"Well now I'm curious. And frankly. I dont want to put my life on the line for words on a paper. " Jacson leans forward, arms crossed
MARVEL Second Gen (CLOSED)
Kate stormed back in, the folder tight in her grip. She threw it down on Nick's desk. "Are you serious?" she demanded lividly.
"What is it?!!" Jackson stands as well, ready to to just leave
Kate looked right at Nick Fury. "It's a suicide mission."
Nick shook his head. "No, it's not."
"Yes, it is," Kate insisted fiercely.
Maria pressed her lips together.
"What is going on?!!"
Kate looked at him. "He wants us to go to the old Hydra base in the Swiss Alps and recover information." She whipped her head to scowl at Nick. "It's a suicide mission. Who knows if there are still operatives there that rebuild the parts of the facility?"
Nick tilted his head. "There has been nothing from that base on our sensors for years, Kate."
"Yet HYDRA grew here at S.H.I.E.L.D. under your nose, and you didn't notice," she retorted. "It may as well be suicide."
Maria frowned. "Kate…"
Jackson cupped his head in his hands, "Well dad. It was a good life. You and mom are amazing and I love you both. I bequeath all my stuff to you guys ."
"It's not a suicide mission!" Nick shouted.
"Then explain why you're sending two teenagers and not your best agents," she demanded, motioning to Clint and Maria. "We're disposable."
"Stop it," Maria ordered, striding over to stand beside Kate. The resemblance was unmistakable. "You are not disposable. Don't ever say that."
Clint puts a hand on his son's shoulder, "You aren't going to die. We just think you two can do it."
Kate's shoulders dropped. She looked around the room from Maria to Nick to Clint and finally to Jackson. Her eyes asked the question. Well? What do you think?
Jackson sighs, running his fingers through his hair, "We can try. But first sign of something going on we leave."
Kate nodded. "What he said."
Fury eyed the pair, then Maria and Clint.
Maria looked at Clint and shrugged. "I agree."
Clint nods, fingering his bow absentmindedly.
Jackson nods, turning and walking out of the room
Kate took the file back and left too.
Nick sighed. "That was a lot harder than I thought it would've been…"
Maria arched her eyebrows. "Did you think they were going to blindly agree?"
(Time skip? To when they're leaving for the mission?)
Clint nods silently
(Sure)
Kate waited outside the heli-carrier on the runway. Maria had given Kate one of her old S.H.I.E.L.D. uniforms, and she looked like the spitting image of her mother. She was checking her pistol, making sure that it was loaded and ready.
Jackson walks up to her. He was wearing a simple black, uniform (like what the tributes had in the hunger games.). His rifle was slung over his shoulder and a backpack
Kate slid her gun in her holster. "Ready?"
"Mhm. Yeah." He sighs, walking onto one of the carriers
She followed him. "You know, if we're going to be partners for this, we should probably get to know each other a little better. Strategically speaking," she added quickly.
Jackson raises a brow at her, "uh. Right."
"So… what are you good at?" she asked, sitting down to pilot the jet.
Jackson stands behind her, holding onto the ceiling handle things (like in buses)
"What are you good at?" she repeated, beginning to lift the agile jet into the air.
"Uh… sniper? That's really it." He shrugs, "You?"
"Pistols. Guns. Up close combat fighting. I can hack things. I'm a pilot… That's the major areas," she replied, focusing intently on liftoff. Once they were safely in the air and had their target destination selected, she would relax.
"Pff." Jackson looks around, "Well you can't be good at everything."
"No," she replied, letting out a long sigh as she safely flew out of the helicarrier's range. "But I can try." She remembered her mom's last words to her as she left their quarters.
"Remember, Kate," she'd said. "You are not disposable. You are strong. Prove yourself to Nick. Prove yourself to everyone. I love you."
"Your mom seems coo. I've heard a lot about her " he nods to himself
"What've you heard?" she asked, checking another pistol. She knew some people at S.H.I.E.L.D. who spread some nasty rumors about her mother once.