I was told to be trustworthy, remain hidden among them like a wolf in sheep's skin. That is my mission for now. Adira walked out the door and set out to meet a familiar face. Not too long after she closed her door Leala called her name, she ran towards her and embraced her in a tight hug her arms around Adira who hesitantly did the same.
"I'm sorry I-"
"Lee there's no need to apologize," Adira said softly. "You and Fury couldn't risk a compromised agent conflicting with the mission." Leala pulled away facing her sister's sympathetic eyes.
"No, not that... I'm sorry for acting recklessly back on the PROJECT Base, if I hadn't drawn attention to myself, Loki wouldn't have shot at me and you wouldn't have tried to save me. It's-"
"Loki's fault. Instinct took over. Besides I'm fine, see." Adira spun around with her arms lifted and smiled to show just how "okay" she was.
"Speaking of, shouldn't they have run more thorough tests on you? I know you say you're unharmed, but you were hit with an extraterrestrial power. It could have an unknown effect that doesn't appear right away."
"No, I'm fine I promise," Adira lied.
Leala studied her, her sister always played it safe 'you can never be too sure' Adira said this about 10 times during each training mission. So it seemed odd now for her to act so nonchalantly about an injury as serious as possible head trauma. "Adira I think you should go to the medical assistance room."
"I really just want to see dad," she pleaded, trying to get Leala off her scent.
"Then you'll go to the infirmary?"
"Yes."
"I'll leave you with your personal mission then," Leala smile, then darted down the hallway. Meanwhile, Adira walked in the opposite direction towards the Bridge. Along the way, she noticed a short man in a purple button shirt with dark wavy hair and rectangle glasses working diligently in a lab alongside Tony Stark. She redirected her route and stepped into the lab.
"Morning gentlemen," she said sweetly.
"I haven't been called that in a while," the man in the purple shirt said solemnly.
"You really aren't that different from your father aren't you?" Tony said.
The man with the dark wavy hair looked at her curiously.
"Nevermind, is there something your dad needs?" He said quickly.
"Director Fury," she corrected, "needs nothing. I simply came in here to introduce myself to an unfamiliar face, I pride myself in knowing everyone's name." She smiled.
The man looks away from his work and at Adira. "I'm Dr. Banner."
Bruce Banner?... The scientist who experimented with gamma radiation and created a beast?
"It's nice to have you on board Bruce," she nodded towards him then left.
When she made it down to the Bridge she was greeted with a big smile from Coulson and an uncharacteristic hug from Director Fury.
"Never again," he whispered before letting go. If she was herself she might have been touched by her father's cryptic words but, as the cold slave she was, the sentimental sentence was hollow and meaningless. "I was debriefed on your condition," he said.
"My condition?"
"They tested your current brain waves while Dr. Althea interrogated you. There were a few abnormal variations in the tests but rest assured it's all natural after going through traumatizing event," he no longer looked at her but examined the main control room, she too looked around. There was Thor starring at a monitor screen with of a girl with Coulson behind.
"Was Agent Leala informed?" She said Fury preferred they remain professional while in a "work" setting.
"Yes," he answered.
Fury will be wrapped up in whatever he's doing for a while, it's best not to disturb him any further, her own personal protocol is when the director is busy go to the next most trustworthy person... Agent Hill is currently working with other agents and there's one thing I've learned from experience is people hate being interrupted while working... Agent Coulson who was in mid conversation with Thor. Adira smiled to herself and made her way towards them.
"Bilchstiem? You know; huge, scaly, big antlers. You don't have those?" Thor said making an antler gesture.
"Don't think so," Coulson said with a smile.
"They are repulsive, and they trample everything in their path." Thor walks over to the side of the ship and looks out the window, lamenting about what has happened and what may come. "When I first came to earth, Loki's rage followed me here and your people paid the price. And now again. In my youth, I courted war."
"War hasn't started yet," Fury reassured. "You think you can make Loki tell us what the Tesseract is?"
"I do not know. Loki's mind is far afield, it's not just power he craves, it's vengeance upon me. There's no pain that would prize his need from him," Thor said.
"A lot of guys think that until the pain stops."
"What are you asking me to do?"
"I'm asking. What are you prepared to do?"
"Loki is a prisoner."
"Then why do I feel like he's the only person on this boat that wants to be here," Fury said walking out, Adira chased after him.
"Director, wait!" She called out to him, Fury stopped and turned his back away from her. "If Thor isn't prepared to do what we might need then please use me."
"No," he said bluntly. she looks at him confused, she was about to open her mouth to ask why when Fury answered. "You're still recovering and your scans show there's something you're not telling us and I'm beginning to think it's more than just trauma, I'm not sending you in with that monster," he said as he intensely stared at her for a second, then he turned his back to leave. But, she still stood there, hesitant on what say, and what to do. She walked back to Coulson.
"Where are they holding Loki?" She inquired. Coulson was taken aback by her sudden demand.
"Everything is under control, Adira. We have men guarding the outside of his cell and surveilling the inside of his cell."
"That's not good enough," her voice dropped to a more menacing tone and intimidatingly narrowed her eyebrows.
"Adira," Coulson raised his voice in a way to warn her.
"I apologize," she said softly. "I think I'll just head over to the clinic now," she said before walking out. I have to keep my cool. She said to herself, but try as she might she still felt furious as if a storm of emotion was swirling inside her head. I should try and locate Loki's location by myself. It may take a while there are over 40 rooms on the helicarrier but how many could hold a god? She asked herself.
An hour had gone by before she saw a heavily locked door. Maybe this one? She opened it, within the room contained a large circular glass cell with a troubled Loki inside. He turned around and stared at her with a puzzled look.
"You mustn't be in my presence," he stated. "Please, leave now and hide," he said in a hushed tone before he turned his back.
Confused, she stood there unsure of what to think of his cryptic message. She backed away from the cell and left.