A/N: Welcome agents! I wanted to thank you for all the follows, favorites and reviews. A writer is truly blessed with readers like you. I answered the questions of those who are registered, but I want you to know that I read all of your comments. If there is anything ananswered please direct me toward it.
Updates on Mondays. And I'll try (and hopefully succeed) to give you a little sneak peek of each new chapter at the end of the current.
I want to thank sweetwaterspiece for beta reading this one. If you love romance and smut I highly recommend her. But while she writes brilliantly she has a fault: no Divergent *chuckle*. On the plus side it's addictively sinful. She got me hooked.
And another thing: if you find a word followed by a number, i.e. Bobbi (1) - it means there is a note at the end of the chapter. These notes are mainly for those who aren't familiar with Agents of SHIELD.
Chapter 2: Nothing goes as planned
Tris is picked up by Mack and Marlene and are currently on the quinjet on their way to the Playground, SHIELD's secret base. Marlene briefs her about her mission and gives her the specifics about her target. That scumbag Vanchat(1) is selling alien tech again. Tris' mission: find and take Vanchat into SHIELD custody.
Once they are at the Playground Tris gets into her combat suit and is pleased to learn that her best friend Uriah is joining her for the mission. On their flight to Paris, Uriah being the pilot this time because Tris lost a bet to that little shit, she tells him about the meeting, the deal and asks him to be there that day when she has to marry Tobias Eaton.
"Hang on. Did you just say Tobias Eaton?" Uriah asks setting the plane on autopilot.
"Yeah. Why?" Tris asks checking her tablet.
"The billionaire's son?"
"Yeah. What's your point?" Tris asks irritated.
"He and my brother Zeke went to school together," Uriah says and Tris looks at him.
"Really?" she asks. Uriah proceeds to tell her a few things about her future husband. Apparently, while being very desired even from a younger age, Tobias Eaton never had a steady relationship with a woman. "I don't care. I told you it's just for a year. It's just another mission and after that I don't have to see that motherfucker ever again," she says huffing.
"Tris, it's not the same," Uriah says worried.
"Yeah, it kinda is. I mean it can't be worse than the seven months I spend under deep cover with Hydra," she says.
"Still. That was a job. This is your personal life," he argues.
"Uriah, just drop it." After that they keep silent. Uriah knows her well enough as to not piss her off. Just as they approach Paris Tris' phone rings. Her mom. "Hey, mom. What's up?"
"Beatrice, you left so quickly we barely spoke," she says hurt.
"I had to go, mom. What's up?" she asks again, wanting to get this over with.
"Evelyn wants to ask you if you want to invite someone to the wedding," her mom says.
"Why, geez, mom, really? I can really bring people I actually want to my wedding? That's so super mega awesome," Tris says sarcastic which makes Uriah burst out laughing.
"Your future husband and in-laws are here too and they can hear you," her mom says in a scolding tone and Uriah laughs even harder.
"Shut the fuck up," she says to Uriah.
"Excuse me?" her mom asks shocked.
"Not you, mom. Uriah, stop fucking laughing and concentrate on your job," she says.
"Who's Uriah?" her mom asks.
"My secret lover," Tris replies dryly.
"That's not funny," her mother scolds.
"It is. Well, you would find it funny too if you knew him. Anyways. So, I can invite people to this. How many?"
"How many do you want, sweetie?" Evelyn asks.
"Hello, Mrs. Eaton," Tris says politely.
"Please call me Evelyn," she says.
"Okay. Evelyn. I dunno. Can I get back to you?"
"We kind of need to make a list and send out invitations," she says.
"Okay. Hang on. Hey, dude, wanna come to my wedding?" Tris asks Uriah.
"There cake?" Uriah asks grinning.
"It's a wedding, of course there's cake," Tris says rolling her eyes.
"Then yeah. Can I have a plus one?" he asks and Tris nods.
"You wanna ask Marlene?" Tris asks her friend and he grins. "You son of a bitch, so I need to fucking get married for you to ask her out. You're such a dick head," she says forgetting about her phone and implicitly about the fact that her family can hear her. "Okay, so two so far. Hey dude, give me your phone to call Coulson and the rest. Mom, hang on," she says. Tris uses Uriah's phone and dials her boss' number.
"Tris, something wrong?" Coulson asks alerted.
"No, relax, boss. Just wanted to check if you would come to my wedding," she says.
"Sure. When?"
"Dunno. Let me ask," she says and switches phones. "Hey, mom. When's the wedding?"
"June 6th," her mother answers.
"June 6th, boss," Tris tells Coulson.
"So soon?" he asks.
"Yeah, apparently they are afraid I might be AWOL otherwise," she says and both she and Uriah laugh. "So, you in?"
"Yes."
"Kay. I'll call FitzSimmons(2) and the rest of the Brady bunch," she says and hangs up. She waits for Fitz' phone to be answered and is surprised when Jemma answers. "Hey, there. Playing doctor with Fitzy?" she asks grinning.
"Oh, Tris, hello. You wanted to talk to Fitz?" Jemma asks nervously.
"Yeah, but also to you. He isn't there by any chance?" Tris asks.
"He is in the common room with Mack, Daisy, Marlene and Bobbi."
"Could you go there and put me on speaker?" Tris asks and Jemma agrees. After a few seconds Tris can hear several voices, including Lynn's and May's.
"Hey, guys. Tris wants to ask you something. Tris, May and Lynn are here too," she says.
"I heard. It's even better. So, my peeps, I'm getting married on the 6th of June. Wanna come?" There is a lot of noise on the other end until they finally calm down and agree to come. "So, we have Mama and Papa Bear, we have Bobbi, FitzSimmons, Marlene, Uriah, Lynn, Daisy and Mack," Tris summarizes. "Mom, I've got ten."
"That's it?" her mother asks skeptical.
"I could invite some more, but these are the only ones I can and will vouch for," Tris says. "Hey, guys, talk to you later," she says and hangs up on her friends. "Anything else, mom?"
"We wanted to know what food you would like?" Evelyn asks.
"Mrs. Eaton…"
"Evelyn," she reminds Tris.
"Yeah, sorry, Evelyn. Do whatever you deem right. I really don't care," Tris says.
"But sweetie, it's your wedding day," Evelyn argues.
"With all due respect, Evelyn, let's stay real here. Whatever you decide is fine. You can even pick the dress for all I care," she says. Uriah signals that she needs to wrap this up. "I have to go. Talk to you later. Bye."
They land and camouflage the quinjet(3) near the small farm where Stark made sure to create a high tech safe house for missions in the area. It's a good thing they have such wealthy allies. Tris and Uriah enter the old house, that frankly be told looks like a tool shed.
They won't use the secret entrance into the underground safe haven, but uncover two Yamaha bikes, that they'll use to travel to downtown Paris. May send them the coordinates where Vanchat is meeting with a buyer and Tris' and Uriah's mission is to intercept the package and take the dealer into their custody.
As they approach their target Uriah and Tris split up covering both exits. Coulson just communicated that back up is on its way and five minutes out. They report their status and location and wait for Vanchat's arrival. Thankfully, the scumbag is on time and both agents wait for the deal to go down before making their move. But to their surprise an old "friend" makes his appearance, none other than Grant Ward(4), the bastard who betrayed Coulson's original team and escaped SHIELD's custody.
"Sir, we have a problem," Tris says using her com.
"What is it?" Coulson asks.
"Got eye on Ward," she says.
"What? What is he doing there?" Coulson asks, obviously confused.
"Don't know. Request advice," Tris says.
"Should we abort the mission?" Uriah asks.
"Stand by," Coulson says and the line goes silent.
"Copy that," both agents respond.
"What do you think is going on?" Uriah asks Tris.
"I don't know. Whether or not Ward is Hydra, he is dangerous," Tris says serious.
"Wait for back up to arrive," Coulson orders.
"We might not have this option," Tris says. "It seems the deal is done. Ward just picked up the suitcase Vanchat brought with him. What are our orders?" she asks. Silence. "Sir?"
"The back-up isn't there yet. Do not engage. I don't want to lose two of my best agents," Coulson says seriously. Uriah and Tris remain silent. "Do you copy?" Coulson asks.
"Copy that," Uriah answers.
"Tris?"
"Copy that," Tris says sighing. She really wanted to catch that bastard Vanchat. Especially since last time they saw each other the fucker shot her. They watch Ward leave and Vanchat heading to the roof, no doubt taking the helicopter that landed there a couple of minutes ago.
"Target is gone," they hear Coulson announce. While following orders like the good agents they are Tris can't help but feel angry. She really wanted something to go her way for once.
The flight back to base was mostly silent, since Uriah decided to take over the stick(5) and let Tris sleep. But she wasn't in the mood to sleep, she wanted to punch something or someone. Not only did they lose one of their most valuable targets, no, she was also forced into a marriage she didn't want. She could have asked Stark for a loan, but that rich prick wouldn't have let her hear the end of it. No, she had to do this. Besides, maybe this was a good thing. Not the marriage per se. But Coulson still tried to convince her not to quit. At least now she would have a real excuse and refuse missions. Don't get her wrong, she loves what she's doing, but after one too many near death experiences she needs a break.
Sneak Peek Chapter 3: No wedding without a bit of drama
"Something's wrong," she says and before he can ask what she means a male voice answers.
"Yeah. I counted ten," the voice says and he looks to his left to find Uriah, Zeke's younger brother dancing with one of their female co-workers.
"Twelve. Two next to the DJ station, hidden," Tris says. What is going on? What are they talking about? "Where are the others?" Tris asks Uriah.
"Standing by. Who do you think they are?" Uriah asks.
"Dunno. We need to move quick. Do you have an earpiece for me?" Tris asks and Uriah slightly bumps into her. She manages to put the earpiece in and checks it.
A/N: What do you think? Leave a comment :)
1 Dealer – weapons, alien tech, anything of value and a target of SHIELD for quite some time
2 Actually two people, Leopold Fitz and Jemma Simmons. Fitz is an engineer and Simmons is a bio-chemist. They are so close that their colleagues started calling them FitzSimmons or the science twins. Originally, they were just friends; Fitz always had a crush on Simmons, but she was oblivious to that. Now, who knows? Also, Jemma is British and Fitz is Scottish. Imagine their accents when you read their lines
3 Quinjet – is a SHIELD smaller aircraft, that has a cloaking device incorporated. Basically, it becomes invisible.
4 Grant Ward is a former SHIELD agent, but secretly Hydra. He betrays Coulson and almost gets everyone on his original team (Coulson, May, FitzSimmons and Daisy) killed. He is very dangerous and not to be underestimated.
5 Lingo for flying the airplane