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It was a long two hours back to the base and it wasn't any better when they finally arrived. Coulson had asked her, Simmons, and Fitz to ride back with the others so he and May could talk. She doesn't know what they were discussing but whatever it was they were still at it when they got back. They kept on talking (more like arguing) even when they got out of their car.

Bobbi told them to stay in the car until both May and Coulson were inside the base but the two of them didn't move from their current position. Hunter tried to roll down the window in order to hear what was being said but Bobbi turned on the window lock preventing him from doing so.

They argued for about ten minutes before May slapped (or maybe punched) Coulson in the face.

"Ouch."

They continued to argue while Coulson held his nose and blood was seeping through his hands. May walked away from him and that's when they all got out of the car.

"May, we're not done here!"

"Yes we are." said May before walking further into the base.

"Does anyone have a tissue?" said Coulson as they walked into the base together.

"Is it broken?" asked Fitz to Simmons as she handed Coulson some pain medication in the lab.

"No, but you're going to be in a lot of pain sir."

"I'm well aware. Mack, I want you watching May. The minute she gets the location she's out of here. When she does, Bobbi and Hunter I want you ready to go as soon as she does. She may try to take a quinjet so place a tracer in all of them as well as the vehicles. Fitz, Skye, and Simmons I want you to find all possible locations that May can get to by plane or car in four hours."

"You're really going to let her leave." said Mack.

"I don't have another choice besides May always does what she wants."

"But Ward's going to kill her and her Mom. Why doesn't she want our help?"

"She doesn't want any of you getting hurt in the process but that doesn't matter because she's going to get our help whether she likes it or not."

It was dinner time. She didn't know what Jerry was bringing but she was oddly looking forward to it. She also didn't know how long she would remain captive by these delinquents but she was getting tired of it. Either kill her or let her go.

"Hello Jerry." she said when the door opened.

"Lian, here's your dinner." He handed her a tray of steak, a couple pieces of shrimp, and ice cream.

"What's going on? Why am I being served this?"

"He said he wanted you to have something special for your last meal."

Last meal. So he made up his mind then.

"So what's his plan then?"

"He's going to kill you and your daughter at the same time."

"My daughter? She wasn't supposed to come here, she was supposed to stay safe. Stay alive. I know she was never one for listening but I at least thought that she would honor my final wishes. What happened?"

Jerry doesn't answer right away but just looks down at his feet.

"Jerry, what happened?"

"He threatened to hurt her team if she doesn't come. She's doing the same thing that you did for her."

"Protecting them. Do you believe him when he said that he won't go after them once he's done?"

"Not really."

"Jerry do you have family?"

"Yes."

"Would you try to save all of them if they were in danger? What would you do?"

"I'd do whatever I have to in order to save their lives."

"Thank you Jerry. I know you don't believe it but you have a good heart."

"I'm sorry it has to end this way. Enjoy your meal Lian."

She received a text revealing the location a couple minutes ago. She was headed to a place in rural Maryland and it would take her about two and a half hours. She hasn't seen most of the team since she they returned to the base. She saw Mack though, Coulson must of assigned him to watch her before taking over the job himself.

He's probably trying to come up with some plan in order to save her and her Mom's life which was the topic of discussion while they were driving back to the base. She wouldn't have it especially with Ward threatening to go after them if all doesn't go to plan. She told him that this has to happen and he said it doesn't have to but she's just too stubborn to ask for help. She punched him when he said that. She didn't mean to and he knows that but she was tired of just sitting around.

She was finishing getting her things in order when the door opened. She glanced over and saw Skye standing in the doorway not saying anything for a couple of minutes.

"Were you going to say goodbye?" she finally asked before walking further into the room as the door shut behind her.

"Skye. I don't have time for this."

"I think you do considering you're going to be dead in the next four hours."

She sat down on her bed and covered her face with her hands. She sighed heavily and looked over at Skye who she sat down next to her.

"Skye this is a complicated situation. Any way this plays out my Mom dies and Ward will still come after us."

"And if you go you both die and he'll probably still come after us."

"He won't, I have a fail safe. You won't have to worry about him anymore, I promise."

"But what about you? What about us? The team, we can't do this without you?"

"Yes you can Skye. You all will be fine."

"I won't be fine and neither will FitzSimmons. I know Coulson won't be fine, SHIELD will fall apart if he does. How can you be so calm?!"

Skye stood up now and started pacing the length of the room. It reminded her of when she was arguing with her Mother a few days ago. She stood up and grabbed Skye by the shoulders in an attempt to calm her down. She saw tears in her eyes.

"Skye look at me. Look at me. I'm calm because I faced far worse than this and I've come close to death more than once. And you and FitzSimmons will be fine, it'll take some time but you'll be okay."

"And what about Coulson?"

"I don't know. When he died, it took me a while to come to terms with it before he came back. I was lucky. I know it'll kill him and he'll probably never get over it. I just hope that he'll forgive me for doing this."

"He will and he'll come to understand that you're just protecting us just like your Mother did for you." said Skye as tears were running down her face.

"I knew you were eavesdropping."

"I'm glad I did."

"I left you guys some stuff. Last will and all that. Look through it when you're ready."

"Okay."

"I have to go. Tell the others I said goodbye and make sure they don't do anything stupid."

"I promise."

As she turned to leave, Skye hugged her for a couple of seconds before she walked out the door. Once outside her room, she spotted Coulson walking in her direction preoccupied with something. Most likely he had some big speech planned and it probably would end with her staying. So, she quickly ducked into one of the many alcoves located throughout the base and he walked right past her on the way to her room. She planned on leaving the same way her Mother did through the tunnels and the last thing she saw was Coulson knocking on her door.

Thanks for reading.

I wonder what will happen next. Also, what in the world is May's fail safe? Any guesses?