"So how are we gonna explain our disappearance?" Peter asked as he stuck his thumbs through the holes on the cuffs of his hoodie, pulling on the hoodie and the jacket before flattening the hood, the two of them having returned to city hall to collect their civilian outfits after their extended session together.

"Panic room" Felicia said in quick response, fastening her black wig back into place and redoing her shirt's buttons.

"A little bit more than that please?" Peter asked, checking to see if his valuables were still in his pockets.

"Well, each floor of city hall has it's own designated panic room in case of emergencies, like the one we just encountered, so we just say we went into that room" Felicia shrugged.

"And how do we explain the fact we were gone for over two hours?"

"The panic room has have secret tunnels that lead throughout the building, all of them leading to a small hatch about three hundred metres outside of the building that's disguised as a grave stone" Felicia continued "Then we say that we notified the authorities and we both went to a safe location before coming back here after we'd heard on the news that the threat had been dealt with"

"That's... that's pretty clever Felicia" Peter nodded "Good plan"

"You can't be a master thief without having a wide array of alibis and excuses to pick and choose from Parker" she chuckled "Now, let's go see how everybody's doing"

Peter nodded, beginning to walk with Felicia to the doorway before his phone vibrated in his pocket.

He took out the Samsung and looked at the text message he'd received, the number already being registered as 'Fury'

"How did he... never mind" Peter sighed, opening the full message and looking at it.

"What's up?" Felicia asked, her interest piqued by Peter's sentence.

"I've gotta go meet Fury at the Triskellion, they're gonna fill me in on everything they've learned about Their Royal Majesties secret black project" Peter answered "I gotta go, see you later"

"Alright then, see you later" she said with a soft wave.

Peter waved in response before heading out the door, a second passing before he stuck his head back around it with a raised finger.

"Felicia?" he asked.

"Yes Peter?"

"Does this mean we're a couple now?"

"No, not at all... that doesn't upset you does it?"

"No, not at all, just means I'm free to smash whoever I want"

"And who would that be? If you don't mind me asking?"

"Dunno just yet, I think I'm inclined to a certain shade of red right about now"

"Good to hear, give her a kiss for me would you?"

"Ugh, gay"

"That's the point honey"

"...You're gay?"

"Bisexual honey, there's a big difference"

"Good to know, see you later Felicia!"

"Bye Peter"

"So hit me chief, what did you guys find out about our mysterious Metal Gear factory?" Peter asked, leaning back in his chair.

"Next-to-nothing" Fury said in an agitated tone "Every place we checked for where Smythe's making the offshore Gears is completely impenetrable, the only hints we've got as to where the factories making the ones outside of America have lead to dead ends"

"And the reason you can't hack into the other countries data banks are?" Peter asked.

"You can't hack into something that's not connected Peter" Widow said, eating a bowl of Fruit Loops as she spoke "We know where the information telling us where to find the Gears is, they're on servers that aren't allowed to stream data in or out, and without that stream leaving a loophole we've got nothing to worm our way in through, so we don't get access to their data banks"

"Huh, y'know not many people know that about servers Widow, most people think that if a computer exists it's able to be hacked" Peter said "Good going"

"I told you, I'm not just a pretty face" Natasha nodded, finishing her mouthful "I've got other assets too"

"Yup, trained combatant, multi-lingual, stealthy, T&A and technical know-how" Peter said, counting her skills on his fingers "You're a regular super spy Widow"

"If T&A means what I think it means Parker, fuck, and thank, you" she said, eating another spoonful of the sugary goodness.

"Gotta love those mixed messages Widow" Peter said "It's almost like you wanna fuck me and then kill..."

"Black. Widow" Natasha said with an exaggerated nod "The clue's in the name kid"

"Can we get back on topic here?" Fury asked with a raised hand.

"Right, sorry boss" Natasha said, wiping milk from the side of her mouth before continuing "And the only way to get access to that data is to have an agent infiltrate the compound and hack into their server, something we're not willing to risk at this point, especially with the current situation with Korea and Afghanistan"

"Right" Peter nodded "So if we didn't get any info on the factories, did we get a good chance to look at Ray's capabilities besides his weapons?"

"Yeah, Smythe's made them out of vibranium" Fury said "That means no physical damage is gonna leave a mark on this thing's armour, the force'll just dissipate because of the virbanium's... well, vibration qualities as well as it's ability to become tougher depending on how much kinetic energy it absorbs"

"Vibranium?" Peter asked "The metal that's only found in Wakanda? How the hell'd he get a hold of that?"

"It's also found in Antartica Peter" Natasha said with a point of her spoon.

"Yeah, but that's a different variation, it's called anti-metal nowadays anyway" Peter said, clicking his fingers as he tried to remember a name "But the king of Wakanda, his name's... T'kalla or something like that right?"

"T'Challa" Fury corrected "And T'Challa can't do anything about the vibranium being shipped out of Africa, the mine it's taken from exists on Japanese territory, they'd spent a lot of money to set up and embassy on that exact spot about twenty five years ago for an old project of theirs" Fury explained.

"And that would be?" Peter asked.

"If you ever run into Wolverine, ask him and I'm sure he'll be happy to tell you about it" Fury said with a chuckle before growing serious again "Now as for this plasma cannon it's got built in, it's using a modified form of Stark's repulsor technology but, as you can guess, the blast isn't concussive, it's designed to melt and melt it will do, it's able to melt through steel in less than a second of contact and since it's being powered by a bootlegged arc reactor we don't have the luxury of waiting for it to run out of power"

"Great, what about his amphibious capabilities?" Peter asked "On the island of Manhattan something that can disappear into and re-emerge from water is gonna be a dangerous something to deal with"

"It gets better, the oxygen tanks installed in Ray's legs are well protected and kept cool by Stark's patented heat-resistance layering, so they can't be blown up by the heat of Ray's inner workings, and even then they've got up to six hours worth of oxygen stored in them as well as having an onboard carbon converter that can process the carbon dioxide created by the exhaling pilot and recycle it back into the tanks as oxygen" Fury explained.

"Right, so... what you're saying is that Ray's armour is indestructible, he's got infinite batteries, we can't overheat him and get him to blow himself up and we can't just keep him in the water and force him to drown?" Peter asked "How the fuck are we meant to beat this thing?"

"I was hoping you could tell us that Peter" Fury said "You've, I hope, played and beaten the games this thing's been in, so we hoped you'd know his weakness"

"Well... In Metal Gear Solid Two there were smaller, inferior versions of Ray that Raiden took down on top of the Big Shell with stinger missiles... but that's not gonna be good enough this time, even though it worked on Rex" Peter said, scratching his chin.

"Wait, Rex?" Fury asked "Who the hell is Rex?"

"Rex was the Metal Gear that came before Ray, the one that Snake fought on Shadow Moses after the Foxhound unit had taken over the island and threatened to launch a nuclear weapon with Rex unless the president delivered the remains of Big Boss to them within twenty-four hours" Fury said "Snake was able to beat him with stinger missiles butt hat was only after Grey Fox sacrificed himself life to destroy Rex's radar dish and let Snake get a shot on Rex" Peter explained.

"So... this came from a video game right?" Natasha asked after raising her hand "And video games are the whole 'Your Princess is in another castle' right?"

"Yes... where are you going with this?" Peter asked.

"Why the fuck is there a nuclear equipped, no, multiple nuclear equipped, walking tanks that are going to launch nukes unless the government hands over some fucker's corpse... and you mentioned a special forces unit or something like that? Who the fuck are they?!" she demanded furiously.

"That would be Sniper Wolf, Vulcan Raven, Decoy Octopus and Psycho Mantis, with their leader being Liquid Snake, the twin brother of Solid Snake who were the two surviving sons of a woman named Eva after she agreed to be a surrogate mother for the Les Infants Terribles project, which was something commissioned by a guy named Major Zero after the Cold War to create a new super soldier from the genes of supposedly the greatest soldier who ever lived Big Boss, Big Boss being the body that Foxhound wanted"

Natasha looked at Peter with absolute horror in her eyes, the most evident form of confusion on her gorgeous features that made Peter crack a smile.

"D'you wanna know who Major Zero is?" he asked.

"No... I want you to shut up and fuck off" she said, nearly tearing up "I've had briefings involving secret codes and threats to national security that haven't confused me as much as this shit just has... how the fuck did you remember all that?"

"I've got a good memory and when the experience is amazing you tend to remember it a lot better" Peter said "I still remember crying my eyes out as Snake crawled through the microwave corridor to get the Metal Gear Mark three to the port on on Outer Haven, which again is not to be confused with Outer Heaven which is another one of Big Boss's-"

Natasha then reached out across the table and slapped Peter across the face, the loud crack resounding throughout the quiet briefing room as the redhead continued to stare in fear.

"Just. Stop. Talking" she ordered "Can we get back on topic... please?"

"Right, Rex, Rex was the predecessor to Ray like I said, but the thing is that Ray was designed as an anti-Metal Gear to begin with, after Revolver Ocelot had leaked the designs and blueprints for Rex online after the Shadow Moses incident-"

It was at this point that Natasha screamed in frustration and stormed out of the room, her eyes wide and her hands clutching her red locks in an attempt to stop her from beating the life out of Peter.

The two men looked at her for a long second as she slammed the door behind her, then turning back to each other and blinking.

"Look, Fury" Peter said "If you want me to explain almost everything you need to know about these Metal gear UG's then you might wanna pull up a chair, order us some Domino's and get ready for an entire Wiki's worth on information" Next Chapter: A New Friend Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 37 Minutes