Chapter Six (Search)
"We have a location pinpointed!" Fitz yelled, alerting the team. Hearing Fitz's cry, the four agents walked over to the Holocom.
"Where?" Coulson asked. "Where is it?"
"It seems to be a warehouse in the outskirts of rural Wood's Bend, North Carolina." Fitz replied. "Talk about location."
"Good," Coulson sighed. "Then we go there. May, set coordinates to that exact location." he ordered.
"There is SHIELD backup on standby already in case we need it." May stated in return.
"That's even better." Coulson looked to each member of his team, "This is our mission, go in and find Skye. Fitz, Simmons, you two stay here and monitor the situation and send us any changes. Meanwhile, Ward, May, and I will go in to see if she is there. And do not, under any circumstances, goof around. This is Centipede we are dealing with."
A couple hours later, the Bus touched down in a field near the old warehouse.
"Fitzsimmons, keep us updated on any important things." Coulson instructed.
Fitzsimmons nodded and went into the lab. Coulson, Ward, and May geared up and headed off to the warehouse.
They carefully approached the old, rustic warehouse. "Quietly go in." Coulson ordered. "We don't know who could possibly be here."
They approached the side doors, not quite as dauntless as they should had. Ward opened the door just a hair and looked inside, "I don't see anyone."
"Still," Coulson said. "Be careful."
Ward nodded and crept in, followed by Coulson and May. They stood in the center, looking around the complex. No one at all was there, it was completely empty.
"An empty lead," Coulson sighed. "A dead end, there is no one here. But then why did the comms lead us here?" he asked.
Something caught Ward's eye and he went over to it. He crouched down, "Blood," he said. "And it's fairly fresh too. Someone was here recently." He looked a couple feet away to see two blood covered bullets lying on the ground. "And somebody was shot too." His voice grew cold.
"But is this a Centipede facility?" Coulson asked. "It looks completely abandoned."
May narrowed her eyes, "No, something is amiss here. Something isn't adding up."
Ward examined the blood stains and saw that they made a trail, leading deeper into the warehouse, "They lead somewhere." His eyes shifted to a silver object lying next to the blood. He picked it up, "Coulson." His voice was weak.
Coulson looked to see a sliver necklace hanging from Ward's fingers. "Isn't that?" he gulped.
"That's Skye's." May muttered. "What is it doing there?"
Ward's eyes trailed the blood stains, "She was here, this is her blood. She was shot."
Coulson was frantic now, "But where is she?" he asked, looking all around the large room.
May looked around as well, but the sound of footsteps caught her attention, "Get down!" she hissed.
A man darted out of the shadows, lunging towards the three agents. They dodged and May took fire at the man, shooting him in the leg.
The man fell to the ground, holding his leg. He wore full camo, some sort of chest armor, and metallic devices gleamed on his arms.
"Definitely a Centipede facility." Coulson stated coldly, glaring at the soldier. "What are you doing here?" he asked the man.
"Like hell I'll tell you." he spat.
Coulson frowned, "I have two agents here that would love to beat the hell out of you. Talk, or I'll let them at you." He motioned towards Ward and May who were both glaring at the man.
The soldier hesitated, "Alright fine, I was ordered to protect some girl with a few other soldiers. She fought back, main guy shot her and had her dragged off to another facility."
"And where is this facility?" Coulson asked.
A scared look filled the soldier's face, "No, I've already said too much!" he yelled. "Please don't!" He dropped dead onto the ground, blood flowing into his right eye.
"The eye." Ward spat. "What do we do now? We have no further clues." He looked at the dead soldier, "We have no damn idea where this facility could be."
Coulson pinched his nose in frustration, "Search around this building, there has to be something else here that can tell us something." he ordered. " He looked to the long trail of blood that led off into the dark of the warehouse. "And we better hurry up. With that much blood loss, we could already be too late."
Author's Note: I don't own AoS, Marvel does. You still think I'm evil? Ward, Coulson, and May find Skye's blood on the floor, a Centipede soldier tells them barely anything before falling to the floor dead from the eye. Just where is Skye? Marvel's Agents of SHIELD will return in a chapter. Keep reading and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE review! ~AwakeAndAliveSpartan.