[Lab]
Ward, Fitzsimmons, and I are in the lab while Fitz shows us his new gun, "I only get one shot. And it has to knock a person back as well as out" Ward says
"Which is why we're perfecting this little beauty, .45 caliber cartridges, semi automatic, each mag contains eight therapeutic rounds of dendrotoxin" Fitz explains
"In case you miss" We look at her, "Or have multiple assailants" Simmons says
Ward goes to grab it but Fitz pulls back, "We're gonna have this new Night-Night Pistol working in no time. Okay?" Fitz says
"Great. One thing. We're not calling it that" I say before we walk out
As we do we're met with Coulson, "Either of you seen Skye?" He asks
"Not since weapons training" Ward says
"She stop saying bang when she pulls the trigger?" Coulson asks
"Mostly. Now if she can just learn the difference between the safety release and the magazine release, we'll be making real progress" Ward says as he walks upstairs
I look towards Coulson, "She's gott better and she's in there" I say gesturing towards the SUV
He nods his head, "Don't go anywhere, I need you" He tells me
I nod my head before he walks over to the van and talks to Skye as I check my weapons. After a few minutes they're done talking and he walks back over, "What do you need me for, sir?" I ask
"Ever been to Sweden?" He asks
[Stockholm, Sweden: Train Station]
Coulson, May, Skye, and I are in the train station as he explains the situation, "Yesterday, 55 men, all military were hired by one of the largest gem brokers in the world. They dressed the men in identical outfits, gave each one a randomly assigned briefcase, and sent them along 25 different routes here in Stockholm. No one knew which briefcase contained the diamonds, but they were still stolen" Coulson explains
We head onto the train, "Why the kabuki theater?" May asks
"They were afraid because somebody's targeting diamonds. An armored car in Milan, a safe in Monte-Carlo, and now this. Over 30 million in total. Each theft occurred despite heavy security" Coulson tells us as we look around
"They sound like inside jobs" May says
"A lot of people share that opinion" Coulson says
"You don't" He looks at her, "CCTV cameras catch any of the action?" Skye asks
"Fitzsimmons is checking. The system went dark for an hour. They think it was hacked" Coulson says
"It was the same thieves each time?" I ask
"Yes. But it was just one thief. A woman. And she did it all with her eyes closed" Coulson says
"Eyewitnesses ID her?" May asks
"Black, athletic build late 20s, early 30s" Coulson says
"So you asked how she could've cracked the system. I have a pitch, but it's way outside the box" Skye says
"I live outside the box" Coulson says
"There are people in the world with superpowers, right? What if this woman had ESP or something?" Skye suggests
"There are no credible studies that support precognition, telepathy, or extrasensory perception" May says
"Okay, so science says no. But this woman knew impossible things. And why'd she close her eyes? That's either random or totally important. Was she listening?" She taps her head, "Or was she reading minds?" We give her 'are you serious' looks, "I'm gonna go play with my phone now" She says before she sits down
"Why does HQ want us to investigate these heists?" May asks
"They don't. I picked this op. Any luck?" Coulson asks Skye
"Yep, I'm getting full bars, which means if I was down here and 55 guys were in scary red masks, you know what I would do?" She stands up and shows her phone, "Instagram" Skye says
[Coulson's Office]
We are looking at images of the Stockholm incident, "It's amazing. Every year, this part of our job gets easier. Between Facebook, Instagram and Flickr, people are surveilling themselves" Coulson says
"With many filters to choose from. I could do this pretty well when I was hacking for the Rising Tide, but you guys tag and search in ways the rest of us never dreamed of" Skye says
"I can run facial recognition software on the photos. Cross-reference them with out criminal databases" May says
"You don't have to" He zooms in, "That's the thief. Her name's Akela Amador" He says
"You're certain?" May asks
"I should be. I trained her" Coulson says
We start walking through the bus towards the command center, "Akela Amador was a SHIELD agent. Seven years ago, she eld a raid on one of Vanchat's gulags. Everyone believed that she and the other two agents on the mission were killed. I had my doubts. So I sent in a second team, just in case. They found a lot of carnage, but couldn't confirm that any of it was Amador. Left the possibility open" Coulson explains
"That's why you chose this op. When you heard about the heists" May says
"Only a few women inn the world who could pull of something so impossible. Since you were on the bus, I thought it had to be her" Coulson says
We walk into the command center, "Swedish Customs confirmed that Amador left the country using an alias on a Swedish passport. She flew into Belarus, bought a train ticked to a town called Zloda. I've also put together a list of individuals who could fine that many diamonds" He puts them on screen, "There's been no contact or activity" Ward explains
"Maybe she's saving them for a rainy day. Buying something special. Let's focus on finding Amador" Coulson says
"I'll let HQ know she's alive so they can assist with the manhunt" May says
"I'd like to hold off on that. Until we know more. Contact Belarus authorities. Find us a place to park the bus" He tells me before looking at Ward, "Put together a list of inns, hotels and pensiones near Zloda. There can't be that many of them. We'll find her" He says
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Finally Falling
Fanfiction"Finally falling in love with you was the best feeling in the world" In which Cassandra King is plucked from the field to join a top secret SHIELD team. But on their first mission, she comes across an intriguing girl that catches her eye immediately...
