Fitz checked Skye's laptop. She had found Quinn and his next target by tracking his financial records.
Skye had managed to track him to the Nevada desert, close to Vegas.
"May, he's in Nevada." Simmons told her.
"We can access the satellite to track his movements. If his pattern is true to form then he and his men will scope the building. He has a head start so we may not have a lot of time. Once Coulson is back on the 'bus we can set off."
Fitz-Simmons accessed the satellite. They quickly found the van Quinn had used on his last attack. Suddenly the feed froze.
"No, no, no!" Fitz yelled, jabbing keys on the computer.
"What's happened?" Coulson asked, reboarding the plane.
"We were tracking Quinn using the satellites and the system's crashed." Fitz almost cried.
"Can't we hack into the CCTV system?" Simmons asked.
"The what?" Coulson asked.
"That was a little English wasn't it?" She answered as the plane took off.
"She means the security camera network that's spread over Vegas and the outlying areas. Seen as though he was headed towards Vegas it's worth a shot."
Five minutes later hundreds of video's appeared on the hollotable. May and the Interns appeared in the Lab. To sort through the video feeds was going to take forever without help.
"We are looking for a black van. If you see one, yell and we will tell you if it's the right one." Fitz ordered.
Together they expanded videos, checked their feeds and then minimised them again. They counted thirty three black vans before Kain shouted for one and Fitz confirmed that it was the one they were looking for. They tracked it to the Flamingo Casino on the strip.
They saw two men get out of the van, Quinn and the man who was obviously working for him. They entered casino. The Valet drove the van to the parking lot.
"Looks like we may have time to get there." Amber said.
"Maybe. But why a Casino?" Coulson asked the group at large.
"They could be trying to rob it." Kain joked.
"Of course! We froze all of Quinn's assets. So, the last scene was a test. To see how long it took for the Gravitonium to absorb into the Eridine and to see what sort of radius they had to work with. If they get that near the control room of the vault then they would have all of the time in the world to get in."
"We need to get there and plant that freezing device of yours."
The next morning the team pulled up outside the casino. Coulson and the Interns went to find the manager and explain the situation while May took Fitz-Simmons to the vault security control room.
They set up the freeze device which they altered so it would cool any water particles, including in human tissue. This would, hopefully, counteract the effect of the Eridine cage.
After briefing the manager, Coulson, Amber and Kain reviewed the video footage of the Casino vault and realised the cage hadn't been placed yet. The three of them went to join May and Fitz-Simmons in the control room.
"So what now?" Simmons asked.
"You and Fitz go to the control room and keep an eye on the video feeds. When you see them enter the casino let us know. Keep us informed on Quinn's progress. The four of us will be in and around the vault to capture him in the act." Coulson ordered, giving a knowing glance to May.
The team went their separate directions and set up for what they imagined to be a long wait.
They were wrong. Quinn was brazen enough to hit the Casino in broad daylight.
"Coulson. He's in the Casino." Fitz told him down the microphone.
"Right. Getting into position now."
Fitz-Simmons watched the cameras. They tracked his man to the corridor above the vault. They then saw Quinn and his man retreat to a safe distance and wait.
"They are going for the vault." Simmons told them a little while later as she saw Quinn and his man get up and head in their direction.
"Copy that."
Simmons, realising that the ir device had worked, that were both still alive and not piles of ash, grabbed Fitz and kissed him, right on the lips. Their alterations to the freezing device had worked.
"Mhm" someone coughed behind them, bringing them both back to their senses. Their plan now was to hide, just in case Quinn checked the device had worked.
May and Kain were hidden in a small room just outside of the vault. The manager had let Coulson and Amber inside.
After the warning Fitz gave them May soon heard voices.
"Yeah. No one was in the control room. They must have all gone up in smoke." Quinn's lackey was bragging.
"That's good then. No one will disturb us." Quinn replied. The volume of his voice indicating he was just outside the door.
When May felt that Quinn was far enough down the corridor, she opened the door and her and Kain followed them. They had mapped out all of the positions they would need to hide in and observe earlier in the day, which made for a silent and flawless pursuit.
Quinn applied a small charge to the hinges of the vault, covered it with some sort of film and blew them. The door peeled away to reveal around one hundred million dollars in cash.
May and Kain drew their weapons and got into position, blocking Quinn's way out.
"We did it!" Quinn whooped.
"No. You didn't." Coulson said, becoming more and more visable as the resulting smoke cleared. His weapon pointed directly at Quinn's head.
Quinn's lackey fired, but Amber was quicker and shot him first. He crumpled onto the ground.
Quinn turned to run away and came face to face with May's weapon held steadily at his head.
"Amber, Kain. Go get Fitz-Simmons and retrieve the Eridine cage. Then deliver it to the waiting team. They will take it to the fridge." Coulson demanded, grabbing Quinn by the collar and forcing to him to his knees.
"My, my. You did work it all out quickly didn't you?" Quinn retorted, placing his hands on his head.
A/N: Hope you like the little hint of requested Fitz-Simmons Pyphais!
A big, big thankyou to Serenity Shadowstar who helped me through my writers block to write this chapter and helped a lot by requesting the conclusion to this mission, which occurs in the next few(ish) chapters (I had no idea where I was going to take it until then!)... all will be revealed...
WARNING! Next chapter includes very mild torture (I thought I would give you all a heads up so if you have a delicate dispostition you can avoid it!)