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May awoke slowly, trying to remember what was going on around her. As she opened her eyes, she saw the tall ceilings that could only be found in the Hub. The Hub! The thought brought back the memories of events that could have happened, seconds, hours or years ago. They were trying to save the Hub from Centipede… but what had happened afterwards?

Getting up quickly, May could feel that something in her leg was broken. She cursed under her breath. Looking around at the room again, she calculated that the infirmary was within limping distance, so she started off.

It was painful and slow to limp like this, clinging to the wall and hoping that the infirmary would be in sight soon, but May was strong and had gone through much worse. She felt like she could breathe normally again when she finally saw the door. She limped into the office and saw an old man in a lab coat sitting on a rolling chair. Other than him, she was totally alone in here. May cleared her throat a few times, knocked on the wall and even said 'excuse me' before realizing that something was wrong. She turned the chair and realized that she was face-to-face with Doctor Fink, who was dead.

"Oh god," May said quietly, as she gingerly hopped to a chair across the room.


"What do you remember?" Ward asked Skye as the pair walked down a seemingly endless hallway, unsure of where they were headed.

"I was trying to hack the system and then the next thing I knew, I woke up in that cell. Oh god – where's May?"

"You don't know?" Ward said, quickening his pace. Skye practically had to run to keep up now.

"We have to get to the control room. Miles basically told me the passcode."

"What do you mean?" Ward asked, grabbing her hand for a second as they turned a corner.

"Sometimes you have to fall deeper down the rabbit hole to get to Wonderland," she said simply, as if this explained everything.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"He keeps saying it to me. He even said that I had it right."

"It still doesn't make sense to me," Ward said. "But I trust you. Let's go. Quickly." Ward broke into a full run. Skye, panting heavily, followed behind him, trying to keep up.


"We should not have done this, Jemma. This is such a bad idea. What the hell was I thinking?" Fitz muttered to himself as he followed his partner around the building.

"Maybe we should go back to the van," Simmons finally relented.

"Right. Let's do that," Fitz said.

The pair had not gone in very far from the van, but they were panting by the time they finally reached it.

"We have to get the COMS back up," Fitz said as they slammed the back door to the van.

"Well, you're engineering. How do we do that?"

"We've, uh, tried everything."

"Then let's try it all again. Eventually something is bound to work."


"The COMS are up!" Coulson exclaimed. Coulson and Tyler had been scouring the building and had found no trace of life. They hadn't even seen anyone from their team. It was an understatement to say that the COMS being fixed was a huge relief.

"Yeah! Don't even know how we did it, but they just started working again!" said Simmons voice, coming out of the device.

"Is everyone on?" Ward asked.

"We've got a signal from everyone," Fitz said.

"Good. Skye, have you made any progress hacking the system?" Coulson asked.

"Uh, I guess. As soon as I got to the control room, I got onto the system and it's all normal. Whoever was holding the Hub must have stopped."

"Why would anyone do that?" Simmons wondered aloud.

"I don't like this," May said clearly. "An old man, probably a doctor, was murdered up here in the infirmary."

"What?" Coulson asked, in total shock.

"Yes," May confirmed. "Doctor Fink, by the looks of his name tag."

"Is there a girl there?" Coulson said. "Long black hair, pale…?"

"No. There was no one in here."

"Do any of you have her?" Coulson asked the device. No one answered.

"We have to find that girl," Skye said. "Miles could be doing something horrible to her."

"Miles?" Simmons questioned. "Where is he?"

"I left Lavender to guard him," Ward said.

"Let's all meet up there," Coulson determined. "Fitzsimmons, you stay where you are, obviously."


Slowly, the team started to appear in the designated room. Lavender was still there, sitting cross legged on the ground, watching Miles in the cell. Both people looked bored out of their minds but no one was talking.

"Right," Coulson said once the complete team had shown up. "Fitzsimmons, scan the whole Hub for life signs. See if we can find Isabel."

"Yes, sir," Fitzsimmons agreed simultaneously. "Other than you all, there is no one."

"Where'd you take her?" Ward asked Miles threateningly.

"I don't have to tell you anything," Miles grinned.

"We can make you talk," Ward said, smiling sadistically.

"Everyone back on the Bus. Tyler, Lavender, you come too. May, bring Miles," Coulson said.


About an hour later, everyone was settled into their positions on the bus. Miles was locked in the holding area, handcuffed to the table. Skye, Ward, May and Coulson were standing outside, discussing the situation. Fitzsimmons was in the lab and Tyler and Lavender were sitting awkwardly in the kitchen area, unsure of what to do.

"Let me talk to him," Skye insisted. "He trusts me… well, he used to."

"After all you've done, I don't think he's going to reveal anything to you," Ward said, "Obviously, meant in the best way possible."

"Ward's probably right," Coulson confirmed. "May and Ward, you go in. Skye, you and I will watch from the monitor in the lab.

"Fine," Skye said, rolling her eyes slightly.

Ward and May waited for a second, until after Skye and Coulson had left, to enter the holding area. When they entered, they locked the door behind them and made their way over to Miles.

"We have a few questions for you," Ward began, glaring at Miles, imagining horrific things that he could do to him.

"And I don't have to answer any of them," Miles said, looking down at the floor.

"I think you'll realize rather quickly that we don't appreciate your silence," May said her tone never wavering.

"What are you going to do about it?"

"I hope you realize that it is not always sunshine-y, even on the side of good. Just because we fight for the right causes doesn't mean we are not willing to take steps to get what is needed," May said stiffly. For a second, Miles' grin faltered but he realized this quickly and plastered another smile on before responding.

"I'm strong," he said. "I'm stronger than I have ever been before. Hell, I'm stronger than you, Muscles."

"Because of a bug on your arm?" Ward said. "In case you didn't realize, the guys with the bug on their arm tend to die in gruesome ways and not by our hand."

"I'm not just another crony."

"What are you then?"

"Better."

"How exactly?" May asked. "What do you have that makes you any more valuable to Centipede?"

"The sex," Miles joked. "In case your girlfriend hadn't let you know, I'm great in the bedroom." He said, smiling brightly at Ward.

"You really don't get it, do you?" said Ward. "People are dying, Miles. A lot of them are your fault."

"I'm not a murderer," Miles said, "I may not be God's gift to humanity, as you all are, but I don't kill people."

"Someone died today and that was because of you," Ward challenged.

"I joined Centipede because they're creating a super soldier. They're creating a single man who will be able to protect everyone. I'm working for the good of everyone. What are you working for, asshole?"

"I'm working for the good of everyone. You're not."

"How can you be so sure of yourself?"

"Centipede murdered that doctor! Centipede kidnapped that girl! They've killed people and you try and fucking tell me you're being the good guys!" Ward was getting very angry at this point. May put a hand on his shoulder, silently telling him to relax.

"You're saying S.H.I.E.L.D. has never spilled blood?"

"We're not going to discuss ethics right now," May said, glaring at both boys. "Where is the girl you kidnapped?"

"You still don't get it, do you?" Miles laughed.


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