Nick Fury jumped out of the helicopter, his long coat blowing around. Waiting on the landing deck was a woman in a black S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform. Other than her long, dark brown braid blowing out behind her, she didn't move or flinch from the helicopter's blades.
Fury moved with a purpose past her and she quickly fell in behind him. The moment the doors of the base closed behind him, he wasted no time in ordering,
"Give me the rundown."
"Good to see you to," she muttered under her breath. Fury's eyes flashed in her direction for a moment,
"Something to say Agent Grey?"
"No sir," she said, snapping to attention. "The Tesseract is acting up sir. Throwing off waves of energy. Some Code Yellow evacuations have begun, but further than that, we await your judgement."
"Good, I want you to start evacuating all Phase 2 equipment out of here immediately." She gave him a sidelong look.
"Sir, is that really a… priority right now?"
"Yes, Agent Grey it is." He turned and looked at her, an amused smile barely hidden,
"Hop to it." Agent Grey saluted and turned smartly, gesturing for to dark clad agents to follow her. Fury turned back, continuing all the way to the lowest level of the base.
Agent Grey led her two helpers to huge iron door. Turning to the security pad she pressed a button, saying,
"Agent Grey, requesting access." There was an electronic beep and a scanner popped out. Grey leaned over and let it scan her eye and then thumbprint before it was satisfied and a voice said,
"Voice, eye and print recognition complete. Access granted." There was the loud thud of an internal bolt unlocking and then the thick door slowly slid open. Marching smartly inside, the other two guards quickly went about, packing up obscure, metal boxes without question.
In less than thirty minutes, the room was completely empty. Agent Grey dismissed the two agents and headed down to the loading dock to oversee the shipment of the boxes. When she arrived, she saw two very familiar figures arguing heatedly. She approached, pretending to be stern,
"Agent Carter stand down." The woman with short, sleek brown hair whirled to face her, protesting,
"But Nicole!"
"No Rowan. And that's Agent Grey to you." Rowan pouted and Nicole smirked, relenting,
"What is it this time?" Rowan didn't wait any longer to take off into a what was clearly going to be a long winded explanation.
"Well, see Jesse here ran into me and we started talking about normal stuff. Like how many bases she's blown up compared to me and so when she said she'd blown up twenty seven, I said I'd blown up thirty one, because I have! And then she said, she said I was a liar! So then I said she was just jealous-" Here, the second girl interupted with a snort, tossing her blonde curls out of her face.
"Yes Agent Robins?" asked Nicole, looking more and more amused. Jesse grinned, but said nothing. Rowan humphed and was about to start up again when Jesse narrowed her eyes, looking past Agent Grey.
"And what is going on over there?"
Nicole turned to see Agent Barton come walking in. With him were several familiar agents, Dr. Erik Selvig and a stranger in even stranger garb holding a glowing spear. Nicole quickly walked over, sending Agent Barton a questioning look,
"Is he…" she trailed off, not sure what to ask, but Barton merely dismissed her with a wave. Slightly insulted, she turned to leave when her radio turned on and Fury's voice came over it.
"Grey, Barton is compromised, repeat-" That was enough to Nicole and she dropped, rolling behind a stack of unpacked crates. Just in time too, for several bullets whizzed over her head. She yanked out her gun, standing to fire three shots at the retreating vehicle. She heard Fury's voice over the radio again,
"Pursue…" and wasted no time in hopping into a vehicle. She was about to tear after them when someone roughly shoved her over, into the passenger seat.
"Sorry, I'm driving," said Jesse as she slid in.
"But you're a pilot," protested Nicole, "you drive planes not cars!"
"Which are a heck of a lot more complicated than cars!" retorted Rowan who'd slide into the back and was opening a dangerous looking briefcase. She looked up as Nicole glared at her and grinned, saying,
"Step on it Jesse!"
"With pleasure!" Jesse grinned and stepped on it racing after the escaping vehicle. Nicole quickly opened the glove compartment of the car, pulling out another pistol and handing it to Jesse before taking a second for herself. Meanwhile in the backseat, Rowan had finished putting a large, formidable looking gun together. She hefted it one handed, using her free hand to brace herself against the seat.
"Heads up ladies!" She yelled before smashing the butt of the gun into the top window and shattering it. Glass rained down and Nicole flinched as a piece flew past, grazing her cheek.
"CARTER!" she yelled. Rowan popped her head in between the two front seats, asking innocently,
"Yes?" Gritting her teeth, Nicole said,
"You could have used the button." She pressed one on her control panel and what was left of the top window slide back. Rowan watched it in fascination before saying,
"Cool!" And standing through it, her gun now balanced on the hood of the car.
"WOO-HOOOOO!" screamed Jesse as the peeled around a corner. Nicole braced herself, glaring slightly, and yelling directions,
"Left!"
"Left?" Jesse asked, trying to be heard over the Code Red alarms that were now blaring away through the tunnels.
"Right!" Nicole confirmed.
"Right it is!" Yelled Jesse, starting to turn right.
"NO! LEFT!" screamed Nicole realizing her mistake. Jesse yanked the wheel hard and the car swerved, grating against the dividing wall before centering itself in the left passage. Up ahead the tunnel entered another and Nicole leaned into Jesse's ear, saying,
"This is where we'll intercept them! Make sure we've got clear shots!" Jesse nodded grimly, the humor now gone from her eyes.
"Watch the overhang!" she yelled up to Rowan, who ducked in time to avoid a beheading as they swerved into the main tunnel.
Behind them, they heard a gunshot and Nicole turned to see the escaping car now behind them.
"Now Jesse!" She yelled and Jesse spun the wheel, expertly doing a 180 so that they were now driving in reverse and facing their targets. Their front bumper connected with the other car and Nicole wasted no time in raising both guns and firing straight through the window.
The stranger with the giant glowstick had stood and he and Rowan were now having a face off, his spear shooting off pulses of energy and her gun blasting them into mini fireworks before they could do any damage.
Jesse had one hand out the window, firing shots as well, and the other, clenched on the wheel, trying to steer. Suddenly one of the energy beams slipped past and was head straight for the car.
Withdrawing her hand, Jesse wrenched on the wheel, barely managing to avoid it as she swerved around the car and doing a second 180 so that they were in pursuit once again. Rowan ducked back,
"Sorry guys, ran out of ammo!" Nicole nodded briefly in acknowledgement, her eyes never wavering from the car in front of them.
Suddenly another energy beamed hit the ground in front of them and the blast caused part of the wall to collapse. Jesse swerved to avoid it, but had to break to avoid smashing into the opposite wall. The next blast hit the ceiling halfway between the two cars and it collapsed, cutting them off.