The atmosphere of the room felt reticent and impassive. Adira examined the room, every color was absent, except for 50 shades of grey, coincidently enough both protagonists have their minds controlled by an arrogant self-obsessed man.

Dr. Althea moved quickly around the table, she turned on the machine connected to the nerve sensory equipment, a small hum rose through the room for a moment then silence fell once again. Her interrogator looked up from her workstation, she stared apathetically at Adira ready to pick up everybody movement, eye twitch or shift in body weight she made. Machines could only do so much, they were limited to sensing the brain waves and heart rate, which could be easily deceived by a professional, like herself.

"Ready?" Dr. Althea asked in a calm yet stern voice.

Adira nodded her head, pushing back any scepticism she had on her abilities to fool both equipment and person.

"We're going to start off with something easy. What's your full name?"

"Adira Lee Fury."

Althea checked the information the computer was interpreting from her answer then shifted her focus back on Adira.

"Do you have any siblings?"

"Yes, one sister."

"What is her full name?"

"Leala May Fury."

"And who do you work for?" She asked starting her way into more difficult questions. Adira however won't be so easy to detect if she's lying.

"S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Who would you say you're loyal to?"

"My allegiance is to S.H.I.E.L.D." But that doesn't mean she won't betray who she pledged to.

"You became angry after Agents Leala and the guards confronted you. To me that's a sign of nervousness and guilt. Perhaps Loki did gain control over you."

"I felt betrayed, I thought my sister would have more faith in my ability."

"But, Loki has the power to turn the best and the brightest into his own personal slaves, he could easily do the same to you."

"He didn't."

"Why couldn't he?"

"The necklace my mother gave my has a gem with magical powers, it prevented Loki from compromising me."

For the next 20 minutes Dr. Althea and Adira went back and forth, there were times she almost caught Adira but she saved herself. When they finished Dr. Althea showed her first emotion since walking in.

"Nice dress," Her eyes flickered to amusement with a smile spreading on her face.

"Nice face." Adira pretended to fight back a smile.

"I see you still have yet to work on your comebacks." She laughed.

"I see you've yet to work on your emotional connection with people during interrogations," Adira smile fakingly at her old friend whom she hadn't seen or heard from in 2 years. She kept her vomit down and face pleasant while memories floated in her head of the times they spent together at the S.H.I.E.L.D Academy. Although their time spent socializing was short-lived, Emily Althea had a year on Adira, graduation for her came quicker as well as recruitment in the field. Keeping contact proved difficult with Adira's tedious studying needs and Emily's strict "no outside contact" missions. She must have received an opportunity to work aboard the Helicarrier has an interrogator since she specialized in psychology back at the academy.

"I had to with you," Emily's smile faded. Adira was her only friend back then, it's not that she was bad at making friends, she just didn't want to care for someone only to have the ripped away from her. She knew the danger that came with the job. "I wouldn't be much of a professional if I did," she said, her smile returning. "C'mon. Your clothes are in your old room, I'm sure you're itching to get out of those." She said walking towards the door. "I'll inform Director Fury of your results." The door closed behind her leaving Adira to remove the wires by herself.

She walked through the halls as quickly as she could, when she found her room she saw the stack of folded clothes on the bed.

"Finally," she sighed. She dressed herself and unpinned what was left of the updo. "What is Loki's plan?"

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