simon_didnt_say | Test Scene

You're viewing

simon_didnt_say's journal
Create a Dreamwidth Account Learn More

Reload page in style: site light

Simon was busy in the lab, not paying much attention to anything around him. He was carefully leaning over the lab table, carefully adjusting the wiring inside the drone.

"Okay, it's okay," he assured it. "I'm just going to clip this little wire in here... We'll have you flying again in no time..."

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

shieldbrat

She stared at him for a long, long minute, hoping that what she suspected didn't just happen. Fury would keel haul her off the edge of the helicarrier if she had brought a virus aboard. "I take it I didn't just save myself an upgrade fee..."

From:

simon_didnt_say

"That," Simon said, "just attempted to upload a HYDRA spyware into our mainframe. If you'd brought in in here even 10 seconds later, it probably would have succeeded."

He gave the phone a death glare. "But I caught you, you bloody piece of trash, didn't I? Thought you could pull one over on me, but now you're in a signal isolation dome!"

From:

shieldbrat

She shook her head in utter disbelieving disgust, "If Fury doesn't shoot me, I just might do it myself."

From:

simon_didnt_say

Simon started plugging things back in, flipping a few additional switches as he did so, before sitting down in front of a computer, typing furiously.

"I'll have to do a complete system sweep, to make sure it didn't pre-load any surprises... What were you thinking, just buying something off the street like that?!"

From:

shieldbrat

"I was thinking I was saving myself $200. Listen, I get it, maybe better than you. There's a bigger problem. Security has been breached before I ever bought it. Every single field agent could be at risk as we speak."

From:

simon_didnt_say

Simon's hands flew over the keys, typing furiously. "Maybe," he said. "I don't think the beastie started transmitting until it was inside, but it took it a while to boot up."

From:

shieldbrat

"But they knew who to target. I've been doing this a long time, there wasn't a single warning sign, a single instinct...SHIELD goes to great lengths to protect the identities of its operatives. They knew who I was."