Chapter 28
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"Yeah, I do." Skye answers.
"You mean..?" Ward begins to ask but Skye cuts him off.
"The fact that I was an adult before and was changed into a child to save me life and have spent more than a few months ageing again even though I feel like it's been fifteen years. Yeah, I remember everything." Skye says to everyone's surprise.
"Be kind Kid, explain how getting your memories back is connected to you stunning Hand." Clint request.
"Because it was thanks to Hand that I remember." Skye reveals, "When she was talking I saw out of the corner of my eye the same energy that I can produce come out of her hand." Skye reveals, "But along with my memoires I got some handy information thanks to my power." Skye explains, "Hand was the Clairvoyant's daughter, and she is Ian Quinn's half-Sister, the mole in S.H.I.E.L.D and the person who shot Garrett." Skye explains.
"She what?" Ward asks and he tries to go to the door to the interrogation room but Clint and Natasha pull him back, preventing him from getting very far.
"But I don't understand, I thought you couldn't use your power on someone who has the same power, that's why you and Clairvoyant couldn't use your powers on each other." Simmons comments surprised by the fact that her sister now remembers both her lives and is speaking so much like her adult self though she still looks like she is fifteen.
"That was because the Clairvoyant and I had almost the same amount of power, or similar amounts really." Skye tells the others, "Hand on the other hand has about one percent of the power I had before I took in the Clairvoyants, which is about a hundred times less than I have now." Skye reveals, "That enables me to use small amounts of my power on her." Skye reveals and attempting to be as un noticeable as possible she tries to grab on to the wall.
"That's more power than you can handle isn't it?" Natasha asks worried.
"No. Before yes, but not now." Skye says turning to face her Aunt as she puts her back against the wall, "Thanks to the fact that I have been a child for the past few months I can handle the power I have and the power I will eventually have because my brain has had the time it needs to adjust." Skye tells her Aunt.
"Then why are you in pain?" Natasha asks worried, "And don't lie Ребенок, I can tell you are." Natasha tells her Niece.
"I may be in a small amount of pain, but that's not from my power, well not really." Skye explains, "It's from my brain trying to get used to having two sets of memories." Skye explains, "It's not exactly common and not exactly something most people could handle, but I can because like you've always said, I'm special." Skye says smiling at her Aunt and Uncle, "I'll adapt, it will just take a while." She assure everyone.
"You sure?" Ward asks worried.
"Positive." Skye responds with a smile.
"Okay, we've got to call Fury let him know what's going on, get Hand to talk, and find your parents. Let's get to work." Clint says he and Natasha leading Ward away from the interrogation room towards the command centre as Fitz and Simmons give Skye a hug.
"I'm betting Hand knows where they are, give me five minutes and she'll tell me." Ward comments.
"No need, I already know." Skye comments, "But Uncle Clint is right at the moment Mom and Dad are completely fine and will be until Hand tells Quinn to do something to change that which isn't going to happen, but what needs to happen is us letting Nicky know what's happened so we can figure out how to make sure we can get them back without them getting hurt." Skye reveals.
"So he's still Nicky, even with your memories back?" Clint asks.
"Both sets of memories are a part of me." Skye reveals, "I remember meeting Nicky for the first time when I was lying in a hospital bed, but l also remember him holding me when I was a baby and him telling me that he will try and visit more. For me he was Nicky longer than he was Director Fury and that's what I want him to be to me." Skye explains.
"You remember things that happened when you were a baby?" Simmons asks shocked.
"Yep." Skye answers with a smile that looks quite innocent on her fifteen year old face, "I remember you and Fitzy arguing about who would hold me and Fitzy commenting that my grown up self would be amused by you two fighting over me, which I am by the way." Skye comments with a grin.
"That's incredible." Fitz and Simmons comment shocked, "The fact that you remember something that happened to you when you were that young, have you always remembered everything?" He asks curious.
"In a way, yeah, but I didn't realises exactly until I got the other set of my memories back." Skye explains, "You guys don't mind if I continue to call you Jem and Fitzy do you?" Skye asks hesitantly hoping that they don't.
"Of course not." Simmons says giving her another hug.
"I was going to insist on it." Fitz tells her and Skye is glad for that.
"Right, we've got to call Nicky." Skye comments and that's what Natasha does, while Clint lets go of the hold he has on Ward though he still watches him.
"What's going on?" Fury asks then notices the group, "Barton, Romanoff, when did you get back? And where is Agent Hand?"
"Agent Hand is locked in the Interrogation room Sir." Clint comments ignoring the rest of his questions to only answer the important one.
"Why?" Fury asks his voice a tone of voice which Natasha and Clint recognize to mean he is about to start yelling.
"She's Ian Quinn's sister, the Clairvoyant's daughter, the mole we've been looking for, and now she also has some of the same power that both me and her father had." Skye explains.
"You remember." Fury realises.
"Yep, I do Nicky." Skye says and Skye manages to do something that no one except for her can do, shock Fury to Silence.
"What I want to know is how she got that power, Hand's never shown any sign of power before." Clint comments.
"Give me a second," Skye requests and she closes her eyes, "Okay got it." She say about thirty seconds later.
"You found something out that quickly?" Clint asks impressed.
"One of the perks of a power boost." Skye comments, "Ever since I stopped the Clairvoyant Quinn has been trying to figure out a way to get the energy that gave both me and The Clairvoyant powers into the adult brain. Eight days ago he figured out a way but he could only put small amounts into Hand at a time." Skye explains.
"What do you mean small amounts?" Fury asks curious.
"Okay, so picture the energy that Hand has inside of her as the amount you get from a static electricity shock, mine on the other hand is like that of a lightning bolt." Skye explains.
"Is she secure in the interrogation room?" Fury ask, everyone being surprised by just how much energy it seems Skye has.
"Yeah, I'm not even sure I could get out of there." Skye tells her godfather.
"Good. Coulson and May do we know where they are?" Fury asks and everyone turns to Skye.
"They're about an hour away." Skye reveals, "Both unconscious thanks to the ICER grenades that Quinn's developed. They are completely fine. Quinn managed to knock them out before they could fight back." Skye tells everyone.
"What's the location like?" Ward asks, "How many guards are there?"
"Well this is the location." Skye says typing the coordinates into the computer, "It's a simple house, two stories plus the basement, which is where Mom, Dad and Quinn are." Skye tells the others, "There are two Guards out the front, two out the back and Quinn's personal body guard who is in the basement." Skye tells the others.
"We want to keep this as small and covert as possible. Barton, Romanoff, Ward can you three go in and get our people out?" Fury asks.
"Do you even have to ask?" Natasha ask.
"No, I guess I don't." Fury realises "Stay at your location once you get Phil and May back, Maria is still on her way and I'll be there in a few hours."
"You're coming Nick?" Natasha asks surprised.
"Yes, I want to personally escort Hand the Fridge." Fury say before ending the call without another word.
"Okay, Skye, Fitz, and Jemma you three are to wait here and keep an eye on Hand while Clint, Ward and I go and get Melinda and Phil back." Natasha instructs.
"No." Skye says to everyone's surprise, "I'm coming with you." Skye tells her Aunt.
"No, you're not." Clint tells his niece.
"Yes I am." Skye says stubbornly, "I remembering how to use my bow and how to use my powers, I can protect myself and I'm coming with you to get Mom and Dad and there is nothing you can say to stop me." Skye says showing in a way that even though she has her adult memories back she is still a teenager.
"May Skye Philippa Coulson, you are staying here and that's final." Clint says in a final tone of voice.
"You just called me by my full name." Skye says in completely shock, "You've never called me by my full name." Skye says stressing the 'never.'
"I've never had a reason to until now." Clint tells her, "The most important thing is keeping you safe, then getting your parents back then making sure Hand doesn't escape and the only way to do all that is for you to stay on the plane." Clint tells his niece.
"Keeping me safe isn't more important than getting Mom and Dad back." Skye comments.
"According to them it would be and that's what matters." Natasha tells her
"I get that you want to come I do, but it doesn't matter that you've got your memories back, you're still fifteen and I will not let my fifteen year old niece be a part of an assault of an known enemy's compound, I just won't." Clint tells her.
"He's right Ребенок." Natasha tells her, "But that's not the only reason." She reveals, "What do you think your parents will do if they see that you came and recued them before they know you've got your memories back?" Natasha ask
"Go insane." Skye comments.
"Exactly." Natasha tells her, "You need to stay behind on this one and not just because it's what's safest or because it's what your parents would want but because there needs to be someone on this plane that Hand can't use her powers on. We can't let her escape again and the only one who is immune to her is you." Natasha tells her niece, "So please, stay behind with Jem and Fitzy." Natasha requests.
"Okay, I'll stay." Skye says still sounding reluctant but because she knows that her Aunt and Uncle are right she doesn't fight them anymore.
"Good." Clint answers, "I would say it will take us about forty five minutes to drive each way, ten to subdue everyone and another ten to secure the place, what do you think?" He asks Natasha and Ward.
"That sounds about right." Natasha comments and Ward nods.
"Let's go." Clint says.
"Do not go into the interrogation room, no matter what." Ward says to Skye, Fitz and Simmons, "Hand is smart enough to have an escape plane worked out but as long as you three stay out she can't put it into practice, understood?" He asks.
"Understood." Skye, Fitz and Simmons responds.
"Be careful, okay." Skye says to the three, "I don't want anything to happen to any of you." Skye tells them and they nod in responds.
"We'll be back soon." Ward comments and he Natasha and Clint leave the room. As soon as Clint, Natasha and Ward leave the room Skye reaches out and grabs the table.
"It's more than a little pain isn't it?" Simmons asks worried.
"Just a tad." Skye says, "But it's more confusing than anything else." Skye admits as she leans on the table with one and hand and uses the other to make the feed from the interrogation room come up on the screen.
"What do you mean?" Fitz asks curious.
"I have conflicting memories." Skye explains, "On one hand I remember crying myself to sleep every night because all I wanted was my parents, but on the other hand I remember growing up surrounded by family, parents, Uncles, Aunts, and Siblings." Skye says smiling at Fitz and Simmons, "And even though both sets of memories are true they are both trying to be the 'truest', it's hard having such a conflict going on inside my brain." Skye explains to the others.
"Would it be better if you removed one set?" Fitz asks hesitantly not sure if it would be a good idea but wanting what's best for his sister.
"No." Skye says determinedly, without even needing to think about it, "Both memories are a part of me, they are both who I am, things will settle down soon, it will just take time." Skye tells them.
"Well you can start by sitting down." Simmons says walking over to Skye and helping her over to the chairs at the back of the room.
"You know I can walk by myself." Skye tells Jemma amused.
"I know, that doesn't mean you should." Jemma tells her and Skye rolls her eyes.
"Skye, what's this?" Fitz asks noticing a phone on the table that doesn't belong to Skye.
"It's Hand's phone." Skye explains, "I figured it wouldn't be a good idea for her to have that." She explains.
"Good choice." Fitz responds waking over and sitting on the chair on Skye's left side while Simmons sits on the one of her right.
After they leave the command centre Ward, Natasha and Clint head down to the Cargo Bay where they grab what they need.
"Ready?" Clint asks the other two and they both nod, "Let's go." He comments and the three head to the S.H.I.E.L.D SVU. Natasha driving, both Clint and Ward knowing better than to argue with her.
Ward only just manages to close the back door before Natasha speeds out of the Cargo Bay.
At the Quinn's base unaware of what has gone on with his sister or what is coming for him is working on his computer, looking up every few minutes to give Coulson and May another dose of dendrotoxin.
"I should have heard from her by now." Quinn comments as he realises the time.
"Sir?" his Guard asks.
"Victoria, she should have contacted me by now." Ian says knowing that he can't call her because it will risk blowing her cover.
"Maybe she forgot that she was meant to check in." The guard tells Quinn who snorts at that,
"Tori doesn't forget." He comments, "I sending him in to investigate." Quinn says getting a program up on his computer.
"Him, sir?" the guard asks suspired, "He is miles away."
"From here maybe, not the plane." Quinn points out.
"Sir, I don't mean to question you but isn't it a bit soon to send him in, shouldn't you wait and see if Agent Hand gets back to you?" The Guard asks.
"I know Tori, if she could she would have contacted me by now." Quinn says ignoring what his guard said.
Thirty minutes after Clint, Natasha and Ward have left Skye, Fitz and Simmons are still sitting in the command centre, when all a sudden Skye pulls Fitz and Simmons down on the ground which saves them from being hit by a missile.
"What?" Fitz and Simmons asks confused and all three of them turn to see Deathlok.
"Crap." Fitz says worried.
"Where is Victoria?" Mike asks and the three siblings crawl and hide behind the other side of the table.
"Not, good not good." Simmons says, "Where are the ICERS?" she asks.
"Over there." Skye says pointing to the other side of the room as the table gets hit with bullets.
"What are we going to do?" Fitz asks.
"Trust me." Skye requests as she quickly stands up, dodging Fitz's and Simmons hands, "Mike." Skye says and Mike turns and faces her.
"Mike's dead." Mike tells her.
"No, he's not." Skye tells him and Skye takes a step out from behind the counter, Simmons and Fitz try to lung and pull her back but they miss her, "And I'm going to prove it to you." Skye says and focusing on exactly what she wants the energy to do Skye raises her arm and sends a blast of energy at Mike, which he collapses from.
"What did you do?" Simmons asks standing up and walking over to Skye.
"Knocked him out and disabled all the tec in him." Skye explains, "But we should secure him, not even my power can tell me when he'll be like when he wakes. He could be Mike again or he could be the same, I just don't know. It's too random, too unpredictable for me to know." Skye reveals.
"We'll put him in the interrogation room." Fitz coments.
"Wait." Simmons says before Fitz can move, "Hand's in there, I don't think it would be a good idea to keep them together."
"Ask тетя Наташа what to do." Skye tells them, "I would do it myself but I don't have coms." She comments.
"Agent Barton, Agent Romanoff?" Simmons asks.
"What's wrong Jemma?" Natasha asks worried.
"We just got a visit from Deathlok." Simmons explains.
"Are you all aright?" Ward asks worried.
"We're fine." Fitz answers, "Skye managed to knock him out and disable all the tec in him but she said that not even she can tell how he is going to react when he wakes. He's still out, what should we do with him?" Fitz asks curious, "We weren't sure if putting him in the interrogation room with Hand in there would be a good idea." He explains.
"Ask Skye how long she can safely keep him out for." Clint requests.
"Skye how long can you keep him unconscious for?" Simmons asks.
"A few hours." Skye answers and Simmons repeats the answer back to Clint, Natasha and Ward.
"Okay, here's what you do, put a couple of ICER rounds in Hand and put the strongest handcuffs we've got on both. You're going to have to work as a team to do this." Natasha tells them.
"Thanks." Fitz and Simmons responds.
"I'll get the cuffs." Fitz says running downstairs.
"Plan?" Skye asks curious.
"Cuff them both, put ICERS in Hand." Simmons explains.
"We should each fire at Hand at the same time." Skye tells them.
"I agree." Simmons says walking over to the other side of the room and picking up two of the guns that are on the floor, "Fitz bring an ICER with you too." Simmons requests and a couple of minutes later Fitz returns with another ICER and four sets of cuffs.
"We only need two." Skye comments.
"I figure we could cuff Hand to one of the chairs on one side of the room and Mike to the other." Fitz explains.
"Good idea, but we still only need two." Simmons says as she picks up one of the ICER's and hands the other to Skye, "Ready?" she asks.
"Ready." Fitz and Skye respond and the three head to the interrogation room.
After the three exchange a look Fitz pushes open the door and the three see Hand sitting on the ground.
"Finally, I want to know who you think you are putting me in here." Hand says and instead of responding Fitz, Simmons and Skye all hit her with an ICER.
"Get Mike, I'll cuff Hand." Skye says and the other two nod and Skye walks over to Hand and drags her to where the chair folds down and cuffs her hands put does it through the bar of the chair so that she is cuffed to that.
"SKYE WE NEED YOUR HELP, HE'S HEAVY." Simmons yells.
"BE RIGHT THERE." Skye yells back and once she is sure that Hand is secure she heads back out to the man part of the plane where she, Fitz and Simmons attempt to pick up Mike, "Holly crap, he is heavy." Skye says but with difficulty the three manage to get him into the interrogation room and cuff him to the chair opposite Hand. Once they are sure that both Hand and Mike are secure Fitz, Simmons and Skye leave the interrogation room.
"You're not going to collapse are you?" Fitz asks worried.
"No, why would I?" Skye asks confused.
"Because you've use a lot of your power in the last forty minutes." Simmons tells her, "Are you alright?" she asks worry clear.
"Another one of the perks of my power boost is that it takes me using more power to tier me out. The flipside of course because there has to be one is that it will take longer for me to recover." Skye explains.
"Meaning?" Jemma asks.
"I'm going to be sleeping for a while tomorrow." Skye tells her, "We should see how much of this place we can clean up." Skye comments and Fitz and Simmons nod and that's what the three do.
Ten minutes after they got word from Skye, Fitz and Simmons that they had a visit from Deathlok Natasha has pulled over to the side of the road and both her and Clint have turned around so that they can look at Ward.
"We're three minutes away from the house on foot." Natasha tells the other two.
"Ward you and I will take the front, Nat you take the back and we meet in the middle and hit the basement together." Clint tells them, "We use all force but if possible we bring in Quinn alive, he knows too much and is more likely to talk than Hand." He tell the other two, completely forgetting that anything they need to know Skye could probably tell them.
"Let's go." Ward says and the three specialists get out the car.
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