Spotting the large caravan of tents and lights out in the distance, Nick shut his car lights off as he parked near the closest hill to the tents.
Taking out a pair of binoculars, Nick surveyed the entire tent until he handed the binoculars to Thor. He looked at them for a second before copying Nick and putting them to his eyes, mildly surprised at how they worked.
"Listen buddy, this looks like a very important government thing that could get me arrested and thrown in jail if I get caught. Im just gonna hang back and watch from a safe distance." Thor looked up from the binoculars and smiled.
"You've already done more than enough friend, I thank you again." Thor outstretched his hand and Nick gave him a forearm hand shake.
"From what ive seen of the tents structure, the crater has to be in the dead middle of all the plastic, your best bet is to just run through the plastic and bypass the maze of walkways." At Nick advice Thor Nodded and stood up.
Without a moment of hesitation Thor charged down the hill and through the exterior plastic wall! Nick was shocked at how fast Thor was as a human, he had to be at captain America level of speed!
Through the use of his Binoculars Nick watched the facility quick prepare its defenses, thats when he spotted a second Avenger!
Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye, sat on a watch tower with his bow in hand. He was trying to get an aim on Thor but the mortal god was too quick and slipped out of sight.
Feeling something hit his nose, Nick looked up at the massive rain cloud. He was shocked as just second later it began to rain in this dry New Mexico desert!
'Is this Odins doing, Thor subconsciously creating a storm, or just a natural weather phenomenon?
Nick watched for minutes as security came into the tent to restrain Thor, by now it was pouring down rain as thunder struck down in the distance. Eventually the security stopped rushing in and Nick knew Thor had been caught.
'Its best if i wait an hour before going in, i have to make it seem like he'd escaped my sight and not that i allowed him to attack the base.'
Sitting in his car and waiting, Nick couldnt help but think about the potential loot he could obtain from Asgard once they rebuild the bifrost Thor will destroy in a couple days..
They had spaceships that while Nick couldnt bring back, he could surely copy the schematics of them to recreat. Not to mention that in order to power such a thing as a space ships, they surely couldn't run on Ion batteries, Nick could potentially find an alternative energy source!
While these would all be a boon, the problem was that'll itll have to happen in multple years. By the time Nick gets to visit Asgard, he'll have obtained an incredibly powerful source of energy to power his AMS and Anti Gravity Harness. The only thing Nick really coveted was the spaceship schematics that would allow him to travel planets and have access to alien tech!
Thinking about the potential loot, an hour quickly passed and Nick got back in his car, turned the headlights on, and drove over to the base.
He was immediately stopped at a makeshift gate created out of two parked Humvee's, there guns were trained on him and threatened to shoot should he make any suspicious movements.
"Show me your hand!" The guards shouted out and Nick complied.
'Ive got to absorb something that makes me bulletproof' While Nick knew these guards wouldnt shoot unprovoked, he severely disliked knowing his fate was in the hands of others.
"Im here because an idiotic friend of mine stormed this base an hour ago. My apologies i just wanted to bring him home" The guards radioed this in and got a quick response.
After patting him down for weapons, which Nick had already taken off for this very situation, Nick was escorted through the tent base until he arrived before a white man in a black suit and sunglasses.
Before Nick could even speak the man frowned slightly and spoke first.
"You look familiar....Did you use to work for the NIA." This caused Nick to frown slightly deeply as he immediately realized he had to play this smartly, thankfully he came prepared with the help of Micro.
"Yes, the name is Nicholas Valentine." At this remark the mans frown disappeared as a look of understanding replaced it.
"You're the agent that copied the knowledge from that mysterious hunter that you didnt name. Most of our procedures were created based on what you obtained. I am Phil Coulsin by the way." The man stepped forward, motioning the guards to stand down as he extended his hand for a shake.
Not refusing the mans hand, Nick shaked it realizing just how influential he was in to those that studies Anomalies.
"You said you were here for a friend? Whats his problem? He took out half a dozen trained gaurds before yanking on the hammer." Phil Coulsin said.
Nick could tell him that Thor was a god but doing so would definitely cause thor to remain in custody and he'd miss his chance at redemption, Nick had to get thor out of these tents!
"Well he's a hunter by the name of Drayton Powell, he called me for help against a powerful witch named Rowena. Im out of the hunting game but he was a friend so i came to help, by the time i arrived he's turned into this." As Nick told his made up backstory, the guy behing Phil pulled up a screen.
On it was all of the information on "Drayton Powell", besides the usual information a person would have, it also showed a criminal record one would see on a hunter! Things like breaking and entering, desicrating graves etc. there was even a picture of Thor attached to it, it was the picture Nick sent to Micro!
Micro's ability to falsely information was so good that it tricked even the governments detection, the man running the computer found nothing fake about 'Draytons' authenticity!
"Thankfully whatever mind magic she did to him must've been done in haste as its already starting to wear off, from everything i know he'll be back to his usual self in no time"
Phil turned around and got a thumbs up from the technician on the computer verifying Nicks story.
"I see, come with me." As the two began walking through the tent facility, Phil made small talk.
"I heard that you created Exosuits, i assume you eventually plan on selling a version to the military?" Shield has always had its finger in everyone's scientific pie.
They usually came in and stole peoples research like they did with Jane Foster in the Thor movie, sadly for them, Nick had family high up in the government so he was off limits. Not to mention he was a trained Agent with knowledge on the occult, pissinf him off would be unwise.
"Of course i plan on sellng to the military to even the score with the Anomalies, i just haven't found the proper safety mechanic to prevent the users from getting severly injured whilst using a suit that powerful." Nick was of course lying.
He already had the weaponized Exosuits ready to be sold, but doing so would just strengthen Hydra within Shield. Nick would have to hold off on selling them untik the hydra issue is resolved.
As the conversation ended, Nick and Phil arrived at the door and a guard swiped a Key to open it. Thor looked at the opening door gloomy, only to crack a slight smile seeing Nick.
"Drayton buddy! What did i tell you about running off!" Thor looked confused for a second before catching on.
"Sorry i had a... thing i had to do." Thors bad acting actually sold that his mind wasnt all there.
"May i take him Mr. Coulsin" Nicks face was confident and calm, but inwardly he wanted to get as far away from here as he could.
"You can call me Phil, and of course you can take him. Im sure he'll recieve bettwr care from someone as knowledge as you than us."
Nick walked in and ushered Thor out, he thanked Phil as the two began walking out the door. Nick felt his heart pounded when Phil suddenly called out from behind.
"Nick!" Turning around prepared to run, Nick eyes locked with Phils who continued.
"Once Drayton's mind is all there again, tell him to either join the Special Agency or stop chasing after Anomalies, if i see that he's still illegally hunting after this i will have to arrest him!"
"Of course, thank you Phil" waving at the man, Nick pushed Thor into his car as the two drove off to town.