The Real Agent Thirteen | A Sharon Carter Short Story

The Real Agent Thirteen

THE CAST

EMILY VANCAMP
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SHARON CARTER/AGENT 13

SEBASTIAN STAN
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BUCKY BARNES/WINTER SOLDIER

ANTHONY MACKIE
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SAM WILSON/CAPTAIN AMERICA

COBIE SMULDERS
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MARIA HILL

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
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NICK FURY
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She was laying on the cold floor of her cell aboard a spaceship. Her frame was frail and weak and you could see her bones underneath. Under her eyes were dark and puffy. Her lips were chapped and her nails were unkept. Her blonde hair wasn't healthy, being matted and tangled with split ends. The Skrulls gave her just enough to survive but not comfortably. She lifted her head up at sounds of distant yelling, thuds, and blasting. She was almost to weak to keep her head up, so she laid it back down against the chilly floor.

The sounds grew closer and she heard muffled voices clearer now. Did she...recognize the voices? She could barely tell. The voices were warped, but maybe she was just losing consciousness. Then she saw two pairs of boots. She craned her neck up to look at people standing outside her cell. It was Nick Fury and Maria Hill. "Carter," Fury said, his face subtlety worried.

"She looks terrible, Nick. We need to get her out of here as quick as possible, and get some food in her," Maria stated as she unlocked the cell. "Hey Carter," she said, crouching down to her.

"Fury...Hill..." Sharon muttered.

"Yeah, it's us. We've come to get you. Danvers discovered that extremist Skrulls had captured you," Maria explained as carefully lifted Sharon off the ground. "I got you."

"Let's get you out of here, Carter," Fury said, holding onto Sharon's skinny arm.

While Talos and many SWORD agents fought off and arrested the radical Skrulls, Fury and Maria took Sharon aboard their ship and immediately rushed her to the medical center. That night, she got about fourteen hours of sleep, woke up and got more food in her.  It was nothing too heavy for her stomach but it was full of nutrition.  It tasted terrible, but she forced herself to eat it anyhow.  Over the next few weeks, she was rehabilitated, gaining back some weight and strength as well as looking healthier in general.  SWORD was also interrogating the captured Skrulls over what happened to Sharon over the years. 

   After she had gotten back into shape, Sharon was deadset on finding this imposter.  Maria has tracked her down.  Today, Sharon would put an end to this herself.  She refused any help to fight her imposter.  At a sandwich place in D.C., the Skrull Sharon was seated across from Sam and Bucky, having invited them for a lunch meeting.  "So why are we here?," Bucky asked her. "This time, I'm not trying to be rude," he clarified.  

   "Yeah, honestly I've had enough of you two bickering," Sam muttered, arms crossed. 

   "I'd like you to meet some of my friends from the CIA about tasking you guys with intelligence missions," She answered. 

   "You have friends?" Bucky said as she glared at him.

   "Really?" Sam asked him.