Out Of Time

seventy-four

Almost a week later, Y/N was standing in the glass room with the team, going over a mission. She couldn't understand what was being said though. Her head was pounding, with that all too familiar buzzing sound that honestly terrified her. She was trying to focus though, be prepared for the next assignment. Y/N suddenly let out a loud gasp as a flash of red came across her mind. Everyone's heads turned to look at her.

"Y/N?" Coulson called from the other side of the table. "Are you okay?"

"I- I... um..." Y/N stammered. She backed up into the wall as the room began to feel incredibly hot around her. "It's... like..."

Coulson immediately knew what Y/N was talking about. "Ward, I need you to grab Y/N. Now."

"What? Why?" Ward questioned. Before Coulson could answer, Y/N's knees buckled and everyone quickly moved to grab her.

"That's why," Coulson commented.

"We should get her down to the lab," Simmons said.

"N-noo..." Y/N croaked as Ward lifted her into his arms. "I'll be fine... it will-will pass..."

"Better to be save than sorry," Coulson said. "Take her to the lab."

The team, with Y/N in Ward's arms, quickly made their way to the lab. Fitz and Simmons rushed to remove everything off the table before Ward carefully laid her down.

"What's happening?" Skye asked, worry in her voice.

Sweat began to form and drip down her forehead. The buzzing was increasing, causing her face to contort in pain.

"May, I need you to turn this plane around and head to New York," Coulson ordered.

May simply nodded and rushed to the cockpit. Coulson came up to stand at Y/N's head, brushing away the hair sticking to her forehead.

"It... hurts," Y/N whimpered.

"I know, I know," Coulson said.

"Seriously, Coulson," Ward said loudly, "what's happening to her?"

"We don't know."

"What?" Skye exclaimed. "Then how do we help her?"

"I'm going to insert an IV and give her something to calm her down," Simmons said, pulling out the needed supplies. "Keep her calm."

"Phil..." Y/N turned her head to look at her friend, breathing heavily. "Something's coming." Simmons inserted an IV into Y/N's arm. "I-I can feel it..."

"What's coming?" Coulson asked.

"Something terrible.... I... I can't tell you..."

"I'm giving her the drugs now," Simmons stated, injecting something into the IV.

"No one... n-needs... my burden..." Then Y/N's eyes fluttered shut.

"What just happened?" Ward asked.

"I'm interested in getting that answered as well," Skye said, folding her arms over her chest.

Coulson sighed, moving to pull up a picture of the Tesseract on the screen behind the table. "This is the Tesseract," Coulson stated.

"That's what Loki came to steal, correct?"

"It's want he used to open the portal, yes."

"And what Red Skull used to create weapons," Ward added.

"And what the 0-8-4 was fueled by," Fitz said.

"But what does this have to do with Y/N?" Skye asked.