A/N: I apologize for my absence, but school got crazy this past week. Hopefully I'll be updating more frequently now.
They'll come for you, Fitz. You'll see. I know, Simmons, I know they'll come. But I'm losing hope.
"We sent them a video. They're going to come and then you'll get to watch as we kill them all. Thanks for looking good on camera." Ward stood in front of him, breaking him out of his conversation with Simmons. "Great job, Fitz. It was about time that you gave up on them."
Fitz's blue eyes filled with tears. "I didn't..." He sought to remember the words that Ward had used "I didn't give up on them. They'll come, and you're going to pay for what you've done."
"That's a nice idea, but it's not going to happen." Ward laughed. "Yusef demanded guns and weaponry as a ransom, but SHIELD doesn't negotiate. They'll be here in a few hours."
"It's not like you to get beaten so easily."
"You're right. That's why I killed Yusef." Ward told him. "We're leaving right before they get here."
"You killed Yusef." Fitz couldn't remember why that would be important. "Why won't you leave now?"
"Because I enjoy the thrill of the chase." Ward laughed. "We could make another video for them. You did so well in the last one."
"Stop. Stop talking." Fitz wanted to cover his ears, but his hands were handcuffed to the chair behind him, and he couldn't. "I don't want to hear your lies."
"Then let me tell you the truth of what's going to happen. They'll come. They'll come straight into a trap because Coulson is all about the team. And you can't do anything about it, Fitz. I'm going to win this time."
Fitz looked up at him. "You're never going to win." A tear trickled down his face, cutting through the grime and blood. "They'll beat you."
Kebo entered the room. "Sir? We need to move."
"Okay. Let's leave a message and keep going." Ward said, bending down to release Fitz from the chair. "Meet me at the van."
Forty Minutes
"Sir? We just found the body of Yusef Hadad." Daisy reported to Coulson. "It appears that Ward killed him before leaving."
"So Ward is gone." Coulson's face was frustrated. "Any sign of Fitz?"
Before Daisy could answer, Mack's voice came over the comms. "Director Coulson? Agent Morse and I found something that you'll want to see."
In the basement of the warehouse, Bobbi was examining a metal chair in the middle of the room. "I'm fairly certain that this is where they took the footage of Fitz. There's fresh blood on the back of it. They must have left only a few minutes ago."
Mack was scanning the room with a DWARF, when he gave a shout of triumph. "There's a camera."
Coulson moved over to where Mack was examining a cheap camera. "They left this here on purpose. They want us to see whatever is on here."