Rebel Agent *Agents of SHIELD *

Chapter 19

"Girl in the Flower Dress"

Hayley was in her bunker, in her bed siting on an Indian position staring at a water bottle in front of her intently

She was wearing jeans and a blue sleeveless top and her hair up in a messy bun.

Suddenly, the water bottle started shaking the longer Hayley stared at it until the alarm of the bus started blaring making her look up.

The water bottle stopping the shaking as she hurriedly walked away from her bunker toward the conference room, looking directly at the big monitor. It was flashing with a red S.H.I.E.L.D. spinning logo

~8~

The team gathered in the conference room, watching the monitor looking at a picture of a man with pyrokinetic powers and looking over his information

"Chan Ho Yin" Coulson began briefing the team "Just a struggling street performer until a few years ago, when Mr. Chan began to exhibit moderate pyrokinetic abilities"

"So what gave him powers?" Fitz asked

"It's still under investigation, but Chan did live near the decommissioned Wan Tai Nuclear Plant when it caught fire" Coulson answered. Hayley hadn't looked up from the files since the briefing started "To our knowledge, no other nearby residents have exhibited similar traits"

"So how did we find out about him?" Simmons asked

"Informants saw him lighting torches in a street show...with his pinkie" May answered

Ward nodded

"Bought it to S.H.I.E.L.D's attention. We told him to keep his abilities under wraps" Coulson told them. Hayley's hand formed a fist, without looking up "He's been on The Index ever since"

"The Index?" Skye repeated questionably

Hayley looked up, bitterly though she tired to hide it, only Coulson noticed "It's a list S.H.I..E.L.D. keeps of people and objects with powers"

"Wait!" Skye exclaimed "What? How many are there? Are you saying there are more people-"

May shook her head. "Not many"

"Well, enough to keep a list" Skye replied

"A short list, meant to protect them" Coulson told them, giving Hayley a meaningful look.

Hayley rolled her eyes with a silent scoff

"Though in rare cases S.H.I.E..L.D. has had to take action" Ward told Skye

"Action against objects or people?" Skye asked. They didn't answer, which was enough answer for Skye to realize they meant both. "Well that's drastic with a side of creepy. How are they monitored? Tapped phone lines, satellite surveillance, body probes in dark, unpleasant places?"

Coulson, May and Ward looked stoic but Simmons grimaced

"Body probes?" Fitz repeated shaking his head "Now, that's ridiculous. S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't do that"

Hayley scoffed loudly, shaking her head and looking away bitterly

Fitz looked at Coulson, confused at Hayley's reaction "We don't do that, do we?"

Hayley looked back at Coulson expectant of his answer, looking sarcastic

Coulson looked at Hayley "The methods vary" he replied seriously.

Hayley nodded sarcastically.

Skye looked at Coulson with an 'Are you kidding me?' look

"Mr. Chan was low risk" Coulson explained "He was assigned a case agent who checked in with him every few days" May brought up a feed of a trashed apartment into the monitor, obviously Chan's apartment "That's how we discovered him missing"