"So, let me get this straight," Maria asked. "You want us to tail a teenager? What has he done?" Fury slid the file across the table and let the agents read, and watched as the two of them became as confused as he was.
"I want to know how he's stayed hidden this long," Fury said pointing to the earliest date in the file, over six years ago.
"Ok, pretty good reasons to want to bring him in," Maria said. "Do you want us to bring him in now, or just recon?"
"Recon, I'd rather know what we're getting into before we go in," Fury told them. "I see you're being very quiet Natasha." Natasha was staring at the file with apprehension, and the other two in the room had a good idea why.
"If this kid's being used, we need to find out," Natasha said eventually. Fury knew that putting her on this case was risky, she had her reasons for not liking the idea of another organization like the red room. But if this kid was part of something like that she wanted to help him.
"Are you sure you're ok with this mission Nat?" Maria asked slowly. "I can take care of it if this is too personal." Natasha shook her head, if this kid was being used she wanted to know how and by who, and personality take out whoever was using him.
"Alright, you are dismissed," Fury said closing the file. "Good luck, and keep me updated." They nodded and headed out. They spent most of the evening waiting outside of Jackson's apartment, they put motion sensors on the apartment door and a tracker on Jackson's car.
"Tracker is placed," Maria reported as Natasha kept climbing the stairs. The tiny trackers would be unnoticeable. She watched from the upper floor as Jackson took out some trash, then came back in a few minutes later. She then climbed out onto the fire escape and found Jackson's window; it was cracked open witch let her stick a bug just underneath the windowsill. Now they'd be able to hear everything that was said in that room, and some from other rooms as well.
"Now we should be able to get some answers," Natasha said. "Meet you in five." If Jackson was part of something like she had been, she would do everything she could to help him.
Author's note: Here's a special two chapter update! I'll post the next chapter on Saturday then hopefully stick to a once a week update schedule on Saturdays. Happy reading and I'll see you all on Saturday!
Entire fic edited/updated 6/25/22
