The next morning, everyone woke up, the last one to cime down was Julia, still in her pajamas. "morning" she said to everyone. They greeted her. "what happened to your head?" asked Hunter.
Julia gently placed her hand on her bruise. "oh. I-I just um... I hit my head in my sleep. Don't worry, I think I should be ok." she said while walking to get a glass of water. "how'd you hit your head?" asked Bobby. "the desk was close to my bed, I turned fast and hit my head."
"why'd you turn fast?" asked Skye.
"nightmare."
That let everyone go quiet. "don't worry, they're just side notes in my mind now. So no worry." she said with a smile. "ok, well remind us to help you move your desk later." said triplett. They all sat down and ate.
After breakfast, everyone was trying to find something more in the spiders of the world or on Lester Slite. Half way thru the afternoon, Skye came up and said "one of my sources from the rising tide said that he knows where ti find the spiders."
"what did he say?" asked coulson.
"he wants to video chat so he knows that he's talking to us."
"get it set up." he said.
A few minutes later, they were up on the conference room, the screen on Skype and about to accept the chat request. The team stood so the camera could see them as Julia was standing in the side, watching them.
They clicked accept and another screen turned on. It had the top half of the person's head cut off of the picture. "hello." said coulson.
"hello. So your the ones that wants to know about the spiders." said the voice.
"yes. What's the information that you have?" asked coulson. The boy, telling by his voice and lips, answered "I have some information, but how do I know that I can trust you?" Ward saw Julia thinking hard as she was standing aside and he said that. "you can trust us, we're with shield." coulson said, sowing his badge. "how can i trust someone who is being hunted by the bad guys?" answered the boy.
"no way." hushed Julia. She walked in front of the Camera. "scar face?" she asked, confusing the entire team. The boy's camera then sowed his entire face. He looked Julia's age, was a redhead, sort baggy hair, brown eyes and a scar on his left temple. "hey, long time no see kitty cat. What's up?" he asked with a smile.
"you know him?" asked coulson. "ya, he was the first person I met in New York."
"whats with the knick names?" asked Mac. "when I found Joey, he actually tried to rob me so I grabbed what ever was closest and scratched him, and it made a scar on his face. So I called him scar face"
"and she scratched me with her nails si I called her kitty cat." Joey finished.
"anyway, since when are you an expert in the spiders?"
"since yesterday."
"ok what do you know?"
"we'll, they keep moving around but I'm pretty sure that their next stop is in London"
"London England?" asked Skye.
"yes sweetheart, London England. Their gonna park there and probably gonna move again after a few days."
"Joey, how do you know this? " asked a sceptical Julia.
"I was able to hack into their phone calls and data base."
"but they don't have a data ba... Joey, you need to get out if there now." she said panicked.
"chill out, they won't find me here. I'm safe"
"no your not, their gonna find you. Get out of there now!" she almost yelled.
"calm down kitty cat, they cant trace it back to...Hey! Hey who are you!? What are you doing? LET ME GO!" they saw him yell to the other side of the camera and have 2 men drag him away from the chair. "Joey!" Julia yelled.
The team didn't say anything, they watched the scene roll by. Soon, a man sat down in front of the camera. Lester Slite. "well hello Julia."
"what do you want Lester?" Julia growled.
"oh, nothing much. Just showing you that if you resist, your actions will be punished."
"what do you mean mister Slite?" asked coulson. "oh, she knows very well what I mean. Do you remembered the little girl Julia? The one that helped you? Do you remember how she screamed because she wouldn't say where you were" he said evily.
"I will kill you."
"hahaha! You, kill me? I find that very unlikely. Now, I need to take care of your little friend. He's helped us, but now I need to get ride if the bug stuck in my web." he turned his head and nodded. "would you like to see?" he asked while turning the camera towards Joey being held by two other men.
He gave a weak smile and said "don't give up kitty cat." At that, one of the men took a bat and hit him on the head. He fell to the floor and the other took a knife and slit his throat. They saw Joey's bloody body laying on the floor.
The camera turned back to Lester who had a giant smile. "now, that that's done. I know you are lonely, so I'm sending you a little reminder of your brother and sister. I'll see you in London my dear." the screen flickered and a video came on the screen. It was a girl laying down on a table. She was screaming as green fluids we're being pumped into her throat and people cut away at her skin.
Everyone was watching, horrified until the screen went dark. They saw Julia slamming the off button. She then ran downstairs. She ran to the edge of the plain and paced back and forth. "Get me off this god dam plain!" she yelled and punched a car.
The team watched as she did. Skye was about to go see her but coulson said "wait, she needs to take out her anger and unless someone wants to be that car, we need to leave her be."
She screamed and punched another car. She then held her fist to her chest and slide down the side of the car, tears in her eyes. Everyone heard her quiet sobs as she shriveled up on herself. Everyone slightly turned their gaze away from the screen, not wanting to see their friend in pain. They then heard footsteps going down the stairs in the footage.
Ward had walked down and up to Julia. He sat down next to her, without saying a word. "what do you want?" she said aggressively, trying to hide her tears. Ward took her hand and placed something in it. "I'm just here to give you a little push." he moved his hand to show the small plastic crystal in her palm.
Julia looked at it, closed her fist and started crying again. Ward put his arms around her as she sobbed into his arms. "what did he put in her hand?" asked Skye. "I think it was a small plastic Crystal." answered fitz. "it's more then that to her. Its her sign of hope" said coulson.
He turned off the screen and said "set a course to London. Get everything ready for them, remember, keep your eyes open for that spider." and everyone left.