S.H.I.E.L.D. Database: Thomas Sanders

Level 7 Security Clearance Required. Files contains sensitive personal information for S.H.I.E.L.D. operative Thomas Sanders, as well as other agents and operatives he has come into contact with.  (askblog for @ironwoman359's TS Marvel AU) Masterlist

[ironwoman359]

The fic I always associate with you is the Marvel AU, esp the Avengers Initiative. It's one of my fav AUs!!

Ooh, the Marvel AU! Here's a handful of character secrets for you:

Emile Picani will eventually be introduced as the team's therapist

Remus's powers are identical to Roman's in theory, but because for so long Thomas has repressed him, the objects aren't solid, they're just illusions.

I did not intentionally reveal Janus to Thomas right as his name was revealed in canon, it just kinda ended up working out like that!

What fic do you associate with me?

[ask-agent-sanders]

Little sneak peek at the future of Remus !

[ask-agent-sanders]

Thomas, are you going to break the news to your parents anytime soon?

I...I don’t know. Right now all they know is that I have a new job in New York that has a pretty strict NDA. Maybe one day I’ll tell them more, but...I don’t know. - 🌈

[ask-agent-sanders]

I??? This is such a cool au??? I totally didn’t tune out my calc class to read through this entire blog, noooo...

Haha, well I’m glad you like it! Don’t tune out too much important info though, lol!

[ask-agent-sanders]

So, Janus. Do your dark side friends know that you're working with Thomas now?

Oh, please don’t tell me Roman’s gotten you thinking of myself and the others as ‘dark’ sides. That’s such an apt description. 

...

And yes, of course they know. It’s rather difficult to keep something like that a secret, even if I am deception itself.  - 🐍

[ask-agent-sanders]

Have you guts gotten any information about after Thor went back to Asgard after destroying the destoryer? Perhaps along the lines of a deceased green brother?

We’ve heard nothing from Thor or Asgard since he departed, no. I do believe that Dr. Foster and Dr. Selvig are continuing research into Einstein-Rosen bridges in order to make contact, but no results so far. - 💻

[ask-agent-sanders]

Janus, do you think SHIELD is suspicious? That you're around, I mean.

Hmmm, as a whole? No, I don’t believe so. However, I think that Natasha has noticed a slight change in Thomas’s behavior. However, as he just completed his first field mission, I’m hoping to pass that off as being exposed to fieldwork, processing the semi-supernatural events we witnessed, etcetera. -🐍

[ask-agent-sanders]

Hello! I was wondering if I could be added to your tag list for this AU? Thank you!

Absolutely! I’m glad you’re enjoying it!

[ask-agent-sanders]

Hello! I'm new to this AU and I noticed that New Ally doesn't seem to be on the masterlist I think. Are there any other chapters that aren't there?

Oh, shoot, I forgot to add that, didn’t I? I’ll go fix that right now. But don’t worry, there are no more missing pieces, An Unseen Ally is the most recent chapter! thanks for the heads up!

[ask-agent-sanders]

what kind of stuff do you guys do for training?

That varies depending on who you’re talking about. Clint and I instruct all of them on S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol and operating procedure, and they all have the same basic physical training. That boils down to a workout routine that keeps them in shape according to our physical standards. Then, since Sanders is what S.H.I.E.L.D. refers to as “enhanced,” he has unique training that he spends the rest of his time on when he’s not on a mission. That training is specific to each side.  - 🕷

For example, I often spend my time in the research department assisting the scientists there. We’ve been using that environment to help me develop control over my ability to slow my perception of time. I cannot always induce it intentionally, but I am becoming more adept at doing so.  - 💻

Virgil and I spend a lot of time practicing applying our powers in combat situations or other emergencies. We work together a lot; I practice conjuring items to help me in combat and Virgil practices controling his heightened senses and using his distortion abilities. - 🎨

I practice using my emotional abilities in combat situations too, as well as using them when spying on someone. Nat has been working with me on figuring out what emotions are warrented in different situations, when you want a mark relaxed, when you want them angry, stuff like that!  - 💙

I’ve actually been working on something Clint was calling “situational awareness and response.” Basically, if something happens where we have to fight something big, like the Destroyer in New Mexico, as the source for all the sides’ ability to sink in and out of this layer of reality, I need to be decently central to whatever action is happening, while still staying safe.  - 🌈

So far the best we’ve come up with is that he should stick close to me during combat, so that I can keep enemy perception away from him. But I’d feel much better if there were some way to keep him even further out of trouble.   - 🌩

[ask-agent-sanders]

Janus, are you training as well in secret, or are you doing your own thing inside Thomas's mind till you reveal yourself?

I can’t do some of the same physical training that the others do, at least not out in the open. Though I’ve convinced Thomas to let me shift into the form of one of the others on occasion so as to give the obstical course and other physical challenges a try from time to time. As for the training in espionage, I can pay close attention to Thomas’s lessons on the subject from the comfort and safety from his mind; not to mention I’m not entirely untalented in the act already. It’s not as though I am literally Deceit, after all. -🐍

[ask-agent-sanders]

Me after finishing reading the personnel files for the fourth time: *whispering* it's just so cool. Anyways, how is everyone feeling about their progress in S.H.I.E.L.D. so far?

[whispers back: I’m so glad you like it!!]

Thomas and the others have been progressing well in their training, but... - 🕷

You’ve noticed it too, then?  - 🏹

Definitely. After they came back from New Mexico, something changed. - 🕷

[ask-agent-sanders]

The ask that had "aces up his sleeve" immediately made me think of asexuals and they do got that power soooo xd.

I am a powerful being!!!

[ask-agent-sanders]

can I be added to the taglist for the stories?

Absolutely! I’m glad you’re enjoying it :D

[ask-agent-sanders]

I know you probably have your own plans so you can feel free to completely ignore this, but i had the incredible mental image, like an entire scene of Janus meeting Loki for the first time when he's locked up in that glass prison thing in the first avengers movie, and he pretends to be on his side and i think for a while it even works and i just. Double Agent Janus. I love it so much. Also idk if it'd even be possible for one side to betray shield all on his own, let alone betray the other sides and Thomas. Regardless, i think Virgil would panic and completely forget logic at that point and fully believe that Janus has turned on them, which would actually be really beneficial to keeping up the act and convincing Loki that Janus is on his side.

Anyway that was accidentally A Lot™.

Im loving this au so much!

I do have my own plans, so I’m not going to confirm or deny how close you are to them, but may I just say I love the way you think :)

[ask-agent-sanders]

can Janus shape shift?

Absolutely I can. Just because Thomas didn’t know about me didn’t mean there weren’t times when I simply needed to speak directly to him. How do you think I managed that without revealing myself?  -🐍

[ask-agent-sanders]

Does Janus still have his snakey features in this AU?

He does, and you are making me realize that I forgot to mention that in An Unseen Ally XD. whoops.

[ask-agent-sanders]

Something tells me you might be concerned about what Janus being in the light could mean regarding the Others in the dark, Roman.

*sigh* look....I don’t want you to get the wrong idea here, I don’t hate Janus or anything. We...don’t always get along, but I’d say Virgil has much more of a personal grudge against him than any of the rest of us. I just...well, you said it yourself, it’s some of the...others...that I’m more worried about. - 🎨