Chapter 2

Skye shivers from the cold, even though it was a summer day and they were in Mexico. She bats her eyelashes, the black SUV in front of her a bit blurry. Ward gets in the driver seat and Skye followed by getting into the passenger seat. Ward started the car and drove a way, a heavy feeling washing over Skye. She takes deep breaths, a fire feeling coming over her body.

Along the road to get back to town, a weird noise is made from the car along with a bump from the tire. "What was that?" Ward pulled over and gets out. "Dang it, he blew out our tire, I was careless." Skye opened her door, careful getting out with the blurred world around her. She balances her body onto the car, the cold feeling she had replaced with a really hot feeling. She wipes her forehead, her fingers feeling like lava as they come back with sweat.

Ward came around the car, to talk to Skye. He sees her leaning against the SUV. "Skye?" He asked with concern. Skye tries to look at Ward, but all she could see were shapes and colours blurred together.

"ward…." Skye started but her voice isn't able to hold out. The car isn't enough to support her weight as her feet slip from under her. Her eyes roll back as she falls. Ward ran to catch her.

"Skye!" He cried as he catches her. Her breathing is long and hard to hold onto. "Hey, Skye." Ward tried to get her to respond, but she doesn't, her breathing getting faster. Ward feels the sweat coming off her back. He feels her forehead. It felt hot. Almost too hot to keep his hand on her skin. Ward brought his hand to the com. "Coulson, listen Skye fainted. I need you to bring the bus." Ward gets static. "Coulson." No answer, just more static. Ward heard the sound of cars a good distance away. They were coming from the same place they left.

"Crap not now." Ward holds Skye tightly in his arms. He looks at the Mexican jungle in front of him. He could run now, but he could risk getting lost, and then Skye wouldn't get better at all. He needed to get her to a hospital. Ward looked at the tire, it was completely blown and wouldn't be easy to fix. Hearing the cars come sooner, Ward has no choice but to head for the jungle.

Holding Skye close, Ward grabs an ICER and puts it in his belt before heading quickly into the forest. Running away with Skye, Ward moves past the spider webs and the drips of dew clinging to the jungle forest. Hiding in a bush Ward hears the scouts from the mansion Skye and him had infiltrated earlier coming through.

"Find them!" The voice shouted, a new one Ward hadn't heard from the mansion. "I don't want those files to fall into shields hands!" Ward bites into his lip as he watches from the bushes. He stepped back a bit, a gun put to his head.

"Freeze." Said a voice. Ward doesn't dare turn around, as he sees four more guns now pointed at him from the front. Ward hugs Skye close to his body, her body hotter than it had been earlier.

Ward's head is batted with a gun, and he begins to fall unconscious. Skye fell out of his arms and onto the forest floor. Ward's eyes close as he watches someone take Skye's body away. He wants to scream and defend her, but his head numbs and his eyes were now closed.

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Ward wakes up his head throbbing. He leaned up, going into a sitting position. Skye drops on his mind. "Skye!" And to his relief she was right in front of him. Ward crawls over to her, grabbing her head and putting it on his lap. Her breathing was still heavy, but at least now inside she felt a bit cooler. Ward ripped off the edge of his shirt and wipes some of the sweat off her forehead. Ward checks his ear for the com, but it's gone. Ward looked around the concrete room, that's all it was. There was a small window at the top the size of his hand, and it let a little sunlight into the room. But other than that there was just a metal door and concrete. Concrete floor, roof, and walls.

Ward wipes Skye's forehead again. "Don't worry Skye I'll get us out of this." Skye's jolts, and Ward hopes this is a sign she's waking up. But instead she coughs. Ward turns Skye on her side. Her eyes remain closed as she coughs for an extended period of time. Ward watches as she coughs up blood. Ward winced from the pain Skye must be feeling. He rubs her back. Skye stops coughing after a few minutes, and Ward leans her back onto his knees.

Seconds later the door is busted open and two guards come in with a man in a suit following behind them. Ward scowled, holding Skye tight in defense mode. "My, my, a couple of kids broke into my compound." His voice was crisp like a razor. "And one of you managed to hack into all my files, including the ones I kept on a secure network." He pulled back some of his grey hair. "Now how did you manage to do this?" Ward doesn't answer. "I see so that's how were going to do things." The man looked at Skye, his lips forming a small smile.

"I see that the girl here was hit by my guard Jeff's gun. You see he laces his gun with a poison. So even if he misses your vital organs, you'll still die." Ward gulped, Skye's breathing again becoming heavy. "Oh don't worry she still have another night or two left. Depending on how strong she is." Ward hugs Skye tight.

The grey haired man looks at the guard positioned on his right. He pulls out a vial from his pocket. "You see luckily there is an herbal cure. Simple and tastes good in tea." Ward eyes the bottle, knowing now this man has him exactly where he needs.

"What do you want to know?" Ward said with no emotion. The grey hair man smiled.

"First and simply I want to know which of you hacked into my database." Ward bites his lip, not sure if he should lie and say himself, or say Skye so he'd be more willing to cure her. But then again he might just be more willing to kill her.

Ward keeps his grip tight on Skye. "Ah so it's the girl. It wouldn't have taken you so long to answer if it was yourself." Ward scowls, not correcting him. "Now tell me, you're with shield aren't you." Ward doesn't want to answer, but the grey haired man dangles the vial in front of him.

"Yes." He answered

"And who's your commanding officer." Ward bites his lip, Skye's breathing getting heavier. Her sweat dripping onto his knees.

"Agent Coulson."

"And what did he want from my files." Ward doesn't want to answer. If he answered that the clairvoyant would know that Skye had found this location. "I'm waiting young man, or do you want the girl to die."

Ward bites the inside of his cheek harder, before finally taking a breath. "The clairvoyant, we've been tracking him." The man smiled.

"Why thank you, you've been rather useful for the time being. But of course I knew all the information you just given me. After all, the clairvoyant told me you'd come. Grant Ward." The man gives a signal for the guards to throw the vile onto the ground. Ward grasp for it, not even sure if the thing was a cure or not. The man answered as if he could read Ward's mind. "It's not more poison if you're wondering, it is the cure. Or at least enough to keep the girl alive. It's a regulated dose, it should get her fever down and let her survive another week. But of course if you don't answer my questions Ward, you know what will happen to her than."

As if on cue Skye coughs, blood coming out of her throat. The man laughs evilly while leaving the cell. Before closing the door though he gets in the last word. "Oh by the way, I'm Housewire. You might as well know my name; you'll be here a long time."

The door closes with a bang, and Ward doesn't waste any time before opening the vile and preparing to give Skye the antidote.