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- Harper E. Pierce
BRIAR:
Fury called me back to the warehouse a few days after the fall of HYDRA. SHIELD HQ was destroyed, everything was pretty much gone, except for those who Fury decided were loyal enough to work out of the warehouse in secret. He decided to give me a few days to rest after I had been taken to the hospital with Steve. Steve was pretty badly injured and had to rest there for a while. I was let out the same night I arrived and told to go back to my apartment.
I hadn't slept properly in days. My mind, even with the medication, was plagued with nightmares... well, more like memories. Of the fight, of Bucky being the Winter Soldier, of the times we had in the forties, of HYDRA. It was horrifying. I still couldn't believe he was alive, let alone a brainwashed assassin like me. I felt bad for my neighbours, who had to deal with my screaming in the middle of the night from the nightmares. I got a call from Fury, the next morning, which woke me up.
"Hello?" my voice was groggy.
"Agent Baker, I have another assignment for you," Fury told me.
"Already? What is it?"
"Get down to the warehouse in an hour and I'll tell you when you get here," he hung up the phone after that. Typical Fury, always so mysterious. I took a shower and got dressed in a black leather jacket, a graphic white t-shirt and black ripped jeans. I didn't care to look professional for work today, I was too damn tired. I could see the dark circles under my eyes in the mirror, even under the makeup I used. I put my long red hair up in a messy high ponytail, grabbed my wallet, threw on a pair of black combat boots before walking out the door. I figured I'd drive my black and silver motorcycle in today instead of the car; the wind would probably wake me up a little more than just the coffee I had for breakfast. I drove through the city on my bike, weaving through the cars with ease. I found it easier to get to work, even when it wasn't destroyed, on my bike.
It took me about half an hour to get to the warehouse, where I parked my bike just outside the entrance. Steve's bike was there, meaning that he was out of the hospital, along with Nat's car. The rest of the cars were inside, in the underground parking lot that I was too lazy to park in. Before I walked inside, I decided to have my morning smoke, so I pulled out my pack of cigarettes and lighter and lit one up. Just as I took my first puff of the cigarette, Natasha walked outside.
"You know, you really should quit that shit," was the first thing she said. I rolled my eyes, preparing for the lecture I constantly got from her and Steve about quitting.
"Old habits die hard," I replied, taking another puff.
"C'mon, Briar, everyone's on your ass about it. It slows you down in fights,"
"I'm already fast, something slowing me down ain't gonna kill me. Besides, I've been smoking since I was nine,"
"First of all, those will kill you, and second, you quit for sixty years,"
"Not by choice," I finished my cigarette and put it out on the wall of the concrete warehouse. I threw the butt on the ground and walked in with Natasha. We walked over to what Fury now designated as his office, which was a run-down room on the upper floor of the warehouse with a desk and chairs in it. Steve was in the room talking with Fury already, seemingly waiting for Nat and me to come in. Fury summoned us inside, and we sat down around the table.
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