A/N: This story is inspired by something Ward said to Skye back in F.Z.Z.T. when they were discussing what was happening to Jemma. That quote is also practically the only sliver of hope I have still left that Ward might not be a complete traitor, but to be honest, it's fading rapidly.

So this is me being in denial:

Whatever It Is You Are Called Upon To Do

Chapter 1

Looking back, going into Agent Hill's office that day had probably been the hardest thing he had ever done in his life up until that point.

Agent Garrett had always been like a father to him. He had rescued him out of the hell that was his childhood home and he had given him a purpose in his life. So when he had first told him about that other organisation, the one hiding within SHIELD, Ward had not even considered it an act of treason to join them, to become a part of Hydra.

They had similar goals after all, to stop the constant wars raging all over the world, to stop the threat of terrorism, to stand up against their enemies that were not from this planet, they just varied concerning their means. And even though Garrett had admitted that Hydra was probably more uncompromising in its actions, he had assured him that it was also a lot more effective.

So he had followed along, obeyed the orders of his SHIELD superiors to keep up his cover, but at the same time reported everything to Garrett and did whatever his Hydra bosses wanted him to do. And even though he had not been comfortable with everything he had had to do for them, he had never doubted his decision, because he had never doubted Agent Garrett.

That is until the day one of Garrett's current team members had contacted him, looking for advice as he had noticed something odd in his boss's behaviour. Something alarming.

The man had contacted Ward because they had once been on a mission together and had worked well side by side. He had trusted him and had wanted his opinion on how to handle his suspicions regarding his superior. Ward had told him not to do anything rash, to wait until he had absolute proof that Garrett was dirty before he did anything that might mess up his entire career.

And then, not even five minutes later, he had been on the phone again, talking to the man in question over a secure line and telling him everything about what he had just found out. But he had not meant for anyone to get hurt. He had begged Garrett to talk to his man, to convince him that following Hydra was the right thing, like he had convinced Ward all those years ago, and he had only let off once his former boss had promised he would.

But two days later he found out that that had been a lie.

Officially it had just been a mission that had gone wrong. A red headed assassin who had been in the right place at the right time, and when the SHIELD agent had opened the door of his car, two bullets had pierced his skull before his feet had even touched the pavement.

Ward knew that that had been a lie as well. Garrett had killed his own man for asking the wrong questions and he had helped him. That had been the first time he had been responsible for the death of another agent. And he knew that if he kept following Hydra, it wouldn't be the last time, either.

So that was when he had decided to come clean, to turn himself and Agent Garrett in. He had gone straight up the ladder to Director Fury's second-in-command Agent Hill and told her everything he knew, about the things he had done, about Garrett, about Hydra. But there had been too many questions he hadn't been able to answer. Too many unknown variables.

"Who else is Hydra?"

"How far up does this go?"

"What exactly is Hydra trying to achieve?"

He had wanted to tell her, to help bring these traitors down, but he simply hadn't known. He hadn't even been sure if Garrett himself knew all the secrets, but there had definitely been a lot of things he had never told him, things Ward would have needed to become a lot deeper involved for to be privy to.

Then, however, Agent Hill had begun to ask the questions he had been able toanswer.

"Who else knows you're here?"

"Nobody."

"Would you be willing to go back in?"

"To do what?"

"To take them down. To take all of Hydra down."

"Yes."

"Good. Then I want you to contact Agent Garrett and tell him that you're tired of sitting at the sidelines. That you're willing to get more involved. And then you wait and get ready. "

"Ready for what?"

"For whatever it is you are called upon to do."

To be continued...

A/N: Alright, so this is not going to be anything big, two or three chapters most likely, dealing with what Ward had to do as a double agent in Hydra, which is my personal fantasy I'm still entertaining at the moment.

Because even though the show has made it more than clear that Ward actually has feelings for Skye, I do not think that that is enough to redeem him if he is otherwise a traitor through and through. Even if he were to betray Hydra and kill Garrett to save Skye, he still murdered so many people that him changing his mind just because he wants to save her is not good enough to save his character IMO.