After being placed on a plane by S.H.I.E.L.D.S Soldiers and whisked off from France, I sat in my seat twirling my thumbs for a moment or two, still trying to figure out what was going on and why I was needed by so many people. Up to that point I never took my intelligence as something of complete and important value, only of something that can be used for others and their pleasures in life, such as power and money. But this, this was too much for me. Without even thinking I turned the ring I was wearing on my left ring finger around my finger, something I would do when I was in deep thought or was stressed. I looked down at the ring, finally, seeing that it was the same ring my mother gave me before they sent me off to Haven. It was a way for them to make the news less of a tragedy that they didn't want me anymore, and that they still cared about me. I could still remember my mother giving me the ring and having a fake smile on her face. I smiled slightly, seeing the gold band on my finger glisten slightly in the light of the plane. I then tucked my jacket sleeve over my ring slightly as I saw two men approached in their respective uniforms.
"We need you to come with us." one of them said aloud to me and I got up slowly, unbuckling myself from the seat I was in and standing up completely and trying to find my balance while the plane was still flying. I followed them towards the back of the plane into another smaller room, seeing no one there but a rounded table in the middle that was shined and glossed with a black top. The lights were dimmed slightly as I saw the two men close the door behind me. From that point on I was completely confused, more than before seeing nothing on the table and still standing up by it, waiting for something to happen. After a few moments or so, I heard the door opening behind me once more from where I came from and I saw a taller man walk through.
He had a black coat on, with black clothing and a a stern look on his face. But the one feature about him that made me take a step back almost, was the patch over his eye. It gave it a good standard of determination and anger on his face, but I knew he was doing that for show in a sense as he looked over at me with his one eye. I stayed silent as he approached me, hands behind his back.
"Emily Testa." He said to me in almost a questioning tone to see if I was who he said I was. I nodded my head, seeing him nod back at me.
"Do you why you are here?" He asked me, tilting his head to the side slightly. I was quiet for a moment or two.
"I'm being threatened by some guy who wants me to hack for him for no apparent reason?" I asked him in almost a shrug and he gave a slight nod at me.
"He needs your ability to not only hack information, but to obtain money for his new weapon he'll use against the world." He explained to me, having me raise an eyebrow at me. He then walked over to one of the drawers hidden behind the table, taking out a file and sliding it over to me from one end of the table to another. I took it from him and reading through some of what he was talking about. There he was, Johann Schmit, his face in the middle of the file notes and having a sinister look on his face. I knew him from being on the computer and talking about wanting to take me. I read through some of his file and saw what he's done in the past, way past.
"I take it you're Nick Fury?" I asked him aloud, not taking my face off from looking at the file. I could tell he nodded his head and I smiled slightly.
"I recognized your voice from the call you gave me and my superior." I replied back to him, seeing form the corner of my eye his eyebrow being raised.
"You did." He said in a matter of fact tone of voice.
"I'm not just a hacker you know." I replied to him, placing the file back on the table and knowing more about this Schmit than I ever wanted to know. He lived back in the 40's something along the lines of a Nazi general. He once wanted to take over the world but that was foiled, later coming back to our day in age and wanted to do almost the same thing.
"I know you're more than a hacker. You have the brain of a 50 year old MIT graduate and also a keen knowledge in statistics, 10 languages and computer technology." Nick Fury explained aloud to me and I smiled, looking at him completely.
"You forgot about being trained in hand to hand combat and artillery since I was 15." I replied back to him in almost a joking term. Nick Fury started walking around the table, still looking at me intensely.
"All in the same, you are the best hacker there is when it comes to government defense and foreign affairs. Schmit wants you and your intelligence to fund his new plan and device. We are sent under order to make sure he doesn't lay a finger on you." Nick Fury explained to me aloud as he was coming over to stand next to me. I eyed him from my spot and saw how serious the situation was and how much I was needed for the wrong man.
"You're here to babysit me." I said in a cold tone, thinking that it was all that it was since I was a bit out of their league and only needed to protection.
"No, not necessarily." he replied back to me, having me fold my hands in front of my chest and wonder what was going on.
"We were going to recruit you before Schmit found you first. As soon as he found you, however, we jumped to the opportunity of getting you into our safety. We wanted to recruit you for your intelligence in fixing out where Schmit is located and what he is up to." He explained to me, "We've tried to do it on our own but Schmit knows how to hide our information from the most intelligent people we have."
"Well, they never met me." I replied back to him, moving the hair away from my eyes and seeing him nod his head.
"Which is why we need you on our team, Clover." He said to me, having me look up at him from using my team name with my old Bureau. I smiled at him, thinking of how good that name fits me since I was a teenager. I thought of a new adventure for me, outside of the French realm and with people who know what they are doing. It was going to be risky, I was going to have to face death once or twice doing this. But as I said before, I was never one for sitting in one place for a long time.
"I'm in."
I walked over to the window and saw what we were heading to: a floating aircraft that was meant for the sea. It was large compared to what I have seen before in France, large and advance. How could something that big be floating in the sky and still look that good as a carrier? I was in awe as we approached it and landed inside one of the hangers. I followed Fury out with a few solider next to me, armed with guns in front of them. Were they trying to protect me? And if so, then from who or what? Before I could ask what was going on, we were walking through the hallways of the advanced carrier.
"This is what we like to call Helicarrier." Fury explained to me from in front of me.
"An aircraft that can fly, how interesting." I said aloud as I saw computer and computers whizzing past me in rooms. I wanted to hack into them already, my fingers itching towards touching them and see what these guys had to offer in order for me to play with them.
"It's the only way we can stay out of sight whilst doing our job." Fury explained to me as we walked some more into what looked like the main area of the whole ship. There were at least 200 soldiers dressed in blue suits working around the clock on machines and computers, talking to one another and in front of us was a big window to see out into the big open sky. I was in awe on big the sky was, since I could only see from the ground below me, this was beyond real. This whole situation was beyond real for me, and it only happened within hours.
"This, is our team." Fury said in front of me, and I stopped walking and saw the group of people in front of me, looking at me. ONly one was female, and the rest were guys. One of them was big, real big with blond long hair and startling blue eyes looking through me with his arms folded in front of me. I then saw a bit smaller man next to him, but just as big with muscles with darker blond hair that as styled to the right, darker blue eyes and a good looking face. Next to the two blonds was a much older man with short brown hair and a trimmed facial hair, a determined look on his face. After him was the girl with fiery red hair trimmed just to her jawline. She was real pretty and was wearing a black jumpsuit that was tight enough for her to move around in. The last in line was a brown haired man who looked more harmless than the rest with semi waved brown hair and glasses on. They were pros in this, at least that's what I saw when I looked at them. Me? I was only in my mid twenties and I had a genius brain, what could I do with a gun in comparison to these guys?
"Team, this is Emily Tresta, our new member of the team." Fury said aloud to the group and they still stared at me. I smiled at the rogue, trying to seem as nice and as harmless as possible. The second blond, the one with the stunning face, was the first to walk over to me and smile at me.
"Ma'am, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Steve Rogers." He said to me, holding out his hand for me to shake. I shook it, seeing how big his hand was in mine and how I felt like a house compared to him, He smiled at me, a signature smile that would be seen in the movies or on TV. I then saw the last brunette man walk over to me, having me look at him for a moment or two before realizing who it was. I knew him from his research and what he discovered as a scientist.
"Bruce Banner?" I asked him in a shocked question and raised eyebrows. He smiled and nodded his head.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Emily." He said to me in a warm tone, something that did fit his body type and his smile.
"I've read your work on Gamma Radiation and I find it amazing!" I explained to him and it made myself sound like a silly school girl. I heard the rest of the team chuckle behind him as the firs brunette, the older one who looked like he could be my dad, walked up and placed a hand on Bruce's shoulder.
"He is known for other things, but his work is up to par." the man said aloud as Bruce just nodded his head. The man took his hand off of Bruce's shoulder and held it out for me to shake.
"Tony Stark, nice to meet the little hacker that Fury's been talking about for the past 12 hours." Tony explained to me and I smiled, knowing who he was form his technology advancement when it came to weapons. I should of known from his face that has been all over the news.
"Same with you, Mr. Stark. I've read your work on advance weaponry with the use of clean energy and I find it fascinating." I explained to him, seeing him give the same smile Bruce gave to me.
"I like her." He said, pointing to me and then looking at Fury at the same time. I saw the other blond man come over and look down at me, making me feel so small as Tony and Bruce moved out of the way.
"I am Thor, son of Odin from the world of Asgard. Tis a pleasure to meet you madam." he said to me, his voice was booming and lovely, but gave me chill as I heard Tony laugh next to him.
"Believe me, that's how he speaks to everyone. You get used to it." He said to me in his smirky tone of voice. I smiled at Thor and shook his hand gently, thinking that his hand could in fact break me within a second if he flexed. Lastly was the girl who walked over and smiled at me, shaking my hand gently and making me feel better that she had a normal handshake.
"I'm Natasha, good to meet you. Fury's been talking about how you know computers." She said to me in a friendly tone. I nodded my head at her.
"Where's Clint?" Fury asked aloud, having us all look at him.
"He's in his nest at the moment, you know how he is." Natasha said to him as she walked over to Fury, "He's been working on his own research."
"You know computers? Wanna take a look at mine? I can't get a figure to stay on correctly." Bruce asked me in a curious and happy tone. I smiled, nodding my head and knowing that I was going to be happy here with this group of heroes. All I wanted to know was if I can live it up.
If I was good enough.