...And freeze!

ep 9: Camping

5th of July, 2023:

Sam, Leila, Juliet and Nathan finally found a camping site located close to a train and bus station, it will be perfect for all the visits they wanted to do while they were here. The camping's owners were a nice family. It was their first year of being the owners, before that they didn't live here at all, she worked in the cosmetic industry and he worked as civil engineer, in Brittany, another France's region, an 8 hours drive from there. The camping wasn't big, but it was nice though, calm and clean, it was good to be there, and the 4 friends were grateful they found it. There weren't a lot of people, it was only the beginning of the summer holidays, so it was really peaceful.

On the first three days, they rested a lot, and went on walks. The fourth day, they visited a chocolate factory in the afternoon, and an outdoor cinema was planned at the camp for the evening. The 4 of them wanted to see that, none of them had tried this kind of theater before in their life. Sam decided to go to the reception to ask which was the movie.

The camping's owner at the reception saw a blond woman come in, she never saw her before, maybe she was a part of a new family. The woman smiled, and started to speak to her, with a slight American accent staining her french.

In french.

Bobbi: Hey, excuse me, I'm looking for a friend, did you see her around here?

She showed her a pic of another blond woman, who had been here since the beginning of the week.

The woman in the picture opened the door, and frowned her eyebrows, mistrustful.

Bobbi looked at her. The camping's owner turned her face to her too. Sam started the talk, in english directly. She was suspecting a trap, she already saw Bobbi a few times at the compound, because Coulson's team and the Avengers worked together sometimes. Even if Bobbi wasn't a stranger to her, Sam was closer to Daisy or Yo-Yo, why would the women be here?

Sam: What the hell are you doing here?

Bobbi: We need you.

Sam: I don't think so, you guys are doing a wonderful job without me since I left, and I don't see why you wouldn't have, you already were handling all the situations before knowing me, I just made you lose time and energy because you had to watch over me because I was new and not experimented.

Bobbi: That's not true, you helped us a lot, and we need you back.

Daisy came into the room, embarrassed, closely followed by May.

Sam: The only reason I would come back is Wanda, and she's not even here so don't count on me.

Daisy: Well, that's kinda the point...

Sam frowned her eyebrows more again, at a point where it nearly merged with her eyes.

Sam: What do you mean, "that's the point"?

May took a deathly look at Daisy.

Daisy: What? What was I supposed to say?

May: Nothing, you were supposed to say NOTHING but apparently that's not something you're able to do.

Daisy: Come on, she needs to know!

Sam: Yeah I agree with her, I need to know.

Bobbi: Well, we can't tell you like that.

May: We can't tell you at all.

Sam: Do you want me to help or what? I can't help if I don't know what's going on.

Bobbi: You know how S.H.I.E.L.D. works, it's classified, only the ones on the mission can know what's going on.

Sam: Tell me if Wanda is okay at least.

May: That's classified.

Daisy winced.

Sam: Daisy tell me, what's happening with Wanda??

May: She can't tell you here, that's classified for God's Sake!

Sam's gaze was half begging, half threatening.

Daisy: She's making a mess nobody can handle without you.

May: Oh come on why can't you just shut the fuck up!?

Daisy: I'm sorry but she needs to know, it's the only way she'll help us!

Bobbi winced.

Bobbi: I agree with her, Sam wouldn't have helped us otherwise.

Sam: I agree too, there was no way I would have helped you.

She took a deep breath, eyes closed.

Sam: Okay, tell me more about it and I'll help you.

May: You have to come with us to the compound, we can't talk about it here in the middle of nowhere, it's not safe.

She didn't say why, they all knew why, it could have been someone listening to them. Nobody looked at the owner of the camping site, but they all knew she was the one who could listen to what they were saying. Nobody said anything, the 3 agents and the ex/new-agent stayed quiet, but they all understood each other, knowing what threat and danger could it be.

Sam: I need to tell my friends I'm coming with you, or they will worry seeing I'm not coming back.

Bobbi: Okay but be quick.

Sam got out of the reception, and ran to join her friends.

She explained to them that Wanda, the only one who always was nice with her, was in trouble, maybe in danger, and that she needed her, so she was leaving with the S.H.I.E.L.D., and she was sorry. They were disappointed, but not sorry nor mad against her, they understood it wasn't easy for her, and she didn't want to come back to the S.H.I.E.L.D., but Wanda needed her.

Juliet: That's so sad you can't be here for the outdoor cinema ! But omg that's so amazing you work with the Avengers, I'm so proud of you Sam.

Leila: We know it's not easy for you, take care of you.

Nathan: Yeah, be careful, and call us whenever you can, we'll miss you.

Sam promised them to call, packed up a few of her stuff, and ran to join the S.H.I.E.L.D. 's agent sent to find her. She finally arrived at the reception.

Sam: Sorry, it took longer than expected, but I have my stuff with me, let's do this.

Bobbi, smiling: I ended up thinking that maybe you just ran away to not come with us.

Sam: Wanda needs me.

Bobbi looked at her and winced, admiring.

Bobbi: You're loyal.

Sam shrugged and winced too, but not like Bobbi, more like she's not entirely agreeing with her.

Sam: Depends to who.

Bobbi: To Wanda at least.

Sam: She is the only one who really ever makes me feel like I made a difference, a good one I mean, Tony made me feel like I made a difference too, but a bad one, like I made them lose time. Wanda did everything she could to make me feel good at the S.H.I.E.L.D., in the Avengers Team, at the compound, everywhere. I was closer to her than to anyone else there. She is the only one I really missed since I quit the S.H.I.E.L.D.. No offense. I mean, I haven't seen you guys a lot, so...

Daisy: No offense taken.

Bobbi: I get it, you prefer her to us, I'll remember next time we're in a fight together.

Sam opened her mouth to say something, then closed it, and rolled her eyes up.

Sam: Come on, you know what I mean!

Bobbi: Come on, you know I'm joking.

May: Everyone sit down and tie up, we're leaving.