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So here is the second part of Goodbyes and a History Lesson sorry it took so long.
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Chapter 3 - Goodbyes and a History lesson-Part 2
Jack's POV
"It went dark after that and-" I break off, unable to continue. I take a deep shaky breath and force myself to finish the story. Cee had told me the story of how she lost Tailgate and Cliffjumper, I owned her the truth. "I woke up in a SHIELD hospital three and a half weeks later. Seven of us survived out of the seventeen in the team. That's not including Roy, we never found his body so we assume he's alive. The others either died from the explosion, Roy physically ending their lives or dying in the hospital later. After I woke up they gave us an injection they concocted in the lab. Our abilities, that were developed when HYDRA experimented on us, were harder to tap into. Next to impossible till we get the antidote. I saw everybody three times before we were shipped off to recover, once to get the injection, the second when we moved our stuff to a new storage area and the third when we said goodbye. After that, my sister was sent to help infiltrate HYDRA with our Aunt and I was shipped to one of the least known small towns in America with June. That leads to now. My aunt and an old friend came back to tell me they've found Roy. Now I'm leaving to find him and reunite my team. I'm telling you this because if Roy finds out about Raf and Miko he will try to kidnap them. Roy can't do this because if it does then neither of them will be able to live a normal life till he, and all his followers, are died. I need you to protect them discreetly. I should never have joined team prime, all I did was endanger you guys."
"Now wait a minute," Arcee cuts in, "Team Prime never would have gotten Optimus back from Megatron without you, I would never have opened up, Miko probably would have killed herself running through the ground bridge into a fight, Raf would have died from the dark energon poisoning and many more bad things would have happened. So don't feel like you shouldn't have joined Team Prime."
I smile, "Thanks. Any follow-up questions?"
"Where does your mom come into this? Is she...unaging too?"
I laugh, "My mom? Agent June? No! She was a cocky young Agent I rescued back about 12 years ago. She really 35 and just 35, not unaging at 35. She and her partner got into some trouble, my sister and I rescued them and we kept in contact."
"Seriously!"
"Yes!" I burst out laughing, "Your face!"
"Jack!" Arcee chastises me.
"What? This is normal for me, so your shock is funny."
"Fine it's funny to you, now can I ask another question?"
"You just did."
Arcee groans, "Jack!"
"Sure."
"What did you mean by you had two sisters? You mentioned one but not the other."
I sober, "Her name was Katherine and she developed lung cancer in her 30's. Died less than a year later. My parents smoked a lot when we were kids and she smoked as an adult. Bound to happen, back then people didn't know that smoking caused cancer so," I shrug a few tears falling, "she was a lot like Miko though. Saw rules as more of guidelines, very energetic, and overly hyper.
"Sorry,"
"Don't be, it was years ago. Besides, she was one hell of a woman. Worked for SHIELD till she died and was one of the best agents. Wicked aim and screwed people like no tomorrow."
"Sounds like she was amazing?"
"She was, any more questions?"
"Ya, it's quite hot in Jasper, so why do you always wear long sleeves?"
I frown and start to rub the mark on my arm. "Well...because of this." I pull the sleeves up on my left arm to reveal an old scar/tattoo. The word "HYDRA" in large letters were burned with black ink into my lower arm, just below that "Experimental Serum #084" and in the final line the phrase "Subject #53924". "It was something they burned into my arm when HYDRA kidnapped me. My whole team had them. It hurt like hell to have burned on, let me tell you. It would hard to explain to people why I have this, other scars from various other things and a few tattoos at 16."
"oh. I always wondered but this wasn't what I was expecting. Wait! Tattoos?"
"Yup, two on each bicep. Ones Katherine's name the others Jason's. What were you at expecting? Sleeve tattoos?"
"Since when are you so jokey? It's different."
"It's just how I am. I tried to play a part here so Roy wouldn't be able to find me. It was harder once I meet you guys, so other than all the things I haven't told you, I'm still me.
"Good to see somethings will never change," We sit in silence for a bit, "When do you do need to leave?"
"I get picked up tonight at 2100."
"When?" Arcee questions.
"11:00 P.M. but I still need to pack," I state back to her.
"I should bring you home to finish packing," Arcee sounds sad.
"Sure," I hesitate, "You won't tell everyone about my past just yet, right?"
"Of course but...are you going to tell your friends about…you know...us?"
"No. I'll tell them the cover story but they probably won't believe me," I admit.
"What are you going to do then?"
"They know that I wouldn't lie unless I needed too."
"They trust you after what happened?"
"Roy took something from all of us. Before he threw me from the window he told me that he killed Jason and Ryan that night on the train. They figured out that he was HYDRA so he killed them before they had a chance to tell me. No one still alive doubts everyone else's trust."
"Alright. I should probably bring you home."
"Ya, I still need to pack my stuff up," Arcee transformers back into her motorcycle form. I get on and she takes off.
"Bye Jack."
"Bye Cee," I set my helmet down.
"Call if you need to talk."
"Same to you. Have fun with Miko." She groans before pulling out. I finger the helmet before picking it back up and bring in inside with me. As I go there are a half a dozen boxes of things by the doors. June sets them another few onto the pile.
"All of our clothing and small things. A donation company is coming to get all of this tomorrow. Sold the house too, cash is in the bag over there," She gestures with her head, "that should be everything except furniture and a few personal items."
"Got it. SHIELD will be here in an hour so I'm going to go pack June."
"What no Mom?" She jokes.
"I'm older than you by decades." June laughs as I go to my room.
As I walk into the room I go towards my closet. I move a box and lift up the floorboards. I pull out a partially filled duffel bag and set the contents onto my bed. Field clothing, a suit, civilian clothing, a stash of cash from several countries, a few modified flash drive, an old computer, several fake passports and driver's licenses, a box of blonde, red, and brown hair dye, brown and green contact lenses, my envelope of pictures, the ring from my sister, a World War 2 Veteran hat, and Ryan's and my dog tags. I empty out the few contents in my backpack into the trash. After that, I set the cash, one of the modified flash drives, the computer, a fake passport and driver's license in the backpack and set it to the side. I set the field clothing in the corner of the bed. I set everything else on the bed and start re-folding all the clothing it into the duffel bag. As I come to the end of that I pull off my clothing from today and put on my field clothing. Black and gray camo cargo pants, black skin tight short sleeve turtleneck shirt, black calf-high combat boots, a black leather jacket and a gray belt that also crossed across my chest. I fold up the clothing from today and set it on top. I throw the hair dye, contact lenses, my veteran hat, the other fake passports and driver's licenses onto the clothing in the duffel. I slip the sister ring onto my pinky and lastly go for the envelope of pictures. I pull the top one out; it was burned on the edges and crumpled from the heat, but you could still make out the nineteen people in military uniforms and weapons along with a date and the word exitus sat in the bottom corner. I flip it over and smile at the nineteen signatures scrawled on the back, it was such an easier time. Pulling the picture back into the envelope I set it on top of the duffel bag. Lastly, go towards the alarm clock. I flip it over and take out the top of the sealed compartment. I pulled the small key out and put the top back on. I reach underneath the bed next and pull out a medium sized safe. I place the key in and put the combo in next. The safe gives a few clicks as the bolts move and the door pops open. I reach inside and start emptying it. I place another gun on my waist, the twin of the one I normally carry around. I put two other ones in the duffel. Lastly, I place the last gun and the two batons aside for June. I set the safe next to the bed with the key and wipe the passcode off. I stand and zip up my backpack and duffel and take one last look around the room. With that, I walk down the hall towards the living room.
"15 minutes till they're here? Got everything?" June stands with two duffels in her field uniform. I hold out the batons and gun to her. She takes them silently.
"Yup. You?" She places the batons on her back and the gun on the opposite side as the other she carries.
"Ya. Boxes are all out on the porch, keys under the front mat, everything sold and going to be picked up. The money's going to be transferred to the family account. From there you can move it to the one you have in the Bahamas."
"Got it. We're meeting them about a mile out from the house."
"When were we told that?"
"May did when we were talking."
"K,"
"June?"
"Humm?"
"We don't tell anyone about the bots, agreed?"
"Jack?" her tone was cautioning, "They know us so well. They'll be able to tell we're lying."
"I know but, it's not our secret to tell."
"Jack, are job is to deal with things like this, to be the shield that protects earth. That includes aliens."
"The bots aren't dangerous!"
"But the cons are!"
"The bots are handling it," I sign, "we only tell if it's an emergency, agreed?"
She groans, "Fine! You're going to be the death of me."
I smirk, "Without me and Amelia, you'd have died 12 years ago with Bobbi."
She rolls her eyes, "Whatever Jack,"
I laugh at her, "Who's the kid now?"
"Last I checked you were decades older than me,"
I let out a laugh, "Nice one Darby, but really we should head out."
She nods and picks up the two duffels and the bag of cash from the house and heads to the door. I glance at the helmet I always worn with Cee and picked it up. Setting it on top of the duffel I follow June out of the house. "Glad Jasper has an early sunset today?" June asks as I lock the door.
"Makes this part easier," I comment. She nods and looks back at the house.
"You going to miss it?"
"The house and small town? No. The bots, Miko, and Raf? Yes, very much. But it's safer that they're not around me. If Roy or HYDRA ever found out about them-." I cut off.
"I know, but maybe one day,"
"Maybe," I shift my bags and start out into the desert behind the house. I hear June follow after me as we started the trek. I was the one who suggested the plane being a mile out. Even if it has camouflaged the engines were loud. After about 10 minutes I stop and wait for June to catch up.
"Why'd we stop?"
"Because here's the plane." As I say that the air in front of us shimmers slightly and a plane door drops down a foot from my feet. I give June a smile, "Told you,"
She rolls her eyes again and follows but not before muttering "baby," behind me. I climb up the stair to the next level and see about a half a dozen people waiting for us. I manage to give a wave to May before a flurry of brown hair slams into my chest. I drop my duffel and backpack and wrap my arms around my little sister.
"Miss me Amelia?"
So here's the next chapter of Agent Jack. Few answers for you guys. I'll be posting the next chapter of the Angel Blooded Avenger before I put a new chapter for this story up. I'll try to put the next chapter up as quickly as possible. Reviews and criticism welcomed!
