Guys this chapter gave me the feels. The last part in Jade's POV gave me chills and I wanted to cry. Anyway, this chapter is super short, but SUPER DUPER important. Read carefully or you'll be lost in later chapters. This is so intense guys. This plot line has been in the works for a while now, and this ties in everything from previous stories to future chapters to even some things that happen in Agent X's story. I'm so excited for you all to read this! Enjoy! :)

(JADE POV)

I opened my eyes and groaned. I feel like crap. I saw Jase sitting across the room, at least 20 feet from me, one of his wrists cuffed to the wall next to him. My eyes widened and I glanced at my own wrists. One is cuffed.

Jase had already woken up and was staring at me. My telepathy isn't working. Crap crap crap. Where the hell are we even?

I tested the cuff but Jase interrupted me. "I already tried." he said.

I groaned and slammed my head back, then winced. "Do you have any ideas on how to get out of here? Because I've got nothing." I said, annoyed.

"You didn't even try. But no, I don't have any ideas." he replied.

"How long have you been conscious?" I asked.

"An hour or so." he said. I looked at him.

"Are your powers working?" I asked. He shook his head. "Damn. We're stuck I guess." I muttered.

Then some girl with lots of piercings and turquoise hair walked in.

"Let us out. Now." I said.

"Nope. Not until we find a way to make you guys remember." she replied.

"I do remember." I said, through gritted teeth.

"Not completely. If you remembered you would've known that this room has built in inhibitors and everything in here is made so that you can't get out. We actually updated a part of the designs based on your capabilities." she said.

"Alana, I remember. Just let me out. She doesn't remember completely yet." he said. I glared at him, annoyed.

"You remember my name?" she asked.

"Clearly." he replied. "Listen I can get her to remember. You think you'll be able to do it?" he challenged.

"Well- Tell me some things about yourself." Alana decided.

"My birthday is May 5th. I'm 18 years old. My sister's name is Natalie Adrianna Smith, my mom's name is unknown, except Red knows it and refused to tell me. My dad's name is James Damion Smith. Red and I had our first kiss at the park, when we were six. You were there, you slapped Elliot." he said. As he's saying these things, the memories are flowing back.

"I guess you do remember." she said, pressing a button and his cuffs undid themselves. I stared at him annoyed. But I shouldn't be annoyed.

I'm his target. He's mine. He just got the best of me. I got attached. I thought, you know, we would watch each other's backs in a situation like this. But I guess not.

He's smart. I actually remembered that scene and told him about it, and he used it against me. I glared at him as he left, but when Alana wasn't looking and when he was out of view of the camera, he turned his head. "Just trust me." he mouthed. I blinked once to show I got that message. Then they left.

I don't think I'm getting out of here any time soon. I know he said to trust him, but I can't count on him entirely. I have to do something.

(JAMES POV)

I walked into the room where the clones were and I wanted to run straight out of the room the way I came. There are at least 20 kids that look exactly like Jason did and varying points in his life. And then there are at least 20 that look like Jade. Except some of them- well, I'm guessing the process didn't go as smoothly for them.

These are kids. They're in cages. Even if they're clones, that doesn't mean they're not real kids, with real brains and real emotions.

There was a Jason clone that looked to be at least 16. He's 18 now, which means that either this clone was aging very fast or Hydra got their hands on his DNA when he was 2.

There was a Jade clone that was a newborn and looked so freakishly like her it's crazy. Outside her cage it said procedure success. That's bad.

A few of them were dead.

We were all speechless. "We have to get them all out of here." Steve said.

"Right." I agreed.

Then Johnny's phone rang. He picked it up.

"What?!" he asked whoever was on the phone. "You let him go? Are you insane? You realize the first thing he's going to do is get her out, right?" he said.

"Sarah-"

"Yeah but-"

"Can I finish my sentence? Thanks. They're not stupid. He probably only remembers bits and pieces and used that to his advantage."

"Yeah. I will. I love you. Bye." He hung up and looked at us. "They found Jade and Jason. So apparently Jade knew all of this was going to happen and told Alana and Ria to shoot them when it happens. So Jason managed to lie his way out of the interrogation room and Jade is still in there now."

"I didn't think he was that smart." Elliot muttered.

"See Elliot, this is why you don't doubt your boyfriend's skills." Tanner said.

I'm not going to ask what that means. I'm pretty sure Jason is 100% straight and dating Jade, but again, not going to ask.

(JASON POV)

I walked into the room were Alana put down the remote. I'm getting Red out of there now and we're going to leave.

"Don't." I heard a voice say from behind me. I turned around and saw Natalie. My sister.

"Don't what?" I asked.

"Don't try to let her out now. She needs to remember first."

"You think she's going to remember while she's sitting in there?" I asked, rolling my eyes.

"We know she's not. That's why you have to do it. But we're not going to let you in there with her until we can trust you not to let her out immediately. So the sooner you cooperate, the sooner she can remember and get out of there. And to be honest, we have bigger problems than this at the moment, and we kind of need you to hurry."

"And what makes you think I have to follow your conditions?" I asked.

"If you really care about her you'd know that if she does anything now that she'll regret later, she won't live it down. And we both know you do actually care about her." she said.

And then I was launched into a flashback.

I was sitting in a chair, looking at a screen nervously. "Are you sure you want to do this?" A man asked me. I remember him. He's Red's dad. Captain America.

"Yes." I responded.

"Well good luck kid. It's not easy to watch." he said, giving my shoulder a slight squeeze and then leaving.

My attention turned to the screen. Red was there, cuffed to a chair in the middle of an empty room, with concrete walls and and dim lighting. Her eyes were dull and she wasn't really wearing much. She looked to be younger, probably 14. She was skinny and pale and didn't look like she had eaten anything in a while. She was covered in scars all over, some fresh cuts bleeding out.

Someone walked in, a man with stringy brown hair and sadistic grayish green eyes.

"Are you ready to tell us what we need to know yet?" he asked her.

She shook her head and lifted it, glaring at him. "Never." she spat.

"Don't be so sure." He walked over and smirked. "Do you know what these cuffs are made of? Pure, untarnished, silver."

She looked confused at what that meant. "So? Should I feel special, you spent so much on my freaking handcuffs?" she asked, rolling her eyes.

"Silver, pure silver, is an excellent conductor of electricity. Even better than copper." He continued, ignoring her statement.

Her eyes widened and he pulled out an electric baton, turning it on and resting it against one of her cuffs. It moved throughout the metal chair and onto her body. She grit her teeth and said nothing.

"Here. This should help." he said, pulling out a syringe and stabbing her arm with it. She yelled in pain and glared at him. He just started the electrocution again. She screamed this time, shrill, bloodcurdling screams escaping.

He stopped it. "Tell us about SHIELD." He said. She shook her head defiantly.

He grit his teeth and stabbed her leg, causing her to yell in pain again.

"We're just going to have to take it a step further." he said, then left. She took deep breaths, her chest rising and falling as her body struggled to heal itself with the knife still embedded in her leg. Blood was flowing out of it.

She shut her eyes and a single tear fell out of her eyes. Then over 30 different people flooded in the room. They all just stared at her, didn't say anything, but she appeared to be in pain.

She was gritting her teeth and shutting her eyes tightly, concentrating. Eventually she started crying, not the lady like crying you see in the movies, but painful crying, mixed with screams of agony. It was painful to watch.

"Jase-" she said quietly, still crying.

"I'm right here." Someone said, that looked exactly like me, but was smirking.

"No. You're not him. You're not him." she repeated to herself over and over again.

"Jason! Jason!" I heard Natalie calling me.

I looked at her. "Sorry."

"What happened?" she asked.

"Uh- I remembered something." I said.

She looked at me skeptically. "What did you remember?" she asked.

"Watching a scene of her torture. This was recently." I said, confused. There was someone there that looked like me.

"Yeah, you might want to sit down." she said. "It's a lot to take in."

"I'm good." I said, shaking my head. I walked out of the room, grabbing the remote subtly and putting it in my pocket.

I walked over to the cell and opened the door, pressed the button and she stood up. "Thanks." she said, rubbing her wrists. I shrugged. I can't get the image of her bleeding and screaming and crying out of my head.

"Is everything okay?" she asked.

"Yeah. Everything's fine." I lied. She rolled her eyes.

"Liar. Come on. Let's go." she said. How she knows I'm lying is beyond me. As she walked in front of me I saw a scar on her neck peeking out from behind her hair and I internally winced. I don't know why I care.

We walked out and then suddenly Sarah shocked us. I saw the way Red grit her teeth and it looks all too familiar. "Johnny said you would do this." she told us.

"That hurt." I said, still pretending I remember.

"It was supposed to. What are you thinking? She doesn't remember everything! She needs to. She could try to kill you." she said.

"I won't kill him, but the same can't be said for you." Red replied, shouldering past her.

I followed but then suddenly she stopped. She looked at me, her eyes wide. Then she glanced at Sarah.

"Did you ever figure out who kidnapped him last year?" she asked her. Sarah shook her head and flashbacks started flooding me.

"Why?" Sarah asked.

"There's a bomb in him. You need to get it out. Where's Dianna? And Naomi? And Aunt Jemma and Aunt Betty and- do something!" she said as Sarah was standing there.

"What the hell do you mean there's a bomb in him?" Sarah asked.

"I mean, the people who kidnapped him were hired by Hydra to implant the bomb in him. That's why they did such damage, because they needed him unconscious. They told me about it, a few months ago. The bomb in him will kill anyone within a five mile radius of it blows. Hydra has a master plan." she said quickly.

"Why wouldn't you tell us this? Did he know?" Sarah asked.

I'm struggling currently. These are painful memories. "No he didn't. Hydra played us perfectly. I was trapped and didn't have a choice. They told me a part of their plan and I saw the rest of it unfolding in visions. Their plan is good. They know how predictable we are. They knew that if I told you guys everything you would split up and have some people take the bomb out of him and others take down hydra. And I knew that too, but then they would- agh you know what, we don't have time for this. Just get the bomb out of him." she said.

I can't breathe. The memories- they're too much. I can't do this. "Hey. Breathe. Focus. You're going to be fine." Red told me.

I looked at her. "There's a bomb in me. How am I going to be fine?" I asked.

She rolled her eyes. "There are five geniuses on board. They'll figure something out." she said, grabbing my hand and pulling me along. Then she called some people and hd a video connection up.

"Listen up. There's a lot to catch you all up on. Alana and Ria each know parts of it, but neither know the entirety. Sarah knows a part of it, and now you all at the Hub do as well." she said. "So here's the deal. He was kidnapped a year ago. While he was there, they put and bomb in him. That's why they tortured him so heavily, because they needed him to go unconscious."

"There's a bomb in him?!" Natalie asked.

"Yes. They are affiliated with Hydra but didn't know the entirety of my abilities because Hydra wanted me to find him. They wanted us to bring him home. They worked it all out. They needed us to find the weapon so that we would know that Hydra is infiltrating SHIELD, so they had Thomas send the text-"

"Thomas isn't Hydra." Sarah interjected.

"We have to bring him in anyway. SO as I was saying. Thomas sent us that text, knowing we would go for it. The next step was to get us brainwashed. They didn't even need us to kill each other, they just needed to divert your attention to split you up. The clones are there because they can't beat Jason and I. The clones have the same abilities but are ruthless. They don't have attachments or cares. Jase and I both have bombs in us, and if they have that leverage over us, there's nothing we can do. And they also know that none of you are going to let us die. But you guys don't need me to beat them. So here's what you have to do. First you find a foolproof way to get out and neutralize the bomb in Jase. Then you drop me off somewhere far away with nothing around within a five mile radius. After that, you get the bomb out of him. The minute it's out of him, they'll be notified and the bomb in me will blow. You'll have about a 45 second window to nullify it before his blows as well. This way, you can take down Hydra and the only loss will be me." she said.

"That's so stupid." I told her. She looked at me.

"I'm not stupid. I'm doing what has to be done. I accepted it a while ago." she said nonchalantly.

"How did you know their plan?" Matthew asked.

"They told me." Red answered.
"And why would they do that?" Sarah asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Because, they needed me to do what I'm about to do. I'm really sorry. If I don't do it in the next 2 minutes they'll blow us up and kill everyone here and everyone below us is in danger of falling plane parts." she said.

"Do what?" Steve asked.

"I'm really truly sorry." she whispered, and then she plunged a needle into Alana. She screamed loudly and Elliot looked ready to jump through the screen and strangle her.

Stone was slowly encasing her and all I could see her eyes wide in panic. What was happening looked so familiar, and then I realized. I've been through that. And that's when all the memories flowed in. Everything pummelling me down all at once. And then the stones broke everywhere and the room got very cold.

"What- what did you do to me?" she asked shakily. "WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL DID YOU DO TO ME?" she shouted. Red winced.

"You're kind of inhuman. Well not kind of. You are inhuman. 50%." she said quietly. Alana looked at her parents.

"Care to explain this?" she asked.

"I'm inhuman, Alana, Elliot. Except my powers, we got rid of them, because I almost died as a result of it. I had a different personality, Lash. It wasn't pretty. We decided you didn't need to know." Uncle Andrew asked.

"Seriously dad? Mom? You didn't think this was just a little important?" Elliot asked, clearly pissed off.

"We know it's more than a little important. That's why we didn't tell you." Aunt Mel said.

"To be fair, I think we should try and solve this problem now and you can have your family therapy session later." Naomi said.

"I think- I can make things cold?" Alana said, looking at her hands that had frosted over.

"You can control ice. It's the reason your eyes are blue." Red explained.

"Are you sure you're not Hydra, Jade?" Elliot asked.

"I know you're mad. I would be too. But don't make unreasonable accusations." Red answered.

I grit my teeth. "I think it's a perfectly reasonable accusation." She looked at me, pained. I don't think I meant it, but to be fair, this is kind of a big thing to be hiding. "How long have you been hiding all this for?" I asked.

"I knew about the bomb in me and parts of their plan for 4 years. The other stuff I found out last year, before we joined the team. They didn't tell me everything, some stuff I picked their brains for. I didn't have any other options and if I told you any sooner you guys would've tried to solve the problem and there's no other feasible solution except the one I offered. If you don't do what I suggested, as Hydra is expecting, we all die. Hydra wins. The world falls into the hands of a bunch of Nazis." she said.

"So you're just ready to die? Just like that?" Natasha asked, her voice cool.

"Yeah." Red replied quietly, looking her in the eyes.

"Okay then." Tanner said, shrugging. "Let's go with your plan."

"That's funny, really. You're so willing to let her get killed. She was doing what she had to in order to keep us alive and safe. And Jason? Why aren't you saying anything?" Juliana demanded.

"Maybe because I agree. It is the best plan of action." I said coldly. Red looked at me slightly surprised and hurt, but didn't let it show on her face. Whatever. She's been lying for so long about all this. Why can't she just be straight up and honest? I'm finally starting to get her. When she pulls away, when she cries for seemingly no reason, when she just plain doesn't care. It's because she's already resigned herself to the fact that her life is already over and she doesn't need to do anything except execute the plan anymore. She already made up her mind without letting anyone else know.

"This isn't just about you, you know. Everything you do affects the rest of us. Most of the time, negatively." Alana said. "You could've at least asked our opinion."

"It's not your life. It's not your mistakes and your inability to find a solution. So I'd say that this time, it is all about me, and I'd also say that your opinion doesn't matter because I made my mind up a long time ago." she said, and then she walked out.

"We're coming back to the bus now." Elliot said.

"Okay." I agreed.

(JADE POV)

I don't care that they don't care. I don't care. It's better this way. I do not care. This wipes out the red in my ledger anyway. It's all going to be fine.

"If you're doing this so you can erase the bad you think you've done, it's not going to work." my mom said.

"How do you know?" I asked.

"Because I've been there before." she said, and then she left. I locked the door and stared at the wall. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care.

They shouldn't care what happens to me. I'm a bad person. I deserve to die in the most undignified way. I deserve to die now. Otherwise, in a month, I would get pregnant, and god knows those kids don't deserve a mother like me.

I don't deserve Jase. Finally he realizes it. He realizes that being with me is dangerous. He realizes that I'm not worth it. It's fine. It's okay. I don't care. I do not care. I do not care. It's a mantra inside my head.

My parents said nothing, but I didn't expect them to. I'm probably a failure to them.

Elliot looks like he wants to kill me. Maybe he could, and then they could ditch my body somewhere for the bomb to blow.

Alana now has powers that she didn't ask for.

Juliana looks sad and conflicted, like even if she disagreed, nobody would listen. And they won't. They're blinded by hate against me. And that's how it should be. I'm not a good person. I don't care that they ate me.

Sarah has a secret she hasn't told anybody, and when she does, nobody is going to be mad about it. Not for long anyway.

Dianna can't process what's happening, and for once she doesn't have an answer or a solution. But she doesn't need another one. Mine works fine for her.

Jase is okay with me dying. He won't be in pain when I leave. And that's how I want it to be. He dealt with all this for 18 years. Now he won't feel anything other than relief and maybe freedom when I'm dead and gone. I don't care. I don't care. He doesn't care, and I don't care about that. I'm happy about it. I don't care.

I will always love him, but it's good that he moved past this. He deserves better. A single tear slipped out of my eye, and before I had the chance to change my mind, I shot.