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So. so sorry for the wait! My laptop crashed, and it's only started to work again.

Can you believe that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is taking another break?! I just want to watch the next episode already!

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Fitz

We steal a car.

It was all Coulson's idea: someone took our car, so we would 'borrow' someone else's car, in the name of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Sir, this is a trap, isn't it?" I ask Coulson as we speed down an abandoned back road in our less than fancy Ford.

"Most likely Fitz." Coulson admits. "But I've dealt with these kind of situations before, and walking into the trap gives us the advantage." At my dubious look, Coulson adds, "Trust me."

I hyperventilate into my brown paper bag.

We walk into the abandoned warehouse in the middle of nowhere, and see the girls, tied to chairs. We hurry over, but May's glare stops us in our tracks.

"You fools!" She hisses. "You fell for their trap!"

"But we knew that we were walking into-" I start, but May interrupts me.

"And they predicted that you would do that!"

We hear nothing more as we're both hit over the back of our heads, knocking us both completely out.

1 hour earlier.

Skye

Slowly, I wake up.

I'm in some sort of warehouse, I think. I pull at my hands, but they don't move. I've been tied up.

I crane my neck to see Melinda and Simmons also tied up, on chairs to either side of me, so we're in a triangular shape.

"Hello, Skye." A voice says from the dark. "You're the first to wake."

"Who are you?" I demand, sounding much more fearless and brave than I'm feeling.

The voice chuckles.

"You don't recognise me, Skye? How about now?" The guy steps into the light. I suck in my breath.

"Marco!"

"Yes, it's me, Skye. The guy you left," Marco leans in close to me, so I can feel his meaty breath against my skin. I turn my face away from him. "The guy you left to die!" He screams the last word.

"Marco-" I start, but he hits me, hard, across my cheek. I inhale sharply.

"Don't worry, Skye." He sneers. "We'll have plenty time to talk later...after your friends walk into my trap, of course."

And in that moment, I miss Grant more than ever.

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