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Chapter 8 the Hub

I'm sitting at a chair just sitting looking at a picture of William. "I hope you're okay," I whisper to myself. Agent Coulson walks in the room. Fitz gets up out of his set.

"Ah. Good, you're done with that paranasal extraction nonsense. Do you need me to analyze the data?" Fitz says.

"That won't be necessary," Coulson replies.

"If it's encrypted, I can mine the chip for him," Skye says.

"I'm afraid this mission's classified. Clearance Level 8," Coulson says.

"Uh," Skye says.

"Ah," Jemma says and everyone besides Skye and me walk away. Coulson walks to his office.

"Wait. What? He can't just shut us out of the process like that?" Skye asks.

"Well he did say the mission is level 8," Fitz says.

"And we're not. So we can't know about it," Jemma says.

"Um, what's level 8?" I ask.

"S.H.I.E.L.D.'s whole infrastructure is based on the hierarchy and compartmentalization of intelligence," Jemma says.

"Every agent can't have the intel on every mission. Makes the entire organization vulnerable," Ward says.

"Okay fine, but if I just fought my way out an underground Siberian prison, I'd kind of want to know what for," Skye says.

"Coulson's got you used to the plane, the way we do missions here. The Hub is different," May says.

"The Hub? What's the Hub?" Skye asks.


Scene change.

"I didn't realize Big Brother was this big," Skye says. We walk somewhere

"Oh, this is nothing. Wait until you see the Triskelion," Jemma says.

"Everyone's waring the same suit, someone tell me why please," Skye says. Coulson, Jemma, Fitz, Ward, May and me grab a blue band thingy. "Don't I get one?" Skye asks. We continue to walk off somewhere.

"That's your badge," Coulson says pointing at the device he gave her. "Which means you've got a long way to go to even make level 1," Coulson says.

"Copy that," Skye says. Skye looks behind. "Does it also mean no access to any computers here whatsoever? I could run a search on the redacted S.H.I.E.L.D. file on my parents," Skye asks.

"Skye," Coulson says firmly.

"But it just seems like the place they'd keep them, right?" Skye says.

"I'll look into it. But right now we've got more pressing matters at hand," Coulson says. Coulson sees a familiar face. "Agent Sitwell," Coulson says.

"Agent Coulson. Good to see you're feeling better. Agent Hands waiting for you in the situation room," Sitwell replies. Sitwell walks with us.

"She doesn't like to wait," Coulson says.

"So you know her?" Sitwell asks.

"Only her reputation. After you," Coulson says.

"Your level 7s can join us for the briefing," Sitwell says. Sitwell looks into a device in the wall.

"Say cheese," An artificial voice says. Sitwell then walks into the situation room. Coulson looks into the device before following Sitwell.

"Victoria Hand…," Jemma says.

"Is here," Fitz says. The rest of the group follow Coulson into the situation room, except Skye whose wrist device attaches to the device on the wall.

"Guess you ain't level 7," I say to Skye.

"Ouch," Fitz says. Coulson walks over to Skye.

"Is this your subtle way of telling me I can't come with?" Skye asks.

"We'll be back," Coulson says. Coulson walks back into the situation rom and the glass door closes behind him. Skye scoffs. I see Jemma and Fitz walk off, must likely to some sort of lab. Coulson, May, Ward, Sitwell and me walk further into the situation room and stop in front of a woman.

"Agent Hand," Coulson says.

"Agent Coulson," Agent Hand replies. "Nice to finally put a face to the name," Hand says, shaking Coulson's hand.

"Likewise, these are Agents May, Ward and Queen," Coulson says.

"Know that we got that over with here's what you can know," Hand says. The screen changes to show a map. "The intel you recovered from Agent Shaw tells us that a separate group from South Ossetia built a weapon called Izbutomiut," Hand says.

"The overkill device?" Ward asks.

"A little dramatic for my taste. I imagine something was lost in translation. We've intercepted chatter that tells us they plan to use the weapon in the next twenty-four hours to declare their independence from Russia and Georgia," Hand explains. The screen changes to show a picture of a device. "We believe it creates sonic vibrations powerful enough to trigger weapons from a great distance. Anything from the missiles on a helicopter to a nuclear warhead sitting in its silo," Hand explains.

"Soo if we move on them, they could use our own weapons against us?" Coulson asks.

"Exactly. That's why I need a two-man team to sneak across the disputed border undetected, break into the separatist stronghold, and disable the weapon in the next twenty-four hours. And you have two people who fit my bill," Hand says. Coulson looks at Ward, May and me.

"Not a problem," May says

"I was in Georgia during the incursion in '08. I still have contacts on the south Ossetian border. And you'll have to use them. But we don't have the specs on the device, so I need someone on the team who can identify and dismantle it on site," Hand says. We look at each other. Ward turns back to Hand.

"Do you mean….," Ward asks.

"I think she does," Coulson says.


Scene change.

I'm looking at a S.H.I.E.L.D. computer. "Wait… What… That's impossible," I say. Jemma runs in the room.

"I didn't mean too….. she just talked me into it…. One thing leaded to another….. I shouldn't have…. Skye sent me to get you….," Jemma says. I grab her hand.

"Jem, breath. Calm down. Deep breaths," I say. Jemma slows her breathing. "Now explain to me what happened, in detail," I say. Jemma explains to me about what happened, helping Skye hack into the Hub classified files to shooting Sitwell with the night-night gun. "Thanks for telling me. I'm gonna tell Coulson. You stay here," I say.

Scene change.

"You got the information. Now we react," May says.

"We're gonna get our guys," Skye says.
"Somebody has too," I say

"What about the S.H.I.E.L.D. assault?" Jemma asks.

"We won't interfere. You don't need a battalion for an extraction. Four can pull it off," May says.

"Five is better," Coulson says. May, Jemma, Skye and me look up to see Coulson standing at the railing.

"You're in? Thought we all had to be level eight to discuss this?" Skye asks.

"We're not discussing anything," Coulson replies. A smirk grows on my face.


Scene change.

I knock on the door to Coulson's office. "Come in," Colson says. I walk in.

"I need to talk to you about something I found out in the Hub, but can you keep it quiet for a little while. I need some time to process it," I say. Coulson nods.

To be continued…


Please let me know what you think? Any advice you would like to give me. Well, until next time, Ant-boy out.