The Avenger's Soul

Beginning of the End (Part 2)

3rd Party POV

Coulson and Trip were trapped in their vehicle while a soldier pounded at the window but he had now been joined by one pounding at the back door.

"Time for the guns?" Trip asked.

Coulson unholstered his and checked the clip.

"Time for the guns," he confirmed as he lifted the gun to point at the soldier at the window, but the soldier stopped moving as a message appears in his eye. It said: Default Directive, it blinks read showing he understood.

"Stay!" Coulson said as the soldier paused his pounding.

All the soldiers around the vehicle in fact had stopped and are tense then start to stand up after getting their new orders.

"Stay," Coulson repeated as more messages come up, it now says: Default Directive; Defend John Garrett at all costs. This one flashes read too and the soldiers start to move back.

"Good boy!" Coulson commented.

The soldiers quickly get off the vehicle and walk back into the building.

"They're off to defend Garrett," Trip said.

"And lead me right to him. Now that we're inside go contact armed forces, make some noise on the way out." He started to get out of the truck but thought of something and leaned back in. "Trip, if the rest of us don't make it, I still want this place to burn."

"I prefer you make it, sir," Trip replied.

"Me, too," Coulson said as he got out and Trip slid into the driver's seat.

*****

Ward's POV

"The compound's been hit. Raina and Quinn took off, we need to take action, now. What are my orders?" I said as I walked up to my former SO.

He seemed serene about it all.

"That's up to you, son," he told me.

"Wake up! Come back to reality, John!" I exclaimed. This was insane. Ever since he had injected the serum into his body he had been acting like a lunatic! "What do you need me to do?" I demanded to know.

Garrett just gave me a big smile.

"You've already done it."

I looked at him at a loss. What the hell was he talking about! Suddenly a cellphone rings and Garrett looked at the display then over to Mike.

"It's your handler. Probably to tell me what the soldiers are seeing," he said as he put the phone to his ear.

"Yeah?"

I could hear a voice on the other end but couldn't make out who it was. I looked at Garrett as he smiled and glanced at me.looks at Ward and says her name teasingly.

"Skye," he said, teasingly as he wiggled his brows at me. I resisted the urge to hiss at him as my heart started to race at the mention of her name. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Mike also looking at Garret in shock.

"You sound different on the phone...huskier," Garret commented and this time I let out a low growl. Who did he think he was to talk to her like that! She was mine! I really wished I could hear both sides of the conversation.

"No, I'm not too concerned. You see, if anyone but the assigned handler gives a directive to one of my men, well, kaboom," Garret replied to whatever Skye had said. "Phil's around? Great." He actually sounded excited and I rolled my eyes looking away in disgust. "We actually have a lot to talk about. Oh, and I wanted you to know – your scientist friends –" I glanced up at this, knowing that whatever he said next was likely to only increase Skye's hatred of me.