Chapter 30

The office was still fairly dark when Coulson and Parker were escorted in by one of Christian Ward's personal assistants. Coulson let Andrew do most of the talking while he acted like a silent partner.

"Senator Ward will be in soon. Until then can I get you two anything?" the personal assistant asks Andrew.

The agent looks over at Coulson who has already taken a seat in the corner before answering. The director just gives a small shake of the head as the signal for no. There wasn't a need for anything. Not just yet at least.

"That's not necessary. I think we can handle ourselves until the senator comes back." He tells them.

The personal assistant just nods before leaving and flicking on the light followed by shutting the door behind them. It leaves Coulson and Parker once again. Not much is said until Coulson gets up again and begins to look around.

"He seems to have a nice family." Coulson tells Parker, showing him a frame in the process.

"Can't say the same about himself and Ward." Andrew tells him.

Coulson tilts his head to the side back and forth giving an eh sound in the mist of it all.

While Coulson goes through the frames and books that surround the office, Andrew focuses on the senator's desk. There's a few pens out of the cup sitting on the papers that were left. The agent picks up on document and reads the first few lines.

"Look what we have here, sir." Parker says getting the director's attention.

Coulson puts the book back from where he pulled it out of the shelve and then walks over to Andrew and peeks over his shoulder before taking a pen out of his suit's pocket.

"Let me see that."

Andrew gives him the paper and then spots the pen in his hand.

"Don't tell me you're going to write on that." Andrew starts. "Sir, I wouldn't do that. I think."

Coulson chuckles a bit. "Who says we can't have a little fun."

It's nearly twenty minutes later when Christian Ward finally comes through the door. The lighting is dark so he thinks who ever his visitor was had left. It isn't until he gets behind his desk and is about to sit down that he sees them in the shadows.

"Excuse me. What are you doing?" Senator Ward questions.

"Don't worry, we haven't been waiting long." Coulson replies.

"Although it feels like it. This suit is kinda itchy and tight." Parker finishes.

"Phil Coulson. This is Andrew Parker." The director points to himself and then the younger agent. "I assume these are for your speech. I made a few changes. It's funnier now."

The senator doesn't say anything but tries to pick up the phone. Christian doesn't seem to get much out of it.

"I'm sure Talbot's mentioned me from time to time, which is perhaps why you're trying to call perhaps him." Coulson tells him. "Don't worry though, your men won't be checking on you."

"You've requested something that everybody needs from time to time. I think some call it me time." Parker finishes again.

"What do you want?" Christian says angrily.

"We want to clear the air. It wasn't S.H.I.E.L.D. that attacked the U.N, it was a man named Daniel Whitehall with a group called HYDRA."

Andrew flinches at the name Coulson tells the senator about. He knows Coulson knows about the situation but they haven't exactly made any effort to do anything yet.

"You didn't come here to clear the air, Mr. Coulson. You want something." Ward says raising his voice a bit more.

"Go on the record and clear our name. Defend S.H.I.E.L.D, say you were wrong."

"People are looking for a common enemy."

"How safe would they feel if they knew your brother is a known HYDRA operative then?" Andrew questions.

"Are you threatening me, Mr. Parker?"

"That depends. But really I'm not."

"We have your brother in my basement." Coulson tells him.

Skye takes a minute at the door before opening it. She couldn't mess up this time. Her husband wasn't there to rescue her. When the hacker finally opens the door, she knows she is ready. The stairs light up as she walks down them and when Skye reaches the bottom, she finds Ward waiting for her.

"You're back." He says. "Parker let you come back down here."

"Cameras off."

"Does your husband know that?"

"Drew and Coulson are out."

"So Parker won't cut us off this time?"

"No."

"Is Grant okay, is he hurt. Did he do anything?"

"You seem generally concerned about his wellbeing." Parker says first.

"You don't have a brother do you?"

"Not biologically. I was the only child until my mom remarried."

"I always wanted one to be honest." Coulson finally says. "Family has to take care of each other."

"I've heard otherwise in some cases." Andrew says.

"What did Grant tell you?"

"The typical, you forced him to torture your younger brother. A lot actually if you think about it." Parker responds.

"That's just a lie buried under another lie, Mr. Parker."

"Are they talking to Christian? You know they can't. He's a bad man." Ward tells Skye.

"And if they are?"

"You can't trust him. He'll smile, bare his soul. It is all manipulation. He is a master at it."

Skye doesn't say anything as she just listens to what Ward has to say. Eventually he gets into telling the story about the well. He wants her to feel bad for him but Skye cant. All the bad things that he has done, she won't forgive him for it.

"When we were kids, our parents were always gone ... some state function or another. We'd spend all day by the creek hunting salamanders and crayfish. But I could never leave Grant alone with Thomas. I found Grant down there once, standing over him with a screwdriver. Thomas was on the ground, just screaming. And I saw something... something else behind his eyes. Something I'm sure you've seen before, as well."

Andrew crosses his arms and looks over at Coulson. Neither of them are buying the story. It's a much different version then the one that Ward had told them. But then again, Andrew thinks it's a family trait. Both Grant and Christian have mastered the task lying when they tell the story.

"A second later, it was gone, and he was just my little brother again. He told our parents I forced him to do it. I've spent too much of my life trying to unravel his lies."

"So have I." Coulson finally says agreeing with Christian.

"And yet he keeps telling them. He always finds someone to believe him."

"I'm telling you the truth Skye. I haven't lied to you since being down here."

Skye just stands there waiting.

"You see that now, don't you? I never lied about your father. You just didn't give me the chance to tell you."

"You have a chance right now." Skye tells him. "And I want to know everything."

So in that moment Ward begins to tell Skye about her father. He tells her about the village and how he couldn't find Skye so he lost it. He tore up the place trying to find her.

"How?" Skye questions.

"Whatever he is, your father lost his family in one day and now he wants to rebuild that family." Ward tells her.

"Where is he?"

"I can take you to him. I have connections."

"What people? Raina is gone."

Ward chuckles a second. "I have resources."

Skye rolls her eyes once he says that line.

"Then let's get you out of here."

Ward freezes for a moment looking shocked that it was even said out of Skye's mouth.

"Really?"

"Really." Skye repeats. "You're being transferred. Your brother wants you in his custody."

Before Ward can process it, other agents come in to take him into custody and Skye is walking back up the stairs.

"Skye!" he yells before she is gone suddenly."

When Andrew gets back to the base, he sees his wife making his way out of the basement. He walks closer to her and immediately is latched onto. Skye throws her arms around his neck and buries her head into it.

"It's done." She says with a few tears.

"Good." He replies before letting her go and getting a look at his wife. "I need to tell you something."

Andrew leads her to the empty lab that FitzSimmons seem to be out of at the time. Skye is kind of confused but then realizes that she knows a bit that he is about to tell her.

"As you figured out, my dad is Daniel Whitehall."

"The HYDRA leader."

"Yes." He says. "Both my parents are tied to HYDRA. My dad more than my mom obviously."

So then starts the story of what Andrew's mom had told him when they visited. He tells her about Sara's ties, how she met his father while working for Secretary Pierce. How Daniel was in prison, put there by Peggy Carter herself. That Daniel was actually a high ranking Nazi officer named Werner Reinhardt before changing his name. How he himself was born sooner then what he should have been. His body grew faster then what it should have and now he's possibly stuck at a young age. The life he had growing up was lie until he got to the academy.

"I'm actually twenty five. I was born in eighty nine, not eighty seven like I've been told."

Skye looked away from her husband for only a brief second before taking her hand and running it down his face, stopping to wipe a few of his own tears.

"It doesn't matter what age you are Andrew." She tells him using his name instead of the nickname she has always called him since meeting him. "You're still my husband and I love you. We may have not had the life we've wanted but at least we can move forward together."

"I know but I thought you needed to know."

"I'm happy that you told me. We can get through it."

Andrew smiles before leaning in to give Skye a long kiss. He begins to feel a little bit better until they both hear whispers coming from near the doorway.

"Simmons, look."

"Honestly Fitz, why are you whispering?" they hear a little bit louder from the hallway.

"They're… Andrew and Skye… they're defacing the lab."

The couple pulls apart only to see FitzSimmons in the entry way of the lab.

"Oh." They hear Simmons say faintly. "Well that was easy."

"Um hey guys." Skye says when she turns around in Andrew's arms.

"We just came to find you two and tell you Ward is making his way through base with the guards." Jemma tells them.

Andrew only nods as Skye leaves his arms and walks over towards Jemma so she can eventually talk to her.

"Sweetie, did I ever tell you I still like you in suits." Skye calls over before they all hear Fitz groan.

Maybe suits were okay sometimes. But he still preferred regular clothes most of the time. After the moment, it leaves him and Fitz together in one part of the lab while the girls go to another section.

When Ward begins to make his way down the hallway with the armed guards, Andrew and Fitz watch through one of the glass windows. Fitz has his armed crossed while Andrew leaves a hand on his shoulder watching as the HYDRA operative goes by. It only surprises him a bit when he hears Jemma tell Ward something and it makes him actually think the same.

"If I ever see you again, I will kill you."

Again a late chapter but it's here. Probably would have had one done last week but I was on vacation and staying at one of the happiest place on earth aka Disney World which was super cool to be at once again after 11 years.

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