Chapter 6 of The Great Escape up on AO3

All that I’ve currently got of Chapter 6 of The Great Escape is now up on Archive of Our Own.

The Great Escape Unedited: Why Fics Stall

I’ve about hit the end of what I had written of The Great Escape. The rest is mostly notes – lots of notes – and some snippets of dialogue. When this fic stalled, it stalled hard.

The Great Escape Ch6 bit – Tied Up

Hauling his white-faced team member to trembling feet, George flipped open his cell. Dialed Plantain.

The Great Escape Ch6 bit – In the Details

George was not going to think about the invasion of toy-sized robot cops on pitchforks who’d transported through microwaves after an alien parole-breaker

The Great Escape Ch6 bit – Happenstance

When you looked at it from HYDRA’s point of view, it was actually kind of funny how little SHIELD knew about alien invasions. Apparently if you didn’t tear an interdimensional hole over Manhattan and swarm whole robot-whales through, the so-called World Security Council didn’t even notice.

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The Great Escape Ch6 bit: Not Even the B Team

“Eyaaauuuugh!”

A tall, blond young man in slacks and a bomber jacket who looked suspiciously like some of HYDRA’s old pictures of Captain America, minus the stars and shield,

The Great Escape Ch6 bit – Blackmail

“Uzume’s Ashikabi is barely listed in MBI files, much less those provided by SHIELD,” Jarvis stated. “All they have is a name: Chiho Hidaka.

The Great Escape Ch6 bit – Corners

“If someone doesn’t want to work for you, let ‘em go. Saves everybody a lot of grief in the long run.”

“That’s… not a viewpoint I’ve heard often,” Bruce said thoughtfully.

The Great Escape Ch6 bit – Salaries

“Oh.” Bruce had a shy, sheepish smile. “I was just thinking… Jarvis was right. I’ve… kind of been there.”

The Great Escape Ch6 bit – Burn

“Consider me alerted,” Pepper said wryly. “This is going to be an interesting problem for Legal. Aliens.