Chapitre 86: Domain
'It doesn't matter,' Liam thought. 'They won't be leaving here. Nobody will, not when I block the entrance with my domain.'
With that, Liam summoned a white rift in front of him. He started concentrating, replicating the feeling he had the last time he summoned his domain as he slowly synchronized with the dimension beyond the rift.
The terrain around him began to change. The floor beneath his feet transformed into a new material, with glass shattering everywhere and steel plates replaced by thick stones. Large portions of the walls disappeared with cracks appearing on the stones that replaced the modern building materials, while electric devices like lights and panels attached to the building vanished completely.
The transformation started on the floor he stood on, spreading gradually to lower and higher levels. As he felt large amounts of energy drain from his body, Liam realized that the limit to his energy could form a sphere around the main building. The surrounding hangars and parking areas were not something he had enough energy for.
During his fight with the Tyrant, he'd accessed a massive excess amount of energy thanks to his and Incursio's evolution. Now, however, he relied solely on the energy he could draw in.
'It doesn't matter. Most of the higher-ranking members are inside this building anyway. The lower-ranked ones won't leave without their leaders' orders,' Liam thought. 'Even if they escape now, they'll be hunted down later and eradicated.'
As the domain spread over the entire building, it spread onto the grass outside. The once-green grass withered, the trees decayed, while the soft dirt hardened into solid stone.
When his domain fully spread around the building, Liam sealed all lower-floor entrances and exits with ancient structures, leaving no way out. The only escape now required jumping from the higher floors, which meant certain death.
Liam walked to the edge of the transformed building, observing the chaos below. Several people were already falling to their deaths, their bodies smashing into the hardened ground below.
The sudden appearance of massive gaps and holes in the building had caught them off guard. The Triskelion now looked as if it were on the verge of collapse—large chunks of it missing, the entire place transformed into a ruined monument that looked like it had stood there for thousands of years.
Liam took a few steps back, his ears catching another scream as more people fell down, this time from the top floors.
With everything in place, Liam decided to begin the culling.
'Alexander goes first. I don't want him dying easily, not by suicide or a fall,' Liam thought, the image of his grandfather lying on the emergency table flashing in his mind.
The meeting room where he'd been earlier was on the thirtieth floor. Alexander's room was on the thirty-sixth.
Liam headed for the staircase, jumping over large gaps as he went up. On the next floor, three agents stood in the hallway, weapons drawn and pointed at the staircase. A lifeless body already in front of them.
Malicious intent came from the agents as they aimed Uzis and pistols at Liam. Knowing the higher floors had Hydra's high-ranking personnel, Liam wasn't surprised by their hostility. They clearly recognized him.
Liam advanced, launching himself towards the agents. He sliced through two of them simultaneously, spinning around to decapitate the third in a single movement.
The bodies collapsed to the ground as Liam approached the elevator shaft. Looking down, he saw a deep hole that went all the way to the building's ground floor. Summoning an ancient pillar beneath his feet, he used it to ascend to the higher floors.
As he passed the thirty-fourth-floor elevator exit, two familiar figures came into view: Romanoff and Barton. They navigated the floor cautiously, weapons raised, avoiding the large holes in the ground.
Deciding to approach them, Liam jumped from the pillar, landing with a soft thud.
Both Natasha and Clint spun towards the sound, weapons aimed.
"Liam," Natasha said, lowering her weapon slightly. "Do you know what the hell is going on here?"
Clint nodded warily, keeping his bow drawn and ready.
"Yes, I know exactly what's happening," Liam replied.
"I came to you both so you can send a message to Fury," he continued. "I'll take you to the top floor and let you use the device there to warn the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents."
"After that, they'll need to reach the tenth floor within ten minutes. Any agents not on that floor, I'll assume are Hydra operatives," Liam said. "You'll hold that floor against Hydra agents trying to get in, with Maria and Coulson providing communication support."
Natasha's and Clint's expressions darkened slightly as they understood what Liam's plan was. Both knew beforehand that this mission wouldn't end without sacrifices.
After a moment, they nodded in agreement.
Liam gestured for them to follow. Back at the elevator shaft, he expanded the stone plateau on top of the pillar, allowing both Natasha and Clint to step on with him.
As the stone platform ascended, both agents remained tense, looking around their changing surroundings carefully. Natasha thought of the unfinished business in her ledger, while Clint thought about his family.
Reaching the top floor, Liam stepped forward into the hallway. A familiar figure came into view on his right side: Agent Sitwell. He stood near a large hole in the floor and wall, roughly ten meters away from the elevator exit.
"It seems the entire building's been turned into… this, Secretary," Sitwell shouted, his voice panicked.
Liam gestured for Natasha and Clint to follow him as he walked towards Sitwell. The Hydra agent turned at the sound of their footsteps, his face draining of color.
"Secretary, send the soldiers outside—please!" Sitwell yelled as he stumbled back, trying to retreat into a nearby room.
Liam closed the gap in an instant, slicing through one of Sitwell's legs. The agent collapsed to the floor, blood flowing from his leg.
"Help," Sitwell whimpered, his voice breaking from the pain.
Ignoring his pleas, Liam grabbed Sitwell and hauled him into the air.
"No… please…" Sitwell begged, barely understandable because of his fear and pain.
Liam's expression remained cold as he carried Sitwell to the massive hole. The agent's pleas grew more desperate, but Liam released him without hesitation, letting him fall.
As Sitwell's screams faded, Liam turned away and approached a nearby room—the one Sitwell had tried to escape into.
He looked back at Natasha for confirmation of whether it was the correct room. When he did, she nodded.
Meanwhile, Clint stopped at the edge of the hole, looking down to make sure Sitwell was dead and hadn't managed to grab onto something.
When he looked over the edge, he saw Agent Sitwell's body. His body was impaled around twenty stories below him, a large stone spike piercing straight through his stomach.
Clint's face darkened before he turned and followed Liam and Natasha into the room.
L’AVIS DES CRÉATEURS 
Donnuuu
Donnuuu Yes, it is a little bit dark in the next few chapters. Don't feel bad for any of these people however, Hydra has done many mass genocides in the comics and SHIELD in itself isn't innocent either.
Think about Ava Starr for example, where she was tricked and kept on a leash since she was 6 years old.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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Power Stone 
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