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"Talking"

"Super hearing"

"Phone, Intercom, or radio talking"

'Text Message'

Jutsu, Abilities, and Powers

"Mental Conversation"

(Location) = Scene Break/Time Skip


(A few hours later – S.H.I.E.L.D. Trauma Zentrum – Zurich, Switzerland)

They had made it to the nearest S.H.I.E.L.D. Medical Facility with haste. Naruto carried in the hyperbaric chamber and set it down on a stretcher before a nurse wheel her off, Simmons, Coulson following closely behind. Everyone was now waiting in the lobby waiting to hear about Skye. Naruto was meditating in a chair while Fitz-Simmons sat together, Ward was on a single seater while May stood close to Coulson who was on the phone.

"I'm here." Coulson said "That's unacceptable. I need to speak to Director Fury immediately, please."

"Why didn't I stop her? I could've." Fitz asked as Simmon set her head down on his shoulder

"Babe. As if you could stop Skye from doing anything she set her mind to." Simmons said

"I shouldn't have let her go after Quinn by herself." Fitz said before he looked around "None of us should have." Before he turned to Naruto "Especially you Maelstrom."

"Fitz would you relax. I already said she was going to live." Naruto reassured "It's not your fault Fitz."

"He's right." Ward said "She shouldn't have been there. Maelstrom is her S.O. its on him."

"I already told you guys she would live. What more do you need?" Naruto asked

"The one to blame is the man who shot her. Ian Quinn. He's responsible." May stated

"Yes, the message is I have an agent dying and there are questions only he can answer." Coulson said to whoever was on the other end of the phone call before he hung up and turned to Naruto

"You said that she would live right?" Coulson asked only getting a nod in return from Naruto that caught his attention

"How do you know she will live?" Ward asked

"I have my ways. Coulson knows what I am talking about but will not give out any details." Naruto answered turning to Coulson "Do not be alarmed, jump, or anything that would signify that anything is up. Skye will survive but she is going to need the same thing that brought you back from the dead. Do not respond out loud just use your thoughts." Much to Naruto's surprise Coulson didn't jump or do anything that would signify that he was shocked or surprised

"How are you talking to me without moving your lips? And how do you know that I was brought back from the dead?" Coulson asked

"I have telepathy. Allows me to communicate with people through thoughts. As for how I know about what happened to you. Let's just say that Fury brought me on to keep make sure his investment didn't go down the drain" Naruto answered


(Hours later)

Everyone was waiting in the waiting room when a nurse came in getting everyone's attention minus Naruto's causing them to get up from their seats.

"How is she?" Coulson asked

"Not good. The shots perforated her stomach and penetrated the large and small intestines. We resected what we could, but…there's been too much damage." The nurse answered

"So what's next?" Coulson asked

"We can keep her comfortable, but you'll need to make a decision on whether or not you wanna keep her on life-support." The nurse answered

"You're saying there's nothing to be done?" Coulson asked playing it off like he wasn't surprised by the news before there was a brief pause as the nurse thought about how to respond

"I'm saying you need to call her family. Get them here as soon as possible." The nurse answered before there was a brief pause

"We are her family." Coulson stated causing the nurse to look between everyone

"In that case, I'm very sorry." The nurse responded before she walked away, a few seconds later May walked away heading to God know's where, shortly after Ward and Coulson followed her


(30 minutes later – Bus)

They were now prepping to leave as Naruto loaded Skye's pod into the side of the bus that they had opened up before phasing himself through the wall before he walked up to the door leading into the Bus where Coulson was standing. Just as Naruto opened the door Ward rounded the corner.

"H.Q. radioed in. They've ordered us to hand over Quinn for interrogation and transport to the Fridge." Ward explained "You want me to arrange the transfer?"

"No. Quinn stays in our custody until I say otherwise." Coulson answered

"Yes, sir." Ward responded before Ward to turned to Skye's cell "You sure about this? Taking her all the way to Bethesda?"

"It's where my file says I was treated after New York." Coulson answered

"I understand, but what makes you think the doctors there will be able to do anything different?" Ward asked "I know they saved you—"

"They did a lot more than save me." Coulson answered before he turned to Ward "It's time you know the truth." Before they all walked away, Coulson and Ward headed who knows where so that Coulson could fill Ward in and Naruto headed for the Lab


(An hour later – Lab)

Coulson had gone down to the Lab to fill Fitz-Simmons in on the truth about his dead and recovery. Naruto was sitting on a chair as Coulson filled Fitz-Simmons in on the truth with the file on how Coulson was brought back from the dead.

"That can't be. What you're describing…It's medically impossible." Simmons said causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow

"You believe that's impossible after the stuff I have displayed?" Naruto asked causing Simmons to stop talking

"That and the fact that I am standing here. Proof that it's not impossible. And here's more proof." Coulson added before he pushed the file containing details about his death and recovery forward "My file. Describing how they brought me back." Before Fitz and Simmons looked at one another "The doctors, the procedures, the drugs."

"Sir, it's against the law for us to read this. Are you sure…" Fitz asked

"I have level 10 clearance, I am permitting you to read that file." Naruto stated

"Anyways. I don't care about your clearance level. I'm ordering you to read it." Couslon stated before Simmons opened up the binder

"'Death and Recovery Report.'" Simmons read

"It's only recently that Director Fury gave me access to this. I've gone over it dozens of times. I need you to decipher the medical parts of it I didn't understand. Feel free to reach out to Dr. Streiten. He should be eager to answer any questions you may have." Coulson explained

"Yes, I'm sure I'll have quite a few." Simmons commented

"So, what about Tahiti?" Fitz asked

"Turns out, not so magical. Just false memories, implanted to cover up what was done." Coulson answered

"Sir, it says here your heart was perforated. Torn in half." Simmons stated

"That part of it, I understood. And yet they managed to heal the damaged tissue completely. We need to understand how." Coulson responded

"So we can do the same for Skye." Fitz said

"That's what I'm counting on." Coulson said

"We'll get right on it, sir." Simmons said

"Thank you." Coulson responded before he walked away


(15 minutes later)

"I've never heard of half the drugs they gave Coulson." Simmons commented "GH-325? And what about this robotic-assisted neural microsurgery they used to implant the Tahiti memories? It all sounds so diabolical."

"I agree. We can't argue with the result. He's walking around." Fitz responded before Simmons looked at the big screen which had feed from Skye's pod on it

"Yeah. But at what cost?" Simmons asked before she turned to her boyfriend "You read the transcripts. He begged the doctors to let him die."

"This is different. Skye's still alive. We have to keep her that way." Fitz responded before Simmon's phone rang

"I've asked Dr. Streiten to advise us." Simmons said before he answered the phone and put it up to her ear "Hello. Yes. Are you sure? That can't be."


(A few minutes later)

Simmons had called May down to the Lab to ask her something and she had just walked in.

"You wanted to see me?" May asked

"I just got off the phone wih the trauma center in Bethesda. Dr. Streiten's gone off the grid." Simmons explained

"So we'll find a different doctor there who operated on Coulson." May responded

"That's the thing, actually." Fitz said

"Coulson was never treated there." Simmons continued

"You're not making any sense." May said confused

"None of this makes sense. The doctors listed, the operating room number, none of them exist. None of them are part of S.H.I.E.L.D." Simmons explained

"That's because T.A.H.I.T.I. was an off-the-books project." Naruto interjected causing everyone to turn to him

"What do you mean off the books?" Simmons asked

"When I say off the books I mean off the books. Not a part of S.H.I.E.L.D." Naruto answered

"We better inform Coulson then." May stated before she walked out of the Lab heading for the second level, Naruto and Simmons right behind her


(2 minutes later – Coulson's Office)

May had gotten Coulson out of the Cage, saying that they need to inform him of something.

"Quinn shot Skye for nothing. The place where we're going, the doctors who treated you, they don't exist." May explained before she turned to Naruto "According to Maelstrom T.A.H.I.T.I. was an off-the-books project."

"Well, maybe they exist somewhere else. This is S.H.I.E.L.D. There are always secrets." Coulson said before he turned to Naruto "Do you know where we T.A.H.I.T.I. is?" only for Naruto to shake his head

"Fury only told me that it was an off-the-books project that was shut down." Naruto stated

"That's my fear, sir. Your file is filled with secrets. Experimental drugs, unknown surgical procedures we've never even heard of. Frankly, Fitz and I only understand about 70% of what's in here." Simmons explained

"Even if we do find where they treated you, and we were able to replicate the procedure, there's the other obvious question" May said

"Which is?" Coulson asked

"Whether we should." Simmons answered causing Coulson to turn to Simmons "What you experienced, sir, if this file is even partically accurate…"

"No one's suggesting that we submit Skye to everything I went through. But if there's something in here, a drug, a treatment that can save her, we need to find it. Figure it out." Coulson said

"Yes, sir." Simmons responded before she walked out heading back to the Lab where Fitz was


(Half an hour later)

After Simmons's only success was a drug called 'GH-325' but no way of knowing where it was or how to find it Fitz came up with the idea to check S.H.I.E.L.D. Archives. He had made a few calls to a friend he had that worked in the archives at the Triskelion and agreed to let them access it from the Bus. Fitz had set up what he and Simmons called an 'Echo Chamber'. They had also requested Naruto's presence in case they needed his clearance level to access something.

"You set up the echo chamber." Simmons stated as her, Naruto, and Fitz entered the Lab where both of them could see the 'Echo chamber' that Fitz setup

"Yeah, I made a couple of calls. A buddy of mine works in the archives at the Triskelion. Agreed to let us access it fro here." Fitz responded as they walked up to the 'Echo chamber', as soon as they were in range light shot out of the top corners of the 'Echo chamber' forming a small cube in the center "Hard to believe but this cube contains all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s historical administrative data."

"But if Agent Coulson's operation didn't take place at a S.H.I.E.L.D medical facility—" Simmons started before she was cut off by her boyfriend

"We won't find any record of it in here, I know. But this also contains all inter-office memos, travel arrangements, and purchase orders. Maybe we can track down the location through a virtual paper trail of some sort or another." Fitz said

"Yeah. Hopefully, Skye's life is on the line." Simmons responded as Fitz 'opened' the cube causing various other files to spread out in the 'Echo chamber' causing Simmons to sigh

"Okay. Well, let's start with the travel memoranda from the date Coulson got stabbed." Simmons said before she scrolled to the date

"Or, what about Dr. Streiten's departure from the Triskelion?" Fitz asked "Maybe they have that." Before Fitz scroll

"Yeah." Simmons responded before they began their search


(Half an hour later)

"Here. This is interesting." Fitz said as they read a file

"A World War 2 bunker." Simmons stated

"Collapsed bunker." Fitz corrected "Definitely not a sanctioned S.H.I.E.L.D. facility."

"'The Guest House?'" Simmons read

"Exactly. Guest House. G-H. GH-325. Look at the file's access history." Fitz said

"The only record of it being opened…" Simmons started

"Is by a Level 10 operative." Fitz finished

"Director Fury." They both said

"So Fury's been to this place, and he's the person who sanctioned the operations on Agent Coulson, and why aren't you trying to find the file?" Simmons asked before Fitz did his magic and brought up the file only for it to be encrypted

"Damn, encrypted. Skye could crack this." Simmons said in defeat before she turned to Naruto "Could you decrypt this? I know that you have genius-level intelligence when it comes to technology."

"I will when you have exhausted all other avenues. Also, it doesn't say encrypted, it says unrecognizable data." Naruto answered

"What would Skye do?" Fitz asked himself before he got an idea as he send the file backward "He's right it's not encryption." Before he changed the orientation of the 'encryption' revealing what looked like a geological location before he turned to Naruto and Simmons with a smile


(Hours later – Unknown Location)

Fitz was able to track down the location of the 'Guest House' from the 'encryption' and had given the coordinates to May. Now May was landing on the flat of the mountain top right next to what appeared to be an entrance. Currently, Coulson, Ward, Fitz, Naruto, and Garrett were gearing up with everything they would need to get into the 'Guest House'.

"The Guest House is not a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. We don't know who or what's in there. Be prepared for potential resistance." Coulson explained

"No contact from inside?" Garrett asked

"I've tried every known channel. No response." May answered

"Place could be abandoned." Ward commented

"Let's hope not." Coulson said "We need the people inside to work on Skye."

"Simmons is prepping Skye to move at a moment's notice, Sir." Fitz stated

"Trip can help. He's had med-tech training." Garrett said

"Good. We do our jobs right, this will all go peacefully." Coulson said

"Maelstrom could you check if there is anyone inside?" Fitz asked

"I can already tell you that there are people in there but I will for the fuck of it." Naruto answered before he scanned the mountain with his Xray Vision "I see two people down there but they don't seem to be armed." Confusing Garrett and Ward

"Son, how the hell do you know there are people down there?" Garett asked causing Naruto to shake his head

"I can see where Ward gets it from now." Naruto commented "That's for me and a select few to know and you not to know." Before Garrett started to open his mouth "And before you even try and pull rank on me let me just tell you that I am a level 10 operative." Further shocking Garrett

"How the hell are you level 10, I've never even heard of you? Only Director Fury and R. Keller are level 10." Garrett asked

"Fury brought me on directly skipping the Academy and all that bullshit." Naruto answered

"Can we focus? Skye's life hangs in the balance of our success." Ward asked "Also, what if they don't wanna help us?" before Garrett cocked his gun

"I'll say, 'Pretty please.'" Garrett answered

"Need I remind you we need the doctors alive and the place intact. If it does go sideways, Fitz, I need you down there to determine what Simmons can use to help Skye. And then we take it. Let's move." Coulson explained getting a nod from Fitz before they exited the Bus


(Entrance of Guest House)

Coulson, Naruto, Fitz, Garrett, and Ward walked up to the entrance of the facility where they were greeted by reinforced doors.

"How was the drive from Istanbul?" A voice asked

"Countersign?" Coulson asked looking back at Garrett and Ward

"No clue./Never heard it." Garrett-Ward answered before Coulson turned to Fitz

"I can't find it in any of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s protocol directives." Fitz explained

"This is Agent Coulson with S.H.I.E.L.D. We don't know the counter but we have a team member in dire need of medical assistance. We know she can be treated here. Open the doors, maybe we can work something out. Do you copy?" Coulson said

There was a brief moment of silence before they spoke again "How was the drive from Istanbul?"

"We're looking for medical assistance. A person's life is at stake. Will you help us?" Coulson asked

Another brief moment of silence later "How was the drive from Istanbul?"

Coulson turned towards Garrett and Ward "Pretty please, it is." Garrett said with a smile before Coulson turned to Naruto as Ward shot the camera

"Yeah, yeah, I got it." Naruto said before he extended his hand and extended his magnetic field before he pulled back and ripped the doors off their hinges shocking Garrett and Ward "Shall we?" before he started walking forward into the Guest House followed by Fitz, Coulson, Ward and a very shocked Garrett.


(Inside Guest House)

They rode the elevator down as far as they could. The elevator doors opened to reveal Naruto with Fitz, Coulson, Ward, and Garrett behind him. Naruto walked out and was greeted by an antechamber and a set of glass doors but they couldn't see much beyond that point as the lights were out.

"Well, they know we're coming." Coulson commented "Let's go say hello."

"Okay babe, we're going in now." Fitz said as he pressed his finger to his earpiece but only heard static "Damn. Comms are down. There's too much mountain on top of us."

"Trust me, it's better. You don't want them hearing the horrible death we're walking into. Also, you do know being in a relationship with another Agent on your team is against the regulations and policies right?" Garret commented before Naruto turned to him before Garrett saw that Fitz had a completely serious look

"Lay off him." Naruto said

"Humor, son. You Brits are too serious." Garrett said "Besides, if the job was easy…"

"It wouldn't be any fun." Ward finished

"Of course, you both like fighting. Why wouldn't you." Naruto said sarcastically

"I'm not afraid. Not yet. Especially with Maelstrom here." Fitz responded before he walked out of the elevator "I suspect the real danger won't happen until we breach that bulletproof glass." Garrett and Ward walked out of the elevator with their weapons drawn as Coulson took up a position on the side of the sliding glass doors

"Maelstrom if you would please." Coulson said "Once we get inside, everybody find cover. All right, gentlemen, here we go." before Naruto ripped open the doors shocking Garrett

"Jesus son those are quite the muscles you have." Garrett praised before they walked into the room and took cover, seconds later they were fired upon, it took about 20 seconds before the gun fire stopped as the gunman moved up

"We've come for medical assistance but if you continue firing on us we will defend—" Coulson announced before the resumed firing on them for a few seconds as Ward backed up

"I count two hostiles." Ward announced before he looked at Garrett

"Copy that. Ready?" Garrett asked only getting a nod in return from Ward before they took up position on their cover and started firing at their assailants who of course fired back in retaliation

This went on for a couple seconds before Coulson turned to Fitz

"You got one of those little flash things?" Coulson asked

"Yeah." Fitz answered as he dug his hand into his pocket and fished out a small device that he handed to Coulson who armed it before he turned to Ward

"Ward." Coulson said before he tossed the device out in front of their assailants before the room was consumed by bright light which Ward used as cover to shoot one of the assailants quickly sending them to the ground before Garrett began firing back on the second assailant before he dove across the furniture rushing his assailant before he shot the assailant in the abdomen sending him to the ground

"Clear." Garrett announced before Coulson turned to Fitz

"See if you can get the lights on." Coulson ordered only getting a nod from Fitz in return

"No hard feelings, Bob." Garrett said to the downed corpse as Ward and Coulson came out of cover weapons drawn as they pushed forward

"Clear." Ward announced before they looked at the ground to see a trail of blood "We're not done. This one's hit. Shouldn't be too hard to find." Before Ward and Coulson followed the blood trail


(A couple minutes later)

"We got a problem!" Garrett announced causing Ward and Coulson to come back "Semtex. The whole place is rigged to blow."

"There's enough explosive to bring down the whole mountain on top of us." Fitz explained before Ward walked up to a small plastic box on the table and picked it up

"Sir. Less than 10 minutes." Ward announced "It's probably a fail-safe. If the guards had eliminated us, they'd stop the timer."

"Since they didn't…" Coulson said

"There's some kind of emergency override. Skye could probably get past it." Fitz explained before he turned to Naruto "Or you could get past it."

"Nah, this whole place needs to come down." Naruto responded getting Ward and Garrett's attention "All we need to do is find the miracle drug that brought back Coulson from the dead and leave. Nothing more, nothing less."

"And why exactly does this place need to come down?" Ward and Garrett asked

"Because it does, that's all you need to know." Naruto answered before Coulson turned to Garrett

"You're the guy who taught Ward how to disarm nuclear bombs. See if you can't stop the timer." Coulson ordered before he turned to Fitz "Let's go find the drug." Before they both walked off to find they miracle drug that brought Coulson back from the dead


(5 minutes later)

Fitz and Coulson had found a vial of GH.325 but Coulson had sent Fitz to deliver it while he stayed back for a second.

"Found it!" Fitz announced as he rounded the corner

"Get it up to Simmons." Ward ordered as Fitz ran past him and up the stairs "Coulson."

"Where the hell is he?" Garrett asked "Phil!" before he turned to Naruto and Ward "Go with Fitz. Make sure that drug gets to the girl."

"Agent Garrett…" Ward started before he was cut off by Garrett

"Go! Save the girl." Garrett ordered before Ward followed after Fitz before Garrett turned to Naruto "You too young man." only for Naruto to shake his head no

"I'm not leaving without Coulson." Naruto stated before Garrett sighed before running off to find Coulson

2 minutes later Coulson and Garrett came barreling around the corner and up the stairs with Naruto hot on their tails.


(2 minutes later – Surface)

Naruto, Garrett, and Coulson had reached the surface as the mountain came out from underneath them. The Bus was already in the air so Naruto grabbed Coulson and Garrett and flew up to it before dropping the both of them as Coulson took off running with Naruto and Garrett following right behind him. A couple of seconds later Coulson, Garrett, and Naruto rounded the corner to see Ward, Triplett, Simmons, and Fitz as Simmons withdrew a needle from Skye's arm.

"No! Don't give it to her!" Coulson called out over the sound of the flatline beeping causing everyone to look at him

"I was losing her anyway. What harm can it do?" Simmons asked in a depressed tone before everyone turned to the heart monitor

"Come on, girl." Triplett said as May entered the room

Seconds later Skye's heart rate jumped up and the flatline ceased shocking Coulson.

"It's working." Garrett said before Simmons smiled before a couple seconds later Skye's body started convulsing as her heart rate shot up

"She's spiking!" Simmons announced

"Stop it! How can we stop it? Skye!" Ward asked

"What's happening?" Coulson asked

"I don't know." Simmons answered half crying

"Skye!" Coulson called out

"Do something! We have to do something!" Fitz called out

After a couple of seconds, Skye's body stopped convulsing as it fell back to the bed and she stopped choking and her heart rate leveled out.

"Her heartbeat. She's stabilizing." Simmons announced before Coulson turned to her

"Simmons?" Coulson said silently asking for answers only getting a nod in return

"Can someone tell me what we just saw?" Ward asked

"We saw the fruits of our labor." Naruto answered

"Girl's a fighter." Triplett commented "What was that stuff you just gave her?" before Simmons looked to Coulson

"I don't know. All I know is that it worked." Simmons answered as she continued to stroke Skye's head/hair

"You're a real miracle worker." Triplett complimented

"Back off Triplett, she's taken." Fitz barked

"Fitz!" Simmons reprimanded as May turned to Coulson

"You did it." May stated with a smile before a couple of seconds later Coulson walked away

"Something happen down there?" May asked

"I'm not sure." Garrett answered "One minute he was fine, the next it was like he'd seen a ghost."


(A couple minutes later)

Garrett and Triplett had taken Quinn and gone on their way leaving the rest of Coulson and his team to do whatever.


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