H.Y.D.R.A IS LURKING

FLASHBACK PART 1

Madeline rubbed her eyes viciously as she rose from underneath her bed sheets. She could hear the silent vibration of her phone and she looked to see who was calling. Squinting, she could make out the name as Alejandra, a co-worker at the HYDRA base she worked at. She took the phone, picking it up. "Alej, why are you calling so early in the morning? It's only five o'clock, silly."

"And, what are you doing, calling me 'silly', huh? Actually I called because I got a call from Lia. She said wanted to tell you that Whitehall needs you tomorrow in a meeting a friend of hers is going to."

"Who's the friend?" Madeline asked, in her normal high-pitched voice, finally putting her glasses on, and brushing back her hair with her hands.

"Jemma Simmons. You know, that lab girl! Lia seems to be good friends with her."

Madeline slumped. "Oh, her. Hmm, I don't fancy her very much."

"Why? She's perfectly nice."

Madeline stayed silent for a bit, thinking of a few words to describe the lab girl. "Well, she always seems like she's in a rush to leave-"

"Just because you stay back an hour or so, doesn't mean people can't leave during that time."

"Well, Lia doesn't. She leaves with me." Madeline, looked around her bedroom, hearing a loud bang. She squinted once again to see the time in the darkness of her room. It was truly only five. "And also, she always looks like she's hiding from us. Don't you see that? Like, hiding something from us?"

"Yeah, yeah. She does look like she's lying about everything she says to me. Maybe not to Lia."

Madeline looked once again at the roof of her apartment, as more loud banging was heard from upstairs. "Umm, Alej. I think my upstairs neighbours are throwing a party for no apparent reason, so call me back in... like when we get back home from work."

"Sure, goodbye."

"Bye." Madeline hung up on Alejandra, and fixed her glasses. She grabbed a handgun she stored in her bag for protection, and placed it in an even smaller purse. If anything, she may need it. All that noise, what's it coming from, she thought, looking up at her ceiling, hearing the bang once more. Sounds like gunfire, her mind was actually confused. She crawled out of bed and made her way over to the door, grasping her purse. She walked over to the next floor and to her upstairs neighbour's apartment. She knows them well, and that they are loud and ignorant. Also very selfish. Most of them at least. She knocked on the door, waiting for a response.

She waited five minutes before trying the handle. The door seemed to have sustained a lot of damage, thus the door opened with ease. She turned on the light, as even the light of the hallways weren't good enough, and gasped at what she found. Several bodies were scattered across the floor, most, if not all with deep stab wounds in their chests and necks. They are all H.Y.D.R.A agents, she thought. Then, she saw a small figure curled up behind the couch. She walked over to the figure, and crouched down to find a young male, looking only 20-23 years of age. He had a caramel skin colour and black, straight and greasy, almost shoulder-length hair. She realized that this was the youngest son of the family, Lucas André Barbosa Reis Salgado. Though Madeline knew his full name, it was a nightmare to pronounce, let alone having him pronounce it every time he meets someone new.

"Lucas! What happened?" She said, trying not to startle him, which ultimately failed, as he nearly stabbed her as well thinking he was in danger. She dodged and he kept the knife to her neck, staring for a bit before asking, "W-W-W-Who are you!? How did you get in my house!?" He demanded, which Madeline gave no response, until he lowered the knife, realizing it was her.

"Ah, oh, I'm sorry Madel. I never meant to do that... I-I was just-"

"It's okay, Lucas. But, what happened here? What did H.Y.D.R.A do?" She asked. He took a few breaths, trying to calm himself down, before starting to explain everything,

"S-So, I got up to get ready for work as usual. My parents were gone to the airport, and I was alone today. So I made breakfast and ate, and got ready for work. I was going to leave when someone knocked at my door. I went to answer and these men seemed to break it out of its lock. I was about to be captured and taken away when this girl showed up. She had short hair and she fought them off. When it got bad, she caused a mini earthquake, and I heard an odd banging sound, which made me feel kinda dizzy. I think I passed out, because when I woke again, I saw the men dead and she was gone."

Madeline stared in a bit of horror at his story. "Wow... I think that girl was S.H.I.E.L.D. Oh, and you're a superhuman H.Y.D.R.A experiment. I think it's normal, if they check on you annually. Do they?"

The male shrugged his shoulders and started to stare at the ground. "I still feel a little sick from that, you know. I hope mum and dad come back by eight, or I'm not going to work."

Madeline looked at the time on her phone. Five thirty-five. She slumped. "I might as well go back to bed. I don't need to wake until eight o'clock anyways so. I'm going back to bed, okay? Good night."

Lucas looked back up at her. "Maybe I should get some sleep as well. Would... you mind to help me to my room. I'm still not doing great, I'm as dizzy as before."

Madeline nodded and got him by his hands, assisting him back up. She forced one of his hands over her right shoulder, and she placed her left hand over his left shoulder. They slowly walked over to his room, where Madeline took his arm off of her shoulder and placed him onto his bed. "Thanks, Madel. Good night."

H.Y.D.R.A IS LURKING

Lia walked down the empty white hallways, wondering if Whitehall's last name was intentional. She walked through many, before she came to a halt at a large door, with the label, 'SCIENCE ROOM 09-0321'. This was the lab as its name suggested. She turned the handle on the door and opened it, seeing a large room with many different sections and little lab groups. Lia was grouped beside Jemma Simmons, one of the newest members, however, they would usually work on the same project. Lia didn't have any partner, so she just went with Jemma. She walked over to Jemma, and scared her by placing her two hands on her shoulders. "Jemma! I got you back!"

"Oh~! Lia, you scared me! Don't do that..." Jemma said, placing her two hands on her chest and looking down. Lia sat beside Jemma in an office-like chair and pulled over a sample bag. "What's in this? Some type of metal symbol?"

"No, it's just splinter bombs. We need to research on this, for reasons." She said. Lia shrugged her shoulders and opened the bag, putting on sky blue, rubbery, gloves before taking the splinter bomb out. She made a mental note to herself, handle with care, Lia, don't activate it or you're doomed, for god's sake Lia. She looked at it and quickly put on her safety glasses and grabbing a tube of transparent, semi-pinkish, liquid. She looked carefully at the tube's label, which said, 'SAMPLE #45490287483' on it. She nodded and Jemma, placed it on a microscope to check something, before she handed it back to Lia to allow her test the liquid on it. Lia poured out only an eighth of the liquid onto the splinter bomb, and it ran off of it like water. She cringed a little, before turning her oddly confused face to the computer screen, to scan the bomb. "Geez, I don't even know how much more alien this thing can get!?"

Jemma cocked her head over to the computer screen, as no signs of damage had been caused by the liquid. "Maybe you're not pouring enough-"

"I actually tried this with similar alien material, and results came up. Plus, they fizzled on the material, this just runs down it." Lia said, Jemma staring down at the splinter bomb and frowned, with an awfully puzzled look.

"Maybe it's waterproof. Try something gassy or a solid." She responded. Lia looked up at the ceiling, thinking as the room went harshly quiet. Not a plop was heard. The doors opened, and a woman with wavy, blonde hair, and a petite but strong, charismatic figure, was standing there. "Lia," she started with a high-pitched voice, "Whitehall needs to see you. And Jemma, come too."

Lia sighed and shrugged her shoulders, looking at Jemma. They both got out of their seats and walked over to the petite woman. "Madeline, why does Whitehall need to see us? Is it for the usual?"

"No, Whitehall needs to see you because he feels like it." A voice called out from behind the petite woman. Madeline turned around, to see a tall man, with broad shoulders and long arms. He was a very pale caramel colour, and his hair was dark like bitter coffee, and combed around lazily. Madeline, who was shocked to see him, hugged him as he lifted her into the air. "Jakob! It's so good to see you! Where have you been?"

He smirked intelligently, "Well, I've been stalkin' S.H.I.E.L.D for a bit... hmm... I don't really know. I just heard you were down here taking the girls back up, so I came to drop by before I leave." Madeline looked oddly at him.

"Leave? Why?" She looked at him, slumping over a little. He patted her gently on the head, and responded, "I need to break Mathiassen's and Gvasalia's asses outta S.H.I.E.L.D's airplane. And get mine handed to me by the Chini woman. Again."

Lia shook her head silently, while Jemma tried not to look very confused at the man. He looked at both Lia and Jemma, and said, "Lia, I heard you've been making a thousand new friends, and it seems to be lies. Who's the straight-face?"

Jemma grinned hesitantly, and straightened up her posture. "Oh, I'm... Jemma Simmons, a new scientist here. Nice to meet you." She stuck out her hand for him, and he grabbed it, shaking it with some care. "Why, Jemma, you seem like you'd fit in a little better at S.H.I.E.L.D. Got any other friends?"

"Well, not anyone now, really. I had an old friend after I went to university, but we went our own ways." She said, trying to look friendly. Jakob accepted it, but could clearly see right through her. He nodded as he was about to leave and the girls were about to go up to Whitehall's room, when he remembered something. "Yo, Madeline, when your finished with Whitehall, can you check on Kimi for me? Just tell me how much progress he's made, okay? Thanks."

Madeline nodded and waved off, without looking back.

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Madeline rushed over to the hospital, looking for Room 38, which was down the first aisle of a white blank hallway, near the ending of the corridor, just a door from the corner. She strode briskly through the hallway, looking for any signs of the door. Mentally counting the doors, she eventually came across Room 38. Sometimes afraid for the man in the room, she hesitantly looked at it, remembering what Jakob said, "...Madeline, when your finished with Whitehall, can you check on Kimi for me? Just tell me how much progress he's made, okay?...". She thought back to what he's doing and shook her head, muttering to herself, "He's gonna get himself killed one day..." She walked into the room quietly.

Seeing the pale blonde made her feel a little sick at first. Then, she eased herself, only thanking herself that he is recovering and his brain is getting better. She went close to him, sitting next to the bed he rested in. The man looked chubby, with the slight bit of broadness in him, but also the skinny feel as well. He had pale skin, probably from being in a hospital bed for four months, sleeping. His hair was thinner than Madeline remembered it to be, however, it still kept its golden blonde colour. His face was spotty, he once had acne problems. She analyzed him carefully. Is this really Kimi? I don't remember him looking like this, she thought, quite boggled with his looks. She could remember from the top of her head what had happened, which took her off of being an agent completely:

5 months ago...

The mission H.Y.D.R.A planned to do to obtain special peoples trust. I at the time was an aspiring agent. I liked the paperwork, but I also liked the field work. Jakob was a great teacher, by the fact that he had dealt with S.H.I.E.L.D quite a few times in the past, especially with one agent of theirs, who he calls, 'the Chini woman'. But her real name is Melinda May, as she had came up once in our database as a threat. At the time, Kimi was a full time member and had been here for a while now. It was a mission to send out Raina, me, Kimi, Jakob, Matthiassen, and a few others, I wasn't quite familiar with. We were doing fine in the mission, but S.H.I.E.L.D found out that our presence was here and they attacked us out of there. But, during the fight, that same Chini woman-er, May, had shot at Jakob. Sad thing was that it became a stray bullet which seemed to plunge through Kimi's poor head. And, he was still in there, but he was hit with a second stray bullet from May. To think S.H.I.E.L.D finalized him... he seemed to survive, only that he's been in a coma for a while. I hope he wakes soon...

Snapping out of her trance, Madeline noticed a man in a white jacket in the room as well. Still kinda lost in her trance, she looked at the man, wondering who he is. He seemed to catch onto her, and notice she was staring at him. "E-Eh? Madeline, I thought you were sleeping..."

She shook her head quickly, still running through the list of names she knew in her head, to at least call him by his name. He was tall, and skinny, obviously a doctor-like figure. She looked up at him. He was a quite pale doctor, he had light brown-gold hair, a few signs of aging on his face, and he wore glasses. His glasses were small, however, his eyes fit into the lenses perfectly. She quickly remembered his name, "Oh! Doctor Van Der Noordkamp! I almost forgot your name..."

He let out a little giggle, however, went back into his straight, emotionless face. He let out a little sigh, Madeline turning to him as she watched him put his papers in order, and check up on many of the devices beside the man. "So, Doctor, how is Kimi doing?"

Noordkamp looked at Madeline, a glance of hope in his eyes. "He's actually doing well. His brain is starting to restore it's natural habits, and he doesn't need life support any longer. You can hear him snore and cough sometimes."

Madeline nodded her head, looking back to the man on the bed. She started to wonder how he'd look if he were awake. He seems so happy and marry wherever he is. I hope he can wake up feeling like that as well, she thought, tilting her head and thinly grinning. She got up, when Noordkamp stopped her. "And, Madeline, where's Jakob? I... was quite surprised to find you here rather than him today."

"Oh, Jakob's got to go out for Mathiassen's and Gvasalia's butts and take 'em away from S.H.I.E.L.D's hands. He also said he was going to get his handed to him by their Agent May." She responded. The doctor nodded quietly, and turned to his checkbook, sitting down in the seat beside Madeline's and started to write down notes. Madeline, once again, went for the door, when Noordkamp called for her, "And, aeh! Tell me when he comes back, okay?"

"If he comes back..."

"If he comes back."

"Okay then. See you later Doctor." She waved him off and left the room, en tour to the science lab.

H.Y.D.R.A IS LURKING

First chapter done and over with!

Since this is just a flashback (hence the chapter's name), no body will know what happens to the team and whether they get Matthiassen and Gvasalia out of S.H.I.E.L.D captivity.

Another thing is to keep in mind of Lucas, Kimi, and Dr. van der Noordkamp. They are among many important characters in this story. And, the girl with the 'mini earthquakes', keep in mind of her, and many more hints.

I am hoping to make this story about 5-7 chapters long, with five parts each, other than flashbacks, and some side stories/teasers. On the note, flashbacks can happen at any time in the story line, so this one is when Jemma and Bobbi works for H.Y.D.R.A. There should be about five of these to come and help explain the story (if you don't already know) in more detail.

So long! Until the next chapter!

-Alissa Forigen