The Other Sister: Failsafe || Book 2

Eleven

"Claire, it's good to have you back." Fury states, his hands clasped behind his back as he watches her sit down in the briefing room seats next to Nat, Yelena and Wanda. Wanda was on her left side, holding her hand whilst Nat was on her right, Yelena next to her.

"It's good to be back." Claire responds, her face blank and not showing anything just like normal. "Why am I here though? I told you over text that I was fine."

"Yes, well not everyone believes that." He states and Claire could feel Wanda slightly tense. She looks over at her to see Wanda's jaw clenched slightly and she scoffs, pulling her hand out from under Wanda's and holding it in her own lap.

"I want you to see a therapist. Lily James, she's been Barne's therapist for around a year now and there have been great outcomes. I think she'll do you good."

"What?! Sir you can't do that." Claire exclaims, looking at him in shock.

"I can and I am. Until you're cleared for missions by her, you're not allowed on anything. No missions, no briefings, nothing." He states and Claire glares at him coldly.

"Sir-"

"My choice is final Claire. Until she clears you, you're not allowed to go on any missions." He states and Claire slams her hand down on the table causing all three of the other women to jump, startled as she stands out of her chair quickly and makes her way out of the room.

"I told you that you should have let me do it." Nat says, sighing as she puts a hand on her head.

"You're not her boss Romanoff. She needed to hear it from me because she knows she can't fight me on it. She can fight you on it."

"Excuse me." Wanda says quietly, exiting the briefing room and following in the direction that Claire went.

"You know she's going to fight this tooth and nail." Fury says and both sisters nod knowingly. "Keep an eye on her, if she so much as starts to act suspicious you call me." He states and the two sisters nod, walking out of the room both with tired faces.

"How'd it go?" Steve asks, walking up to them as both sisters walk out and Nat just sighs, Yelena walking away from the two as she goes to find Clint. "That bad?"

"She's going to fight it, she doesn't want to do the therapy. Where'd she go?" Nat asks and Steve pulls her in for a hug.

"Wanda went to talk with her, just relax for a little and then you can talk with her a little later."

"I can't Steve." Nat sighs, hugging him tightly before stepping away from him. "I need to make sure that she's okay." Steve sighs, watching as she walks away from him and makes her way down to Wanda and Claire's floor where she finds Wanda standing outside of the locked bedroom door.

"Claire, please." Wanda begs, her hand on the outside of the door as Nat walks up.

"What's going on?"

"She won't let me in." Wanda says quietly, "She says that she doesn't want to talk and that she's not talking to a therapist."

"Claire, open the door." Nat says loudly, pounding on the door three times. "If you don't open it in the next five seconds I'm breaking it down!" She shouts and when the door doesn't open she sighs. "One! Two! Three! Four! Fi-"

The door swings open to reveal a stone faced Claire. "What do you want?" She asks angrily and Wanda sighs.

"Can we just talk, please?"

"I don't want to talk. Because everything that's coming out of your mouth is 'you need to go to therapy' and I'm not going to therapy. So leave me the fuck alone!" She shouts, going to slam the door in their faces but Nat's foot keeps it open.