Late night communications

[agentphilcoulson]

There were certain things that Phil did not look forward to doing. Calling his boss to let him know bad news was one of those things. But as he sat in the safehouse, snow falling out the window, the quiet hum of electronics the only noise against the howling wind, he knew it was time. It'd been 28 hours since he'd last been able to track her movements. Contacting the boss at 24 was protocol on a mission like this. He knew where she'd been headed last and being incommunicado was not unheard of on a mission like this, but it was still noteworthy. Reluctantly, he switched channels on the comm to connect to a secure line to SHIELD.

"Agent Coulson here. I need to speak to the Director."

Comments

[agentphilcoulson]

"Will do, Boss."

Coulson stifled a yawn. "I'll let you know what happens. Let me know if I need to spank Barton."

[the_spy]

"Go to sleep, Agent Coulson, it's gotta be near dawn there." Then he cracked a grin. "If you need to manhandle Barton, I'm sure you'll hear from more people than just me. Night, Phil."

With that, he closed the window, but his thoughts were full of worry about Natasha, and it was a long time before Nick got to sleep.

[agentphilcoulson]

"Good night, Sir," Coulson said as he closed the connection. Nick was right. Sunrise wasn't far away so there was no point in going to sleep. Maybe he'd go for a run and then see if he could get a location on Tasha.