"Whoa, dude, we weren't asking for payment. You kind of can't stay at any hotels without money, or, well, do anything without it." Darcy's suspicion was only growing deeper. He didn't sound like a tweaker - far too calm, too sophisticated, like an English teacher's favorite student - but there was something about him that set her on edge.

Both girls stiffened at the mention of SHIELD, that organization they'd only just discovered and so far, did not have any fondness for. They had been prompt with returning Jane's equipment and notes, though they had yet to do a thorough enough inspection to ensure nothing was missing, but the fact that they had the power to waltz in and take everything in the first place was alarming.

"They just dumped you on the side of the road?" Jane asked uncertainly, thinking that even the United States government would at least offer a severance package instead of treating its own like discarded chattel.

Then again, what did they know? At the very least, they understood being wronged by SHIELD, though that still did not set Darcy at ease. It seemed a little too convenient that so shortly after Thor's little adventure, a SHIELD cast-off found himself in their lives.

What if he was a spy? What if SHIELD believed they were hiding something from them and believed this was the most expedient way to find out?

Darcy piped up once more. "What did you do with SHIELD?"