Second Romanoff (An Aos story)

Many Heads, One Tale

~Winter's pov~

It was the day after we had caught Andrew as we were all waiting at the bottom of the office stairs waiting for Coulson. Finally Coulson walked down the stairs "Today, we're launching operation spotlight. The objective, to peer into every shadowy corner of the ATCU. The last few days have been hard. What happened with Dr. Garner is tragic, but it has also created a rare moment of opportunity for us"

"The ATCU brought Dr. Garner's containment module into their research facility, S.H.I.E.L.D. is going to use that as a way to gain access. Going in on the ground will be Winter and Hunter. Quarterbacking from zephyr one will be Daisy, Bobbi and Mack. handling extraction, May and-" Coulson started, as May looked to Lincoln.

"Him" May said about Lincoln.

"Ok" Coulson agreed "I guess the new guy will gain a first-hand look of our operations with agent May. Let me be clear, I want to know everything, what's inside the facility, how close they are to this cure they've been working on, which Inhumans they're holding and where they came from and finally, what it is the ATCU actually wants with them. Questions?"

"Yeah" Daisy spoke up "Why now?"

"Because I think the head of the ATCU finally trusts me, I'd like that feeling to be mutual. Let's get to work" Coulson told everyone, as everyone walked out.

~Time Skip~

"Listen, agent Phillips, our systems check out perfectly, ok? We're showing no signs of a breach" An ATCU man said. Me and Hunter were undercover inside the facility "We're showing no signs of a breach. I don't think you'll be necessary here i think that it was a glitch" leading us into the one of the main rooms, Hunter chuckled.

"A glitch, yeah. Of course it looks like a glitch, that's the point. You congratulate yourself, crisis averted, then go home, never noticing the polymorphic root kit buried deep inside your system. Until hackers activate it to bypass that sweet, stateless multi-factor authentication code you are so bloody proud of" Hunter told the man, repeating what Daisy said into his earpiece.

"Red Sox fan?" The man asked.

"Red coats, actually" Hunter told him.

"This guy does not look like FBI" The man said to me.

"He wasn't. Dane here crashed the Pentagon servers, Mossad's Ashley Madison. He's the best consultant we have. Otherwise , he'd be in jail or I'd have shot him by now" I replied "If he says that you have a problem, listen"

"Our systems airtight" He said, Hunter scoffed, I pulled out my phone.

"Well, if your system's so secure" I started and pulled up Rosalind ID "how'd your staff's credentials leak out?" and showed it to him.

"What? No, no, no, no, no, no. There's no way someone got past our software" He told us, as i put my phone but in my pocket.

"Who said anything about software?. We think hardware was smuggled in. you called, detecting some sort of broadcast?" Hunter asked.

"The ATCU security is way too strong-" He started but i cut him off.

"Was nothing brought into this facility in the last 24 hours?" I asked.

"No. Our employee's keys don't make it past security. We haven't brought in anything, except the, uh..." He started and stopped for a second "Oh no. I need to make a phone call" and he walked over to a desk, a couple minutes later he walked back over to us "Follow me" and he lead us into an IT room.

"So sorry, Steve-o. Nothing worse for an IT guy than someone logged into a terminal makes you feel violated, doesn't it?" Hunter asked.

"How do we know he's not just looking for exploits to get into our system when it goes back to being a black hat" The man asked me.