#theatroposassignment

          [ Of all the times to receive such a message.

Robert had been blackmailing him for the medical treatment of his dog, Wiggam, and Edgar had refused to submit, refused to give more money than he already had, so the dog he’d had for six years was potentially dying—or dead because of what had happened in London.

His family may or may not have been affected by the events in London, and he had not heard word from his family—not that he truly expected it, but not knowing if they were alright was killing him.

Not to mention that he had stopped sending letters to his parents—ignoring that part of his therapy since his kidnapping and torture  in 2002 for the first time in ten years. And now he didn’t even know if they were alive. There was a guilt there that couldn’t stem from logical means, but it was eating him alive all the same. 

Olive really wanted to figure out what she had done with her laptop. It had everything on there. Files, emails, anything significant to SHIELD. But not to FALCON.

There was safe, then there was guarded.

At least there was her phone, though. It gave her some sense of the last couple of texts that went through. She started to scroll through them, skimming over the text.

Texts to Lilly.

Texts sent about Macmurray wondering about.. Mia?

Texts from another number insisting on their knowledge of her double-alliance, pictures included.

Texts about a job.

Texts of someone asking her for help. A meeting, by work.

Who was Mia?

Who had taken those pictures?

What had she done?

Oh, hell. Think, think, think-

Olive rubbed her head, put her phone down. Her doctor told her not to strain on remembering certain things. The memories would come back naturally, some would be triggered. But there was no triggers here, nothing to help her unwind whatever had gone on before her coma. She would just have to roll with it, figure things out as she went along.

[Oh, we like making buddies with SHIELD agents.]

"We should send in someone better. Phaedrus Jasper, he’d be good at this. He could alter her perception completely.

"I know it’s a risk, but- but should we take further measures to make this work?

"It is a bit too much of a risk, isn't it… Well...

"I've thought about breaking into her apartment. Ouroboros could get into the computer, extract files that we wouldn't be able to obtain otherwise. It’d be easy."

"I’ll do that tonight. ‘Nurse McOwens’ has this Friday off. It’s perfect.

"Oh, Echnida? Yes, ah, I think the Intel has finally downloaded onto the Network. Yes, that one. Ouroboros told me about it the other day, she was concerned there was corruption.

"Once the files are downloaded completely, she’ll tell me. I’m sure she’ll be surprised. Her parents, they never said anything about it to her, did they?

"It’s a big step to take. I know everyone we have can pull it off, but…

"I’ve been waiting for eight years, I know you've been waiting longer, ma'am. We'll work diligently until we've had our success- we all will.

Condition: Comatose, has yet to show signs of consciousness. Tests have verified that her coma was induced by overdose. Still in ICU. 30 hours since being clarified comatose.

Okay so I had to do this because Olive is freaking haywire in my head and she was going to do something stupid eventually.

So yeah fun times.

So the gist of it is- -Olive was admitted into a New York hospital at 1:10am. -She was clarified comatose at 7am. -She hasn’t gained conciousness yet. -I’m going to be making regular posts announcing just how Olive is doing. If anyone wants to visit her, anyone is welcome to make a post about it, but it should probably be in drabble form, because I’m not expecting her to wake up until tonight or tomorrow or just, yknow, no time too soon.

Dear Olivia Rojas,

Thank you for completing your first assignment. You are being considered for further assignments as you read this letter. This note should be followed by $2,000 in U.S. currency. Please dispose of this letter properly when you finish reading.

If you need to contact us, the phone number we contact you with will work. It isn't sent to a direct phone, but it is sent to a network my organization uses actively. We will be sure to get back to you as soon as possible.

Please be patient with us. Your next assignment will be imposed with just as much money as the one prior. The more assignments you successfully complete, the closer you will be to an honorable status in our organization. If at any time you wish to stop taking assignments, contact us, and we will take care of it.

Remember that, if you try to go against our organization, we do have evidence against you that we will immediately send to your superiors. We only remind you in hopes to encourage positive behavior.