Coulson found himself feeling strangely calm as he woke, The laptop was still open, the screen blank, a reminder of what he watched but he felt a new sense of motivation. He showered and changed, his hand throbbing painfully now but it didn't stop him. He left earlier than the others, no doubt still asleep, going to get food and files they'd need to find Ward and Garrett.
There was plenty of stuff he could get that was on the plane, something he had planned to transfer from the hub to the Providence base, moving it to the small plane for safer keeping. A good thing now. Hydra didn't have them. It'd give him enough to help plan.
He didn't get all the SHIELD boxes, only the relevant ones and maps, including a white board, Pulling up with Lola's boot full. He wasn't surprised to see Trip just leaving, on the phone. HIs mind recalling on what he wanted to get so he left him to it.
Skye came out next, her head poking out before sighing as she saw him, walking from her room towards him.
"I went to the plane, get some stuff and some food." he said before she could say anything.
"New motivation?"
"Yep." he answered, jumping out the car.
"Has Simmons looked at your hand."
"Nope."
Skye rolled her eyes but came to help so he handed her some of the box files to take in. "What's the plan?"
"We have a few days best to figure out the plan. But the objective; take Ward and Garrett down and stop what they're planning But you already knew that one."
She opened up his room, letting him in first, Putting the box onto the bed.
" What do you want me to do?"
"Once we're set up, you can use your skills, locate the bus."
"Okay."
He stayed silent again was they collected in the rest of the stuff into the room, opening up the door that connected both rooms. FitzSimmons made their appearance, taking the board and maps, putting them up and to mark where Centipede had worked and other notes tough he felt there was still a chunk they were missing.
It didn't take much longer than a few hours to get into focus. Going over the files and what he knew of Ward, Garrett and Hydra. He was unable to resist noting Cap's fight into it and the destruction of the Triskelion and the takeover of a few SHIELD bases, not just by hydra but also the ones the Military had taken.
The Hub for sure and the Providence base but with nothing it was hard to tell what else was taken. He had to be ahead of the game though.
He then turned his focus on their main lines of their missions. Putting them all into bubbles before calling the others through.
"You got a plan?" Skye asked, sitting on the bed, Fitz SImmons doing the came.
"I have." He said, looking to their faces. "This is an overall plan of what we've dealt with ad on closer inspections, I think have may have found a link to put then all together." He moved and scrawled, Cybertek into the centre bubble. "Cybertek Built Deathlok, shipped items to Quinn who was working for the clairvoyant who turned out to be Garrett. " He started, "Ward was planted on our bus to find out why I didn't stay dead."
"And they needed my hard drive." Skye nodded, her tone souring.
"It had all your research and data in it on the GH drug from Simmon's research."
"They need GH325 for the super soldiers, that Garrett's been developing centipede all this time." Fitz remarked.
"It may be a final ingredient for them, to stabilize and regenerate the soldiers." Simmons finished,
"Since the intel was encrypted, no one but me would be able to access it again which is why Ward came back." Skye said, her eyes lowering a second. "He set May up so they's have more of a chance."
"We'll get to that part another day, once Ward and Garrett's down." Coulson said, his one tighter, " Skye told me last night she left a little surprise on the drive."
Skye nodded, her hand going to her pocket pulling out thumb drive. "A trojan hourse, it's something that's been slowly mapping every system they've uploaded it to. However," She added quickly, seeing Simmons's face, "I didn't quite finish it so This will have to be plugged into one of their systems to activate ut." She sighed, "But I can't seem to find one."
"Not strictly true," Coulson spoke, fiddling with the pen, "Garrett and cybertek have been working together for years. If it on Garrett's system, its-"
"-on cyberteks." Skye released, a look forming in her expression which showed enough she was onboard with the idea.
"So, We're going in to one of their offices. We may not have the authority to do this but we have to. I won't let Ward and Garrett get away with Murder." Coulson said, folding his arms his tone almost felt like he was making a promise.
He knew he was also to blame for murder but as Skye said, Ward was the reason of May's death and he didn't intend to pass the blame, he didn't want to. He was the one that followed through, Passing it on felt like an offence to May's death. Something that weight constantly and would haunt him. But as he said to Trip. He had to put those feelings on pause to get through the reality to bring Hydra down.
"And I want my plane back…"
May sighed deeply, removing the headphones from her ears and lay onto the bed. The Bug Maria had planted on Coulson was working so she wouldn't have to guess the plan.
While there was some relief there was a plan, May found it at least a list of things that could go very wrong. Very wrong if she didn't go there. She needed her own plan to remain anonymous to Coulson but to get into Cybertek. It'd be tight but...not impossible.
A new name and a reason to be there...she had non unless they were looking for more security. It was a slim chance. And she knew a way out if fighting was no longer a possibility, She'd rather be reborn than a hostage for experimentation.
May jotted down Coulson's plan in bullet points, putting the headphones back on but at a lower volume to think. Finding out the times and the places from there before she'd have to do her own research.
It had been odd though, hearing Coulson's voice for the first time since her death. Some part of it when she first turned the bug on and hearing him… some waves of of emotions stayed washed through her, making her heart beat a little faster in her chest, her fingers over the dark bruise still. Fear.
The feeling of fear brought back the helplessness...it always brought her back to that moment of staring into his face. That… that feeling she only felt one time before…
Bahrain.
She sucked in a deep slow breath.
She had been the cause of her trauma then. Comforted by Coulson and only for him to be the cause and trigger for her second. It showed her enough though. She wasn't at all ready to be back with him….with being near him. If she reacted like this just as hearing him… what would she do being in front of him?
She didn't know. But she had to get off her ass and help.
Moving she opened up her laptop. Going through numerous searched to find Cybertek, glad that from Skye's search of it weeks ago had given her an idea of where to look. She was no hacker but she got there, looking through the site very closely, noting down bits and pieces that could come up and making sure to keep notes down on Coulson's times he was planning on visiting. No point setting up an appointment at a completely different time.
Making sure to have everything in front of her, she dialed the number for the company. Smirking softly as a woman picked up.
"Hello, cybertek industries."
"Afternoon, My name's Emily Chen. I was looking through new sites to look for some possible job opportunities. I read that there are a few positions open but not as many is security."
There was a moment of silence. "Well we've had quite a surge in jobs as of recent, all have been underwhelming however I suppose I could make an appointment. What area are you trained in?"
"I'm a former SHIELD agent, so quite a lot." She waited, knowing at this point it was a 50/50 chance now with that card.
There was a long moment of silence and quiet murmurs before she heard someone get back to the phone, a male this time.
"Okay, I think we can set up an interview though you will have to hand us a resume, including how long you worked in shields and the areas."
"Of course. Though Is it possible to get the interview for tomorrow noon? I do have some...funeral arrangements to make." She added a tighter tone, though the rasp of her voice seem to come back, stinging. The medicine had worn off, Damn.
There was another moment of silence. "We do have a slim slot, we've just had another booking for the time but we can squeeze you in before."
"Sounds perfect.." Melida got out, coughing.
They exchanged a few further things before she hung up, coughing again softly as she sat up, opening the bag her mother had given her and opened up the throat soothers, taking a swig from the bottle to have herself getting a spoon. Though her eyes lingered on the concealer, something she'd need now.
Heading to her bag, she began to sort through them for possible outfits for tomorrow..
So sorry it's taken this long! I've had a picky muse for this sotry lately and i h've had mor ehours at work so My time's been limited. Please leave a comment! I'd appreciate it a lot
