February 2012

Location: S.H.I.E.L.D./NASA facility

Universe of Gods and Superheroes

I lied down on the bed in the cell. The white walls were beginning to annoy me. I closed my eyes and thought about what happened about an hour ago.

I didn't expect an archer to stand there and wait for me to appear. Hell, I was really surprised when I heard the arrow. I was lucky to be able to catch it in time. However, me getting attacked isn't what worries me the most. What I needed to know was where I was, who they were and what they were doing.

I was trying to fall asleep when I heard footsteps getting closer. They weren't as light as that archer's but they still were light. An ex-spy or an ex-assassin, not one who was in the field, they are quieter.

The door opened and the person walked closer. From the shadow that fell one my face, I couldn't make out if it was a man or a woman. I guessed it was Mister Pirate, but I refused to open my eyes. A deep cough confirmed my thought on the person being a man.

I opened one eye and stared at the face of a dark man with an eye patch. 'Yep. Mister Pirate.' Still lying on the bed with only one eye open, I opened my mouth to ask something. "Can I help you, sir?"

"Yes you can, Miss. Could you tell me how and why you burst into our facility and almost killed one of my best agents?"

"Ah, that question. Easy. I had to get through a portal for a project on my side and I almost killed your agent because he fired an arrow at me. I acted upon my instinct and shot back at him." I yawned. "As for the question how, I used a portal the scientist in on my side made.", I lied.

The man looked skeptical. "Why would they send a kid here and not an adult? I bet they know better how to handle this kind of situation."

I frowned. "I refuse to answer if I'm spoken to as a child. Call me a teenager or a brat or whatever, I don't care, but not as kid or child." I smirked when I saw the man roll his eye. "You could say that I'm the best on my side… Oh by the way, I have to stay here for at least a year and as they said 'help those on the other side'. So… anything I can do?"

The man raised his eyebrow. "You want to work here?"

"If you want me. I could always hack into a government's database and add myself so I can get a job. Although I wouldn't be able to tell on which side I would be working when I do that...", I said with a shrug.

"Is that a threat, Miss?", the man said.

"Nope." I opened my other eye. "It's a promise." I sat up. "I don't threaten people I find interesting, unless it's ordered of course."

"Do you listen to orders?", he asked.

"Only if the person giving them has the authority to give them." I answered honestly.

"Would you listen to me, if I hired you?", the man asked.

"If you have the authority give orders, yes."

The man reached his hand out. "Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D. I'm Director Fury. Well then, Miss…"

I shrugged and shook his hand. "Just call me Anna, for now."

He nodded, pulled me up and led me to another room where my weapons are laid out. I put them back in place and noticed some weapons are missing.

"Director, one of my knives is gone; it is one of the poisonous knives."

"Ah, yes. One of the agents wanted to see how many you actually carried with you. Let just say that we won't see him again…", Director Fury said.

"And what happened to my bow."

"What kind of bow?", he asked.

I rolled my eyes. "The only one which is about the length of my elbow and isn't for shooting arrows."

"I think agent Hawkeye might have it."

"Hawkeye? What kind of name is that, it sounds really dumb.", I said while trying to keep myself from laughing out.

A man dropped down in front of me and out of instinct, I kicked his shin. I heard the man curse and realized the person in front of me is the archer.

"First you call my name dumb, than you randomly kick me, what did I ever do to you?!", Hawkeye said.

"Nothing, you just seem like an annoying person.", I answered. "Now, do you know where my bow is?"

"Sorry, haven't seen it.", he answered.

"Right…" I squinted my eyes and took a better look. "If I find my bow with you, you are dead meat, okay?"

He put his hands up and nodded.

Director Fury told him to go back to watch whatever he was watching and told me to follow him.

AN: I know this chapter is really short, I have many tests this week and coming week. I will put the chapters up on Sunday for a while.

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So, the next 2 chapters will be uploaded Sunday 31th so I will have time to learn for my tests. I'm sorry you all have to wait even longer.