Coulson stepped onto the Bus, relieved to see Fitz hovering in the cargo hold, sorting through some of the hydra boxes and files.

"Sir." He exclaimed, relieved to see him when he saw them. "Fury up in your office… and some women. Agent Rice, I think."

Coulson paused a little, his head tilting. While he didn't doubt Skye's words, he hadn't expected her to linger… so far she had proven herself to be a mystery woman. Like Fury. So meeting her now… that'd definitely be interesting.

"Okay, Thank you Fitz." Coulson nodded moving past him. "Have Skye to put Ward in the interrogation room then go through our systems… make sure this plane can't be traced and pack what we can. We're wheels up as soon as the others get onto this plane."

"...err. Yes sir." Fitz's voice wavering with uncertainty but at which, he didn't care to ask. He had a bigger priority; two, actually in his office.

Climbing up the stairs, he took his time. Part of im a little nervous to get the weight off his chest… to scream and shout to the man who tortured him to keep him alive… ignored his desire to die… But while it wasn't about Chen/Rice; he wasn't sure if he was even comfortable sharing that with her.

He sighed deeply, reaching the top of the stairs towards his office and paused; hearing two voices; recognising Fury's easily. So he paused to over hear them.

"Chen, you're gonna rip that off if you keep twirling it."

"I'm nervous, Nick."

The woman's voice wasn't what he was expecting; it was rough… having a strained quality to it as she spoke.

"I know you are. But we're gonna be in the air soon."

"Yea… ten guesses on who's gonna take off."

There was a soft chuckle. "The bus does have the autopilot to do that." There was a pause. "Let's just see what happens."

Coulson sighed but decided to make his presence known, walking the last few steps and into his office. He immediately noted Fury by his desk but his eyes went to the standing woman by the window.

Shorter than what he had imagined… her dark hair mostly tucked away in a beanie hat though apart from a lock she was fiddling with but what stood out most about the women's appearance was the dark bruises on her forehead. Had she been hit with something? But when she turned to look at him; he could see bruises around her neck.. While mostly covered by a scalf, they were definitely fresh, not doubt the reason to her strained voice. Ward's work no doubt.

"Fury." He nodded to, then back to the women, "Is it Agent Rice or Chen, hard to know which one you're going for." His voice cool, calculating even

The woman was staring at him for a long moment, but he could see she was thinking with a lot of emotions flicking through her brown eyes, but her posture was stiff. But she came back to reality with a shrug, looking to Fury a second. "Whichever more comfortable."

"Chen, it is." He decided, not going to press on that for now. He was tired and wanted to get to the point… but he could now get a proper read on her now she was in front of him. He stared at her for a moment longer before turning his gaze to Fury.

"Sir, Trip, Skye with Ward in tow." Fits called through.

"Agent Chen, you know how to fly, right?" Coulson asked, the woman nodded though he was glad she got the hint, walking quickly past him and out his office though he waited until he couldn't hear her footsteps before speaking. "Why her? Why now?"

Fury didn't look all that surprised at his questioning, instead just sitting back more in his seat. "You needed the help, and her skills."

"Yes, but you could have sent her before things went south."

"I didn't know she was needed until after." Fury's eyebrow rose. "As I said earlier; Maria caught me up on everything. Without Agent May, there's no one who can help in the same manner. Chen is… well enough qualified to take her place."

Coulson's emotions spiked, "Take her place?" He echoed, gritting his teeth.

"Someone has to replace her position. May was your right hand man. May and Chen know each other well. They're…. similar in a lot of ways." Fury pushed himself to sit up more.

"I don't trust her." Coulson stated. "She's twitchy. I trust my gut to know she's hiding something."

"She's had a bad few days."

The tone of his voice was different, like he knew why. Coulson didn't answer but felt the rumble of the Bus as they began to take off.

Sensing he wasn't going to talk, Fury sighed deeply, almost aspirated. "Chen was… stuck in a bad relationship that went south when shield fell. Only some of those bruises was from her fight with that hydra bastard, Ward. Chen's suffering from PTSD from that relationship…"

A frown fell on his face, the bruises did look… hand shaped. "He tried to kill her?"

"Almost succeeded. She will be closed off, and given how she reacted; you must remind her of her ex…"

Coulson's jaw tightened even more. While he could be sympathetic for her cause with that new information… it wasn't helping his trust issues. "Does she know about T.A.H.I.T.I.?"

"I enlightened her to it when I recruited her to the cause, yes." The subject shifting away from Chen's personal life. Though Coulson knew it about time to talk about the main subject… T.A.H.I.T.I.

It had all been bubbling up inside him for a long time since he remembered what had happened to him. He almost didn't know where to start…. There had been so much that had happened, even with the non related stuff that had clouded his attention. Shield's fall, Hydra… Garrett, may's death… The intel Maria gave him…

Coulson couldn't stop himself as he began to yell. "It wasn't fair Nick! You hardly had any right to go through with these procedures to bring me back, let alone re-write my memories on top of all of the trauma… " he started, going off.

Fury seemed to simply nod his way through it which annoyed him even more.

"It was stupid and Cruel! And even more stupid! You should have told me at least that May was there to keep an eye on me. Not wait for Fitz to find that phone! If I had known why, then I would have understood." he heaved, his knuckles turning white and he clenched his fists. "It wasn't fair to her! She was bound by your orders!"

"I did what i had to do to ensure she couldn't compromise your mental state by accident if you tried to get the information out. You would have reacted the same way if you knew sooner. " Fury answered smoothly.

"That's not the point!" Coulson snapped. "The TAHITI program wasn't a good idea. Tests showed you enough and I even told you that. The side effects… the fact I was apart of it. That wasn't fair to me. If I was gonna go loopy, i needed to know."

Fury just nodded though he could tell it wasn't in agreement, just acknowledgement of his words. "Memory replacement was the only course of action to ensure your sanity."

"But I was never meant to go through it! That procedure was break glass emergency only meant for the avengers should they get mortally injured."

"Exactly."

That Stumped him for a second, surprise over his face. "What?"

"I did what I had to do and I'm damn glad I did it too." Fury sighed, standing up. "It was only because of your death that truly motivated the avengers to weld together; to be a team. That had given you all the right to consider yourself one."

Coulson was lost for words, staring at him for a long moment them looked away. "I can't be." He answered

"Why not?"

He stayed silent a moment. Coulson hadn't ever considered himself to on par with the avengers…. But he felt he even lost that title now before he even had it. Not with what he did.

"If it's about May, then get your head out your ass." Fury answered. "She was dedicated to her job. Following orders. My orders. It may have cost her life but she did all of that for you. Yes, you may have killed her. A mistake to learn from. She gave her life to protect. That's a foundation SHIELD was built upon. To be rebuilt upon."

Coulson watched, blinking and Fury held out a small box to him. It took a moment before he could move and take it.

"What is it?"

"My tool box. To help you build it up again."

"To restart SHIELD?" Coulson's heart picked up a little more, starting down to this little cube.

"Before it fell, SHIELD was… full of moving parts. But agents like you...like Agent May… Chen even... where the heart. You..can now be the head." He answered. "Start from scratch, Take your time… and do it right." Fury pointed with emphasis on the last word but Coulson couldn't find the words.

His anger was gone… he had vented.. But now. He felt like he had a purpose to carry on. A drive. Something he could do to make up for what he did and to give the world what it needed to protect it. How could he refuse that?

"Chen will have your back and she will be in contact with me in emergencies. Other than that, you won't be seeing me for a while." Fury started, heading towards the door but paused. "There's no one else I trust to do this job."

Coulson managed to find his voice with a nod. "Thank you, sir." he breathed out. Though took a deep breath, looking down to the small ox he had in his hand, not quite believing what had just happened.

"What happens now, is up to you." Fury sighed, holding his hand out. "Director."

It took a moment but he nodded, with a soft smile and gently took his hand, accepting his new role….

Sorry it took so long; iabe had a very low muse and i have no laptop due am a softwhere issue so im up,oading this from my ipad, please inform me if the format is messed up.