Chapter Ten (Make Haste, For Death)
(The Next Day)
The first shots came as a surprise to the few agents that populated the small SHIELD base. Even though they had been forewarned, that still didn't prepare them for the storm of Hydra agents that flowed into the base. There weren't many, probably at least twenty five of them. Hydra thought that they had the upperhand in this one.
The base spiraled into alarm. Coulson started to bark out orders to his small team of agents. Mack, armed with an ICER, led Fitzsimmons to safety since the three of them really weren't the fighting kind. The remaining agents split into two groups. Skye went with Triplett and Hunter while Bobbi was with May and Coulson.
They were all armed with ICERs. Coulson didn't want to try to kill any of the soldier if they didn't have to, he figured that they held valuable information. "Shoot them only with the ICERs if you can." Coulson ordered. "We can probably get information out of them if we win this battle. Stay close and take out whoever you see. We need to win this, we cannot die today."
"Oh that's great, death." Hunter mumbled and Bobbi rolled her eyes.
"And there's no time for complaining." Coulson snapped. "Complaining may get you killed in this case."
Hunter shut his mouth.
"Now, please stick together, no matter what." Coulson continued, as he heard the thundering footsteps of the storming Hydra soldier headed towards them. "Mack is with Fitzsimmons in hiding, along with a few other lab agents. I have other field agents helping us out here. Hopefully we can win this. Do not underestimate these soldiers. They are ruthless, they'll slaughter you if they have the chance. Keep up your guard at all times. No matter what."
All of the agents nodded in response. And the two groups went their separate ways.
The group consisting of Skye, Hunter, and Triplett took the left section of the base, ICERs clutched at their sides.
"Why would Hydra even be attacking now?" Hunter whispered to Skye and Triplett.
"I don't know, Hunter." Skye replied. "We're just luck that we knew of an attack on the base so we were slightly prepared. Now shut your mouth before soldiers find us and shoot us."
"Fine." Hunter mumbled. "I'll stay quiet."
"Good." Triplett commented.
The three agents thought that they were doing fine, since there were no signs of any soldiers in their section, but they thought too soon. All of the lights in the base suddenly shut off, plunging the agents into darkness.
"Dammit!" Skye cussed. "They cut the power!"
"Why would they cut the power?" Hunter asked.
"To take down security systems, most likely. So they can get through the base easier without any doors locking on them or anything like that." Triplett replied. "They know their stuff."
"Well, what do we do," Hunter began, but was cut off as a bullet zipped by his ear. He dove to the ground, looking up to see four Hydra soldiers storming their way.
"Get up!" Skye hissed, her ICER trained on the oncoming soldiers.
Hunter jumped up, pointing his own ICER as well at the black Kevlar.
The three agents stood side-by-side, arming themselves for the oncoming soldiers. And they started to fire, blue ICER bullets zipping through the air along with normal, deadly bullets.
(Outside of The Base)
Ward grimaced as he heard the alarm abruptly shut off in the base. The echo of gunfire filled his ears. He stood on a small hill right outside of the SHIELD base, looking down at the various buildings. Numerous Hydra soldiers peppered the grounds.
He frowned, this was much worse than he originally thought. He couldn't count how many soldiers were down there. At least thirty, and that was outside of the buildings. No telling how many more were inside.
No telling how many more were storming their way towards Coulson and the team. Soldiers Ward could take down easily. Hydra soldiers were skilled, but he was even more skilled than them. That's what gave him the title as a specialist when he was a SHIELD agent.
He gripped his handgun, another gun at his side along with a knife. That's all he had to defend himself against the heavily-armored Hydra soldiers. But that would do.
And there was no time for him to be just standing on this hill, looking down at the base. Ward dashed off, down towards the base. Once he got to the brick buildings, he hid around corners, away from any soldiers.
He looked around a corner and saw two soldiers idly standing there. He fired two, quick shots and the soldiers fell to the ground. Then he dashed off again, trying to find the main building.
It took him a good while of running, dodging, and firing, but Ward found the main base building. He easily slipped inside, since the base's defences were down due to a power outage.
Of course he didn't know the layout of the building since the last time he was here he was locked up in Vault D. And it was a giant risk being here. The team would either let him help, or shoot him dead on sight. Ward took a breath, preparing for whatever would happen.
He crept down the hallways, taking down three other soldiers with ease. He smiled, this was easy. Then his smiled faltered, this was almost too easy. Something didn't seem right.
And that's when he heard the scream. The bone-chilling scream that he immediately knew. Skye. Skye was in danger.
Forgetting the danger he faced. Forgetting the possibility of being shot and killed by Hydra or being shot and killed by the ones he once called friends, Ward took off towards the sound of the scream. He clutched his handgun as he ran so tight, his knuckles started to turn white with the pressure.
And he heard more yelling and gunfire.
"Skye?! Where's Skye?!" someone exclaimed, which Ward figured was Triplett.
"I don't know! We got separated in the gunfire!" a British voice that Ward didn't recognize exclaimed.
He frowned as he ran, Skye got separated from other agents was in possible danger. Once again, another scream rang out.
Ward's pace quickened, turning down a hallway. And there was Skye, cornered by two Hydra soldiers, eyes wide in fear and not seeing Ward.
Ward ran forward, shooting at the two soldiers, "Skye!"
Author's Note:I don't own AoS, Marvel does. So there you go, cliffhanger. And a Skyeward meeting for the first time in like over two weeks since his escape next chapter, if they survive. Of course they will survive. There is gonna be at the most five or six more chapters with this. This isn't a long story. But still gonna try and make it as good as I can with it's shortness! Keep reading and please favorite, follow, and/or review! ~AwakeAndAliveSpartan.