She breathes in, breathes out, and listens to the bang on the office door.

"It's your call, Coulson," she says finally. "Yes, I do."

A team from S.H.I.E.L.D. won't get here from the Helicarrier instantaneously, and given she's already alerted the guards to her presence, the faster things get done, the better.

And she trusts him at her back.