Through Time and Space

Chapter 26

"Well this is a nice change of scenery."

"It's a prison cell."

"I was being sarcastic," said Skye, rolling her eyes as she struggled against the ropes that were keeping her against the chair.

"Skye, stop moving," Ward said calmly.

Skye stopped moving and craned her neck to look behind her, "how are you so calm?"

"I've been in this situation before, just trust me."

Ward lifted his leg and pulled a knife out of a secret pocket in his boot. He cut Skye's ropes as best as he could until a man walked in.

"Good morning agents."

Skye glared at him but she stayed silent.

"Don't feel like speaking?" he questioned.

"Well that's rude, don't they teach you manners at S.H.I.E.L.D?"

Grant's eyes widened. The man walked over to face Ward.

"Remember me now?"

Ward spat at him, remembering a few months ago when he was captured by this same man.

The man clicked his tongue, "tsk tsk. Just as rude as last time."

The man put on black leather gloves with pieces of metal on the knuckles. He punched Ward three times in the jaw until he started bleeding.

"Feel like talking now?"

Ward spit the blood out of his mouth and it landed on the man's boot.

"Well then, maybe we'll get your little girlfriend to squeal." He reached behind Ward and untied him. He made Ward walk in front of Skye.

The man picked Ward up by the throat. Ward clawed at the man's hands, gasping for breath.

"How much do you know about my group?" the man asked Skye.

Skye glared at him, remembering that Grant said to tell him nothing.

The man dropped Ward to the ground and he fell in a heap.

"I didn't want to do this but you leave me no choice." The man moved his trench coat and revealed cowboy boots with spurs on the sides. He dug the spur into Ward's throat, drawing blood.

Skye shut her eyes and looked away trying to block out the sounds of Ward's struggle. She moved her hands back and forth as much as she could and the ropes snapped. She opened her eyes and looked at the man, "stop hurting him! I'll talk now!"

The man moved his foot away, "how much do you know about me and my group?"

Skye smirked, "just that you're delusional psychos who want to blow up the world," she said, breaking free of her restraints. She jumped out of her chair and attacked the man.

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Ward blinked a few times, "Skye?"

"Hey there," she said smiling sweetly, "he's knocked out, we've got to go."

Grant jumped up off of the ground and led Skye out of the door, she handed him a gun and he kissed her forehead, "we'll make it out of here."

"I know," she smirked.

Just then, a fleet of guards rounded the corner and started shooting at them.

Ward and Skye both started shooting at them. Ward grabbed Skye's hand and they started running down the maze of hallways.

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"You said we would be safe here!" shouted Skye as she shot guards left and right as they walked through the door.

"I didn't say we would be safe," replied Grant as he shot another guard, slammed the door and barricaded it, "I said we would be safer."

Skye rolled her eyes.

"Start looking for exits."

Skye looked around the room and found an air vent. Grant ran over to it and unscrewed it with a Swiss Army knife. The vent was just wide enough for Ward to army crawl through it.

After a few minutes of stop and go in the vents, so they wouldn't be heard, Skye finally found the exit.

"Ward, I found the exit!"

"Open it up," he said, passing her his knife.

She unscrewed the grate and popped it out. She was met with snow.

"We're outside!"

Skye and Ward wriggled their way out of the vent and trudged through the snow. They didn't have to worry about anyone following them, they were all still busy looking for them. They didn't even know that they were in the vents the whole time.

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"Are you kidding me?!" Skye yelled in disbelief as they exited the vent and stared at the building.

Ward's jaw dropped, "you have to be joking."

"We were being held captive in the basement of the hotel that the team was in the whole time?! No one was concerned by gunshots?!"

"It appears that way."