Disclaimer: I do not own any characters, or have any claim to the movies, comics etc most if not all the plot comes from, so anything you recognize I have no claim too
Notes: I came up with this idea after watching the movie The Ugly Truth (which I love for some reason), I know there is no Darcy/Clint in this chapter but in the next one there will be loads. So enjoy and please comment on what you think :)
After Thor had landed in the middle of nowhere New Mexico and the Avengers had destroyed half of New York S.H.I.E.L.D had decided to recruit Erik selvig and Jane Foster for their astrophysics department in New York full time instead of part time like they had before but they obviously had no idea what to do about her.
Darcy sat in a secure location in some boring office hall the corridor was long and white so white that after staring at the wall opposite her for roughly five minutes or it could have been two her eyes started to hurt that she had to shut them. Not long after a voice echoed down the corridor and so scarily close to her she jumped a mile high "Miss Lewis" the voice echoed again this time opening her eyes Darcy stood up so fast it set her head spinning for a second, "I'm Agent Coulson" said the man who had a slightly boring voice he was small in height about the same height as Darcy maybe an inch taller, if you would please follow me we are ready for you now.
Darcy fell in step behind this Agent Coulson they walked down a lot of corridors the same as the one she was waiting in they turned down a different one every two steps it seemed but she honestly didn't know cause she lost count after the seventh left turn, eventually Agent Coulson stopped outside a door he opened it a indicated for her to go on in "After you Miss Lewis". Darcy step inside a integration room.
well it was bigger than an integration room but it look like one and unlike the corridors this room was dull and seemed to have no life at all. There were two people already sitting down at the table that was placed at the top of the room Agent Coulson left her side and went to take the third seat at the table, "Miss Lewis please take a seat" a man in a long black leather coat and an eye patch over his left eye said, Darcy did just that she was afraid to know what would happen if she didn't there was clearly no messing with these people they mean business. "Miss Lewis this is Agent Hill and Director Fury" Agent Coulson told her.
"Miss Lewis I'm sure you know the situation with Erik selvig and Jane Foster, now in a normal situation we would get you to sign a dis-closer form saying that you would not repeat any of this and let you live your life as before but there are a couple of reasons as to way this is not the case for you, Number one is that you have personal attachments to Erik, Jane and Thor and Number two is that due to huge protest against having you leave and the fact that Thor threatened to have the whole S.H.I.E.L.D facility thunderstruck and burned to the ground if we did that is the reason we have a formulated Job lined up for if you are willing to take it" The women with black hair and a shield suit on which was obviously Agent Hill blasted this information at all in one go that it took Darcy a couple of minutes to gather what they were offering her. "You want to give me a job because my friends threatened you, wow I feel sooo special" she replied sarcastically.
"we understand how it looks Miss Lewis but after what Miss Foster told us we could use you for the job but if you choose not to take this job we will have to ask you to end all ties with Mr selvig, Miss Foster and Lord Thor" Director Fury told her.
Blackmail really?! A super-secret spy agency has resorted to black mail, wow really what was wrong with her today she normally wasn't this snappy but she was certain that it had something to do with the guy she had been causally seeing telling her he didn't want to have sex with her because she was to "fat" and then an hour later she had been hauled into a car to be taken to the S.H.I.E.L.D base and then blackmailed, yeah she was pretty sure that was it.
"What is the job?" she asked looking Director Fury in the eye.
"Basically the Avengers will be doing a lot of promotional work to win people over because destroying half of New York is not the way to do it, what we gathered from Miss Foster is that you have a way of selling yourself to people , making people see reason and understanding them when nobody else does which is why we would like to offer you the job of working with The Avengers making them more likable to the public basically you'll be the promotional manger and guide them in any interview and TV show they appear on" Director Fury said staring at her
Darcy thought about this for a couple of minutes but this defiantly was not something she could make up her mind up on in a space of a couple of minutes.
"How long do I have to decide whether or not I take the job?" she asked
"You have a week to make up your mind we do understand it's a huge offer and it means giving up your life as you know it, also it is a lot to take on but we do think that you're the right person for this job" Agent Coulson said in what she's pretty sure he would count as his nice voice but it was still boring.
"Miss Lewis if you would please follow me I will escort you out" this time Darcy followed Director Fury out of the exit of the S.H.I.E.L.D base and to a car waiting to drop her of at home
"We will pick you up in a week to hear your answer, we hope you'll consider it an great opportunity, good day Miss Lewis"
"Nice to meet you Director Fury" She said back while climbing into the car
what was she going to do….This was going to be hard
It was the day before S.H.E.L.I.D were going to pick her up and ask for her answer and she still didn't know what she was going to do. She started to pace around her small student apartment and weighing the pros and cons of offer.
Pros:
She would get to see and talk to Jane, Erik and Thor nearly every day, She would get to live at the S.H.I.E.L.D 's home base were all the employs had to stay (which would be a hell of a lot better than the apartment), She'd get paid a lot of money (well she hoped she would anyone who worked with Tony Stark must) and Director Fury was right it is an amazing opportunity which she honestly would be crazy to pass up.
Cons:
She would have to drop out of college leaving her degree hanging in mid-air her parents would be disappointed cause she'd have to tell them about dropping out of college after them paying all her fees for the last three years ( but it wouldn't be like she couldn't pay them back, but then they'll question where the money came from and she wouldn't be able to the them), she'd have to keep secrets from her friends and family and that was it.
Darcy couldn't think of any other Cons about taking the job so the pros did outweigh the Cons but it was still a lot to handle, The Avengers are mainly guys and she doubted that even Black widow would follow some 22 year old orders even if she was ask from the "Big Guns", Thor would have to be thought modern references and she had a feeling that Captain America would be in the same situation. She didn't know anything about the Black widow and Hawkeye so she really couldn't judge them but Tony Stark was going to be a hard one to handle she had watched enough interviews were it was clear that the man could not follow an order to save his life.
She decided it was best to sleep on it hoping that her mind would just automatically make up its mind when they asked for her answer tomorrow.
They called at 9:00 at next morning saying that Agent Hill would pick her up at 12:00 precisely so to be ready. Darcy had finally decided what she was going to do but at some point she knew she was most likely going to regret it. She got ready and in no time at all it was 12:05 and she was on her way to S.H.I.E.L.D in the back of a car driven by Agent Hill.
They walked down the same corridors to the same room and all three agents were sitting in the exact same place wearing the exact same clothes seriously did they ever change, the only thing different was the fact that she was wearing different clothes. "Miss Lewis we hope you have come to a decision" Director Fury inquired.
"I have Director and I would be honored to take the job but on the grounds that if I need anything and I mean anything you would give it to me no question" she stated
"Miss Lewis as long as what you need or want doesn't threaten the safety of the Earth we will be able to meet your request." Agent Hill said.
"Then I'm all yours" she said standing up and walking over to shake their hands as an informal sign of sealing the deal.
"Welcome to the team Miss Lewis if would follow agent Coulson he will give you all the files informing you of everything you need to know" Director Fury said.
She said her goodbyes and thanks to Director Fury and Agent Hill and followed Agent Coulson down some more blindly white corridors to his office. "I am your boss Miss Lewis anything you need you contact me and no one else, you will also need this it has all the number's and contact details you need for the moment" he said while handing her a brand new high tech phone which Darcy could not her but stare at.
"This is all the information you need you have two weeks to look it over before you start and all the information you need for leaving your old life is in here, any questions?" he asked handing Darcy a large box and a small envelope.
"Yeah, How the hell I'm I going to manage Tony Stark?" she asked