A/N: Hey guys! I know I've been slow with updates on this story, but over break I've written the part that was giving me trouble. So here's another chapter. Enjoy, and leave me a review!

Jemma's balance shifted, and she placed a hand on the counter to steady herself. She hadn't seen Fury since she'd reached out for him in the ocean, holding a helpless and heroic Fitz and trying to keep both of them afloat. The last time she'd spoken with him, he'd been looking at her while she was in a restoration chamber, immediately after being rescued.

He was the reason Fitz had been saved before. And now, he was here to do it again.

"Thank you." She said, her voice small.

Fury looked confused. "For what? I haven't done anything yet."

"You're here to help rescue Fitz." She said.

"In a way." Fury said. He looked at Coulson. "I'm gonna abduct your team now."

Coulson nodded. "I thought you might say that."

"What?" Skye asked.

"I told you," Coulson said. "I can't be involved in this. But you can."

"You'll understand why Coulson can't come." Fury said. "And you don't have to be there if you don't want to."

"I thought they would." Coulson said, looking at Fury.

"We're going."

Skye looked at Jemma and smiled. "We don't speak in unison very often. It was kind of cool."

"It was." Jemma said quietly. All the excitement she had felt suddenly drained out of her. She felt… sad, though she wasn't sure why. "I can go too?" she asked.

"I think it's important you do." Coulson said. "Fitz might recognize you if he sees you again. If he can hesitate, even for a second, that could be all the advantage we need… for whatever we're doing."

"Coulson's right." Fury said. "I need both of you. Now can we stop talking and get moving?"

"How did you know we didn't tell them to come here?" Skye asked Fury.

"You used an old S.H.I.E.L.D. channel when you sent out that message." Fury said. "I was almost at the door. Let's just say I still know what goes on."

The girls nodded and walked out of the lab. "You've done well, Phil." Fury said. "I know this is tough, being left behind."

"I understand, sir." Coulson said respectfully.

Fury gazed at him appraisingly with that one eye. "We'll get your man back."

"The Toolbox?" Doc said after Fitz had told him about the discovery.

"Yes sir." He said.

"You think it's a good idea to go after it?"

"It's got everything we could ask for about S.H.I.E.L.D." Fitz said. "It's the best source of information out there."

"Now that you mention it, it does seem to ring a bell." Doc said thoughtfully. "You've trained the men well enough. Take it."

"Am I taking everyone?"

"We'll talk about it more later. Just start preparing your best."

Jemma, Skye, May, Hunter, Bobbi, Trip, and Mack packed into the black vehicle in front of the base, Fury right behind them. The facility Skye had told them to go to was about half an hour away; close enough to get to easily, but still hide the base from unwanted eyes.

"So what exactly is this plan?" Hunter asked. He looked from Skye and Jemma to Fury. "I'm assuming we have one?"

"Would you be here if we didn't?" Fury asked.

Bobbi smirked.

"We're setting a trap." Fury said. "Skye sent out a little message they won't be able to resist, and when they come, we'll be ready."

"How do you actually plan on capturing him?" May asked.

Fury looked out the window before answering. "We've got good backup."

He didn't offer anymore, and the car rode along in silence. Jemma looked out the window, thinking about what was coming. She had an idea of why Coulson couldn't be with them, but that wasn't a major concern right now. Coulson had told her she should come just because the sight of her might make Fitz hesitate, at least enough to allow them to gain the upper hand. She was thinking back to the attack on the penitentiary, and realized he'd hesitated then. Only for a second, only to ask how she knew him, but he'd stopped.

So maybe he would stop again.

Either that or he would attack her, but she sincerely hoped he would stop.

Fitz went back to the woman who had found the message about the Toolbox to get its exact location. It was being held in a warehouse, about forty-five minutes away. The message said the box was being prepared to be moved by stopping at a warehouse first. Once it left there, it would be lost in the wind. They needed to get it before then.

"How big is this warehouse?" he asked the woman.

"Not large sir."

"How many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents could it hold? What does it look like we're going to be up against?"

She squinted at the computer screen and then pulled up a map, zooming in to an aerial view of the building. "We couldn't fit all our ranks in there unless we just stood around. If you're thinking of people in battle position, we definitely have the larger numbers."

"That's what I wanted to hear." He said. "Go train with your squad, and tell McCreevey and Sanders to do the same. I'll choose the rest of the people that will join us."

"So we're definitely going for it, sir?" she asked.

Fitz looked at the image on the computer. "We're not just going for it." He said. "We'll be waiting for it. We'll leave in a few hours."

The woman nodded and hurried off, and Fitz started walking to the training area. He wanted to get through one more practice round, before he started this mission. They had time for it.

He decided he would rather bring more people than necessary than fewer. Yes, he would be fighting for the Toolbox himself, but he had no idea how prepared S.H.I.E.L.D. would be. Hopefully it really was a leak, and it would be an easy grab…

Oh well, he thought. Either way, they left in three hours. He would have to make sure to wear his uniform. It was time to make another statement.

The car pulled into the warehouse site and dropped them off, and Jemma saw two buses already parked, with men unloading from them. She counted thirty total once the buses had fully emptied, plus the team she had come with, but she furrowed her eyebrows. "It's not enough." She said.

"What?" Skye asked, looking around.

"It's not enough people." She said. "This is only slightly more than we had last time."

"I think you should count again." Fury said.

Jemma looked at him questioningly and saw him gesture his head towards a motorcycle that was pulling up, with a rider she didn't recognize at first glance. The motorcycle roared to a stop in front of them and the rider stood, pulling off his helmet. He turned to face them, and Jemma thought she recognized him. He had sort of blond-brown hair, and a very prominent facial structure. And kind blue eyes.

Her suspicions were confirmed when he reached into a bag on the back of the bike and pulled out a shield with a stars and stripes design on it and looked at them.

"Sorry I'm late." Steve Rogers said.

"Captain America." Mack said.

The man looked at him and smiled. "You can call me whatever you like."

"Thanks for coming on such short notice." Fury said.

"I didn't have much of a choice, did I?" Steve said. But he was smiling.

"I can't believe you're here." Skye said.

Jemma nodded, too stunned to speak. This was why Coulson hadn't been allowed to come. And why Fury hadn't seemed worried by the number of soldiers here. To Steve Rogers, Phil Coulson was dead. Apparently that wasn't going to change anytime soon. And Captain America was like adding another thirty men to their side. He had the best chance of going hand to hand with Fitz.

"So what's going on?" Cap asked.

"Cap, meet one of the best teams S.H.I.E.L.D.'s got." Fury said. Jemma was happily surprised by the pride in his voice. "Team, this is your backup."

"I just love being called that." Cap said.

Skye smiled. Jemma looked at her with slightly raised eyebrows. Was she flirting with him?

"Agent Fitz was captured by HYDRA." Fury said. "They turned him against S.H.I.E.L.D., and used the super soldier serum on him."

That seemed to faze Cap. "They did what?"

"They raised his body mass and gave him more height and strength." Jemma said.

"Yeah." Fury said, shaking his head slightly. "He's just about as strong as you, from what we've seen."

Cap looked at Jemma for a second. "I can't believe they made it work. I thought all traces of that serum were destroyed."

"So did we." Fury said.

"So you need me to fight him." Cap said.

"Capture, actually." Jemma said. "Please don't hurt him."

"I'm guessing he's special to you." Cap said in a lighter tone, looking at Jemma again.

"He's my best friend." She said quietly.

"He's one of the best engineers we've got, and a damn good agent." Fury said. "So yeah, we want you to capture him. But you're gonna have to fight him to do that." He said, fixing his eye on Jemma as he said it. "He won't go down easily."

"I'll do what needs to be done." Cap said.

Fury nodded. "I know you will."

"But we should get any people who aren't fighters out of here." He truly looked over the team for the first time. When his eyes hit May they widened. "Are you the Cavalry?" he asked.

May smirked.

"I've heard a lot about you. And Bobbi Morse." He said, looking at Bobbi. He looked at Hunter. "Are you a fighter?"

Jemma almost laughed at how Hunter seemed to deflate. "Yes, I fight." Hunter said. "Fight the bloody hell out of …" Jemma didn't hear the rest of his statement as he murmured to Bobbi, but she guessed it wasn't the nicest thing he'd ever said.

Cap extended his hand to Hunter. "Didn't mean to be rude." He said.

Bobbi punched Hunter in the arm and Hunter shook the extended hand. "No problem, mate." He said.

"And you are?" he asked.

"Agent Mackenzie, but you can call me Mack." He inspected Mack, and apparently decided he didn't need to ask if he was a fighter. Jemma heard more grumbling from Hunter.

Skye and Jemma were the last two he came to.

"I'm Skye." Skye said.

"Will you be fighting?"

Skye glanced at May, who nodded. Then Skye smiled. "Yep."

"Alright." Cap said. He faced Jemma. "Somehow I don't think you're a fighter."

"Not really." She said.

"But you need to be in the field?"

"I might be able to get to Fitz." She blushed. "We sort of have a history."

"I guess I can't persuade you to stay hidden then."

"No." she said, straightening her shoulders. "You can't. But I'll stay safe."

He chuckled. "Alright then…"

"Jemma."

"Jemma." He said with a nod. He turned to Fury. "That could have gone a lot faster if you'd just said they're all fighting."

Now Fury chuckled. "And not see that? Who do you think I am?"

"How long do we have until they get here?" Bobbi asked.

Jemma looked at Skye. "It could be anytime, but I'd expect them within a few hours." Skye said.

"Then I hope you don't mind if I eat." Cap said, going to his bike and grabbing a bag. "I'm starving."

Fury looked out at the skyline. "Everyone should relax." He said. "Things will pick up soon enough. And then we won't get a break."

Jemma couldn't believe what was going on. She was tense as she thought about the oncoming confrontation with Fitz, but she kept being pulled into the present by Skye, and she had to say she was glad of it. Everyone was seated in a circle in the warehouse, and Cap was telling them stories and jokes. And they were telling their own right back! Jemma had never imagined she would even meet Captain America, let alone have such a casual conversation with him. She enjoyed it, truly, but her thoughts kept returning to Fitz.

What was the best way to make him recognize her? Should she just start spouting a story? Maybe ask if he remembered the first time they met?

She suddenly realized it was quiet and looked up to see the circle empty. Everyone was walking outside. Everyone except May, that is.

"You seem quiet." She said, standing by Jemma's shoulder. "Everything okay?"

Jemma shook her head and smiled, rubbing her hands by her temples. "Yes, just overthinking." She said.

"We're gonna get him." May said. "Don't worry."

She started to walk out when Jemma stood and burst out, "what if I can't distract him long enough?" she swallowed. "What if I mess everything up again?"

May stopped. "You think you're only here to distract?" she didn't look back, but her tone shifted to one that was quiet, almost tender. "You're here for a very different reason, Jemma."

She didn't offer anything else, and after a few more seconds walked out of the warehouse, leaving Jemma to question whether she knew that reason or not.

She didn't have long to question. She heard feet running, and saw Skye run to the door of the warehouse. "They're here." She gasped.

Jemma ran out next to her and saw two buses pulling up, both larger than the S.H.I.E.L.D. ones. He was here.

A/N: Next time... battle! I'll post it soon. Love you guys!