They Don't Know About Us
You and Dex walked down the hallway and Nadeem turns to meet you.
“Dex, (y/n).” he nods to the both of you.
“Dex, I need you to go see the doc.” Nadeem says to Dex and you can see Dex rolling his eyes.
Nadeem noticed Dex’s reluctance. “Dex, you know how this works. He needs to clear you for duty.”
“Fine, alright i’ll go.” Dex finally says.
“(y/n) you’ll have to go too. You can go in after Dex is finished.” Nadeem tells you and you nod.
Dex was the first to go into the room to talk to the Doctor. While waiting you talked to Nadeem a bit.
“Nadeem ?”
He looks up “Yeah?”
“How are you? I mean. These past couple of days were kinda of.. well..” you paused and searched for the right word.
“Hell?” he says and you chuckle.
“Yeah.”
He takes a deep breath and leans back on the chair he was sitting on “Honestly ?” he looks at you for a moment “I’ve seen better days. Good men have died.” he fell silent.
You were worried about Nadeem, you considered him a good guy. And you could see that all of this was already taking a toll on him.
You nudged him with your shoulder a bit “Look, for whatever it’s worth. I think you’re a great agent, Nadeem. Your wife, your son, they must be really proud of you.”.
He smiled a bit “Yeah. But they are worried.”
“I understand why they are worried. Fisk is not just a small time criminal. He’s dangerous, Nadeem.” you tell him and you see that he looks at you with interest.
“Why do I get the feeling that you know more about Fisk then we do?” he asks you casually but you know it was not a casual thing to him.
“I’ve known people like him. They poison people’s minds, abuse the ones that are broken for their own gain. And you’ll never see it coming. You’re never safe with Fisk. There is always a hidden plan.” you danced around the truth while still speaking it.
“You think Fisk has a hidden plan now ?” he asks you and you had his full attention, it was clear to you that Nadeem was starting to distrust Fisk.
The door opened and Dex came out, shutting it again behind him as he walked over to where you were sitting.
“All clear. Your turn.” Dex says to you.
You sigh and get up from the chair you were sitting on. Before you left you placed a hand on Nadeem’s shoulder drawing his attention once more.
“Take care, okay?” you gave him a look and hoped he realised that it was also a warning and answer to his question.
You believed he understand as the look on his face was more serious “ I will. Thank you (y/n).”
You passed Dex before you got to the door.
“How’d it go?” you were curious.
He shrugged “ He cancelled my subscription.”.
You shot him a confused look “What?”
“He had enough of my issues.” he said drily.
You rolled you eyes “ God Damnit, Poindexter.” you said as you smacked his shoulder. He chuckled as you moved past him to see the doctor.
You walked inside and closed the door behind you. The doctor was already seated.
“Ah! You must be agent (l/n)?” he stands up and reached his hand out to you.
You shake his hand “That’s right.”
“Please take a seat.” he motioned to the empty chair.
You took a seat and waited for the doctor to speak.
“So, Agent (l/n). Do you mind if I call you (y/n)?” he asks.
“No, go ahead.” you say.
He grabs a notepad and pencil before he speaks again. “(y/n), I am here to talk to you about what happened. And how you are feeling mentally. So talk to me about the ambush.”
At this moment you realised you haven’t actually spoken about how you were affected by everything that has happened lately. You play with your fingers a bit before answering him.
“I uhm.. It was my first day here so I didn’t really know them like the other agents here yet.” you said quietly.
“How did you feel when it was happening. Can you tell me that?”
You thought back to the moment it was happening, how you thought you were going to die for sure. Dying while in a car with Fisk out of all people.
“I was scared.. I remember being scared.” you paused and looked down at your hands “I felt powerless in that moment. The car was upside down and the windows were bulletproof, I couldn’t get out to help the others.”
It was silent in the room for a while.
He spoke again “But you did manage to get out of the vehicle eventually ?”
You nod “Yes, Fisk had gotten the door open. But this was after the attack had ended.”
“So you were in the car when the attack was going on. So you must have seen Agent Poindexter outside of the car?” he was writing things down as you spoke.
You had the feeling that he was fishing for information on Dex. And you knew what he was after.
“I couldn’t see it clearly. There was smoke from the grenades that were thrown.” you knew lying wasn’t the right thing to do. But you were not going to sell out Dex.
“Agent Poindexter has used lethal force against multiple suspects. Have you seen any of it happen? Can you tell me more of the circumstances?” he tried to keep his voice stable.
It was clear that he was trying to find evidence on Dex.
You cleared your throat “Well, Doctor. The circumstances were that I was in a car that was flipped over, with a dangerous criminal. While getting shot at by a bunch of assholes because of that said criminal.” you were losing your patience. “So to answer it clearly, Doc. All I saw was my fellow agents dead or close to dying on the ground while one god damn agent was able to save us from the same faith. Now are we done here?” your voice was more aggresive then you wanted it to be.
He seemed taken aback by your outburst.
“I’m not the enemy (y/n). I’m just trying to …” he sighed as he put down the notepad. “The thing is, events like this exact a toll. You have to process this stuff. Do you have someone you can go to when things get overwhelming?”
You were reluctant to continue this conversation, but you had to if you wanted to get cleared.
“ I do. I have friends, good friends but we haven’t spoken in a while now. I mean, really spoken, not just on the phone or a quick chat. And I find it helps if I work with people I like.”
“And do you work with people you like?” he asks you.
“Yeah, yeah I do actually. I work with Poindexter as you probably now.” you shot him a look “I like working with him. I can count on him, I know he has my back and I have his. I couldn’t think of a better person to work with.” you straightened your jacket.
The doctor appeared to smile at that and you raised an eyebrow, he noticed your questioning look.
“That’s interesting. Agent Poindexter told me similar things about you. So you can say that the feeling is mutual.”
You were pretty suprised to hear that. You didn’t think Dex would talk that openly about you. A smile tugged at the corner of your mouth.
“He was happy to know that you defend him. He feels like you genuinly care.” he tells you.
You played with your fingers “I do.” you told the doctor.
“Alright. You are clear for duty.” he says and you almost wanted to jump up from your seat.
You shook his hand and left the room.