Prompt: "Give her back to me"
Changing 'her' to 'him'
"Give him back to me," she said as slowly and fiercely as she could.
They were in a corridor of the helicarrier. The team was watching from afar, ready to intervene if something went wrong. She was starting to consider that maybe this wasn't the best option. But she had to try. She owed him that much.
Her best friend in the universe stood in front of her, except it wasn't him. He was IT. There was a darkness in those familiar blue eyes that was completely foreign.
"I know he's still in there. Give. Him. Back."
IT continued to stare at her. Finally, IT said, "Jemma."
Hearing her name in his voice was almost too much. It was its own kind of torture. But she had to ignore that – she was still in dangerous territory.
"Please, I'll do anything. Just let him go. Let him be Fitz again. Please."
"I can't do that, Jemma. Leo is very useful to me. I've never been in a mind that was still moving. It works well. His mind is just so full of information. No, I'm afraid I can't leave. There's just too much help he can give me. How about this - he's begging me not to hurt you. For him I'll let you go."
"No! That's not good enough! You don't understand-"
"I understand just fine Jemma. I see everything that Fitz has seen," he said as slowly approached her, backing her into a wall. "I see the moment you two first met at the Academy. I see his growing affection for you. I feel the pain that he felt after his injury, not least of which was caused by thinking you abandoned him because he wasn't the same old Fitz anymore. I see the whirlwind he created while trying to get you back from Maveth, and believe me, he may not tell you about it but it truly was a whirlwind. Do you know how many times he almost died? Yes Jemma, I understand everything. I know that you two care for each other very much. But I need you to understand this in that primitive little brain of yours – the affection between the two of you is trivial, nothing, compared to my plan. My plan is to save this earth and everyone on it. What is one connection in comparison to the connections of 7 billion people?"
They were now face to face and the only thing she longed for was to see the real Fitz again. Just one last time. She scanned his face, looked into his eyes, but all she saw was IT.