He couldn't help but laugh, massive hand warm against hers. "We've never officially met, no. And I don't mind it if they happened to be lines." He'd been watching Jemma's progress since she was small, wowing her teachers until she surpassed anything that they could teach her. It had been lonely, at least to Jack, growing up without equals, until she applied to work for SHIELD.

But here, there had been set backs too. That's what happened when someone tried to rule the world, unfortunately.

Jack wasn't going to take sides. SHIELD and HYDRA could have their little drama. He was much, much more interested in things on a more universal scale.

"I've come to offer you a job. I think you're finally ready for it."