"I should give you all the official news, though," Mike said. "My father was pretty cheerful, but there are some serious things to keep an eye on. Number one, uh..." He dug into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "Tony, Kitt already gave Jarvis my info and my father's, but we've also told him very plainly that some of it isn't to be used except in emergencies, and he promised. AI-to-AI honour. Everybody else, Kitt has put my basic contact info in your phones for a reason."

Mike cleared his throat to go on. "Yesterday, after the UN attack, Hydra units in Europe mobilised against the one European safehouse. If Michael hadn't gotten there first, they would've been killed, but right now, they're staying in a FLAG safehouse here in the US. Denver, specifically. Things are starting to die down, but Senator Christian Ward has insisted on having custody of his younger brother, who... is ex-SHIELD in the bad way. He was Hydra on the inside. We don't have anyone in DC to keep an eye on that, but we think there's no real way it's going to end well.

"And finally, Hydra isn't really slowing down, but they are going in circles. Officially. They've added men to their contingent in South America, but it's..."

He shrugged, shaking his head, looking like he was on the verge of laughter. "They're seriously going in circles down there in the jungle. Big circles, but circles. They're looking for something, and so far all they're finding is their own asses."