Chapter 4
It was exactly two weeks after Christmas when trouble finally found its way to them.
Dean and Castiel were sleeping in their room in the Tower, too tired from their last night’s activities. Dean was on top of Cas with the angel’s dick still inside him.
They were supposed to go to the bunker today with the team to spend the week there after spending Christmas and New Year’s Eve in the Tower.
After Tony’s insistence, he arranged a huge party for New Year’s Eve and as expected, it was a living hell for the Winchesters who didn’t handle strangers very well. Or people in general.
The team introduced them, of course, to everyone, but the room was too full of people that Dean completely lost track of the names he was introduced to.
Not to mention the fact that half the people there looked down at them, seeing them unworthy of being Avengers, or flirted outrageously with them. Even after Cas and him stressed the fact that the both of them were married to each other several times but no one cared and saw it as a challenge or something. Some women even suggested that they join them in the bedroom for a night. Another kinkier one wanted to watch them in the same bed as Steve and Tony. That made Dean almost pass out, Tony choking on his drink while Steve and Cas looked absolutely horrified. Dean still feels like passing out of sheer horror every time he remembers her request. No, just no!
So, it wasn’t really a fun night for Dean and Cas. Sam however, people stopped harassing him after they were on the other side of Natasha’s harsh glares. So he had a better night than them.
Tony actually felt guilty about the whole thing, but Dean just brushed it off. No damage were done so they were fine, no need for guilt.
Dean woke up when he felt Castiel harden inside him. He opened his eyes and moved himself up on his elbows to look down at his husband.
He smirked as he started to move his hips, making Castiel stir and open his eyes blearily with a soft moan.
“Morning, Sunshine.” Dean grinned down at him as he moved his hips languidly up and down and around.
Castiel blinked up at him for a second, then Dean suddenly was flipped over, his back pressing to the mattress with a smirking Castiel above him.
“Good morning, Dean.” He murmured, then leaned down to press his lips to Dean’s while slamming his hips into Dean’s.
Dean moaned into the angel’s mouth as he wrapped his legs and arms around him to bring him closer.
They were lost completely in each other, forgetting about everything else. So that’s why they were horribly startled when a loud knocking sounded on their door.
“Rise and shine, guys!” Steve’s overly cheerful voice sounded through the door. “I made breakfast and coffee! Be warned that Nat is the one who made the pancakes so if you don’t like them don’t say anything and just smile and nod! Come on, move your asses out of bed!” with that his footsteps sounded as he walked away.
Dean threw his head back with a groan. His morning sex was just interrupted by a cheerful Captain America. Seriously?
“You better not leave me hanging.” He growled at Castiel with a glare.
Castiel just smirked and slammed into him again, making him groan loudly.
***
Everyone were in the kitchen eating breakfast. Natasha’s pancakes were burned and tasteless but they ate it with scared smiles on their faces and shouted overly excited praises at her exquisite cooking.
Steve’s phone ranged and he walked out of the kitchen so he can hear the caller better.
A few minutes later, he came back to the room with a frown on his face.
“What is it?” Tony asked in concern.
“It was Fury. He wants all of us to go to him right now. Saying it was important.”
“So, I am guessing we are not going to the bunker today.” Clint sighed but got up anyway like everyone else.
Except the Winchesters who continued to eat their breakfast with no care in the world.
“Uhm, guys?” Steve called out and they looked up at him curiously. “That means you too.”
They just blinked at him in confusion.
“The director of SHIELD want us there too?” Sam asked perplexed.
“Fury said all the Avengers. And he stressed on the ‘all’ part. In conclusion, it includes you too. Now come on. Move it.”
“Alright, alright. We are getting up.” Dean sighed in surrender, standing up too. Sam and Cas copying him.
***
They entered the conference room, which held a long table surrounded by uncomfortable looking chairs. A black man with an eye patch sat at the head of the table, on his right sat another man and on his left a short haired brunette woman. They stood up when they entered the room.
Steve and Clint pushed them forward as the eye patch guy approached them.
“You are the Winchesters, I presume. About time I got to meet you.” He addressed them then held a hand towards them to shake. “Nick Fury, Director of SHIELD. I heard a lot about you for years and you already have my respect. This is Agent Coulson and Agent Hill.” He gestured towards the man and woman who also approached them.
They shook their hands with obvious respect and admiration. Which was so weird and unfamiliar.
“You are the angel, right?” Coulson asked while shaking Castiel’s hand, with an excited glint in his eyes while his face remained impassive.
Castiel just nodded carefully, still not sure how to react around strangers.
“I’ve heard a lot about you. Always wanted to meet you. Cap here said lots of good things about you and your family. I am a big fan.” Coulson praised with a polite smile and obvious admiration in his eyes.
Castiel smiled gratefully at him and trailed his eyes towards Steve with a raised eyebrow. Steve just shrugged with a smile.
“Now, will you please take your seats so we can talk about why I asked for your presence?” Fury said sounding impatient and unsettled. It seemed that whatever was going on was making him nervous.
They took seats around the large table, Fury and the two agents took their previous seats. Fury nodded at Hill to start talking.
“Does anyone knew an agent named Sydney Hunter?” she asked looking specifically at Nat, Clint and Steve who dealt more with SHIELD.
“Yeah, Nat and I went on a few missions with her before. She is damn good, one of the best. Really smart too. She has a very scientific brain and very loyal to SHIELD.” Clint praised with admiration.
“We have a few concerns about her.”
“Concerns?” Natasha asked in confusion. “Yeah, she might be a little weird but that’s a common in really smart people. Also I heard she was a secret service for the president before joining SHIELD. Whoever worked there had a very thorough background check.”
“That’s right. But she was dismissed after she was caught collecting confidential Astronomical information.” Coulson said grimly.
“Then how did she join SHIELD?” Steve asked in surprise.
“We are not trying to justify the mistake.” Fury interjected with a deep frown. “She initially joined for her advanced technological knowledge, and helped in upgrading lots of weapons. Besides the fact that there was no presumption about her leaking any confidential information to outside sources. On the contrary, she was always trusted by her bosses.”
“What’s the problem then?” Dean asked in confusion.
Fury shared a glance with the two agents then turned back towards them.
“The problem is that she is not what she claims to be.” He stated firmly.
“What do you mean? You said she-”
“She is not the real Sydney Hunter.” Hill interrupted grimly.
“She is not what?” Tony asked taken aback.
“You heard right. That young woman is not and never was the real Sydney.”
Silence filled the room for almost thirty seconds, then Steve adjusted in his seat and leaned towards the agents.
“I think we need more clarification.” He stated sternly.
Fury leaned forward and placed his hands on the table in front of him. “You know that now we depend heavily on tech and worldwide network. Which is a mistake since no matter how advanced and protected it was, it still can be hacked one way or another.”
“You mean to say that she did that and created a fake file for herself?” Natasha asked in concentration.
“No, if she did that she would have been discovered immediately from the unusual increase in files.” Hill denied with a shake of her head. “She was smarter than that. She looked through older files and chose one of a woman that lost her life in her childhood, and erased everything related to her death, who of course her name was Sydney, so now officially she was considered alive, then did a few adjustments on her photo and all her previous ones, even replaced her fingerprints, her irises print and even the genetic print, with her own. Then made a history for the deceased woman and gave her scientific certificates and PHDs in Mechanical and electrical engineering, Applied mathematics and computer science.”
“But she already is a genius in all of this. Everyone knows that.” Clint gaped at him.
“That what makes us perplexed. She is a genius, very talented and loyal agent and never did anything that could make us suspect her. Except of course, her obsessive gathering of astronomical information.”
“We only managed to discover her by sheer coincidence. One of the oldest agents actually knew the real Sydney.” Coulson added with a grimace. “We are keeping her in custody right now.”
Everyone was silent again for a while. Then Dean spoke.
“I am sorry, but I have to ask.” He started looking strangely at the agents. “What does the Avengers have to do with this?”
“I was about to ask the same thing.” Tony interjected with a raised eyebrow. “This seems like a SHIELD problem. Not ours. You are dealing with a potential spy and that’s not our problem. We deal with super villains and world threatening situations, not this.”
“There are two reasons why we called you.” Fury stated cautiously.
“Which are?”
Fury nodded towards Hill, who then opened her brief case to pull out three pictures and three really old drawings.
“This is Agent Sydney Hunter for the ones who don’t know how she looks.” She said pointing to a pristine looking picture of a pretty brunette. “And this one from the year 1916, and this from the 19th century. While these three drawings from the 14th, 9th and 4th centuries. I want you guys to check all of these thoroughly and tell me what the common factor in them is.”
With no previous discussion, they all wordlessly handed the pictures and drawings to Castiel, who certainly will catch what Hill was implying fast enough with his thorough eyes.
Castiel trailed his eyes in deep concentration at the pictures and drawings, it took him almost 10 seconds to catch the common factor that had his eyes widening.
“Her face. It is in all of them.” He announced in a shocked voice that made the others move to gather around him to see what he was saying.
“Oh my god, it is true!” Bruce exclaimed as he saw Sydney’s face in every picture.
“What does this mean?” Steve asked in confused surprise. “That she isn’t human? An alien?”
“Or an angel. Or a demon. She could be anything. It is a long list.” Sam reported as he looked at the pictures with concentration.
“What is the other reason you asked for the Avengers’ presence?” Thor asked turning back to Fury.
Fury’s eyes trailed to look at them with a strange look in his eyes.
“She refuse to speak.” He started slowly.
“So what, you asked us to come to intimidate her or torture her or something?” Dean inquired with a suspicious glare.
“No, that’s not it.”
“Then what is it?”
He hesitated for just a second then looked at them directly.
“She said she will only talk to two specific people.” He paused, making sure he had their complete attention. “She will only talk to Steve Rogers and The angel Castiel.”