005 || Sharon Carter || Video

[agentx13]

Private to Clint

See me, STAT. Alone.



Private to Lydia

How are you holding up? Need anything?



Private to Kobra

How are you holding up? Can you guess what I want to talk to you about?

Comments

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

I save lives and I fight for freedom, because it's important.

[He's completely earnest and then he grins.]

And I read, like, every book I can get my hands on.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

How did book-learning prepare you for superheroism in real-life situations?

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

[Obviously, he read comics, Sharon!]

When your situation is fight or surrender, you fuckin' fight. I've been fighting for most of my adult life. Me 'n' Party? We don't give up.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

You fight, and you don't give up. I agree. When those things are worth it. But accidentally picking a fight with a guy who could wipe you off the face of the planet with a finger snap probably isn't the way to do it.

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

I didn't pick a fight with him. I fuckin' offered him help. Don't you list--Wait what? Who the fuck is that guy?

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

He's a Norse god who habitually tries to destroys Earth, enslave its people, blah blah blah. He's manipulative and sly. He could have hurt you and Kenzi in a million different ways, and neither of you never had a clue how easily he could have killed either of you without even realizing it.

So it doesn't matter whether or not you fought him or offered him help. You two could both have been killed. And I know you don't like me, but I'd rather not have you die. Understand?

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

... Yeah.

[Wow, Loki sounds really interesting.]

Wait, I thought that short dude was Loki.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

Loki... [Why does she get the feeling this conversation has gotten out of hand somehow?]

What short guy?

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

You know. The short one... named Loki? He introduced himself as Loki, anyway. Maybe it's just a weird name. Fuck, my name's Kobra Kid. [He laughs.] Fuck if I know.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

Oh. There are two Lokis. The short one... isn't so likely to kill you.

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

Soooo... Less interesting! Gotcha!

[He's not taking Sharon's advice the way she's intending at all...]

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

[She's just going to gape and stare. She might have to make Coulson talk to these kids. Or... No, giving Loki things to play with is wrong, Sharon.]

Okay...

I'm not asking you this to give you a hard time, I just honestly can't remember. Have you ever gotten someone else killed before?

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

[His face twists in anger. All he can see is Party slumping against the wall. It hadn't been his fault, but he'd watched Korse shoot him all the same. They'd been rescuing her.]

You don't know a fuckin' thing about me.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

I know I don't want you to suffer if you don't have to.

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

Little late for that. Whatever you think's gonna happen to me? 'Ve had worse.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

Kobra.

You haven't.

You've seen enough to know that there's always something worse. Right?

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

Yeah, well, you ever watch your brother die? 'Cause nothing hurts more than that. Fucking nothing.

You could break every bone in my body. You could light me on fuckin' fire and nothing will ever hurt as much as watching the life go out of his eyes. I died right after that and I didn't even care.

There isn't always something worse, Agent Carter.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

Did you kill him yourself, Kobra? [Her eyes harden. This child... And yes, she doesn't care how old he is; to her, he is a child. But he doesn't know. He keeps saying he understands, but how can he honestly think they couldn't get worse?]

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

I'd kill myself first. I'd follow the fucker off a fuckin' cliff.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

That's what I thought about the person I loved, too.

Is it really so hard to believe I know what I'm talking about?

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

Yeah, maybe it is. Nothin' personal, Sharon, but I got no reason to trust you.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

And what's your reason not to?

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

It doesn't work like that. Trust is somethin' you earn where I'm from. D'you trust me?

Re: [ Private ]

[agentx13]

I'd like to. But you haven't inspired the greatest amount of faith, what with deciding I'm your nemesis and all.

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

Yeah, well, you're a pretty shitty nemesis. [He laughs softly.] But I still don't trust you. Sorry.