Second Sphere

Plan b

Three months have passed as I go on various missions, this one is with Sam again.

"Good to see you Lene." Sam calls out to me clapping a hand on my shoulder when he walks up.

"Lene?" I ask with an eyebrow raised.

"Yeah, Lene, like MagdaLENE." Sam explains, proud of himself.

"Alright." I say as we board the plane. I hand him a slip of paper. "You're my babysitter now. Last one of my probation."

Sam let's out a breath, eyes wide as he reads the paper. "They really have you doing this crap still?"

"Yep." I pop the p. "Apparently when you go and kill a bunch of people the government doesn't like that so I'm on probation. This is my field trip to see if I can have more leniency."

"Jeez. Well let's do a good job then." Sam nods and we both sit down in the plane.

"You speak to Bucky at all?" Sam asks me after a while.

I shake my head, "You?"

"Well I wouldn't be asking if he did. I wanted to talk to him about the whole shield thing." Sam sighs.

"Did you decide what to do?" I ask.

"Yeah and he's not going to like it." Sam rubs the back of his neck.

I look at him understandably, "You know what that shield means to us, to him especially. I may not agree either but I know you're doing what's right by you." I say softly.

Sam nods and we are quiet for the rest of the flight.

"The criminal organization known as LAF is targeting Captain Vasant, one of our military liaisons." The major begins the debrief once we are close enough.

"LAF?" Sam asks.

"Yeah. They're high-powered. We lost contact with Vasant's plane just after it took off. We need you both to make sure that LAF doesn't deliver on their threat." The major explains.

Sam walks away from the screen and the major continues.

"Vasant's plane has already entered Tunisian airspace. US military cannot be seen operating out there." The major hammers in the point to us both.

"We got it. You guys fly low, drop us off, I fly up to intercept, she helps get him out. No treaties violated." Sam says opening the back of the plane.

"First Lieutenant Torres, our intel officer, will be helping on the ground. And both of you, this has to be subtle." The major looks at us both but lingers on me.

"Subtle, got it." Sam says and jumps out.

I look to the major, "Don't worry. We got this." I follow suit and dive out, my wings tucked before spreading them to catch the air current.

I follow quickly after Sam. And we hear a voice on our com.

"Sam, Magdalene, Torres here. Sending intel to your HUD right now. I'll be your boots on the ground Sir" there's a slight pause, "and ma'am."  Torres says.

"I got eyes on a plane. Any sign of LAF?" Sam asks.

"Nah. Nothing yet. But I'll keep tracking the chatter." Torres responds.

Sam and I land on the plane and he peaks down through the top of one of the windows.

"They've already hijacked the plane." Sam says.

"Oh, we're gonna need to call some people." Torres responds.

"Any idea on how many?" I ask Sam.

He peaks down but then jumps back into the air after being spotted. I follow suit letting my wings catch the air.

"Okay switching to plan b." Sam says scanning the plane. "I've got hostiles in the back." Sam warns me.

"Got it." I respond.

He flys beside the plane, "Redwing engage." He summons the little drone who starts to cut away at the door.