A couple of these chapters are going to be a little short until we really kick into the story, so my apologizes for that.

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Of all the people that were in the room, the only one who didn't look like she belonged was Lex. It was a never ending parade of suits and standard S.H.I.E.L.D uniforms since she got off the jet that morning. Her fade jeans, black jacket and Slipnot shirt were about as official as she got.

She sat at the large table that overlooked the command centre of the helicarrier and watched as agents and techs alike went to and from the monitors. Agent Coulson had not stopped asking her if she needed anything for over an hour.

"Phil, please, I don't need a coffee I'm fine."

"Right, just ... making sure you're comfortable." He adjusted his own pristine jacket and sat in the chair next to her, "How was New York?" He asked. "Cold, smelly, but otherwise the same old New York." Lex answered nonchalantly.

"Did you get to visit Mr Stark at all?"

Lex shifted in her chair, "I ... didn't get time. Anyway where's Fury? He said he'd brief me when I got here."

Coulson coughed and straightened his tie,"Well, the director is working on ..."

"I get it. The Terresact. Numero uno priority." Lex shoved her hands into her jacket to warm them and attempet to kill time with conversation, "So how's the Captain going with the adjustment period? He doing okay?"

Coulson's eyes brightened up at the mention of the war hero, "Reports indicate he is making progress. But he still hasn't fully intergraded into society yet."

Lex shrugged her shoulders, "Can you blame him? If I woke up and found myself 60 into the future I would have a hard time too." "70 years. Mr Rogers disappeared in 1943." Coulson corrected her.

"Sorry, but I wasn't president of the 'Captain America' fan club as a kid."

"I ... didn't say I was."

Lex grinned, "Didn't need too." For as long as she could remember, Lex could meet a person and just get them, their emotions, actions and mannerisms were as clear as an opened page book to her. Maybe that was the reason Fury had offered her the job, that and the ability to go unseen in a crowd. Who would ever guess she was a spy? She barely looked out of school.

Like a prima donna, Nick Fury came in late, but no one dared tell him otherwise. "I trust the flight was smooth." He said to Lex, but chose to stare at the files he held in his hands. Lex sat up straight and put a hand on the glass table, "Yes sir."

"Good, cause you have a long flight ahead of you." Fury dropped the files in front of her, "Stuttgart, Germany to be precise."

Lex opened the file, which contained several files on a certain company and one man. "Dare I ask why I'm going to Germany?"

"Karl Durich. He is head of an independent research facility that specializes in mineral and bio research. A number of German officials and other certain parties requested that we monitor him and his company after speculations that they are experimenting with certain illegal minerals and chemicals."

Lex read with interest all the information given to her. "Unanium, Iridium, Ununtrium, Magnisium, Ununoctium ... Jesus."

"What? I thought a lot of labs would have these metals and chemicals." Coulson plucked one of the papers Lex had already gone through.

"True but a private company wouldn't be able to acquire some of these without the government's consent." Lex muttered. She looked up at Fury once she was done, "You want me to see if Durich is involved in some shady dealings."

Fury nodded, "That or if anyone in his company is buy from the underground market."

Coulson, for all his knowledge and influence, didn't quite grasp the urgency of the mission at hand until Lex explained it to him. "Several of these minerals and metals can potentially have violent reactions, if mixed with the right agent, that's why most of them are kept under lock and key." Lex closed the file and lent back in her chair, "How do you want me to get in?"

"Get close to Durich, find any contacts of his and report them to me." Fury said, handing her another file, no doubt containing a fake I.D and VISA.

"What, you want me to seduce him?" She asked in disbelief.

"If it will get us what we need than yes," Fury said, "I don't care what you do, so long as we acquire the necessary information."

"Right, because as we all know I'm dripping with feminine charm." Lex muttered sarcastically, making Coulson smirk in order to suppress a chuckle and Fury to glare at her. A few seconds passed by as Lex tapped the files with her index and middle finger. She looked at the tall man with her usual blank expression. He was one of the few people she had come across where she could never really tell what he was planning. He was a man of many secrets and plans, and Lex preferred not to know about it.

"Why me sir? Natasha would be far better at this kind of infiltration than me. Hell even Clint would be better, he can actually speak a little German." She asked cautiously.

Fury finally sat down and folded his hands together. "Are you saying that you are incapable of completing this mission?"

"I never said I couldn't sir. I'm just asking."

"Agent Romanoff is in Russia on another assignment and Hawkeye is overseeing the Terresact program. I need your expertise and skills at deciphering any files you find. You're one of the best for the job."

Lex looked down at her pendent, still tied to her wrist jacket, "Tony would be better." She muttered, but Fury heard her, "We all know that Tony Stark is not interested in our work Alexis."

"He seemed invested in the Avengers Initiative, plus you don't trust him enough with such information anyway." Lex pointed out.

"Really, and when was the last time you spoke with him?" Fury caught her. She bit her lip and slowly responded, "A couple of months now."

Fury stood up from the table and walked away with his hands clasped behind his back, "Perhaps it isn't me that trusts Mr Stark Agent. If you'd like we can discuss it when you complete your mission."

Lex stared hard at his back, but thankfully Coulson placed a hand on her shoulder, "Let it be Alexis." He said softly and she relaxed by a fraction, "I'll have the jet prepared for you." He flashed her a sweet smile and left the room. Lex picked up the two files and began to leave, but stopped and walked over to Fury.

"You know sir, the reason I don't speak to Tony that much is quite simple. We lead our own lives now. I'm no longer a kid nor am I his responsibility."

Fury didn't move, but he was listening. "So you do trust him."

"Why wouldn't I? He's my uncle."

Note, i have no clue what the scientist's name is, so if i'm wrong so be it.