Chapter 34

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I turned my gaze back on Coulson as he pressed a few buttons and looked at the computer screens.

"Soooo, what exactly is this thing gonna do?" He looked up at me.

"I'm just gonna ask a few questions and this machine will tell me whether you're lying or not." Coulson says. I nod; looking at the chair I was sitting in. He then walked over and attached this thing to my finger and several other things that I had no clue what they were.

I hope I pass this. If I can get into SHIELD and become an agent, then I can find who killed my parents.

"Ok, just speak truthfully and we can get this over with." He smiles. I smirk and nod.

"Ok, can I have your full name?"

"Katelyn Maria Sanders" I spoke up; swallowing. This just got really intimidating.

"Eye color?"

"Blue"

"Please list your mediate family." I felt my confident face drop.

"Just me" I say quietly. Coulson looked up at me with a pitied look but then raised an eyebrow. Oh! - "And uh-, Steve Rogers… I- guess" I bit my lip. Does adoption count?

"Do you have any specific skill set?"

"I uh, can shift into animals… any animal" I tell him. He nods as he looked at the monitor.

"Have you ever had contact with SHIELD, prior to being kidnapped?" I felt my jaw tense.

"My brother was approached for recruitment. He declined." I say. Coulson looked from me to the monitor a few times.

"Does this topic put you on edge?" I give him a look.

"Yeah. Yeah it does." I saw through almost clenched teeth.

"Sorry Kate, it's just for security matters." He says. I nod a reply before he moves on.

"What are the differences between a rock and an egg?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Is that a serious question?" I asked.

"Yes Kate." He smirks. I nod.

"Ok uh, you can eat eggs. Not rocks." I tell him. He nods to himself again.

"You wash up on a desert island alone; sitting on the sand next to you is a box, what is in that box?"

"A Swiss army knife" I answered immediately. He smirks.

"Ok, last question."

"Thank god" I sighed. He smirks again.

"Why are you here?" I thought for a moment.

"I-…" I hesitate my answer. This could the decision question whether or not I get into SHIELD. I glance to my left; seeing the SHIELD symbol and the shield in the center. "I wanna help be the shield that protects people. Stand between them and the things they don't fully understand." I took my eyes away from it and looked at Coulson. He nods to himself before looking at me.

"Couldn't have said it better myself." He smiles. I let out a breath and nod. I guess it could have been worse. "You're all done here Miss Sanders." He says; taking the thing off my finger along with the other stuff. I hopped off of chair and walked towards the door. It opened before I could get there and I saw Steve, Clint, and Natasha. I smile and follow them out.

"Alrighty- ." Clint starts; clapping his hands together. "Off to Physical training crap" He says. I smirk; following them down the hall.

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We walked into a big gym and my eyes trailed over it. There were mats; punching bags, training courses, catwalks above, everything you could think of!

"Christ, this is a lot bigger than the one at the tower." I say; looking around. I hear them chuckle as we walked over to a different area.

"Ok-" We stopped walking. "Just a heads up Kate, this isn't gonna be a walk in the park. There gonna test you to your limit ok?" Steve says. I swallow and nod. I saw several people behind them; slightly older than me probably. "It's pretty much a spar match." He adds. I nod again before walking onto the mats. The first one that walked up was a girl.

"Hi, I'm Sasha." She held out a hand. I cautiously shook it. "Ok, so just show me what ya got ok?" She says in a kind voice. I nod; getting serious.

"Can I use my ability?" She nods.

"Hell yeah kid, go all out." She says. I grin and nod; glancing at Steve who gave me a nod. I looked back at Sasha before getting into a secure stance.

Let's do this.

Within seconds Sasha was running at me I suddenly felt vulnerable and dropped to the ground; not before she kicked my legs out from under me. She was about to pin me when I subconsciously tucked my legs into my stomach and kicked out; hitting her chest and knocking her back. I put my hands behind my head; pushing myself right to my feet before getting his in the face and rolling across the floor.

I quickly pushed myself up and secured my feet. Ok, how do I beat this chick?

I was too late to get out of my thoughts when I got hit hard in the stomach. I lost my footing and fell back; then felt someone catch my arm. I looked up; seeing Natasha. I smirked and she pushed me back up. I quickly ran at Sasha. She jumped; doing a kick; I slid down on my knees behind her; hooking her foot and pulling it out; tripping her.

"Alright!" I stopped what I was doing; seeing a different man to my left. I pushed myself to my feet and so did Sasha.

"Nice go greeny." She says; fist bumping me. I gave a small smile.

"Nice moves Miss Sanders. Let's bump it up a notch shall we?" He says. As soon as this all ended it started up again. Three men came onto the mats and broke into action. I dodged a punch from one and then felt my legs get kicked out from under me as I hit the mats. I blew the air from my face and then felt one of them pin me.

I suddenly felt my eyes flash and then my form begin to shift. No no no no no no no. Seconds later I felt an enormous amount of strength and shoved the guy off of me. A roar escaped my mouth before I jumped at one of the others and pinned him to the ground with another roar.

I wasn't in complete control. I could feel it. I felt feeling of rage, anger, and then the little bit of humanity that was quickly fading. I had to get out of here before I lost it. I quickly looked around and saw the catwalks above. I got off of the guy and then felt the two other men tackle me. I slithered out of their grips. There was a suddenly loud noise and I froze; looking around.

The man from early blew an air horn. He began to clap.

"Good, but how will you do with several agents?" He says. I felt my form shift back and I took in a deep breath. Ok, got control back. I don't know why I just lost it earlier. Weird.

I suddenly saw at least 7 agents surrounding me now. I took in a deep breath again. Ok, let's do this.

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Dear god, help me. That physical training sucked! We already got done everything else. The medical stuff was ok, and the background check was fine. Boring mostly, I would say. Now we were heading back to the Tower. Everyone kept saying I did great. I wanted to think so. But I lost control with those agents. I could have hurt them. If I was gonna be a SHIELD agent, then I would have to learn to have better control.

Let's just hope I can manage it.

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