Airbus, command room.
"Looks like Centipede was behind Mr. Chen's kidnapping," Coulson said.
"First Los Angeles, now Hong Kong. What kind of organization are we dealing with?" Ward asked, rubbing his head.
"International, well-funded, and dedicated to creating Super Soldiers.
Hopefully, we'll find the answer once we locate Mr. Chen." As Coulson spoke, he adjusted the map on the tabletop screen. "Based on the account information provided by Mr. Lydon, S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters believes he's being held here."
"Do we know what Centipede wants to do with Mr. Chen?" May asked.
"Experiment on him," Aaron said with certainty. "Their experiments on ordinary people have already proven successful with Mack, but going any further has been difficult.
That's why they spent millions of dollars stealing a list of gifted individuals from S.H.I.E.L.D. The people on that list will be their next test subjects.
But with so many names on the list, if I were them, I definitely wouldn't pick one at random. The more people they abducted, the more likely S.H.I.E.L.D. would notice.
Chen Haoran must have something unique about him. At the very least, Centipede believes he can help them make a breakthrough with the Super Soldier experiment."
"He can control fire," Simmons said. "His genes are highly likely to stabilize the Extremis Virus in the Centipede Serum."
"Preventing their test subjects from... exploding," Fitz added.
"If Mr. Chen is Centipede's lab rat, we need to find him before the experiment ends."
"I'm going too," Aaron said in a low voice, his expression utterly serious.
He couldn't usually be bothered with something like this. It was far too lacking in technical difficulty. But just now, he had triggered another new mission.
Rescue Chen Haoran;
Mission reward: 200 Magic Points; no penalty for failure; accept?
Aaron considered himself a thrifty man. Naturally,