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1 – you'll find out in the next book how the Doctor reacts to them being Inhuman. As for her aging, you'll have to wait and see.
2 – I'm sorry but Jack will die as in the show but I can see him helping out SHIELD every so often in between working with torchwood.
3 – There will more crossovers. Keeping it to myself though as I don't want spoil anything.
Hayley walked quickly through the Bus, looking for her sister. She had to tell her about the Clairvoyant being an Agent of SHIELD. Instead of finding her twin, she ran into Fitz who was looking rather panicked.
"Fitz", Hayley said.
"What?" he asked, holding up his hands almost defensively.
"You ok?" the brunette questioned wondering if she should be worried.
"Well, uh…" Fitz glanced over his shoulder toward the cockpit and Hayley followed his gaze "I'm not quite sure, actually. Cause, um…I was just, um, um, doing maintenance in the avionics bay before…." a look of confusion flickered across the face of Hayley as Fitz rambled "Okay. Why would May" Fitz's voice lowered to a whisper "Why would May have an unauthorized encrypted hard line in the cockpit, complete with a thumb scanner? That isn't in any of the plane's specs".
"Wait, slow down. An encrypted hard line?" Hayley asked.
"Yeah. Dedicated to one receiver", Fitz said "She's not supposed to have that. Who's she talking to?"
"I – " Hayley started then a horrible thought struck her "Cut the line", she ordered.
"What?" Fitz asked.
"You need to cut the line right now, Fitz. Do not let her call out", Hayley said. She watched Fitz hurry away before she started off in another direction. Hayley came across her sister coming out of the bathroom. "Skye, tell Coulson that May is the Clairvoyant", she ordered.
"What!?" Skye asked, shocked.
"I don't have time to explain. Coulson is in the holding cell with Ward. Tell him about May", Hayley said.
"What are you going to do?" Skye called after her.
"Going to make sure May doesn't hurt Fitz!" Hayley called back. She ran through the maze of corridors in the aircraft before finally flinging open a door that led to the cargo hold. May was standing in front of the lab pointing her gun at Fitz who was thankfully behind the glass doors.
"May put the gun down!" she ordered pointing her own ICER at the woman "Now!"
Before May could say or do anything, Skye and Coulson appeared on the catwalk above. "You heard her, put the gun down", Coulson ordered, he and Skye both pointing their guns at her too.
"It's not what you think, Coulson. It's just an ICER", May said.
"This one is not. It's real, with real bullets. So you better put yours down and tell me what the hell's going on right now", Coulson demanded.
"I can't", May said.
"I suggest you do it May", Hayley suggested "you're good but you can't take all three of us before one of us gets you".
"Look…" May held up one of her hands and lowers her gun "I can explain everything, but not here".
"Why not here?" Coulson countered "You have to check with someone first, using that encrypted phone in the cockpit?" May levelled a glare at the scientist. "Who's on the other end of that line, May?" Coulson asked.
May looked up at him "I can't say", she said.
"That's okay, I think I know", Coulson said "It makes sense now why Deathlok put Blake in critical condition, left you alive and well. Why he led us to the track only to disappear instead of defending his boss. Why would he do that? Because that wasn't his boss, was it? Was it?!"
May seems genuinely confused by his accusations which Hayley took note of. She knew May was a very good agent but even she didn't think May would be able to feign confusion like that. She was almost certain that the woman, while having an encrypted hard line when she shouldn't have one, was not working for the Clairvoyant.
"What are you talking about?" May asked.
"Stop lying to me!" Coulson shouted "Who do you answer to?! Who's the real Clairvoyant?"
Hayley opened her mouth to say that May wasn't working for the Clairvoyant when the Bus suddenly rocked. She stumbled back into the doorframe, grabbing hold of it with one hand while keeping her ICER pointed at May.
~TARDIS~
"What was that?" Rose asked as she, the Doctor and Jack convened in the console room, all three of them having felt the TARDIS shake. Before the Time Lord could say anything, the scanner flickered to life. The trio gathered around and saw what was occurring in the cargo hold.
"What did you do? Where are we going?" Coulson demanded on the screen.
"I don't know! I didn't do it, Phil! I don't know what's happening her, I swear!" May shouted.
"Shouldn't we do something Doc?" Jack asked.
"I will. You two stay here", the Doctor said. He then turned and headed down the ramp. The Time Lord exited the TARDIS, unnoticed by everyone in the Cargo hold as they were more focused on each other.
~cargo hold~
"If you're not doing this, who is?" Coulson asked. May didn't answer, she just shook her head.
"Whats going on out here?" the Doctor asked.
"It's none of your business Doctor", Coulson said, still keeping his gun trained on Agent May.
"My girlfriend is involved in this stand-off. Its makes it my business", the Doctor stated. He looked at Hayley "Hales?"
"We're just trying to sort something out", Hayley answered.
"With guns?" the Doctor questioned.
"They're ICERs", Hayley corrected "they don't kill".
"Doesn't matter. You shouldn't be trying to sort anything out with weapons", the Doctor said "how about you all put them down", he suggested.
"That's a good idea", Coulson agreed, much to the team's surprise. "Drop the weapon!" he ordered Agent May. Yeah…didn't think he was going to put down his weapon Hayley thought. May did as he said, kicking it over toward the stairs. "Now back the hell up! Over there!"
Hayley moved towards May as she backed up, her ICER still trained on the woman. Coulson and Skye walked down the stairs, the former picking up May's gun. "Talk. Tell us where you rerouted the plane", Coulson said.
"I didn't set this new course. I swear!" May insisted.
"Coulson I th – " the Doctor started when Coulson cut in with
"Don't lie to me!"
"Yeah, well, the plane just turned around, for God's sake!" Fitz shouted, his voice slightly muffled by the glass doors of the lab.
"How is this happening, then?" Skye asked.
"H.Q. can override automated control of the avionics, take us anywhere they want", May explained "Let me check the instrument panel, and I'll be able to – "
"No way!" Fitz blurted out.
"You're not going anywhere until you explain what – " Coulson started.
"It's not me!" May shouted.
"Why did you have an encrypted hard line?" Coulson shot back.
"And try to shoot me when we found it?" Fitz added.
"Let's take a breath", the Doctor said, trying once again to diffuse the situation.
"Let's not!" Coulson said angrily. He stalked closer to May, pointing the gun higher to her face.
"It was a dedicated channel…to Director Fury. That's the truth", May confessed. But that only seemed to anger Coulson even more.
"Director Fury? I haven't been able to get him on the line for weeks", Coulson said.
"You were reporting to him?" Skye asked, shocked.
"That's all I can tell you", May said.
"Oh, just come out with it!" Fitz exclaimed.
"That's all you can tell us?!" Coulson snapped.
"I'm under orders! Fury will tell you", May told him.
"So was it an order to shoot Fitz in the head?" Hayley demanded, her grip tightening on her ICER. If there was one thing she didn't like, it was when one of the people she cared about was either being hurt or threatened. And it didn't matter who did the hurting, friend or foe…she would make sure they never did it again.
"Hold on. We're not headed to Fury anymore", Coulson said, realising that was where they were going to before the plane was rerouted.
"I don't know where we're headed. And I can't get Fury on the line because Fitz cut the line!" May shot another glare at Fitz.
"Ok, that's enough!" the Doctor said loudly earning looks from all them "put down the ICERs. All of you". At first none of them did as he said but when he gave them a look which told them he wasn't impressed with the situation, they all holstered their ICERs. "Now tell me, whats going on", he said in a much calmer voice.
"Someone was talking to The Clairvoyant, the real Clairvoyant", Hayley answered "when Fitz discovered May's encrypted hard line…we thought that she was talking to him or her. Turns out she was reporting to Director Fury behind our backs. And now we're heading to god-knows-where".
"Fitz how did you know about the hard line?" the Doctor asked the Scottish scientist.
"Does it matter how I know?" Fitz asked getting defensive "May had it installed in the cockpit when it shouldn't even be there!"
Coulson turned to Fitz "Fitz", he said.
Fitz glares at May for a moment before speaking. "I was trying to speak to Simmons at The Hub", he admitted.
"And you needed an encrypted line?" Coulson asked "What's so secret that you – "
"Well, you tell me!" Fitz interrupted "Simmons and I know you three have been whispering – " he wags his finger between Coulson, Skye and Hayley "Keeping things from us, about the drug that saved your life. Simmons is just trying to figure out how the whole thing works!" they all watched him walk away in anger.
"Fitz. Who is she talking to?" May asked.
Coulson walks closer to the lab doors. "Fitz, open the door", he said.
"No way, not until we sort this out", Fitz said firmly "I'm not opening anything".
"Open the door", Coulson ordered.
Fitz shook his head "I'm sorry Coulson, I can't", he said.
"We can't get anything sorted until you open the damn door!" Coulson shot back before focusing on May again "Skye, get your laptop hooked up to our system. See if you can pull up any SHIELD communications. I want to know where this plane is headed and why".
Skye turned to the lab doors, raising her arms to Fitz, silently asking him if he was going to open the door. He does so, albeit very reluctantly. Skye enters the lab, going straight for her laptop. Coulson turns his head to look at Fitz. "Now tell me who Simmons is talking to. Cause if it isn't someone we trust she's in serious danger", he said.
A few minutes later, everyone was in the lab. Skye was hard at work on the laptop while May was on the other side, with Coulson holding a gun on her. Fitz was on the very far end of the lab eyeing May warily. Hayley and the Doctor stood by Skye's chair, looking over her shoulder at the laptop. Static sounded through the speakers.
"All I'm getting is noise Coulson", Skye reported.
"What do you mean, 'noise'?" Coulson asked.
"I mean literally noise, across every SHIELD communication channel", Skye elaborated "Some sort of blanket signal".
"Encoded data, maybe?" Fitz offered.
"I think so", Skye agreed.
"Can I try?" the Doctor asked the brunette.
"Sure", Skye replied getting up from the chair. The Doctor sat down and the twins watched him flash the sonic screwdriver over the laptop.
Coulson looked at May "You want to fill us in?" he asked "We root you out, a mole, suddenly our plane shuts down, our communications jammed".
"I don't know what's happening", May gritted out "I wish I did. You have to believe me".
"No, I don't", Coulson said.
Suddenly through the static on the laptop, a male voice spoke "Do you read? Do you read 616?"
"Where's that coming from?" Fitz asked. Skye leant over the Doctor and tapped a few keys.
"Close", she answered.
"Enemy aircraft, on my tail. Over", the voice said, coming through clearer which everyone recognised as Agent Garrett.
"Garrett?" Coulson asked.
"Coulson, I'm under attack. Drones", Garrett said "Repeat, SHIELD drones are on my ass. We're not getting along. Do you copy?"
Hayley frowned. Why would SHIELD be attacking Agent Garrett? "Copy", Coulson said "Garrett, what's happening?" he asked "We've lost control of our aircraft".
"Hell if I know", Garrett said "Tell me you got guns on that thing. I'm coming to you".
Coulson looks down for a moment then up at May and fired his ICER. She collapsed to the floor unconscious. Skye, Fitz and Hayley look at their boss but didn't say anything. "Fitz, can you manually wire the guns to weapons control, bypass our system?" Coulson asked.
"If I have cables long enough, yeah", Fitz answered.
"Skye, decode the signal. We need to get ahead of this. I don't want any more surprises today", Coulson instructed.
"We should let Rose and Jack know whats going on", Hayley said to the Doctor. He nodded in agreement and the pair left the lab, going straight for the blue box.
"Hales whats going on?" Rose asked.
"I don't really have a lot of time to explain it all to you", Hayley said "Long story short: we've been looking for this person who calls themselves the 'Clairvoyant'. He or she allegedly has powers to read our minds. We thought it was over when Ward killed Nash…"
"Who you thought was a plant", the Doctor put in.
"He was a plant Doctor" Hayley corrected "The Clairvoyant doesn't have powers. He or she is an Agent of SHIELD", Hayley said.
"And…that fight?" Jack asked "what was that all about?"
"You saw?" Hayley asked, surprised.
"We didn't see all of it", Rose said "didn't even know what was going on until we all felt that shaking".
"That was the plane rerouting", Hayley said "I have no clue where we're going. To make matters worse, there's some sort of signal blocking every single SHIELD communications channel. Skye's working on it".
Then her phone rang. "Speak of my twin…" Hayley answered her phone "hey Skye, you decode that signal?"
"Almost", Skye answered "Coulson would like you in the Command Center".
"You got it", Hayley said and hung up. She turned to the others "Skye needs me in the Command Centre. You all better come too so you can stay in the loop" and with that she left the TARDIS. the Doctor, Jack and Rose followed after her.
~Command Center~
"Oh, I saw your trajectory. You're being tractor-beamed straight to The Hub. Those drones were launched out of there for sure", Garrett said as Hayley and the others reached the Command Center.
"Victoria Hand", Coulson stated.
"Hand?" Fitz asked "Can't be".
"Can't be what, now?" Garrett questioned, confused.
"The Clairvoyant", Skye answered.
Garrett frowned "I thought Ward capped that guy", he said.
"I don't believe the man Ward killed was The Clairvoyant. I think he was an unwitting decoy meant to end our investigation", Coulson told him.
"That's a lot of trouble to go through for a red herring, don't you think?" Garrett asked.
"Not necessarily considering the Clairvoyant is a SHIELD Agent", Hayley spoke up.
"Using high-level clearance to stay ahead of us, make it seem like she's got psychic abilities", Coulson added.
Garrett raised his eyebrows "'She'? You think Victoria Hand's The Clairvoyant?" he asked. He then scoffed at that notion "I don't mean to pee in the punchbowl, but that doesn't make a lot of sense. I was stationed with Vic in Lisbon. She's a hard-ass and a buzzkill at parties, I grant you, but do you really think she's capable of that?"
"Excuse me, didn't she just try to blow you out of the sky?" Coulson countered.
"Don't get me wrong, she's definitely gone nuts, but her actions prove she's not The Clairvoyant, right?" Garrett said "I mean, if she's been hiding in plain sight all this time…why reveal herself now?"
"Guys", Skye said staring at the monitor with wide eyes. They all followed her gaze to the large monitor.
OUT OF THE SHADOWS INTO THE LIGHT
Hayley clapped a hand of over her mouth to stifle the gasp when the next word appeared.
HYDRA
All of them stared at the screen in shock. "I thought Hydra was defeated after World War II", Fitz said.
"It was", Jack spoke up earning looks from everyone "The Time Agency had records of thing like that", he explained. It had been one of the things he looked out for during his short stint in WWII London but he never noticed a Hydra presence in the city.
"And SHIELD was founded in the wake of that victory", Coulson added.
"And now they're back?" Fitz asked, fearfully.
"Hydra always comes back", Garrett said seriously.
"Cut off the head, two more will take its place", Hayley put in. Eric had made sure that she was well versed in SHEILD's history, including how it was created.
"Is it a head?" Garrett asked, confused "I thought it was a limb".
"No, no, no. 'Cut off a head'", Fitz corrected.
"It was sent from a SHIELD source", Skye cut in before the argument could continue "It's got to be some sort of activation signal, to Hydra members within SHIELD".
"Hand must be one of them", Coulson surmised.
"Okay, stop. Stop. W-what does that mean? IN SHIELD?" Fitz asked wanting clarification.
"Targeting Level 8 agents, seizing power. Wonder how deep it goes", Garrett said.
"The signal is everywhere", Skye told him "Deep".
"You know what this means?" Coulson asked.
"Yeah. We're screwed", Garrett deadpanned.
"We can't change course, and we have no idea what's waiting for us at The Hub", Coulson stated.
"I say we blow a hole in the side of this puppy and parachute out. Live to fight another day", Garrett suggested.
"We can't", Coulson said.
"It's a cherry ride, I'll give you that, but let's not just hand over the keys", Garrett said.
"Simmons is at The Hub. We have to save her", Fitz said.
Garrett cursed under his breath "Trip's there, too", he said "I don't mind saying I don't like the odds on this one. We should let your specialists out of their cage. We can use every weapon we can get".
"We've got to save her", Skye insisted.
"So, we'll fly in there, face the music…even if it is the Hydra theme song", Coulson said seriously.
Knowing the severity of the situation, Hayley took the Doctor, Jack and Rose to one side. "This is really bad, isn't it Hayley?" Rose asked having gathered that much by the conversation even if she didn't understand what they were talking about.
"That's an understatement", Hayley said "is there a way to cloak the TARDIS or send her away without a pilot?" she asked the Doctor "if Hydra is about to take the plane, last thing we need if for them to find her".
"She has cloaking capabilities", the Doctor said.
"Good", Hayley said "listen, we have no clue what we're up against…how many Hydra Agents are inside the Hub" she looked at Jack "I'm guessing you know how to fight?"
"Of course I do", Jack confirmed "never know when you need to get a bit violent on a mission".
"And I know you can Doctor. So that just leaves you Rosie", Hayley said looking over at her sister "I'm afraid you're going to have to sit this one out".
"What?! " Rose exclaimed "why?"
"We're heading into an extremely dangerous situation. I want you safe", Hayley said.
"So I'm supposed to sit on the side lines while you 3 help Hayley's team save Simmons and Trip?" Rose asked "no way!"
"Yes way", Hayley countered "Rose, we 3…" she gestured to herself, Jack and the Doctor can fight "you can't. In a situation like that one we're going to be heading into, it can get real crazy, real fast. One mistake…one wrong move and you could get seriously hurt or worse. Mum would never forgive me if either of those things happened. So that's why you're not going to join us".
Rose turned to the Doctor "I'm with Hayley on this one. You're not coming with us", he said "I'm going to take you home until its safe".
"Jack?" Rose asked hoping that he would be on her side.
"Sorry Rose", the American said "I agree with the Doctor and your sister".
Rose turned away from trio taking deep shaky breaths. Hayley half expected the blonde to slap or continue to yell at them when she turned back, instead Rose flung her arms around her sister, giving her a tight hug. "You better stay in one piece", she said.
"I will Rosie, I promise", Hayley promised.
~Cargo Hold~
"You promise, you're going to be careful", Rose said again as they stopped by the TARDIS.
"Yes, Rosie, I promise", Hayley said and the two of them hugged. Then it was the Doctor's turn. His hug lasted longer than Rose's did.
"I'll be back soon", he promised "Don't do anything without me", he added in a mock warning tone.
"No promises", Hayley said and gave him a quick kiss "love you".
"I love you too", he said. Hayley moved back and she and Jack watched the TARDIS disappear.
It was mere minutes after the blue box had gone when the Bus shook. "We better get to the others, the attack has just started", Hayley said. Jack nodded in agreement and they made their way back to the upper level.
The pair had barely joined the others by outside the cockpit when shots were fired at the aircraft. Hayley yelped when a bullet whizzed past, grazing her arm. Jack quickly pulled her down, shielding her body with his own. Garrett, Ward, Skye and Fitz took cover as well. "Jack, I'm fine. It's just a graze", Hayley said when the American checked her arm after the gun fire stopped.
They looked over at the cockpit as the door opened and Coulson walked out with an injured Agent May. He walked past all of them, leading May to the lab. Garrett, Ward, Fitz, Jack and the twins followed after them.
As soon as they reached the lab, they heard the familiar sound of the TARDIS engines. When the Doctor stepped out, he seemed to appear from thin air. "I see you've cloaked the TARDIS", Hayley remarked "how do you find her without walking into her?"
"Easy. Just remember where I've parked", the Doctor replied with a smile. It dropped when he noticed blood on her sleeve. "You're hurt", he said, starting forward with every intention of checking the severity of her wound when Hayley stopped him.
"It's just a graze", she said "I'm pretty sure the time vortex has already healed it by now".
"What happened?" the Doctor asked.
"A few minutes after you left the Bus shook and bullets started flying", Hayley replied "everyone is in the lab…well almost everyone is in there prepping for going into the Hub" and with that she headed into the lab, the Doctor following.
Hayley went over to one of the lockers and took out a few ICERs and several magazines and set them onto the holotable. "A non-lethal weapon? Shouldn't we be using proper guns?" Jack asked noting that's what the guns were.
"No", Hayley said taking out spare holsters and some flak jackets "we have no clue who is Hydra and who isn't. Better to be safe than accidently kill a friendly".
"It's a good idea", the Doctor agreed.
Hayley took one of the flak jackets and put it on. "You might want to take this too", the Doctor said holding out her extendable Yautja spear.
"Do you really think I'm going to need it?" Hayley asked slipping a couple of extra magazine's into the pouches on her leg holster.
"Better safe than sorry", the Doctor replied "as you said, we have no idea what we're up against".
"True", Hayley said taking the spear from him and tucking it into the back belt loops of her trousers, making sure that she could easily get out if she needed to. The Time Lord checked her flak jacket to make sure that it was secure.
"What's all that?" Jack asked looking at the large monitor which now displayed everything that the team had discovered during their time together. Hayley joined him while the Doctor shed his leather jacket to put on a flak jacket over his jumper.
"That's everything we've gathered over the past several months. 084 specs…Asgardian weaponry…portal creation…Donnie's weather machine…" Hayley listed off.
"Gravitonium which is in The Fridge…" Ward added having come in with Garrett as she was telling Jack about the various devices and weapons they'd found.
"It's below The Fridge. No records", Coulson spoke up.
"What's The Fridge?" Jack asked Hayley quietly.
"A secure SHEILD facility", Hayley answered "it's primarily a prison".
"Okay. But on the off chance we would give them the designs to weaponize it", Ward said to Coulson "The drug from TAHITI, sir? All here. If Hydra's really about to seize this plane –"
Coulson looks at Skye. "We should wipe the system", he told her.
"I'm backing it up on this hard drive to keep our edge", Skye informed him tapping the drive on the holotable.
"Then do it. Scrub the plane clean", Coulson instructed.
"It'll take some time", Skye said.
"We'll working on buying you some", Garrett said coming into the lab, carrying a large bag. He gestured with his head to Fitz who nodded. The twins, Jack, the Doctor, Coulson and May watched the pair leave the lab.
~The Hub~
About ten minutes later all of them were walking through some hallways inside The Hub. "It's called a mouse hole. It cuts through anything, really. I designed it a year ago and submitted it for testing, but it never reached distribution", Fitz said, explaining the little contraption he used to get them out of the Bus without going by the ramp.
"Top agents always hog the good stuff", Garrett remarked.
"You're right. The hard drive's safer in your hands", Skye told Ward as they walked at the back of the group "You haven't taught me how to hold up under torture yet".
Ward took the drive and tucked it into his backpack. "We'll get to that. It's real fun", he said.
Coulson, who was even further back moved forward until he was at the front of the group. "All right, here's where we split up", he said "Skye, Ward and Jack?"
"Heading to the nerve center", Ward said knowing what his and Skye's job was.
"Disable their systems, most importantly their control of our plane", Coulson ordered.
"Copy that", Skye said. The pair start off but Coulson stops them.
"Remember, these agents are under orders. Use ICERs only. We'll find Simmons, get her out", he said.
"Be careful", the Doctor said to Jack.
"Will do", Jack said "don't have too much fun without me".
"Same goes for you", Hayley countered. Jack flashed her a grin and then he, Ward and Skye left to complete their mission.
"We should go straight for Hand. Hydra's always taking about getting their heads cut off, right?" Garrett said.
May and Fitz fall in line behind Coulson and Garrett, the Doctor and Hayley bringing up the rear. "Saving Simmons and Triplett, that's our priority", Coulson said firmly.
"I agree, and that's how I'd get it done", Garrett told him "Hope you have a better plan".
Garrett picks up his pace, as does Fitz. May dropped back to walk next to Coulson. "Phil, I can help you if you –" she held up handcuffed wrists.
"We need your help, but the cuffs stay on", Coulson said. May lowered her arms, dejected as he picks up his pace.
~monitoring room~
Garrett, Coulson, Fitz, May and Jack met very little resistance getting to one of the monitoring rooms so that they could access the security cameras to find Trip and Jemma.
May stands in front of one of the screens and points at it "There. Agent Hand. Outside the east wing situation room", she said.
"This is definitely a situation", Garrett remarked.
Fitz leant over the monitors, peering at them "Is Simmons there?" he asked "We don't move until we find Simmons".
"I'll say it again. Best bet to save her, use the ventilation system to get above the sit room. Drop down using Fitz's sweet little mouse hole, and put two bullets though Victoria Hand's heart", Garrett stated eyeing Victoria Hand on the monitor.
"Yeah, that's an option, sir", Fitz agreed.
"Fitz!" Hayley exclaimed.
"We're not killing her", the Doctor added.
"Why not?" Fitz demanded "she's the Clairvoyant".
"Ever heard of the phrase 'dead man tell no tales'? Hayley asked.
"She's right", the Doctor said "You won't get any information from her if she's dead. Better to keep her alive, find out how many Hydra Agents there are…maybe even her end game".
"Careful Doctor, you're starting to think more like an Agent", Hayley mock warned.
"Is that a bad thing?" The Doctor asked.
Hayley shook his head "No", she replied "I kinda like it". The Doctor smiled at her. The brunette turned Garrett "your plan is sound but we should use ICERs. It –"
"You don't put someone like her on ice!" Garrett exclaimed, interrupting her "Hayley, she had both you and your twin sister shot in the stomach, in the stomach, because you were curious. Mike Peterson, burned alive and turned into some kind of freak" he looked pointedly at Coulson "She tortured you, using the same machine she used to brainwash that bitch in the flower dress". Coulson's eyes widened at this which was unnoticed by Garrett who continued "And right now, she's probably doing the same to Agent Simmons".
"No. Simmons will be fine", Fitz said firmly.
"Just being realistic, kid", Garrett said.
"I never mentioned that", Coulson said, so quietly that his voice was barely audible.
"I'm telling you, killing her quick would be a mercy", Garrett continued.
"I never said Raina had been inside the machine", Coulson said, his voice a little louder but not by much "I never told that to anybody". Hayley and the Doctor exchanged looks. None of them knew that piece of information because as Coulson said, he never told anyone. So how did Garrett know Raina had been in the same machine?
"I must've read it in a report, then", Garrett said, not seeing his point.
"You weren't with us", Coulson said. Hayley put a hand on her ICER, ready to pull it out if needed. The Doctor didn't do that but he tensed up in anticipation for the conversation to go south very quickly.
"The point is, how many more have to suffer before Vic gets hers?" Garrett asked.
"You showed up right after", Coulson stated.
"What are you driving at?" Garrett questioned.
"After Hayley and Skye was shot, Quinn said it was so I would lead The Clairvoyant to the cure. That's exactly what I did", Coulson said "I walked you right in there with me".
Garrett shakes his head and laughs. "Phil…look, it's been a rough day. I-I get it. But you need to take a second and…" he trailed off when he saw the Coulson wasn't going to be swayed by anything he said. He sighed "Damn it", he said.
Suddenly the doors burst open at this point and a swarm of soldiers enters. "Freeze! Don't move! Hand's where I can see 'em", one of them ordered. All 6 of them had no choice but to do as they were told.
"Easy, fellas", Garrett said.
"Take Agent Garrett into custody. He's the murderer they call The Clairvoyant. He's a traitor", Coulson said giving the man an accusing look.
"Gentlemen, I know Agent Sitwell was in charge of filling your ranks, so at least a few of you know what to do in this situation", Garrett said to the soldiers "Anytime, boys". One of the soldiers opens fire taking out a few of the other soldiers. Garrett grinned "Hail Hydra", he said.
"Hail Hydra!" the soldiers cheered.
Coulson, May, Fitz, Hayley and the Doctor were forced to stand in a line at gun point while they were disarmed. Hayley allowed them to take her ICER but when she resisted them taking her Yautja spear, one of the Hydra Agents threatened to shoot the Doctor so the brunette gave the spear up. Her jaw clenched as she watched the agent carelessly toss the spear aside. She couldn't wait to punch that guy's lights out for not taking care of her gift.
"Those three men in your unit, I guess they asked the wrong questions", Coulson stated bitterly.
Garrett shrugged "Until today, it was all about keeping the secret", he said.
"Are you gonna kill us?" Fitz asked quietly.
Once again Garrett shrugged "That wasn't my plan, really" he sighed and walked closer to them "If it was, I could've done that at any time I wanted. No, Coulson and I go way back. Back to the days when Nick Fury was teaching us tactics" he smiled at Coulson and mimics holding a gun "Clearing corners, slicing the pie. Remember, Phil?"
"Fury would bury you for this", Coulson said all but angrily. He couldn't believe it. Hydra was hiding within SHIELD and Garrett was one of them.
"Probably", Garrett said "Instead, he'll just have to roll over in his grave. He must've uncovered our secret. Top brass did what they had to do. Explains why we've suddenly come 'out of the shadows'. Not a minor inconvenience, I might add".
May frowned "'Top brass'?" she questioned. How high did this thing really go?
"Oh, my, yes. Tip-top", Garrett answered "We had a good thing going, too", he remarked "Waving the SHIELD flag as hard as we could. I guess we'll be changing colours now". Hayley's jaw clenched. She wanted to smack that stupid smile from his face!
"For Hydra?" Coulson scoffed "You really believe all that crap, spreading death and destruction?"
Garrett grimaced "I wouldn't say I'm a true believer", he admitted "Let's just say I felt the wind changing direction and swung my sail. You really should, too".
"I would die before serving Hydra, you sick son of a bitch", Coulson spat. Damn straight Hayley thought, wholeheartedly agreeing with him. She too would rather give her life as a SHIELD Agent than betray the people that she considered to be family.
Garrett grimaced for a second time "I hate to tell you but…you've been serving Hydra all along", he gave Coulson a smile "I guess death is the only alternative. It's a sad thing, I consider you a friend. I was happy when I heard you'd made it through".
"So happy you had me tortured for 3 days to find out how they did it", Coulson shot back.
"I didn't enjoy that", Garrett confessed "Phil, t-this is me being honest".
"No, John. This is you being a psychopath", Coulson said smoothly. Oooh burn Hayley thought. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Fitz's head hanging down, tears in his eyes. She took his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze to let him know that he wasn't alone.
Garrett let out a small laugh before he sighed, turning his attention to May. "I know you'd follow him to the grave, so…" he gave her a mock sad face to which May responded with her trademark emotionless expression. Garrett laughed again and walks toward Fitz. "As for you, Agent Fitz, you'll hold a very high rank, run our tech division, if you volunteer", he said. Fitz looked up at him, a tear rolling down his face "If not, you'll have no rank and a lot of pain. Of course, either way –" he bowed slightly to the young man "Your services will be required".
Hayley squeezed his hand again making Fitz glance at her. She gave him a smile. That was all he needed to say what he truly wanted to say to Garrett "You're gonna suffer for what you've done", he sniffed and straightened his back, taking his hand out of Hayley's "And I, I plan on being a very big part of that".
Garrett laughs and claps Fitz on his shoulder "I like you, kid", he said before moving onto Hayley "How about you Hales? You could be a specialist or you could be a part of our research division, focusing on history and archaeology of course".
"Only my friends can call me Hales. You're not my friend", Hayley said.
Garrett put his hands up "my apologies Hayley", he said "so how about it, you ready to jump ship and join Hydra?"
Hayley glanced one way at Coulson, May and Fitz and then at the Doctor "they're my family", she said looking back at Garrett "I will never betray them".
Garrett sighed "I was afraid you'd say that" he turned to the Doctor "I'm guessing you won't be joining us either", he stated.
"You guessed right", the Doctor said.
"I was hoping you two would willingly volunteer", Garrett said looking at both Hayley and the Doctor "no matter, we have ways of making you cooperate".
That's not going to happen the Doctor thought knowing that the ways to make them cooperate was going to be nothing short of torture. And he wasn't about to let this Hydra scum lay a hand on his girlfriend. If Garrett dared…then he would get a first-hand experience on why HE was called the Oncoming Storm.
Garrett turned to the Hydra soldiers still pointing their guns at the group "All right, let them have it", he ordered "But shoot those three in the kneecaps", he added pointing to Hayley, Fitz and the Doctor.
He just moved past the line of soldiers when suddenly an explosion rocks the base. The electricity blinks then goes out. The emergency lights kicked in and everything kicked off. Coulson snatched up a wrench and goes for Garrett. Fitz dived underneath a desk while the Doctor quickly used his sonic to free May from her cuffs. Hayley made a beeline for the Hydra Agent who mishandled her spear. She clocked him around the face with her fist before spinning around to engage another.
May and the Doctor took on two Agents each as well. Between the three of them it didn't take long to take out the six Hydra Agents. They turn to watch Coulson fight it out with Garret waiting for a good opening so that they could help him.
Coulson wrapped his arm around Garrett's neck, putting him a headlock. Garrett pulls a knife out of a holster on his belt and cuts Coulson's arm holding him. Coulson cries out in pain and pulls his arm back and Garrett flips him over his back to land at his feet. Hayley flung out her hand, throwing time vortex at the man, tossing him back before he could stab Coulson in the face.
The doors bust open and Agent Victoria Hand and several SHIELD agents entered the room. "Hands up! Don't move!" one of the agents ordered. Hayley, the Doctor, May and Coulson did just that. Fitz was about to when Jemma pushed past Hand and the other agents to give him a massive hug.
"I'm not Hydra", Coulson told Victoria.
"We heard…everything", she said looking over at Agent Shaw who was over by some piping by the wall. He pulled out a listening device from behind it and showed it to Coulson.
"Who is? How deep does it go?" Coulson asked Victoria. She looked down sadly to the floor then back up to Coulson.
The group, along with Jack, Ward and Skye stood in the hall watching SHIELD soldiers lead several people in cuffs away. When Garrett was being led past them, Ward looked at his SO with a shocked look on his face. Trip, who was further down the hall, shouted at Garrett thoroughly hurt and betrayed by the man who trained him.
~Bus~
Glass crunched under Hayley's boots as she walked through the destroyed aircraft. She stopped in the command centre, taking in the damage. She took out her SHIELD badge and opened it up. Hayley couldn't help but tear up at everything that had just happened.
She felt a hand touch her lower back. Hayley glanced behind her and saw it was the Doctor. "It's all gone", she said, her voice trembling "I don't know what we're going to do now". The Time Lord hugged her when she started to cry.
"It's going to be ok Hayley", he said gently "I'm not going to leave you, not matter what happens next".
"Thank you", Hayley mumbled, clutching onto him tighter.