Freedom come
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Grant was free!
He was walking away from the armored, military-grade vehicle, which was supposed to contain him safely until he arrived to whatever place Christian had arranged for him; maybe Christian's plan actually involved a little heart-to-heart once again, but Grant did not care.
Grant was free!
Behind him the armored vehicle still smoked, as the remainder of the soldiers that were supposed to keep him bound finally dropped dead.
Grant was free!
Coulson had made it fully clear that Grant was no longer a part of S.H.I.E.L.D. that he was on his own, as Grant's little walk of shame had shown. Maybe it was supposed to have a side effect of shaming Grant onto the right side of the Force, Grant did not care. Before there was S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, even Garrett, there had been him, his own walks of shame, thanks to Christian, and loneliness. All that Garrett did by abandoning him in the forests swamps of the southern states was to teach him greater self-sufficiency instead – and Grant had excelled at that.
Grant was free!
No, all that Coulson did, unintentionally, was to make Grant Ward angry. Unlike the Hulk of whom Grant had heard hearsay, Grant did not turn green or big – bigger – but he did get angry. His convoy had the misfortune of experiencing this firsthand and Coulson...actually, Coulson would be the last – brother Christian was still the first. Maybe he even would not kill his former S.H.I.E.L.D. superior with his bare hands. Maybe. How he would kill his brother – now that was up for grabs.
Grant was free!
Skye... now that hurt. Skye was the first person Grand had cared about in a long, long time, especially when it came to women. He was honestly being honest with her, trying to help her, trying to rejoin her father – only to be short-charged when S.H.I.E.L.D. had discovered that Skye's father had secrets of his own – and his returned to bite Grant in the butt. Clearly, some further investigation was to be done if he was to bring Skye back to him – if... That was a big if.
Grant was free!
The rub was that Grant never really knew what to do with freedom before – not with his family, Garrett, S.H.I.E.L.D. superiors, etc giving him orders – but now this situation was different. Grant was free, and he was not about to lose that freedom to anyone, not even to Skye, not now that he even had the beginnings of a plan of his own.
Grant was free!
And his brother – and the rest of the enemies on his list – were screwed.
End