A.N: Right! Well this is my first AoS fanfiction and I'm not quite sure which direction I'm going to be taking it. I think it's going to mostly be focussing on friendship with mentions of Cannon pairings, Bruce/Natasha for example. Full disclosure I'm a hardcore Steve/Natasha shipper but I'm not sure if I want to explore that in this fic because I kind of really like what you can do with their friendship. But I'm entirely open to suggestions so I've you have feel free to leave them in a review. Hope you enjoy!


Avengers Facility

"You know you don't have to come with me"

"I know"

"I'm not doing this because I have anything against the team if that's what you're thinking"

"I know, and I'm not"

"I just feel like, when you have an all-powerful, near enough invincible android, a young woman with incredible and terrifying powers that I can't even begin to comprehend, and a less grating iron man, you don't really need a guy with a shield that can run fast and hit fairly hard"

"I know, and I get it Steve, really I do, don't you think I feel the same, hell don't you think Sam feels the same?"

"He's an extremely skilled pilot, with a wing suit, and who can keep the team grounded, you're the teams resident master of all things espionage, I'm a grunt, nothing more, that's why I loved being a part of Shield, being part of the Strike team, before I knew they were Hydra, obviously" He lets out a laugh.

"Obviously" She smiles softly at him.

"I had a place in Shield, I felt like I was making a difference. As much as I love being part of the Avengers, I feel like my role could be filled by anyone, and not much would change."

"While I disagree with you there, I know what you mean, and if this is your decision, you know I'll support you, 100%"

He smiles at her "I know that Nat, but I need you to know that I wouldn't begrudge you for staying here, if that's what you want"

"Of course I know that Steve, I know you, you're not the type to begrudge" She smirks "And I think this is the right choice for me too, it sure as hell feels right, ever since we found out that Shield is still up and running."

"I know, I'm actually amazed that you never knew, doesn't seem like something you would miss" All of a sudden he smirks, a mischievous glint in his eye "Was it maybe because you were a little preoccupied with other things perhaps" He asks, bumping hips with her.

"Stow it, soldier" She quips, but he can still see the sadness in her eyes.

"Nat seriously, he'll come back, he just needs to work through some things, but when he does he'll come straight back to you" He smiles softly, feeling guilty for bringing it up and causing her more pain.

She smiles back "I know he will, I just hope it's sooner rather than later" She says, laying her head on his shoulder. He wraps an arm around her, giving her a kiss on the top of her head.

Shield headquarters

"All right, we're going back to the basics for this one guys, Hydra's got some tech that we'd really rather they didn't, and that's why we're here today, we plan to do something about that" At this, the team turn to him, somewhat incredulous. Hunter is the first to speak up, naturally.

"Hydra? I thought Earths Mightiest Heroes Dealt with those evil foes in their evil castle lair, I mean strategically located base of operations" Hunter remarked, earning a snort from Fitz leading him to earn an elbow to the gut from an irritated Simmons.

Coulson looked on, exasperated but amused, before answering "Well, I'm sure you knows Hydras favourite saying and all, but seriously though, Intel suggests they have new management in place, and they look to be getting back on their feet at an alarmingly quick rate.

At this everyone sobered quickly, fully aware of what Hydra is capable of. This time, it was Skye to speak up "So what exactly is the mission sir?"

"Although they were seriously downsized, as we are all well aware of, they still have plenty of resources at their disposal, we still haven't recovered half of the things that we're taken by Hydra from when Shield fell. However we recently became aware of a particular item that Hydra has in its possession, one that we would very much like to take back, and where to find it. This is something that needs to be dealt with quickly, and quietly"

"Any reason a full assault is out of the question? We've dealt with Hydra before, we know how they operate." Bobby questions.

"The package is far too sensitive. We know from our sources that Hydra has certain plans in place if something like that were too happen, measures that would cost a lot of lives. We do this quiet, that's the only way."

"Don't suppose you're going to tell us what the hell it is then?" Hunter asks, a little worried.

"All you need to know for now is that it's very dangerous, and the sooner we get it out of Hydras hands, the better" May responds, giving him a fierce stare.

Hunter raises his hands in surrender "Alright, fair enough"

Bobby shakes her head "So what's the plan boss?"

"The plan is to send a four man Strike team in to infiltrate the facility, taking out whatever is in-between them and their objective, they'll retrieve the package, once that's secured, they'll move on to secure the rest of the building. Just because this is the only item of importance we know that's being held here, doesn't mean there won't be more that they can identify once inside. We're doing this tonight people, there's no time to spare on this one."

"Alright, time to gear up" Skye says out loud to herself as they all stand up.

"Actually Skye, that won't be necessary this time, you'll be in a more passive role with May, hacking security." Coulson says, knowing that Skye might not be too thrilled about that.

Skye huffs out a breath, near enough indignant "Come on Coulson, there's plenty of techs on base who could do that, I think I've proved that I can still handle myself in field as well as anyone else"

At this, Coulson smiles "As true as that may be, and it is, we've got a couple of new potential new recruits and I want to use this mission to see what they are capable of, and I think for this mission the best fit for them would be Bobby and Hunter."

Skye nods in understanding "Yes sir" Coulson smiles softly at her.

Before Coulson can continue, Hunter Jumps in "Crap, does this mean I need to babysit a couple of newbies, because I really don't want to do that." Bobby rolls her eyes.

"I wouldn't quite call them newbies, they've both been in the game for a while now" Coulson says to Hunter, before turning to face Bobby "Bobby, you'll be running point on this one, Hunter and the recruits will be on your infiltration team, May and Skye will be on exfil with the Quinjet. May's going to be piloting with Skye disabling security and monitoring communications in and out of the facility, everyone clear?"

After a round of responses in the affirmative, Hunter is unsurprisingly the one to finally broach the subject "So who exactly are these "Potential" new recruits you seem to be hyping up so much?"

After receiving a long suffering look from May, Coulson responds, with a hint of amusement "You'll meet them soon enough, don't worry"

After going over the intricacies of the plan for a while, the door swings open to reveal two figures walking through, and jaws collectively hit the floor, all except for May and Coulson, who both look mildly amused.

"Is this for real?" Skye asks, utterly dumbfounded.

"Yup" Coulson responds nonchalantly, he then proceeds to make the proper introductions.

"Aren't you two a little busy with your avengering and general saving the world to be working alongside us lowly grunts?"

"You forget Agent Hunter, that both of us were at one point Shield agents" Steve Rogers replies.

"And don't forget agents who both worked there for a lot longer than you have, although, SAS? Pretty impressive I have to admit" Natasha smirks.

At this, Hunter looked a little caught off guard. "You've done your research"

"I'm good like that" She smirks again, blowing a bubble with her gum.

"Right, well now that everyone's been introduced to one another, time to gear up, we're on the clock people lets go." Coulson says, dismissing the team.

Before Natasha can leave to prep for the mission, Bobby walks up to her and gives her a hug "It's good to see you again Nat"

"You too Bobby, it's been way too long" Natasha smiles as she pulls back, it really had been a while since she had last seen her friend. As she turned around, she caught sight of Rogers and Hunter bickering away. She smiled and turned to Bobby "They look like they'll get along straight away"

Bobby turned back to suddenly looking a little more serious "So you guys really are considering staying here with us?"

Natasha didn't want to talk about this quite yet "Yeah, but I'll talk to you all about it later, but for now, let's go save the world" She grinned.

Bobby gave a short laugh "Oh I don't know about that, isn't that a job for The Mighty Avengers?"

"Oh shut it you!" They both laughed as they walked along the corridor.


Well, that's the first chapter, hope you enjoyed! Feedback is greatly appreciated, whether it's to tell me you liked it, hated it, or have any criticism please, I love it all! I'm going to try and update as soon as possible( I don't have a great track record honestly) so hopefully I'll have that within the week!