"Perhaps you owe me an explanation!"
Gordon glanced at the ten criminals restrained in the superalloy containment pods, then snapped at Coulson, who was standing nearby. "You should have warned us ahead of time. That way, we could've prepared to evacuate people. Thirteen innocent people have already died, and I don't want anyone else dying because of something like this!"
Gordon's voice was quiet, but it wasn't hard to hear the suppressed growl beneath it.
"I'm sorry, Commissioner Gordon." Faced with Gordon's hostile glare, Coulson wore a hint of apology. "This was just an accident. But please believe me when I say we had personnel stationed here before the operation. Under the circumstances, there shouldn't have been any accidental casualties. After all, protecting the lives of American citizens is one of our responsibilities."
Gordon looked at Coulson, his face full of suspicion.
"You should be glad no one was hurt this time."
Coulson was a little embarrassed, but it wasn't as if he could tell Gordon that S.H.I.E.L.D. sometimes disregarded citizens' safety, too.
After the serum's ingredients were stolen, the matter had left S.H.I.E.L.D.'s upper ranks, including Nick Fury, extremely tense. So when Lex Luthor, a S.H.I.E.L.D. consultant, suddenly requested this assignment and assured them he could handle it, the operation was quickly approved.
Coulson himself had been pulled away from another assignment by his director and sent here from far away. He'd flown in on a jet to take care of the handover and the cleanup.
"Still, I didn't expect LuthorCorp to have so many hidden capabilities."
Thinking of the ten people who had been taken away, Coulson felt a little surprised. According to his subordinates' reports, these people weren't ordinary. Four of the men in particular had completely transformed into huge, muscular beasts within seconds of waking up