Stella tries to do her job but it is apparently not as easy as it seems.

File ID: 15356 - 19 days after the battle of NY

Name: Nicholas Joseph Fury

Species: Human

Date of birth: December 21, 1951

Place of birth: United States of America

Citizenship: American

Occupation: Director of SHIELD

Family status: —

I wait twenty minutes in my office before admitting to myself that Fury won't come. I sigh and make my way to his office. I am able to reach it only because I ask an agent in the corridor how to get there.

"Sir?" I pass the two secretaries and make my way into the room where he sits behind a desk. He seems busy typing something so he barely looks up at me. The secretaries don't follow me in here which tells me something about their relationship to their boss. "Sir, you have an appointment for the therapy. It was supposed to start thirty minutes ago."

"I'll pass, Miss Moon. Thank you," he says.

I shook my head. "Not an option, sir. Everyone is supposed to show up. Including you."

"Miss Moon," Fury groans looking up at me. "I did not agree to this. Therefore I will not show up."

"None of my patients agreed to this," I retort. "And none like it," I add. "You must have heard that Mr Stark was accompanied by two agents to my office."

He scoffs. "I sent them."

I bite back my smirk. "I understand your feelings about the session, but-"

"Hey, don't go all shrink on me," he cuts in.

I resist the urge to throw my hands in the air and shriek in exasperation. "Sir," I start slowly. "I would like to do my job. That's all I intend to do. Could you please help me out?"

"No," he answers simply. "No. And if you sneak around the archives again, we'll have an issue, is that clear?"

I hope I don't blush at his words. Of course Hill ratted me out. Now I probably have a file in the archives too. I am pretty upset that I won't have the possibility to go back and read on the other Avengers. Their unwillingness to share personal details frustrates me to no end. Knowing I lost my only chance to discover more is just annoying.

"Crystal clear, sir." I respond. "But I will have an issue if you refuse to do the therapy as well. I signed a contract. And your name was on that contract."

"Fine. We'll find that contract and cross my name out."

"That's not how it works, sir," I protest weakly. "It is just one hour per week."

"One hour wasted, leaving only 167 to work with. Not a really good deal, is it?" he raises his eyebrow.

"If you put it that way, no," I nod. "On the other hand, psychotherapy proved to be useful in numerous researches over the past decades, so that would give you one hour to insure you'll be more productive during the other 167."

Fury glances up at me with surprise in his eye. "That's some impressive persuasion technique right there, Moon. Do you want a transfer to the negotiating team?" he asks me flatly. I have no idea if he is being sarcastic.

"No, sir, thank you."

"What a pity. Now I suppose you can find your way out?" I sigh. I learned when to give up the fight against these patients, and Fury clearly doesn't want to talk to me more.

"Next week I'll wait for you again," I say. He does not respond, just waves his hand as if I were an annoying fly. I leave the office followed by the threatening glares of the two secretaries.

From: Maria Hill

To: Stella Moon

Date: May 24, 2012

Subject: Thor no show

Dear Miss Moon,

Unfortunately I still don't have any news about when your session with Thor could start. His whereabouts are not known at the moment, we are fairly sure he is not on Earth though. Please consider today afternoon taken off. Hopefully I'll be able to tell you more next week.

Regards,

M. Hill

Biweekly report on the Avengers - ID 01836

By Stella Moon - ID T453

Note: Thor was not available for the examined period

N. Fury was not cooperative at all

General impressions:

The first therapy sessions with five of the Avengers were similar: none of them wanted to engage in any meaningful conversation.

When asked to pick a topic, they opted for talking about the therapist's private/professional life.

They claim the battle of NY did not leave serious traces on them; they rather treat it as work.

Patient: Natasha Romanoff

Miss Romanoff, although obviously not interested in the therapy, was willing to cooperate.

She seems content with her current position as part of the Avengers.

Her relationships to the other members are unclear.

Her skills include manipulation, hand-to-hand combat, using her physical traits to get the upper hand.

Further investigation will be needed to determine if the patient requires medication or special therapy.

Patient: Tony Stark

Mr Stark was unwilling to participate at the session which resulted in him being taken in by SHIELD guards.

Despite the difficult start, I had no problems making him talk for the whole hour of the therapy.

He is easy to have a good work relationship with, but he has conflicts with S. Rogers.

I would find it useful to concentrate on that for the next sessions.

His intelligence is clearly extraordinary, he has a hard time turning his overthinking brain off.

Patient: Clint Barton

Mr Barton shared a lot of info with me without much prodding on my part, but he kept the most important bits to himself.

He is still processing what he had to go through when Loki possessed his mind. It seems the others do not hold anything of that incident against him which helps him heal.

He has a hard time falling asleep, but firmly refuses any medication.

His aim is perfect, he excelled at most modules of SHIELD's basic training, but he seems to be able to keep up a personal life besides being an agent as well.

Patient: Steve Rogers

Mr Rogers came to the session because he received an order to.

He was polite and interested in the conversation, but still tried to keep the focus away from his personal life.

It seems the conflict with T. Stark is active rather on the other side. He does not harbour hard feelings.

I finished the session earlier as he got upset when I asked about his past. He was relieved to leave.

He has a strong sense of justice and the skills of an experienced leader.

Conclusion:

Working with the Avengers will be difficult, but I have the confidence to get positive results if given enough time.

N. Fury will be needed to be convinced to join me on the session, if possible.

Thor's whereabouts are unknown. Starting date of the therapy: unknown.