There was always a moment that Maria had before dialing the number. Maybe it was hesitation to send someone into an intolerable situation who would live but still feel all the pain, maybe it was junvenile amusement at the number itself and its alphanumeric translation. She could convince herself it was the latter, in order to avoid thinking about the former. Because they never sent Deadpool in when they expected less than 100% casualties with anyone else, and that was completely unfair to him. Plus, they never acknowledged him beyond paying him promptly, if grudgingly. He'd saved the Avengers a few times, and his reward washis usual fee and Captain America classifying it so deep that Maria only knew about it because she'd been on comms at the time. Yeah. She hated calling Wade Wilson in for a variety of reasons. Mostly it was because SHIELD treated him like dirt because he had a few mental issues and wasn't pretty to look at. Well, and the issues with authority. And the insubordination. And the explosions where a doorknob rattle would have sufficed. And the explosions where a phone call would have done. Okay, maybe that had been pretty cool, the way he'd organized a Morse Code message with the synchronized detonations of that one HYDRA base, but it was also inconvenient as they'd needed that data. Still, he didn't deserve the scorn of the world, that was for sure. She called him still, when she was ordered to. But she didn't have to like it.
