AN: I do not own Agents of SHIELD or anything Marvel. Although, I was informed by agentcarter45 Cap isn't Hydra, so I'm pretty hype. I really need to buy more comics. Anyway, to the story.. Enjoy!
May crutched into the hangar to find that the plane was nowhere in sight. May sighed, she imagined that the Director had forced Coulson and Mack to deploy before they could say goodbye. Nowadays, everyone seemed so far away. Fitz and Simmons were just in the lab but yet they seemed as far away as Daisy.
Turning and crutching back through a nearby hallway, May began to make her way to the Director's office. As she approached, she straightened her back. Despite the fact that she was on crutches May wanted to show this man that she was not weak.
Director Mace was a good man, based off what May had heard. Yet, she still didn't feel fully adjusted to the man. He had put a price on Daisy's head, that alone earned him a cold shoulder. May crutched through the doorway and into the office.
"Director," She addressed the tall man, who was hunched over on his tablet. His screen seemed to be of a map. But he powered the device off and stood up when he saw May had entered the room.
"Agent May, I'm glad to see you up and about," Director Mace said, his voice seemed to be in a forced pleasant tone. May also noted the way his hands were gripping the desk in front of him.
"Sir, I was just wondering where Agents Coulson and Mack are. Agent Simmons had informed me that they were still at the base, but the plane isn't in the hangar," May addressed the director, leaning forward on the crutches to steady herself.
"Agent Coulson and Agent Mackenzie have deployed the jet again," he replied. "We caught wind of another inhuman attack, so they were forced to leave immediately."
"Sir, speaking of inhumans, what happened to the one that I had hunted down with my team the other day," May inquired, she had been assuming that Coulson and Mack had caught the inhuman. However, no one had confirmed her thought.
"Agents recovered the inhuman that you took down," the Director said, pulling up a video feed of the inhuman in one of the containment modules. "However, the inhuman that attacked you, that one escaped. We are in the process of tracking it. Your team, specifically, has been working around the clock to find it."
"Good, thank you, sir," May said, then made to crutch out of the room.
"Agent May, there is one other thing I would like to discuss with you," Director Mace called before May could make it out of the door.
"Agent May, you have spent so many years in the field and given so much to this agency," Director Mace began and May resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She knew where this was going. He was about to talk to her about retirement or some bullshit like that.
"Agent May, due to your recent injuries, I would like to talk about a desk position," Director Mace began.
"Simmons said that I can go back into the field in six months," May told the Director. "I can operate my team and oversee their training from the base. Then, in six months, I can just resume going into the field with them."
"Agent May, you misunderstood me," the director stopped May. "After going through your file, I've determined that you are no longer fit to be in the field. I am pulling you from the field. This is not a temporary thing, this will be long term. This desk job will be permanent until such a time that you wish to retire from the agency all together."
May thought for a second, he wanted her out of the field. That much he had stated plainly, but whether it was for her insubordination or her injuries she didn't know. Either way, May was not going to be sitting a behind a desk when she knew that she was physically capable of helping people in the field. She was going back in the field, with or without the agency's support. So, sighing May looked the director dead in the eye.
"Sir, all due respect, but my place is in the field. I am a fighter, not a paper pusher. So, I quit," May said, then picked up her crutches and left the office, heading straight to her bunk to pack her things.
AN: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I will say, it was much shorter and very poorly written. But I wanted to get an update out, so, here you go. Please comment your questions or feelings. See you next time.
