Forged In Hellfire

Part 2 (Ch1)

Emile searches the bed for Robbie with her hands. She opens her eyes to find him gone. She gets up to shower and heads out to the garage. Emilie kneels down and looks at him under her car. "You know, in the last two months I can count the number of times I've woken up next to you, on one hand."

He smiles.

"What time is Gabe gonna be here?" She asks.

Robbie slides out from under the car. "Not until tomorrow afternoon. I'm gonna grab a few things for him before he gets here." He stands to give her a kiss and rubs a greasy finger down her nose.

"Really?" She says trying to wipe off her face.

Back at SHIELD HQ Coulson is in his office on screen with Director Mason.

"Have you had a chance to look at the file I sent over?" Asks Mason.

"I took a peek." Coulson walks over to his desk and pulls out the file. "What's so special about this Hyde character? Just looks like some guy who cooked up some new street drug."

"That mugshot of him you see in there was before developing the drug." Informs Mason. Coulson finds another photo taken from a security camera of a man slightly taller than the one in the previous photo with a grotesque build. "The one you're looking at now is after."

"I see where he got the name. He's a monster."

"Not just him. Everyone that takes that drug. He's been using addicts to test it out and there have been reports of it being distributed by some street gangs."

"I'll run through everything and keep you posted." Says Coulson, placing the file back down on the desk.

"What are Emilie and Robbie up to?" Asks Mason.

"They're picking up where they left off. Taking it a day at a time I would assume."

The Director sits back in his chair. "Are they alone?"

"I have a team keeping tabs. Just in case something should arise."

"Very good. Well, I'll let you get back to things there."

They say their goodbyes and cut transmission. Coulson takes a seat and starts studying the file.

The next day, during the start of his spring break, Gabe gets settled in with Emilie and Robbie.

"Wow, you guys did great." He says looking around at his room.

"I'll be right back." Says Robbie. Emilie shoots him a look thinking that he's going for a ride with the Rider.

"I'm just grabbing something out of the Charger." He says holding his hands up in surrender as he leaves.

"Thanks, Emilie." Says Gabe.

"It's nothing." She responds. "You guys are like family. I'm glad I could be here for you."

Robbie comes in with a small box and hands it to Gabe. He opens it and pulls out a small slightly charred photo album and baseball glove in perfect condition from when the two boys were younger.

"Shield found that after the fire." Informs Robbie.

Gabe starts to get teary-eyed and Robbie goes to comfort him. Gabe's tears are cut short by laughter.

"You good?" Asks a confused Robbie.

Gabe turns towards Emilie, holds up the book, and shows her the first photo in the album. It's the picture he mentioned before the fire of little Robbie racing his power wheel in a diaper.