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Chapter 13 ~ HYDRA revealed
About 10 years ago,
Kamar Taj,
"Now, just like we've practiced Chloe." The Ancient One instructed the blonde.
Chloe nervously bit her lip as she looked at the figure on the metal table before her. She recalled the lessons from her mentor as she calmed her nerves and reached inwards for her power while simultaneously drawing on the power of the multiverse.
The Ancient One watched her blonde student, her face giving nothing away. The woman on the table was a woman a good couple of years older than Chloe and was bandaged up. Her name was Saroja Kadakia, and she had had a hard life from what the Ancient One had seen and heard. She had come to find Kamar Taj not just for healing, but also for meaning. Her parents were unknowns, she was found on a raft drifting over a lake in India and thus given the name Saroja when no one came to claim her. The name meaning born on a lake or something. The girl grew up in an orphanage where she been thought to embrace the ancient ways of Hindu. Being of the lowest caste in India and no parents to help arrange a marriage despite her high intellect she had trouble fitting in. Eventually when she was 19 she started to travel, she went all over India trying to find a place to belong. Unfortunately a young woman travelling alone was dangerous, she had been attacked and saved by a police man. It didn't take long for her to fall for the man after that. Unfortunately the man turned out to be an abusive husband. She took it all but when one of his beatings made her miscarry her child she had run away. It was then that she was attacked once more and ended up in saved by one of the Kamar Taj sorcerers. He had tended to her wounds as the broken woman had just broken down. He had told her of Kamar Taj, a place of healing and where she could find meaning. The woman had accepted to come and here they were.
Chloe's opened her eyes that shone with power as she raised her hands over Saroja, the older woman on the table, eyes widened at seeing the glowing hands emitting strange energy. "This won't hurt you. I promise." Chloe said in Hindu as she kindly tried to reassure the forty-year-old. The woman nodded and continued to concentrate as she rested her hands on the woman's body and allowed her healing power to flow into her.
A few moments later Chloe removed her hands that were no longer glowing. She smiled then dropped to the floor in a heap.
Alarmed Saroja whom had been admiring her injuries being no more as well as the pain being gone, sat up to aid the woman. A hand on her shoulder prevented her from coming to the blonde's aid.
"Watch" The Ancient One spoke as she motioned to the blonde's form.
Chloe groaned, 'so close, just a little more next time.' she thought as she increased the amount of multiverse energy through her body that energized her enough to get up. "At least I didn't pass out this time." She muttered.
"Nor did you overload yourself." The Ancient One stated.
"Yeah, that was not fun." Chloe commented as she thought back to the time she used to much multiverse energy and had healed not just her patient but also others with minor pains or injuries nearby. Not even mentioning nature have bloomed around her. Of course the downtime had been a full week when.
"Thank you." Saroja told the blonde as she looked at her with adoration. "You are a chosen of Vaidyanatha – Shiva, to be able to perform such a thing."
Chloe looked at the adoration in Indian woman's blue eyes. The blue eyes were quite intensely starring at her, making Chloe a little uncomfortable.
The Ancient One smiled a little, "I realize what you witnessed today may seem like that, but Chloe is, while gifted with something others are not, just another human being."
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A year later,
Saroja watched as Chloe was meditating, as she often did. The younger blonde was a truly amazing person, kind, determined and loyal to those she cared for. Besides that she also had some goal. Saroja did not know what this goal was, but she knew it was something that weighted on the American as well as drove her to become much stronger as quickly as she could.
While Saroja's own Master Guan had opened her eyes to the wonders of Kamar Taj and told them of their duty, it was not what truly drove Sarojo. After her healing a year ago and learning about what Kamar Taj she was still very curious about the blonde that healed her. She had asked her fellow trainees and her Master about her. The answers intrigued her, she learned she had been there three years before Soroja was brought here. She learned that the blonde, or Chloe Sullivan as she learned her name was, kept to herself mostly. Chloe was being mentored by the Ancient One herself. After mastering the basics she was focusing on mental aspects and elemental magic.
The second came when Chloe was chosen by an Artifact the helped empower elemental spells. Chloe had especially taken a liking to water/ice magic. She had questioned Chloe about it once. Chloe had told that the magic to do elemental spells required a lot of knowledge, concentration but also emotions or better said character aspects. Like for water there was adaptability and cunning required. Passion for fire, perseverance for earth and fierceness for wind. There were a lot of dangers for those striving to become elemental sorcerers. In the past aspiring elemental sorcerers had lost control of the element they were channeling and often died because of it.
The budding elemental sorcerer was left to her own devices by most other sorcerers because of that danger. Said blonde seemed okay with that though. The Ancient One was the only one the blonde really had long conversations with. Not odd since the woman was her mentor.
Eventually Chloe Sullivan left Kamar Taj and Saroja heard the blonde was joining some secret organization to make the world safer. Though Saroja held Chloe in high regard, she doubted even Chloe could make this world a safer place. Her own experience told her most people were too afraid to do anything to make it better. Then there were some whom just wanted to spread their pain, others who were consumed by their greed. But last were those like Chloe, who wanted to do good and help people. In her experience, the last group of people were better off secluding themselves and making a separate world that was better than try to fix the real world. Kamar Taj and its sorcerers was such a separate world, in her view. It was all she needed and wanted. It had saved her life and she would give hers for it in turn. She wondered why Chloe ever wanted to leave it, perhaps it had to do with her goal? Whatever it was, Saroja was worried about the blonde and how experience the outside world would change her.
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Present,
SHIELD Science & Technology Academy,
Owen, Bob and Rollins exited the portal in the middle of the square. It was chaos going on. Having the most field experience of the three, being a former STRIKE team member, took command.
"Bob, guard our exit point." Rollins ordered, he then touched his comm. device the three SHIELD Agents had grabbed before leaving. "Miles, you got eyes yet?"
"Thanks to a government satellite I do. Perry provided me with a schematic of the Academy building. I'm picking up a lot of heat signature, no way to tell friend from foe so be on guard." Miles's voice came back over the comm. "Wait what… Oh Perry tells me that apparently Chloe has an a rough plan which area's to evacuate first. First is the infirmary. It's on the right side of the building."
"Alright, I'll take point, watch my six." Rollins instructed Owen as the two moved out.
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SHIELD Communication Academy,
Chloe arrived in chaos. People were running scared and gunned down before her eyes. Quenching her worry she gripped her weapon tightly for a second before entering the chaos.
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SHIELD Science & Technology Academy,
"I got a signal coming out of the Academy. Tracking it now. It's from an Agent Weaver to someone at the Hub. She's warning her about the HYDRA siege and that HYDRA is inside SHIELD." Miles relayed to the team on ground.
"Location?" Rollins questioned.
"In the middle of campus, third floor." Miles responded.
"Okay, Owen, lead this people back to the portal and Miles keep an eyes on them back at HQ. then help Bob defend the portal. Let me know once things get too hairy. We can't let HYDRA breach the portal. I'll extract Weaver." Rollins instructed.
"You're taking us to a SHIELD base?" a student named Callie Hannigan inquired.
"Not exactly. But don't worry, Guardian or whatever she's calling herself now isn't with HYDRA." Owen answered then ignoring the quiet murmuring he spoke up, "okay people, those who can aid those who cannot walk or move on their own devices. Stay close and follow my lead."
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SHIELD Communication Academy,
Chloe lost count on the number of people she had shot in order to defend herself. Still she was slowly making her way through the school.
"Watch out!" a familiar voice called and Chloe hurried around the corner. Seeing professor Thorne laying on the ground bleeding and Karin on the ground not far from him she looked for the threat to them first and shot the teenage girl with a gun without remorse.
"Chloe… Professor Thorne!" Karin exclaimed as she crawled over to him and put her hands over the entry wounds of his gunshots.
"Karin move and cover me." Chloe instructed the girl as she was handed a handgun before the redhead could protest.
Karin watched with wide eyes as Chloe's hands suddenly glowed and were put on the old professor. "Focus on your job!" Chloe snapped sensing the redhead's stare.
Karin snapped to attentions and did as her CO ordered, watching for threats. Hearing someone approach she put her back to the wall around and peeked around the corner. A teenage male was running, his face betrayed his fear. Relaxing a little Karin stepped further from behind the wall and into the hallway around the corner. The male stopped at the sight of her and fell on his butt.
Hearing another pair of footsteps Karin raised her weapon up high, the younger male crouched into a ball. A adult figure Karin recognized as her Social professor appeared with a gun in hand. Karin didn't hesitate and fired her weapon.
The Social professor dropped his weapon with a grunt of pain. The teenage looked up and then at himself trying to figure out why he wasn't dead no doubt. Karin continued to aim her gun at the adult male.
The younger professor smiled seeing the gun in the redhead troublemaker hand's shake a little. "You don't have the ball-"
He was cut off from further saying anything as another gun was fired. The surprise was visible on the man's face along with an entry wound in his forehead. Karin turned towards the source of the shot.
"We don't have the time for this. Help Mr. Wire there to his feet. This place is overrun, we're leaving." Chloe ordered.
Karin looked at the blonde and only now noticed her haggard appearance. She nodded and moved to help the younger male.
"How'd you know who I am?" said male inquired.
"Because, Ryan. At one point I was deciding whom to pick as my student. You were in the top two whom intrigued me enough to consider." Chloe answered checked her ammunition status. Only two bullets left, not good. With the healing just down she was running on the multiverse power, she could only do a little magic…
Karin looked at the wide-eyed male and held out her hand helping him to his feet.
"M-me?" Ryan stammered, "why?"
"I saw a lot of unrealized potential in you." Chloe answered. "now quiet and follow me. Professor Thorne will follow after you and Karin will watch the rear."
Karin remembered professor Thorne whom was still a little out of it and was watching Chloe with a look of wonder in his eyes. He did seem to have heard Chloe as he followed her instructions without question.
"Professor Thorne?" Karin questioned getting the man's attention. "Thanks for saving my life."
The older man gave her a kind smile in return.
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SHIELD Science & Technology Academy,
"Has anyone figured out a way to close the portal if boss lay doesn't return?" Owen questioned as he moved to cover after empting another clip at the enemy and needing to reload.
"I already asked Perry that same question. He's messaged someone that can help in that regard. But we aren't sure if and when they'll respond." Miles answered.
"Great." Owen let out sarcastically.
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SHIELD Communication Academy,
'That's it for bullets. I really should have brought more ammo.' Chloe thought to herself as another man fell down. Luckily they weren't that far off from the portal. She upholstered her combat knife and peeked out the window. She saw another two men along with principal Felicity Carson walking together. "Karin how many bullets do you have left?"
"One." Came the reply from her student.
Chloe closed her eyes and racked her brain in figuring out a plan. After a minute she settled on one. "Okay, I'm going outside and I'll distract the three HYDRA Agents. There is a portal by the two trees to the left of the fountain. I want you to head over there and jump in. I'll follow you when I've dealt with the Agents."
Professor Thorne looked her in the eyes and saw her determination and knew that she was putting herself at great risk to save them. Before he could protest the blonde told him, "take care of them and return to your wife." Blinking back tears he nodded, she had given him a mission, and he would carry it out.
Karin and Ryan nodded at the blonde.
"You'll know the signal when you see it." Chloe told them while looking at her old professor, taking a deep breath she then stealthily moved along the corridor and into a room.
A minute or two later Karin spotted the blonde through the window. There was blood on her clothes, but she appeared uninjured. She was sneaking up to the three enemy Agents and then moved. She kicked one man's knee from behind forcing him down and slid his throat. She then pushed him into the principal unbalancing the other woman and disarmed the other male Agent of his gun.
"Let's go" Thorne instructed the younger ones and opened the door and the three of them sprinted towards the location Chloe had specified.
Meanwhile Chloe had also been disarmed of her knife by the other two Agents. The fight paused when Carson yelled out, "It's a distraction!"
Chloe tackled the male to the ground whom had been about to run after Karin and the others. A kick to her stomach followed by Carson and Chloe grunted as was rolling off the man. She saw her knife not far away and gritted her teeth as she crawled closer to the knife.
Chloe let out a pained gasp as a strong foot and heavy weight stepped on her wrist. "It's over, the man spoke."
Chloe used her free arm to punch him in the nuts making him gasp in pain and step backwards freeing her other arm. She rolled over to her knife and hurled it out of the corner of her eyes at the man. Chloe's eyes then went to find Carson when she spotted her only see her pull the trigger of a gun.
Sharp pain pierced Chloe's stomach and she knew she's been shot. Chloe fell back down and panted in pain as she channeled more of the multiverse's power to overcome it. Her vision blurred but she saw Carson standing over her, gun raised. Focusing Chloe felt the power swell inside her. The barely moved her hand, sling ring already on her finger as she closed the portal, already knowing her mission to save Karin was a success. Chloe heard footsteps approaching then a voice.
"Agent Carson? Are you alright?"
"Take her into custody. I want to know where she sent those brats and how they got away." Carson ordered.
Chloe fought against the darkness that was claiming her. She opened her eyes again and looked blearily at Carson and another man.
"Yes Ma'am. She's still conscious, ma'am. She looks like the Agent, Pierce told us to take into custody, alive." The male spoke.
"I'd forgotten about Agent Pierce's request for Chloe Sullivan. This is her. Get her to the infirmary. But do not underestimate her. Remove all items from here that may be used as a weapon. I'll go tell Pierce I have what he desires." Carson ordered. 'lucky bitch' Carson thought as she holstered the gun in her pants.
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Fortress of Solitude, Location as of yet unknown,
Miles looked up as more people exited a portal. Only this was the other portal Chloe had made, the one to the Communication Academy. It closed not long after, "Where's the boss?" he questioned the older man of the group of three.
Professor Thorne looked sad, "she chose to sacrifice herself to save us." He answered.
"Wait, what?!" Karin exclaimed, "Open the portal back up. We gotta save her."
"Even if we could save her which we aren't in any condition to do, we do not know how to control the portals. Only Chloe did." Miles responded.
"I'm picking up a transmission from the Academy to the Triskelion." Perry announced.
"Is it about Chloe?" Karin inquired.
Miles was already typing away, at his computer.
"Miles, I've got Agent Weaver here but they've got the staircases pinned down. Is there another route?" Rollins questioned over his comms.
Before Miles could respond, Karin had seated herself next to the man and was furiously typing away. "Hang on, I'm looking." Karin responded into the comm. unit. Seeing Miles glance at her, "Find Chloe." She instructed him. "Other staircases are no good. All well defended. Go back down the hall and then head right."
"Copy that." Rollins responded.
"Chloe's alive. Apparently some bigshot named Pierce wants her and put an order out for her." Miles informed the others.
"Pierce, her SO… well former SO now…" Karin answered.
"So now what?" Callie Hannigan questioned the group.
"First get the complete team back together before we can think up a rescue plan." Professor Thorne's voice instructed them.
"I have received a response for the request of a portal user. Someone will arrive shortly to aid us." Perry announced.
"Thank God for that." Miles replied.
"Excuse me, but do any of you have medical experience?" another teenager inquired after he exited the portal going to/from the habited level which was being used as infirmary right now.
"It's been awhile but I was trained in field medicine, what's the problem?" Thorne questioned.
The teary-eyed teenager nodded gratefully, "It's Jessica. She's not doing so well."
Thorne patted him reassuringly, "I'll take a look at her. Can you guide me to her? What's your name son?"
As Thorne and the teen disappeared through the portal, it left Miles, Karin and Ryan alone.
The two of the three worked in silence at their computers, "can I help?" Ryan inquired quietly.
"You any good at hacking, kid?" Miles questioned.
"Not really, I'm more a research guy." Ryan answered.
"Okay so, find us as much information on the current events with SHIELD and HYDRA." Karin instructed, knowing the current state of affairs will be useful in knowing later.
Ryan nodded and sat behind a computer getting to work.
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The Hub,
After having the Bus had been landed and disabled Coulson and his team plus Garret escaped the death squat sent by Agent Hand whom they believed to be the real Clairvoyant. The team split up then. Coulson, Garret, May (cuffed) and Fitz were going to find Simmons and Triplet while Ward and Skye were going to the nerve center.
"There must be a hundred guys there." Skye argued with Ward whose idea it had been to take out all the Agents in the hallway.
"Twelve, level five foot-soldiers, basic armored package and our only way through." Ward replied while checking his Icer gun. "The others are depending on us."
"It's suicide." Skye countered.
"Not if I don't die." Ward responded, "and if I do…"
"Slow down." Skye interjected.
"…I deserve to." Ward finished, "I killed an innocent man Skye."
"You didn't know, you thought you were doing the right thing." Skye reasoned. "You thought he was going to-"
"-to hurt you." Ward completed her sentence. There was a silence after that while Skye handed Ward her Icer gun. "If we make it out of this, maybe we can… get a drink. You and me."
"Are you asking me…?" Skye wondered.
"You remember that bar, you offered to talk. I didn't want to talk. I needed to keep things compartmentalized." Ward explained.
"Like with May?" Skye questioned to which Ward looked away sighing, "I'm not an idiot. We live on the same plane. I also noticed who you and Agent Sullivan look at one another."
"With May I couldn't… with Chloe… it's complicated. There are feelings and history between us. But with you… I didn't want to risk it." Ward replied.
"I was offering to talk Ward… not have sex with you." Skye responded.
"I'm not saying that, I'm saying… I want a chance to take you up on it, to have that talk." Ward told her, "Look I know I'm not that guy. Too locked down. Too boring."
"When we get out of this. Yes, let's have a drink." Skye cut in.
Ward nodded and turned away to go into the hallway, Skye pulled him back and kissed him. The kiss was a few seconds with no tongue. They pulled back and Skye looked at him with bravado, "you said you might die so…what the Hell"
Ward nodded a little thrown. The kiss had been nice but at the same time he could not stop himself from comparing it to the first kiss he shared with Chloe…
***Flashback***
Around thirteen years ago,
Wilderness, Wyoming, America,
While getting dinner for them, Grant had gotten hurt during the hunt. Chloe was cleaning the cut at his side as best she could while he told her of the hunt, which explained to her how he got the cut. A nasty shrub had been the guilty party.
When Grant finished his tale and Chloe was still tending to him he looked at the blonde. She was gorgeous, he watched her soft hands before looking at her face, which was locked in intense concentration on her task. She had the most striking green eyes. She was saying something about being careful, he didn't really listen as those green eyes were now locked with his brown ones. He spotted a blush creeping across her face before she looked down, when she looked back up he saw her own desire in her eyes and quickly leaned in and captured her lips in a kiss. Chloe responded and wrapped her arms around his neck. Grant pulled her closer to him and let his hands wander across her back.
Grant felt his nerves melt away and a warmth spread through him, he wanted more and let his hands explore her body as his mouth was devouring hers.
When they finally pulled back both were breathing heavily. Chloe smiled hesitantly at him and Grant felt his own face respond in kind. His hand then cupped Chloe's face and she leaned into it. "That was…wow." she told him softly.
Grant nodded in and smiled, "definitely wow."
***End Flashback***
'Why didn't I feel that warmth I felt back then. I like Skye, but the kiss was not much different from May. Maybe it was too short a kiss to feel…Why am I even comparing the two? Focus Ward. You have a mission.' Grant told himself.
Seeing Skye look at him he gave a smile, "lock the door behind me." He instructed her then went out into the hallway. Shooting people and knocking them out, was easier than dealing with his confusing emotions.
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Fortress of Solitude, Location as of yet unknown,
A portal opened and a brown-skinned middle aged woman stepped through. She looked around taking in her surroundings before nodded and closing the portal behind her. Ignoring the weapons two soldiers and a redhead were pointing at her she looked at the two other open portals. "Looks like the right place. I'm Saroja Kadakia. A message was sent to… well a friend of Chloe Sullivan's. She was busy so I volunteered to go instead."
"You're here to close the portal?" the only man not pointing a gun at her inquired.
"Yes, I see two open here. Which one needs to be closed or do you want both closed?" Saroja questioned.
"Just the right one. The left one goes to the Habit level and we have injured people there." Owen told her as he lowered his weapon and motioned for the others to follow.
Saroja nodded and waved her hand at the portal which closed after.
"That's really some tech. You wouldn't happen to have a spare for me to operate?" Rollins inquired.
Saroja looked puzzled for a second before hiding it and smiling, "unfortunately it takes months of training to properly operate this technology. Can you tell me what happened to Chloe?"
"An evil organization named HYDRA infiltrated SHIELD at the highest levels and while she was saving us, she got captured. Right now she's being transported to the Triskelion where her evil former Supervising Officer is no doubt going to try and break her for information." Karin answered.
"Ghost Tower has arrived at the Triskelion." Perry announced.
"We need a plan to rescue her. Saroja, can you make one of those portals to the Triskelion?" Karin questioned.
"I can." She answered.
"Extracting her is going to be very difficult." Rollins cut in.
"Yes, but she holds the strings to our paychecks." Miles answered.
"Good point." Rollins mumbled.
"We'll have the element of surprise with the portal usage. We can save her!" Karin spoke determined.
"I'm in." Professor Thorne whom had come through the portal with Agent Weaver spoke.
"You all saved my life and some of my students. I'll do what I can to aid you." Weaver added.
Owen nodded, "I'm in too, so is Bob."
"Chloe was training me still in field work, but with Miles here you need more help in the field. I'm in." Karin spoke.
"Okay then we have three soldiers, one green rookie, one tech, one oldtimer, not to mention me and Saroja running support from here. No sweat." Miles stated.
"I've been monitoring the worldwide status of HYDRA. SHIELD's been wiped out. Governments are in process of rounding up their own armies in order to regain control." Ryan piped up. "Also SHIELD bombed a camp Lehigh and there was some kind of battle between a soldier with a metal arm and Captain America."
"The Winter Soldier and Project Insight." Jack Rollins stated. He then proceeded to explain its contends to those who did not know. "Rogers will have figured all this out with Romanov with him. He'll attack the Triskelion to stop Pierce. Ideally we can use him as a distraction to rescue Chloe."
"And aid Captain America in saving the world." Owen spoke with determination.
"We're actually going to save the world?" Ryan inquired, amazed.
"It's likely some or all of us will die in the process. But if we don't try, we're dead either way." Thorne told them.
"I have to go to the bathroom." Ryan stated, which caused Rollins to laugh and break the tense atmosphere.
"I'll hack a satellite to study the Triskelion and keep an eye out for Captain Rogers and his team." Miles stated.
"We'll need weapons and ammo. Perry there any more in this place?" Rollins questioned.
"Of course, the armory is located behind the west wall about 500 meters in." Perry answered.
"Can you make a portal to there?" Owen questioned Saroja.
In response Saroja closed her own exit portal and opened another at the same spot to the location Perry had given.
Rollins headed through the portal, eager to check out Sullivan's arsenal of weaponry. As he exited the portal his eyes lit up. "Sweet!" he exclaimed as he headed over to the heavy weaponry.
Back with the group, The white ghostly fox blinked as Rollins had already gone through the portal, "Many of the more advanced and heavy weapons are locked away with a handprint identification. Only Karin's handprint among you has access to unlock most of them. Given the status of Ghost Tower I am authorized to increase her authorization and allow her to unlock all weapons. Would you like me to do so?"
Karin's eyes lit up, "Yes please." She couldn't wait to see how those weapons worked.
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30 minutes later,
Ryan stepped through the portal to look at the heavily armed group. "Captain America is using the intercom at the Triskelion. It's time."
"Let's go team!" Rollins shouted as he went back to the portal to the research level. Once there Saroja nodded at him before opening another portal, this one leading to the Triskelion.
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The Hub,
After Skye and Ward set off an explosive and Coulson figured out that it wasn't Hand but Garret whom was the real Clairvoyant, Garret had loyal HYDRA Agents that killed the loyal SHIELD Agents that were part of their team, hold them at gunpoint about to kill Coulson and May and cripple Fitz. The explosion cut the lights and May and Coulson put up a fight while Fitz hid. After they had killed of disabled the HYDRA Agents, Agent Hand and her team stormed in with Simmons. Simmons immediately went to Fitz's side.
"I'm not HYDRA." Coulson told Hand.
"I know. We heard everything. It seems Agent Sullivan was right all along about Garret being an evil bastard and you not being the Clairvoyant." Agent Hand replied to Coulson.
"Too bad she's currently enjoying HYDRA hospitality at the Triskelion." Garret told them.
"Agent Sullivan's been captured?" Fitz questioned.
"Top brass wants her." Garret elaborated.
"Who is HYDRA? How deep does it go?" Coulson questioned him, but Garret kept his mouth shut. Coulson turned to look at Hand, she gave him a forlorn look.
As SHIELD Agents took more HYDRA Agent's into custody, Ward met up with Coulson and Fitz.
"What are we going to do about Chloe?" Fitz questioned.
"What about Chloe?" Grant questioned.
"Ward… I'm sorry but HYDRA has her at the Triskelion. We can't do anything for her right now. She's on her own." Coulson stated, a tint of unhappiness evident in his voice. "Also Ward… it's about Garret, he's the real Clairvoyant."
Ward was barely aware enough to fake his bewilderment at Coulson's last part. 'I'm sorry Chloe. I was going to do as you wanted, betray Garret… But I can't let you die. I have to stick with Garret, with HYDRA. I have to save you, since SHIELD just gave up on you. I'm sorry…'
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