Skye POV

I turn to May and Darcy on the opposite rooftop, signalling for them to stop shooting. Darcy stops and throws her hands in the air, as if she's saying, "What the hell?"

Thank God the coms turned on just then.

"Darcy," I start, running to the stairwell on the rooftop, "There are to many civilians. If we're going to help, we have to get the civilians out."

"Gotcha." she replies. May just nods at me from across the chaos down below.

"Ok, let's head down." I say.

I'm at about the twentieth floor when I stop my race to the ground. The power had gone out all over the street, and the lights on this floor are still on.

I turn my com on. "Darcy, come to the twentieth floor of my building. The power's still working here, but only on one floor."

"On our way." May replies.

When they finally get here, I'm sitting against the closed door.

"The lights weren't on on the other floors either." May informs me.

I nod. "Should we engage?"

May nods. I turn around and push open the door, stepping into the hallway. The three of us creep around with our guns up and ready, and surprisingly, Darcy hasn't said a word.

The first door we come to is empty, but I can see tons of computers. The next room is lit, with people typing behind the computers.

All of the people have the Hydra insignia strapped to their arms.

"Should we go in?" Darcy asks, pushing her way to the front. May follows, ready, but I stop them with my arm.

"Hang on a sec." I mutter. Let's hope I'm not going crazy. They look at me, waiting, when I see it again. "Those people are flickering like the way Stark's tech does."

May looks through the window. "You're right."

I look again. All of the "workers" give off a bluish aura, which I first thought was coming from the computers. About every couple seconds, their forms ripple from top to bottom, barely noticeable.

"Do you think it's a trap?" Darcy asks, peering into the office.

"Most likely." May replies.

"Should we go in anyway?"

"Yup."

I step forward and push the door open.

Tony POV

I finish bashing some soldiers then fly to the top of a nearby building to scope out the area.

Cap, Widow, and the Hawk are together, either helping civilians or destroying soldiers. Bruce is everywhere at once, throwing soldiers against the buildings or into other soldiers.

I grin despite our situation. Our agents on the roof are nowhere to be seen, but I occasionally see Thor up there summoning lightning.

Spiderman-Peter-is nowhere to be seen.

"Jarvis. Give me a location on Spiderman." I command.

"He appears to be right above you, sir."

I look up and see Peter perched on the building right above me. He has at least a dozen soldiers wrapped up in webs and hanging from the roof. Every once in awhile, he shoots a web at a soldier near the building and pulls them up; wrapping them in a silky cocoon of death also.

I grin and fly up to him, liking this kid more by the second. "What're you doing, kid?"

"Helping." he replies, tying off his latest victim. "We need hostages, don't we?"

"Yup." I reply, chuckling a little. "We could use you on the ground, though. Looks like we have enough hostages."

Peter nods and looks down at the street. "Mind giving me a lift?"

I nod, and Peter shoots a web onto my leg. Then I lower him to the ground, and we join the rest of the team in fighting for the city.

Fitz POV

"How did they know we were there? There are so many soldiers!" Jemma yells.

I nod while tapping at the screen in front of me frantically, keeping tabs on everyone's location and vitals. Everyone seems to be fine so far, just sporting minor injuries.

"I don't know," I reply, "But it looks like they've been recruiting. They must have a plan-"

"-Which explains the alliances: Clairvoyant and Centipede." Jemma pauses, eyes widening. "They're-"

"-Building an army." I finish. We turn from our projects and look at each other worriedly.

"Sometimes I hate when we discover something." Jemma sighs.

I nod in return, then turn back to monitoring our team.

Hey, sorry I didn't update sooner. Halloween, cousins visited, etc. But, here's this chapter. I don't know what to think of this one, but let me know what you think. Thanks for the continued support!