Revenge
New York, 2011
Adrian Toomes’ house.
Down the first flight of stairs - skipping over the dodgy third step - around the creaky floorboard, past the singular support pillar. Look forward. What you’ll see is quite the sight to behold. 5 men. 5 different backgrounds. 1 motive. 1 thing to bring them together. 1 reason, purpose, the reason for why they were here. Revenge.
Adrian Toomes - the main man. He runs the show. It’s his house they’re all currently under, with his ten year old daughter somewhere above their heads. But he trusts them. Because they’re friends right? He thinks they are - but only because there’s bigger fish to fry then each other.
Jackson Brice is to his left - the right hand man. Brice is here for a multitude of reasons: 1, he’s like a brother to Adrian. Back to back through thick and thin. And 2 he lost a bet in middle school.... Brice is currently fiddling, well its more engineering - but he can’t pronounce that word.
Mac Gargan. The insomnia driven psychopath. Mac is a madman through and through. But at the moment he’s silent, contempt. Because he’s going to get his revenge.
If the rest are the brains, Herman Shultz is the brawn. He’s not as smart as the others, but with a punch or two, you won’t be as smart as you were when you started. Shultz is currently training; it’s all he’s been doing, and it’s all he’s going to do until the raid begins. Only then will he restart his life.
Finally there’s Phineas Mason. He’s the oddball. The one who doesn’t feel he should be here. But personally chosen by Toomes, he’ll do the work behind the scenes. Mason is by far the best with his hands, although Brice would argue back in high school. (Wink, Wink.)
Together, all five men are just getting by. Only because they’re getting revenge. The plans are all out, set in stone. 5 men, there’s five entrances. Step 1 is to impersonate the workers. Easy enough, each of them used to work there. Next is to get into position. They’ve all been given one specifically, each with a different purpose. Brice is on the front gate, ready to wave through Mac...
Gargan is tasked with the getaway. One lorry with plenty of room for each of them and anything they might steal in the mean time. And anyway, he’s not afraid to use it as a battering ram.
Part 3 is all down to Mason. He’ll storm the control room, neutralise any outgoing signals and open the floodgates for Adrian and Herman to steal the Exo-7 suit.
The Exo-7 is their life’s work. The earliest current form of the Falcon suit. They were working on miniaturising when they were fired. Looks like all the work will go into this suit instead.
So later that week, when the site is in a transition period. Minimum workers, the plan goes forth. And it all works. Down to a T. Until that is: until Mac Gargan blows most of the place to hell with ‘pre-placed’ explosives.
But the lorry is away and out of the state before anyone else has a chance to even call 911. Celebrations are held in baited breath before they get back to Adrian’s.