Chapter 5-the past comes back

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((Blaykes POV)) "those guys who ambushed us weren't government" *dawson says after a few minutes* "didn't have ID and weren't in uniform those were ether with the CIA or with the other people i know are hunting us" *he pauses as if remembering some extremely important detail and leans forward*"for the record," *he says trying to be gentle* "what I'm about to say may..trigger you" *he says to sky* "i can take it, just say it" *sky says glaring at him slightly* "your arch enemy The Crimson Shroud" *sky frowns* "guy with powers, slows time and has military fighting skills?" *he asks and dawson nods* "damn it" *sky mutters and pulls a thick file from the glove box and drops it on the console and undoes the string holding it closed and it comes open then sky hands it to dawson* "that would be everything ive gathered
about whoever it is behind the shroud" *sky says* "and why he wants me I understand because he and i have been after one anther for years and he's holding a grudge because i killed his kid, " *he pauses* "or more accurately..he did but blames me for it" *long pause* "please explain that"*i say after a moment* "ok" *he says with a sigh*
((Skys POV))
-flashback, five years earlier, CIA undercover operation In corporation with SHEILD and the ATCU, Somewhere in LA- *im sitting in a car outside a bank our intel says the man known as "the crimson shroud" is going to be robbing though my gut says its a set up* "here we go" *i say to myself and step out of my car as a man wearing the shrouds signature blood red outfit walks into the bank while wait outside as I've been told to do by those in charge* "stand outside tail the getaway" *i mutter* "boring as hell but it gets me payed" *and as i say this shots come from inside the bank * "and there it is* *i say to myself then run to my car and wait for about five minutes when local PD and SHEILD come rolling up the shroud kicks open the bank doors and opens fire with his gangster style tommy gun cutting down the police officers and SHIELD agents as the hurry from their vehicles as his getaway car pulls up him and his crew pile in and take off with me in hot pursuit though just out of view * -sometime later- *the car comes to a stop and the crew all split into separate vehicles and i follow the shroud for a few hours until it comes to a stop in front of a house and then he walks in and i sit and wait a minute then a teenager steps out and walks north from the house and then i my M16 from the passenger seat and run up to the door and kick it in to see the shroud with a three year old* "you should have some respect" *he says turning to face me* "oh really? You're one to be talking" *i say sarcastically* "a man should get a border between work and home" *he says* "yes he should unless his job is bank robbing" *long pause as his kid walks over to me and he draws his gun* "don't do that" *i say coldly* "nether of us want that happening" "oh trust me, that wont" *and with that he opens fire and i return fire*-minutes later- *the shroud runs out the back and before i can run after him i see the child on the floor shot in the side by a stray bullet and i sit down throwing my gun to the side and just hold them doing what i can to stop the bleeding but it's too late and the child bleeds out in my arms and i start to cry my hands wrapped around the child in something like a hug but it's not really a hug rocking back and forth slowly for minutes..hours...I don't know..but i stay like that until reinforcements arrive and it takes an agent twenty minutes to calm me down enough to say what happened*-weeks later- *im reading through a newspaper when i see a headline -The Shroud strikes again-* "well looks like I've got work to do" *i say to myself taking a sip of my coffee*
-present day-
((Skys POV))-Texas border-
*as we cross the border i yawn slightly getting tired from the long trip but I immediately become alert as we come up on a border patrol unit crashed and peppered with bullets and i hope out of the truck before blayke can get fully stopped and run up to the wreck to see Jane, the only "normal" person on the team unconscious with a decent bit of head trauma from the airbag her uniform slightly stained withe blood and her sidearm in the floorboard under her, empty* "luke! Get over here! " *i shout and he runs over* "we can't get her out of there" *luke says* "doors are too bent, we need the jaws of life and the fire department" *i nod and pull out my phone and dial 911*-a long few minutes later- *a fire truck pulls up and luke and i step back while the firefighters get to work prying the door open and pull her out as an ambulance arrives* "she'll be fine"*luke says trying to be reassuring as the ambulance speeds off* "you don't know that "*i say after a moment* "question now is, who did it?"

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