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Grant is just outside the Command Centre when Coulson walks in shortly followed by Agents Hand, Garrett, Trip and Blake all of whom seemed to be drinking coffee and talking but Grant zoned them all out, drinking his own coffee and only looked up when May walked in.
"Cruising altitude reached, bearing 90 degrees just over the north pole." May informed them.
"Thank you," Coulson turned to the other Agents.
"Apologies for the song and dance but we brought you here as a precaution." Garrett explained.
"A precaution against what?" Sitwell asked.
"The Clairvoyant. If there is someone out there who can read minds, at least up here we're as far away from him as possible." Coulson said.
Sitwell and Blake share a disbelieving look.
"Figure maybe the northern lights will knock a few bars off his psychic wi-fi." Garrett said.
"Coulson you know S.H.I.E.L.D.'s stance on psychics, they don't exist." Blake said.
"Are you suddenly a believer?" Hand asked.
"Not definitively. But I had a recent experiences with an Asgardian who could bend people's will with her voice," Grant and May both share a brief look. "Forced me to open my mind, so to speak." Coulson replied.
"All we know for sure is the Clairvoyant has been a step ahead of us, stealing plays from our playbook." Garrett said.
"And it's pissing me off. I take it you've all read Agent Garrett's latest report?" Coulson asked.
"The hit on the safe house. Mr. Peterson's alive and kicking." said Sitwell.
"We call him Deathlok." May spoke up getting odd looks from Blake, Hand and Sitwell.
"It was the project's code name." Grant elaborates.
"Agent Garrett and I have been tracking him the last few weeks." Trip said.
"We think the Clairvoyant's super-solider bodyguard came after us for a reason. We're getting close." Garrett said.
"To what? His identity?" Hand asked interested.
Garrett and Coulson share a look. "We've narrowed the list to 13 candidates." the former of the two spoke.
"Narrowed it how? From what?" Blake asked.
"Agent Garrett has been taking a second look at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s gifted Index, specifically the rejects." Coulson explained.
"Individual's S.H.I.E.L.D. interviewed who are believed to have psychic abilities but were ultimately dismissed." Garrett added on.
"So you think we've encountered the Clairvoyant before?" Sitwell asked.
"Think how many cases we've encountered across the globe, how many cases we vetted. It's more than possible, it's probable." Coulson said.
"I need more coffee." Blake comments only to be ignored.
"Let's assume what you're saying is possible. What then? If we're going up against an actual clairvoyant, how do you suggest we combat that?" Hand asked.
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Hail HYDRA | Skyeward
FanfictionThis is an AU. ----------------- Skye was undercover in the Rising Tide for HYDRA, knowing that her mission would be to get intel from SHIELD with her partner/boyfriend Grant Ward, Skye was raised from birth by John Garret. Grant Ward was an underco...
