Even pencil pushers knew when guns were being fired, they needed to get down and out of the way. So it wasn’t a surprise that the group that was at the elevator scattered against the walls and dropped to the ground to get out of the way for any other potential fire. Even with the presence of Captain America, there still was that idea that something was going to happen and that [i]better safe than sorry[/i] feeling has helped keep a lot of the people from dying. It didn’t take long before someone showed up with a med-pack and began to bandage up her arm.

[i]“Where’s Rogers? What happened?”[/i] Nick Furry’s voice echoed over her hissing as her coworker tied off her wound and taped it off. “Captain Rogers went after the shooter. I’m not sure what happen or why it happened.”

“Romanoff, Carter to the mainframe, we’ve got bigger problems than a shooter.” The people around them began to protest against Agent 13 leaving because she was injured. Her hand waved at her coworkers as she pulled herself to her feet. She knew better than to argue with Director Fury and if anyone could take care of themselves, it was Steve.

Director Fury took off in one direction while Natasha and Agent 13 took off in another. “So, I know this is a bad time but…”

“Don’t start.” Sharon said cutting her off, knowing exactly where Natasha was going with her story. 

“Oh why not?” The redhead said teasingly only to receive a side-look of annoyance from the blonde. She shouldn’t be all-too-surprised to find that the blonde was giving her that look when they were on their way to shut down the mainframe of S.H.I.E.L.D. “We never do lunch anymore and you hardly stay after work. I know someone who’d be just perfect for you.”

“Now is not the time…”Agent 13 said insistently as they rounded the corner and she pulled open the door with her good arm. The two women raced to the computer and only the sound of fingers flying filled the little office. She wasn’t nearly as good as hacking things as Natasha was but she was pretty good. Between the two of them they had the entire building shut down within three minutes. Silence filled the large building as every floor shut down like a rolling black out. Doctor Banner was going to kill her for turning off some fridges but it was needed. 

“Care to explain what the hell is going on?” Agent 13 said turning her attention to Natasha.

“S.H.I.E.L.D. has been compromised; H.Y.D.R.A. hacked into the mainframe and was stealing extensive amounts of data before we caught them. The only thing we could do was shut down the mainframe. But if they sent… who we think is here, we’ll lose a lot more than just data.” Silence again filled the room, the two women didn’t seem to know how to continue the topic; understanding that many lives could be lost. “So anyway the guy…”

“Really!?” Before the women could get back to arguing about Agent 13’s love life, the building rumbled and shook at their feet. It only took a moment before the women were taking off running down the stairs. The tall building was wobbling, as if explosions had gone off. In rounding a corner, the building leaned in that direction; Natasha had time to grab onto something before her feet were thrown out from under her while Agent 13 wasn’t so lucky.

Her feet slipped, her body tumbled, back landing against the glass of the staircase before shattering and flinging her from the 30th floor. Oh… joy…