#kickassintersect

So, the whole West Coast Hawkeye thing was working out pretty well for Kate. Even if her expenses were barely enough to feed herself, Lucky, and Mr. Starshadows. For the first time in her life, she was realizing just how much she relied on her family's money. Even if she liked to talk a big game about money not meaning anything to her. 

Something was going to have to change. She was going to need a steady income or she would have to slink back to New York with her tail between her legs. And she just wasn't ready to do that.

For now, however, she was tracking some big bad guy that had done something wrong to someone and...okay, she was a little fuzzy on the details, but it was a bad thing. And people needed her help.

Kate moved through the crowd, stealing a glass of champagne from the tray of a passing waiter. The dress she wore was on loan from a friend of Kate's mother that had settled out on the West Coast. The woman didn't ask any questions, something Kate was grateful for.

Maria sat in the chair and waited for Chuck to return. SHIELD could give him a reach and a scope he couldn't ever hope to achieve within the NSA or CIA. 

She looked around the apartment and smiled slightly as she took in the touches of Geek next to the inescapable relics of Agent. A hidden knife cache there, a framed comic book cover there, a replica samurai sword she was willing to bet was entirely battle ready. That last one was likely a compromise; she owned one herself.

"Oh….well….fuck………Long time no see."

"Claire Bradley.  And you?"