Lore/Some Assembly Required

“Avengers, ASSEMBLE!” shouts Oliver into Jane’s radio as she snatches it back from his hands.

*The only Avengers on duty were Avengers Efe Qew Petrikov, Nate Price, and Paul Rambo. Oliver asks them to meet him in the Elite Hall, and sends out an email to Jun Loo and Akeno Gremory, as well as Lilith Vizla and Ferdinand Heed, to show up.*

*While everyone is arriving, Jane begins going through some paperwork. Oliver takes this time to ponder on his grand plan. He thinks back to his past mistakes, specifically to how many people he had involved in his Deathwatch plans during his exile from the Government. He turns to see that everyone had arrived, and begins to wonder if this is such a good idea afterall.*

*Efe is the first to arrive, shortly followed by Paul. Jun Loo and Akeno drive up in a pink sports car, with Akeno giggling as she looks at Paul. Efe gives Oliver a hug and has a rather serious look on his face, then goes to sit down. Ferdinand walks in soon afterwards, shakes Oliver’s hand, then goes to talk with Efe. Paul gives Oliver a high-five as Akeno decides to jump on his back. Jun Loo nods at Oliver and he nods back at her. Just as Oliver is checking his watch, Nate comes parachuting into the Elite Hall.* “McQueen mah man! Glad to hear from ya mate. Uh, am I late…?” asks Nate. “You’re just on time. Still waiting on one more person though, so everyone please have a seat.” says Oliver. Lilith’s pell lands on RWY30 and she walks over to the Elite Hall typing away on her PDA. “Finally. Alright, everyone settle down and listen up.”

*As Oliver goes over his plan, he scans the hall and notices everyone’s expressions. All he can see are friends that he has made over the past few years on Panau - friends he trusts, people he cares about.* After he gets done explaining, Oliver asks everyone, “Right, so does anyone have any questions? I think the plan is pretty straight forward, everyone has a job to fulfill.”

Paul asks, “So, we are here to help you fake your death by you being shot by a sniper, which could lead to your actual death?” *A bit of laughter goes around the room, then Efe stands up and shakes his head at Oliver.* “Oliver, I am your friend and will help you with anything, but this is a stupid idea. There is a very high chance that you could die,” claims Efe.

Oliver starts, “Look everyone, I know what I’m doi-” but gets cut off by Lilith, “Oliver, this really is a sloppy plan. I know you can come up with a better one; this one has too many unaccounted risks.”

*Oliver sighs and grips his seat hard out of frustration. He looks up at everyone, with a worried look on their faces. Finally, the Commander speaks up.* “Oliver, rethink your plan then come back to us. You probably will not survive this, plus I do not want your blood spilling into my pool.” says Jane.

*Before replying, Oliver thinks back to his grand Deathwatch plan and how many people got threatened and hurt because of their mere involvement. He thinks about all the times he risked hurting those close to him just so he could get answers and keep his secrets. After thinking hard about his past decisions and their consequences, Oliver looks up at everyone.*

“Everything will go according to the plan, nothing changes. I will let you all know of the execution date once I, uh, figure that out. Thanks for coming out. You’re all dismissed.” states Oliver as he walks out.

*Everyone looks at each other in silence. Paul is the first one to stand up and walk out, followed by Akeno and Jun Loo. Lilith types away into her PDA while leaving. Efe looks at Ferdinand and Jane with worry, but eventually leaves with Ferdinand. Jane sorts her paperwork then sits there and ponders about the situation.*

*Oliver sends Jane an email stating he will be going off-duty for a while to think about all of this, then shuts off his PDA. He hops into a Pell and flies to his office in the mountains. There, Oliver cracks open the floor and pulls the dusty box out. He thinks back to what Geoff said as he gave Oliver the box: "Only open in case of an actual emergency. The contact inside will fix anything." After picking the lock, he opens it to find a sat-phone, a detailed geographical map with markings on it, and a picture of her.*

*He sets up the map on his table and circles the X, then calls up his secretary in the States.* “Julia, I’m about to send you a picture of a map. It’s a localized area so I can’t tell where it is. I want to you locate the region and call me back asap.” says Oliver before he hangs up.

*Oliver looks at the sat-phone and boots it up. As it establishes a connection, Oliver looks up David’s number and gives him a call.* David answers, “What do you want McQueen? I’m busy.” Oliver sighs and says, “I need you to come in. One last time, one last favor.” *After a minute of hearing wind through the phone and David fiddling with something metallic, Oliver can clearly hear the rotors of a helicopter being engaged.* David screams through the phone, “Alright McQueen! One last time, this better be for real!” Oliver laughs as he says, “Or what? You gonna call that Ethan Hunt on my ass? Just get here and I’ll explain. Also, do me a favor and don’t tell anyone you’re coming in. Got it? Good.”

*After hanging up his phone, Oliver picks up her photograph. He remembers back to all the good times he had working under her, his golden marksman days as a Guerilla. He thinks back to how much he respected her as a leader, and still does. He chuckles when thinking about how he was ordered to spy and eventually assassinate her.*

Oliver looks down on the picture and asks himself, “Where are you hiding, Billie West?”