Sorry I havent updated in a while...but its official that im going to be the only one writing for the story from now on. So all of this will be in Ambers POV. Enjoy~
I watched as the two made their way out of the headquarters, leaving Layla and I alone now. Not an entire minute went by before I felt it necessary for me to leave. I didn't understand why I was even brought in to 'help' if I wasn't going to be going out on missions. I mean we were going after Loki, right? That was the reason we were brought in…so why wasn't I going on the mission with Rogers and Stark? What use was I just staying kempt up inside of the Helicarrier?
"Director?" I called out walking up behind Fury. He turned to me keeping on tact his usual cool demeanor. "Why am I not going on this assignment? To get Loki, I mean."
"There is no reason for all of you to go." He said simply.
"Ok, well, why wasn't I one of those people to go?" I asked him feeling myself turn red with frustration.
"I didn't think sending you and Stark on a mission together would be a good idea." He told me. "I brought you here for a reason, Agent Lane, there will be plenty for you to do. Just not right now."
I had nothing else to say back to him, I felt being here for me was a waste of time. Sure I didn't exactly have much going on back at my apartment in New York, no job, no boyfriend or anything to really deal with. But being here has made me feel more uncomfortable than need be.
I decided I should just head back to my room, there was nothing for me to do out here besides wait. Though that I guess was the same thing I was planning on doing just inside of my room. As I walked through the Helicarrier I found myself walking past a large room, only windows around it letting me see everything that was inside. It looked like some sort of laboratory inside, with several items of high tech equipment. I could see one person working away inside, it was Banner.
I pushed open the door and walked inside, he seemed like someone I could talk to knowing he wasn't the type to start any sort of trouble.
"Hi" I said announcing my presence. I felt a bit awkward just walking in while he was working, I mean if I thought I was useless before…being inside of science lab was definitely not where my strong suit was.
"Hi" He said back not looking up once from his work on the computer.
"What are you working on?" I asked walking over to him, seriously could I be anymore annoying? His answer to that question practically made my brain explode, I wasn't stupid…but I wasn't a genius like he was. Everything that he told me about the Tesseract went through one ear and went out the other. But that didn't stop me from nodding and putting in a few 'yeah's and 'I see's to pretend as if I had a clue about what he was talking about.
"I'll let you keep working then…" I told him before slipping out the door. That was a horrible idea on my part. Im pretty sure I made myself look like a jackass in front of the Hulk.
I made my way back to my room avoiding all of the agents who were quickly walking up and down the hallways. I opened up the door and plopped down on my bed. I had barely gotten any sleep last night of reasons I don't want to talk about, so maybe this would be a perfect time to get some sleep.
I slid off my shoes, not even bothering changing my clothes, and curled up on my bed. I had laid there for what felt like a few minutes but was in reality an hour and a half. A phone call woke me up. I picked up my phone that was ringing and held it up to my ear.
"Hello?" I asked in a raspy voice. I swear naps were supposed to be relaxing but in reality they made you ten times more tired and stressed, at least for me anyway.
It was Coulson, "I need you to come down to the Headquarters" With that he hung up the phone. I let out a groan and let my face fall back into my pillow. I knew I had to go down there to see what was going on…but I really didn't want to. Maybe I could skip it…maybe they wouldn't notice I wasnt there.
Another call came from the telephone by my bed. Again I picked it up and held it up to my ear.
Again it was Coulson, "I don't know if you knew this before but I meant come down to Headquarters… now." Once again he hung up the phone before I could even respond. I threw the phone down and pushed myself up off of my bed and slid my shoes on.
I let out sigh before heading out of my room. I was still half asleep as I walked down to the Headquarters; all of the agents were still working away, most in the same place. I had wondered whether they had even moved at all while I was gone.
At the table I found Layla, Stark, Rogers, Banner, Natasha and another who I hadn't recognized.
"What's going on?" I asked, getting the attention of everyone.
"We have Loki" Rogers said, then looking towards the man who was about twice the size of him. "This is his brother; Thor."
"Thor Odinson, of Asgard" the man said, introducing himself fully to me. I nodded, and took a seat beside Natasha, still trying to figure out where this 'Asgard' was located.
"How do you plan on tracking the Tesseract?" Natasha asked, bringing everyone back into the topic of what im sure this 'meeting' was supposed to be about.
"Or even more than that how will we know what he is using it for?" Layla asked, I wasn't sure what use I could be in this conversation as I hadn't exactly done much of my research on the Tesseract, but I listened in closely.
"Well, I know a way we could find it, Tony, you and I should get back to the lab?" Banner said in more of a question than a straight answer.
"Wait, what are we supposed to do?" I asked standing up from the table before they could leave.
"We'll get back to everyone if we find anything out, until then all anyone can do is wait." Banner said, I was almost waiting to hear a snarky reply from Stark but he stayed quiet, didn't even look at me as he passed by me.
"Im going back to my room" Natasha said, standing up as well and leaving. The others were silent as they sat in their seats around the table, I swear all of our 'meetings' never seem to last more than 5 minutes. What's the point of even having them if all we're going to do is rely on the scientists?
"Im going to the science lab-"
"Don't bother them" I heard a voice say from behind me.
"Excuse me?" I asked turning around to face Layla; Thor and Rogers who were sitting in here as well, pretended like they hadn't noticed us.
"I said, don't bother them" She said again in more of a stern tone. "They need to keep focused if we want a chance at finding the Tesseract"
"What and sitting and waiting is going do any good?" I asked her. "Why were we brought here if all we were going to do is sit in our rooms and wait?"
"You know what, just go; im sure Stark will be just as kind when you get there." She murmured sitting back down. Again I glanced at the two men, who were doing a spectacular job of finding something else to focus on rather than our fighting.
Without another word I turned to the door and pushed it open, I was going to the lab whether Layla or Stark wants me to or not. I wanted to know more of what was going on than what we learn in our little group sessions. I knew the only way to do so was inside the lab.
I made it to the lab, I could already see the two inside and working away, the doors slid open and I made my way in.
"Ah, look who it is" Stark said, not even looking up from what he was doing. "What is it?"
"I want to know more about what is going on" I said flatly.
"Well, perhaps instead of sleeping and missing most of the meetings then you would know." He said, still not looking up.
"There is nothing for me to do! Fury won't let me go on the missions because of you-"
"Because of me? Or because of your temper?" He asked, finally looking up from his computer.
"My temper only flares up when you're around." I assured him. "And it's not like I can't handle myself in situations like that."
"Then why is it that you didn't think Fury wanted you to go?" He asked me, I paused not having anything else to say back, unfortunately at this point I knew, and he knew, that he was right. Right about my temper getting in the way of more than just a few things, it was just something that I didn't want to admit. Ever.
"What the hell?" A voice came from behind me, one I wished would just go away for more then ten minutes. "I said not to come here!"
"Actually you said I could come here" I told Layla who just walked in the door. "Anyway who gave you the right to order me around, hm?"
"Ok, first of all that was sarcasm…" Layla said, with an eyebrow raised. "Second im only trying to help you-"
"Help me what?" I asked, feeling my heart race. I watched as the door opened up to reveal Fury.
"Agent Thomas, Agent Lane, back to your rooms." He ordered. I felt myself getting angrier by the second but I had to relax myself. I had a feeling things were only just beginning.
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