Second Romanoff (An Aos story)

The Ghost

~Winter's pov~

"What was his mistake?" I asked the other agents. "You know I'm not gonna talk"

"He didn't anticipate your back kick. Opened himself up"

"His mistake was he tapped out" Piper said, I nodded. The hangar opened and Zephyr one started to land which meant Mack and Coulson were finally back.

"Piper" I told her and started to walk away, The Zephyr landed and the ramp lowered.

"How long has it been?" I asked.

"Six weeks in the air. Only the Quinjet touched down" Coulson told me.

"Is that a record for Zephyr One?" I asked.

"It is. It was supposed to be even longer, you know who called us in?" Coulson asked me.

"I do" I said and handed Mack the tablet and started to walk towards the hangar door.

"You? Ok, now I know something's up"

"May got word from contacts in law enforcement, Los Angeles, two civilians were violently killed" I explained.

"Mysterious burns, heads bashed in, spine pulled out of is" Mack continued reading the data off the tablet. "Wow"

"Many conflicting accounts, but all agree...it was odd" I said, scanning my card.

"Odd? Isn't that our wheelhouse?" Coulson asked, well walking into the base.

"He's right. Why call us in?" Mack asked me "We could be headed to scene right now to confirm the presence of an enhanced person, if there is one"

"If it checks out, we bag and tag" Coulson added. "We handle these on the fly"

"Didn't exactly want to send this out on the wire" I answered.

"Winter, you're not sharing again. Now would be a really good time to share"

"The police also have another victim in custody, critical condition" I told them and opened the door to the spare room in the base where May was waiting. They walked in and I closed the door and walked away.

~Time Skip~

"Daisy's in Los Angeles. There was an eyewitness, now dead, and I just received Yoyo's check in report a week early, which means Coulson and Mack are there, too, no doubt, trying to track Daisy down" Simmons said to me.

"Sounds right" I answered.

"You know it is, because according to the logs, you called Coulson back to H.Q. for resupply yourself" she said to me "Why, if not to give him that intel in person knowing it's against the Director's orders?"

"I didn't send them. I don't have the authority" I told her. "they acted on their own"

"You knew I'd find out. Why not tell me?" She asked. "I have daily lie detection"

"That's why"

"And now I have to report it, which means now I either look like I'm incompetent or colluding with you"

"Wouldn't want you falling out of the favor with the director" I said sarcastically, she sighed.

"Ok, I get it. It's abundantly clear you're uncomfortable with my new position-"

"I just want to know how comfortable you are with it" I said, cutting her off "You actually trust this guy? Our team split up to lead departments, given different colors. Cause we're experts? No. i think the Director broke up the band on purpose"

"Of course he did!" She replied, interrupting me and she sighed. "As soon as Talbot gave the location of this base to the president, things changed, I knew we'd be divided, undermined, kept in the dark, so I have been clawing for as much power as I can possibly grab to keep a modicum of control over any of this. After all we've been through...I don't trust the new Director but he trusts me, so now, in order to keep that trust , I must take the appropriate action to address this break in protocol. I'm sending you and your strike team to take Coulson and Mack out of the field, by force, if necessary"

"Clean up whatever mess he's in" She added. "That's an order"

"Yes, ma'am" I said and she walked out.

~Time Skip~

"That was efficient" Coulson said to me, after I ICED a guy. I walked over to the tablet, they had and concerted the glasses to them.

"You guys know what to do" I told my strike team, we managed to ICE the guys, I took my glasses off and I sensed movement behind me, I quickly turned around but no one was there.

...

"Hey" I said to Hunter, walking into the locker room.

"Hey" Hunter said, as I opened my locker "How was the mission"

"It was all right" I replied, putting my jacket it the locker.

"It's good just to have a moment just you and me" He said walking over to me and his arms around my waist and I put my hands behind his neck. "It's been a long time since we had a moment alone" his eyes started to turn black "You ok?" I quickly blinked and he turned back to normal.

"Yeah, just a hell of a day" I answered.

"Well, take advantage of the down time, who knows what tomorrow's holds?"

(A/n

Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes, Hope you enjoyed it!)

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