2013-01-13 - Cutscene: Promotion

It was a dark Tuesday on the Helicarrier when Natasha was summoned to Fury's office. She had arrived early and snapped to attention when the Director called her in.

"Director." Natasha stood at attention.

Fury gestured back, "At ease, Agent. I have something for you to review."

He pushed a large, bulky looking file over towards Natasha, who cocked her brow as she opened it up. Inside was.. "You're promoting me? Boizemoi, but why?"

Fury laughed, "Why not? You do a damned good job, you do what you're told, you're on reasonably good terms with the Avengers, and you're one of our more experienced field agents. The bit over with negotiating for the Skrull Warship was enough to convince me."

Natasha skimmed the file, whimpering, "Boizemoi. Deputy Director? In charge of independent field ops and special operations?"

Fury smirked again, his one good eye glinting, "Yup. You'll be in charge of herding the cats."

In charge of Special Operations.. SHIELD's independent agents and special operatives. The ones who chafed the most at the reins and gave the most headaches. Natasha repeated the word once more, "Boizemoi." All that and the paperwork of being a deputy director and having to still continue field operations. The joys of bureaucracy. But at the very least, now she had a Level 8 Security Clearance. And then, with a sinking pit in her stomach, she realized that she would be hit up by everyone for information. This was going to be a very, very..

And then Fury smiled, "And I'm going to be assigning Agent C.A.T. to work with you to help smooth things out.."

It took every bit of willpower Natasha had to not start to smash her head into the bulkheads. It was going to be a very, very long night.