"And I could have just shot you. I might just settle for stabbing you in the leg. Bleeds a lot and no major organ damage, what do you say?" She felt the kiss on her lips and leaned to follow him a little as he retreated. Opening her mouth, she was suddenly glad he kept talking; he came to talk to the Director and not Sharon Carter. Thumbing the safety on the gun and putting it away, she sighed. "I can't ignore a law, Steven. I've played every by-the-book and loophole I could to keep SHIELD out. But the first super-on-super fight and I'll have no choice but to send in the troops. ...It's not like all of SRA is evil either, which is why this is that much harder."