Silver Winter Fest 4

Seconds after the power went out the emergency generators kicked in, Skye began typing in commands and went about disabling security protocols as they moved towards the elevator. Once she cracked through the first two levels of encryption something began to fight her hack. An amused smirk found its way upon her face as she began working faster, finally when she had broken into the elevator and was seconds from breaking through the last two levels of encryption a voice came through her screen. "Excuse me Miss, why are you breaking into Avengers tower?" the robotic voice made her do a double take.

Suddenly her eyes widen and she exclaimed "You're an AI, an Artificial Intelligence, created by Mr. Stark right? You are the one who has been trying to stop my hack." As she talked she got the elevator going and was heading to what was labeled the "common floor". The A.I took the chance to reply "You are correct miss, My name is Jarvis. Why are you breaking into the tower? Are your intentions hostile?" he asked with his British robotic accent making Skye sigh and reply "I am Agent Skye of SHIELD, this is my partner Lincoln. Our intentions are anything but hostile, however we must speak with the Avengers immediately. It's a matter of importance!"

Suddenly the elevator began moving slower "The agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D has been disbanded and now has no jurisdiction in any matter of law. The Avengers have cut all ties with the members of said agency , you do not belong here miss Skye." replied Jarvis in what she assumed was a disapproving tone. Skye stopped trying to hack and looked to the camera in the ceiling "SHIELD has been reformed and we have been staying in the shadows as we have dealt with the Hydra threat. Please we need to speak with Tony Stark."

Meanwhile

Alarms were blaring on the upper floors making the various Avengers run to the lab in an attempt to find Stark and find out what was going on. Steve ran through the door with his shield in hand "Stark what's the situation?!" he asked as everyone followed him. Tony was typing fast on his tablet before he muttered "Wow she is good, never seen someone do that. Maybe I can get into her system while she is focused on mine... Yep. Nope. She thought this threw all the piggy backing is amazing." When Steve didn't immediately receive an answer he looked to Banner who replied "Avengers tower is getting hacked. They knocked out our main power so we are running on back up power from the Arc reactor. Tony is trying to get the person who is presumably a woman, out of our systems."

Tony slammed his hands on the desk as he exclaimed "She broke through! They are in the elevator!" Natasha came up beside him and the two began rapidly putting up more firewalls suddenly and error message popped on the screen and Natasha growled "She locked us out and isolated our control to the basic lights." she explained grabbing her gun and loading a mag . Pietro looked to his sister before asking "Is there no way to... What you say -Slow them down?" Tony frowned before a lightbulb went off in his head "Jarvis, see if you can distract her. If she is as good as I think, an AI will be intriguing to her." he said before pushing away from his seat and walking out of the lab summoning his ironman armor as he went. "Very well sir." replied the AI a second later.

By the time they reached the elevator it was one floor down and almost there, they all got into different defense positions while they waited for the intruder to emerge from the elevator. The elevator door opened and the Avengers prepared to attack " Hold your fire!" exclaimed Skye keeping Lincoln behind her as she had her hands up with a laptop held in one hand. All the Avengers raised an eyebrow but didn't stand down Skye cleared her throat and spoke up "I am Agent Skye with the newly reformed SHIELD, this behind me is my partner Lincoln. We have to speak with the leader of the Avengers immediately." Pietro was staring at Skye with his brows knit together as he tried to figure out how she seemed familiar to him.

Tony and Clint scoffed while Steve replied " SHIELD was disbanded because hydra infiltrated its ranks." Suddenly Clint jumped in " How do we know you aren't hydra trying to infiltrate our ranks and take us out?" he asked making Skye's eyes narrow as she replied "Because if I wanted to take you out I would've done it already." and to emphasize her statement the room started shaking as she lifted her indisposed hand and twirled her finger. The Avengers tensed and Pietro rushed Skye, the Shield agent saw it coming and made him lose his footing and crash into Iron Man who then crashed to the ground behind him.

Thor and Cap raised their prospective weapons while Clint, Natasha and Wanda took a step forward. Skye took a deep breath as Lincoln looked at her with concern, she took a step back "Look I am not here to get on your bad side, Director Coulson sent us here to investigate some hydra tips. You guys have a leak, information has already been passed and more is being gathered. If you don't believe me have the Scarlet Witch read my mind." she said looking straight into Cap's eyes. He didn't take his eyes off of her as he asked "Wanda, is she telling the truth?" Skye turned to the Scarlet Witch and seconds later Wanda replied "What she says is true. We should listen to her."

Steve lowered his shield with a calculating look "Stand down" he said noticing both Romanoff and Barton being hesitant to do so. The two assassins reluctantly did so just as Pietro snapped his fingers and his attention flew to Skye "A month ago, the crazy woman who ran into me. That was you in Los Angeles!" he said with a look of triumph knowing that he now knew why she was familiar. Skye pursed her lips before replying "Yes that was me, I was being pursued by four unknown men. Suffice it to say, those men didn't live long." Thor and Sam both saw how Lincoln's eyes darkened at the thought but decided to remain silent on that revelation.

Tony Stark removed himself from his armor and walked cockily up to Skye "Well I am the leader of the Avengers, so why don't you follow me to my lab and we can discuss this security leak and talk about how you managed to turn off Jarvis. Which you can undue immediately by the way." he said pointing a finger at her with narrowed eyes. Skye raised an eyebrow before pressing two keys on her computer, she looked up to the ceiling smiling when the AI spoke up "Security protocols restored sir." She turned to Tony who was looking at her expectedly she cleared her throat and replied "No offense Mr. Stark, but just because you find the Avengers doesn't mean you lead them. That's Captain America's position, Captain?" she looks to him expectedly making him smirk at Tony's gobsmacked look.

"You are correct Agent Skye, I would like to see what evidence you have of a security leak and find out why you are here." he moved aside as he gestured for her to sit down on a nearby sofa to which she calmly complied. "I will be down in training beating the bird's tail if you need me." said Pietro speeding off only to go tumbling to the ground by Skye as Lincoln exclaimed "Actually we need you and your sister in here!" Pietro shot up dusting himself off "Vhy would you need me?" he asked zipping to a seat about fifteen feet from where Skye sat with Lincoln.

Skye cleared her throat "We will need your sister so she can confirm my side of the story, we need you because the leak relates to you. We need Cap and Stark because they pretty much make all the decisions for the Avengers, we need Agent Romanoff and Agent Barton because they were known as Strike team delta and may know who this relates to. Thor, Falcon and Bruce Banner are Avengers so they have just as much right to be here." she said sitting back as she explained her reasoning. Romanoff sat on the armrest of the chair that Clint sat in as she said "Start from the beginning."

Meanwhile

A man with shaggy hair in a hoody and baggy combat pants stood in the entrance of an alley watching various pedestrians walk past. Suddenly Gideon Malik walked out of a the building through the alley exit with two guards at his front and flanked by two armed security guards. One noticed the man and approached him with a impassive face "Hey sorry man but this is private property, you can't be here." he said keeping a few steps between them. The man turned to him, his blue eyes giving him a menacing look that made the guard instantly step back and reach for his gun. "Sir you need to leave right now!" he stated firmly. The man didn't back down as he brought his left arm around and the guard caught a flash of silver on his fingers.

The guard exclaimed "The winter Soldier!" before pulling his gun and firing but it was to late, the Winter Soldier was in front of him within a instance and snapped his arm as he grabbed his gun. Gideon Malik ran to the alley door and tried to unlock it, the metal arm soldier blocked several shots with his bionic arm before easily dispatching the three guards with one shot to each of their heads. The hydra leader spun around and came face to face with the menacing soldier, his metal hand enclosed around the old mans neck. "Where is she !?" he exclaimed making the man tense up. "I don't know what you are talking about, Soldier you are confused stand down!" exclaimed Malik making the soldiers teeth clench and his grip tighten. "The Artic Rose! Where are you keeping her!?" he spit out, his eyes glaring daggers at the hydra head.

Malik's eyes widen before he gasped out "I don't know! She wasn't under my control." The Winter Soldier pulled a knife and jammed it into Malik's shoulder making him cry out, as the soldier leaned in. "You know what I can do, you can either tell me what I want to know or I will extract it one finger at a time." he said impassively making Malik gulp. "I don't know where she is." he said and the Winter soldier instantly twisted the knife embedded in his shoulder making him cry out " Cynthia Owens! She was her handler, last location I had on her was somewhere in New York. I swear that's all I know!" he said turning pale from lack of oxygen. The soldiers blue eyes locked with his before the soldier said "Hydra destroyed my life and you destroyed hers as well. No man as evil as you deserves to live." Malik looked upon him with fear and cried out "Noooo!"

Back at Avengers Tower.

"No, tis not possible! Samantha can't be hydra!" exclaimed Pietro pacing back and forth. Skye frowned before pulling out her cell phone and pressing play, suddenly the recording from the garage played out . Pietro's eyes widen as Lincoln tossed him the camera and photos began popping up of Samantha meeting with Ward. "She passed him a drive, what the information was we have no idea. However the man she gave the information to we know very well." concluded Skye with a tense expression. Pietro passed the camera to Natasha who's eyes narrowed making her toss the camera to Clint who gawked "Is that!?" Natasha nodded with a neutral expression as she replied "Agent Garrett's lap dog... Grant Ward."

-Authors Note- Duh duh duh... What do you think? Thanks for all the reviews, follows and favorites so far! Stay tuned for the next chapter!