"You told him to call you? You're supposed to be trying to get on his good side!" Fury snapped from
behind his desk.
"He doesn't trust me, it's not going to be instantaneous." I defended, looking at the ground.
"I thought she did really well." Jane said taking a sip from a can of sprite. "Actually I'm impressed, you were a natural."
"We didn't pick you to act tough. She did the opposite of what we needed!" Fury yelled at both of us.
I opened my mouth to argue but he cut me off.
"Do you really think that he's going to give in to your little power play?" Fury said rubbing his temples.
"Your smart mouth isn't going to get us anywhere, we've been trying to break him for a year and have squat to show for it, I needed you to play nice. Get out of my office before I shove my foot up your ass for insubordination."
I bit my tongue to keep myself quiet and followed his orders.
When the door closed I looked at Jane and asked her how bad it really was.
"Anna, I thought you were great, really. But as much as I hate to admit it, we've tried the hard cop thing with him, over and over and it never worked."
"I know, I'm sorry..I don't know where all that came from I just..did you hear the way he spoke to me? I wanted to make him angry." I admitted clenching my fists.
"You definitely made Fury angry."
I chuckled nodding my head in agreement.
"Is it crazy to want to make someone like him angry?" "Oh absolutely." she said smirking and patting me on the back. "But I believe in you. You've got good instincts. Maybe you saw something we didn't."
::;
Lilly and I were texting back and forth as I sat in my office chair and swiveled slowly from side to side.
It had been nearly three days since I'd seen Loki and the anticipation was killing me.
At this point I had to admit that Fury was right. I'd blew it, and with it my chance of being a field agent.
My eyes wandered up and I jumped in my seat when I saw someone there, half hidden behind my monitor, arms folded on the desk watching me. He stood up straight and cleared his throat when I slapped my phone down on the desk, embarrassed at being caught slacking off..again.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, I didn't want to interrupt, you seemed to be enjoying your conversation."
He adjusted his glasses on his nose and then scratched the back of his neck nervously.
"No I'm sorry, I should have been paying attention, it's kind of my job to notice when people are in front of my desk." I said hoping my cheeks weren't as red as they felt.
"Your name is Evan, right?" I asked.
He was dressed in a dark tan uniform, a matching hat and a gun strap slung around his shoulder.
This man was a far cry from the one I'd seen in the office shuffling papers last week..except his eyes were the same kind hazel as before.
"Evan Baxter." He said seeming pleased I knew his name.
I had asked Jane about him after I'd seen him in the cell block; Newest in the SHEILD protective services.
I was currently thanking god and Fury for letting this man be apart of the forces just so I could look at him.
I bit my lip and tried to stop undressing him with my eyes and realized he had asked for my name.
"Anna." I blurted out trying to sound like I was paying attention.
"That's pretty." He said smiling.
My own small slow smile played on my lips when it dawned on me that he'd given me an unsolicited compliment.
"Thank you."
"I actually have a message for you." He said growing serious and looking very much like an infantry soldier again.
"Loki has requested to see you. Fury called me down to get you."
My mouth fell open.
Loki had called for me?
Loki called for me!
I repeated it in my head over and over in shock.
"Anna?"
I stood up coming back to the present and jogged around the desk.
"Let's go!" I said feeling adrenaline jump start my heart.
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Cat and mouse (part 1) Revised version!
RomanceAnna Briggs is a secretary for SHEILD, she's always wanted to be an agent like her big brother but after his tragic death in the struggle for the Teseract, Fury has kept her on the sidelines. Imagine her surprise when Fury asks her to work undercov...
