Viper : Enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chapter 45: HYDRA Supreme

Chapter 45: HYDRA Supreme

*Jade's POV*

*5 Days Later*

"Get up and do it yourself!"

"But you're right there!" Peter whines from the couch. I take a chomp out of the apple, still standing in the kitchen.

"What are you two going on about?" Steve asks coming out of the hallway. We're getting ready to watch Supernatural.

"I asked Jade to get me sunflower seeds, but she won't." Peter complains.

"Because they're on the top shelf of the cupboard and Peter knows I can't reach them, so he just wants to see me struggle." I retort, standing next to Steve. Steve looks in between us before walking to the cupboard, grabbing the bag and a small bowl to spit the seeds in.

"Dude! Come on, it's adorable seeing Jade try to get something up high." Peter says as Steve and I join him on the couch. I push his head, sticking out my tongue before sitting next to Steve. Steve chuckles as Peter starts up Supernatural. We're a couple episodes into season 5. Not long after we start Castiel has just now called Dean asking for his amulet, Natasha walks in from the elevator.

"New mission alert." I see Steve reluctantly stand up, Peter pausing the show and joining him. Steve holds his hand out to me.

"Are you sure?" I ask. I mean, look how my last mission went.

"Positive. You're a member of the team." Steve reassures me. I smile, taking his hand and placing my apple core in the bowl Peter was spitting seeds in. We walk to the elevator, joining Peter and Natasha. Natasha presses the 86th floor button and the lift opens to Bruce's lab. Everyone else is already there waiting. I don't realize it, and I don't think anyone else did – thank God – but I was still holding Steve's hand. I let go and walk to the medical counter I've become all too familiar with and push myself up to sit on it.

"Alright Romanoff, what's the big news." Tony asks.

"Edgar Lascombe." Natasha says simply. She presses a couple things on a tablet and the room ignites with a holographic file in the middle of everyone. "One of the leading supreme's of HYDRA." Natasha continues. I take a deep breath, hoping it hides how unnerving that is to me. My eyes meet with Steve's and I immediately can tell he sees right through it. Probably because he feels the same way. "He came into this role several months ago when Wolfgang von Strucker went off the grid. But luckily for us Lascombe is a bit more flamboyant." A picture of a man in a white suit at a high end restaurant shines in front of us. He has styled brown hair that is greying on the sides and is surrounded by a group of equally important looking people and several skimpy women. "Lascombe will be attending a play at Lincoln Center tonight, and after the show there will be a gala. This mission will just be to get some intel for a follow up mission."

"Okay, who's it for?" Bruce asks.

"That's what we have to decide." Natasha answers.

"You and Clint. Lunch anyone?" Tony says. I smirk at his response as Natasha continues.

"Well normally, but Lascombe actually has a thing for blondes." Everyone turns to look at me and my eyes widen. I clear my throat, hopping off the counter.

"Well," I say taking a step towards Clint. "Steve, Clint, Thor, I wish you the best of luck." I say patting Clint on the shoulder and turning towards the door. I'm almost there, but Thor sticks his arm out in front of me, wraps it around my waits and physically picks me up, placing me in front of him, facing everyone else.

"I don't believe Natasha was suggesting us Jade." He says.

"Big guy like you? Nah I'm sure you're exactly Lascombe's type." I say looking at the picture of Lascombe with a petite blonde on his lap.