After the extremely awkward greetings, Natasha marched Coulson up the stairs and into his office. Somehow knowing where it was.
"What the hell are you thinking?" Natasha demanded.
"What are you talking about?" Coulson asked, honestly confused as it could be a number of things. "Why is May back in the field? Do you even remember how she was after? Did you even give her a choice?" Natasha fumed.
"Nat, you and I both know she wouldn't do anything she didn't want to do."
"But you and I both know how she would do anything for you if you were putting yourself in danger," Natasha fired back, "And why did you tell us that Lil-Skye wanted to see us?" Coulson had been waiting for the question. Technically Clint and Nat asked to join the team, but only after he had fed them little white lies.
"That's what I thought," Natasha said after a moment of silence.
"Phil, I want to know her." She said suddenly, "Tell me about her."
"Natasha, first, I didn't know that she was Lillya until she showed me the redacted document a few weeks ago. Second, you will get to know her. She's had a hard life. That's all I can say without losing her trust." Natasha nodded.
They walked out of the office to see Ward and Skye playing battleship, well more like Skye winning… but Natasha couldn't help but smile a little. Both older agents suddenly realised that May and Clint were not present, knowing what that meant, they rushed down to the sparring mats. When they got down, they found Clint and May pretty evenly matched. Currently, though, May had Clint in a thigh hold around Clint's neck.
"Do you yield?" May asked.
"I yield," Clint said easily.
At this point, the whole team had gathered and was watching the strange interaction.
"While we are all here, I just want you to know that Natasha, Clint, and Skye will be doing a supply run tomorrow, so get your lists in within the next few hours," Coulson announced.
OoO
After yet another one of Coulson's surprise announcements, the younger agents went to the lab to hang out while the group of old friends caught up. Before she knew it, it was the next day. Natasha, Clint and Skye were just pulling up to an all-purpose store.
"I'll get Jemma, Fitz and Ward's things, I'll meet you at the register," Skye said, even though she knew that the probably of them letting her go on her own was slim.
"I think it would be better to stay together," Clint said.
Rolling her eyes, the three of them started shopping. First they went to the produce section of the store. All three of the agents were looking around the store for any threats.
"So do you want to talk to her, or do I need to?" asked Natasha. Taking his silence to mean that she needed to talk, the assassin walked up to Skye and said, "ask me anything, and I'll tell you the truth"
"For a trained assassin, you're not that great at being subtle," Skye said. Natasha had to laugh at that.
"Okay, fine, what did you name me?" Skye asked.
"Lillya Natalia Barton," Clint said, "We named you Lillya Natalia Barton."
"Before I worked for SHIELD I was named Natalia Alianovna," Natasha answered the unspoken question.
"And where did the name Lillya come from?"
"You were named after the bravest person I've ever known," Natasha said ending the question.
They continued doing this, Skye asking questions and then Natasha and Clint answering as best they could. When they got back to the Bus Clint couldn't help but to look at Natasha and say, "I think that was a success."
