Author: alphaflyer
Title:  "For the Record"
Rating: G
Warnings: None apply
Characters: Clint Barton, Natasha Romanoff, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Avengers (background); OCs
Summary: It's the day after the Battle for Manhattan, but there are still fights to be won.

Written for happilydancing, on the occasion of her birthday.  A sequel of sorts, to Veni, Vidi Vici -- aka Chapter 11 of "Moments" -- and the "post-credit" scene I stuck into the comments to that.  (It will likely become Chapter 12 in due course, once I've edited it a gazillion more times.)

Happy birthday, Hap! :-)


For the Record

Seema Singh heads for the Records Office, afraid of what she will find.  Yesterday, when she’d left for the emergency evac that never came, things had been mostly intact -- but that was before the Hulk’s rampage; before the second engine blew out.

Her fears are justified, as it turns out:  There are metal struts blocking the way to her desk, glass and dust everywhere, and one of the walls is missing altogether.

"I guess S.H.I.E.L.D. is moving to the Open Office concept a bit sooner than we thought?"

Manny Gonzalez’ voice comes over her shoulder with a jollity she knows he doesn't actually feel.  "Welcome to Dilbert World, the Loki edition.  Next stop, the open-air cubicle."

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