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 ]

[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.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

It's okay. I don't need you to trust me. I just need you to be careful and keep Kenzi safe.

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

Kenz is my friend, Sharon. She's safe with me.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

[She hesitates, then nods.]

If you ever need help, you know where to find me. And seeing as how I'm your nemesis, I guess that means you can use me as a shield.

[Yeah. Not the best nemesis. And she will wear these children down until they admit it.]

[ Private ]

[goodluckkobra]

I don't really believe in using people as shields. That's totally a bad-guy tactic.

[He grins.] But thanks.

[ Private ]

[agentx13]

[She almost manages a grin of her own.]

Anytime.

[And with that, she cuts the feed. Progress, but not quite there. Still, she hadn't expected much to begin with.]