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Helicarrier 'Lady Liberty' // Turtle Bay NY
Steve walked the halls of the helicarrier, tablet in hand. Agent Jimmy Woo following him through the halls, every time Steve finished reading or signing the tablet in his hand he handed it back to Jimmy. Who had a second tablet already loaded up with the next item of the itinerary. It was a constant cycle of paperless work. Expenditure reports, requests for funding, post-action reports. He missed the days when he was only in charge S.H.I.E.L.Ds strategic response unit. Back in those days he read a fraction of the reports and got to complain about a lack of funding.
Now he was the one who had to deny the funding that led to those complaints. A deckhand handed him a pair of safety glasses and a headset as they reached the door to the flight deck. He put them on without complaint, reaching up he turned the microphone of the headset on as he signalled for Jimmy to do the same. "I won't be gone long. Make sure to have Spider-man report in once he reaches Gamma Base, and have Agent Romanoff report to Alpha. Shoshtakov will meet her there, he's been chasing down reports of the Winter Soldier operating out of Sokovia. She won't be happy about it, but I need one of my best on it. Fury was taking a personal interest in those reports before he went missing, I want to know what had him so interested."
Jimmy nodded as Steve turned and opened the hatch, walking out onto the deck. The sudden chill caught him slightly, they weren't that high up but the altitude coupled with the fact there was nothing to break the wind meant that there was always a certain amount of chill. The flight deck was always busy, organised chaos as the craft landed and took off all in perfect harmony orchestrated by the control tower. Supplies and personnel came and went. Teams of operatives and agents moved from one deployment to the next, scientific personnel came to run tests or give results. Some craft were even specially designated for those flying down to the city to go on leave.
Steve walked over to the craft that had been nicknamed S.H.I.E.L.D - One. His personal quinjet, a deckhand at some point had painted a miniature shield underneath the cockpit. It was the little things that kept a place like this together, good morale was key to a successful unit after all. Climbing aboard he secured himself in his seat with the straps, greeting the pilot as he boarded before allowing himself to close his eyes.
"...two minutes out."
Steve shook himself awake, back during the War he had been able to fall asleep on the old C-47s. A quinjet that flew softly through the air and was no louder than a car? With little sleep below his belt, he hadn't stood a chance. He stood up, chastising himself slightly as he walked to the cockpit. Leaning in over the pilot's shoulder. It was early morning, only the briefest hints of navy against the black sky hinted at the change from night to day. Checking his watch he nodded, the best time to catch the Bat was at night anyway. Tapping the pilot on the shoulder, he clicked his microphone on.
"Bring us low over the roof Davis. Then circle the city, I'll call you when I need you." Davis gave him a thumbs up, pulling up on the control yoke while simultaneously pulling back on the throttle slowing down the craft and swinging it around. Steve grabbed onto the chairs in instinct, though the inertia dampeners in the craft barely made the entire manoeuvre any more uncomfortable than turbulence on a passenger liner. Taking off his flight headset he moved towards the back of the craft, securing his earpiece inside his left ear, walking down the ramp as it opened and hopping effortlessly onto the opposing roof. It looked like all the others of the dark and gothic city, except for the inclusion of a very particular floodlight. As the quinjet retreated up into the ear Steve walked over to it and flicked the breaker. The light flashed to life, sending a signal up into the air.
Steve just hoped that the Batman would see it.
