Chapter Two

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Breakfast was dull.
It's not really easy to enjoy the pancakes that Simmons had made after you have been woken up at four in the morning for a fingerprint. Skye and Fitz seemed as if they had had a long nights rest. Skye typed furiously on her laptop as if she was trying to block out the noise of Fitz dancing to Taylor Swift.
'Wow Fitz! Really-' I look at his iPod.
'Taylor Swift?
'Hey, she is an amazing artist and your jealous' He said proudly.
I try to hold back my laughing but instead I snort and that makes me seem even more rude than I tried to be.
'Hey, let the kid listen to Swift. It's not like she's a bad artist' Skye tries to say seriously but even she can't keep a straight face.
'Oh piss off! She's not that bad!'
Skye and Fitz start fighting about Swifts songs for what felt like half an hour.
May drops from out of nowhere onto the countertop.
'What the-'
'Enough. We're on a mission grab your gear and report to the Conference Room on the far end of the bus.'
'What's the mission?' Skye asks curiously.
May stares at her and jumps off the counter. She continues to stare at Skye and leaves the kitchen.
'Wow'

Coulson stands in the middle of the Conference Room waiting for our arrival. His face has seemed to calm down from this morning's incident and he now looked like his normal self. He looks across the room at our tired faces that seem to have no expression on them.
'Thank you for joining me here and um... Sorry for the- um mild disturbance last night' He says with an apologetic shrug.
'As you know we have been compiling a list of possible HYDRA locations and we think we have found one. We sent Agent Natalia Romanoff undercover in HYDRA and was clearly informed not to communicate with us, in case HYDRA was tracking the call. It's not until recently that we have heard from her, she sent out a distress signal to our Headquarters and we are now worried what we might find.' Coulson explained with a serious glance.
Our team exchanged worried looks as I wondered what is it Coulson needs exactly.
'Now Romanoff has been trained to-'
'Wait, Hold up. When you say Agent Romanoff, do you mean like 'The Black Widow' Skye said trying to hold back her excitement.
'Well, yeah but because we're in S.H.I.E.L.D. We refer to her as Romanoff' Coulson explained carefully knowing that Skye would still call her 'The Black Widow'.
'Umm... Who's 'The Black Widow'?' Simmons said knowing what Skye's reaction would be.
'WHAT!' Skye exclaimed staring as Simmons.
'The Black Widow' is only the most badass Avenger ever'
This time Coulson was the one who stared.
'Um... I've got two word for you, Skye. Captain America'
Coulson and Skye then had a screaming match that was not ended until the referee, May, finally spoke.
'Quiet! We have a mission, lets get back on track.'
'Thank you, May, this is a serious mission, lives are at stake and you discussing who is a better Avenger. The obvious answer is Iron Man.'
The fight only got bigger, and that's when I regretted my decision to add Iron Man into the equation. May once again stopped the fight and gave us five minutes to calm down.
'Any way let's get back on track' Coulson once again began. 'We are going to need to assemble a team to go undercover into HYDRA to retrieve Romanoff and possibly take some information. We are going to need Ward, May, Skye and Fitz.'
'Pffft. You're sending Fitz on a mission, I think our little incident with his monkey pyjamas, as well as his constant dancing to Taylor Swift has proven himself as not mission ready.' I say trying to reason with Coulson but I can tell by the way he shakes his head that he will not approve my decision.
'How many times do I have to tell you Taylor Swift is a good artist.' Fitz says firmly.
'Please Fitz even I know that she is terrible' May said still keeping her face straight.
'Fitz is perfectly capable of successfully completing an assignment. Besides you won't be able to complete the mission without him only he can disable the doors long enough for you all to get through.' Coulson firmly stated.
Fitz crossed his arms and stared at me in a way that said 'Ha! I got what I wanted'. I kept my exact position with my arms crossed which I think intimated him more than any other look could have.
'Ward...Fitz...' Coulson said, waving from the corner of our eyes. We hadn't broken eye contact. It's not until a second later that I registered the pain of the slap Skye just gave me across my face.
'Oww!' Skye exclaimed. 'How come that slap hurt me?'
I shrugged.
'Thanks Skye' Coulson said with a look of gratitude upon his face
'May, you will be undercover as a bio-chemist.'
Simmons started laughing hysterically.
'Chemist-May-undercover' Simmons stuttered.
May turned her head and gave her a bone-chilling stare. Simmons immediately stopped laughing.
'Yes Simmons, May will be undercover as a bio-chemist, Ward will go in a one of their spies and Fitz and Skye will be undercover as Hackers' Coulson explained.
'How come Ward gets to be a spy and I have to be a stupid hacker?' Fitz complained.
'Hey...Um... I'm a hacker, Fitz' Skye said.
'Sorry' Fitz said pathetically and stopped talking, although I heard him mumble the words 'Mr. Save The Day' under his breath.
'We need you with a computer Fitz, that way you disable the doors for you all to get through and Skye can get the floor plans to find where the might find Romanoff. Coulson said using his hand to bring up a map of the possible HYDRA location.
Coulson's conference with us went on for another half an hour. We discussed every possibility for our mission and decided we would go in at exactly 1600 hours.

I sit on my bed and load all my weapons. I'm pretty sure that four guns, six knifes and five grenades will be enough for me to survive without HYDRA detecting them. I start pulling out my gear when I hear a knock at the door.
Simmons slides through and closes the door behind her. She approached me as if i was a wild animal. She cautiously takes each step closer to me, as I one wrong move and I might pounce.
'Um...Hi' She says taking another step towards me. She has barely made it across the threshold.
'Look I know that you won't be with Fitz for most of the mission but for the time that you are with him can you just-'
'Watch him and make sure he doesn't get killed?' I ask with raised eyebrows.
'Well I was going to say take care of him, but making sure he doesn't get killed works too.' She said shocked.
She started rambling on about Fitz and how he isn't mission ready.
'Simmons' I said quietly, but she continued rambling without even looking at me.
'Simmons' I repeated but still no reaction from Simmons.
'JEMMA' I shouted and this time she stood dead silent.
'Sorry, I was rambling, wasn't I?' She asked nervously.
'Jemma, it's okay, I'm gonna take care of Fitz weather you like it or not.' I said softly, putting my arm on her shoulder.
'Thank you' replied Simmons, 'I guess I should leave now'
She walked out the room and carefully shut the door. And for a second, just a second there was silence.
'OH MY BLOODY HELL!' Simmons exclaimed as she ran back into my room and locked the door. I grab my gun and aim it towards the door.
'We've got a situation'

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