Chapter 1

Know ones POV

"What do you have for me Pirate?" Ana asked looking up to the screen in her room.

"There is a team. They have been investigating an organisation called Centipede." Director Fury answered.

" Ahh yes. The bunch of idiots trying to recreate the soldier serum." Ana sighed.

Fury looked at her. Of course she knew about Centipede, after all it was her job to know about everything that was going on, she was the Shadow. " I want you to join this team, as I think there is more to Centipede. I think this organisation is linked to whatever is going on within S.H.I.E.L.D. The team will be arriving at the Hub today. Hand has a mission for them., but once the mission is complete you will be going with them."

"And where exactly will we be going? And who is on this team?"

" This team is located on a mobile command station, they like to call it the Bus. It is a special team overseen by Phil Coulson."

"Phil Coulson. Phil Coulson as in the man who is my Godfather, the man who brought in my dad and practically became his father. That Phil Coulson." Ana looked at her uncle in shock. She knew he was alive but hadn't seen him since she was a baby.

" Yes, that Phil Coulson. Agent Melinda May is also on his team, along with Agents Fitzs and Simmons the scientists, Agent Grant Ward and a consultant." Fury was amused at her reaction. He knew her reaction would be an unusual one for the girl but he had not expected this. " Do my parents know that you're putting me on his team?" She questioned after having a few minutes to collect herself. "Your parents don't even know that he is alive."

" Yeah, of course they don't." She said sarcastically. " You know, I would have thought that you would have released at this point that nothing gets past the Black Widow and Hawkeye. They saw him at the Triskelion about 4 years ago. All of the Avengers know he is alive." In all honesty Fury wasn't surprised. " Ok, so after they finish up the mission Hand gives to them, I join their team. I won't directly tell them who I am, but I will tell them that I'm The Shadow and that I am called Ana. I will probably end up telling them but only once I know I can trust all of them." Fury nods before she says " Right then, as alway it was nice of you to call Pirate and thanks for finally giving me something interesting to do, I was getting fidgety and I think I am about to drive Hand completely insane. I will update you once I am on the Bus. Shadow out." Ana ended the video call and made her way into the living area in the living quarters she shared with her parents. She went and sat on the grey sofa that faced the TV. She pulled her laptop out from under the array of knives and mission files that littered the coffee table and placed it on her lap, before opening it and beginning to dig up anything she could of Coulson's team.

An hour later she had everything she needed to know. She put her laptop back on the coffee table and made her way to her room. She changed out of her sweatpants and oversized S.H.I.E.L.D t-shirt and into some black jeans and a grey hoodie. She then made her way into the living area and towards the door where she slid on her sneakers before leaving the room and making her way to the situation room.

Ana's POV

I had been sitting at one of the many computers in the Hubs situation room for 20 minutes listening to Victoria Hand brief Agents on the upcoming mission when Agents Coulson, May and Ward walked. I continued to look at my phone with my feet on the table while listening to what they were discussing, even though I already knew everything about their mission. After about 5 minutes, Hand turned to me and said, " Ana, are you going to continue to sit at that computer pretending to use your phone while listening to our briefing or would you like to join us." Coulson, May and Ward turned and looked at me.

" Well, Vic." Hand glared at me, she hated that name, " First off I AM using my phone, and secondly I don't need to listen to the briefing as I already know everything about this mission." I looked up, and flashed a grin at the older Agent.

" Well then if you already know everything about the mission, a mission you aren't even going on, why are you here? And also can you take your feet off the tabe." Hand was clearly about to explode after a week of me pushing her tolerance to its limits. "I am here because I am bored. Director Eye-Patch won't give me any new missions and there is a limit to the amount of times I can hack into the Rising Tide and update fire walls. Also I could take my feet off the table but I want to see how long it takes for your patience to run out." The three agents were still looking at me, slightly shocked by what I had just said. " I swear you will be the death of me." Hand saint under her breath.

" Ohh, Vic." I sighed, very amused, " If you find me that annoying then you will be pleased to hear that Pirate is assigning me somewhere elso, so I won't be here much longer." I then stood up putting my phone in my pocket and began to walk out of the room. "Agent Coulson, Agent May, and Agent Ward, it was nice to meet you." I called behind me as I walked out of the door.

I was walking to the food hall when I saw the other three agents on Coulson's team. I stopped and stood nearby and watched the scene unfold before me.

Jemma Simmons and the person who I presumed was the team's consultant stood watching a man with a Scotish accent pushing a cart filled with a localised EMP along with various other things through the automatic glass doors as he called to the two female members of his team. When the cart was half way through the door it closed trapping it. The man, whose name was Leo Fitz then proceeded to complain about design flaws with the door before managing to push the cart all the way through. The fact that Hand wanted to send this man into enemy territory with no contact, surprised me. It was clear that Coulson, May and Ward felt the same way as they watched, from behind Simmons and the consultant.

A few hours later, Ward and Fitz had left on their mission. The consultant, whose name I discovered was Skye, was walking with Coulson the next time I saw any of them. Skye was clearly frustrated that she didn't know anything about the mission as I watched her pester Coulson for more details. Coulson simply told her to trust the system before he walked away and Simmons, who had been trying to sneekly follow behind them, then approached and asked how the conversation went. Skye said " Nothing. He's acting like a robot version of himself." After explaining to Simmons that if they wanted answers they were going to have to get them themselves, Simmons agreed to help. I decided to follow them, intrigued by what they were going to do. I knew that Skye was a hacker so I presumed she was going to hack into the system but I wasn't sure how, as she was wearing an internet nanny, as I liked to call them. I followed them back to the Bus and then waited outside for them. Twenty minutes later I was following them to a restricted hallway. They stopped outside the doors. Skye stood on one side of the glass as Simmons went in. I listened as Skye explained to her what the USB she was to insert into the wall panel would do and I had to admit it was an excellent plan, except for the fact that it was obvious Simmons was up to something as she slowly made her way down the hallway. Just after she opened the wall panel, Agent Sitwell confronted the nervous agent. I then watched as Simmons tried her best to explain why she was accessing the wall panel in the restricted hallway. She was a horrible liar. I decided to step in. I opened the doors and went through into the hallway. I was about to reach Simons when she pulled something out of her bag. All of a sudden, Sitwell fell to the ground. In her hands was a Night Night gun, invented by Fitz. " That's one way to do it." I stated as I stood next to her. She jumped out.

"I...I...I can explain?" Simmons stammered.

" No you don't need to. I know exactly what you're doing. I have to say Skye it's a very clever way to get past your internet nanny." I looked over my shoulder at the consultant and smiled, "And Simmons you really need to learn how to look less suspicious when you're doing something you shouldn't be. Though I have to say I have always wanted to shoot Sitwell, there's something not quite right about him. Now, if you close that wall panel and come with me I think I can help you out." Simmons stared at me looking very guilty and slightly shocked and Skye stared at me. Simmons closed the wall panel and followed me out to where Skye stood. "I'm Ana by the way. So what do you want to know about Ward and Fitz's mission"

"How do you know what we were doing?" Skye asked.

"Because, it's my job to know everything that is going on within S.H.I.E.L.D, and I was bored and what you were doing looked interesting."

"Okay. can you just open their mission file so that we can take a look. Also what are we going to do about Baldy on the floor over there?"

" Just leave him. I will delete the footage of us being here and I will make sure that you don't get into trouble, Simmons. Okay if you follow me we can access those files." We then walked off towards the computing lab.

After we found out there was no extraction plan for the mission, Skye and Jemma thanked me and went to find Coulson. I then decided to go back to my living quarters and pack my things, as I doubted Coulson's team would come back after they rescued their team members.

Once I finished packing, I wrote a note to my parents.

Mum and Dad,

I am not dead. Pirate has put me on Coulson's new dream team as I have successfully driven Hand mad. Call me when you get back from your mission

Love Ana

I then grabbed my laptop from the coffee table where I left it earlier that day, along with the rest of my knives, and put the note on the counter, before heading to the hanger where the Bus was.

I stepped onto the cargo hold and saw Simmons pacing in the lab. I decided to just go upstairs instead of informing her I was there, so I walked up the stairs. When I got to the top and stepped through the door, I saw a sitting area as well as a command centre in the centre of the room. On the opposite side to the command center were the bunks. There was one free one so I walked in and closed the door behind me. I set down my stuff and looked around. There was a small single bed and a closet designed for a plane. The TV on the wall displayed the S.H.I.E.L.D logo, underneath was a small shelf. I decided not to make my presence known until we had the whole team so that I didn't have to explain who I was more than once, so I sat on the bed and started to mess with my computer.

I had been on the Bus for 7 hours. Agents Ward and Fitz were safe and back on the Bus and everyone had caught up with the day's adventures. I checked the security tapes and saw that everyone was in the sitting area, so I decided that it was time I made my presence known. I slowly opened the door of my bunk, and walked towards the team. As I rounded the corner so that I could be seen, May looked up and stared at me. Slowly Coulson, Ward, Skye, Simmons and Fitz followed her gaze to look at me. " Who the bloody hell are you?" Fitz said, breaking the awkward silence that had washed over the room. "Yeah, what are you doing on our Bus" Coulson continued, "Wait, you're the girl who was in the situation room earlier."

"Yes, I am. I am also the person that helped Skye and Simmons after Simmons shot Sitwell with a Night Night Gun in a restricted hallway. My name is Ana, codename The Shadow. Pirate has assigned me to help you out with your Centipede problem." Everyone in the room stared at me. Suddenly they all began to ask questions at once. "How long have you been here", "You're The Shadow?", "Simmons did what?", "Who's The Shadow?". I put my hands up, requesting silence.

"Okay, slow down. I have been on the Bus for 7 hours but I thought that I wouldn't surprise you all with a new team member until you had everyone back together. Yes, Ward, I am The Shadow. Do you have a problem with that?"

"No. But The Shadow is a legend. I mean The Shadow goes in and rescues teams all on their own and is known as S.H.I.E.L.D's best agent. You've saved me quite a few times. You've taken a bullet for me. I just didn't expect a young girl to be The Shadow." Ward replied.

"Yes, I have saved you quite a few times, and if I remember correctly you were quite rude the first time. I also took a bullet for you, but it wasn't that bad, it just scraped my skin. It would have killed you. And I am not that young. Simmons shot Agent Sitwell with the Night Night gun when she was panicking, trying to put something in a wall panel, I deleted the footage of her doing it. And I am The Shadow."

" How were you here for 7 hours. None of us noticed you." Skye asked.

"Well before we took off I got on the Bus, came up here, found an empty bunk and went in and messed with my laptop. I lost track of time. Plus, there is a reason my code name is The Shadow."

"What's the reason" Skye enquired.

" Because The Shadow is known for her ability to get in and out of anywhere without anyone noticing. Also practically knows what she looks like. She is like a silhouette of a person." Ward answered for me.

" Okay. I presume you know who we all are." Coulson continued. I nodded. "So, Ana would you like to join our game of poker." I smiled and sat down in the free seat next to Skye and said "Deal me in AC."