Whimpering and groaning in pain, Jemma attempted to stand up, though she was pushed back down by the agony she felt. Her shoulder hasn't stopped bleeding since. ''Okay...'' Jemma whispered to herself with a shaky voice while she ripped off the left sleeve of her shirt, she carefully yet tightly tied it around her wounded shoulder and winced. ''That should stop the bleeding for a while.'' She told herself and slumped back into the corner. No. Jemma just couldn't sit there, not now. Her mind began to wonder when Dave was going to come back to torture her, though this time, she won't make it too simple.

The floorboard!

Jemma quickly though to herself, remembering that one creaky floorboard. She paced around the room a few times before her foot stepped on the right one, it let out a creaky sound right away and Jemma smiled to herself. ''It might be old or damaged enough for me to take out.'' She quietly spoke to herself again, not sure why she was doing that exactly. Her fingers traced the outline of the floorboard, it appeared old and weak enough to pull out. Jemma let her hand wander freely around the board until she found the right spot where the floorboard was uneven, she placed her finger under it and began to lift.

''Come on!'' Jemma silently exclaimed, her shoulder began to sting once more whenever she used more force to pull on the board. Without a warning, the wooden floorboard began to peel off from the rest, once it did, Jemma was sent sprawling backwards with the board still in her hands.

A groan escaped from her as she began to sit up, ''That should do it.'' She limped behind the door carefully, and lifted the board in a striking position, she was ready to hit anyone who came through that door.

XXXXX

''Have you seen anything suspicious around this village?'' Mack asked the elderly lady who was sitting silently outside her front door on a wooden chair, swinging back and forth. She shook her head without saying a word and Mack sighed, ''Thank you.''

Mace continued to ask people one by one, all the answers he received were 'no'. ''Have you seen anything suspicious going on?'' Mace asked to a younger guy with a muscly figure.

The young guy gave Mace a confused look, ''Like what?'' He wondered, already intrigued by such question.

''Well, ah... Anything at all.'' Mace tried to explain it without giving away too much information.

The young male scratched his head and moved his black hair upwards out of his face, ''You'll have to be more specific...'' He said with a grin.

Mace sighed, eventually giving up, ''We are looking for a man, his name is Dave, by the looks of it he is older than you and has brown hair. We really need to find him.'' He explained, giving a hopeful look to the younger guy. The guy stared at him, then his gaze turned to the houses in the background.

''You know...'' The guy began, he scrunched his nose, implying that he was in deep thoughts. ''I did see one guy that did look suspicious, he had a van with him, got out by that store there before he left again a couple of hours ago.'' He explained, pointing at the little corner shop behind Mace.

Mace turned around and eyed the shop cautiously, he grinned once he spotted one camera above it. ''Thank you.'' Mace thanked him and shook the guys hand. He walked into the small shop, a strong smell of onions invaded his space, a lady was standing at the till, she was around Coulson's age and looked full of energy.

''How may I help you?'' The lady asked, she seemed to tense up a little when Mace approached her.

''I was wondering if I could take a look at the recording on your camera above your shop?'' Mace kindly asked.

The lady replied very quickly, with worry in her unsteady tone, ''They don't work.'' She said, earning a confused look from Mace.

''I saw it move, I'm pretty sure it works.'' He replied with a smirk, though he was still confused to why she wouldn't want him to use it.

The woman shook her head in denial, ''I told you, it doesn't work.''

Mace took a deep breath, sighing in process, ''Is there a reason why you don't want me to look at the tape?'' He asked, his gaze trailed around the shop suspiciously before she replied in a worried tone.

''No, no, of course not...'' She replied, her eyes as wide as they could go, ''it's just that I don't know you.''

Mace sighed, taking that as a fair point, though he surely thought she would know him from somewhere as he was the head of SHIELD. ''Well, I'm Mace, I'm a director of one agency and seeing your camera tape is really important.'' He said with seriousness in his tone.

The woman tensed up again, grabbing Mace's attention, ''You okay?'' He asked with confusion, the lady just nodded and lead him to the back side of her shop where the recording and camera equipment was placed. She pointed at the screen where the recordings were playing, ''You can do this yourself. '' She said and left him to it.

Mace was looking through the tape, playing it back a couple of hours ago just like the younger guy had told him, he eyed the screen carefully when he saw a dark van pull out. There he was. Dave. He was there exactly five hours ago, a lot of different scenarios ran through his mind, who knows how much damage he could have inflicted to his agents during those hours. His eyes were still stuck to the screen, he saw Dave enter the shop through the recording, and soon he saw him exit with a lady. The same one that just helped him with the tape. They shared a hug on the recording right before she gave Dave a tap on the back. ''What the-'' Mace was about to say something when he heard footsteps behind him.

''Sorry.'' The woman said, disturbing him from watching the rest of the tape, she held a baseball bat right above his head and brought it down with huge force. The sound echoed in the room for a few moments, it was loud, though Mace barely flinched. Her eyes suddenly widened once she realized that the hit did nothing to Mace.

''You know him, don't you?'' Mace asked as he stood up from the chair, with one last look at the computer screen he grabbed the lady by the collar of her shirt, making her drop the bat. She was scared, and she didn't like it. ''So what if I do?'' She asked, there was no point in lying anymore since she was pretty sure that she wasn't able to lie to Mace after he just saw the tape.

''I know you are the director of SHIELD.'' She smirked, and looked at his hand which was still tightly wrapped around her shirt, ''Do you mind?''

Mace shook his head, ''Yeah, I do mind, your little friend Dave or whatever he is to you kidnapped two of our agents.'' He informed, he looked at her in confusion when she just laughed. A small yet confident smirk formed on her lips, ''I know. He's my son.'' She admitted.

''Why are you telling me all this?'' Mace asked cautiously, there was clearly something off about her.

''Oh, I don't know. I mean why not, you won't be able to see another day anyway.'' The woman said before she reached from under her shirt and pulled out a gun. Aiming it right at Mace's chest, she pulled the trigger and a loud bang covered the room.

XXXXX

''Anything good?'' Coulson asked, taking a few steps towards Daisy.

She shook her head, ''Nope.'' and her eyes were glued onto the laptop screen again. Daisy just couldn't give up, getting the location was all that meant to her now, she needed her friends by her side, she needed her family back.

''You two...'' May pointed at the two SHIELD agents that Mace has brought along.

Coulson looked at her, his facial features full of questioning, ''What are you doing?'' He silently asked.

May brushed him off, not bothered to reply to any of this right now, ''Head into the village and see if Mace and Mack have found anything. We need to know now.'' She ordered and they nodded without any hesitation. They marched towards the village in the distance, leaving the family of three all by themselves.

May just wasn't able to sit there and do nothing, she needed everyone on their feet, though she didn't look like the worried type one, she was truly scared for Fitz and Simmons. ''I heard her scream...'' May silently said to Coulson whilst Daisy was distracted by the miles on her gadgets.

Coulson looked at her whilst taking in a deep breath, ''I know, so did I.'' He replied, remembering how bad it sounded. Simmons was being put through pain again, and so was Fitz, though they both knew that him getting physically hurt won't hurt him as bad as his feelings would.

''You think we'll find them it time?'' May asked just when Coulson's phone began to ring.

He nodded, ''Let's wait and see.'' He reached for his pocket and walked closer to Daisy, ''Ready?'' He asked, waiting for her signal, she nodded as his fingers hoovered about the answer button.

''I hope you have made your mind up and decided it was time to hand me Rick and Brett.'' Dave said with a hint of anger and annoyance in his tone.

''I have. I've decided to agree.'' Coulson lied, he wondered if this would help to keep Dave on the phone longer.

''You have?'' Dave asked over the other end, he sounded more relaxed.

''Yeah, My family for yours.'' Coulson said and started at Daisy's laptop, he saw the circle on the map get smaller, they were getting closer to his exact location.

''Alright, but you better have both of them or I swear it won't end well for any of your little agents.'' He happily yet threateningly informed, Coulson nodded though Dave couldn't see it.

''When and where?'' Coulson asked, impatiently waiting for him to stay on the phone longer.

''Tomorrow, Outskirts of L.A.'' He explained before he ended the call.

Coulson frowned, the call ended up being short but he hoped that it was long enough for Daisy to track him. ''Anything?'' He asked.

Daisy turned to him with a slight smile, ''We got it.'' She said informed, eyeing her laptop carefully to make sure there wasn't any mistakes, ''We really did.'' She reassured after a couple of seconds.

''Here we come...'' May said silently, forming her limp hands into fists, she knew she wasn't going to go easy on any of them there, especially Dave if she even gets the chance to put at least one punch into his face.

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