I own nothing.

She was carrying a tray of breakfast foods and drinks to her Mother's room when she saw Hunter laying on the floor in front of the door. This was the man assigned to protect her Mother and he was sleeping on the job. Considering her hands were full, she decided that the best way to wake him up would be to kick him. Lightly of course.

"Rise and shine." she said as she kicked him continuously.

"All right, all right. Will you stop that? Is that for me, you shouldn't have." he said when he finally opened his eyes and spotted the tray that she was carrying.

"Its not for you sleepy head. Is she awake?"

"I haven't seen her since she said goodnight. I would have known if she left the room."

"Go and clean up. There's more food in the kitchen."

"Thanks."

After he left, she set the tray on the floor and knocked on the door but received no answer. Her Mother was usually up by now.

"Mom, I brought breakfast. I thought we could talk."

Still no answer. Looks like she's receiving the silent treatment today.

"Look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten angry. Now please open the door or I'll do it for you."

No answer again. So she opened the door and saw that the room was completely empty. Her Mother's things were still there but the bed was made the way her Mother normally does it. So she slept in it, then woke up, and left without anyone seeing her. She looked around the room some more and found a letter addressed to her:

Qiaolian,

I'm sorry to do this to you but I won't let you give yourself up to this man. I don't want you to die for me. Let me be there for you this time.

"So you're Lian May. Its an honor to meet you." said Ward from across the table where she was seated.

"I wish I could say the same."

"I guess snark runs in the family. I must say you arriving here alone was a surprise. Does May know that you left? I'm surprised that she let you out of her sight."

"I snuck out."

"That's right. I remember reading somewhere that you helped design some of the older SHIELD bases, you know before your husband was killed. I told May about that, I figured she didn't know the truth."

"She didn't but now she does, thanks to you."

"Well I hate lying to people unlike you."

Didn't he lie to his whole team. This boy is a piece of work.

"Well then, tell me the truth about something."

He got up from his seat and walked over to her. He was in her face now.

"I don't know what I'm going to do with you but whatever it is I'm going to have some fun."

"What do you mean she's gone? I told you no one left that room all night." said Hunter as May pushed him against the wall with her hand around his neck.

"I mean she's not in her room and she's not here with us. Where else would she be?" growls May now squeezing a little harder on his neck.

"May, May. Stop!" yelled Coulson as he took her hand off of Hunter's neck. Hunter dropped to the ground taking in a couple of deep breaths.

"She never left her room so she didn't leave from the hangar." said Skye running into the room after returning from checking the security cameras.

"So how was she able to leave the base then?" asked Fitz from the table where he was still eating breakfast.

"Oh no." said Simmons suddenly standing up.

"What?" asked Bobbi

"Last night she was telling me some stories about her and Peggy Carter. Mrs. May helped design the base and used to sleep here sometimes. When Skye and I were helping her settle for bed…"

"She asked to sleep in her old room." finished Skye.

"We didn't think anything of it, we just thought she wanted to sleep in a familiar place."

"A familiar place with secret tunnels underneath."

Two days later

She doesn't know where she is. Since she arrived, Ward kept moving her to different locations and she was blindfolded at most times. She was only allowed to see once she was settled in her room. She didn't receive many visitors besides the man (Jerry) who brought her food. He was a nice man. The only other semi regular visitor she had was Ward who just sat in the room with her. He didn't talk to her, he just sat there most likely thinking about what he's going to do with her.

Jerry always arrived with her meals on time and did so today when he walked in with lunch.

"What's on the menu today Jerry?"

"Turkey and cheese sandwich, an apple, and I brought you some more water. I saw that you were running low when I brought you breakfast." He said placing the tray in front of her.

"You shouldn't have gone to the trouble."

"Its okay, he's not here so it wasn't a problem, Mrs. May."

"Really? He trusts you guys to watch me while he's away and how many times do I have to tell you to call me Lian?"

"At least once more and I really shouldn't be talking to you about this." he said as he started to leave her to her lunch.

"Do you know what he did with it?"

"He took it with him. I really have to go, if I stay in here too long it'll look suspicious and they or he may hurt you because of it."

"You're a good man Jerry."

"I'm really not Lian."

"Do you have the location?" asked May as they drove closer to the city's warehouse district.

"No but I'm getting close." said Skye who was typing on her laptop.

Mrs. May had a tracker on her and it was activated early this morning. He was adamant that it was a trap and told May that she should stay at the base and let him and the others handle it. She laughed and got in the driver's side of the car that she was currently driving.

"Got it. It's the third warehouse on the left." said Skye

"Okay, call Bobbi and tell her that she, Hunter, and Mack to take the back and we'll go through the front. FitzSimmons don't let May leave the car."

"That's easier said than done." mumbled Skye

"Can't we just go inside with you and just leave May here?" asked Simmons

"She is right here and we're all going inside." said May as she stopped the car in front of the warehouse.

"No you're not. Once we know what's inside, we'll come get you. Your Mom turned herself over so you wouldn't get hurt. You are staying." he said.

"You have five minutes. Take FitzSimmons with you."

He agreed and they entered the building leaving May in the car. Once inside they only see a table in the center of the large room.

"Nothing out back. Hunter and Mack are checking the second level." said Bobbi who was standing near the table.

As he walked closer to the table he noticed a locket and a phone laying on it.

"Fitz go get May. Skye, Simmons go check these rooms and see if anything was left behind."

May walked into the building a few seconds later with Fitz following her to where he and Bobbi were standing. He looked over at Bobbi and she got the hint. Soon both her and Fitz were walking up to the second floor to find Hunter and Mack.

"He must of found the tracker." said May holding up the locket before opening it. It was a photo of her and her parents.

"How old were you?"

"Just turned ten. We bought the locket for her, me and my dad. I didn't know that she still wore it or put the tracker in it that I gave her."

"We will find her May."

"I know."

"Alive."

"I know that too."

He was watching her as she stared at the locket when the phone dings. May doesn't move to grab the phone so he did. It was a text from Ward.

Hello Agents,

Don't worry she's still alive. It took me a while to figure out what I was going to do. Kill her and leave her for you to find or set up a trap and just kill all of you. Both are way too easy and not painful enough. So I sat with her awhile. We didn't say anything, I just watched her and she watched me. That's when I found the locket and soon I found my inspiration. At first I thought who would I kill first, let May see her Mom die then she herself would die. Or would I let her Mom watch May die before I kill her myself. While both are great its not exactly what I'm going for, besides in either situation there is a chance that something could go wrong and I'm not taking any chances. So here's what'll happen, I'm going to kill the both of you at the same time. In eight hours, I'll send the location and then you'll have four hours. Come alone May and I won't go after your team.

Thanks for reading.

Will May turn herself over to save the team or will Coulson come up with a plan to stop Ward once and for all?