Chapter 24
Skye paced around the back of the plane before the prepared jump. Lance Hunter was still seated in his seat watching her confused with what was going on.
"Is this your first jump?" Hunter asks.
Skye shakes her head no. "Second actually. The first one was with Lola and Coulson."
Hunter looks at the hacker unsure what she is talking about.
"Lola is a car. A Corvette to be exact." Hunter still doesn't say anything. "She flies."
Skye eventually gives up and just tells Hunter that it's her first time jumping. She should have taken the offer to do it with Drew shortly after the begun dating. At the time though, she didn't know he was preparing for one of his missions.
"I'm not scared if you're wondering." Skye tells the mercenary.
"Maybe you should be. I packed your chute. And according to my ex, my folding skills are abysmal." He answers.
Skye doesn't say anything after that. She begins to think about her husband and how his first time jumping went so well. Drew wouldn't stop talking about it when he came home. He always told her the next time he had free time, they would go and jump together.
"Trip says we are two minutes out."
Skye is taken out of her thoughts when she hears May from the staircase. Her S.O. is dressed in gear to jump also.
"Remember, Donnie is a gifted." Coulson tells them from the balcony.
Skye nods her head and before she knows it, Hunter is pushing her towards the cargo ramp so they can jump.
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When they land on the boat, Skye pulls off her parachute and makes sure her tactical suit is set. Hunter and May landed on the other side of her. Although Hunter landed in a lower part of the boat.
It isn't till they hear gun shots they realize they are not alone. Skye spots one guard near Hunter and tells him to move.
"Cover the door!" Hunter yells back.
"You don't give the orders, Trainspotting!" she yells back.
"I'm not Scottish." He answers.
It isn't till the hacker hears May in her ear piece that she begins to follow orders.
"Skye, protect the exit route."
"Roger that."
With that, she moves towards the top of the ship so they can prepare for what is coming next. Something the hacker really doesn't expect.
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"Hello!" Jemma yells out. "Donnie. I'm looking for Donnie Gill."
Andrew is following right behind her. He doesn't dare pulling out his gun yet since they are both trying to help Hydra capture Gill. The agent stays as close as he can sometimes holding on to her so she doesn't accidently trip over something. There is a lot of ice in a few places and some of the ship mates are frozen.
"Jem, be careful." He tells her.
The biochemist looks back at him and rolls her eyes. She continues on walking ahead until eventually both agents are stopped by the kid they are looking for.
"Hello. You may not remember me." Jemma tells him.
Donnie tilts his head confused. "Agent Simmons?"
"It's nice to see you again."
"Who is the man with you? Is he S.H.I.E.L.D. or Hydra?" Donnie asks worriedly.
Andrew eventually steps in front of Jemma holding onto her hand trying to keep her safe just in case something happens while they start talking.
"Agent Andrew Parker. I'm a friend of Jemma's. We went to the academy together a while back." Andrew explains.
He's lucky that he doesn't have an ear piece so Bakshi can't hear him. Jemma on the other hand has one since she is supposed to do most of the talking.
"Why does that name sound familiar?"
"Maybe because I was the one that helped FitzSimmons get well known at the academy. I eventually became a field agent also."
Donnie takes a deep breath and held onto the railing.
"You hold a few of the records. Some of my friends tried to beat them."
"Didn't know they were still there." Andrew says surprised.
He never got a chance to go back to the academy before the downfall. The agent was still kind of jealous that Leo and Jemma got to go back and give a speech about what they did during their time there.
"You still never answered my question. What side are you two on?" Donnie asks again.
Jemma eventually steps forward again.
"We'd hope that we are on your side." She says.
Once Jemma says that both she and Andrew can hear Bakshi commenting in her ear. Andrew is standing close enough for just him to hear what is going on.
The biochemist takes another step closer. Andrew eventually lets go of her hand when he stays put in the spot both agents had originally stopped at.
"I saved your life once. I heard you might need to be saved again."
Donnie shakes his head no. He doesn't want to listen to what is going on.
"Please, Donnie, let Jemma and I help you." Andrew tells him.
"Fitz talked about you a lot. He said that you reminded him of his younger self. You're a lot like him, Donnie."
"Not anymore. It's different." The former academy student told them.
"Repeat what I say. Take a deep breath." Andrew hears from the ear piece.
"Take a deep breath. And clear your mind. Surrender and you will find meaning. Surrender and you will find release." Jemma repeats.
Andrew watches as Donnie carefully listens to what the biochemist tells him.
"Agent Simmons."
"Take a deep breath."
It isn't until they hear a gun shot and Andrew sees Lance Hunter fall on the rafters. The agent eventually sees May running out of the area. That makes him run after them leaving Jemma to defend for herself.
"What was that? You think I don't know what is going on." Donnie says angrily.
He reaches for Jemma only to freeze her jacket once she makes a getaway. She hopes to find Andrew so she can be back in the safety of someone she knows well.
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Andrew loses May and Hunter in an instant once he figures out how to climb up a quicker way. Eventually he runs back to where Bakshi and the other guards are at. His supervisor doesn't seem too happy.
"Mr. Parker, what is going on?" Bakshi asks.
"I thought I saw the shooter." He tells him.
"And?"
"I lost them. Whoever it is they know we are here."
They stand in silence until eventually hearing the sound of running come towards them. Andrew stepped in front of Bakshi to guard him only to have Jemma running into his arms.
"Are you alright?" Andrew asks her.
"Donnie, he's right behind me." She tells into his shoulder.
Jemma is correct when they both look up to see Bakshi attempt to calm the kid down.
"Take a deep breath, Mr. Gill, its best if you comply."
The plan works to what Bakshi intended for it to do. Eventually Donnie is freezing the boat and both agents know they will have to get to the top deck so they aren't frozen themselves.
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When Skye gets the sniper rifle set up, she is looking around from her spot on the boat. It isn't until she sees Donnie come that she sets up the rifle. Behind him are two Hydra agents watching. She can't see who they are exactly but they really are not in the way when she shoots Donnie off the boat.
The one on the left turns and yells for another agent to help them. Skye thinks she hears her husband's name but dismisses it as she thinks it might just be a coincidence. Andrew can be a common name.
It isn't until she sees the same Hydra turn around to look up at her and it's the one and only Jemma Simmons. Skye prepares to take another shot towards the man next to her but she misses after Simmons pushes him out of the way.
Skye is in for a huge surprise when she hears another gunshot directed at her but the shooter misses by a mile. When she looks down towards the deck, she sees someone she didn't expect.
She can see a small Hydra symbol on the left front of his armor. Sure the man is wearing glasses but Skye can figure out who he is from a mile away.
Drew.
Her husband is helping Hydra. Drew is evil? No, that doesn't sound right. He can't be helping them. This has to be all a mistake. Her husband is loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D, he would never join Hydra.
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When the team arrives back to the playground, Skye finds a hiding spot on the bus. She's siting on the broken holotable searching on her laptop. The hacker holds onto her necklace that Drew gave her. She also has Daniel's dog tags with her too since she was still doing scans on them.
Skye can't seem to understand why her husband joined Hydra. Better yet that he was with Simmons. She really hoped that it wasn't what she thought it could be. The hacker knew that her husband had a relationship with the biochemist. That they were going eventually have a child before Jemma lost it. He wouldn't cheat on her. Would he?
"It's not what it looked like." May tells her when she comes in.
"What is it then?" Skye asks.
"Both of them are undercover right now. Coulson thought sending both of them would get us closer to finding out what Hydra is up to."
"He thought it would be a good idea to send Drew back out on another mission. He just got done with one before the downfall."
"I know, that is why Coulson thought it would be good to have someone experienced."
Skye sat her laptop on the table and then jumped off of it. The hacker was angry.
"Why didn't anyone tell me? Better yet why didn't Drew tell me? I'm his wife!"
May took a deep breath before telling Skye the answer.
"Coulson knew if either Parker or Simmons told you or Fitz, you two wouldn't let them go. And we needed this."
"How long did you know?"
"Just a few weeks ago. Coulson told me when he got back from traveling somewhere."
Skye felt tears in her eyes when she asked her next question.
"Do you think something is going on between them?"
"Like what, Skye?"
"Like maybe Drew cheating on me with his ex?"
May took Skye in her arms and tried to comfort her as best as possible. She couldn't believe that the hacker would ask her that.
"Oh Skye. Drew loves you. I haven't known him that long but the way he talks about you, I know he loves you so much. He only wants to keep you safe." May tells her. "Drew will never leave you."
Skye took comfort in her S.O. wrapping her arms around her in a hug. Maybe May was right. Drew wasn't going to leave her. Everything he has done so far in their marriage has only been trying to keep her safe. Hiding their marriage was the biggest thing before Skye came to S.H.I.E.L.D. Now it was just keeping her safe while Hydra was out there.
There is chapter 24. Please leave a review and let me know what you think.