[quote=@Byrd Man]
"Thanks, Captain," Howard said with a nod towards Cap. He held the comm up in his feathered covered fingers. "You do good work. Not as good as Quacktain America, but you do in a pinch."
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[color=slateblue]"Noted, Howard,"[/color] Captain America smiled at the sarcastic water fowl. He had no idea where the hell the little guy came from, but he certainly had a ton of attitude. Him and Tony would probably get along really well. But Steve had to admit that glove of his was helpful. Maybe not in a straight fight, per say, but sometimes you needed a good distraction, and Howard seemed to be fearless.

"Is it really that bad?" Coulson asked, still fiddling with his hair.

"No it's fine," Sharon reassured the other agent.

[color=slateblue]"It's not great, Phil,"[/color] Steve said at the same time, ribbing his friend. He then motioned to the teleporter standing next to Fury's LMD. [color=slateblue]"Who's the new guy?"[/color]

Coulson took his hand away from his hair and shrugged, "Mutant I think. Named Manifold. Teleports. About all I know. You know Colonel Fury. Doesn't like to tell you anything until the last minute."

"The ultimate spy," Agent 13 mused. "Guy would throw the craziest surprise party."

The image of Nick Fury in a party hat floated through Steve's mind, and he let himself have a little chuckle. After a battle it was nice to relax, even though Marko's master was still living in the back of Cap's head. He'd probably be up all night sitting in front of SHIELD's database trying to figure out who was behind the attack.

[color=slateblue]"Well, I might as well go introduce myself,"[/color] Cap nodded toward Manifold. He walked over to the new Avenger with an outstretched hand, [color=slateblue]"Hi. I'm Steve Rogers. Glad to meet you. Always nice to have a new member on the team."[/color]