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

Chapter 12: Chapter 12: To be a Modern Assassin



The next moment that he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by meat carcasses on hooks, standing up with all his will, he saw a fat man with a knife, he was in the Butcher's territory.

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Ajentt was awakened by a splash of cold water, sitting up alert, he examined his surroundings, before standing up with all his will as he set his eyes on a fat man covered in blood with a big knife on his hand.

A voice came from beside him. "This is Butcher, An expert in the art of knives." Fox introduced the man to him. 

"How many punches did this guy take from the mechanic?" The Butcher asked Fox.

"9 Punches" Fox simply replied to the question. "Hahaha, Quite a resilient one aint he? Now that he's here, it's time to give him something different." The Butcher looked at him with seriousness as Ajentt remembers what's about to happen, proceeds to move towards the Butcher before being handed a knife.

Not even being given a chance to fully prepare himself, the Butcher swung his knife at him and gave him a cut, Pain course through Ajentt's body as a bloody wound was made across his torso. 

How did it feel to be cut with a knife? As someone who was once a civilian and never really felt what it was like to get a massive cut wound on their body, it felt far worse than cutting a finger, nausea, coldness, and the searing pain from the wound was far worse than the beatings he got. Steeling his will, he swung back at the butcher but missed.

Several cuts were made all over Ajentt before collapsing from blood loss and pain.

Waking up again, he felt warm and light, like floating in a nice hot spring. Trying to move his body and opening his eyes, he felt stuck, like he was encased in a cast. 

Remembering the scene from the movie, he must be in a wax bath, the Fraternity's special healing bath that heals all wounds.

"Is anyone there?" Ajentt shouts out with the limited movement of his mouth.

"Hey your Awake!" a guy with an accent spoke out.

"Yeah, can you help me out here?" Ajentt spoke out, hoping to finally be able to move and see the results of these healing baths. 

The guy helped peel off the wax on his face and break the wax on his body, with the wax now fragile and broken up, he sat up straight and dust off the remaining wax. "Ugh thanks, So what is this place?" Even though he already knew, he was supposed to not know, so it's better to ask first so he doesnt get questioned on how he knows.

The man gaved him a sip of Vodka before answering his questions. "This is the recovery room, it speeds up the blood cells and stimulates fast natural healing, turning the healing that was supposed to take days or months into only a few hours." Ajentt coughs a little from the sting of the vodka before he smiles at the guy and offers his hand. "Names Ajentt, what's yours?" 

"I'm the Exterminator, I usually have nothing to do so I hang around here." The Exterminator explained.

"You're awake. Get up, we don't have much time, Cross has been making his moves more and more, We don't know when he'll directly attack us." Fox came and informing Ajentt to get moving, the moment that he just woke up.

Standing up and covering himself with a towel thanks to the Exterminator, he followed Fox where he got a change of clothes before they met another member of the Fraternity.

"This is the Gunsmith, he knows everything about firearms. He will teach you all you need to know about firing a gun." Fox introduced him before standing on the side while making small talks with Gunsmith as the targets were prepared.

With so many titles and new information coming to Ajentt, he doesn't really bother with it much since he knows he can count on Cortana to help him. Any technical information gets recorded and compared to the database that had been sorted for legitimacy and improvements.

Firearms is Ajentt's favourite since all he has to do is shoot and what's more, the adrenaline rush of shooting a gun is one of man's romance once they are acquainted with it.

Starting his marksmanship training, he doesn't just waste ammo but consult with Cortana on proper ways to shoot a gun that was on her database, adjusting his posture, aiming correctly, and on how to properly hold a gun. 

Even though he was shooting at corpses, he already prepared himself as he got used to firing. As an up and coming assassin, shooting people dead is just part of the job and can't be avoided, even if the target is already dead, there can't be any sympathy.

The days went on a cycle, of going to the Repairman to train his Will and acclimating to being an assassin, then to the Butcher to get better with a knife and not be afraid to get cut, going to the recovery room and chatting up with the Exterminator as he learns special knowledge from him, then to the Gunsmith and learn everything about guns and shooting.

Two weeks passed by as someone came in with more news of another member of the Fraternity being killed, Ajentt doesn't have a smile on his face but he felt good, knowing that his father was really something else. As days went by, people were carried back, all dead from his father's assassination.

"Cross is getting more and more ruthless, we need you to be ready much sooner." Fox says to him.

"I'm doing my best, training is not something that could be easily rushed, besides we only got one chance right?" Ajentt countered back.

The Fraternity knew that he was Cross's son, but they simply couldn't say that to him, and knew the only one who could kill that man was someone of the same blood.

Fox says nothing as Ajentt heads toward the Gunsmith. He was quite accurate when shooting while immobile, but in real life that is filled with action and constant adrenaline, it is required to keep moving and to be able to shoot while on the move.

Such a skill is not something an ordinary person can do, but he isn't trying to be an ordinary person, and so he run, moving left and right as he shoots at the target, with the adrenaline rush and help of Cortana, he was improving at a fast rate and is able to at least hit the target. 

The dedication and intensity of Ajentt's practice was obvious, and Sloan could not say anything about it. Though Ajentt needs to make more progress, although Cross wouldn't kill his own son, once he captures his son, they would lose any chances of killing the man.

"Fox, Can we accelerate his training?" Sloan asked.

"Impossible, He's already being trained to the limit of what a human can do, yet his growth is far faster than humanly possible, upping up his training will only mean death." Fox simply states her analysis.

"I guess we have no choice but to tell the guys to hold on and keep laying low for awhile. We also need to strengthen security." Sloan knows that he can't rush things, they only got one chance.

It was finally time for him to learn how to curve the bullet. This isn't something technical but a feeling, a technique that isn't even available on Cortana's database. Something that should be deemed impossible.

Breathing heavily, and drenched in sweat, he could no longer raise his arm, constantly swinging his arm to curve the bullet, yet nowhere close to achieving such an impossible feat.

"You're making good progress. But it's not enough, Cross is closing in, we don't have much time, do better." Fox started training as a child, yet Ajentt only started 2 weeks ago. Such progress shows his talent of being a top assassin. If he had more time, he could have become the Fraternity's greatest asset.

Ajentt just nodded along, thinking of ways to be able to perform this miracle.

"Cortana, how much can you control my biology?" Ajentt ask, knowing he can't not make use of his cheat skill when he has one.

"As precise as the energy reserve I can use." Cortana replied in a weirdly proud tone from a text box.

"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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