Hi everyone! Welcome back to the latest chapter of 'The Spec-Ops Team!' Now before we begin, I want to address something that was brought up in the comments. In there, AwesomeGirl asked me if Bruce and Sabrina's relationship would be platonic or romantic. I would actually like to hear if you would like them to be romantically involved in the end like how Fitz and Simmons were (minus the trauma of course,) but for now it's just platonic. After all, love works in mysterious ways (believe me I know, and this comes from someone who already had six ex-girlfriends, one of which was a writer on .) There was also a question she asked me about whether or not anybody on the team would be part of one of the newest fractions introduced to the MCU on AoS that won't be having their film debut for another four years. The answer is that it will be somebody, but it'll happen in an unexpected way that I can't tell you about right now. Right now though, the main question that I'm sure is on everyone's lips is what will ultimately happen to Jessica after her injuries sustained in the last chapter? Well, read on to find out! As always, I own NOTHING but my OC's. This is for FAN-purposes only, so PLEASE don't sue! Other than that, enjoy!

The Spec-Ops Plane…

Arthur's eyes opened up at the sound of banging on his office door. He had fallen asleep during his routine paperwork and only now realized that the plane no longer had any turbulence.

Walking over to the door, his suspicions were confirmed when he saw Agent Tyler Boateng standing outside his door with his arms crossed, looking not to happy.

"Agent Boateng." Arthur yawned, quickly composing himself, "Apologies, but I wasn't told we landed. I do have good news. We apparently located someone who might be connected to our mysterious Igraine that's been the thorn in our side for a while. Our plan, with your permission, is to go and find a person whom we believe to have been in close contact with her, and then interrogate him until he tells us what we need to know. We'll be ready to leave when you give the word."

Boateng just continued staring at him without changing his expression.

"What?" Arthur asked.

"You honestly don't know what happened?" Boateng questioned.

He looked at Arthur as he suddenly became very concerned for what came next.

Soon…

The team watched as Sabrina helped bring Jessica into the medical wing alongside a number of S.H.I.E.L.D. Paramedics. Jessica was currently lying on a gurney that had some kind of glass tube over her body which was currently cut along many places with a large piece of glass lodged right in the area where her heart was.

The paramedics took almost a half hour to work on the Pilot, but to no avail.

"We found her at Harvard University." Tyler told Arthur as he stood next to him, "It looks like she went after your source alone and he got blown up as a result. Remote detonation by this Igraine person I'd imagine."

Arthur said nothing and just looked at Jessica. She had been the person who believed he could change alongside Faye, dammit! Why did she do something this monumentally stupid?!

Finally, Sabrina exited alongside the other paramedics who left the plane.

"Well?!" Arthur demanded.

Sabrina looked a bit sad as she spoke.

"We managed to remove the glass…" She said, "However, the one that went through her heart did more damage than we thought. It can't be fixed either medically or from technology. She's got about 8 hours at best before she…"

"Well I guess that's the end of her." Boateng said, as Arthur looked up angrily, "Now, let's begin the assessment with…"

Suddenly, Arthur slugged Tyler right in the face.

"How could you say that?!" He demanded, "An agent is dying in there, and you think that there's no hope left?!"

Tyler rubbed his face and then delivered a kick between Arthur's legs. Arthur staggered for a bit but quickly recovered as Tyler got back up.

"Nice try…" Arthur laughed, "But there's no way that I was unprepared for that with the films Katie's been showing me."

"Now who's being unreasonable?!" Tyler growled, tackling Arthur and punching him in the face.

Arthur just threw Tyler off him and then delivered an elbow slam to his chest. Tyler responded by grabbing his neck, as Arthur attempted to push Tyler's face away.

"STOP NOW!"

The two looked to see Sabrina standing there after a sudden and unexpected outburst.

"BOTH OF YOU STOP THIS NOW!" She continued, "THIS IS NOT A FIGHT! AN AGENT IS DYING AND WE NEED TO DO WHAT ARTHUR SAID, WE NEED TO PUT ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES AND FOCUS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT! SO STOP ACTING LIKE CHILDREN AND START BEING LIKE MEN!"

The two looked at each other and helped themselves back up.

"Sabrina's right." Arthur said, "But we still can't let Jessica die. She was the last one with Anber Jenkins while he was alive. He might have some information for us that we can use."

Tyler sighed defeated by Arthur's logic.

"All right." He said, "We'll see how you handle this situation. And just for that I WON'T write you up for an F."

"Good thing." Arthur said, sarcastically, "Because you probably noticed even though I've been indulging in watching various action flicks, I'm still a pretty good fighter."

"Okay." Tyler agreed, "But we still have the problem of where we can go to get Jessica fixed up now."

"Excuse me?"

The two turned to see a new sight. Standing in the doorway was none other than Agent John Garrett and his new trainee Agent Antoine Triplett.

"Can we come onboard?" Garrett asked, sarcastically, "I know Arthur's in the middle of his assessment here, but we just got new orders and since our plane's being used for another assignment, we were wondering if we could catch a ride on yours."

"Agent Garrett." Arthur said, cautiously, "Agent Triplett. How did you both get onboard?"

"Ha!" Garrett chucked, "With my clearance, I'm allowed to get into all sorts of places."

"So where do you need to go?" Arthur asked, "We're kind of in the middle of a life-and-death situation here."

"Funny you should mention that." Garrett smiled, "Because the reason of our little trip involves death itself. Seems like Coulson's new protégé Skye had an accident where she was shot by some assailant, and now Phil's taking too much time to interrogate the man responsible."

"Then I know where they might be headed." Arthur explained, "To Tahiti."

Garrett looked at Arthur confused.

"You know how apparently Coulson's story revolves around him coming back from the dead after being treated in Tahiti?" Arthur asked, "Well, if Skye's been shot, then my best guess is that they'll be heading there to try and recover whatever it was they used on Phil to save her. This fortunately falls under what we need to do as well."

He pointed at Jessica's tube and Garrett and Antoine looked inside surprised.

"Damn." Antoine declared, looking at Arthur, "What the hell happened to her?"

"She was caught in an explosion and her heart was ruptured." Arthur explained, "She was doing her own work to try and take down someone known as Igraine, who's been plaguing our group for quite some time. We need to get her healed as well so she can tell us everything we need to know."

"Sounds like a plan." Garrett told him, "So we're doing a team-up then? Us and Phil's team to save some fellow agents? I'm down with that. Lucky for you I know the current location of Phil's plane."

"Then let's get going then." Arthur said, as they started walking off.

Just then, Antoine felt someone tap his shoulder and he turned around to see a young girl with neatly combed blonde hair wearing one of the finest S.H.I.E.L.D.-issued suits and ties they had to offer.

"Hi." She said, "You must be Antoine Triplett, "I'm Katie Shelia. Arthur's protégé. It's an honor to meet you despite the circumstances."

She held out her hand and Antoine shook it.

"Nice to meet you too." He said.

"Mind if we walk and talk?" Katie asked.

"Sure." Antoine said as the two agents began to move.

"I've read your file and I am really impressed with your history." She pointed out, "It's just an honor to meet someone who's grandfather served with the Howling Commandos and Captain America."

"Thanks." Antoine said, "Though I'd rather not talk about it if that's all right. I'll just let you know that was one of my reasons for joining S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Understood." Katie said as they began walking up the stairs that lead to the main living quarters of the plane, "Thank you for being honest with me."

"What about you?" Triplett asked, "If you don't mind me asking. Garrett showed me your file one time and it said Arthur arrested you for blowing up a house and joining the Rising Tide."

Katie nodded.

"I did." She admitted, "But fortunately, Arthur taught me there are things in life worth fighting for and that given the right time and patience, one person could become a part of something better."

"Words to live by." Antoine told her, "So how are you holding up with Jessica?"

Katie felt a little uncomfortable with the question.

"I hope she makes it." Katie admitted, "Jessica might've seemed hard at first, but she help Arthur stop being serious on a 24/7 basis. I don't want to imagine what this is doing to him now, or what losing him is going to do to him further."

"That's why we have a plan to save her." Triplett said, "So you up for that."

"Of course." Katie told him.

Later, The Bus…

After following The Bus's location that Garrett had provided the team with, they had found the plane and boarded with Faye flying leaving Arthur, Katie, Bruce, Sabrina, Tyler, Garrett and Triplett to board and wheel Jessica's medical tube onboard.

Fortunately, Coulson understood Arthur's actions completely and assured him that they would do everything in their power to help Jessica as much as they would do to save Skye. After dismissing both teams, Arthur was held back by Coulson who told him he was aware of how Arthur had secretly helped Skye and Simmons out back during the Hub incident, but because of Arthur's willingness to help the two out, their additional mission was Phil's way of saying thanks for Arthur saving Skye (and Ward and Fitz since without Arthur's intervention to get Skye and Simmons the time needed to break in, the two male agents would probably be dead).

As the group soon discovered from Garrett's interrogation of Ian Quinn (the man responsible for shooting Skye,) The Clairvoyant had come to him and while Quinn was skeptical at first, the Clairvoyant had soon proven to be a genuine fortune teller with his ability to predict what was going to happen and when. The only thing he had been unable to see however, was the circumstances which had brought Phil back from the dead.

It was then that the agents realized something. The Clairvoyant wanted them to discover how Phil had been resurrected. For some reason, he was unable to see that one incident and by sending the agents there, they would possibly get the knowledge needed to finally uncover the truth about what happened to Phil the day he died.

However, Phil and Arthur proved that they would do anything to save Skye and Jessica. Fortunately, with the combined efforts of Fitz, Simmons, Bruce, and Sabrina, they managed to get into a virtual paper trail of all of S.H.I.E.L.D'S Files from memos to travel information, and learned of a collapsed World War II Bunker called 'The Guest House,' which contained it only being opened following the Battle of New York once by a Level 10 Operative. There was only one agent that matched that level and it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who it was. Additionally, they had a name for their drug; GH.325. Now, they were on their way to the 'Guest House' to retrieve the drug and hopefully save Skye and Jessica.

Down in the medical room, Bruce watched as Simmons worked on Skye and Sabrina worked on treating Jessica as best they could.

"Hey." A voice called.

Bruce looked to see Fitz and Triplett entering. Triplett had a cup of coffee in his hand as Fitz held two extra cups in his hand.

"Want one?" He asked.

"Thanks." Bruce said, "I feel like I haven't slept in days."

"Being a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent will do that to you." Antoine told him.

"So how are things with you and Simmons?" Bruce asked.

Fitz raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Well," Bruce said, "Between us three…there was an incident where someone was impersonating her brother and she asked me to look into it in secret."

"Let me guess." Fitz asked, "It didn't stay a secret."

"No." Bruce answered, "But talking about it helped, and she uh…she gave me a kiss on the check."

The two other agents looked at him amazed, as he took a sip of his coffee.

"Wait. So you've never dated?" Fitz asked.

"Nope." Bruce admitted, "But looking at her work, I guess it's what you and Simmons have, Fitz."

"What we…?" Fitz asked, before realizing what he went, "Oh, no…we're just friends. Look, what's important is teamwork, and if you want to take it to the next level, that's fine, but I think you should just be friends with her for now. If she wants to take it up, you can let her, but I don't think I can say anything more than that."

"Understood." Bruce replied.

Suddenly there was a bit of static on the intercom as Arthur's voice filled the Bus.

"Good afternoon," Arthur said, "We'll be approaching the Guest House soon. Will Fitz, Garrett, Tyler, Ward, and Katie please join me, Phil, and May in the hangar within the next few hours?"

The group looked at each other and nodded went their separate ways.

….

Soon…

Soon, the group was assembled and all loading up with guns, explosives, and any non-lethal additional weapons they could get their hand on.

"Okay." Tyler said, loading a gun, "Remember, I'm not harming anyone unless I have to."

"Sure." Katie said, putting on a bulletproof vest.

"We're heading into an unsanctioned S.H.I.E.L.D. Base." Phil explained.

"We've tried every channel and it's abandoned." May added.

"I think it's safe to assume that they won't be handing over the drug that easily." Arthur continued, "So our mission is go in, don't kill unless you have to, get the drug, and get out alive. We'll begin as diplomatically as we can and if not, we go in and take it."

"Tripp can help with Simmons, he's had medical training." Garrett explained.

"Good." Phil said, loading a gun, "We pull this off, we can save both Skye and Jessica."

"What if they say no?" Ward asked.

Garrett just simply loaded his gun.

"I'll say 'pretty please.'" He said sarcastically.

"We need to keep the Doctors alive if they're still there." Arthur explained, "But in case this all goes to hell, Fitz will be with us so he can stay in contact with Simmons and we can determine what we need to help Skye and Jessica. We all clear on our plan?"

"Groovy." Katie said, loading her gun and storing it in her pocket after twirling it around, "Now let's save our friends."

"Nice moves, kid." Garrett declared, "Did Jessica teach you that?"

"Nope." Katie said, "Learned it from Peter Weller."

Garrett looked at her confused.

"Robocop?" She asked.

"Okay." Garrett nodded, "Have you given a name to your gun?"

"Yeah." Katie said, as they all exited and stepped out onto the mountains to behold two large metal doors, "JB."

"As in James Bond?"

"No." Katie smiled.

"Jason Bourne?"

"John Barrowman?" Katie asked, "He's a famous star from Doctor Who and Torchwood?"

"Whatever." Garrett shrugged.

"I got it." Fitz said.

Everyone looked at him confused as he nodded awkwardly.

"The reference, I got." He said, "Simmons and I watch a lot of that."

"Who's your Doctor then?" Katie asked.

"Matt Smith." Fitz said, "You?"

"Same." She said.

Arthur gave a hand signal for them to be quiet.

Finally, they came to the doors.

"How was the drive from Istanbul?" A voice asked over a loudspeaker.

Coulson turned to the others who just shrugged, indicating that none of them knew what it meant.

"This is Agent Coulson with S.H.I.E.L.D." Coulson explained, "We don't know the counter, but we have two team members in dire need of medical assistance. We know they can be treated here. Open the doors and perhaps we can work something out. Do you copy?"

Everyone waited until the voice spoke again.

"How was the drive from Istanbul?" The voice repeated.

Arthur groaned.

"And this is why we can't have good health care." He said, "Listen here, buddy, I don't know who the hell comes up with these countersigns, but two agents are dying, and unless we can work something out, things are going to get pretty bad pretty fast. Will you help us, please?"

There was another pause.

"How was the drive from Istanbul?"

Arthur and Phil turned back to Garrett who was already smiling.

"Pretty please it is." He said.

With that, Ward shot out the camera and Fitz began working on a device that would open the door for them. Soon the doors opened and the team moved in. Arthur approached an elevator and took out a little pocket knife. He pressed down and some sort of lazer emerged which he used to pry the doors open. Looking at the elevator cables, he grabbed onto one and nodded to the others who then slid down with him until they were all standing on top of the elevator. Fitz then used an iPad like device to scan the area beyond the elevator.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. never ceases to amaze me with all the gadgets." Katie smiled, "But does this seem like the usual cramped elevator feeling."

Before they could respond, Fitz held up his index finger indicating he had a read.

"Okay." He said, "There's a little chamber beyond some glass doors. Can't see much beyond that."

"Well." Coulson shrugged, "They know we're coming, let's go and say hello."

With that, they all jumped down, Ward, Tyler, Garrett, Katie, and Arthur pointing their guns at the ready while Fitz readied himself. There was nothing there.

"Remember." Tyler said, "I won't shoot anybody unless I have to. It's bad enough you all dragged me into this."

"Relax, buddy." Arthur said, getting a bit sick of Tyler's complaining, "We won't make you unless we absolutely need to. Fitz? Let Simmons know we're here."

Fitz nodded and activated his comm.

"Okay, Simmons." Fitz declared, "We're going in now."

There was no response.

"Simmons?" Fitz asked, confused.

No response.

"Dammit." He swore addressing the others. "Comms are down. There's too much mountain on top of us."

"Trust me, it's better." Garrett assured.

"Better how?!" Katie asked.

"You don't want them to hear the horrible death we're walking into." Garrett answered.

"Well thank you, Mister Sunshine." Arthur said, sarcastically, "But Garrett's right. This whole thing smells like a trap."

"Well if the job was easy…" Garrett smiled.

"It wouldn't be any fun." Ward finished with a small smile.

"I wonder what the hell it is Skye sees in you." Katie muttered under her breath.

"Well anyways," Fitz said, "I suspect the real danger won't start until we breach that bulletproof glass."

He looked at a nearby door.

"Probably a stairwell that should lead back to the surface." He guessed.

With that, he began to work on the control panel.

"Can you get us inside?" Coulson asked.

"To a certain horrible death?" Fitz asked with a grin, "Absolutely."

The others nodded. It seems like things were finally looking up for them. Finally, after tinkering some more with the door, Fitz nodded.

"Okay, sir." Fitz said, "Just give the word."

"Right. Coulson nodded as everyone with a gun (minus Tyler who just held his close to his chest,) readied themselves, "Once we get in, everyone find cover."

"Let's rock and roll." Arthur said, as everyone got into positions.

"Alright, gentlemen and lady." Coulson declared, "Here we go."

With that, Fitz opened the door. The group ran in and took cover behind some desks.

"Where is everyone?" Tyler asked.

"Maybe it's Sunday and they just had an automatic message system." Arthur joked.

Before Tyler could scold Arthur, a bunch of people came out from the other end of the room firing guns wildly.

"We've come for medical assistance." Phil assured, "But if you continue firing we will defend ourselves…"

There was another burst of rapid gunfire.

"I count two hostels." Ward noted.

"Copy that." Garett replied.

"Wait!" Katie declared, "I always wanted to try this. Let me take the one on the left, please?"

"Fine." Garrett said, "But it better be good. Ready?"

Katie and Ward nodded. Ward seeming a bit more skeptical of Katie.

Garrett gave the signal and Katie leapt over the table firing two shots off as she did so, hitting one of the gunmen in the arm as he groaned in pain and fell down, injured. She then leapt to the right behind another table as she fired another shot, hitting another gunman in the knee as he fell as well.

Just when another was about to fire at Katie, Ward got up and shot the guy in the chest as he fell down.

Coulson used took a flash bang from Fitz and called out to the two.

"Ward! Katie!"

The two shielded their eyes as the bang went off. With that, Arthur got up and shot another of the attackers in the leg. Finally getting in on the action, Garrett snuck up on one of the attackers and gave him a hard sock in the face before flipping him over and slamming the man hard on his back.

"CLEAR!" He called out.

"See if you can get some lights on." Coulson told Fitz.

"Right." Fitz nodded.

"We're not done." Ward called, indicating to a trail of blood left behind, "This one's hit. Shouldn't be too hard to find."

He and Coulson went off to find the guy as the rest held their positions. Nothing seemed right.

"I don't get it." Katie said, "Where're all the Doctors here?"

"Oh, shit." Garrett cursed, before calling out, "We got a problem!"

"What?" Katie asked as Coulson and Ward rejoined them.

"The whole place is rigged to blow." Garrett explained.

"Knew it was too good to be true." Tyler muttered.

"There's enough explosives to bring down the whole mountain on top of us." Fitz elaborated.

"We got less than ten minutes." Ward pointed out, "If the guards had eliminated us, they would've shut down the failsafe."

"Yeah, and we'd be dead." Arthur pointed out.

"Since they didn't…" Coulson said.

"There's some kind of emergency overdrive." Fitz told them, "Skye could probably get past it, but I can't hack the panel which means we're trapped in here."

"Any ideas?" Katie asked.

Coulson looked at Garrett.

"You're the guy who taught Ward how to disarm nuclear bombs." He explained, "Figure out a way to get us out of here. The rest of us will try and find the drug."

"Right." Arthur said, "Come on, Katie. Time to pay the melon farmer."

"I'm not even going to ask what that means." Tyler said as he, Coulson, Arthur, Katie, and Fitz walked off into a long narrow hallway.

"So this is some kind of medical facility." Fitz pointed out.

"Yeah." Coulson answered, "But since nobody's here, I assume that means it won't do us any good."

Meanwhile, The Bus…

Sabrina looked over Jessica's still body. She was still deteriorating but at least she had managed to slow it down. Right now, it was all coming down to if Coulson and Arthur could get that drug they discovered back up to her in time. Right now, she was just sitting next to Jessica's bedside giving a silent prayer as Bruce tried to get in contact with them. According to the reports they were getting from the other team working on saving Skye, they had lost communication with the others, and Bruce was trying to find if he had some way of establishing any form of communication with them.

Seeing as how he wasn't getting anywhere, he decided to get up and see how everyone else was doing.

"I'm gonna check on Skye." He informed.

"I'll let you know if anything changes." Sabrina replied, not taking her eyes off Jessica.

Bruce nodded and got up. He understood how Sabrina was feeling. It wasn't just important to her that Jessica live through this due to Sabrina being a medical doctor, but also because she was a friend. As they had been worried about during this whole adventure, Arthur seemed determined to save Jessica's life as well and he had come so far in becoming a better person with the team's help.

If one were to die at the hands of an enemy, they would be scared to see what lengths Arthur would go to afterwards to find them.

Bruce went into the medical pod where Simmons and Triplett were looking over Skye's body.

"Hi." He said.

"Oh," Simmons said, looking up, "Hello."

"What's up?" Triplett asked, "How's Jessica?"

"Not good." Bruce admitted, "Mind if I sit with you?"

"Go ahead." Simmons said, pulling up a nearby spare chair.

Bruce nodded and sat down.

"Still no change." Bruce pointed out, looking at Skye's life signs.

"No." Simmons said, shaking her head, "It appears we've done everything we can."

"Same with Jessica." Bruce replied, "We still have no contact with the others and I've tried everything. All we can do is pray for a miracle that they get back in time."

"They will." Simmons said, "I know they will."

There was a silence before Bruce decided to speak again.

"You know, Agent Simmons…" Bruce began.

"Please." She said, with a weak smile, "Just call me Jemma."

"Right." Bruce nodded, "You know as much as we look to our team for strength, we also have our own heroes."

"Understandable." Triplett nodded, "My grandfather was the reason for joining S.H.I.E.L.D. What about you, Bruce?"

"Well, mine is a debt to Agent Nick Jones. He saved my life once and I wanted to find a way to do good as a result so I joined S.H.I.E.L.D."

"And what about Sabrina?" Simmons asked.

"She joined because of a need to do right in the world after losing her brother." Bruce explained, "But I think her need to do good in the world came from you and Leo, Jemma."

Jemma looked at him amazed.

"Me and Fitz?" She asked, almost in disbelief.

"Yeah." Bruce said, "I mean I thought it was great when you two got into Coulson's group. And the way you work has saved the world ten times over from so many disasters…"

"That's incredible." Jemma said, "I never thought me and Fitz would be so idolized after leaving the academy."

"Yeah." Bruce said, "Who knows, maybe in a few years another agent will be inspired by me or Sabrina. Or any other agent."

"Yeah." Triplett joked, "Let's just hope when they put your name up there on the plaque of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s best agents you have a good speech prepared."

"I will." Bruce smiled, looking over Skye's body returning to a more serious tone, "So what exactly happened with Skye? I heard she was shot but I didn't hear who by."

"Ian Quinn." Simmons said, "We were tracking down a new unknown item he was carrying. But it wasn't a thing. It was a person. Mike Peterson."

"Peterson?!" Bruce asked, "But I thought he was dead!"

"That's what we thought." Simmons mentioned, "But apparently Quinn had him outfitted with something as part of a project called the 'Deathlok Program.' Ian Quinn told Mike to shoot Skye but he hesitated and Quinn did it for Peterson."

"Doesn't he have a kid and a strong morality?" Bruce asked, "Why would he do this?"

"He has a son and he's a good person." Simmons assured, "But we apparently heard that Agent Boateng was sent to check on Mike's son, Ace, after we put him in S.H.I.E.L.D. protection after Mike's supposed death. Tyler was ambushed according to his reports and Ace was kidnapped by some unknown assailants. We believe they're holding Ace somewhere to blackmail Agent Peterson."

"Did they say who they worked for?" Bruce asked.

"No." Simmons answered.

"Me and Garrett were actually assigned not too long ago to try and follow up on where those guys might've taken Ace to." Triplett said, "But we got nowhere with it and we eventually had to move on to other assignments. Why do you ask, Bruce?"

"No reason." Bruce admitted.

….

Meanwhile…

In the cockpit of the Bus, Faye entered to see May pushing various buttons on the dashboard.

"You wanted to see me?" Faye asked.

"Yes." May responded, without turning her head, "Sit down next to me."

Faye did so, feeling rather uncomfortable. This was a rare feeling for her. She was always a great S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent who could be counted on most of the time to get the job done without hesitation. But right now, she was sitting next to Agent Melinda May; the so-called 'Calvary' as people called her. Even Faye's nickname of 'Agent Carter' was dwarfed by the mere mention of May's nickname. Nobody at S.H.I.E.L.D. outside of a few high-level individuals knew the real story of how May received that nickname but the most popular belief that everyone usually accepted was the story that at some point in Melinda May's career, her team had been captured and so she rode into the enemy territory on top of a horse and gunned down all the bad guys saving her team. Since her return to active duty after working a desk job following an unknown incident, May's reputation as being one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most deadly agents had only grown stronger.

In short, even Faye knew not to give May any trouble.

Especially since when May asked Faye to meet her on the Bus via the communication link to the Spec-Ops Plane, and sounded quite serious about talking to Faye.

"I'm setting this plane up in case we need to go and make an emergency exit." She explained, "We haven't heard back from the others in a while and it'll be helpful if we have an escape plan set up. I suggest you soon do the same."

"Is that all?" Faye asked.

May turned to face her, and Faye could see that she looked a bit suspicious and serious with what was going on.

"What's the last thing you said to Jessica before she had her injuries?" May asked.

"Nothing." Faye admitted, honestly, "I just wished her goodnight after I had a fight with Arthur the night he explained what our next assignment was. Next thing I know, I wake up the next day and Jessica's been injured. Why do you ask?"

"Because I don't think you're telling everything that the rest of my team needs to know." May told her, "And seeing as how trust is something we need now when another of our agent's lives is on the line, I think it would be best if you told me what you and Arthur were fighting over."

Faye sighed before continuing.

"We were following our own mysterious shady figure not unlike the one you've been chasing." Faye explained, "We were told that there was a professor who might've known where they were, but we'd pick him up today after meeting with Tyler. I protested to Arthur about doing it now and he told me no twice. I thought we should since our shady figure's been causing us so much trouble over the past few months since our team first formed, and giving ample time could possibly allow him to know what we were up to and bring in his contact before we got there."

May looked at her unsympathetically.

"Very well." She said, "You're dismissed."

"Wait." Faye asked, "You're not going to arrest me?"

"We already have a psychopath locked up in our plane and I doubt you'd get along with him." May told her, "However, I hope that's all you have to tell us, Agent Faye. Dismissed."

Faye nodded and left feeling immense pressure now. She understood what May meant. Jessica must've thought that Faye was up to something and went off on her own to try and stop it. This was also now on Faye as much as it was on this mysterious Igraine that kept haunting the team. If Faye hadn't been so adamant, maybe Jessica wouldn't have been in this position now and they would've had this Igraine captured by now.

Feeling guilty, she kept her head down all the way back to the Spec-Ops Plane.

….

Meanwhile…

"So what do both of you do in your free time?" Bruce asked, trying to find some way to keep his brain from going insane due to the waiting time, "When you're not on the job?"

"Nothing much." Antoine shrugged, "Sometimes I play video games."

"Same." Bruce nodded, "Maybe we should do multiplayer at some point in the future."

"Yeah." Antoine said, "I'm down for that. Provided we have the time, of course."

"Well, whenever we're not working, Fitz and I like to watch a couple of episodes of Doctor Who." Simmons said, with a small smile.

"Katie's been watching some of that and Torchwood." Bruce noted.

"Really?" She asked, "Does she have a favorite episode yet?"

"I don't know." Bruce said, "I'll have to ask."

Suddenly, the small talk was put to an end when the group heard a loud scream.

"BRUCE!" Sabrina's voice yelled, "I need you now!"

Bruce quickly got up and ran over to see Jessica. He looked at her horrified as Jessica began coughing what appeared to be dark red blood.

"What is it?!" Bruce asked.

"It's her heartbeat." She declared, "We're losing her!"

"Dammit!" Bruce said, "Is there anything we can do?!"

"Only try to hold it until Arthur gets back which should be hopefully soon." Sabrina said, getting a first-aid kit, "Bruce, here's what I need you to do…"

The Guest House…

Soon the group came across a large window which contained an empty operating room. Coulson stared out into there as the others guessed what this was about.

"This is it, isn't it?" Arthur asked, "This is where you were treated?"

"Yeah." Coulson nodded, uneasily.

"That must've sucked big time." Katie guessed.

"It did." Coulson replied as they pressed forward.

Eventually they came across a door that read 'BIOHAZARD CONTAINMENT' and Coulson began cranking it open.

"Sir…" Fitz asked, "Are you sure we should…"

"No time." Arthur said, as Coulson opened the door and they all walked inside.

Now they stood in a room containing various chemicals.

"Let's go." Arthur said, as they all split up.

"Wish I could talk to Simmons." Fitz said, "She'd know what most of this stuff is. Or at least what not to touch."

Eventually, Coulson opened a door containing more chemicals but no GH.325. Soon, though, Fitz and Katie noticed some kind of canister that reminded Katie of the stuff they used to keep the dinosaur embryos cool in Jurassic Park.

"Guys!" Katie called out as everyone went over.

"It's locked." Fitz said.

"Here." Couslon said, handing Fitz some gloves as he put them on and Phil opened the door with a special key.

Just then, Ward showed up.

"We can't stop it." Ward told them.

Fitz began quickly sorting through the vials until he came across two vials both marked 'GH.325."

"This is what we want!" He declared.

"Perfect." Arthur said, looking at Tyler, "You see, Tyler? Everything worked out in the end."

"Good." Coulson said, "Get it up to Simmons. Tyler, you and the others cover him in case anything goes wrong."

"Right." Tyler said as Katie and Arthur began to follow him out. But Arthur stopped when he noticed Ward wasn't going along.

"Sir?" Ward asked.

"I'lll be right behind you." Phil said, softly, "Go!"

Ward left, but Arthur stayed behind.

He watched Phil move a box revealing a door which read 'T.A.H.I.T.I.' He opened the door and Arthur followed him inside.

Meanwhile…

Katie was running when she noticed Ward was behind her.

"Wait!" She said, "Where's Arthur?!"

"Have no idea!" Ward said.

"So you're going to leave him there?!" Katie demanded, "This is because you hate him, isn't it?! You just want an excuse to leave him and…"

Ward responded with a punch to Katie's face and then carried her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"God you're sometimes so unberable." Ward muttered as he soon rejoined with Garrett, Tyler, and Fitz who were setting up their escape route using the bombs to blow open the door.

"Guess we don't have to worry about the Clairvoyant finding this place." Garrett joked, as he handed Ward the detonator.

"Agent Ward…" Garrett declared, "Would you do the honors?"

"Thought you'd never ask." Ward replied.

He set the detonator but before he could press the button, Katie's hand grabbed the detonator and did it for him as the doors exploded, freeing them.

They helped Fitz get through and he and Tyler began to run back up to the surface.

"Wait a second…" Garrett said, "Coulson? Where is he? PHIL?!"

"Oh," Katie called to Tyler as he was ascending the staircase behind Fitz, "By the way, Ward left Arthur and Coulson behind. Just FYI if you want to fail him on that."

"Right." Garrett said, "Action girl, you're with me."

"Action Girl." Katie chuckled, "I like the sound of that."

"Don't get used to it." Garrett said, "Ward, go with them and make sure they get the drug all right."

"Garrett, I…"

"Go!" Garrett ordered, "Save the girls!"

Ward nodded and did as he was told.

Soon, The Bus…

"Dammit!" Sabrina swore as she worked furiously alongside Bruce to try and save Jessica, "We're losing her!"

"No!" Bruce said, "We can't let it end like this!"

"What are we supposed to do then?!" Sabrina asked.

"Why not use this?"

The two turned to see Ward standing in the doorway right next to Fitz. He tossed them a vial which Sabrina caught. Looking at the vial, it read GH.325.

"That should help save Jessica's life." Fitz explained, running off to help with Skye alongside Ward.

Soon Tyler entered the room and looked at the two seriously.

"Well," He said, "You said you wanted to save her life. Do it."

Sabrina looked at the vial quickly before going to prep for an injection into Jessica's arm.

"Let's move her next to Skye, though." Bruce suggested, taking Jessica's tube as Tyler went to help, "Probably best so we know if their heartbeats aren't in synch then something might've gone wrong."

"Good plan." Sabrina said, taking out a needle.

The Guest House…

Garrett and Katie kept moving down the tunnel as they finally found Coulson and Arthur shambling forward. The two team leaders looked horrified as they continued moving forward.

"Coulson! Arthur!" Katie smiled, "Come on! We gotta go!"

"What?" Arthur asked confused.

"The others got out, and they're prepping Skye and Jess for the drug." Garrett continued, happily.

"No!" Coulson declared, "The drug! They can't give it to them!"

"Tell them yourself, we need to get out of here now."

But already Arthur and Coulson were running for the exit.

"Hey!" Katie asked as she and Garrett followed them, "ARTHUR! COULSON! WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON?!"

Neither answered as they ran back to the surface.

….

Soon, The Bus…

As May and Faye took off, May suddenly noticed the four figures running behind them onto the back of the bus as the place exploded, and the mountain collapsed underneath the surface.

Even though they were back onboard, Arthur and Coulson didn't stop and instead headed right for the medical room where Skye and Jessica were being prepped. To their horror, they saw they were too late and that Sabrina and Simmons had released the so-called GH.325 serum into Jessica and Skye's arms respectively. They noticed the two wounded agents beds had moved close together and they had already given them the serum.

Still, that didn't stop the two arriving agents from calling out.

"NO!" Arthur yelled.

"DON'T GIVE IT TO HER!" Phil declared.

Everyone turned to look at the two team leaders amazed.

"Sirs?!" Simmons asked as Katie and Garett suddenly joined them, "What are you…?"

Before she could finish, both of the injured agent's heartbeats began beeping faster and the two were convulsing on their beds. The two team biologists tried to hold them down and figure out what the substance had possibly done to their friends, with Fitz, Bruce, Katie, and Ward trying to assist as well.

"Dear god, Phil…" Arthur whispered quietly, in a voice he wasn't even sure Phil could hear, "What did we do?"

As if on cue, the two agent's heartbeats returned to normal and Simmons looked amazed.

"They're stabilizing." She said almost in disbelief.

"Look!" Sabrina declared.

She pointed at Jessica's wounds which were somehow stitching themselves back together and covering the cuts with new flesh.

"She's all right! The serum worked."

Phil and Arthur both took sighs of relief, but both knew that they would have to investigate whatever the hell they saw down there.

"Can someone tell me what we just saw?" Ward asked.

"Not till you're older." Arthur said, half-jokingly.

"The girls are a couple fighters." Triplett pointed out, "What did you guys give them?"

The two just remained silent as Triplett looked over at Sabrina and Simmons.

"You two are miracle workers, you know."

The two biologists smiled.

….

Earlier, in T.A.H.I.T.I…

Arthur followed Phil closely, his gun and flashlight ready. Suddenly, the two came to the end of a corridor and gasped.

"Phil…" Arthur asked, at a loss for words, "What the hell is that?"

"I…I don't know." Phil answered, not even bothering to ask why Arthur had stayed behind.

There was a cryo-tube at the end, but what concerned them was inside it. Lying within the tube and drowned in an experimental blue liquid was some kind of blue creature. Only its upper torso remained as its lower half seemed ripped off with dozens of tubes attached to where its legs should have been. The two S.H.I.E.L.D. team leaders followed the tubes leading out of the alien's body which ended over a bunch of small vials reading GH.325.

Neither agent said anything as they just walked back in horror, trying to get a grip on their sanity after the shocking revelation.

….

Later, The Spec-Ops Plane…

After both Skye and Jessica had both checked out okay with their tests, Garrett went to tell Ian Quinn that he was going to be put away for a good while. While there was still no word on the Clairvoyant or Igraine, Arthur was silently thanking himself for the fact that another team member had not died because of his negligence.

Finally, Tyler came over to Arthur, as Arthur looked ready to accept whatever Tyler had to say.

"So here's the deal," Tyler explained, "The World Security Council is upset at what happened with Jessica, but Fury convinced them that you did a remarkable job in terms of character to save your teammate."

"I don't understand…" Arthur said confused, "We broke into a highly-classified S.H.I.E.L.D. Base…one we destroyed…"

"Well according to Fury's report, all you did was get to her in time, stitch her back up, and revive her as a team while simultaneously getting some information about this Igraine person you've been tracking. Information which the Security Council has been denied on the fact that Fury said they weren't ready for it yet."

Arthur looked amazed.

"Congratulations, Williams." He said, "As far as I'm concerned, you've passed the evaluation."

Arthur shook Tyler's hand, but Tyler then looked at him seriously.

"Just keep your agents on a tighter leash this time around though, okay?" He asked.

Arthur nodded. At that moment, one of the doors opened and Jessica walked out wearing a standard S.H.I.E.L.D. Hospital Gown and blue slippers.

Tyler looked at her.

"I'll get going now and let you two catch up." He said, shaking Arthur's hand, "A pleasure doing business with you, Arthur Williams. Hopefully you'll stay out of trouble this time. Be sure to take good care of Jessica, though."

"I will." Arthur replied as Jessica approached him.

"Hi." She said, smiling at him.

"How are you doing?" Arthur asked.

"Much better, thanks." Jessica said, before putting on a more serious face, "Look, I'm sorry I went off on my own. It was wrong, but I thought that I could help the team out."

"I think I understand." Arthur said, "But you seem like you have more to tell me."

Jessica was about to agree when something crossed her mind. Her desire to tell Arthur about the last words of Anber Jenkins was now overridden by a new desire.

"Can I have a pen and paper?" She asked.

Arthur looked at her confused.

"Really?" He asked, "Why?"

"I just feel that I have a lot to write down on the account of almost dying and all." Jessica lied.

"Uh…okay. Give me a second." Arthur said walking off.

Jessica asked herself what the hell she was doing as Arthur returned with a blank notepad and pen.

"Here you go." He said, handing it to her.

"Thanks," Jessica said, nodding, "Well, I should try getting some more rest."

"Jessica?" Arthur asked, "Good to have you back safe and sound."

"Good to be back." Jessica smiled walking back to her room.

As soon as she was back, she locked the door and imminently sat down on her bed. From there, she began furiously drawing away. It was like someone was controlling her on puppet strings. She had no idea how much time had passed before she was finished.

When she was done, Jessica took deep breaths and looked at what she had done. To her surprise, she had drawn a series of lines, ovals, and circles which all looked like some kind of elaborate pattern she obviously didn't know about.

When she had took time to look over her drawing, she made sure everybody onboard was asleep without waking them, and then went to the private phone, calling up Director Fury. After the third ring, he picked up.

"Agent Smith." Fury's voice said, "I heard you took a really bad fall so I assume whatever this is you're calling about is pretty important."

"Sir…" She replied, "I've been exposed to the GH.325. Against my own will."

There was a slight pause before Fury continued.

"Damn." He said.

"Sir…" She asked, "I just drew a bunch of circles, ovals, and lines against my own will and I have no idea what it means."

"I was afraid of this." Fury admitted, "We picked up a specimine a few months after Thor visited us for the first time. We found it had regenerative abilities when its blood was introduced into people who went rouge so we had to brainwash them. And since I'm reading that your teammates apparently helped blow up the base, you're unfortunately stuck with that for now."

"Sir…" She said, "I found out that apparently someone IS within S.H.I.E.L.D. They're working with this Igraine person my team has been chasing."

Fury paused again for a moment.

"You sure?" He asked.

"Those were Professor Anber Jenkin's last words to me before he literally blew up." Jessica told him.

"Then my worst fear has come true." Fury said, "All right, Agent Smith. Keep a close eye on your team and if any of them act out of line, make sure you take care of them."

"Sir…" Jessica pleaded, "We need to also talk about my own health. I need to know if this remains permeant or…"

"Negative, Agent Smith." Fury told her, "I am concerned as well. But if what you told me is true, then we have to start working on what to do about this mole. Right now, your team and perhaps all of S.H.I.E.L.D. is at risk and I intend to save or at the very least salvage it no matter the cost. For now, as always, this stays between us. Understood?"

Jessica lowered her head, pausing for a second before she spoke.

"Yes, sir." She replied.

"Try your best to mask your problem and don't let it blow your cover if you can." Fury suggested, "I'll relay the information through Agent Hill. She's been assisting me the whole way throughout this investigation and she's proven to be loyal. We'll basically release a false statement in a couple of days describing that she managed to happen upon some intel. Then we can have the agents find out whoever these people are that have plagued both Coulson's team as well as yours. Then when we have them, you have my word that we'll make sure they never bother you again, and that you'll be treated on so that your little sleepwalking thing never happens again. Good luck, Agent Smith."

With that, he hung up leaving Jessica holding onto the phone, praying that this newfound sleepdrawing would not interfere until then.

…...

Meanwhile, Washington DC…

It was a very rare exception when the Capitol Building was not being used. Then again, in recent years, the United States Congressmen usually didn't use this room for anything besides yelling and screaming at each other. Today, however, the room was nearly empty save for a few stray members of the GOP including their current leader, Republican Congressman Samuel T Underwood.

What was most unusual, however, was the fact that the floor was currently being occupied by someone who wasn't a politician, but had come to these people with news that caught their attention.

"I would first like to thank all of you for coming out here despite my somewhat questionable requests," The woman said, "It shows that there are still some people out there like you who are willing to listen to reason rather than following the Sheppard like his flock being lead to a slaughterhouse."

She nodded and began.

"I'll get straight to the point." She said, rubbing her eyes, "How do I explain this without causing pandemonium? The answer is that I can't. I have come to the realization that the world will end within our lifetime. It's not a theory, it's a fact. It'll come from the result of global warming and the wars this country has caused. Those of you who know my profile will know I took great lengths to keeping my operations in secret. You know why I never went to anybody in the government before my plan was ready to be realized? Because the last I checked, the planet was still dying! Those so-called 'World Leaders' have buried their heads in the ground and stood by for re-election and peace that will never come instead of bringing us the change to the world they promised us. But I have that change. I know the solution. Here's the thing; money won't solve this problem. Even if we were to win the multiple wars our country is embroiled in, it won't make a difference since we're past the point of no return. There's only one option I believe we have left that can salvage Earth and save humanity from the coming storm. We need to change the status quo of the world, without actually loosing any positions of power and ensuring that when the new age has dawned, those government positions around the world will be filled by real people who will be able to manage us better from that point. Now if you want to really change the world and prove you can all make a difference to your people, I suggest that you open your ears and listen to what I have to say."

The GOP members murmured with each other for about a few minutes discussing this amongst themselves. Finally, when they were finished, they turned their attention back to the woman.

"Go on, Ms... Igraine, ma'am." Underwood said, still trying to get used to calling the woman that name, "We're listening."

"Good." Igraine smiled, "Because I admit it might sound crazy at first, but in the end, it'll be worth the collateral damage my plan has in order for us all to save this planet."

….

So there we have it, everyone! Jessica has been exposed to the same drug that runs through Coulson and Skye's blood and already things are not looking good for her. Some of you might ask why she imminently went sort-of nuts. Remember, Jessica's a survivor who's been through all methods of torture and sometimes a person can resist to a good degree when something goes wrong with their mind. Also bear in mind that unlike Phil, she didn't have the brain treatment to was away these horrible memories from her mind and she doesn't have the same DNA like Skye did to help her be prevented from going crazy. So expect Jessica to be in for a real mental struggle with her sanity (as if she didn't have enough to deal with at this moment.) And while the team will finally deal next chapter with trying to take down Igraine once and for all (and try to help Phil's team end the Clairvoyant's plans as well,) Igraine begins the next step of her crazed plan which could spell major disaster for the world. So hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I will see you next time. As always, I own NOTHING but my OC's. This is for FAN-Purposes only, so PLEASE don't sue! See you next time!