Cut Off One Head

Agent Hill returned to the base for nearly an hour before she heard hootin' and hollerin' outside a secret SHIELD interrogation site. The site looked like a house in an average neighborhood. The interrogation rooms were in the basement. 

Walking to the window, she drew the curtain to the side and watched as Hunt, Coulson, Barton, and Gar Finn jumped out of the Mercury Speeder. Hunt was being particularly loud, while Barton looked unsteady on his feet. 

She opened the front door and watched the men enter. Barton looked at her and smiled, "Hey, Mom, is dinner ready?" This elicited a laugh from Hunt, but Hill could tell that Coulson wanted to laugh. As far as Gar, he looked serene.

"Do you boys have any idea what time it is? You could have called home, now get in here and wash up for dinner," Hill played along with the joke. The monotone voice and wooden face made the joke even funnier. 

Gar walked next to Hill and looked at her, "Hi, honey, the boys were a handful today." Hill's wooden face cracked a slight smile. 

"Well, come in and let Momma take care of you," she joked. Gar raised his right eyebrow, was she flirting or joking? Gar smiled back made a pretend kiss and walked in. Hunt stared at him and Gar winked at him. 

Once Hill closed the door, the atmosphere became serious, "How's Rumlow?" Coulson asked Hill.

"Still asleep, Surj is downstairs with him. I almost got caught with him by a neighbor," Hill retold their return. Nothing happened thanks to Surj.

"Alright, shall we go take to our friend?" Coulson asked the others," Everyone agreed except for Gar who wasn't in the room. Then they heard a flush followed by the sound of a faucet. A minute later, Gar walked out and the entire room looked at him.

"What?" Gar looked puzzled at everyone.

"I started to think Jedi weren't human. Then you go and use the restroom," Barton said.

"Oh, we aren't human, I was setting up a sea monkey town," he answered deadpan. He heard a womanly laugh and turned to see Hill covering her mouth.

"Of course, she has a dry sense of human," Hunt said as if he made a major discovery. Coulson looked at his team of Elite SHIELD agents and their esteemed Jedi Padawan. Fantasy never matches real life. Coulson walked to one of the bedrooms and entered the closet descending a set of stairs. The others followed.

They entered a room with a one-way mirror. Through the glass, they saw a diligent Surj scanning Rumlow strapped to a table, "Let's get to it." Gar said as he entered the room with Rumlow through a door in the viewing room. Coulson followed but the others remained behind. 

"Surj, wake him up and administer the interrogation drugs," Gar commanded. 

"Yes, Master, he should be awake soon."

Only a few minutes when Rumlow's eyes fluttered open. His head cleared and he saw the Coulson, Gar Finn, and some kind of robot. The robot freaked him out a little. 

"What's going on? What are you doing?" Rumlow asked.

"Okay, Surj, inject the interrogation serum into him. 

"Coulson, you can't do this!" Rumlow shouted and then tried biting down.

"We've removed all of the suicide pills, cyanide false tooth, you're going need to answer our questions," Gar said. Surj prepared a needleless syringe and injected a clear liquid into Rumlow. 

"Give it a few seconds, and then you can ask your questions," Surj informed his Master and Agent Coulson. 

Coulson gave Surj a look. Truth serums weren't known to be overly reliable with trained agents. However, maybe something made by a robot would prove more effective.

"Rumlow, you ready to talk?" Coulson asked. Rumlow's pupils relaxed, "Yes."

"Who do you work for?" Coulson asked.

"SHIELD...officially," Rumlow said.

Coulson was surprised, it seems like the serum administered by the droid is effective. Others observing the interrogation were nervous. If the serum was that effective on Rumlow, how would they fare?

"Who do you work for unofficially?" Coulson asked.

"Hydra," Rumlow responded.

A collective gasp sounded from the agents, Gar seemed puzzled.

"What's Hydra?"

"It's a pseudo-Nazi or pseudo-fascist organization created by Hitler. They gathered all of the top scientific minds and were tasked to develop weapons of war to help Germany win the War. 

Hydra was eventually defeated and dismantled by Captain America and the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR). If Rumlow is telling the truth someone has either rebuilt Hydra or it was never destroyed as we thought. As they said cut off one head and two more would take its place," Coulson explained. 

"I see," Gar thought for a while, and waited for Coulson to continue the interrogation.

"What's your mission?" Coulson asked Rumlow.

"I was sent into SHIELD as a sleeper agent. When Hydra is strong enough, we will overthrow SHIELD from within. Hydra will no longer need to hide in the shadows of history!" Rulow answered feverishly.

"Sir, I suggest that you hurry to ask questions. Agent Rulow's resistance to the serum is considerable. He will need time to rest and recover or you risk burning his mind. If that happens he will not be able to answer your questions," Surj spoke up as he monitored Rumlow.

"Fine, one last question, Rumlow, who is your immediate supervisor within SHIELD?" Coulson asked. 

"Jasper Sitwell," Rumlow answered and strained. Once he answered, he calmed down and began to rest.

"How much has Hydra managed to take over of SHIELD," Gar asked a sudden question.

Unprepared for the question, Rumlow answered without much resistance, "About half of SHIELD is Hydra."

Gar waved his hand and touched his hand on Rumlow's forehead, "Rest."

Coulson left the interrogation room and entered an adjoining room, in a hurry. He took out his phone to take with someone, privately. After a few minutes, Coulson returned and walked upstairs with the others. 

"What are our orders?" Hunt asked.

"We're to split our team. Team One will stay with Rumlow while Team Two will discreetly pick up Jasper Sitwell. We'll bring him back to this site and interrogate him. Gar, is it possible for Surj to help us with Sitwell?" Coulson knew it was better not to assume with consultants. 

"Sure," it didn't seem to matter to Gar much. 

"Whose going to be on team One," Hill asked with a face that said 'it better not be me.'

"I'll stay with Rumlow, I have some other things I need to work on," Gar offered. He liked the missions, but he wouldn't mind a break so that he learn. 

"Fine, Surj is your droid, anyway. No one should know about this location or that we've taken down Rumlow. I don't anticipate any problems. Still, don't drop your guard.

"Of course," Gar responded. 

"As far as how we're going to get there..." Coulson hesitated, but Gar laughed. 

"Maverick still has the keys, have fun." The others smiled, but Gar had a premonition that giving them the keys to his speeder might escalate matters. 

As everyone was filing out, Gar spoke, "May the Force be with you."