Human Skin Parchment

Donnie would not easily trust S.H.I.E.L.D., no matter how repeatedly they expressed goodwill toward him. S.H.I.E.L.D. was a global organization. Aside from the five members of The Council, it wielded authority vast enough to make people tremble, even possessing certain powers to act first and report afterward. S.H.I.E.L.D. branches existed across every continent and every nation, and who knew how many agencies and departments lay under those branches?