(Will's POV)

Pain. Life's great gift (or not). A gift to feel your own suffering – though I guess no one else would want my suffering. The physical pain of broken ribs, a broken arm and a throbbing head – combined with the mental pain of being able to see your best friend but not having them able to hear you.

Lance Hunter has been sitting in that chair for about an hour now, just watching us. At first he tried to get us to talk, but then when we wouldn't reply…he gave up.

He does look slightly hot though, and I think Lauren agrees because we had shared a smirk earlier when he had been talking.

Lauren and I weren't supposed to appear as though we support Hydra, but being chased through the woods by people of authority does tend to make you run away. Then when one of them holds your arms behind your beck, instinct kicks in and you fight back. It doesn't help your cause if you've had previous training in several fields of martial arts.

My head tilted up as the door at the far end of this room slammed. Bobbi Morse appeared from the shadows, and when she was finally close enough for me to study her…I grimaced. Let's just say that when I thought her nose was broken, I was right.

However she just smiled at us – myself sitting slightly straighter (I figured I owe her that much after bashing her up). I weakly smiled back at her and cleared my throat

"Sorry 'bout earlier Agent Morse."

She looked surprised (maybe because I knew her name) and Hunter muttered "So you talk to her but not to me."

Morse elbowed Hunter but I just smirked and jumped off the rock like bed. My head throbbed and the ground tilted but I still managed a typical teenage reply

"Chicks before dicks Hunter."

Then I furrowed my eyebrows, becoming serious "Besides, after bashing up Morse like I did – I feel like I owe it to her."

Morse smirked at Hunter while he grinded his teeth

"Will's right you know, it's always chicks before dicks."

I stood up like a flag pole and looked at Lauren "Does this mean that you were ignoring me when I was talking to you earlier?"

"I thought you were mouthing your words."

"Actually, your cells are designed to block out sound."

It was Morse who was finally helpful (no thanks to Hunter – not that I have anything against him). I shot her a grateful look which she nodded at. But the inevitable came where she just had to start asking questions

"So, do you two actually support Hydra or where you completely oblivious to the fact that both of you are connected to the two most powerful players in Hydra? And did you run away because you knew about these connections or because you were truthfully terrified?"

Lauren and I shared a conversation spoken only with our eyes

Lauren, I really think you should do the explaining, you won't get angry as quickly as I will.

Seriously? You're the one who told me that my family was part of Hydra a few minutes before we got chased down – you should do it.

Your more likely to think about your words before you speak

And that is likely to make them suspicious. They would prefer someone who speaks quickly!

I bristled and my fists set themselves alight

Fine, but this one's on you

Yeah right!

With that we glared at each other and then I spoke

"Well, we don't support Hydra, in fact Lauren would rather die before supporting Hydra – I'm not actually sure what I would do –"

"Seriously?! What the hell Will?! Hydra are a bunch of assholes!"

"Shut up Lauren! That's my father you're talking about!"

She glared at me but let me continue "Anyway, as I was saying, no we are not Hydra. Until about ten minutes before you found us, Lauren did not know about her family history, both the good and the bad. However, obviously as my father works for Hydra, I knew but kept it to myself until I needed to tell Penny."

I took a deep breath and continued "We ran away because of both – we knew about our family but we were also utterly terrified. Fighting back –"

Lauren growled "I wasn't the one who was nearly pissing my pants!"

"Shut up Lauren! I think bending the earth to your will has made you different, so just shut up!"

"As I was saying, we fought back because we thought that was what we had to do to survive. We had never been told whether SHIELD could be merciful."

Morse nodded and I noticed that Hunter had slipped out of the room while I was explaining. She looked at her watch "I think we'd better get you two to school where you can learn how to talk nicely again and your father won't send out a search to find you two."

Lauren growled "You are not just sending us to school looking and feeling like this."

I nodded "And how do you know that we won't just run away to avoid to crossfire between the newly reformed SHIELD and the formidable Hydra?"

Morse just sighed and Coulson walked in, answering for her

"Because you have now just become interesting for our academy's as if you weren't already. This means that Agent Morse and Agent May will be assigned to each of you and will not leave your side."

I put up my hand feeling very pissed off, so I asked just to be annoying "What if we need to go for a bathroom break?"

Coulson smirked "There is a reason we assigned you female agents –two of the best."

Lauren scowled with me and said at the same time "Fuck you."