Chapter 11

We have landed… somewhere. At this point I don't care. I'll know when I'm where I'm supposed to be.

Coulson's POV

We exit Zephyr One and enter a building I haven't seen in many years. May and I were on a mission here years ago to retrieve a 0-8-4.

We enter a room containing three bodies. A phone begins to ring inside one of the skulls. I pick up the phone and answer it.

A man picks up the phone and explains that I'm the reason that these men are dead. He was a part of the SVR task force sent here to retrieve the 0-8-4. He then explains that Director Mace will suffer like his comrades did and hangs up.

We go back to Zephyr One. We start to attempt to figure out where Ivanov could be. We need to find him. Director Mace's life depends on it.

Quinn's POV

I sit in my quarters thinking about my past…

Ten years ago...

I escaped the men who took me, but I was in a place I didn't know. I had never been to Manhattan. Heck, I'd never been to the United States. I spoke English fluently, so that was a start, but it was a small start.

I explored where I was in attempts to find a place to stay. I searched for a safe place for hours but was unable to find one. Eventually, it's too much. I sit in an alley and cry. I can't hold it in anymore. I think of my family. I think of my mama… my papa.

Soon, I hear footsteps. It isn't worth it to run. I don't care.

"Hey," I higher pitched male voice says. I look up to face two boys about my age.

"Hello…" I say unsure of myself. Both boys look at each other. Their eyes are wide, not with fear, but amazement.

My accent. Of course.

"We're Michael and Tyler, but people call him Mike and call me Taps," one of them explains. They are identical so I know this will be confusing. "We're twins if you couldn't have guessed."

"No kidding," I say with a laugh and a smile.

"Who are you?" Mike, I think, asks. "What's your name?"

My name. I can't tell them. I want to tell them. My father's name. As long as I hold it, I am his. But today, I can't be. I have to be… who I'm not.

"I'm Quinn," I say holding back tears…