Post by fearless on May 30, 2012 2:58:15 GMT -7
The people of New York City are a great many things. The good and the bad all cross paths here, along with the honest and the corrupt, the selfless and the greedy, and then some. However, if there is one word that can define us all, that word would be tenacious. You will never find a more steadfast and tenacious collection of people than you will within this city. One does not have to look back very far to recall the last great trial to befall our city we all call home. In fact, our great city's history is ripe with such monumental trials. Now, in the wake of the super-powered Civil War, and the ensuing Registration Act, our beloved city faces its newest threat. Symbiotes.
We've faced symbiotes before, but never on this scale. Earlier this morning a large host of these alien creatures attacked one of our baseball stadiums, revealing themselves to the public for the first time. Many have run this story, the Bugle included, so I won't go into it here. What this article will share with you, our devoted readers, is a reason to have hope despite the severity of this threat.
Just hours before this article was written, I was granted an exclusive interview with the Director of SHIELD, Maria Hill. SHIELD, a covert organization that works in concert with the U.S. government to continually ensure our safety and well-being, has been a constant presence over the years; even if it has generally been a subtle one. However, the Registration Act changed more than just the lives of the super-powered among us. It also thrust the still secretive group into the spotlight, while we demanded the impossible of those within SHIELD. Keep us safe from all that we don't even know threatens us, but do so in a way that we can see and be reassured by.
The expectations the people of this nation, and this city therein, have placed upon SHIELD are extraordinary, to say the least. Yet, almost miraculously, SHIELD has been stepping up to the plate time and time again. Doing exactly what we hoped they would. Keep us safe. You may be wanting to give a word of gratitude to these faceless people among us, and you would be well advised to do so. Some of you may even be saying that isn't enough. That you need to know more. Well, readers, I give you that name. Much of what SHIELD does never sees the light of day, but that does not mean they aren't hard at work every single hour of every single day, keeping us safe. Many of them are merely following orders, but those orders are coming from Maria Hill.
The director has those whom she answers to, of course, but those are the people we have voted to be our leaders and our voices. No one else comes into the picture when we're talking about the decisions that are made within SHIELD. That incredible responsibility falls upon the shoulders of Director Hill, so it was with great respect and admiration that I sat down across from her; ready to put her to my own sort of test. No details were shared, but let's be honest here. How can they operate efficiently if every detail is shared? Be that as it may, I trust you will find her answers as reassuring as I did.
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We've faced symbiotes before, but never on this scale. Earlier this morning a large host of these alien creatures attacked one of our baseball stadiums, revealing themselves to the public for the first time. Many have run this story, the Bugle included, so I won't go into it here. What this article will share with you, our devoted readers, is a reason to have hope despite the severity of this threat.
Just hours before this article was written, I was granted an exclusive interview with the Director of SHIELD, Maria Hill. SHIELD, a covert organization that works in concert with the U.S. government to continually ensure our safety and well-being, has been a constant presence over the years; even if it has generally been a subtle one. However, the Registration Act changed more than just the lives of the super-powered among us. It also thrust the still secretive group into the spotlight, while we demanded the impossible of those within SHIELD. Keep us safe from all that we don't even know threatens us, but do so in a way that we can see and be reassured by.
The expectations the people of this nation, and this city therein, have placed upon SHIELD are extraordinary, to say the least. Yet, almost miraculously, SHIELD has been stepping up to the plate time and time again. Doing exactly what we hoped they would. Keep us safe. You may be wanting to give a word of gratitude to these faceless people among us, and you would be well advised to do so. Some of you may even be saying that isn't enough. That you need to know more. Well, readers, I give you that name. Much of what SHIELD does never sees the light of day, but that does not mean they aren't hard at work every single hour of every single day, keeping us safe. Many of them are merely following orders, but those orders are coming from Maria Hill.
The director has those whom she answers to, of course, but those are the people we have voted to be our leaders and our voices. No one else comes into the picture when we're talking about the decisions that are made within SHIELD. That incredible responsibility falls upon the shoulders of Director Hill, so it was with great respect and admiration that I sat down across from her; ready to put her to my own sort of test. No details were shared, but let's be honest here. How can they operate efficiently if every detail is shared? Be that as it may, I trust you will find her answers as reassuring as I did.
Continued on A3