( I'm ready when you are. )

( I'm the only one who can get close enough to take him down and not cause a huge international clusterfuck. )

( You're going to keep going until I say yes, aren't you? )

( cause now we're partners in crime )

( You're going to have to narrow that list down, Legolas. )

( Do I have permission to shoot you, Agent Barton? )

( Even after everything, nothing else means anything. )

She couldn't help wondering how much more blood a living person could lose before they weren't so living anymore. She'd been though this before so many times she'd lost count. No, that was a lie she never forgot when someone died on her watch. She got on with her life and eventually they faded away. The job always came first. Always.

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