Chapter Twenty-Three (Let it Burn)
"What the hell?" Coulson choked out.
"I was expecting that you would probably say that." The Clairvoyant replied, walking closer to the team. "But don't even try to run, you are surrounded by at least thirty Centipede super soldiers. Make one move, and you are dead."
"What the hell do you want?" Ward asked, gripping his gun until his knuckles turned stark-white.
The Clairvoyant pointed to Skye, "I still want her. Her power will be of great use to me. And she is not going to slip from my grasp again. She will be mine."
"And why do you need a regenerative power?" Skye asked. "Why is that?"
"So I can be all powerful. I don't have to worry about getting bleeding out or anything like that. It's so I can get what I want."
"You realize that it won't make you immortal, right?" Skye asked. "I age just like everybody else. I'm not some Asgardian that lives thousands of years. I'm pretty sure that I age just like everyone else. And you probably could still get killed."
The Clairvoyant held up a finger, "But you healed incredibly from two gunshot wounds, you healed over and over from countless knife wounds and you never came close to dying. You may not be completely immortal, but you're something close to it. And who's not so say that your power could bring someone back to life? A soldier dies in battle and I can resurrect him with a touch of a finger."
Coulson's stomach dropped, "Bringing someone back to life doesn't help anything, it only causes more pain." he growled.
The Clairvoyant smiled underneath his faceless mask, "Oh yes, you're the man back from the dead aren't you? The man killed by the god Loki and somehow is alive today."
"It's better to leave someone dead."
"Not everyone gets to go to Tahiti."
Coulson snarled, "How the hell do you know about that?"
"Remember, I know everything. Plus, I could possibly get answers from you. I should be asking how they brought you back from the dead. I don't even know how such a feat could be accomplished by mere mortals."
"Look. I have no clue what happened. All I know is that I was dead for several days before they decided to raise me from the dead like a zombie and completely mess with my brain and lie to my face for a year."
"Well, that's too bad. But I know that I can somehow get it from you eventually."
Coulson stepped closer to the Clairvoyant and the soldiers edged in as well, "Look, stop what you are doing now. Playing with people's lives will get you sent to hell, and we will see it personally that you get there. You won't get any information from me, you won't get Skye, you won't kill us, and you will rot in hell right where you belong.
We are a team. We'll protect each other until the very end. We will not let you lay another finger on Skye. You've done enough to all of us and it's time that you stop."
The Clairvoyant laughed. He pulled out a gun and the soldiers came closer, "Do you realize that you're making a huge mistake? You're outnumbered like thirty to six. You're clearly outgunned here. Now, hand over the girl and no one gets hurt."
"Sure. You're lying." Fitz hissed.
The Clairvoyant spun to glare at Fitz, "What was that?!" he hissed.
"Fitz, don't." Simmons said. "You don't know what you're doing."
"Fitz. Don't." May stated.
Fitz ignored them, "I know that you won't spare us." he said. "You've been planning all along to take Skye and kill us. You were never going to spare us. You were going to kill us no matter what we did. There was never an escape for us."
"Look, the engineer is also a detective. But, you are right. I was never going to spare you. You were going to have to fight for your lives, which would never work. You were always going to die. Make the choice, give me the girl now or die a slow, painful death." He aimed the gun towards Coulson and the soldiers stepped in.
"There is no choice." Coulson said. "Skye stays with us and we will survive, not you. You're the one that's not gonna make it out of here alive."
The Clairvoyant snarled, "Well I guess it is time to let it burn."
The final battle had begun.
Author's Note: I don't own AoS, Marvel does. The final battle is about to take place! So, that means that there isn't that much left in this story to go. But will the team survive this massive battle against the Clairvoyant? Marvel's Agents of SHIELD will return in a chapter. Keep reading and please review! And if you haven't already, please check out my other AoS story Lies and Betrayal! ~AwakeAndAliveSpartan.