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THE WHOLE HELICARRIER WAS CAST INTO CHAOS. Alex's ears were ringing and the back of her skull pounded as she forced herself into a standing position. Amongst the scramble to get back on their feet, the team split. Despite her confusion, Alex broke into a run towards the command bridge.
Techies and agents alike were rushing to their stations, in hopes of putting the situation right. Several older agents ran by and bumped into Alex, not that she cared at that moment.
"- Engine three is down!" Hill relayed as she tapped away at her monitors.
"What's going on?" Alex enquired as Hill power-walked over to a sweaty techie.
"An external detonation. Nothing you can help with," the older woman replied over her shoulder. Without thinking about it, Alex jumped the railing and made her way over to the senior agent.
"Try me," she challenged and a short beat passed before Alex was let in on the conversation.
"The turbine is mostly intact but it's impossible to get out there and make repairs whilst we're in the air," the techie confirmed with a gesture to his screen.
"If we lose one more engine, we won't be." That forced Alex's hairs on end and made her want to help even more.
"What can I do to help?" Agent Hill handed her an earpiece and directed her to an empty desk.
"Talk them through how to fix it," she instructed before dealing with another panicked techie.
"Them?"
"Alright, what are we doing, Alex?" Tony's voice greeted her ears as she acquainted herself with the interface on the monitor. The Stark prodigy cracked her knuckles and set to work.
"It looks like the blast put some debris in the way of the rotors, you're gonna have to clear that first, alright?"
"Oh, piece of cake," he mused in reply. Before she could offer further instruction, Nick reappeared on the bridge, out of breath.
"Take us to the water!" he demanded and a frantic techie looked back at him.
"We're flying blind. Navigation's recalibrating after the engine failure."
"Is the sun coming up?" Fury snapped back.
"Y-yes, sir."
"Then put it on the left. Get us over water. One more turbine goes down and we drop," he barked and the techie nodded. In Alex's ear, Steve joined the conversation.
"Alright, once you've got the debris clear, all you have to do is get the superconducting coolant system back online before you can access the rotors," she explained, tapping away at the keys to get a better view of the carrier's schematics.
