Coulson's blue eyes pierced Ana's dark brown ones. She remained silent, waiting for the director to break it.

"How'd you do that?"

Ana shrugged. "It's just something I've always been able to do. Trust me, before S.H.I.E.L.D. picked me up as a kid, I was constantly getting beat up for telling things how they were."

"That's the thing, I'm not sure if I can trust you."

Ana leaned back in her chair and regarded the director. He looked tired, as she had noticed before, but there was something else there as well. An…awareness that the fight was larger than he could imagine.

"Maybe you shouldn't." Coulson nodded and gave her a small smile.

"What brings you to this base, Agent Williams?"

Ana reached down and retrieved her file from her pack. "This." She handed it to him. He took it from her and gave her mission a quick glance.

"But how did you figure out where we were?"

"Logical deduction. I'm the youngest level 8 S.H.I.E.L.D. ever had. Part of that was because Fury trusted me with information."

"How often did you meet with Fury?"

"Only once, when I was at the academy." Coulson's eyebrows furrowed and he gave her a quizzical look. Ana sighed and folded her hands. "I assume that I made him uncomfortable. He was aware of my talent because I used them on him. However, he also knew the value behind them."

Coulson nodded. Silence descended upon them again. Ana could see Coulson was having a mental war with himself about her. She turned and looked at a surveillance screen of the perimeter of the base. The sun was setting.

"Do you want my help, Director Coulson? Because if you don't, I have Hydra bases to track down and destroy."

"How do you plan on doing that?"

"Infiltrating them. Then breaking them apart, piece by piece."

Ana met the director's eyes and held them. She wanted to work for him and with him, but knew that it was a possibility she would have to do this mission on her own. Coulson held her gaze.

"We are full in the base but lucky for you, there was a bunk that opened up on the bus. You can throw your bag in there."

She nodded and stood with the director, following him to the door.

"Ward's old bunk." It wasn't a question. Coulson stopped and turned around to face her. He hadn't realized how much shorter she was.

"I might regret this, but, how did you know?"

Ana shrugged. "News travels."

Coulson narrowed his eyes but turned back around and led her down the spiral staircase again.

"I like her."

"I don't trust her."

"Of course you don't."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"She read you like a book."

"I'm gonna read you like a book…"

Coulson walked into the briefing room on the base. He had left Agent Williams to unpack her belongings in her bunk. Agent Koenig was waiting for her so they could go through orientation. He had no doubt she'd pass with flying colors. Currently Trip and May were arguing over his newest recruit. Skye was hanging back watching the two of them go at it. Simmons had disappeared, probably back to the lab. Coulson sighed. May and Trip turned to face him at the noise, quelling their heated discussion.

"Agent Ana Williams is our newest recruit." Trip just turned and smiled at May. Frowning, May turned back to Coulson.

"Is that wise?"

"Best decision I've made all week." With that, Coulson turned and left the briefing room. May followed him. Trip just shook his head and smiled at Skye before heading for their lounge space. Skye placed her tablet down on the table and began to pull up everything she could find on Agent Ana Williams.

She was an orphan that S.H.I.E.L.D. had picked up and trained. Skye furrowed her brow at that. Why would S.H.I.E.L.D. be interested in a small child? Unfortunately she didn't find anything else in the file that would answer that question. Ana had excelled at the academy and had been placed on several covert missions. Skye spent some time researching Agent Scott, the partner Ana had spoken of. She found exemplary information on him, which made her frown more. If he had been Hydra, he had hid it well. But, according to Skye's research, the two had worked well together. "Until she shot him, I guess." Skye muttered to herself. There was no red flags in Ana's file until she had been held for suspicion of being a double agent. She had been released yesterday. Sighing, Skye turned the tablet off. She guessed that she would just have to work with the new recruit until she could feel comfortable around her. Skye had the feeling that wouldn't take long though. She already liked her.

"Any questions?" Skye jumped and looked up to find Ana watching her and leaning against the doorframe to the room. She had a lanyard around her neck.

"Not yet."

Ana nodded at the slightly younger woman. "Let me know when you do." With that, Ana turned around and left Skye to her thoughts.