Erin looked at the director, Phil Coulson. He was swearing her in for extra protection, and Erin was all the backup anyone could want.
Director Coulson had a team of people behind him, presumable the people she was to protect. There was a book that he was reading an oath from. Erin only caught the last part.
"...and you, Erin Lance. Are your loyalties with S.H.I.E.L.D?" He asked. Erin looked up to stand eye to eye with him.
"They will, and will always be with S.H.I.E.L.D, sir." replied Erin. Her couple years of military training had broken her into the habit of calling her superiors 'sir' or 'ma'am'. She didn't mind that now that she was a level 7 agent. She took orders and asked no questions. Lucy would have wanted it that way.
Erin had a terrible habit of not paying attention. It usually didn't matter since her orders were usually clear and simple, but she told herself to stop an pay attention.
"...you are now a part of the team." smiled Coulson. Erin nodded her head.
"Thank you, sir."
"You need to meet the team now. This-" said Director Coulson, pointing to a young girl. "Is Skye. She does hacking and goes to missions.
"This-" pointed the director to an odd pair. "Is Fitz-Simmons. The best scientists out there" Skye leaned in and whispered something.
"Fitz is a little...brain hurt." Erin slightly nodded.
"Of course, ma'am."
"This is Melinda May. She flys the bus and trains Skye." continued Director Coulson.
In the end, there was Skye, Fitz, Simmons, May, Hunter, Morse, Mack, and Tripplet. Erin was going to make sure none of them dies or hurt others.
"You were brought in for exta protection. We go tomorrow to find a city. Skye will give you the details. Welcome aboard." The Director and everyone but Skye stays.
"So we just need to go in, destroy the place, and get out. You're gonna go with Coulson to look around. Got it?" explained Skye. Erin nodded.
"Yes, ma'am" She stood in position for a couple seconds until Skye realized.
"Oh, right. Dismissed." Erin saluted and went towards her new living quarters.

Erin didn't have much. Not since her parents were assasinated and S.H.I.E.L.D took her under their wing. She never had more than a bag full of stuff. This time she had a toothbrush, some tooth paste and other essentials. The one personal item that she had was her family ring. All her family had it. It had a fire with a bear coming out of the flames with an L on it. She only wore it during missions for good luck.
She finished unpacking her things, which took about 5 minutes and went outside to find Agent Lance Hunter. His name was common enough, but she had come from a good family and that last name wasn't common.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, Agent Hunter, but where is the training area." asked Erin. She had never been to great with social situations so being a field agent taking orders helped that. Hunter shifted his weigh before answering.
"I think you want to go across the hall and to the left. It's not big, but there's a better one at HQ." replied Hunter. Erin bowed her head.
"Thank you, sir."
Hunter made a finger gun and pointed it to the air.
"No problem, love." Erin ran off to training room. Inside was a couple of punching bags and a mat. Agent Morse was punching one of the bags before noticing Erin.
"Hey, Erin. Wanna spare?" asked Agent Morse with a crocked smile.
"Why not?" smiled Erin. She felt a compulsion not to call Agent Morse 'ma'am' and she hoped Agent Morse would be a friend.
Agent Morse gestured for her to come on the mat and she walked towards it. She handed Erin some gloves and she put them on. Agent Morse almost immediately threw a punch and Erin easily deflected it. She had been a black belt in mixed martial arts before the S.H.I.E.L.D training. Erin kicked her side and punched Morse's chest. She stumbed and gave a combo that Erin barely deflected before punching Morse it the face. She deflected it and got a punch in on Erins stomach, but Erin didn't hurt anymore. She threw an easy kick to block and Morse did, getting her into a hard but possible position to flip her. Erin flippef her hand to Morse's neck and swept her feet over, trying to soften her impact. She landed with a thud and smiled at Erin.

"Nobody here could beat me before now." Erin shrugged.
"They didn't bring me in for nothing, Ma-Agent Morse." stuttered Erin. She silently cursed herself and turned to Morse. She generated a friendly aura that not most people can see.
"Just call me Bobbi." smiled Bobbi. She patted Erin on the back on her way out and Erin sighed of unknown relief. She moved towards the punching bags and took off her gloves. She pictured punching it, in a way so that she wouldn't make it fall over but in a way that it would still knock out a lot of agents. She looked at the clock that read 4:36. She decided until 5 would be enough since they left at 6:30. She smiled the way she smiled at someone that was about to fight and started punching.
The clock hit 4:57 just as Erin was finishing up. She had to punch for a way long time at the academy just to get into S.H.I.E.L.D. This was just her training and she liked it, regardless of how it hurt for a couple minutes after. She drank some water and rested until it was 5:06 and then she went back to her bunk, bumping into Simmons on her way there.
"Oh. Hi, Erin." smiled Simmons. Erin nodded and bowed her head.
"Agent Simmons. How are you?" asked Erin. Simmons chuckled and looked at the sweat dripping down her face.
"The usual. Getting things ready for. testing the base. What about you?"
"Just finished my training."
"For half an hour?"
"Pretty much. A mix of punching and core exercises before missions help me impove my performance."
"Well, I wish the best of luck to you then.
"Thank you, Agent Simmons. Right back at you."
Simmons moved past Erin and Erin juat continued walking towards her bunk, meeting nobody else in the way. She grabbed a hand towel and drank a whole water bottle. She wiped off the sweat and grabbed some lethal fighting gloves for later, putting it aside along with her favorite gun, a large hunting knife, and her ring. She couldn't pretend that this wouldn't be dangerous and that she might not come back, but she needed to make sure everybody else will.
After she finished sorting things and changing into her combat gear, the time was 5:20, also time for the meeting. She slipped the gun into her back and put the knife in her boot. The geat was like normal clothes, but warmer, more flexable and more protective. Hers was custom made to her liking so that secrets like extra cellphones and small knifes were hidden in it with little incomfort.
She decided to make her way to the conference room where everyone but Skye and Coulson were.
"Well well well. Look who decided to show up." smirked Agent Mackenzie. Erin bowed her head for the hundreth time on the bus and apologized.
"Sorry, sir." Mack chuckled.
"I didn't mean it."
Skye and Coulson walked in together. Skye was holding a tablet and Coulson walked in and started his presentation. Erin allowed her mind to wander because she already had her orders.
This time, she thought of Italy, her home town. Specifically, Rome. She was at her family villa with her brother and parents, all having a picnic on a nice day. Her parents smiled at the two 6 year olds who were giving each other food. Her mom decided to lye down on the grass and her father joined her. It took a while for the kids to notice, but they did. The kids felt left out and jumped beside their parents.
The thought soothed her mind. Short dream stages let her mind relax and killed time during meetings.
"...alright got it?" asked Coulson. Everyone nodded, including Erin. Skye told her she was going with Coulson and that was enough for her. She followed the team to the bus's back end and they grabbes guns and stuffed them by their backs. She stood by a red car and was on guard for anything they needed. She saw Hunter talking to Bobbi for a second until Hunter came towards Erin. She decided to humour him since he looked to be in a mischevious mood. He came up to her and passed his hand by her face a couple times. She kept a straight face and didn't blink like she was trained to do during torture, though she wasn't using it correctly. He then socked her in the stomach and she swallowed the pain, keeping the pain unnoticed.
"Don't test her, Hunter. She can kick your ass in less than 30 seconds, I've been told." smiled Skye. Bobbi responded to that.
"I can agree on that. We were sparing and she took me down in half that time." Hunter looked at Erin one more time before walking back. Bobbi and Skye laughed before Coulson came in.
"Touchdown in 5 guys. Get ready." He said before walking back to be with May. Erin was at ease and waiting for the bus to land.