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Fury was not amused at all when Coulson and his brats (honestly those two are worse then children is it any wonder Coulson is the only one who can deal with them?) burst into his office right past Hill. "I thought I made it clear I didn't want to see you anytime soon."
He refused to look up from his papers. He gave them a cake assignment and they screwed it up, and they still don't know how the senator got killed. "You did sir, but we received the footage from the webcam. Sir you need to see this."
"What I need are people who can do their mother fucken jobs, Coulson."
Clint starts to reply but is cut off by Coulson raising his hand. "Sir we believe the Russians have reopened the Red Room."
He placed the usb on Furys desk and waited. Nick was one of his closest friends but the man could be an ass when he was unhappy. Fury growls as he sets down his folder and grabs the usb and plugs it in. "You better have some damn good proof, or I swear all three of you will be working the late shift at the sandbox."
Natasha groans "yes you too agent Romanoff, these idiots just drug you into this too."
Fury watches as the girl drops in killing the senator and moving back into the vents. "How did she get out of the house afterwards?"
Clint runs the back of his neck "well sir I kinda walked her to her get away car."
Sighing Fury pinches the bridge of his nose. "And you are fairly certain she works for a new version of the Red Room?"
"Yes sir. Her technique was similar to what I learned and she spoke in Russian."
"Alright I will put some agents on trying to confirm the Red Room is back," he stops their protest with a glare "I have some missions for you that can not wait. Natasha I need you to infiltrate Stark Industries, Mr. Stark is being a pain in the ass again. Coulson I need you and Clint in New Mexico."
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2 years later and they had put the new Red Room to the back of their minds. They had other missions and Fury was keeping them busy. Coulson had honestly forgotten about the small girl he watched kill the senator. That is until he was faced with her again, this time though the attack was personal.
It was a beautiful concert , Coulson was holding a bouquet of roses for Audrey. She was amazing and he was looking forward to spending the weekend with her. He was waiting by the back of the theatre waiting for her, it was twilight and he had reservations for them to eat at a local Italian restaurant. He leaned against Lola as he scanned the muscians that were exiting the building. Seeing her, he smiled and walked over to her giving her the flowers before taking her cello and setting it on the ground. Grabbing her by the waist he spun her in a circle she laughed drawing the attention of her fellow musicians. Her gasp was the only warning he had that anything was wrong as she goes limp in his arms. He feels a warm liquid cover his right hand as he lowers her to the ground. He can vaguely hear the people around him screaming as he tried to stop the blood that is blossoming from her side. "Audrey, Oh God, Audrey."
Clint and Natasha met him at the hospital. He was in the waiting room his head in his hands. Natasha sat next to him and rubbed his back. He mumbled something, before looking up at Clint. "What was that boss?"
"That bullet was ment for me, it should be me in there not her. She was shot because of me."
Neither of them know how to respond. Clint flops in the chair on the other side of Coulson. "We will find who did this. I promise you, we will find them."
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Skye cursed as her target decided to spin that woman the same time she fired. She watched as he lowered her to the ground and the people around him panicked. There was no way she could take a second shot. Packing up her weapon she quickly abandoned the roof top she was perched on. She headed towards her extraction point to meet мастер. She could feel the fear of her punishment creep up her spine. She schooled her expression as she climbed into the passenger side of the car. "The target?"
"Alive."
"You know what this means."
"Yes мастер"
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Clint and Natasha checked out the area that Audrey was shot. "Coulson said he was facing north when Audrey was shot that means it came from one of those three buildings."
Nodding Natasha followed his lead to check the rooftops.
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Skye held in the shiver of fear that tried to run through her body as мастер wrapped the chain around her wrist. This was not the first time she was punished but she had never let a target live before so she didn't know what to expect other then it would involve pain. She did not fight him as he secured the chain around her wrist and left her standing alone in the middle of the room. She checked her surroundings, the room was just a plain bare bunker the only entrance or exit was the door мастер had brought in in though. The chain was rusty and heavy against her skin. The rest of the chain lead from her wrist up to a metal ring hanging from the ceiling. It traveled through the ring and attached to a crank on the wall. Next to the crank hung a cat of nine tails. She did not try to escape.
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"I found a shell casing."
Clint held the casing out to Natasha."This came from a Dragunov SVD.
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"Which means?"
"Our shooter was more then likely Russian."
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Skye did not react when the door opened again and мастер entered followed by another man. He had shaggy brown hair as if it had left unkept for to long, his face partially hidden by it. The thing about him that caught her attention and held it though was his arm. It was metal, shiny and polished where the rest of him seemed old and worn. There was a large red star near his shoulder. That was when she realized who he was, the asset, the winter soldier. She was going to die in this room.
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Coulson stared at Audrey, she was hooked up to ventaltors, but the doctors were sure she would make a full recovery. He was determined to find the person responsible for this. His fist tightened on the blanket that was covering Audrey, his phone buzzed in his pocket. "Tell me you know who did this"
"Well, Nats positive that the shooter was Russin. The casing we found matches some Russian sniper rifle. She was wondering if the bullet they pulled out had a steel-core?" apparently the bullets are specially developed for this gun that would confirm her theory."
"I'll find out, do we have any footage of the sniper?"
"We are heading out to find out now there are three possible escape routes they could have taken."
"Where are you?"
"The roof of the Chase Bank building."
"Give me ten minutes I'll meet you there."
He hung up before Clint could respond. Kissing Audrey forehead he left the room.
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мастер stood in front of Skye. "Белый Волк, this is the asset. He is to be your new handler there for he is carrying out your punishment for this failure."
She nods and мастер leaves. She watches as the soldier moves to the crank and turns it until her feet are barely touching the floor. He grabs the cat of nine tails and faces her, slowly making his way across the room until he is standing in front of her. He kneeled down so they are face to face, she stands about 4' 8" even though she was only 8 she could pass for a 16 year old now. "Белый Волк, do you know why you are being punished?"
His voice was gravely as if he had not used it in a very long time. She nodded. "Speak when I ask you a question, now so you know why you are being punished."
"I allowed a target to live."
He stood, grabbing the front of her shirt he ripped it off with his metal hand followed by her bra. She held back the tears of fear as he strolled behind her and flicked the whip across her bare back. She bit her lip to stop the scream that was fighting it's way up her throat as he struck her again. She could feel the metal barbs on the ends of the tails digging into her skin and ripping back out. She counted 30 hits before she passed out.
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"Before you ask, no this buildings cameras didn't catch anything. They must have know where they were placed.
"Natasha you were right, the bullet they found did have a steel core. Now let's split up I was these people found yesterday. We will meet in my office in 1 hour to go over anything you find"
With that Coulson started down one of the alley ways to see if there were any cameras that may have caught Audreys attacker. Clint and Natasha watched him go before each taking another direction.
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When Skye came to she was laying face down on her bed, her back was numb. "You didn't kill me?"
"No, we are to work together."
"You are my new handler?"
"For now yes. You should sleep, according to your file you heal faster while sleeping and we have a mission in 5 days. Otherwise your punishment would have been more severe."
Skye did not want to sleep anymore in the same room as the winter soldier he said they were to work together but her training prevented her from trusting him at all. Even tough she knew she was no match for him she refused to let herself be vulnerable anymore then she already was. "I am fine."
He stabbed her in the arm with a syringe she hadn't noticed he had "I was not giving you an option."
An with that her world went dark once more.
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Natasha managed to find footage on an ATM and on a traffic camera, which they were reviewing in Coulson's office. "Your sure she's the shooter? She's like 16."
"Yes Clint, she's our shooter. The man she is with in the car is well known in Russia. He was and possible is still a Red Room Handler. She looks familiar though, and I'm not sure where I have seen her before."
"I don't think she is 16 unless the Russians have found a way to age people."
They both frown at Coulson. "What do you mean?"
Coulson pulls up another picture next to the photo from 2 years ago. "What the hell!" Clint growled "how's does she look excatly like that girl."
Coulson sighs"I think it's the same person."
"It's possible if she was given the serum like I was it helps the body reach full maturity and then maintains it. Why though would She be going after you?"
"I can think of a couple reasons, one would be because I helped bring you into shield which means Clints also probably on her hit list. The other would be it's my name that is in the report that reopened the investigation into the Red Room as an existing threat. Which would mean they have a way of getting information from Shield."
"Which means we have a mole."
Fury states walking into Coulson's office. "And we have an assassin that almost took out my good eye. This information is not to leave this office. I want you working on this between your other duties. Of we have a leak I want it found and neutralized, same with the girl. Unfortunately between Iron Man and Thor I can't have you working on this full time."
"Yes sir."