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“How was I supposed to know what the logo was? As far as I knew, the CIA had recently gone through a rebranding. Eagles are quintessentially American, and they can see everything.” There’s not much Alexis remembers about that day, other than a sense of terror and exhaustion, but at the academy, S.H.I.E.L.D.’s logo certainly was everywhere.image

“And is there even anything bad to say about Captain America? I mean, the guy’s perfect, right?” After the Battle of New York, the Avengers had been all over the news for months, even as the members went underground. Cap had been the only one with an approval rating of over 50%, like they were all running for president or something and he was winning.“I kind of want to develop our own transport to Asgard and the other realms. Interstellar space travel is a dream.”

One piece of information caught Alexis’ attention, though. She’d basically told her entire life story to Skye, while knowing nothing about the other girl. Maybe, if she didn’t mind… “What sort of hacker group? Doesn’t the exposure of state secrets kind of go against S.H.I.E.L.D.’s mission?”

“When you do, tell Thor hi from me.” 

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“Rising Tide? The network dedicated to exposing powered individuals and other things they don’t want us to know? S.H.I.E.L.D. apprehended me after I beat them to finding someone and then decided to keep me around if I promised to behave, but clearance levels are just numbers I don’t care about and Coulson said nothing about not sharing things with a future S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.”