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"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Phone, Intercom, or radio talking"
"Super hearing"
Jutsu, Abilities and Powers
(Location) = Scene Break/Time Skip
Another week had passed, and Naruto was meditating in the lab while Simmons was monitoring Coulson's vitals as he ran on the treadmill.
"Sorry, Fitz. It's close, but it's an ounce off." Ward said as he tested the modifications Fitz made to the Sleeper Pistol
"Really? Cause Agent Coulson had no problems." Fitz said
"An ounce? Seriously?" Skye asked looking away from her computer
"How does an ounce matter with a gun?" Naruto asked
"When you're a professional like me it matters." Ward answered before he put the pistol down "It's the difference between success and failure. When you're on a rooftop with a 15-mile-an-hour wind, your target is 500 yards away—."
"You do know that we have a rifle for that kind of distance, right?" Fitz commented shutting Ward up
"Lose the ounce." Ward stated
"Yeah, okay. On it." Fitz said before Ward walked out
"I'm Agent Grant Ward, and I can shoot the legs off a flea from 500 yards, as long as it's not windy." Fitz mocked causing Skye to laugh
"Now that's a sound we haven't heard in a bit." Fitz commented
"Yeah, you wouldn't be laughing much if you were living in Ward's doghouse." Skye stated
"Eh, people like Ward always have a stick up their ass. Nothing you can do to change them short of a miracle." Naruto commented
"She made the rounds, and apologized to us all." Fitz stated "What more can he ask for?"
"I really don't know. I have been busting my ass, memorizing every S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol manual, following every order with a 'Yes, Sir!' or 'No, Sir!'. I even let them tag me like a stray dog." Skye answered "I mean, I know I lied to you guys, but I was trying to protect my boyfriend."
"I know, we all make mistakes." Fitz stated "Who even cares about your boyfriend."
"I mean it's only like I'm comparing Ward to Miles, but at least with Miles, I didn't have to worry about passive-aggressive stuff. There were no mind games. We spoke the same language." Skye commented
"Yeah, a bit like we do." Fitz said
"Totally. You and Simmons are so tight it's almost like you are psychically linked." Skye stated
"Kinda like a couple." Naruto commented causing Fitz to blush as Simmons walked in and saw the Sleeper pistol on the table
"So, Ward was here? Let me guess. The Sleeper pistol again?" Simmons asked
"Yeah, he said it was off by an ounce." Fitz answered
"Of course, he did. 'I'm Agent Grant Ward, and I could rupture your kidney with my left pinky. Blindfolded'" Simmons mocked causing Skye to laugh
"That's dead on." Skye commented
"Settle down you, guys. While I don't like Ward, that doesn't mean I will allow you guys to talk about him behind his back, no matter how funny you make it." Naruto said reprimanding his students before the door opened and Ward walked in
"Hey, Hustle up and grab your gear. We're on a mission." Ward said as he noticed everyone minus Naruto looked to be holding back laughter "Something funny?" before everyone shook their head as Simmons grabbed the Sleeper Pistol
"Poor, silly Fitz. He mistakenly left a dummy round in the pistol. Should be proper now." Simmons said saving everyone as Ward retested the pistol
(Several Hours later – Unknown Location)
Coulson and his team had just arrived on site for their latest mission.
"Troop leader's name was Adam Cross. Apparently, he said he heard something in the woods, went to check it out, and never returned. That's where the electrostatic anomaly occurred." Coulson explained
"What I do not understand is usually they're caused by a massive electrical storm." Fitz commented
"But there wasn't a storm within 1,000 miles of here last night." Simmons added
"This anomaly's different. It's got a side effect we've never seen before." Coulson explained before walking toward the body
"Car battery blew right thru the hood." May said as she opened up the hood of the truck
"Landed over here." Ward stated as he knelt down to examine the battery Skye not far from him "Hell of a force to create that kind of trajectory." As he got up to examine something else only for him to feel Skye behind him "What are you doing?"
"Shadowing you. While Maelstrom is my S.O. Coulson stated that he is here to keep us alive as well as second in command." Skye answered
"Well shadow, don't smother." Ward stated before walking off "Surprised that the forest didn't catch fire from the smolder marks."
"I don't get it. Seems to me that this electroshock thingy was some freak lightning strike. I mean, why call us?" Skye asked as she followed Ward "What's the big…" before she saw the floating body "Never mind." Before she joined the rest of the team
"So sad a man died this way. And yet, so fascinating." Simmons commented optimistically
"Fitz-Simmons, any idea what could cause an effect like this?" Coulson asked
"One at a time please." Naruto added
"No, not really." Fitz-Simmons said
"Seems to me like we're either dealing with some freak natural event or a new high-tech weapon." Ward stated
"Or could it by chance be someone from your uber secret Index?" Skye asked
"There's no one on the Index with this type of power." May answered
"That we currently know of." Coulson added "I'll contact Agent Blake at S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ, have him check it out. Whoever or whatever's responsible, we can't let this happen again."
"Fitz, see his forehead?" Simmons asked as he began to examine the floating body "Look at the endothelial discoloration."
"Yea, same dispersal pattern as the strike on the truck." Fitz answered
"Could be a possible entry wound, cauterized immediately." Simmons commented as she got closer to the body before it shocked her and fell causing her to gasp
"Freaky." Fitz commented
"Freaky indeed." Simmons responded
(A few hours later – the Bus)
Simmons had brought the body back and was examining it while Naruto meditated on one of the stools when Coulson walked in.
"Excellent timing, sir. I've been analyzing sagittal and coronal images of the victim's brain." Simmons greeted before Coulson took note that the doors to the Lab were closed with Fitz on the other side
"What's Fitz doing out there?" Coulson asked
"He detected a strange energy coming off the body." Simmons answered
"He's afraid of it, isn't he?" Coulson asked
"It's the smell!" Fitz answered
"There's no shame in it, Fitz. It's perfectly natural to be afraid." Simmons said
"No, the only thing I'm afraid of is putrid, decaying flesh corrupting my pristine workspace." Fitz stated "Do you remember the last time you brought something dead into the lab?"
"You get used to it after a while." Naruto commented
"Oh, not the stupid cat again!" Simmons said "And it's our lab, Fitz, not your lab!"
"The cat! Tell him about the cat." Fitz insisted "You left his liver next to my lunch."
"Focus you two!" Naruto ordered
"Yes, sir." Simmons said before she went back to the task at hand "As I was saying this is the victim's brain." Before he pulled up the scans and images onto the big screen for Coulson to see
"Looks like a burnt baked potato." Coulson commented
"That's what happens when it's hit with close to 2,000 megajoules of electrostatic energy. That's almost double the power of a lightning bolt." Simmons explained just before May walked in
"Kid's clean." May announced
"Of course the kid is clean. Do you really think that a kid would be capable of this? Killing his squad leader?" Naruto asked rhetorically "It's not like the kid is from the same place that I grew up."
"You figure out why the body was floating?" May asked disregarding Naruto
"Not yet. The molecular density of the victim was temporarily altered by an unknown energy source." Simmons explained "I'm hoping to shed some light on its effects once I extract a brain tissue sample."
"It's happening again." Fitz announced
"It's science, Fitz! I have to dissect something!" Simmons whined
"No, the satellite's picking up another electrostatic event, not even 20 kilometers from here!" Fitz announced causing Coulson and May to head straight for the SUV and were quickly joined by Ward.
(A few hours later – the Bus)
Skye had joined Fitz-Simmons, and Naruto in the lab to help with trying to locate the source.
"Fitz, what's the latest reading?" Coulson asked
"We're at 324 megajoules and growing stronger. Dangerous territory, sir." Fitz answered
"There's a farmhouse a mile north of you right at the center of the signal. That's gotta be it." Skye announced
"Skye, dig up everything you can on whoever lives at that farm. We need to know who we're dealing with." Coulson ordered
A couple of seconds later the signal pulsed before disappearing "Hold on now. What just happened?" Fitz asked rhetorically
"Um, sir, it's gone." Fitz stated
"What's gone?" Coulson asked
"The electrostatic signal. It seemed to pulse, then disappear." Fitz answered
(A few minutes later)
"Skye, we need real-time sat surveillance on this area right now." Coulson ordered
"Sir, I think I found something you might wanna see first. Sending it to your devices now." Skye said as she sent a picture to the team "The guy who owns the farm's name is Frank Whalen. He's a volunteer firefighter at the same station house as our first victim, Adam Cross."
"Our two victims knew each other?" Ward asked
"They were both responders when the aliens crashed New York." Skye answered
"Two victims from the same firehouse found in the same weird way." Ward stated
"We're looking for a killer." Skye said
(A few hours later – Farmhouse)
Naruto, Skye, Fitz, and Simmons had arrived and gotten right to work with Fitz deploying his drones to get any readings he could from the boy, while Coulson, Ward, and May went to go check out the firehouse.
"Gotcha." Fitz said successfully catching his drone that was shorted out by the previously floating body "Um, am I the only one that noticed all the metal scattered around the body? Like an electromagnetic field was present? Question is, what created it exactly."
"We need to get this body back to the lab ASAP. Something about these wounds…" Simmons stated as she examined the body as best, she could
"Skye, what'd you find out about the firehouse?" Coulson asked
"It turns out they sent an engine to New York with a dozen volunteers after the Chitauri invasion, including Cross and Whalen. Maybe it has something to do with why they were targeted?" Skye explained
"Or how they were killed." Ward said
"You mean, like, an alien weapon?" Skye asked
"Let's just make sure we get to those firefighters before anyone else does." Coulson said
(A few hours later – the Bus)
They had gotten the body back to the Bus and onto the holotable for Simmons to examine. Naruto took up his usual spot in the lab and began meditating.
"What are you looking for?" Skye asked
"A bloody scented candle." Fitz answered
"Not you." Skye said disregarding Fitz
"This wound, something doesn't quite make sense. Initially, I thought they were entry wounds, as if from a gunshot of some sort, but they're not. They're exit wounds." Simmons explained
"What if this weapon overloads the brain past the threshold of its electrical capacity, causing it to discharge, like and EMP?" Fitz asked
"You are assuming we're dealing with an external source." Simmons said before Skye heard a beep getting her attention "I'm saying it was something from inside him." Before the beeping caught Fitz-Simmons attention before Skye picked up the tablet
"Something's happening. The satellite's picking up another reading." Skye stated "It's coming from the firehouse."
"I found the weapon. It's a chitauri helmet. Fitz-Simmons you getting this." May asked before the feed came up on the big screen
"It's not a weapon, yet it caused a cranial discharge." Simmons commented
"Mr. Diaz, what are you doing with the helmet?" They heard Coulson ask
"What? The alien thing? It's a souvenir!" They heard who they could only assume was this 'Mr. Diaz' person
"Answer the question, Mr. Diaz. What are you doing with the helmet?" Coulson asked once again
"The first time anyone's touched it since New York was a couple nights ago." They heard Mr. Diaz say
"Why?" Coulson asked
"It had rust all over it. We were cleaning it." Mr. Diaz answered
"May, don't touch it" Simmons ordered "Sir, he's not using a weapon. He's infected. I think the helmet was the source of an alien virus."
"All we did was clean it, I swear!" Mr. Diaz pleaded "Me, Frankie, and Adam, we were bored on the third shift, so we decided to clean it. Adam, Frankie."
"Mr. Diaz, I'm putting the gun away now, OK?" Coulson said
"Sir, he's at 600 megajoules and climbing!" Simmons announced
"Sir, you have to get out of there right now! He's going to blow." Fitz pleaded
(The next morning – Firehouse)
Naruto, Skye, and Simmons were all standing on the side while Fitz scanned Coulson, Ward and May for electrostatic energy.
"All clean, no traces of electrostatic energy." Fitz announced
"What's going to happen to all the other firefighters?" Skye asked
"They'll be quarantined and observed at a S.H.I.E.L.D. bio-hazard facility." Simmons answered before a pair of people in hazmat suits carried out a metal biohazard box and loaded it into the back of their SUV
"Um, anyone else notice they're putting the infected alien thing on our truck?" Skye asked
"We're flying it to the Sandbox." Coulson answered
"Sandbox?" Skye asked curiously
"It's a S.H.I.E.L.D. research facility across the Atlantic. They specialize in hazardous materials." Simmons answered
"If what you suspect is true, that this is in fact a virus…then those firefighters could be infected, and they're gonna need a cure. Find one." Coulson ordered
"Yes, sir." Simmons said before they all piled into the SUV and headed back to the Bus
(Several hours later – Bus)
Coulson had gathered his team and assembled them in the cargo hold. Naruto was currently meditating on one of the cars.
"Simmons believes that she was infected about 36 hours ago when she received an electrostatic shock from the first victim." Coulson explained
"So how much time does she have?" Skye asked
"Base on when the firemen were infected, how quickly their symptoms manifested…two hours at most." Coulson answered
"That's enough time, right? I mean, S.H.I.E.L.D. has dozens of labs and scientists working on this thing, don't they?" Skye asked
"They do." Coulson answered before he turned to May "How soon can you get us on the ground?"
"Three hours." May answered "Our path to the Sandbox has us right in the middle of the Atlantic."
"So, correct me if I'm wrong, but if we can't land in time…" Ward started
"Simmons will release a pulse that will blow this plane right out of the sky." Coulson finished
"We can't just sit there and watch her die. We have to do something." Skye said in a teary panic
"There's only one person on this plane capable of finding a solution for this, and I'm willing to bet my life that she will." Coulson said
"She's just a kid." May commented
"You guys let me worry about the pulse of electricity that Simmons releases." Naruto said getting the attention of everyone
"And what exactly are you going to do to keep us from being blown out of the sky?" Ward asked
"Simple, absorb the pulse before it can blow us out of the sky." Naruto answered
"What do you mean absorb?" Ward asked
"I have the ability to absorb any kind of energy short of kinetic energy and do with it how I please. Be it release it or contain it. Keeps me rejuvenated." Naruto answered
"Can't you just absorb the Electrostatic energy before it fries her brain?" Fitz asked
"I wish it were that simple but my ability to absorb energy has a finite limit as to how much I can consistently absorb. While my capacity to store it is limitless my ability to absorb is limited, I wouldn't be able to absorb all the energy at once which is what I would have to do to keep her brain from getting cooked. And before you ask if I can just consistently siphon off from her that would be a no go as well because I can not control how fast or how slow I absorb energy, I can contain it and absorb it over time but that's about it. If I were to try and siphon off the electrostatic energy, I might accidentally suck her dry of all the electricity that her body produces to run itself, thus killing her in the process. I can contain an explosion by compressing the energy and absorbing it over time but that's as much as I can do." Naruto explained before he got up and went back to his bunk to meditate
(Almost 2 hours later)
Naruto was meditating when suddenly an alarm started blaring.
"JEMMA! What are you doing? No!" Naruto heard Fitz scream causing him to immediately get up and head down to the lab
As Naruto got to the stairs he saw Fitz grabbing a parachute.
"Fitz, what happened?" Naruto asked causing Fitz to pause
"Simmons thought that the vaccine didn't work and jumped to save everyone from the pulse. It works it just knocked out our test subject for a short while." Fitz answered
"Give me the device to administer the vaccine and make sure no one else jumps." Naruto ordered before Fitz gave him the distribution device as he walked over to the edge of the ramp
"Maelstrom what are you doing?" Fitz asked "Grab a parachute."
"I don't need one. Be right back." Naruto answered with a smile before he jumped out of the plane heading straight for Simmons
Naruto flew thru the air looking for Simmons before he spotted her just fall through a cloud. Naruto shot off towards her flying like a missile thru the clouds. As he exited the cloud, he saw Simmons free-falling and flailing her arms. With her now in his sight Naruto cut through the air like a hot knife through butter quickly catching up to Simmons. Naruto caught up to Simmons and pulled her into his arms before administering the vaccine as the floated in the air. Within seconds of administering the vaccine Simmons let off an EMP, Naruto now seeing that there was no danger adjusted Simmons so that she was bridal style in his arms before he shot back up, just as he was about the enter the clouds Naruto saw Ward cut thru the clouds a little ways away from them.
Naruto quickly shot off to Ward and grabbed him out of the air before shooting back up thru the clouds. Once above the clouds Naruto quickly looked around for the Bus, only to see it about half a mile away from them floating in the air, and quickly shot off towards it. As Naruto closed the distance between himself and the Bus Naruto saw Coulson and Fitz waiting on the ramp.
Naruto soon arrived at the back of the Bus and landed on the cargo ramp as he threw Ward toward the Lab and set Simmons down where she was quickly hugged by Fitz. After a quick hug from Fitz they separated and turned their attention to Naruto.
"Maelstrom. What you just did shouldn't even be remotely possible. You just casually defied gravity. How?" Fitz asked
"That's my secret to keep. Maybe one of these days I'll tell ya." Naruto answered "Didn't I tell you to make sure no one else jumped?"
"I told him what you said but he didn't listen." Fitz answered
Naruto walked up to Ward "What is your issue with following my orders?"
"You jumped off the plane with no parachute. I thought I was doing the right thing by jumping off to save both of you." Ward answered
"But I gave a direct order to not jump and you defied it." Naruto reprimanded
"How was I supposed to know you could fucking fly?" Ward defended
"It's called you follow orders." Naruto answered "Anyways, I'm headed back to my bunk."
Naruto quickly turned to Fitz "Take the leap." was all Naruto said before he walked back up the Stairs
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