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"Which one?"

"Billy. He was abducted an hour ago." Coulson said as he, Aaron, Daisy and May stood in the Zephyr. They were looking at the photo of said brother of god knows how many. "Any possible motive?" Aaron asked, leaning on the railing. "He has the Darkhold. I gave it to him because he knows how to make things disappear."

'A bad book,' Elena had explained to him. Corrupted people apparently. It was a whole thing.

"And now someone's made him disappear –"

"Ironic" Aaron couldn't help but say, earning an eye roll from Daisy and a quick glance from Coulson. Both of which he tried to ignore (mainly the glance from his old boss). "—Can't be a coincidence." May finished. "May's the only one who knew I gave it to Billy. So, I think we know who to point the finger at." Coulson said, letting one of his agents finish. "Radcliff" Daisy was the one to do it.

"He's been desperate to get his hands on that book. And he's had eyes and ears on this base for god knows how long. But, still. Kidnapping a Koenig? That's like catching moonlight."

"We can't even find them half the time –"

"Or tell them apart." Aaron added. "All I know is one of them has a mole and one of the others doesn't. Think that one's Billy –"

"No, that's Danny." Coulson corrected, "Anyway, if Radcliff has aligned himself with Nadeer. They'd have the resources to find him."

Radcliff was a scientist friend of Fitz who helped make a thing called Aida, an android, and made a thing called 'the framework' think The Matrix but no powers. That was Elena again. She had been playing some video games with him lately. She was nice. Aaron didn't quite know how to repay her.

"Why would he join forces with public Inhuman hater number 1? He has nothing against us." Daisy questioned, "She's a means to an end. He needs access and protection. Davis?" Coulson asked the agent who approached them. "They picked up agent Koenig. His Quinjet will be docking shortly."

"Hopefully Sam will have some more information for us. If we can find who took Billy, we may be able to connect them back to Nadeer." Coulson hopped, despite knowing the odds. "And Radcliff?" May asked, "Fitz is working on it." Coulson answered his oldest friend with an assuring nod.

Koenig's were sometimes off in their timings. That being demonstrated when Sam walked off of the Jet and into theirs. Walking a bit too early, catching some of the smoke that disbursed for the air. "Agent Koenig." Coulson greeted. "Agent Coulson, Agent May, Agents.... Quake and Shadow." The two at the end weren't quite sure how to react to his reaction to them. Creating a small amount of awkwardness in the air.

"What's the latest Sam? Any sign of Billy?" Coulson asked, leading right into the heart of it. "Well, I found the Humvee at the end of the dock. But –"

"No one there?" Coulson asked, knowing the answer already. Tone going a little bit empathetic at the answer. "They either evaporated or dove into the sea." How little the man knew how right he was.

"I can't see their faces. But are they both Russian?" Daisy asked as she pulled up the footage. "Da, Da. I'm lucky to be alive. I love Billy but he is not a fighter. He ran, he left me there to handle it."

"You live in another universe where this played out differently?" Aaron asked, the man looking at him. Aaron pointed to the screen, "That's Billy. That's him doing the hittin' and what not." He then pointed to the other Koenig, the one in the suit, "That's you. Hiding and... What is that, crying?" Aaron asked as he leaned in closer, Daisy hitting the back of his head to make him get back to the mission at hand. "No, I think you got us – I think you got us flipped." Sam tried to correct. "I mean, you're – You're literally wearing the same thing, right now." Sam was silent at that obvious clue.

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