Chapter 1
It was midnight. Melinda May had just got into her hotel room. She had been at the bar drowning her sorrows. It had been a hard day for her and the rest of the team and phil Coulson had very kindly gave them all a night off. May walked clumsily towards the bed and fell into it. She lay still as the drunkness overcame her and watched the room spin. She turned over onto her side to try and calm the spinning and before she knew it she was fast asleep.
May awoke early the next morning. It was still dark outside and a pounding headache was there to remind her of her drunkness the night before. She sat up to look at the clock, it was only 5am. They weren't due back at the bus until 9am. May looked down at herself, and realising she was still in her clothes from the night before, decided it would be a good idea to shower and change into some fresh clothes.
About half an hour later May emerged from the shower feeling refreshed. She walked over to the kettle and flicked the switch to boil it. She sighed as her phone rang. "So much for a 9am start," she mumbled to herself. May answered the phone fully expecting it to be Coulson with a mission, however it wasn't. It was a womans voice that answered back.
"Is that Melinda May?" Asked the woman.
"Yes, who's calling?" Asked Melinda.
"My names Joanne," said the woman. "I'm calling from the city morgue in central China."
May didn't say anything in response, but continued to listen. "I'm really sorry to have to tell you this," said Joanne. "We have your sister here. We need you to come down and confirm the identity of the body."
May's body went cold and numb. Her phone fell from her hand and onto the floor. May slid down to the floor and rested her back against the bed. Her sister was dead. She didn't care how or why at the moment. She just couldn't believe it.