A/N: Update!
"Hill," Maria and Melinda look at Maria's pager. "Send Agent May to my office now." Maria looks at Melinda, who looks back at Maria with a confused look on her face.
"Director Fury wants to see you." Maria tells her, as she walks over to her pager.
"Why?" Melinda asks.
"Copy that, director," she talks to the pager, and she looks at Melinda. "Debriefings. There are a few modifications of protocols and policies, and he wants to discuss about you as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent." Maria goes over to her door and nods at Melinda. Melinda follows her from behind. Maria opens the door to the new director's office and lets Melinda enter in first.
Nick Fury is sitting on his chair, and looks at Melinda immediately when she enters. He nods at Maria. "Leave us." Fury says. Maria nods and closes the door, leaving Melinda standing in front of his desk. "Agent May." He nods, gesturing at the seat on the other side of his desk across his seat. Melinda sits down on the chair.
"Director Fury," Melinda nods at him. "What…what am I—"
"I heard about what happened just a few months ago," Fury tells her. Melinda stops and leans back at her chair, eyes not leaving the director in front of her. "I'm sorry to hear about that, I really am, and as much as possible, I would like to offer whatever I can to help you find your daughter."
Melinda raises her eyebrows. "But we will be discussing that later," Fury dismisses. "First I would like to discuss your status, your abilities and everything that's in your record."
Fury proceeds with discussing about Melinda having to train as an ace pilot, and a specialist field agent. She will no longer be training under Victoria Hand, but under Natasha Romanoff, which means more combat than arms. She will also begin flying a plane, still under Maria Hill's supervision. She will also advance to level four.
"For your missions, the team that you worked with in your last field mission is still your team, only Hill will be removed since she's the new deputy. Agent Barton is heading the team, meaning he will be the one giving orders and briefings. Understood?" Melinda nods, for the nth time since Fury began talking. "I trust that there will be no problems with you working with Agent Coulson, is there?"
"None, sir." Melinda answers monotonously. Fury nods and leans back on his chair.
"Now about your daughter," Fury starts. Melinda raises her eyebrows at her superior. "I heard about you wanting to know what fully transpired in Hunan three months ago, Hill told me." Melinda nods. "But I would like to agree with her and tell you that you can't uncover the redacted documents regarding the mission."
"What?" Melinda asks, completely blurting out the question without meaning it. Her eyes widen when she realised what she had just said.
"You're clearance level four, Agent May, a fresh clearance level four," Fury says. "And even though Stoner was the one who redacted the document itself to clearance levels below nine, I can't uncover the document. It's still classified."
"You've seen it yourself, sir." Melinda says, raising an eyebrow.
"Read it with my own eyes," Fury nods. "And you wouldn't want to read it. Some bad stuff on those documents."
"What was the 0-8-4, sir?" Melinda asks. Fury eyes her.
"Why would you want to know?" he asks her. Melinda is silent. There are a million questions in her mind, and she does not trust herself that once she opens her mouth, she will not stop asking them. Fury leans over to her. "There was no 0-8-4."
Melinda frowns at him. "Sir, a whole village died trying to protect the 0-8-4, that's what they said—"
"That was what transpired," Fury cuts her off. "But whatever the 0-8-4 was, nobody knew. Nobody found out. Avery was crossed off trying to retrieve it and Lumley disappeared. We lost two of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s best and brightest trying to retrieve an unknown object."
Melinda sinks back further in her chair. "Stoner was in Hunan the same time the incident happened, the same date Avery was crossed off. That's what Hill told me. My daughter could be killed in Hunan, or she could be…" she trails off, shaking her head and looking at Fury. "She could still be there."
"You're constructing a different story based on no solid evidence, Agent May," Fury tells her with a warning tone. "Whatever happened in Hunan will stay in Hunan, and you will have to stay out of it."
Melinda bites her bottom lip and closed her eyes. Fury bows down and looks up at Melinda again. "We've had agents search all over the village the next morning, and there wasn't any baby. All that's left were bodies of the adult villagers, Hydra agents and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. You're baby's not in the Hunan province, Agent May." Fury explains softly. Melinda licks her bottom lip as tears start to well in her eyes. She nods and looks down at her hands.
"Thank you, sir." Melinda says softly, nodding and standing up.
"Agent May, does your daughter have a name?" Fury asks, before Melinda could open the door. She stops and closes her eyes, shaking her head.
"I didn't get the chance to give her one." she says in a low voice before leaving Fury's office.