Upon arriving in Washington D.C., Nora gave herself a day to battle jet-lag and explore the area she was staying in, but then it was time to get down to work.
Forging the ID badge had been easy - she had scanned her mother's badge, changed a few of the details, and inserted a photo of herself and voila! - but sneaking into the headquarters building would be very much something else.
She dressed in the most professional clothes she owned: a black blazer over a white button-up shirt, dark jeans, tall boots. And sunglasses. Secret agents always wore sunglasses.
Pinning on the fake badge she was suddenly Agent Amy Locke of S.H.I.E.L.D., and was ready to go. This is Agent Locke reporting for duty!
Yes, her plan was not fool-proof, but it was the best she had right now with the sudden lead on her parents. She had to give it a try.
Arriving at the Triskelion, the round, cylindrical building loomed over her. She wondered how many secrets it held. There was only one way to find out-
She took her first steps inside.
She was greeted by various professionally-dressed people on their way to work, and a giant version of the agency's eagle symbol on a sign in the lobby. She was definitely in the right place. Now she just had to find the right section.
Heading over to the elevator, she read the directory: Records and Archives, Basement. Brilliant. That seemed like the most logical place to start.
More people were also waiting for the elevator, so when the doors opened, it ended up being fairly crowded in there.
"What floor?" the suited man standing closest to the buttons asked her.
"Basement, please. Thank you." Which meant that she would probably be getting off last.
The elevator was incredibly smooth and quiet as it carried the passengers to their awaited destinations. She stared at the floor, not wanting to draw unwanted attention.
On the next floor stop, most people got out, and a blonde woman got on. She smiled at Nora, coming to stand next to her. "Hey, Liv. How are you? Nice hair, when did you dye it?"
Nora could only stare blinking back. "I-I'm sorry?"
"Oh-" The woman looked startled and taken aback. "I'm sorry. You just look so much like a friend of mine who works here. So much like her..."
"Oh, that's all right. Happens."
"Yeah..." The woman continued staring but quickly caught herself and looked away. Her ID badge read, Carter, Sharon.
At last, it was Nora's turn to get off. She and the woman, Sharon, exchanged and friendly but slightly-awkward smile, and Nora stepped off the elevator, exhaling a heavy breath.
It definitely felt like a basement down here, fluorescent lights, concrete walls. Archives and Records wasn't the only section located down here, so she had to do a bit of wandering. Luckily, the building was circular, so if you got lost you just had to keep going around and eventually you would end up back where you started, for the most part.
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Fanfiction"Higher, further, faster, baby!" The pager was only for emergencies, but every so often Captain Carol Danvers will return to earth to visit her friends there. One such time when she visits Nick Fury, now Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., she meets a woman...
