Everything suddenly felt like a rampage rush to Valerie; she'd see someone moving, do a war cry, and kill. She wasn't even too sure if it were a SHIELD agent or not, all she wanted to do was to kill. Everyone reminded her of her brother, giving her hateful eyes and telling her how much of a disgrace she was to her family. Her body was hot, her vision was a blur, and her mind was in a manic stress. She was not a disgrace, she was just trapped in between loyalty and love and as of right now, she favored love.

"Valerie!"

The sound of her name made her stop and turn as Grant was behind her, the bodies all lying around him. Unlike her brother, Grant wasn't looking at the bodies, only her. Even though she spotted the difference, she couldn't even bare to look at him as her eyes cast down to the floor. As the rush started to leave her, she realized that the warm feeling wasn't because of adrenaline, but spots of blood all over her body.

"He- he called me a traitor" Valerie finally spoke, "Jacob pissed me off and I- I couldn't stop after that"

Grant nodded, "I know, I heard and saw everything. I ordered our men to stay clear of your path"

Valerie deeply sighed in part relief as she noticed that she only killed SHIELD agents, something that should've rubbed her the wrong way years ago. Grant walked over to her and hugged her as she tried to make the ringing in her ears go away. She closed her eyes and embraced him, noticing that her hands were still shaky.

"What about Coulson?" Valerie asked, "Did you get him?"

Grant stiffened, "Not quite… but I did do a number on him, old group won't be pleased with what I did"

"Doesn't matter anymore" Valerie said, "We'll get them next time"

Grant didn't answer right away, in fact, he didn't answer at all but Valerie could feel how tense he had gotten. She raised up her head to look at him just as Grant turned and looked away from her causing Valerie to grow concerned.

"Grant… what's going on?" Valerie asked cautiously.

Grant Ward placed his hands on his hips and shook his head, "I told you to leave when you still had your chance"

"And I told you that I wasn't going to leave without you" Valerie took a step toward him.

"And now you're going to die because of it!" Grant yelled out.

Valerie gasped at the sudden outburst but didn't know if it was his yelling that caught her offguard or what he was saying to her.

"What happened?" Valerie asked.

"Skye found a way to override our system while inside" Grant said, "We're locked inside and the building is rigged to blow"

Valerie felt a sudden pain in her stomach as she yelled out, "They can't do that! SHIELD would never kill this many people"

"It's a new SHIELD, remember?" Grant said unusually calm, "They can do whatever they want and kill as many people as they need to make the world a better place"

Valerie hesitated as she asked, "So what does that mean about us?"

From the look in Grant's eyes, she realized that they didn't have that much time. Valerie's mouth popped open as she slumped over to the wall, tears falling from her eyes. She never thought that she would die like this, trapped in a building that she helped made to kill other SHIELD agents. She and Grant had made their own deathtraps as Grant slowly walked over to her, cupped her face and kissed her slowly. Valerie's lips somehow molded into his before he placed his forehead ontop of hers and sighed.

"I don't regret anything" Grant whispered to her, "You were the best thing that could have happened to me in my dark world"

"Grant, what are you doing?" Valerie asked, even though she knew the answer.

"I'm saying goodbye, baby" Grant let out.

Valerie shook her head and took a step back, "I don't want to, are you sure there is no way out? Maybe, they overlooked something"

Grant sighed, "I've already tried, it's no use, once they clear out… everything will go to dust"

"Including us" Valerie whispered.

Grant closed the distance between them once more and kissed her more fiercely than ever. Tears ran down freely on the side of her cheeks as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders. He lifted her up as they realized that this is goodbye, their exit, the one that they chose for others. Grant broke the kiss but kept his face close to hers and held her up as her feet dangled from his hug.

"I am truly sorry that we didn't do things as a normal couple" Grant confessed, "Going out for dinner, going to the beach, or the movies"

Valerie couldn't help but smile as she said, "I would've grown tired of that, we're agents, remember?"

"True" Grant sighed, "But even agents have their off days and I would've wanted to spend them with you"

"We'll take all the time we can get" Valerie whispered as she traced his lip.

"It's kind of theatrical, isn't it?" Grant asked.

"What is?"

"This ending" Grant faintly smiled, "It kind of reminds me of Bonnie and Clyde"

Valerie couldn't help but smile at his sense of humor as of now. A deep and low groan came from down below, almost as if it was a dark beast that just woke up from it's slumber. Valerie couldn't help but shake as she realized that the explosives were starting to warm up.

"They really are going to do it, aren't they?" Valerie asked.

"Seems like it" Grant now looked worried as he looked to her, "I am so sorry for all of this"

Valerie shook her head, "I followed you willingly and I will die that way as well"

"I love you" Grant said with tears in his eyes.

Valerie couldn't help but let out a sob as she nodded, "Me too"

"I will be seeing you in another life, baby" Grant said.

"I'm looking forward to it" Valerie smiled.

"We'll get them next time" Grant promised.

Valerie brought her lips to Grant's as they gave each other another passionate kiss as the floor started to rumble. Valerie squeezed tightly onto him as the deafening roar found its way up to their floor before it became deadly silent.