It wasn't until a few weeks later that they heard anything about Kaitlyn it was early on a Monday morning. Coulson sighs as he stands up from his desk and walks out of the room telling everyone to meet in the briefing room in five minutes for a new mission.

Coulson waits until everyone is in the room before talking

"At 0-800 hours, three men and a woman infiltrated the Havenworth federal penitentiary." Coulson says as they all watch the surveillance feed from the prison of the men attacking guards.

"Infiltrated? More like cannon balled." Skye says when she sees them come through the hole in the ceiling.

"They were in and out in less then two minutes." He says "Left no prints at the scene, but we do have one lead." He says as he zooms in on one of the guys arms

"Centipede." Ward says when he sees the technology

"Seems they salvaged some of their research from Hong Kong."

"So we were right." Simmons says "Chan's platelets solved their combustion problem. Now they can create super soldiers no fear of explosion." She says happily

"Maybe don't get so excited about it." Fitz says

"Two of Centipede's labs have been destroyed, but they keep popping back up." Coulson says "Now they have at least three of these guys, maybe more."

"Who did they break out?" May asks

"Edison Po, Former marine, expert in tactics and rapid response." Coulson reads as he pulls up the criminal's mug shot. "Fell of the grid in '08, reappeared 18 months ago at a diner in Boston."

"Where he stabbed a friend's eyes out." Ward reads

"With a steak knife, then finished his meal." Coulson adds

"That's funny. Po doesn't look crazy." Skye says, everyone turns to look at her unamused "I'm kidding. They guy is a walking mug shot." She says

"Which means he shouldn't be to hard to track down." Coulson says "Finding Po and these Centipede soldiers is a top priority for S.H.I.E.L.D. We'll be running point, but we wont be working alone."

"What team did HQ send for back up?" Ward asks

"Not a team. A person." Coulson says "Someone who can help us fight fire with fire."

"Somebody we worked with before?" Skye asks

"Not exactly" he says before explaining who he has in mind. After explain his plan he orders Skye to run facial recognition against the people who broke Po out before heading towards his office. After a few minutes, May follows.

"What are we going to do about Kaitlyn?" May asks once she's inside

"I think we should come clean to the team." Coulson says "If we are going to be fighting against her then they need to know what they are getting into." May nods in agreement

"Do you think she's working with them willingly?" May asks, voicing the question that's plagued their minds since they found out she's alive.

"Honestly? I have no idea." Coulson says with a tired sigh "Its possible after all the technology we've seen that she's not but we wont know for sure unless we bring her in."

"What happens when we do?" she asks

"We'll decide that when the time comes." He says after a moment of silence, The two agents get lost in their thoughts. Thinking back to when they had to train the blonde and how different she seemed now based on the surveillance footage.

"I'm going to check the coordinates on the plane to make sure we are heading where we need to." May says, breaking the silence, before walking out of the room not waiting for a response.

May enters the cockpit and quickly types the coordinates in for the S.H.E.L.D. base before pulling out a tablet. She pulls up the surveillance footage from the prison and watches her former partner help a criminal escape. May pauses the video when her eyes catch something zooming in she sees that Kaitlyn's right hand is now a robotic prosthetic

"Oh Katie what did they do to you" May says in a soft whisper as she stares at the cold green eyes that were once sparkling. May's jaw locks in anger. Silently vowing to make whoever did this to her charge, who was like a daughter to her, life a living hell.

_TIME SKIP_

May and Coulson stand at the landing bay waiting for Mike Peterson to arrive.

"This is a bad idea." May says

"While I have you in a good mood, you should know that Skye's trying to I.D. the agent that dropped her off at the orphanage." He says "We agreed to protect her from the truth, So I told her you were looking into it." He says making May glare at him "She may come to you."

"One mistake at a time." She says as they watch Mike walk onto the plane and towards them.

"Agent Coulson, Agent May." Mike says in a way of greeting May glares at him before walking away without saying a word.

"Last time you saw her, you threw her into a brick wall." Coulson explains

"Right." Mike says "First time around, I wasn't who I wanted to be, but now I get it. Having all this it's a privilege. And training to be an agent, working with S.H.I.E.L.D., Its me trying to do better. Trying to be better. I just need you to give me a shot."

"Everyone deserves a second chance." Coulson says "But let me be clear- there will not be a third."

"Understood Sir" Mike says

"Good." Coulson says before leading him into the plane.

"Its not good at all." Ward says as they watch the video of Mike saving a girl from when they first met him "The guy was a ticking time bomb, literally."

"HQ wouldn't have sent him if he was still combustible." Fitz says "They must have found a way to stabilize him somehow."

"They stabilize his attitude?" Ward asks "Because it was pretty hostile in Union Station."

"Well its not like we haven't opened up our doors to other people" Jemma says looking over at Skye "People with questionable track records."

"Not cool, but True." Skye says "And don't worry about Mike. He's a good guy."

"Who's been in the Centipede program." Simmons says

"Exactly. He can give us some superpower backup." Skye says

"Just saying, this could easily go sideways." Ward says unaware of Mike and Coulson standing behind him "I mean the last tie we saw this guy, he was a raging homicidal maniac-" He says before pausing "He's standing right behind me isn't he?"

"Mr. Peterson, this is Agent Grant Ward." Coulson says "He's the man who shot you at Union Station. Fitz-Simmons designed the weapon he used, and I think you remember-"

"-Kidnap Victim." Skye says, Mike chuckles when he sees her.

"You joined S.H.I.E.L.D.?" He asks amused

"Yeah turns out guys in suits—not so bad."

"Look I know Union Station could have gone another way." Mike says "Another team might not have let me out of there alive. I owe you- all of you."

"That's bygones and water under a distant bridge far away." Skye says before changing the subject "How's your son?"

"Still with my sister." He says "He thinks I'm working construction, But he's good happy."

"So what do we have?" Coulson asks changing the subject completely

"Not much on Po." Skye says "I checked his previously known addresses and old military contacts—came up empty."

"We've been looking for where Po might be on the outside. Lets look at his life on the inside—at the Prison. See if that gets us any leads." He says to Skye before turning to Fitz-Simmons "Anything on the Centipede soldiers?"

"We found a facial recog match to two of them." Simmons says

"The girl was named Kaitlyn Robinson…she was a former S.H.I.E.L.D agent." Ward says "Why haven't we heard anything about this?"

"Because up until a few weeks ago everyone thought she was dead. Turns out she's not." Coulson says looking at the picture Ward pulled up

"You knew her?" Skye asks, Coulson nods

"She was a friend and May was her S.O." he says sadly "She was said to of died in combat...having fallen out of a window." He says his eyes glued to the screen "We never found a body but we knew no one could of survived that fall…yet somehow she did." He says, he stares at the photo for a moment before snapping out of it. "And the other?" he asks

"Names Brain Hayward." Ward says as he pulls up his picture "Stationed in Afghanistan for three years, then fell off the radar when he got back."

"Only living relative—sister, Laura, sophomore at the university of Ohio." Skye says as she brings up a picture of the sister.

"She's our best shot at finding Hayward." Coulson says "You and I will go talk to her." He says to Ward "Have May set a course for Cleveland."

_TIME SKIP_

"Hey" Skye says when she sees May "Coulson told me you were helping me to, you know, find my long-lost folks, so thanks. I'm glad you're in on this with me. It means a lot." She says, When May doesn't respond she continues.

"Right I can tell you're really into this." Skye says "Um I've done a lot of the heavy lifting already, came up with a short list. I thought you might-" Skye says and holds out a flash drive for May to take. May looks down at it before looking back up at Skye.

"We're on a mission Skye. Is this why you called me here?" May asks

"No." Skye says a little hurt, pulling the offered flash drive back "I was just working on this while I waited for you. Um I called cause I found something about Po."

"Show me." May says like it was obvious, Skye nods before leading her to the command center.

"Po only had one visitor during his prison stint—Her." Skye says showing the agent surveillance footage from the prison. "You notice the outfit? Miles said a girl in a flower dress asked him to hack S.H.I.E.L.D. This could be the same girl."

"Can we hear the conversation?" May asks

"That's the bummer-" Skye says "There's no audio, but its not a total loss. I was able to use S.H.I.E.L.D.'s lip-reading program, because we have one of those." She says excitedly with a chuckle but she soon straightens up when she sees May's unamused look.

"It didn't work on the girl because she never looks up at the camera" Skye says as she brings the lip reading program up "But Po did—Once—and it caught this." She says hitting play

"The Clairvoyant does not like to be touched." A computerized voice says creepily

"I wrote that down, so we don't have to hear that again—Ever." Skye says

"The Clairvoyant." May says

"Yeah." Skye says "Does that mean anything to you?" May shakes her head no

"But it means something to them—To Po and whoever that woman is."

"Her names Raina" A voice says, May and Skye look over to Mike looking at the screen.

"You know her?" Skye asks

"Yeah she recruited me for centipede, came up to me at the hospital where I did my back therapy out of the blue." Mike says "Told me she could change my life." She says as she looks at the blurry picture of the woman.

"Contact Coulson. Tell him what we found." May says, Skye nods before face timing him.

"We're running her through our systems." Skye says after she sent him all the information "Maybe we can get an I.D., but we're guessing she Centipede's recruiter and Po's her latest recruit."

"Three super soldiers dive-bomb a prison, pluck him out?" Coulson says "He's her number one draft pick."

"But why him?" Skye asks

"Centipede's making more soldiers." Coulson says "Maybe they want Po to coordinate them, lead them."

"His background's tactical strategy." May adds "He fits the bill."

"So these guys have super soldiers, an ex- S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, an expert military strategist, and a Clairvoyant who can see the future." Skye says "Anyone else thinking about switching teams?"

"They couldn't have a psychic." Coulson says "There are none on the index. They're a myth."

"So was Thor." Skye says

"Maybe its an alias. Run it through our database and see if anything pops up." Coulson says "Ward is approaching Hayward's sister now."

_TIME SKIP_

The team arrives Oakland, California as Mike, Coulson, May and Ward all suit up for their mission.

"Hayward's cellphone has been trace to an abandoned factory about eight miles from here." Coulson says as he walks down the spiral stairs.

"Probably Centipede's new lab." Ward says

"Certainly been there M.O. we destroy one factory, they set up another, putting us back to square one. This time I want answers."

"Means we go in quiet, do minimal damage to the facility and the people inside." May says

"Ward, May you'll go in through the west entrance." Coulson says "Mr. Peterson and I will enter through the loading dock. You'll run the back end from outside."

"We're doing this just us?" Skye asks "We've been playing whack-a-mole with these guys since Ward first picked me out of my van. Shouldn't big S.H.I.E.L.D. be sending in backup?"

"Trust me, they already did." Coulson says nodding towards Mike

"Lets move." May says as they pile into the van.

_AT THE FACTORY_

"We alone here?" Coulson asks them through the com

"It appears so." Jemma says from where her, Fitz, and Skye are sitting in the van. "The only heat signatures we're reading are yours."

"But there's a weird electronic signal." Skye says "I'm trying to isolate it."

"Place looks emptied out. Think we're too late?" Ward asks into his comm

"Fitz dial Hayward's number." Coulson says "Find out."

They all stop when they hear the sound of a cellphone ringing, they all look towards a blue Intermodal container. Just as the second ring sounds, the doors fly off to reveal Hayward. The marine pushes the container towards them, Mike quickly steps forward and stops it before it hits them.

"Sir you got company" Fitz says into the earpiece

"Yeah got it." Coulson says as he pulls his gun on Hayward

"Coming to you." Ward says, him and May begin to make their way over to where the other members of their team are, but stop when another container bursts open to reveal another Centipede solider. Coulson quickly shoots Hayward in the head with a I.C.E.R making the soldier fall to the ground.

Coulson and Mike look in shock when they see Hayward get up without trouble

"Usually packs a bigger punch." Coulson says

"Yeah I remember." Mike says before attacking Hayward.

Ward pushes May out of the way causing him to get punched by the soldier. May looks up from her spot on the ground to see Kaitlynn standing over her, no emotion on her face. Before the agent can say anything she's picked up and thrown across the room.

Coulson goes to hit Hayward with another I.C.E.R. but is stopped by another solider. The three soldier's look up towards Mike before slowly walking over to him. Before Mike can defend himself Hayward shoves a metal bar through his gut. The soldier's turn when they see May and Ward start standing up.

"Kaitlynn! Stop! Don't fight me." May says stopping Kaitlynn's approach to her, she looks at May with a look of pure confusion.

"Who the hell is Kaitlyn?" she says, May looks at her shocked. May sees something flash in Kaitlynn's eyes, almost like recognition before her body stiffens and she follows the other soldier's out of the factory. May tears her eyes away from her the retreating ex-agent and looks over to where Mike and Coulson are when she hears yelling.

"I wont say anything. I promise. No! Please! Don't do th-" Hayward's words are cut off by the sound of electricity of his kill switch being activated.

_BACK ON THE PLANE:_

"You okay?" Coulson asks as he walks into the cockpit where May is.

"She doesn't even know her name." May says her voice barely above a whisper "She's not doing this willingly Phil…. They're making her." She says trying to keep the tears a bay.

"I know…. I know…" Phil says placing a hand on her shoulder and giving it a gentle squeeze. They stay like that for a moment before breaking apart. "We'll get them Mel. And they'll pay for what they've done to her." He says before walking out, knowing that she needs sometime alone. As soon as she hears the door shut, May lets the tears finally fall.

_TIME SKIP:_

A little while later they are all gathered in the command room coming up with a plan to get Mike's kid back.

"Ace for his father. They've set a time and a place." Coulson says

"Bloody savages." Fitz says

"They want to experiment on him to determine how he still has abilities" Jemma says

"And we're gonna let them? We've fought these guys before." Ward says

"We don't have a choice." Coulson says "The instructions they gave Mr. Peterson were very specific. I called HQ, told them to stand down."

"Stand down?" May says

"So we take them alone." Ward says

"We should at least have a hostage-rescue unit in support of this." May says

"They said they would murder my son." Mike says "If we make one wrong move."

"Any electronics, any comms, any sign of surveillance and they'll terminate the arrangement." Coulson says

"I'll give myself up, no problem, get him back." Mike says "I can figure it out from there."

"You're still recovering." Skye says "We can't just hand you over to them like that, can we?"

"Fitz-Simmons have a non-electronic method of tracking him." Coulson says

"Simmons has fabricated an odorless scent." Fitz says "I have an instrument which can detect it. Works like a bloodhound. Can track someone over 50 kilometers."

"After we make the trade, we'll be able to follow Mr. Peterson. Buy him some time to get his strength back. We'll find him."

"I don't care what happens to me. As long as my boy is…" he says but gets choked up

"I promise you, we're gonna get your son back." Coulson says

_AT THE BRIDGE:_

At the bridge, where the trade is going to take place. Fitz-Simmons place the odorless scent on Mike before he and Coulson head to where they are supposed to meet Raina.

"Your son is adorable, and looks just like you." Raina says once she meets them in the middle of the bridge. Coulson looks over to where Kaitlynn is standing by Raina's side staring straight forward waiting for orders. He forces his eyes to leave the girl he once thought of like a daughter and to the woman in the flower dress. "I don't believe I had the pleasure" she says looking at Coulson

"Lucky for you." He says

"I have to thank you Mike, for holding up your end of the deal" she says

"Lets make the trade." Coulson says "Give us Ace and you can have him."

"Oh that wasn't the deal." Raina says making Coulson look at her confused

"I'm so sorry." Mike says

"What's happening here Mike?" Phil asks

"Well in exchange for his son we asked Mike to deliver you." Raina explains, Mike shakes his head before lunging forward and grabbing her by the throat. Kaitlynn tenses and watches Mie warily but doesn't do anything.

"I'm not a full strength but I can still crush your throat. New deal!" Mike yells "My son for your life."

"Sadly my employer cares no more for my life than your sons." Raina says "If I die, so does he, and his death will be so much worse."

"You need to let her go." Coulson says gently laying hand on Mike's shoulder

"I told them they could have me." Mike says "But they want you. Why do they want you?"

"I don't know but if you kill this woman, you'll never see your son again."

"But how will I look him in the eye?" he asks "How will I explain what I did?"

"We talked about this." Coulson says

"I'm so sorry" Mike says as he releases Raina

"Lets finish this." Coulson says, Raina smiles before she turns around and waves her hand signaling to the other solider to let Ace out. Mike quickly picks up his son and apologizes to Coulson again before jogging back to the group. He quickly hand Ace to Skye telling her to take care of him before running back to try and save Coulson.

Just as Mike gets near the truck it explodes, Skye screams as more explosions go off. The team watch hopelessly as a helicopter flies away with their leader, unable to do anything about it. May watches in both anger and sadness now having lost the two people she cares most in this world to these insane people and they have no way of finding them.