012 || Sharon Carter || LYING AND SAYING DAY 74 OKAY?

[agentx13]

[ Sharon is far from pleased to find herself back here. She can remember it now, even though she could swear she had gone home. She and Steve, Sam, Rachel, and SHIELD had fought Codename Bravo and Madame Hydra, and- But it doesn't matter now, because she's back, trapped here by forces she still can't understand.

She surveys the house, noting that if nothing else, the Doctor has been here, and finally stops at the a window. She pours herself a glass of water, takes a sip, and then cues up the video. ]

This is Sharon Carter. Again. It seems I'm back.

What did I miss.

[ Oh, damn it. And she'd better do that, too. But- you know what? No. She can track people down and apologize for screwing them in a sex-crazed haze privately. ]

Comments

( v i d e o )

[mentis]

I'd say welcome back but I doubt you want to hear it.

( v i d e o )

[agentx13]

[ Heh. Trust a telepath to be accurate. ]

Hello, Professor. Have you kept yourself busy in my absence?

( v i d e o )

[mentis]

Hm. Relatively. [ A hum. ] I've been causing quite a stir what with my having a dangerous brain.

[ She knew before, so he supposes he might as well let her in on the fact he announced it to everyone. ]

( P R I V A T E v i d e o )

[agentx13]

[ She frowns for a moment, then switches to private. ]

Did someone out you or did you out yourself? How has Erik been responding to the stir?

( P R I V A T E v i d e o )

[mentis]

I couldn't ask anyone to trust me while I held back such a secret, could I? [ Meaning Charles outed himself. He still has a few left hidden under his sleeve but that had felt monumental enough that he couldn't keep it. ]

Erik's ... [ He doesn't sound so certain, all of a sudden. ] Erik's Erik. He doesn't like some of the reaction but it's - well it's my business. I trust him enough to know that he'll leave it to me. [ Really. ]

[manofiron]

I was wondering what happened to you. Thought you'd busted out and weren't coming back.

[agentx13]

I think I busted out. Or they let me out. [ Or she imagined it all, but she doesn't want to say that. ] But as you can see, I'm back.

Glad to see you aren't still sparkling.

[manofiron]

You sparkle once and no one ever lets you forget it.

I just got back too. Guess they couldn't get enough of either of us.

[agentx13]

Looks like I was gone longer. Guess they like me more.

[ She switches the feed to private and drops the glib attitude. ]

I didn't... do anything to you, did I? It's- The last few days I remember here are kind of hazy.

[ And there are one or two people who may be something of a nightmare. God, she hopes she didn't sleep with Kobra. ]

[video]

[burnburnburn]

[A young man in foreign armour is very eager to hear more. He snaps questions at her]

How did they send you back? Had time passed as it does here?

[video]

[agentx13]

[ Wonderful. A new person. And a new person with a lot of questions, to boot. ]

I don't know how they sent me back. I also don't know how much time has passed here.

Re: [video]

[burnburnburn]

[His interest wanes visibly at her lack of answers]

Do you know why?

[video]

[agentx13]

Well, I don't know why they sent me back because - I'm guessing - they didn't tell me. And I don't know how much time has passed because no one has told me.

[ Hear that tone, new guy? That's the tone of someone who wants you to give her answers. Now. ]

[ video ]

[violenthearted]

I still haven't killed anyone. I am sorry if that's a disappointment to you.

[ He's not sorry. :( But he is a fucking troll. ]

[ video ]

[agentx13]

[ She doesn't manage a full-scale glare at the screen. It's unwise to piss off the soon-to-be homicidal maniac. ]

Give it time, Erik.

And in the meanwhile, what's happened? Last thing I knew, everyone had been turned into something else.

[ video ]

[violenthearted]

[ Please, he's having such a slow morning. (No.) ]

It's Erik now, is it? You've grown as a person in your time away.

We seem to be returned to ourselves. For now.

[ video ]

[agentx13]

You have no idea what I did while I was away.

[ Her tone is sharp. Too sharp. She takes a breath and forces herself to calm down. ]

Been into the woods since we last spoke?

[Audio]

[bostonhowler]

[She's having issues today. So, audio it is.]

Welcome back. I was sorry to see you gone.

[Audio]

[agentx13]

Thanks. Sorry to disappear without taking anyone with me.

How long was I gone? Does anyone know?

[Audio]

[bostonhowler]

[Brigid sighs.]

I can't tell? I think you and your one roommate disappeared about the same time though. Maybe? I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have been.

[Audio]

[agentx13]

[ Sharon freezes, her tone changing to one of carefully repressed panic. She's been in bad situations before. She can handle this. Whatever it turns out to be. ]

Who? The Doctor or Natasha?

[ But she thinks she already knows the answer. Evidence of the Doctor is all over the house, but she had been hoping that Natasha's tendencies might hide signs of her presence and she was still around. ]

private video

[greenisnteasy]

The usual. I disappeared, Tony disappeared. I came back as the Hulk. Tony went home for a year and then came back.

What about you? Anything different? Maybe you should dye your hair, fit the pattern.

private video

[agentx13]

He what? You- you-

Fuck.

So... that's about half of the Avengers here... What about Natasha and Steve? Did they go and come back, too?

[greenisnteasy]

[ He presses his lips together as he looks away, squinting, but when he looks back into the camera, that's definitely a wince. ]

Yes to the leaving. No to the coming back.

[agentx13]

[ She doesn't feel like she can breathe, as if she's forgotten how. The room spins slightly, and she forces herself to swallow. ]

Do you know how long ago they disappeared?