Chapter 64 - We Reserve the Right to Prosecute! (2/2)
”Just call me Saint, Coulson.” Saint said. He then waited for Coulson to look like he's about to respond, just to cut him off again: ”I've been calling you Agent Coulson for so long that Agent might just become your first name!”
'Agent? What?'
As Coulson took a deep breath Holding himself from saying: ”My name is 'Phil', you bastard!”, Saint turned around to look at Natasha. Her eyes confirmed to him that they were only here to talk. Right then, he heard Coulson finally saying: ”Saint, you still like making your jokes!”
Saint smiled and patted Coulson's shoulder: ”Your sense of humor has improved; I never thought that I would see the day when you get my jokes!”
'What the hell are you happy about?' Coulson struggled to maintain his smile and said: ”Knowing you for a while now, I never thought you'd opt to be a superhero.”
”Superhero?” Saint tried to act annoyed, but could not hide that he actually felt flattered: ”Please, that joke is not even funny! I just have a little sympathy, that's all.”
”So…” Coulson was about to continue, when Saint suddenly turned to Natasha and said: ”We meet again, Agent Romanoff!”
”I thought we're past that, Saint…” The beautiful Black Widow smiled and said: ”Why not just call me Natasha? Or did my name also become 'Agent'?”
Saint clapped and pointed at Natasha: ”See Coulson? That's sense of humor! You should learn from her!”
”Our attack?” Saint replied coldly, saying with disdain: ”Trust me Coulson; if I was to really 'attack', none of your agents would be alive! The ones who should be complaining about an unwarranted attack are us!”
”We have made a mistake, and I'm thankful for your 'mercy'!” Coulson seemed to be apologetic, but then his tone suddenly changed: ”However, this evening, you and your companions have together made violations of thirteen federal laws, including attacking government officials, the obstruction of law enforcement, the destruction of public properties and the aiding of criminals to evade punishment. If you refuse to compromise, then we will reserve the right to prosecute!”
”…”
While Saint was no longer afraid of SHIELD Agents by now, he was still afraid of them mentioning the law. The idea of going to court was enough to get him to say: ”I'm listening!”
”It's really simple!” Coulson smiled: ”If you are willing to go with me to our headquarters and see our director, then you could consider that today's events had never happened.”
(Translator Note: Sorry for the extremely late release. I've had food poisoning, and it wasn't fun. Now however, I'm back, and you should be having daily chapters till the end of the month, with extra bonus ones.)