[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=bc8dbf]Zoya Nikolova[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://78.media.tumblr.com/b9d2804993643b022801f25a4fd9b345/tumblr_inline_oaqezjKQuj1rifr4k_500.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=bc8dbf]Location:[/color][/b] Sci-Tech Building 4 - Phase Three HQ: Medical Ward 
[b][color=bc8dbf]Skills:[/color][/b] Unknown[/center][hr]
	As Director Fury cut his speech off to put one of the survivors on the spot for flirting or something, Z's attention shifted away from him. Suddenly panicked, she swung her head left and right and as soon as she saw Niah in one of the beds her fear subsided. [i]Oh, thank the Goddess she survived.[/i] As soon as the thought appeared in her mind Niah's eyes found hers and Z nodded and smiled in reassurance. A hug would have been better, but the Director had told them to stay in their beds. Z focused once more on what was happening around her, the burning rage from seconds ago gone. Instead she observed the room with her usual calm demeanor and didn't even flinch when agent Ridgeway took her IV out. She listened intently at Director Fury's briefing of the simulated mission they were about to embark on.

	As Fitz-Simmons rolled into the room with the Framework equipment Z tried really hard not to stare at Agent Simmons. Jemma was a gorgeous woman with brains to boot as well. And Z felt a little star-struck in her presence. Not that Fitz wasn't on equal footing. Z just couldn't help but prefer the ladies! Obviously Fitz-Simmons was a monster duo in the science circles and Z looked up to their achievements and inventions, but she was a scientist first and scientists looked for answers by asking questions.

	[color=bc8dbf]"If I may..."[/color] Z spoke to no one in particular, but made eye contact with all senior agents and the Director. She straightened a little bit in her bed, wincing slightly as the hospital gown chaffed over her sensitive pierced nipples. [i]I should have removed them for the experiment.[/i] Z thought. [i]But it wasn't required and it's always such a hassle to do it.[/i] She resettled more carefully, cleared her dry throat and continued. [color=bc8dbf]"Since I'm here in this ward with all the rest, clearly the experiment was a success and I've been given some powers or other. But..."[/color] The explosives engineer looked herself over once again, before returning her gaze to her boss and seniors. [color=bc8dbf]"I don't feel any different and no powers have manifested during the short time I've been awake. Before we start this mission, could we at least learn the effects of the experiment on us? So that we have some idea as to what to expect power-wise."[/color]

	Z fell silent for a few beats longer to the point it almost would appear she had finished talking. But before anyone else could interject, she added. [color=bc8dbf]"Also, even though I'm more than confident in Agent Fitz and Mr. Stark's capabilities... This Framework concept is a bit troubling to say the least."[/color] She paused, chuckled to herself, and added after a moment of meditation. [color=bc8dbf]Though on second thought. After volunteering for this experiment, which was crazy enough, I don't know why I should be worried about my mind being put in an untested virtual reality that had to be recoded overnight by one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most brilliant scientists after being trashed by Quicksilver.[/color]

	Z took the offered helmet in her hands and shifted her gaze from agent Ridgeway to Director Fury, to Dr. Jiāng and finally settling on Simmons, awaiting for an answer to her question from any of them. The Director looked worse for wear. [i]I see Quicksilver didn't just do a number on the Framework.[/i] Z thought. It would appear they were in for some turbulent times ahead.