Back To Work

In one of the hotels in the city of Naples in Italy, there were soldiers who reside there.

But more specifically in one of the mid level rooms, a woman and a man panted as they plopped on their bed.

The woman was sweaty as she put her hands behind her neck and put her hair up on the pillow to not get in contact with the sweat.

The man on the other hand only ran out of breat but calmed down after a few, he reached to the riund small table near his bedside and drank the glass of alcohol he grabbed.

Seconds later a cigar was lit up as he freely and nakedly lay on the bed one leg over the other.

"That was the most fun I have ever had in awhile, Captain." The woman said as she tilted to his side and started groping his arms.

"Glad to be of service." The man said as he puffed away.

Alfie brought the woman he has been eyeing and flirting with for a while now.

The sun was soon to rise, and they spent all night relieving themselves as much as they can.

And just before they met last night Alfie had dinner with Howard.

What better way is there to start a business then with the great Howard Stark.

Though Stark Industries is just a little bug at the moment, there was no doubt it will become one of the worlds biggest company later on.

Howard had more to work and think on now that Alfie dumped some futuristic designs on him, ever since he has been working, but the technologies of this time isn't exactly helpful.

Either way Alfie was able to easily get a small percentage in Howards company, and with that he should have a small headstart for the things he is planning on

After their small business dinner Alfie saw the blonde across the street, Queen Margery Tyrell, or in this world Norah.

As they saw each other Alfie took the initiative to cross the street as she seemed to pause giving him a chance to catch up.

They went for a drink and one thing led to another before they ended up in a hotel.

Today was a day of relaxation, of laziness, and Alfie would usually be annoyed with nonstop questions but he just relaxed got buzzed and smoking a cigar while answering the girls question of his alter ego, Deathstroke.

That was until something broke the hotel window and headed straight for Alfie's head.

Alfie was instinctive enough to move his head out of the way as whatever came out of the window punctured the pillow and the wooden bed support.

Alfie looked at the side of his head to see an arrow, a wooden black arrow.

"Oh, it seems I have visitors, hahaha." Alfie said as he downed his glass of alcohol and put the cigar on his mouth readying for battle.

As Norah was having a silent panic, Alfie pulled out the arrow and broke it using the sharp point as a weapon.

"Wh- what the hell was that?! What is going on?!" Norah asked as she rushed to hide behind Alfie, both naked still.

"Well you could think of this as some kind of ambush." Alfie said as he rapidly moved his head around as if sensing things in the shadows.

"Ambush?! I gotta report this!!" Norah ran to the phone nearby only to have it break and spread, an arrow pierced the hotel phone.

"Who are they? Why would they wanna start a battle here?!" Norah asked as she rushed back to Alfie.

"Well I doubt they care where they ambush, anyway Norah, did you bring a gun?" Alfie asked, puffing.

"Gun?! I'm a military office staff, I don't have a gun!!" She said in frustration.

"Okay, okay, it's alright, just calm down." Alfie said as he forcefully pulled the thick blanket they were using and wrapped it around her.

"Wh- what are you doing?!" She yelled as Alfie wrapped it around repeatedly then tied it tightly.

"Just stay quiet blondie, I'll get you out soon." Alfie laid the now blanketed Norah on the floor next to the bed.

That was when Alfie started seeing silhouettes standing up from the shadows. The Hand.

He didn't have any gears on him, he could make a portal to their current location but he thought otherwise, fighting like this gives him more rush of excitement.

A pen was on the table near the bed, he took it as well.

And as the shadow creeping ninjas started showing their full selfs, Alfie confirmed that it was The Hand.

During his younger days training, he picked The Hand as his first enemies, or in other words his practice.

He caused trouble for the shadow organization for years, but ever since he disappeared The Hand didn't know where to look, because Alfie knew how to cover his tracks.

One of the safe zones were the Sanctums, it can hide people from even The Hand.

But after they seized and paused their tracking against Alfie, he again came up on the news, as Deathstroke.

Now they found him, and they are sending rookie ninjas this time to practice on Alfie before killing him.

"Hello, Hand rookies, so which one of the fingers have sent you this time? Madame Gao? Bakuto? No wait...it's Alexandra isn't it? When is she gonna let the past be the past, she can't keep coming for me like this, we should reunite again civilly, but I suggest she buys dinner this time." Alfie said with a smirk.

He was about to go on when the wind hit his back, moving his head to the side enough to see a curved blade missing his head.

A Kusarigama.

With quick and agile steps, Alfie positioned himself facing the ninja before executing two swift and quick stabs with the arrow on his right hand on the ninjas arm pit and neck.

The ninja stumbled backwards and dropped on his back holding his bleeding neck.

And with this more than ten ninjas around the room rushed at alfie, who had a smile in the dark with blood splattered on his face.

He quickly threw the arrow on his right piercing a ninja on the middle of his run and with the pen on his left Alfie jumped to the side stabbing the pen in the eye of the eye hole of the ninja…

Before taking the ninjas dagger and with that, it was all easy work.

These ninjas may be shadow warriors and expert weapon combatants but they were still rookies, Alfie had killed more veteran ninjas back in New York and was quick enough to cut a bullet in half.

These ninjas didn't stand a chance, and the one who sent them knew that as well, this situation was more like a message, a message to let Alfie know ghat they found him, and next time won't be easy.

But Alfie didn't seem to care one bit, with his bloody right he took the cigar out and exhaled smoke before flicking the ash end of the cigar.

Alfie sat down on a chair near and with one leg over the other and a short sword on his left, he waited.

There usually is another wave after the group of ninja but after minutes of waiting Alfie decided to call it a day.

He unwrapped the scared Norah before consoling her and all, she was about to report it when Alfie told her not to worry about it.

As she got dressed and left during the suns rise, an old man walked in soon.

"What in God's name is going on here?!" The old man said.

"Oh, Colonel sorry for the mess, it was...unavoidable." Alfie said.

"What the hell is this, McBride?!" Colonel Phillips asked.

He was asked to come to Alfie's hotel alone, though there was no reason to do it but Alfie sounded serious.

"Who are they?"

"They are the Hand, one of the organizations Johann partnered up with, they are an Ancient Shadow Organization, who just like HYDRA, is seeking for absolute control and chaos over the world, or that's what I think at least.." Alfie said pouring a drink for himself.

"Then what the hell are they doing here? And what kind of fashion are they into?!"

It's just as it seems, they are ninjas, and well don't ask anymore but I have met them on a few occasions and caused trouble for them, drink?" Alfie said offering a drink to the Colonel, who shook his head.

"I'll explain more, but today we are heading back to the German front, I'll tell you the best ways to watch out for these sneaky guys, but I suggest you don't make this public…"

"This just keeps getting more complicated...and put on some damn clothes Captain, I'm not listening to a thing until you cover up, hotdamn!!"

••••••••

Two days later…

On the Germans front the battle was getting harder than ever.

Before the Allies can push anymore forward, the Nazi's who are now HYDRA, turned the tables and pushed back harder and better.

The weapons were something never seen before, futuristic weapons that could easily take down the Ally tanks, let aline the HYDRA tanks and such.

HYDRA took back Nantes and was now fighting for Fort Rennes, and were winning.

The Allies had to move back to the coast in Normandy and set up their main base there, but soon enough it would be taken as well, the Commanders are working hard to come up with a battle counter and turn the tables.

Soldiers were dying and quickly as well, if they don't do something quick then not only are their men all gonna die but the whole of Europe and on will be taken over by HYDRA.

That was until today.

In the war tent where the commanders gather up to strategize, a soldier ran in with heavy breath.

"Sir!!"

"Quiet down, What's got you so worked up?!" One of the generals voiced out.

"S- sir, you told me to watch out for Captain McBride when he lands at the port, sir, just a few minut-" Before the soldier could fully report his duty General Eisenhower walked out followed by a few others.

"I dont get why you put so much trust on Captain McBride, of course I get his exploits made him an inspirational story but we need more than that, our enemies over the lines are pushing more harder than ever and you want a psychopath with a sword to lead the battle?!" A General following Eisenhower spoke his thoughts.

"And I don't get why you don't Commander Montgomery, you've seen what he could do, if you don't trust his abilities then trust mines, afterall, I put you in charge of the ground forces and you were able to succeed, trust my judgement this time Commander." General Eisenhower said as they walked to the road waitin for Alfie.

"Your judgement? You can't really believe he will achieve anything alone."

"No, but I have fate he could change the tides, and he won't be alone."

Down to the entrance of the base, a military jeep was slowly riding straight into the middle of the base.

In the car was Alfie up front and in the back was James and Luna.

James had his eyes closed and head back relaxing while Alfie upfront had a sun hat covering most of his face trying to ignore the stares.

On te sides of the roads many of the soldiers were staring at the slow moving jeep, they knew who was in it.

Of course Alfie trued to avoid the attention but the wolf behind was too recognizable.

And he knew that even though hope was appearing on the faces of the soldiers, there were also other expressions.

Such as frustration, or anger.

Mostly because everything went to shitt because he left, and he had everyone on their feet and their morals over the roofs.

The ones angry thought he left because of how hard it got, the hope he gave them was short, but then he left when all friends and families die in the battlefield.

Alfie understood all those feelings, but what he realized was that, the ones who carry everyone's hope can quickly destroy it once one messes up.

Alfie looked to the young driver and shoulder budge him to get his attention.

"Private, why the hell are you driving so slow?!"

"Ah, sorry Captain, I just thought it might be a hood idea to get the news out quickly, the tensions around here have been a bit low…" The private said as he slowly revved up.

They soon got to the army leaders area and in front of the biggest tent was the Generals.

Alfie and James slowly got off as they stood in front of General Eisenhower.

Luna on the other hand sped off on another direction, most likely goung to see Axel.

"Sir, Captaib McBride and Sergeant James reporting for duty!!" Alfie said as he salute with James.

"How about we cut the formalities and get to work, I have a lot planned for you, but why don't you come and hear what we all have in thought first." General Eisenhower said as he went back to the big tent along with everyone.