Cruel Vengeance

They were supposed to save the world. No one realized the deadly cocktail of bitterness, anger, resentment, and vengeance that was created when this team came together: the anachronistic war hero, the master assassin, the Winter Soldier, the fallen prince, the neglected schemer, the cast-aside scientist, the experiment gone very wrong, the archer, and the genius billionaire. They were supposed to be the heroes of Earth, its last and best defense. They were not supposed to become its conquerors.

This piece of fanfiction was inspired by the Valeks_princess work Snow and Fire (http://archiveofourown.org/works/8577655/chapters/19666444) on Archive of Our Own. Credit for many, if not all, of the plot elements goes to that writer.I do not own any of the characters related to Marvel, the Avengers, SHIELD, or any associated plot points.