They then found out that one of the candidates had seemed to be lying about being in a catatonic state, and where able to track him.
"I want this perimeter sealed. Two-man teams on every exit. Fitz, you got a signal?" Coulson inquired.
"94%, sir. Deathlok must be inside somewhere" Fitz replied.
"Possible civilians inside?" Coulson questioned.
"Highly doubtful. This racetrack's been shut down for months" Fitz explained.
"Move out!" Coulson ordered.
"Kayla, run a back end from the tactical van with Skye. You, I want you 6 feet from Kayla at all times, weapons hot" Ward announced.
"Ward, it's okay. I can handle myself, you know" Kayla said, raising an eyebrow.
"Ward's right. I feel bad enough you're here when we know Centipede wants you. I'm not taking any chances with your safety. You cannot be captured again" Coulson stated.
"Be careful" Kayla exclaimed, grabbing onto Ward's arm.
"You too" He replied, with a small smile.
They quickly moved to the truck and started to set up the equipment, while all the time Skye was looking at Kayla with a strange look.
"What?" Kayla asked, suspiciously.
"What was with those looks you and Ward were giving each other earlier?" Skye inquired.
"What looks?" Kayla questioned.
"You know, the 'I kind of want to cuddle you but at the same time I still want to have crazy sex with you'" Skye explained.
"There's a look for that?" Kayla laughed.
"…Wait, you're not denying it? Did something happen with you two?" Skye asked.
"Maybe…" Kayla trailed off, not being able to suppress a grin.
"Oh my God! Did you guys have sex?!" Skye practically shouted.
"No! But…we may now be dating" Kayla told her.
"Seriously? Ah, I'm so happy for you guys" Skye exclaimed, pulling Kayla into a quick hug.
"So when are you going to have sex? Because you know I'll want all the details" Skye grinned.
"Oh, I know…but I think we're going to take it a bit slow" Kayla announced.
"How come?" Skye inquired.
"I don't know…I guess I've still got these stupid trust issues, and I don't think he wants to get into anything too serious" Kayla explained.
"Kay, he's crazy about you! You need to start trusting people! These are good guys" Skye told her.
"I know…you're right. I mean we could die any day now, couldn't we? So we should just live in the moment" Kayla announced.
"Jesus, I thought you were about to burst into song" Skye laughed, as Kayla nudged her with her good elbow.
"Skye, you online?" They heard Coulson ask through the coms.
"Hang on. Northwest corridor is getting something. I'm pulling up a live feed. I can't confirm it's him. Initiating multi-spectrum overlay" Skye told them, trying to figure out if the man they could see was Deathlok.
"Oh my God…" Kayla trailed off, when she saw that there was metal under his skin.
"What the hell did they do to him?" Skye questioned, in disgust.
"What are you seeing?" Coulson inquired.
"It's not just his leg or his eye. They did stuff to him. It's all under his skin" Skye explained, as Deathlok destroyed Fitz's toy.
"Uh, signal's dead. Retriever's down" Fitz stated.
"He knows we're here" May announced.
"Fitz, get back to the van now" Coulson ordered him, as he picked his stuff up and left.
They then split into groups, trying to find Deathlok, and it didn't take very long.
"Contact! Take cover!" Ward shouted over the coms, as they heard an explosion.
"Ward, are you okay? Ward?!" Kayla exclaimed.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Uh, I got two men down. We need a med team!" He told her.
"Requesting one now" Kayla informed him.
"May, he's coming your way" Skye warned.
"Got him!" May stated, but Deathlok then jumped down a flight of stairs, losing May.
"He just ducked into the Southwest stairwell. In pursuit" Coulson announced.
"All teams...he's headed into the sub-basement. I do not have a visual. Fitz, you have a retriever down here?" Coulson asked.
"On their way" Fitz replied.
"Easy. I come in peace" Garrett exclaimed, when he and Coulson nearly bumped into each other.
"How about a signal next time?" Coulson questioned, as Deathlok started shooting at them.
"Fitz, you getting this?" Coulson asked.
"Uh, barely, sir. It leads down into the sewer system. That's under at least...40 feet of concrete? We'll be blind down there" Fitz explained.
"Where's that little guy going?" Garrett inquired, as one of Fitz's toys sped off in the opposite direction.
"Sir, there's someone else down there" Fitz warned him.
"Copy that" Coulson replied, as he and Garrett followed.
Then they entered a room full of wires and computers and a man sitting in a wheelchair.
"What the hell?" Garrett questioned.
"Agent Coulson, Agent Garrett, I surrender" Nash announced, using a computer to give him speech.
"Forgive me if we don't shake hands. I don't like to be touched" Nash explained.
"Sir, we've got a lot of wires back here" Ward told him.
"Don't touch anything. We need this room swept for explosives" Coulson advised.
"There are no traps here, Agent Coulson. You're here because we are destined to meet" Nash theorized.
"You're the Clairvoyant?" Garrett questioned.
"I'm Thomas Nash. Mr. Po gave me that other name. A bit dramatic for my taste" Nash joked.
"Eyes open, everybody. We don't know where Deathlok is or who else is down here" Coulson warned them.
"Mr. Peterson is gone. I cut his feed, so you won't find him" Nash stated.
"But you had him lead us here. Why?" Coulson asked.
"So I could see you with my own eyes instead of his. Now I understand why I couldn't see you after you died...because you, yourself, could not see. You were simply a broken man who did not know he was broken" Nash explained.
"You're one to talk" Coulson retorted.
"Let's pack this freak off to the fridge where he belongs" Garrett announced.
"Agent Garrett, look at me. Do you believe you can confine me any more than this chair?" Nash exclaimed.
"Can somebody please tell me how we turn that stupid voice thing off?" Garrett inquired.
"I will join Raina in your prison, Agent Coulson, but I will see you wherever you go, just as I saw you holding Skye in your arms, bleeding...dying...knowing it was all your fault" Nash taunted.
Kayla turned away from the live feed to look at Skye who wore a worried face.
"You're going away. We're gonna stick you in a little box where no one will ever hear you again" Coulson said, angrily.
"I see you're angry. Head clouded with lies. You've been betrayed, and now you fear what's about to happen" Nash suggested.
"Nothing's about to happen. Just more empty threats from you" Coulson replied.
"No. It is the inevitable. A force beyond your comprehension is coming for you…and Skye. She has something we want. And she will die giving it to us. I have seen it" Nash explained.
"Go to hell" Coulson spat.
"And Kayla, she will have an even worse fate. When we are done with her she will wish she was dead. No matter where I go or what you do to me, I will always-" Nash was suddenly cut off when a loud bang erupted in the room.
Kayla could see on the screen that a bullet wound was now leaking blood from Nash's chest and followed the line of sight directly to Ward who was holding out his gun and let out a small gasp.
"What did you do?" Coulson questioned.
"Wait. What happened?" Skye asked, still confused.
"Did Ward just…?" Fitz trailed off in shock.
"He's dead, It's over" Garrett stated, and once again Kayla couldn't help but feel suspicious about his choice of words.
Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Could Garrett been any shadier tbh? Please leave a review:)