Forged In Hellfire

Part 1(Ch3)

"Gabe...?" She calls out, backing away from the window just as a smoke grenade comes through. Gabe hears the breaking window and comes rolling down the hallway just as the front and backdoors are breached. Four armed men come in with face masks. Emilie starts to cough from the smoke. Gabe tries to wheel his chair back into the hallway, but one of the guys who came in through the front grabs him and throws him to the ground, the other looks around the house. One of the guys who breached the backdoor grabs Emilie. She grabs a plate and swings it at him. He dodges it and the second guy who came in with a gas can grabs her and slams her down on the table with her arm behind her back.

"He is isn't here." Says one of the guys.

"Where is he?" Asks the guy holding her down.

"Who? Where is who? I don't know who you're talking about!"

He slams her head down on the table and she can feel a cut open. The blood starts rushing to her head.

"Burn it down." One of them orders.

The two men closest to Gabe take him into one of the back rooms. The guy who slammed her down ties her hands behind her back and then pushes her down into a chair. She can feel the blood starting to run down her face. He ties her to the chair and then calls for everyone to leave. Right before exiting two of the guys drop down a match. The house immediately catches fire.

"Gabe?!" Calls out Emilie. "Gabe, are you ok?"

"Yea, but I can't get out. I'm locked in the room!"

Emilie's head is throbbing, and the smoke is starting to fill the room. She pulls and struggles trying to loosen up the knots on the rope but they're too tight. She starts to panic. She knows the fire won't kill her, but she knows Gabe won't last long. And if she's the last thing standing after the house burns down who knows what kind of problems she'll have. She hears voices and screaming from the street along with the sound of cars speeding off. If she could just get close enough to the fire to burn off the ropes, she can help get Gabe out. Then she hears Robbie's car come screeching to a stop.

"Gabe! Emilie!" He runs into the living room and sees Emilie in the kitchen.

"Get Gabe! Robbie, get Gabe. He's in the back." He looks at her scared and runs into Gabe's room. Robbie picks him up and runs him outside. He runs back in for Emilie just as parts of the roof are starting to come down. He carries her out the back door where no one can see, around to the front of the house. There was no way they were walking out of the front door with the amount of fire that had engulfed the house. An ambulance and fire truck pull up along with 3 SHIELD vehicles.

A man steps out and tells Robbie they need to go with them. Robbie helps Emilie to her feet while 2 agents get Gabe and load them into the SUVs. Emilie holds Robbie's hand nervously.

"It's gonna be okay." He reassures her.

They pull into an aircraft and get out once the door has closed behind them.

"I'm sorry for the dramatics. My name is agent Coulson. This is Agent Mac and Agent Mae. We had reason to believe a group known as The Watchdogs were in the area. We think they're responsible for that fire. Were you able to get a good look at them?"

"They had grey wolf-like masks covering their faces. A smoke grenade came through the window before they broke in, so there wasn't much for me to see."

"I see," he says. "Well we can have Fitz-Simmons take a look at you in the meantime to make sure you guys are ok. It's a good thing Robbie showed up when he did. Otherwise, you guys would be extra crispy."