AN: So here's chapter 3, thought I'd make it extra long this time :D. Still don't own Castle or Agents of SHIELD. Wish I did. My birthday's coming soon, perhaps as a birthday gift? :D

"Thanks" he spat out. His eyes however, were conveying a completely different story. Lucky for him, Reyna was too busy dressing up to look at his eyes just then. He left her to it and made a quick walk towards the labs. If there was anybody to look forward to meeting at the headquarters, it was FitzSimmons. The duo had long ago earned that name after verbally attaching themselves to each other by the hip. After having personally suffered being romantically ignored by the love of his life for four years he pitied Fitz. Though Simmons was lot more careful about her romantic life, not obliviously throwing them in Fitz face unlike a feisty brunette he knew, he still sympathized with him. As soon as I am done with the check up and talk with Coulson, I'll be able to request a normal life with Kate. If he doesn't agree, well then I'll just turn into a fugitive. But I'd like to try the civil way first. With newfound motivation he made a dash for the labs, responding to 'welcome back's and when did you come back's' from agents as he passed them.

He was literally attacked by the duo upon his entrance into the lab. "Bwah! At least warn a man before jumping him like that!" he said trying his best not to fall over while consecutively hugging the scientists back and pushing them off him. For the first time ever since the car blast, he was actually smiling, momentarily happy to see his two friends.

"How've you been O' great hunter?" Fitz greeted him dramatically. For his part, Perseus sneered at the short stick like scientist "Do not call me that" to complete the look he even bared his teeth causing FitzSimmons to roar out with laughter. "That's our old friend, so how've you been and how's the love story so far?" At the reminder of Kate, Perseus got gloomy again and climbed up one of the observation beds. He took the pipes and wires waiting for him by the bed and started inserting them into his body, remembering each point by memory. He realized he had stayed silent too long when Simmons repeated the question for Fitz. "What's up Kelp head?" I glared at her for the nick name but let it roll off my shoulders. "Well I was supposed to get married to her today"

"WHAT?!" The two asked, genuinely shocked though he wasn't sure about what. Were they shocked he was about to marry Kate, or were they shocked he was here at the headquarters on his wedding day. The latter seemed more reasonable as they already knew how deeply he felt for Kate. Three years ago, he had begged them for the GH325 so he could save Kate from dying. That alone proved that the rumored heartless agent had a heart, and it belonged to a certain Kate Beckett.

"We didn't even receive wedding invites" Simmons pouted sarcastically while Fitz took the nearest book and smacked him in the head. "Ow" he half complained "what was that for?" "That" Fitz considered his statement before he continued "is for spending your wedding night with us" "Well I wasn't really asked before I was extracted. I so badly want to go back, in fact the first thing I plan to do is request Coulson to let me go back once I'm done with all these tests." He tried his best to explain to FitzSimmons hoping the two were still capable of reading between the lines. He smiled to himself when the two nodded in perfect co-ordination. The two scientists reminded him so much of himself and Beckett that he had to blink back what he hoped weren't tears at the last memory of his fiancée: Dressed in her wedding gown, looking shattered and broken as she mourned for him.

"Sooo… your heart rate seems spiked but I'm guessing that's because you're angry. Your serotonin and dopamine levels suggest depression but then that is understandable. Otherwise you seem physically fine. You ready for the endurance and torture tests?" Simmons looks at him with a look he isn't very fond of: sympathy. I don't need anyone's sympathy! Oh for hells sake, she's just Jemma Simmons, the ever caring blonde you consider your younger sister. She's only concerned about you!

Instead of providing a verbal approval, he walked over to the treadmill letting Simmons and Fitz fuss over him with all the correct sensors. Once all set, he fired the treadmill up and increased the speed frighteningly. He could hear his heart thumping in his ears but he kept strong. He needed this to keep his mind of Kate. Just a short while, he silently promised himself. Then, he would go back to her. Due to being only half attentive he missed a screeching Jemma Simmons. He abruptly stopped the treadmill, sweating like he had walked up to the sun and turned to glare at the scientist. But the moment he saw the annoyed look on her face he mellowed down and was ready to run. If there was anything he had learned in all these years, it was that an angry Jemma Simmons could be very very scary.

He gulped as he waited for her to yell whatever it is he had done to upset her. She didn't disappoint him when she started off a second later. "Damn you bloody robot of a man, do you not understand you are made of bones and skin and muscles, not machine parts! Do you want to kill yourself running at a speed like that?!"

He tried to grin it away and walked up to the bench where the free weights were kept. "How many do you want me starting with?" He directed the question towards the physicist. "I'd prefer you starting with 20 but since you're GI Joe go with 40" Perseus had to try with all his might to keep himself from rolling his eyes at Fitz. The guy and his nicknames, he could write a book full of them. He picked up a weight of 40 kgs in each hand and lifted them about 10 times in each arm before proceeding to pick the 50's and then the 60's. It is when he picked up the 70's that he started showing signs of fatigue and he was asked to put the weights down. "Ok pull ups now Kelp head" Simmons poked him in the arm and he obliged. He grabbed the makeshift bar and pulled his body up while FitzSimmons checked stats on their tablets. Their faces showed they were happy with the results. "Hmm, anything else?" he broke them out of their trance

"Well Agent Blake wanted to personally conduct the torture tests" Simmons said and without missing a beat Fitz added "but since you're not supposed to be on a mission anytime soon I think you can skip him till you meet Coulson" He blinked at them. Now I see why Lanie calls it the 'weird brain thing'. Third person's point of view it actually Is pretty weird to watch. Poor Lanie Espo and Ryan, they've had to deal with it past 6 years now.

"What?" They asked in perfect co-ordination. "Hmph, nothing, I should get going, thanks guys" With those as his parting words, he made a beeline for the exit and broke into a swift walk towards the glass dome office belonging to Director Coulson.

Even from far you could see the partially bald Director bent over his computer, pondering over the world's problems. Perseus decided he didn't want to give the Director a warning, so he strode in without a knock.

"Coulson, I see you requested for my presence"

"And his highness is finally done cleaning up and getting tested I see" Coulson's reply came without losing a beat as if it were a sort of pre-rehearsed dialogue. "But seriously, Pearce you look much better now" And there goes another nickname, its not just Fitz. So much for being named after a greek guy. This is why I was almost thankful when all people came up with were 'Rick' 'Ricky' 'Cas' or 'Castle'

He realized that Coulson was waiting for a reply so he nodded his head and grabbed a chair. "Thanks Director. So what makes you want me here?"

"Actually there's a new mission" Coulson answered his question making him do a mental face plant Why me why now, no no no, I reject! No more missions! Please!

"Ok? And?" He urged his old friend and new director. He could see the look of displeasure in the director's eyes and he didn't like it. If revealing the information was scaring Coulson, then the mission was definitely scary, or at least one he wouldn't like.

"Err well Evander Markov has reportedly broken out of the fridge"

"Didn't most criminals break out of the Fridge during Hydra's attack? I thought after I handed Jerry Tyson back to Shield you said all dangerous felons have been secured"

"Well this one escaped our eye and we need you to recapture him"

"Uh-uh, and after that do I get a holiday?" He asked in a humorous tone, but he meant every word of it.

"Sure, we'll talk about it. So do you accept?" Coulson asked, to Perseus he seemed to be getting bolder which wasn't a good sign.

"I accept" he replied almost instantly as he was motivated by the possibility of a holiday i.e. time to try and earn Kate's forgiveness and love once again. Then he adds as he realizes he has almost no information "Where was he last spotted?"

"He was seen exiting a private runway near South Hampton. All needed information has been added to your file you shall be able to access it with the pin number AL47" Coulson replied matter of factly which pissed Perseus off. But Perseus couldn't show it. If he did, the reasons for his behavior could easily be linked to the possibility of his emotions being affected by his previous mission, which means that they could relocate him within a moment's notice. The thought of being transported around the world like a kill machine frustrated him, but he had been brought up and trained to be the machine all his life. So, he simply nodded and fed the pin number into his smart phone. He wanted to get the mission over and done with as soon as possible so he opened the file that instant. He opened the surveillance images first. Each image showed a man with average Russian features leaving out his Prussian blue hair and left cheek tattoo.

He then read through the written description. 'Male, 6'4, 40+, Blue hair, grey eyes, tattoo and scar on left cheek, muscular build, partially deranged, suffers from dangerously vulgar obsession over brunettes' attached to it was a warning in bold. 'WARNING: Do not come within direct contact without permission, the man is charged with static due to a failed Russian experiment while trying to replicate Tony Stark. May cause electrocution' The report then continued to specify the previous capture and attached criminal records. The man had a record for sexual abuse, kidnapping and arson.

Though the report included a lot more all Perseus could retain was 'obsession over brunettes' and 'sexual abuse'

He hadn't realized but in his shock his feet had started working under their own command. Within a matter of minutes he was at the lab again, facing two very shocked scientists.

"What happened Kelp head?" Jemma asked with genuine concern evident in her voice. Did he really look that shaken to need that amount of concern? He shoved the smart phone which was now playing a video surveillance of Evander's static build up, in Fitz hand. He gave the scientists two minutes to watch and when they looked back at him he broke the million dollar question. "Any idea what could cause an effect like this?"

Jemma lit up instantly "There's the soliton hypothesis-" but before she could complete her sentence Fitz jumped in "Well, okay, judging by the horizontal-" within a second she bit back"Perhaps nano-batteries-" and yet again Fitz added "...electrical discharge could be-"

He stood and stared from one scientist to another till he was sure his head was going to blast so he decided to get a clean answer "Time. Let's try again. Any idea what could cause an effect like this?" and then he got one: "Hell if I know." Both scientists replied in perfect co-ordination. He glared at them, exasperated for making him think beyond his mental capabilities. "Ok question number two, what would be the best method of insulation?"

"Would you like to explain the matter first Kelp man?"

"One would think you'd have a hang to figure what's going on after working in Shield for all these years" He teased her sarcastically before he got a mean glare in response and decided to speak in clear sentences "Evander Markov is in South Hampton. Coulson has asked me to capture him" he tried to keep out the 'I would have anyways, considering Kate is over there and I cannot let a deranged rapist wander around her' He couldn't help but worry about her he looked up from the point he was staring at to the two scientists faces and was puzzled to see expressions of shock on both their faces. "It's a suicide mission tin-man" A voice replied from behind him, causing him to grin despite all his gloominess. He turned around to find Skye grinning back at him. "I was wondering when you'd come and see me Wall-E" she said before she jumped and gave him a tight and warm hug.

"I would have Skye, Coulson just handed me a mission though, so thought I'd deal with that first" he half lied. He trusted her, but he didn't want to go on telling everyone about Kate. This organization worked very differently from the normal world. People here counted emotions as a weakness. He could not be seen as weak. The only reason FitzSimmons even knew about Kate was because he desperately needed the GH325 to save her life.

He watched as Skye climbed up a table and sat on it. "You're in luck Wall-E, I've been assigned to assist you with the mission along with FitzSimmons. Just like old times" "Nah we're missing Ward" he replied as he threw a quizzical look at FitzSimmons who were wildly shaking their heads from behind Skye. It's then that he realized what he had just said. He bent forward and hugged Skye, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought him up. I must apologize for my brother's betrayal though. Now that I'm back, I'll personally speak to him. All this while he's been Hydra only because he was brainwashed and manipulated as a child, If I weren't taken by child services and then adopted by May, I would have never let them do what they did to him. He's still a child at heart Skye, he just needs to be shown the right way" Skye nodded at him between tear filled eyes and he smiled back at her. "Thanks Perseus" she said and then a second later she added "Anyways, back to work, four of us together and we can solve anything. She pulled out an iPad mini from her back pocket and furiously started typing in commands way past FitzSimmons or his knowledge. They stared in awe as within minutes the lab's huge screen was filled with 42 different screens each with a separate view of South Hamptons. "Here's the view of all public places in South Hampton. We can watch these for the next few hours while FitzSimmons work out insulation suits for us. We do not want to kill him, only contain him, thus we'll be using the Night-Night Guns." She said suddenly taking a very commander like voice. Perseus threw a mock salute at her and received a cheek pull much to his annoyance while FitzSimmons started throwing their own scientific jargons at each other and working on suits.

"I'd like to present" Fitz added with a table drum-roll "The Anti-Electricity Suits"

"Whew, thank god, I thought you were going to give these suits a weird name too" Perseus replied with a teasing grin while Fitz scowled

"Well I did think of-"

"No" Simmons butt in

"Or-"

"Absolutely not" she butted once again.

"But-"

"Over my dead body" Simmons replied with a tone of finality which caused Fitz to pout.

"Joy-killer" he muttered under his breath while Perseus and Skye watched, amusement clear on their faces.

"If there was anything missing in my perfect life, it was you three" Perseus said a while later once he had zipped on his suit.

FitzSimmons left their bickering momentarily to smile at him, knowing how much those words meant while a clueless Skye gave him a quizzical look.

"What am I missing?" She finally asked once she had her suit on but still couldn't get her head wrapped around his words.

"Gloves" Fitz replied, thinking she meant the suit.

"And a cute hairstyle" Jemma added without missing a beat.

"I meant what's up with you three?" She glared at Fitz knowing it was easiest to break him

"Um well, I don't know, stop looking at me like that!" he pouted. "If only we had a monkey, he could give you a glare contest Skye"

"You're our little monkey" Perseus added into the conversation, hoping to pull it away from the topic Skye had started.

"Yea, well let's try testing them one last time, you both ok with shocks in case of failure?" Simmons asked, getting his hint.

Perseus picked up the electrode and placed it on the suit and Skye followed his example. Simmons took a wire and attached it to each of their suits then walked up to a dial and started rotating it slowly. "How does it feel guys?" "Absolutely nothing" Skye replies with a smile and he nods. She notched the dial up to 50Hz. "Guys, you're at 50 Hertz, are you fine, anything starting from 60 Hertz can cause fibrillation" They both nodded in reply to Jemma's query and she notched it up to 60. "Push it till 65 Hertz" Fitz added "The suit has been designed to take in about 70 to 75 Hertz" She did as asked and then dropped the power down to 0. "You both fine?" She directed the question at Perseus and Skye who nodded.

"Great so we have 4 suits ready" Fitz said.

"Could we perhaps have 5?" Perseus asked, and Skye gave him another quizzical look while FitzSimmons got to work, clearly understanding his reasons.

"Why 5?" She asked him. Lucky for him Coulson just walked in to the lab.

"Ah you guys look ready already" he commented, seeing the two field agents in suits and the two scientists working over what looked like another suit.

"Almost, the sooner he's off the streets, the better" Perseus replied while keeping the 'the sooner he's away from my Kate, the better' just to himself