For those interested in reading more about Sharon and Angel, My dear friend and fellow writer Kyla (PyroQueenOfFire) is also writing a sister story featuring them and the Avengers called Take Me or Leave Me (trust me, if you like this story you will LOVE this one).
We went and saw Avengers AGAIN tonight so that we can solidify our stories more while coming up with ideas for both stories AS WELL AS future stories we plan to write using both Sharon and Angel. In the few days we've been writing them we've both fallen in love with them and their interactions with the Avengers. In case you want to know, Angel is based off of Kyla and Sharon is based off of myself. YES they are keeping a few secrets that will be revealed bit by bit. I like to keep you on your toes.
Dedicated to Kyla, who's love for Captain America is flawless and awesome.
CHAPTER FOUR
After Sharon and Angela had finished unpacking and settling (well… Angel unpacked, Sharon just laid on the bed talking about her plans to set Angel up with the Captain, much to Angel's chagrin) They made their way down to the lab to look at their workspace and set it up to their liking.
The Tesseract lab was a large room roughly half the size of an airplane hangar, with the Tesseract on one end and the office equipment set up on the other. Sharon and Angel chose their desks and stored some of their things before making their way back to the bridge. They made themselves comfortable at the table while they waited for the rest of the team to gather.
One by one the members trickled into the room. Thor and Bruce sat together, seeming to be in a light discussion on fighting. Agents Romanoff and Barton walked in and sat beside one another, neither speaking to the other but both seeming comfortable.
Sharon noticed Barton eying her out of the corner of her eye and felt the hair on her neck rise a bit and her face heat up. She kept her façade calm and relaxed, her 'natural sloth state' as she and Angel liked to call it. She could tell that Agent Barton was suspicious of them and curious as to where they came in on this mission. She smirked a little, if only he knew…
Steve entered and sat closest to the ladies, smiling amiably, "I hope you're all settled in." He said, having eyes for Angel but lightly acknowledging Sharon's presence. She smirked again, the boy had it for her girl and she was more than ready to encourage it.
Angel smiled, "The place seems great, I'm just happy that Director Fury was kind enough to let Shar and I keep a room together, we're not fond of sleeping apart from each other." She said, looking at Sharon happily, it was rare that they spent nights apart from each other.
"Good, I'm glad you're feeling comfortable." Steve smiled.
Sharon tuned out Angel and Steve's flirting to glance around the room. She counted in her head; someone was missing. She looked again, "Angel where's your dillhole brother?"
Angel snapped out of her flirting to look around, "I haven't the foggiest idea." She said, looking around some more, feeling frustrated that Tony was late, he's probably doing this to humiliate me she thought.
At that moment, Director Fury walked in, "Let's begin the briefing."
"Director, it shouldn't be surprising, but Tony is late." Angel said through her teeth, getting more annoyed at her brother's petulance.
"Mr. Stark has elected not to take part in this mission, instead he chose to fly back to Stark tower." Fury said, slightly apologetic in his tone while also sounding annoyed.
"You have GOT to be kidding me." Angel growled, turning red with anger. Sharon put a hand on Angel's and held it for a moment before leaning over to whisper in her ear. Barton watched the exchange with keen interest. It was only moments before Angel seemed to radically calm down and reclaim her demeanor. What just happened? Clint thought, looking at Sharon curiously. She met his gaze briefly before looking away suddenly, choosing to focus on Angel, who was beginning the briefing.
"Very well, we shall continue without him." Angel said, taking out her data disk and uploading the data onto the table computer so the team may see the mission laid out before each of them, "Yesterday evening at 2200 an energy signature was read in the area close to New Mexico. The force was much like that of the Tesseracts, but it was only brief. Normally these readings would not be cause for such concern, being that it only lasted for roughly 30 seconds. However, the strength of it may foreshadow a further problem. With the help of Doctor Banner, we would like to study the Tesseract and compare it to the energy signature for signs of gamma radiation and other significant findings."
"I would like to send Agent Romanoff and Thor over to New Mexico to look a the area of the reading," Nick said after Angel concluded her speech, "The reading was not to far off from Thor's place of entrance from his last visit. Agent Barton and Captain are to stay with Ms. Carver and Ms. Stark. Any questions?"
Everyone seemed to understand, so Nick dismissed the meeting. Everyone dispersed in their respective directions to prepare for their missions. Barton slipped down the corridor and made his way to what he called his 'nest'. It was a platform in the corner of the Tesseract lab close to the ceiling. He sat up there and gazed over the room, taking note of all the action occurring.
His eyes locked on the girls as they entered the room, more specifically on Sharon. She made her way over to her desk and sat down and resumed her relaxed pose she seemed to always maintain. She turned toward Angel and began to chat, they laughed a bit and continued to chat for a while.
Clint wondered to himself what was really going on here. They were two fine arts students who seemed to have little to no science training or knowledge. And yet, they were the ones heading the project. Even so, Angela seemed to be the brains of the operation, he'd yet seen Sharon do or say anything on the subject of the mission.
Things didn't entirely add up in his head. He assumed that Director Fury knew what he was doing and Clint trusted him with his life, but the mystery of the situation made him slightly uncomfortable.
He watched closely as Sharon let out a loud laugh at something Angel said, he felt his chest squeeze at the sound. She is mysterious, but she sure as hell is a beautiful one at that he thought to himself.