Meyer rushed to Ackerly's aid. The doctor lay on the floor, pressing firmly on the bullet wound to the right side of her chest. "Are you alright?" Meyer asked quickly, pressing onto the wound.
"Yeah," Ackerly replied, wincing slightly, "we need to get to the lab, now."
"But you're in no state to move!" Meyer stated. "Let me fix your wound first.
"Meyer, we need to... get to O.R.B.S. Quickly make a dressing, we've gotta go." Ackerly ordered. She flinched again.
Meyer reluctantly nodded. She ripped Ackerly's jacket. She folded the material a few times before putting it on the wound. It pressed against the wound. She used the rest of the jacket to hold the dressing in place by tying it tightly around Ackerly's chest. Meyer slowly helped Ackerly to sit up then onto her feet. Ackerly groaned in pain. "We really shouldn't be doing this."
"I know." Ackerly replied wincing, "But we have to."
Meyer put an arm around Ackerly and they hurried as fast as they could down the final few corridors. Ackerly had a gun and shot at the enemies that blindingly ran around the corner. Meyer made sure that Ackerly didn't fall or pass out on their way. Turning the final corner with the lab at the end caused both women to stop in their tracks.
A long trail of S.H.E.I.L.D agents lay dead on the ground leading to the lab's door. The two guards that were guarding the lab were slumped against the wall either side of the door. They could see movement inside. Ackerly and Meyer carefully and quickly waded through the bodies until they reached the door and charged in.
A tall, lanky figure stood in front of the podium that O.R.B.S sat upon. Not wanting to waste any time with the element of surprise they had, Ackerly shot the person. They dropped to the floor instantly. O.R.B.S balanced precariously on the edge of the stand. Bright light emitted from a crack in O.R.B.S. Ackerly's eyes widened. She pushed Meyer outside the lab and slammed her hand on the button that locked the room.
Meyer pressed the button that would allow them to communicate through the wall, "What the hell?!" Meyer shouted through the glass. "Doctor!"
"The shell of O.R.B.S has been compromised!" Ackerly responded, grasping her painful side. "It's cracked." Light from the shell intensified.
"Oh God!" Meyer exclaimed worriedly. "W-what are you gonna do?"
"I gotta see if the containment field is still working." Ackerly said quickly. She hurried over to the control panel and punched in the cods for the containment field. It failed. "No, no, no, no, no!" She put in the sequence again. It failed again. "Damn it!" Ackerly frantically searched the panel, "Damn it, it's been sabotaged!"
"Not good." Meyer said running a bloodied hand through her air. She paced a little then stopped, "What do you want me to do?"
"Get everyone alive out of here!" The lab filled with a brilliant blue light. "If the containment field isn't working then the only thing that stands between it and everyone else is me and if I can't stop it everyone needs to get out of here or they're dead!"
"But, doc! Don't be a goddamn martyr!" Meyer shouted. She watched Ackerly desperately rush about trying to think of a way to stop O.R.B.S from breaching or to reinforce the laboratory to contain the blast.
"Damn it, Teagan, this isn't up for discussion!" Ackerly shouted harshly. "Do it!"
Meyer sighed and grudgingly nodded. "Ok," she ran another hand though her hair, "Ok, I'll do it." She turned her face away from Ackerly, drawing her chin towards her shoulder, "Ok, I'll get everyone out." Meyer stepped away to leave.
"And Tia," Ackerly said. The light intensified. Meyer glanced back at Ackerly to find her wearing a soft expression, "take care of Orion."
Meyer nodded with a small smile. "Always." and with that she hurried away.
Ackerly turned back to her work with a deep shaky breath. Blood seeped through the makeshift dressing onto her clothes. She pushed through the pain and moved towards O.R.B.S. Something grabbed her leg and yanked her to the ground. She landed hard and gasped in pain. Ackerly's eye widened. The person who stood by O.R.B.S survived the gunshot to the head. "What?!" She exclaimed.
The woman smirked crazily at the doctor and kicked Ackerly in the side. She screamed in pain and reeled violently, clutching her side. "You have no idea what you're messing with!" Ackerly shouted through tears, "The shell is cracked! It's gonna-"
The woman put a finger to her lips and hushed the doctor. The woman turned back to O.R.B.S which was now whining loudly. Glancing around for something to use Ackerly spotted her gun not far from her. But the woman was closer than the gun. She needed to make a decision. She flinched as the whining increased.
Ackerly held onto her haemorrhaging side and kicked her legs out at the woman, knocking her off her feet. The woman reacted. Jumping onto her shins she connected her foot with Ackerly's chest, winding her and forcing her backwards. Ackerly locked a leg around one of the woman's and pushed, sending her face to slam on the floor. Ackerly painfully rolled to her right and grabbed the gun. The woman stood up wearing a crazy smirk. Ackerly shot the woman in the face and she collapsed in a heap.
Ackerly fell onto the floor, breathing heavily. Hopefully the woman was dead. She swallowed and wiped her head, smudging blood across it. The whining became severe that she grasped her ears tightly but it still rang in her ears. The doctor stared at O.R.B.S. The entire casing of the outer shell had shattered onto the ground beneath the podium, exposing its insides. Bright, intense blue light filled the room. Lanky veins branched from O.R.B.S, stretching towards Ackerly. Her heart pounded as she painfully crawled back. Her arms shook under her and her stomach filled with butterflies. She backed into the wall, wishing she could crawl further back.
Slumping against it, she inhaled sharply and looked down at her side. Blood dripped down her body, seeping into every part of her of her clothing. Every inch of her hurt. Her sight blurred and focused causing her head to swim in dizzy circles. Light exploded from O.R.B.S, blinding Ackerly. She screamed, tears streaming down her face, never has she seen such a thing. O.R.B.S fulminated, shattering everywhere. The equipment disintegrated and the laboratory erupted into pieces.