updated and betaed 04/10-2020

Chapter 4: new mission and you want what?

She was sitting in her cubicle at the Triskelion when an old friend came by. He just sat there for a few moments until she got fed up with him just sitting there and staring at her.

"What do you want, Coulson? Don't you have a job that needs to be done?" she said.

"Can't I just come to say hello May?" Coulson asked.

"No," May simply said back.

"Okay, okay, I have an offer for you," he said.

"No," May said almost instantly.

"At least hear me out," Coulson said with one of his annoying smiles. May just gave a little huff and a small smile, a May smile, that only people who knew her would be able to see.

So Coulson told her about his new team and that he wanted her to "drive" the BUS, that was not actually a bus but a plane, he promised her that it was all she needed to do, that and run backend on the missions, no combat. She said okay, she would do it.

When she was sure that Coulson had gone, and no one was looking at her, which had a small chance of happening, because people were scared of her, she was known as The Calvary and if she heard you call her that she would be very angry at the person who did so.

She walked out of the office space her cubicle was in and walked to the elevator and she opened the hidden panel to press the button to the floor she wanted to go to, it was a long ride down to the floor, when she was there she was greeted by her soulmate Natasha Romanoff, "Hey." "Hi," they both said at the same time, while they hugged.

They walked together to the shared space, where they were met by Maria Hill, Jemma Simmons, Leo Fitz, and Victoria Hand. Victoria and Natasha nodded at each other.

"Hey Melinda, has Coulson asked you yet to join him?" Victoria asked when Melinda and Natasha had sat down.

"Yes, he just asked me, so we are good to go," she answered.

Maria was the first to say something after a while, where everyone just sat and looked at each other. "We all know why we're here, Victoria two of your wolves, Jemma and Leo, are going to be stationed with Melinda on the BUS, so we have to set up some rules for Jemma, Leo, and Melinda, as Melinda is not part of your pack, but Natasha's and mine. We would have liked to have Kara here as she is your Beta, but her mission ran longer than we expected, so I hope we can figure something out."

Normally it would have been Natasha who would speak, after all Maria was Natasha's Beta, but since Melinda had a hard time getting out in the field again, they had decided that Maria should speak, so that Natasha could be there for her soulmate.

"So, Peggy isn't joining us either?" Leo asked.

"No, she had other matters to attend to," Maria responded.

So, Maria and Victoria, with Natasha, May, and Fitzsimmons came to an agreement. That May would look out for the two younger wolves, even though they were no longer puppies but adult wolves, but they were still omegas and omegas were the lowest in the pack. May was also allowed to discipline them to a degree. She had to inform Victoria on what they had done wrong though, and about what punishment both she and Victoria agreed on; however, they didn't think it would come to any of that. It was Fitzsimmons after all. The only trouble they ever got into was their experiments, so it was mainly that, that May should look out for and of course that they didn't talk too much about the wolf program in front of Coulson, and the specialist that would also be on the team. They had hoped it would've been another wolf, but Coulson had chosen Ward to be the specialist on the team.

There were two packs, one was Natasha's, and the other was Victoria's, but there was a third alpha, Peggy, and she was the head alpha.

There were four main groups in the pack, there were the Alphas, then came the Betas, then the Sigma's, and finally came the Omegas. When there were puppies in the pack, they were on the same level as the omegas, but they could grow up to be in any group, even alpha.

The next day they were on the way to LA to intercept a hacker for the Rising Tide. It turned out to be a young girl who agreed to help, and of course Coulson wanted her onboard the plane and to be a part of the team.

The next day when the plane was being repaired, May and Fitzsimmons were called to a conference room, when they got there, two screens were showing, on one of them Victoria, Kara and Natasha, both Victoria and Natasha looked a little displeased. On the other screen was Maria and Peggy.

"Welcome," Peggy started. May nodded, Fitzsimmons gave a smile and a brief nod to their alpha, beta, and head alpha. "I have decided that we need a new wolf to the pack," Peggy said.

"A new wolf, only one? We normally take at least two," May asked.

"Yes, I know, but the one I have chosen is the consultant on your team and it is not up for discussion. I believe she could be a good addition to the pack," Peggy said. May now understood the displeased looks from both Victoria and her soulmate. She herself was a little concerned but knew better than to speak up against Peggy when she had said that it wasn't up for discussion.

"How are we going to do this then? She is not SHIELD and I doubt Coulson wants to let her go so soon, he seems very fond of her despite the short time he has known her," May asked.

"We will wait until the girl has gotten a chance to adjust to SHIELD before we approach her," Peggy said.

"Can we trust her? She is a Hacker for The Rising Tide, what if she says no when we approach her, do we lock her up because she will know about the wolf project?" Victoria asked.

"No, we don't lock her up, we simply would not take no as an answer," Peggy answered.

Maria's head shot up and looked at Peggy, "You want to force her?" she asked with a lot of emotions, every wolf knew how hard it was for Maria to be a wolf. She was originally not meant to be one, and she was still one of the lead agents to oversee the project.

Which had created some problems in the beginning between Maria and Natasha until Peggy had set some clear rules that Maria was Natasha's beta, but Maria was also one of the leaders of the project and the deputy director of SHIELD. Natasha couldn't use her alpha status against Maria if it related to SHIELD operations, or the things Natasha wasn't allowed to know. Natasha was not allowed to use her alpha status to get out of trouble if she had done something wrong on a mission that didn't concern the pack. The same rules applied to Victoria even if Maria was Natasha's beta, Victoria was still an alpha and could use her alpha status against her or every wolf. And the rules for Maria were the same as every other wolf, obey your alpha.

There were originally three packs, but now there are only two. The third pack had disappeared after they had forced Maria to start the transformation by injecting her with the first injection.

"I know how you feel Maria, that is why I have decided she will be a part of Natasha's pack, she would have May as a guide on the plane, and you too if she feels forced to do this, and she might. She will also have Leo and Jemma to talk to. Although, I know that at first the alphas had decided not to interfere with the other packs, but I hope Victoria will make an exception and let Leo and Jemma help a little," Peggy said.

"I will think about it and discuss it with Natasha," Victoria said.

Over the next few days everything was quiet, except the girl; Skye kept complaining about training. In those days May had kept an eye on Skye to figure out what it was Peggy had seen in the girl, and if they could trust her, she had asked Fitzsimmons to watch Skye too.

When the mission about Hall came, May was quite impressed that Skye had gotten them a way into Quinn's mansion.

May and Fitzsimmons were on the plane, and Skye was at Quinn's party trying to find a way to get to one of Quinn's computers, so Coulson and Ward could get in. When Fitz was trying to help Skye get into Quinn's office, and Quinn showed up, May was a little concerned about how they could complete the mission, because Skye was just a hacker. She didn't know how to do what they did.

Skye impressed May again though when she got into the office, but then they lost the signal to her comms, causing May to start thinking Skye was jumping ship and told Quinn that they were there. However, there was a beep that told them that the access to Quinn's computer and his defenses was complete. Skye had done it. In the end, Hall ended up dead and Quinn escaped, but they got a hold of the Gravitonium.

And then there was the mission with Amador, where Skye had hijacked the eye camera and mirrored it over to a pair of glasses for Ward to use. May could start to see that Skye was resourceful.

After the mission with Mr. Yin and Lydon, and Coulson told her he wanted to speak with Skye alone, she wasn't happy about it. She wanted to know if Skye was a threat to the pack, but when Peggy's voice said in her head that she should leave it for now, she went down and told Skye that Coulson wanted to talk to her. She could see that Ward wasn't happy to not be in the meeting either, but she didn't care about that.

After Ward had left them, she turned to Fitzsimmons, "What have you observed?" she asked.

"Nothing really, only the things that are in her file," Simmons said.

"Hmm," May responded. She nodded to the two young wolves and left, going to the cockpit.