Chapter Ten (Found?)
"This the place?" Ward asked, looking at an odd-shaped indention in the soil.
Coulson looked to the tablet he was carrying, "According to the coordinates Fitzsimmons gave us, yes. But it looks like that we will have to dig our way in."
"Great." May muttered. "That's definitely time consuming."
"And we don't have a shovel." Ward added in. "There's no way we can dig fast enough with our bare hands."
Coulson sighed and handed May the tablet, "I don't care what you do with that at the moment." He leaned down to the indention and dug at the loose soil. And to his surprise, the soil gave way, clearing to reveal a metal manhole cover of sorts.
Ward blinked, surprised that the entrance wasn't completely hidden from the naked eye, "Ok? So, does it just open like a normal door?" he asked.
Coulson shrugged and studied the door, "Ok," he said. "Looks like, um, here." He pressed a button and the door came hissing open.
May frowned, "This seems too easy." she said. "I don't like it."
"I know," Coulson responded. "That's why once we get in here we have to watch out backs. They're probably expecting us, most likely setting up a trap."
"Or they want us to get in." Ward added.
"That too." Coulson said. "Go in quietly. Fitz's new ICER guns should help us out a lot."
"So glad he stopped calling them the Night Night Gun." Ward muttered.
The three agents proceeded to slip inside the facility, not knowing what dangers awaited them.
"Stop, please!" Skye screamed as one of the soldiers prepared to drill another knife into her. "Please, please!" Tears streamed from her eyes.
It had been at least thirty minutes since Quinn started 'interrogating' her. She had been stabbed several times already, and with her healing ability she had to live with the pain over and over.
Quinn smiled, "So are you actually going to let me take you to the Clairvoyant now?" he asked. "Because I am tired of waiting, even though I do have all day."
"Hell no." Skye griped through the pain as another knife went into her skin. "I would never. I would let you kill me before I go to Mr. I See All."
Quinn frowned and folded his arms, "So it's this still? You want to keep going at it?" he asked, a tinge of anger in his voice. "Is this want you want? Because I'm prepared to give it to you."
He was just about to give the order for the soldiers to attack when an alarm cut through the facility. "Damn." he spat. "Don't just stand there," he said, looking at the soldiers. "Go find out what it is." They nodded and ran out the room.
Quinn turned back to the pain-filled Skye, "Looks like you've got a break for now." he said. "I have to go deal with whoever's in this building."
"Coulson, on your right!" Ward yelled, taking out a soldier with his ICER gun.
Coulson spun and shot at the oncoming soldier, making him drop to the ground. "How many of them are there?" he asked, firing at another soldier.
"There can't be that many more." May responded, knocking one to the ground.
They fought for another five minutes or so before the wave of oncoming soldiers ceased. They breathed a sigh of relief before going on any further.
"Now where would they be keeping Skye?" May asked.
"I don't know. Probably somewhere dark and harsh. But this building looks fairly new, so they might not have that." Ward retorted.
"And this building seems endless." Coulson stated. "We may have to look for a while."
"Great."
They checked every door to see if it was unlocked, looking into what rooms they could. They eventually came to a strange looking door with no window and a high-tech lock system.
Coulson motioned towards it, "You think?" he asked.
"Now how are we going to get in there?" Ward asked. "We don't have Fitz with us to break in."
"But we have this." Coulson said, pulling out a small detonation device from his jacket and placing it on the lock. "You may want to step back."
The three agents stepped back as the device flashed and exploded, flinging the door open.
Ward nodded, "And you had that why?"
"No time for questions." Coulson said.
The three went in and stopped dead to see Skye, frozen in fear from the explosion.
The fear washed itself from her face when she saw who it was, "Ward! Coulson! May!" she exclaimed.
"Oh thank God." Coulson sighed, going over to the agent. "Ward, untie her from the chair. May, make sure no one is around."
Ward went to untie Skye from the chair.
"Hey Robot." Skye smiled.
"And hello to you too." Ward said, crouching down and ignoring the robot comment. He untied the rope and stood up. "No more robot," but he was cut short by a gunshot ringing throughout the room. Ward collapsed over onto his stomach, the bullet hitting him in the back.
All eyes turned to see Quinn standing with a gun in the doorway, anger gleaming in his eyes, "How did you find this damn place?!" he growled.
May's face twitched seeing the blood seep out of Ward's back. She ran over and sent Quinn to the ground with a punch, not saying a single word.
Coulson stood frozen, looking at Ward on the ground, "Keep, um, Quinn unconscious." he managed to say while trying to find the strength to walk over to Ward.
May gladly fired two shots from the ICER gun to keep the man unconscious.
Skye struggled to get out a single word, "Grant?" she asked, falling to her knees next to the injured agent.
His breathing was already labored and the blood kept oozing out. Sweat glistened on his chiseled face. It was clear that he was struggling to stay awake.
Skye reached out a shaky hand to the agent, "Grant?"
Author's Note: I don't own AoS, Marvel does. Yes, I did that. But I have a plan. Keeps it exciting. And the ICER gun thing is real, the Night Night Gun was renamed and upgraded by Fitz in 1x15. Marvel's Agents of SHIELD will return in a chapter. Keep reading and please review! ~AwakeAndAliveSpartan.