Oliver Sullivan and Cassandra Reed
Location: Hallway -> Hallway Outside Agent 13's apartment
Skills: Hacking
Staring at the corpse in front of him, his face turned to horror as he realized what he had just done. Not only was he completely out of control a few moments ago, but this thing was clearly a skrull, and the skrulls knew about his mom. Shaking, he pushed the body away from him, looking down at his blood covered hands. Turning to look at Cas, he put his hands up and stepped away, "
I'm me Cas, I promise, look."He said, as the body below him shifted back, "
I... I'm sorry. These, these things know about my mom, and they're coming, and I..." He didn't know who to trust anymore. He thought of going to Strange before to get him to his mom, but he was probably a skrull based off what he read a few months ago."
Some stuff's been going on, if the Skrull's are attacking, I... We need to talk."
Cassandra looked down at the corpse as Oliver stepped away from it, watching as the body started to shift into a skrull, and she started to relax somewhat now. But still tense as she turned to look at Oliver as he spoke, she knew what was going on with his mother for awhile now. It wasn't really a good time to chat right now, they needed to deal with the current situation but it looked like it was really urgent.
"What's going on Oliver?"Oli looked down at his phone, hoping to turn off the cameras around them, but he couldn't right now. It was too much, he was shakey and scared and it looked like things are coming to a head. "
When I first joined the team, I need to you to just listen, okay?" He started, glaring up at the camera in the hall, before closing the distance between him and Cas, lowering his voice, "
After that first Skrull showed up, I looked into it, and heroes had dealt with them before. Strange, Stark, Captain Britain, Professor X, Mister Fantastic, and Black Panther, they'd all gone to the Skrull planet before, and they were captured." He was speaking quickly now, maintaining eye contact, "
I think, I think they never made it back, and I can't help but think about what he said. The Secret Invasion, I think, this planet is full of Skrulls, I think that some of the most powerful heroes are secretly Skrulls, and I think they're orchestrating all of this. Them meeting us here, they're finally making a move. We have to abandon the mission, we're playing into their hands." He was trying his best not to sound unhinged, but he was clearly terrified. They already knew about him looking into them, clearly, that's why they were trying to use his mom to get to him.
Cass listened closely to Oliver as he told her more of what he had been looking into with the whole skrull situation, she was surprised with the information that he had managed to gather. The Skrulls had infiltrated the team twice now, actually three times now since the way that Flynn was acting and all of a sudden this group of people appeared to attack them. She gently rested a hand on his shoulder, she did believe him for the most part she just needed proof that some of the most powerful people in the world were replaced.
"Listen Oliver, I believe you trust me I really do, but I need actual hard proof that some of the most powerful people in the world are actually what they are. You are asking me to put myself and everyone else on team to put their jobs and lives on the line to. Not to mention that these people, they can easily make us disappear if they really wanted to." She said, and started to remember a little bit of what Novikova had done, she actually got off lucky by just simply getting fired rather then being imprisoned.
Oliver flinched at the touch, before saying, "
But, think about it Cas." he started, as the pieces started to click together in front of him, "
Who would be the most dangerous in an invasion? The heroes. Not just because they're powered, but because they have the courage to stand." He tried to explain, "
Don't you see? When did Stark start keeping an eye on me? When I found that file on Christmas Eve. How many people get personal phone calls from Tony Stark? How many people are watched by Tony Stark on camera? Nobody. They're watching me because I'm one of the only people who know. We have to do something, before it's too late." He was almost pleading with her at this point. Granted, he was sleep deprived, and his mom was dying, and he was chronically paranoid, but this felt real, and he was sure he was right.
"Maybe he likes your hacking skills or something?" Cassandra said trying to lighten the mood just a little bit, as she sighed a little bit and rubbed the bridge of her nose slightly.
"Well we are fighting some Skrulls right now, I cant act on anything without any concrete proof once we are done fighting we can try and keep them in our custody and question them. But right now, we need to stay on our mission, just get me the proof and i'll act on that." Cass said, seeing that Oliver did look a little bit tired as well, and probably stress from what his mother is going through.
"Is your mom okay?"Oliver ran his hand over his face, wondering if she just didn't get what was on the line here, or if she was being purposely dense. "
You need proof?" He asked, clearly annoyed, "
You know what? She's dying, thanks for asking, and unless I can cross the ocean in the next 12 hours, she's going to go without ever seeing me again." His voice was fraught with something that wasn't quite malice, but a kind of pain and anger that was clear. "
I'm not going to spend my time chasing down an Avenger, a man that's worth more than all of us combined, when that's just what the skrull want us to do." He said through gritted teeth, "
If we're going to be sidelined and useless, I'd rather do it by my mom's side than that. I'm out." He gave her a look mixed with pleading and disgust, wanting her to back down, to listen to him, and to stop this waste of time. If she didn't, he'd be off to be with his mother in her last moments.
Cass closed her eyes for a moment and let out a slight sigh, she knew that he was going through a lot at the moment, with his mother as well as their current mission and the information that he managed to uncover.
"Oliver, listen I'm sorry about your mom if you need to be with her then go and see her. But I cant redirect the entire team, if you want I can give you someone on the team to try and get the proof that you need." She said, she really did feel bad for him, and she really didn't want to go against Director Hill's current orders on their mission and going against them and going on a completely separate mission.
Oli rubbed his temples, clearly annoyed, as a plan started to form in his mind. There was one person in Britain that he knew of that would be able to confirm or reject his hypothesis. "
Alright. Alright. If you're still going to Queens, I'll go with you that far. If we can, I'll need Niah to come with me." He offered, If he could get Niah, and get Strange to portal him to Britain, they might be able to do something, and still see his mom. "
Keep this on the downlow from the rest of the team if you can? I'll ask Niah myself. I don't want anybody who doesn't have to to know about these Skrull."
Cassandra looked at Oliver and nodded towards him, she wouldn't tell anyone at all unless it was really necessary to.
"Alright then, and I wont I promise you on that.""
Fine, you're the leader and all." He said, shrugging. Being reluctant to keep the information under her hood was probably a good sign in all honesty, it meant she probably wasn't a skrull. "
Let's head back then, yeah?"
"Sounds good to me." Cassandra said as she nodded towards Oliver, and quickly started to head back up the stairs, with Oli following shortly behind
