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[COLOR=00aeef][indent][sub][I]ACCESS RESTRICTED[/I] - [I]Present Day, 8:32 Hrs[/I][/sub][sup][right]Issue 1.02.6: Kings go Forth[/right][/sup][/indent][sub][hr][/sub][INDENT][sub][B]Interaction(s):[/B] [I]None[/I][/sub][SUP][RIGHT][b]Previously:[/b] [I] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4880545]Issue 1.02.5: Lost Boundaries[/url][/I][/right][/SUP][/indent][/color]

[color=pink]”This is all part of the plan.”[/color] The masked figure stood at attention, his hands at his side as his superior paced in front of him. The office was rather luxurious, but looked as if it came from another era. Nazy memorabilia lined the walls, desk, and drawers. Sitting on the desk, facing outward, was a picture of five men standing next to each other. Zemo knew them all: his grandfather, Helmut Zemo was on the far left, wearing a similar mask that had been incidentally burned into his face after an encounter with Captain America. Joining him in the picture were the Red Skull, Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, Dr. Arnim Zola, and Adolf Hitler himself. It was a time when it seemed that the Germans could have never lost the war.

The pacing man was the Red Skull himself, wearing a simple black and gray uniform that seemed to compliment his bright red skin. His face was twisted in rage. [color=red]”What plan is that, Helmut? We lost twenty soldiers in that conflict, and our numbers are not strong enough to take heavy blows.”[/color] Zemo saw the gears turning in his general’s mind as he was himself planning out his next moves.

Helmut Zemo broke his attentive stance, making his way to a world map on the wall. He fetched a marker sitting next to the map, and circled the entirety of the world with the red marker. [color=pink]”SHIELD has facilities and operatives in every country on the planet. It took my father years to make sure this base stayed hidden, that the bunker you hid in was wiped off the map. He did his best with those still loyal to us instigating wars and conflicts to keep SHIELD busy and make them think they had finally killed us. The strategy that has kept HYDRA alive has always been to distract them.”[/color]

Zemo began marking spots on the map. He marked Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Vietnam, Korea. He then placed a small circle around Rome, Italy. [color=pink]”We need to give them something to focus on, and making sure that these attacks demoralize and hurt them. We are forcing SHIELD to kill their own agents and operatives, and destroy their own weapons. More importantly, we are giving them clues at the right time to let them think that they are unravelling a mystery, when in reality they are unravelling a trap.”[/color]

The Red Skull leaned against the front of his desk, raising a hand to stop Zemo’s lecture. [color=red]”That sort of defensive strategy cannot last forever. How are we going to take the fight to them.”[/color]

Zemo gave a curt nod, the wrinkles of his mask seeming to somehow form a smile. [color=pink]”The Tinkerer has made remarkable breakthroughs using one of Arnim Zola’s projects. If we can keep SHIELD at bay for a little longer, Project Rewrite should allow us to fix the mistakes of our past.”[/color]

The Red Skull nodded slightly as the gears in his head finally clicked into place. He smiled. [color=red]”Very well, Baron Zemo. You would have made Heinrich proud.”[/color][hr][right][color=00aeef]Next Chapter:[/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4888027]Home of the Brave[/url][/right]