Chapter Thirteen (No Time for a Track Down)

Ward continued to walk for hours on end, only stopping to rest and get something to eat. He wanted to get as much distance between him and that alien as was possible.

He just hoped that Skye would take him seriously and try to find protection from Al-Kor. But he thought that Skye would just think that he was lying and ignore everything that he had told her. She probably even thought that he had lost his mind.

He looked up to see that the night was growing dark and he didn't want to be walking after dark. Luckily, he was in a small town that had a decent looking motel that he could stay at for the night. He didn't have a clue to where he was at and really didn't care.

Ward made his way to the motel and paid for a room. He found his room and saw that it was pretty decent, not the best but it would due for the night. He sat his duffel bag down on the bed and decided that he probably needed a shower.

But then his phone vibrated. Who could that be? Skye wouldn't be texting him most likely. He pulled the phone out of his pocket to see the ominous message that took up the screen.

'You're stalling. Don't waste time. I don't like to wait. I think that you are doing this for a reason. Do what I told you to do and there won't be consequences.'

Al-Kor. Once again the alien somehow managed to send Ward a message. How did he even have his number? Probably Raina's doing or whatnot.

Ward gulped, he was running out of time. He didn't want to bring Skye to the alien but he didn't want to know what would happen to him if he didn't comply with Al-Kor's wishes. It was a strong avoidance-avoidance situation at best.

He took a deep breath and pulled off his shirt, throwing it onto the bed. He walked into the small, musty bathroom knowing that this would be a long night.

Skye had finally, after about an hour of tracing, had tracked down Ward's location. She had tracked him down to a small town near the border of Tennessee. He had been moving, but he had been stopped for a while. Hopefully Skye could keep the track on him.

She went to Coulson's office to tell him Ward's location.

"Good. I guess we go there." Coulson said, getting up from the desk. "We'll take the Bus and hopefully he is still near the same location when we get there. We get him and ask him about what he knows about this alien. Hopefully he will comply."

"If he made the effort to call and tell me about it. I bet he will tell us what he knows." Skye said, following Coulson out of the office and down the hallway and into the common room where the rest of the team was at.

"Skye has found where Ward is at." Coulson announced. "The plan is to get there on the Bus, get him, and then ask him for whatever he knows about what is going on."
"Coulson, do you have everything planned through?" May asked. "Nothing needs to go wrong with this."

"I'm sure that everything will be fine." Coulson replied. "It's just a matter of trying to find Ward."

"And making sure that he doesn't try to kill us." Fitz stated.

"Fitz," Skye said. "I don't think he will."

"Are you sure?" Simmons asked. "He already tried to kill us once and look what it did to Fitz."

"She has a point." Triplett added in.

Coulson held up a hand, "I'm sure that we will be fine. I don't think that Ward would attempt to kill us at this point. He doesn't have Garrett at this point. But we still need to watch our backs and watch him. There's still no telling to what he could do.

"This is mainly a matter of the team's safety here. If there is really a murderous alien out there, I want him stopped before any of us can get hurt. He may be using Ward as a trap or doesn't even know where Ward is at. We have to take all precautions with this."

Coulson took a breath, "Are you guys ready?" he asked. "We're in Colorado, and he's in Tennessee. It's going to take a while to get there. So we better leave now before Ward can get far."

The rest of the team nodded and they followed Coulson to the Bus.

"She has located Ward and they are on their way to find him." Raina reported. "I suggest that you get her once they get there."

Al-Kor looked up, "So you're saying to set a trap?" he asked.

"Yes."

"I guess we can let them get distracted with talking to the man and that's when I will try to get my daughter back." Al-Kor said. "And there's no stopping me from achieving what I want. Their blood will be on my hands and I will get what rightfully belongs to me. We should leave now."

Author's Note: I don't own AoS, Marvel does. This note will be short. So all of that happened. What will happen next? Don't feel like typing anymore. Marvel's Agents of SHIELD will return in a chapter. Keep reading and PLEASE REVIEW. ~AwakeAndAliveSpartan.