200 meters from a decrepit 3 story former mansion turned into hotel. The ground between the edge of the jungle and the door to the hotel was wide open.

Re: SHIELD

[the_next_avenger]

Joe moved around the perimeter of the area, trying to make sure that no one was taking shots at the team.

"Fury, ETA until arrival at the hotel?" he asked into his commlink.

Re: SHIELD

[agent_timeout]

Sammy paused at inside the jungle tree line and looked across the 200 meters. "It's wide open," she said into her commlink. "Meters of open ground that could get us killed right here."

Re: SHIELD

[the_next_avenger]

"Are you thinking land-mines? No way they leave this place unguarded with all of armed guerrillas out here." Joe said.

"Doubling back to meet with you." he said, changing course and going to meet up with the rest of the team.

Re: SHIELD

[simon_didnt_say]

"If I can get a mini-drone airborne," Simon said, "I might be able to pinpoint some obstacles. I've improved the scanning range significantly."

Re: SHIELD

[the_next_avenger]

Joe considered that for a moment.

"Fitz, if you can get us eyes in the sky, we'll need it. The fewer surprises from we get from the snake-chumps, the better." he said.

Re: SHIELD

[agent_timeout]

"If you can pinpoint a few to avoid, I can get us through it. It's the explosions after we cross the ground that'll tell them we're here."

[hisstress]

She was good at hiding, Ariadne.

She clung close to the shadows, watching, waiting.

They were encroaching, close to the edge of the property.

Once those little baby drones were airborne? That's when the fun would start.

[simon_didnt_say]

"Okay, kids," Simon said, as he released a pair of small, spherical drones into the air, "time to make Daddy proud. Let's show everyone what you can do."

The two drones took off into the air, using their sensors to probe the ground.

[ngm_hydra]

The probes picked up more than just landmines at the edge of the clearing. There were other subterranean devices looking to go off on non-HYDRA people. There wasn't a path to the dilapidated hotel. There were sensors on all the buried traps looking for some sort of signal for safe passage.

[hisstress]

That was all the little drones would pick up though. No sooner had they gone into the air than they were shot down, systematically.

Ariadne watched with pleasure as the drones went falling down towards the ground. A couple of them would be caught by secret openings to be brought down to the labs and studied.

The others were just destroyed.

[the_next_avenger]

Joe headed back toward the group, waiting for Simon's update on the anything his drones found. He picked his way through the trees, careful enough to keep out of sight of any of the guerrillas that might have wandered too close in the time since they'd landed.

He held his shield over his torso, in case a stray bullet came in his direction.

[agent_timeout]

Sammy grabbed Simon's arm and pulled him down out of sight. She cursed under her breath.

"Did you manage to get anything before those were shot down?" she hissed at Simon.

[simon_didnt_say]

My babies!

Simon reeled for the barest second, then nodded to Sammy's question. Wordlessly, he showed her the screen on his control tablet, pointing to the devices and landmines.

"There's too much there... no path through any of it."

[grandson_of_coul]

Steve scanned his location, the flanking maneuver getting them past most of the obstacles within the jungle itself. However, the open area ahead of them? Yeah, no good.

"No path through? Great. Welp, who wants the song and dance number?"

Steve? Not a happy Coulson.

[agent_timeout]

"This can be done, but we'll lose any advantage we might've had. Once we get in, we'll have to move fast and decisively."

[shieldbrat]

Nikki finally came up behind her brother with her pack on her back, "I have enough charges to flatten that house, they can be set off from anywhere on the planet. Preferably after we leave."

If they could trust anything, they could trust Nikki to know her bombs.

[the_next_avenger]

Joe finally arrived back at the group and looked to Sammy.

"What's the plan, Fury? Other than me going in to goon-sweep while you guys proceed to the target?" he asked.

[agent_timeout]

"I'll get us across, but after that we're in full fight mode. Anything we touch while I have time paused will go off once I let it go. At best, our advantage might be a few seconds to a few minutes while they look for anybody caught in the traps."

[simon_didnt_say]

Simon took a few quick breaths to steady himself. He could do this. He could do this.

[the_next_avenger]

Joe looked at Sammy.

"Do your thing and get us in. I'll give you more time to get in and get your bearings." he said.

He placed a gloved hand on Sammy's shoulder.

[agent_timeout]

Sammy pushed up her sleeves. "We're going to move as fast as possible. Do not let go or you'll find yourself in a bad war movie. Clear?"