#zerfall

After the party part of the evening you went up to the roof, Bucky following you very far behind, to not interrupt you. You sat down on a bench someone had put up there and stared at Midtown and the skyline. “The view never gets old.” You heard behind you before he sat down next to you. “Yeah. I hope it gets back to normal fast. I miss all those random trips through Manhattan with the team.” You chuckled. “Yeah.” He looked at the dark skyline, “It’s beautiful though, without all the lights and the sky actually being visible.” There were no lights reflecting in his eyes, it was odd, you usually connected that visual of shimmering eyes to Manhattan. “It is.” A hologram popped up from your watch, interrupting the beautiful silence between you two. It blew up into a bigger scale and showed the Avengers and a few more people. An apocalypse conference call. “Atlanta looks like a mess. Only Midtown and Downtown seem like there are still enough people there. I sealed the entire Airport,” Tony said with a dampened mood, “You?”

“We are at the base in the White House and D.C. only had about 65% death rate. We’re leaving for a civilian settlement tomorrow.” Steve updated a little concerned but happy about the lower death rate.

“LA is a ghost town too. Found a civilian militia, 82% death rate.” Sam frowned with sad eyes. “Chicago looks relatively alive. But mostly enemy groups fighting each other. Still have yet to find friendly contact.” Clint updated. “Thanks to Wanda we have two blocks of Queens cleared out and helped build a few more shelters for the settlement we have here in Flush Meadows Corona Park.” Magnolia smiled proudly. Queens was one of the biggest population only parts and going that fast was fantastic. “I think New York will be the easiest with two of our biggest safe hubs here. The security of the tower has kept it clear but it’s hella dusty in there now. Gonna go back tomorrow before we start clearing up Midtown Manhattan into friendly area. Then down to meet Agent Bee in Brooklyn,” you explained.

“I’m in the Prospect Park settlement. I’m gonna work towards the bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island. It either needs good surveillance or a good explosion.” Agent Bee added. “We’ll supply you as soon as possible. Lower East Side is a Shadow Zone tho.” You made a face. “I’m trying to get more people into a theater near Crotona Park. There is a bridge between south Bronx and Manhattan too. Unless we penetrate Randalls Island from both sides as soon as you’re up there Andromeda. Then we don’t need to blow it up.” Agent Zeta from the Bronx chimed in. “I’ll write a game plan for Manhattan and let you know where it’s on the list. Gonna send you a map of the ideal NYC development of the next few weeks tomorrow morning,” you said making a little plan in your head before saying goodnight to everyone. “So we’re in the Midtown area and need to clear this perimeter first, after that we work our way through the upper east side into the Central Park. After that this settlement should be strong enough to slowly ruin the rest with a little help here and there.” You drew a plan in orange and got attentive eyes from Bucky. “Meanwhile Agent Bee makes his way towards Highland Park. Agent Zeta goes towards Queens to clear more space for her settlement. Agent Magnolia goes towards Jamaica Estates to get more room for her people. And when all of that is done we all clear towards Randalls Island to take it over from whoever has is. Probably Dark Task Force with the Police Station there. Sound good?” You drew on the map. “Sounds good to me. Let’s hope it works out as well as you hope,” he commented. “That’s all I can do,” you said clicking the pen. “I know, darling.” He sent a soft smile again. “Oh, and we need to explode some bridges in the near future as soon as we are there.” You scanned the map on the board with EADA and sent it to the other agents.