Ida's POV

I've lost hope. There's no way I'm getting any of my friends out of this prison. I see the ghost of what I used to be underneath the mask I live under. I don't know what to do anymore. My plans don't work for anything. My only last option is to escape and come back in from another vantage point. Maybe I could recruit backup.

I shove all my research off my bed and lie back, curling my body to fit under the blankets. Suddenly a stab of regret and longing shoots through my chest as I remember how broken my parents were after losing Isaiah. I don't know what they are going to do now. I try and sleep, but a couple of rogue tears slip down my face. I hear a few crashes; then, as if out of a movie, Sebastian comes tumbling into my room in a full blown panic. He shuts my door, and I run into his arms, completely breaking down.

"I...I...i'm so s...sorry." I sob between tears. He comforts me assuring me that I was not faulted for being manipulated. After catching me up on what was happening, we run to meet the others and see a fight start between SHIELD and HYDRA.

"Definitely not what I wanted to do today." Sebastian mutters.

I try and laugh, but nothing comes out of my mouth but a squeak. I see Abby and Peter back to back, fighting the forces Charlotte sent into the room. Opposite them, Delilah and James are desperately trying to defend themselves. People with weird badges are fighting while Daisy runs around screaming with a knife.

Delilah yells,"WHO LET DAISY HAVE A KNIFE?" I laugh. A real laugh. Something that hasn't happened in weeks. Sebastian looks at me with a weird grin. I blush and turn to help my friends.

Charlotte walks through the door carrying a knife. Isaiah follows her with his head down, closing the door behind them. I notice all of her guards have an opponent. Sebastian steps in front of me and squares up to Isaiah. I gasp and try to stop him, but he holds me back and he and Isaiah start battling. I look at Charlotte, narrowing my eyes.

"You took everything from me. First Isaiah; then you took my parent's spirits. You took Abby, Sebastian, Delilah, Daisy, Peter, everyone I ever cared about. You even took Willow and Rosy away from me. And now, I will take everything you have, piece by piece, starting with your empire and ending with your life." I hear my voice ringing in my ears as if it was someone else's.

"Feisty one aren't we? Why don't you take a minute to breathe and realize that you are simply on the wrong side of a war that I will win?" Her voice is calm, the same voice I've grown tired of hearing.

I rip the knife out of her hand, drawing blood. She gasps and looks at me with a nasty look.

"You little—" A girl cuts her off by busting open the door and slamming Charlotte into the wall.

"BERTY?" Daisy yells over the chaos, dropping her knife and running in slow motion.

"DAISY MILLER?" the girl, Berty, yells in slow motion.

"BERTY WOLFSCHELEGELSTEINHAUSENBERGERDORFF?" at this point, Delilah facepalms, Sebastian and Isaiah stop fighting to stare at Berty and Daisy, and Abby open and closes her mouth a few times before breathing deeply and shaking her head. I walk over to Charlotte's body and tie her unconscious body up, and the. I turn back to Berty and Daisy.

"You too are perfect friends for each other. Weirdos." I shake my head and laugh before turning away from their complex handshake. I turn to Isaiah and start to talk. "Isaiah, y'know I love you, but what you've done is too much. We have to turn you into the police."

He nods in agreement and looks at me with tears in his eyes. "Before you do, though, I just wanted to say that I'm sor…"

A gun fires, and I see Berty throwing down a gun. I gasp and run to Isaiah.

"No… no…no…no. This can't be happening. You were supposed to say you're sorry, and I was supposed to forgive you. Isaiah.. this wasn't supposed to happen…" I turn my head to Betty. "How could you? How could you? You don't even know…I don't even know him." Berty looks at her feet, ashamed. Tears stream down my face. " He could've changed. He could have been different" I can't lose him for a second time. Sebastian scoops me up as I hear evil laughter come from the door.

Suddenly, Sebastian shoves me behind him and freezes. "Uncle Oc?"

To be continued... stay tuned for the sequel