Noisy shouts echoed continuously through the Dungeon. Dozens of cultists had gathered here, and standing before them was their leader, Jacob Neistrøm.
"We are the New Order. Our world is being taken from us by gods. We will become gods and take it back. That is the New Order!" Jacob Neistrøm shouted, and the crowd below grew even more frenzied.
At that moment, his girlfriend, Petra Larson, entered with two newcomers. Jacob Neistrøm took the piece of staff they had found and walked up to them.
"Are you ready to take back power?"
The two of them immediately reached out and gripped the staff, making their stance clear through their actions.
The Runic Script on the staff glowed red. Their faces twisted savagely as they fell to their knees, howling in pain.
More than ten seconds later, they slowly rose to their feet as though reborn, but there seemed to be an extra trace of brutality in their eyes.
Airbus.
Aaron entered the lab, where Ward was arguing with Fitz and the others in an especially hostile tone.
"Uh... am I interrupting something?"
"No, no." Simmons immediately shook her head. "Aaron, you came at just the right time. You have that piece of staff, right? Take it out so we can study it."
"No. It's a private collectible." Aaron said righteously.
"Not yet." Fitz looked at him with complete seriousness. "Before you pay for it, the Berserker Staff still belongs to S.H.I.E.L.D."
"May I ask, did you find that staff?"
"Uh... no."
"Then that means it belongs to me now. It has absolutely nothing to do with S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Enough nonsense." Ward snapped. He strode up to Aaron and grabbed him by the collar. "Hand it over. Now."
"Uh-oh!" Aaron raised an eyebrow, grabbed Ward's right hand, and gave it