Chapter 3: Plan B
AN: Here is the next chapter, sorry about the late update for chapter 2! Got side tracked!
Morgan steps out of the truck, seeing Alex bleeding, and bruised sitting on a bench outside base 2J. He walks up to her.
"I heard about your escape." He begins. Alex lifts her head and nods. "And I also heard how the building exploded today when a few SHIELD agents were investigating." He adds. She grins.
"I knew they would get out. And I made sure they got the memo that it wasn't a reply from the Renegade." She says, leaning back putting her hands behind her head. He raises an eyebrow. "Let's just say I left them a message." She says. He hesitates before nodding.
"And you completed your mission?" She nods.
"Wasn't the easiest in the world but it had gone better than I expected." She tells him.
"Any injuries I should know about?" Alex grins.
"Nah, I'm tougher than I look." She says. He laughs.
"Well get yourself cleaned up then we'll talk about what comes next." He says. Alex gives a nod before standing up and walking inside.
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Alex sat at the table while Morgan gave a speech on common enemies and other crap she didn't care about. There was a school for kids her age, training them to become workers for the Renegade. The school was about three hundred acres and had anything you could possibly think of for training. There was forest, mountains, dessert, every terrain for training and survival things you needed to learn.
Alex leans back and puts her feet up on the table. Morgan turns giving her a stern glare. She shrugs it off and closes her eyes as he continues.
"Now there are many other organizations that could cause threats toward us. One is an organization called SHIELD." Alex opens one eye. "It stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement Logistics Division. They have caused trouble with us in the past." Alex had both eyes open now. Morgan's eyes turn to Alex. They class looks back at her. Alex gulps. Morgan takes in a breath. "'We have a former SHIELD agent in here as a matter a fact. Alex, care to enlighten us on this?" Morgan jesters to her to come up. Alex puts her feet down and gets out of her chair, walking up to the front.
"And what should I tell them." She says quietly to him.
"Basics, what did you learn there, how missions are assigned. I don't want SHIELD secrets, we aren't necessarily SHIELD's enemy, but if they intervene with us we won't hesitate to attack." Morgan explains quickly. Alex looks shocked for a minute. She never thought of it like that. She nods and turns to the class.
"Well, um. When I went on missions the Director would assign me along with others. We would go there, complete the mission and go back. Pretty simple." Alex says. Everyone stares. "Any questions?" Every hand shoots up. Alex leans back a bit shocked. She points to a girl in front.
"How did you join SHIELD?" The girl asks. Alex thinks for a moment.
"I was shot and woke up in SHIELD." Alex says plain and simple. The girl nods. She points to a boy.
"Who did you usually go on missions with?" Alex thinks for a minute.
"Well after the serum, I went on missions with Agent Barton and Agent Romanoff, but I also went on missions with my friend Skye and Captain Rogers." Alex says. He nods. She points to another boy.
"Was this Skye an agent too?" Alex nods.
"She hacked SHIELD after I was shot and Captain Rogers suggested recruitment for her." Alex says. She was getting tired of questions. A girl was raising her hand and Alex points to her.
"A lot of us have seen you train. Who taught you to fight?" The girl asks.
'Uh, Captain Rogers was my mentor, or trainer." The girl nods.
"Guess that explains it." She says. Alex nods. She points to a boy.
"We heard you were found in a cave. How did you get there in the first place?" Alex's blood goes cold. She looks at the ground for a minute.
"I… well…we…" Alex didn't know how to put it in words without making her friends look like complete morons. "We were fighting off an enemy after crashing on an island. Stupid me got myself caught in a troubling situation and after the ground collapsed one of them caught me." They class looks at her waiting. "He was shot, and I fell." Alex says. The boy lowers his head.
"Sorry, that's wasn't my business to ask." Alex shakes her head.
'Don't worry about it, its fine…" Alex didn't know his name. The boy clears his throat.
"Uh, Bobby."
"It's fine Bobby. I've talked about worse." She gives him a reassuring smile. Morgan steps up.
"I thought you would have better questions than that, to most of you but let's get back to business." Alex goes to sit down. Morgan begins talking about defense tactics. He wasn't giving any demonstrations. Alex sat there thinking about how it would look in a demonstration, but nothing came to mind. She might not be with SHIELD anymore, but one thing she did miss, was having a trainer who understood you.
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Alex sat at a lunch table, putting together the day she had so far. She had math, science, and trainer classes so far. She still needed LA, history, which was one of her favorite classes, and more training. Alex takes a bite of pizza, and sees a pair of feet in front of her. She looks up and sees Bobby standing there. Bobby smiles.
"Mind if I sit?" He says. Alex shakes her head. He sits down across from her, putting his plate down. "So how was your day here so far?" He asks. Alex looks up and shrugs. The new school year was starting, this was her first day.
"Good, it's a lot nicer than my old school; Pinewood. That's for sure." Alex says; looking around the Cafeteria. Bobby nods.
"So what classes do you have next?" He asks her.
"Uh, I have LA next than History. Along with training." Bobby nods.
"Do you have Mrs. Spence for LA?" Alex nods. "Who do you have for History?"
"Mr. Lewis." Bobby smiles.
"I have them. I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other." Bobby says. Alex smiles, than nods. The bell rings and everyone heads for the doors. Alex and Bobby head off to LA.
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After school, Alex headed off to Base to find Morgan for her next mission. She walks into his office and sits in his chair; putting her feet on his desk and putting her hands behind her head. Morgan walks in and looks up stopping dead in his tracks. His eyes go from Alex's head, to her feet and back again. Alex opens her eyes and sees him.
"Sup Morgan. Got an assignment for me?" Alex grins. Morgan gives her a stern look.
"Yes Barton, I do." Morgan says. Alex gets out of the chair and they switch places. Alex stands in front of his desk. He hands her a file. She opens it and her expression darkness when she sees the location. Morgan sighs.
"Now I know this mission will be personal, but I don't trust anyone else with this task." Alex looks up at him.
"What is it you want me to do?" She asks.
"I need you to get something for me, and in return, I'll give you something you want." Morgan says.
"What is it I'm getting?" She says.
"There is a serum that was stolen from our custody. We need it back." Morgan says. Alex raises an eyebrow. "I only trust you with it because you already have it. Or somewhat; it's a similar serum to the one you have. But instead of humans it's for animals. We were doing some work on it to explore the variety of uses." Morgan explains. Alex nods.
"How did you come across this in the first place?" Alex asks. Morgan hesitates before answering.
"We do business with some people that have it." Morgan says, trying to avoid the question. Alex takes a step forward, and two men walk in. She stops for a minute.
"Sir, the jeep's ready." One of the men says. Morgan nods. He turns back to Alex. She was waiting for an answer.
"So?" She says; she wasn't leaving the room without the answer she wanted. Morgan sighs and opens a drawl and hands her another folder. She opens it and immediately recognizes the symbol on the paper. She drops the file and takes a threatening step forward. The two men behind her hold her back. Morgan had gotten out of the chair and was about to explain.
"Now before you hurt me, I want you to know the better part of this. We do not enjoy doing business with them, as a matter a fact, we don't trust them what so ever. But we have done business with them no and again, were not business partners if that's what you think." Morgan says. Alex hadn't dropped her death glare. She shrugs off the men, pushing them a bit farther away than intending and walks toward the door. She stops before exiting.
"I'll be back in about three days." She says, and then she heads toward the jeep.
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Alex hops out of the jeep and sees the street she is on. She uses to come there with the lunatics who were so called her parents. Alex walks down the street; she checks her phone to make sure the address is right before taking a left. Alex looks at the address on the building and sees it matches. She puts her phone on her boot and walks up to the door. It was old and run down. She knocks…no answer. She grins before lifting her foot and kicking down the door. It hits the ground and dust flies up. It looks looked like no one had been there in a while.
She pulls a knife from the holster on her thigh and takes off her hood searches the rooms. After she swept the first floor, she sees a door to the basement. Alex walks over and opens the door. She walks down the stairs and sees a lab. There were metal tables lining up with all sorts of scientific crap on them. Alex walks around one of the tables and sees a fridge. She opens it and sees vials inside. She picks up one and sees the serum label on it. She picks up two others and sees the same thing. Alex frowns. She gets out her phone and checks the info page. It didn't say anything about a vile number. She decides to improvise. She takes them all and shoves them into any pockets she had. After putting the last on in her boot she hears a bang from upstairs. Alex looks in the direction of the stairs. She puts her hood back on her head. Taking the knife; she creeps toward the stairs. Taking them one step at a time she begins to hear voices.
"Someone was here recently." Alex knew the voice so well.
"Yeah, I'll check upstairs, you keep looking down here." She knew that voice too. Alex walks up the stairs. Looking in the kitchen she walks cautiously out. Then someone walks around the corner. Alex turns slowly and sees her old trainer.
"Coulson I don't think anyone-"Steve pauses mid-sentence when he sees someone standing there. She had her hood up so he couldn't see her face. She makes a run for it but he was faster and grabs her. She turns and punches him in the jaw, he stumbles only a second but it gave her the opportunity to get out of his grasp and run for the door. Just as she gets out the door she hears the familiar sound of him throwing his shield. Alex turns and picks up her bow out of the bushes; she spins it and moves to the side, deflecting the shield. Steve stares in shock; no one knew how to do that except one person. Alex puts the bow on her back and turns running away; hoping he hadn't recognized her.
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Alex walks through the woods. She couldn't believe she was that reckless to try and deflect the shield. She knew they both worked on that move, she just hoped he didn't remember. Alex was on her way to a place she had been longing to go to for a while. Knowing there wasn't any reception out here, she wasn't bothering to take out her phone.
Alex walks around a tree and sees a barn between the trees. She smiles. Agent Woods' barn was where Storm was kept. She was in the area so what better time to go. Alex runs through the trees and up to the stall doors. Turning and looking at the house she doesn't see any lights on. She turns back and opens on the of the doors. Walking inside she runs over the stall on the very end. Alex sees a head pop up. She jabs her hand through the bars and rubs his soft muzzle. She takes her hand out and opens the stall door. Storm nickers and Alex raps her arms around his neck.
"I missed you so much." She told him. After petting him for a few more minutes she goes to the tack room and gets out an all-black bridle, saddle, saddle pad, and a girth. Alex returns a few minutes later and tacks him up. After finishing tacking him up, Alex pulls herself onto his back. She hadn't sat on a horse in over three months. Alex pats his neck before turning him and walking toward the door.
They walk out into the night sky. Alex looks back at the barn and house before turning back forward. Squeazing her legs against his sides, they gallop off into the darkness.