They Know ; Chapter One

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ S.H.I.E.L.D. called her "Nightfury"… and for good reason too. The woman did not only dress in a black skin tight shirt and pants that held black matte daggers in their pockets for missions. Fingerless leather gloves and black combat boots. She did not only have a mask that spread across the middle of her face like vines, hiding her identity. She did not only wear black eye liner with blood red lip gloss… it was how she attacked, how she struck. It was how her presence was always unknown and that she was unpredictable and undetectable until she struck… and the moment she does strike is the moment she completes her mission. It's when her target or multiple targets are dead, their lives taken in a matter of second, clean and untraceable and there is little to no collateral damage. Nobody but her targets die, others possibly hurt but none of the injuries are ever life threatening.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken interest in her about 10 years ago, when she first popped up on their radar. Their agents were moving in on an elimination mission. The assassination of a man named Henry Clain, an agent in Hydra who was selling information on the blackmarket. However… Hydra had already hired Nightfury to do their dirty work and that is when S.H.I.E.L.D.'s agents ran into her. Despite the fact that they took her as an enemy and wanted to take her in, she remained calm and unthreatening. She didn't hurt a single agent, but got away safely after introducing herself. Since then, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been working hard to uncover her identity but the woman under the mask was smart and always several steps ahead. They worked together, and hired her for several missions that they couldn't do alone, and she obliged, more than happy to help. She did her job quickly and cleanly, and the organization appreciated and yet, despite the fact that they did like her because she never killed anyone that was considered a "good guy" or "ally" to them and she never killed anyone who wasn't her target… they still tried to uncover her true identity. S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to hire her for good as an official agent… and when Nick Fury assembled the team of Earth's mightiest heroes, the Avengers, he wanted to recruit her into that too.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Yet, they always failed.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Until now.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ "I understand your wishes, agent," Thor replied, gazing down at Agent Ryan, who stood before him. He was wearing a business suit, grey, and a dark blue tie. One hand was in his pocket, in another was a black folder that held all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s information on Nightfury. "but I assure you that using my brother to track her would be a foolish mistake. He cannot be trusted and he may just as well run off again. Besides, he is currently locked up on Asgard, serving sentence for the crimes he has committed here on Midgard. My father will not even listen to a favor if it involves his freedom." the god informed Agent Ryan, who only sighed. He understood the complications of this plan, but he wasn't willing to go down without more of a fight. He was going to do his very best to persuade the God, whatever it took. He didn't want to return to Fury's office with a failed mission.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ "I do see your point, sir." the agent spoke clearly after a moment of silence to think, "but she is extremely powerful. We do trust her, but we must know her true identity. After all, she isn't exactly human." Ryan told Thor, who frowned. His eyebrows knotted together in confusion and also surprise. Not human? He was never told that… perhaps he'd be willing to disobey his father and free Loki from his prison to find this woman they called Nightfury.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ "Tell me more." Thor eased and Ryan smiled just slightly at the God's change of attitude.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ "Well, Nightfury appeared on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar about ten years ago," Ryan began, handing Thor the folder that contained her information. The God took it and began to breeze through the words as he listened to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent continue to speak. "For starters, she has a supersonic scream that can lead to a few moments of deafness to death itself. She is able to jump at an inhumane height. All of her senses and abilities seem to be heightened, but that isn't all." Ryan reached out and turned a few pages forward from where Thor was reading, and that is when Thor laid eyes on a gallery of photos that S.H.I.E.L.D had taken of her. He began to look through them, and then paused on the fourth photo.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ He picked up the photo with his left hand as Ryan took the folder in silence. Thor was intrigued, curious, but also worried. She looked very much like someone he's seen in a history text book… eerily familiar. It spooked him. "As you can see-"

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ "She has wings." he finished the agent's sentence in a quiet voice. "I will need this photo and all other information you have on this woman. She is definitely not human and if I am correct, she is far more powerful than she appears to be in this entire file. Her true power isn't something you cannot comprehend… and she is far more dangerous than you humans think if she falls into the wrong hands. We must find her as soon as possible. I will return to Asgard and free Loki if I am correct about her, and then I do believe that everything in this file will be enough for him to find her." Thor stated clearly, handing the photo back to the agent. Ryan slid the picture into it's rightful place in the folder and then handed the leather bound file to Thor, who gently took it from him.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ "That is all we do have of her. I'll get back to my boss right away and let him know that you're on board." Ryan handed Thor his business card, but Thor declined it.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ "I do not need this. I know your director, I am an Avenger after all. I will be in touch but for now, I must return to my homelands to see if my assumptions about this woman is correct. Good luck, Agent." The god gave Ryan a warm smile and then stared up at the sky. "Heimdall!" He boomed and lifted his hammer. In a split second, a beam of colorful lights blanketed him and he disappeared, leaving behind the famous burning marks of the Bifrost. Thor returned to Asgard… and Agent Ryan returned to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s headquarters to tell his boss that it was a success.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Now, all that was left was patience as Thor got to work.

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