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Chapter 22
The Playground

Jamie hadn't paid much attention to where they had landed on the mainland when they brought Fitz and Jemma back for medical attention ,and if she was being honest, she had fallen asleep on the couch in Phil's office when they made the journey back there. It had been a good several days since the had finished the battle to stop HYDRA at the Triskelion, and Jamie had honestly slept more than she had been awake in that time, but she still felt so tired.

Perhaps it was because of all the stress being put on them to go in front of Congress to tell them what happened, which Nat was the only one doing so. Jamie hated court and politics, and her injuries (despite practically being completely healed) allowed her to not testify. Steve, on the other hand, ,had just flat out refused. He had already told his story by putting the three helicarriers into the Potomac. He had enough to deal with about Bucky right now. Congress was the last thing he needed.

Phil woke her up when they arrived, and they made their way to the hanger bay together. Agent May, Skye and Triplett all met them there, waiting as the back opened. Before it even hit the ground though, Jemma's form could be seen waiting just beyond their reach, but it was just Jemma. No Fitz.

Once it was down all the way, Jemma made her way up, and the other made their way down. The two sides met half way, Jemme instantly engulfed in a hug from Skye, and a pat on the shoulder from Coulson.

"Fitz, is he okay?" Skye asked, pulling away quickly to look at the young Brit for her answer. "Please tell me he's okay."

Jemma looked around them slowly with tear filled eyes. "He's alive," she said.

"That's all we can ask for right now," Jamie told the young agents. Jamie had been through her fair share of loss of comrades, and hearing someone was alive was more than she could ever hope for in her line of her. They may have a long road ahead, but they were alive. A brother was alive.

"What is this place?" May asked.

"First thing I found in that box was these coordinates," Phil answered. "Another secret base?"

"I call it the Playground, though technically, it doesn't have a name because, technically, it doesn't exist. It being a secret base and all."

Jamie practically jumped and turned along with the others to look at the very short man standing at the bottom of the ramp. He was dressed finely in a dark suit, an orange lanyard dangling from his neck.

"Eric?" Skye asked slowly.

"Billy, he corrected, hold up his lanyard. "Koenig, Agent of SHIELD, although I totally understand the confusion. Eric passed away, sadly, but it's great to have company, finally, and I did not mind minding this place."

Jamie didn't understand why everybody was acting so weird, but she didn't pay much attention to it. As it seemed, they had met his brother, so she just assumed they both looked alike.

"Agent Coulson," Phil introduced.

Billy looked like a giddy school girl. He made his way up the group. "I know. I know. And it is an honor to meet you, Sir. I'll get your lanyard shortly." His demeanor changed when he looked toward the rest of the group. "For the rest of you, lanyards will be handed out on a case-by-case basis. Can't be too careful with all those HYDRA threats still out there, causing trouble.

"That's why we're here, get you up and running and back fighting the good fight, which is gonna be cool," Billy said. "I know we don't have much, but what we have is yours, Sir."

"Thank you," Phil said.

"So! Where would you like to start?" Billy asked.

Jamie nudged Phil with her shoulder. "Food, we could start with food," she suggested.

He smirked and shook his head. "For once, I agree with you," he said. "You can tell us exactly what happened at the Triskelion."

"Sure, but can we have Chinese food?"

"The mission started for Steve and Natasha first," Jamie explained.

The group was sitting scattered about the kitchen and the combined dining area eating the mac and cheese they had all worked together to make for their dinner that night. They were all lounging around, not in a hurry to do anything that night. Tomorrow was a different story, but for the time being, one night off was what they were taking.

"Captain America and Black Widow," Trip said, shaking his head. "Man, this is unbelievable."

"We're still too used to it. I mean, we've met Jamie a couple times before this too," Skye told him.

"You've gone on missions together?" Trip asked.

"Kind of," Jamie interrupted the two. "They rescued me from the organization that gave me my powers after they kidnapped me. Then when Lady Sif, an Asgardian came on a mission I help out in greeting her, other than that I wasn't much use."

"Fitz shot her," Skye chuckled.

"He did? Didn't know he had it in him," Trip commented.

"He was under the Asgardians' control," Phil said. "Go on, Jamie."

"Right! Back on topic," Jamie said. "They were sent on a rescue mission to the Lemurian Star, a SHIELD ship that had been taken over by pirate hired by Fury because he knew it was corrupt, though they didn't know that at the time. Agent Sitwell, HYDRA, by the way, Arnim Zola's Algorithm for Project Insight into it.

"They came back from the mission and that night Fury came to Steve to tell him SHIELD was compromised and the Winter Soldier shot and killed him, but before he died, he gave Steve a flash drive."

"Obviously not," Jemma said.

"Yeah, but I'll get to that," Jamie said. "So while all that happened, I was in New York on another mission. When I came back, Secretary Pierce called me in and told me his version of what happened. He put me in charge of the STRIKE team to go after Captain Rogers. Agent Brock Rumlow figured out that I didn't quite buy into everything. I got shot on the way out and jumped out of the window on the twentieth floor.

"With the help of a friend, I found Steve and Nat. We couldn't get into the drive, but we could backtrack who was blocking us out. Went to For Lehigh to see who it was.

"Lehigh, that's where Captain America was trained," Trip said.

"You were actually there? With Captain Rogers?" Phil fanboyed. .

"Yeah, we were there while it blew up too," Jamie said.

"Turns out, Arnim zola was a HYDRA member back in World War II, recruited by SHIELD. Turns out he didn't leave HYDRA behind. He also kind of uploaded his mind into a computer or something. Weird shit, let me tell you. He sold us out and that's how the place blew up."

"No!" Phil gaped. His expression devastated. "That place is a part of history!"

"Hey, it wasn't our fault! Blame HYDRA!" Jamie said. "We went to one other person we knew we could trust, Sam Wilson, aka the Falcon. An airman that was in Bakhmala: The Khalid Khandil mission."

"Impressive," May said, Phil nodding right beside her. They were the only two people that seemed to understand how impressive that was.

"Yeah, so then we took Sitwell and he told us that Zola's algorithm would kill millions of people using the three new Insight helicarriers we just built. He was killed by the Winter Soldier too. And we got captured.

"Agent Hill was undercover and was in our truck. We used this little handheld laser thing to cut through the bottom of the truck and slipped out."

"That's Fitz's mousehole!" Jemma exclaimed. "He invented it."

"Sweet," Jamie laughed. "We were brought to Fury where we made a plan. That's when we went into the Triskelion. Took out Pierce, the helicarriers. SHIELD. Now we're just trying to figure out what to do now."

"That's a lot to process," Skye said.

"That's not even everything," Jamie said. "I left out some bits that aren't as important. I mean, I got shot like, two or three times. Strangled too. I get strangled a lot..."

"...I'm going to make a pie," Jemma decided.

"I'll help," Skye said.

"Phil, could I have a word in private?" Jamie asked.

"Sure," he answered, standing up from his seat.

Jamie followed him out, arms wrapped around her small frame. They went into the living room like area, far enough away to talk in private. They sat down next to one another one the leather couch.

"What is it you wanted to talk about alone, Jamie?" He asked a bit concerned. "You mentioned a lot in front of the others. This has t big pretty big."

"It is," Jamie sighed. "What I'm telling you, I would appreciate it if it stayed between us. I know you like to share things with your team, but this is personal, especially for Steve."

That caught his attention. He turned more towards her at that information. "Of course," he said.

"The Winter Soldier, the guy that shot Fury and was HYDRA's personal plaything is Bucky," Jamie told him. "Bucky as in Steve's best friend from when he was in his time."

"Bucky Barnes?" Phil asked. "But how? He died during a mission capturing Zola."

"When the 107 was captured, Zola experimented on him,according to Steve" Jamie said. "Whatever he did allowed him to withstand the drop of the train. They wiped his memories, brainwashed him into being their tool, and gave him a metal arm."

"Where are his whereabouts now?" Phil pressed.

"Honestly don't know," Jamie said. "But as you can guess, Steve's not dropping this whatsoever."

"You haven't dropped Aaron," Phil pointed out.

"No, no I haven't," Jamie muttered. "My point is, I know you have far too much on your plate right now, and a lot of other important stuff to deal with, but if you happen to hear anything, even if it's the slightest thing, let us know?"

"Of course," Phil said. "Anything I hear, I'll send it to you personally

"Thank you," Jamie said, taking his hand and giving it a thankful squeeze. "It means a lot."

"How is he?" Phil asked.

"Quiet, to be honest," Jamie said. "He doesn't talk about it all too much. The last time I got him to talk to me about it was when he woke up in the hospital after the Triskelion."

"I can't imagine what he's going through," Phil said.

"I can only relate to part of it," Jamie said.

"You're the best person to help him deal with it," he said.

"I'm not so sure," Jamie muttered, running a hand through her hair. "Things with Aaron aren't so good, if you don't recall."

"All the more reason why you're the perfect person for this," he said. "You're the closest person he has right now. He needs you."

"And I'll be there," Jamie said. "Right by his side."

Sorry for the short chapter, but I didn't want to make the last one too long, and I kind of wanted to just break things up. Also really wanted some alone time with Phil and Jamie so she could help out Steve, without him knowing. Jamie's the type to do anything for Steve even if they're not getting along or they're not together, you know?

Also, I'm posting a new Marvel story if you guys are interested in checking that out.

Thanks go to the following people for their reviews on the previous chapter:

Jedi Jelsa777- May just needs to get here already. I'm too excited for this movie and to see how Jamie's gonna fit into it.

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