The rescue mission could be considered a success, and the evacuation had gone very smoothly as well. Not only had they escaped successfully, but the enemy had also withdrawn completely, leaving nothing behind.
Thus, after Captain America and the others boarded the plane, there was none of the joy that should have accompanied a perfectly completed mission. Everyone was in low spirits. Still, there was work to be done, and Natasha immediately used the onboard computer to report the mission details privately to Nick Fury.
Captain America knew she had a special assignment of her own, so he led the others far away and did not disturb her. Almost the instant Natasha initiated contact, the call connected, showing just how anxiously the other side had been waiting. The computer screen went black, and Nick Fury came online.
Natasha first reported that both the rescue operation and the intelligence-gathering mission had been completed successfully. But when she began detailing the mission and had only just mentioned Umbrella Corporation, Nick Fury interrupted her and told her to report to him privately, face-to-face, after she returned.
Then the computer screen lit up, and Nick Fury went offline.
After a night had passed, they all returned to headquarters aboard a Quinjet. As promised, Natasha went to Nick Fury's office and gave him a detailed account of what had happened. Displaying the professionalism of an agent, she offered opinions but not conclusions. Once she was done, she placed the USB drive containing the intelligence on Nick Fury's desk.
To be honest, Nick Fury had always felt uneasy about what was happening aboard the Star of Moria, or perhaps he had sensed that there was something suspicious about Project Insight as a whole. Yet if asked to explain exactly what felt wrong, he could not have