She got in, closing the door behind her as quietly as she could. Before she could turn back to face the front and be on her way forward, Jemma felt a strong grip on her shoulders before she was shoved into the wall, her face hitting it first.
''Who are you?'' The man asked, not bothering to keep his voice down. Jemma's heart was clenching inside her chest as if someone was trying to pull it out. ''Answer me!'' The man yelled, pushing her further into the hard wall roughly. Jemma yelped out in pain before deciding to answer, ''I'm here to see Aida. She wanted me to come in through the back.'' She lied and the man's grip loosened up around her shoulders and jacket.
''She really won't appreciate you treating her friends like this.'' Jemma lied again, though she cautiously chose the right words. The man moved back, Jemma had the chance to turn around and get a look at him. She couldn't shoot him, that would alert everyone in the house.
''Sorry about that.'' The dark haired bloke said apologetically, scratching his head.
''That's okay.'' She said with a smile as she looked the guard up and down, there was a taser hanging there at the back of his belt.
''I'll go call Miss Aida.'' He said and began walking, Jemma grabbed him by the arm out of panic.
''No!'' She almost yelled and the man's eyebrows went up in confusion.
''No?'' He asked, curious.
''No,'' Jemma said with a slight smile and a sigh, trying to look like someone good in front of him, ''I don't want to interrupt Aida on what she's doing. It's best if you take her to me instead of calling her over.'' She lied and dark haired man turned around. ''This way.'' He said, and his back was turned all the way to Jemma. She reached for the belt immediately, knowing that the taser was the most silent way of taking him down. With her eyes closed, she grabbed the taser out of his belt, expecting him to turn back and ram her into the next object closest to them. The impact never came. He was still walking, and she had the taser in her hand.
Jemma leaned forward, jabbing the taser into his side before turning it on. The man fell to the ground after a few moments of shaking and squirming, unconscious. ''Good.'' Jemma whispered, letting out a small breath before continuing by herself, she exited the back room and a long hallway stood in front of her. The mansion was massive, beyond anything she expected. There we doors in every direction, but where was Fitz?
A door a couple of feet away from her opened from the left, she forced herself into any room she could find and it happened to be at her right side. Jemma opened the door, almost flying in. It was a bedroom. Empty and dusty, but at the same time very tidy and organised.
The sounds of footsteps emerged from the hallway, the pair of boots went up and down before she heard the door close. The guard must've went back to his normal position, at least that was what Jemma assumed. She didn't have time to stick around to find out. With the taser in her grasp, she opened the door and to her luck, there was nobody there.
Her steps were as soft as ever as she went up the hallway, attempting to listen through every door she could of Fitz's voice. Jemma didn't hear it, though the tracker to his phone pointed that he was somewhere in this house. Another door opened again, Jemma found just enough time to throw herself into another room that happened to be empty.
''Where is he?'' The guard that had just left the room asked angrily, marching down the hallway. Jemma listened, but he wasn't coming back. She had waited enough. She knew that the stairs that lead up were not that far as she had arrived at the end of the hallway, she opened the door and quietly made her way up the stairs.
''He's unconscious!'' A deep voice yelled in distress, ''Someone is here!'' He yelled so loudly that even Jemma could hear his voice from all the way upstairs.
''What?'' A familiar voice asked a couple of meters in front of Jemma. It was Aida. Jemma turned into the bathroom when she heard the door open. She saw Aida's figure going towards the stairs and then down... If she did not find Fitz now, they were going to kill her... Jemma was sure of that.
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They all proceeded upstairs, the way where they came from, but before they could reach the metal staircase, armed HYDRA soldiers were already waiting for them there.
''Take him down.'' One of them said, pointing his rifle at Mace and the rest followed. Daisy saw their fingers lingering above the trigger, she had to do something.
Daisy pushed Mace out of the way and crouched down immediately with her hands on the floor, the ground shook immediately and every soldier in front of her went flying backwards. Even the whole building shook because she used so much force to knock them all out of the way.
''Go.'' She said, giving them a heads up. Coulson stood there, fazed.
''Come on.'' May said, encouraging him not to stay behind. Mace ran last, behind all of them. One of the HYDRA scums grabbed his leg, trying to do some damage, but without his rifle the HYDRA agent was nothing. Mace lifted him up by the neck and smashed his skull onto the ground until blood started spurting of his head. They were bad people, killing innocents, not giving them a chance. Mace reminded himself that before throwing the agent to the floor, he was most likely dead.
Mack turned to Daisy, ''How did you get in?'' He asked.
''The vents.'' She replied pointing upwards, but sounds of crouching were already coming from there. HYDRA had found their way in... ''And you?''
''The back door.'' Mack answered, they could give it a shot, but they all knew that HYDRA probably blocked off that exit too. Daisy and Mack turned back to face their other teammates, whilst the sound was still coming from the vents above them.
''Daisy, down!'' Ward yelled, she froze but somehow managed to get herself down just like he had told her to. Ward shot out of his rifle, hitting someone behind Daisy right in between the eyes. Daisy turned back, seeing the HYDRA agent laying there, doing nothing except for dying. They were already in from two ways...
''We're surrounded, aren't we?'' Coulson asked, still fazed at the sight of everything.
''That's probably the smartest thing you've said the whole day.'' Daisy admitted, nodding that they were indeed surrounded. ''But let's try Mack's way out.'' She said and they all took off.
''Why did you come to me?'' Mace questioned, and the question was mainly aimed at Daisy, because he saw her inhuman abilities.
''You wouldn't believe me if I told you.'' She said truthfully, Mace would probably think she's crazy before remembering, just like the rest of her teammates.
''You're inhuman, I trust you.'' He admitted, he had sympathy and trust for anybody who was HYDRA's enemy, in this case, the inhumans. They needed protection, just like him. He always wanted to protect the inhumans, but know they were protecting him. Mace trusted her.
''I think It's better to tell you when we get out of here, where you can sit down.'' Daisy explained, and Mace knew it was something weird.
''Seems like you really know me, and I don't know how it's possible.'' Mace said and kept running.
Daisy laughed slightly, ''It was the same story with all of them.'' She pointed at the rest in front of them. They stopped, and the back door was still in tact.
''Maybe this is our lucky way out.'' May said, moving back to the side of the door just in case someone was there.
''Okay,'' Daisy turned to May, ''You open it and I'll be ready to blast.'' She said and May nodded. Mace joined the other side of the door, in case he needed to take someone down. May pulled the door, and Daisy was ready to quake. ''Stop right now!'' there were crowds of HYDRA agents standing armed in front of them. They were almost outside. Almost free where they could flee. There was no way Daisy could take all of them down with one quake. No way as they were covering themselves by using other buildings and cars. She couldn't do it without breaking every single bone in her body...It would take too much.
Was this how their story would end?
Mace stepped out in front of Daisy with his hands up in the air, ''You're looking for me.'' He said loudly enough for everyone to hear, ''Here I am.''
The rest of the team knew he was of good heart... He wanted to be the hero, but they could not let him die. Something fell in front of May, grabbing her attention. She looked up, seeing that the wall above the door was slowly crumbling, and there was a big crack that stretched all the way up.
''Daisy...'' May whispered and Mace was slowly moving towards the HYDRA agents.
''Hmm?'' She replied calmly without moving her lips, so that the other HYDRA agents wouldn't find out that it wasn't only her and Mace.
''The wall above the door. Quake it. Hard.'' May said and Daisy had her serious face on. She pulled Mace back, Ward emerged from the side and fired a couple of shots at the HYDRA soldiers. Bullets came towards them, many of them, but Daisy already had her arms above her head, quaking everything and anything that was above her.
The wall came crashing down unexpectedly, Ward grabbed Daisy back in case anything was about to hit her. Pieces of the huge wall blocked the exit, leaving a major hole at the top, they could climb in but that would take him time. However, this was their last way out because HYDRA obviously had the front of the building surrounded.
''Do you have any other ways out?'' Mack asked, and Mace thought for a moment.
''If any of you have the qualifications to fly, then yeah.'' He replied and May stepped out.
''Show us where.'' She said, ready to take the wheel.
''You could have really told us that before.'' Daisy said, and followed him. They didn't even realize how huge the building truly was until Mace stopped in front of a quinjet looking jet. It was the quinjet, it really was. May got in first and Mace was already impressed that she knew how to open the doors and such. ''How do you-'' He tried to ask but Daisy interrupted, leaving him speechless again.
''I told you we know you, and you know us.'' She said with a slight smirk as May entered the cockpit, ready to start up the jet.
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As soon as Aida was all the way down stairs, Jemma made a move towards the room she came out from. He was there, looking down at the floorboards which were soaked in tears that still continued streaming down his cheeks. ''I don't love you, Aida.'' Fitz said, thinking that the woman in front of him was Aida, Simmons remained quiet, listening to him, ''You killed her... I could never forgive you for this...'' He said before looking up. Fitz was sure that his heart was about to leap out of his chest when he saw her. Jemma. She was there, beside him. Alive.
''Jemma!'' Fitz exclaimed happily, though a look of shock decorated his teary face.
''I'll explain it all later.'' She said, approaching him. She untied the ropes that were around his legs and arms. Fitz got up from the chair and embraced the woman in front of him. She had saved him again.
''Someone is coming for you, Fitz.'' Aida yelled from up the stairs in her calm voice, ''But I won't let them take you.'' She was already half way up the stairs when she finished her sentence.
''A little too late for that.'' Jemma whispered, taking her pistol out.
So we almost have everyone, Fitz and Jemma need to get to the team ASAP... or the team needs to get to them.
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