65. What they Become

He turns away from us with his finger in the air. "I have just one question. How does she fit in?"

My back gets straighter as I see 2 men bringing Skye to us. I try to stay calm. "I needed insurance that SHIELD wouldn't blow us out of the sky." I explain in an even voice.

"But you also ordered the SHIELD plane shouldn't be shot down. I had to counter that order myself." He tells me and all I can do is roll my eyes and shrug.

I stay quiet as I know he's not done talking. He likes to listen to himself talk, so I let him go on. "I have a theory to why she's here." Whitehall continued looking over at Skye. His momentary loss of focus on Grant allowed him to glance at Skye too. She appeared shocked at the news of them shooting down the Bus. Focus, Skye! He returned his gaze to Whitehall who was looking smug as he nodded to Smith.

He turns to Kara and she steps forward with a case. Kara opens the case and inside is the diviner. She makes sure we can all see it.

"I'd like you to pick it up." Whitehall instructs Skye.

"You first." She says in a typical Skye fashion.

I might have smiled if I didn't hear all the guns cocked around us.

Cal nods at Skye to do it.

Knowing what is about to happen I also ready myself.

I inch my hand to my gun and see Cal has a scalpel. Alright then.

With a determined and an angry look, Skye lunges toward the diviner. She picks it up and nothing happens and then it glows orange symbols. Which I recognize them immediately as the same Garrett was carving from my memories.

Skye turns quickly and shoves the diviners into one of the men's neck. At the same time, Cal stabs someone with his scalpel and I aim my gun at one of the men.

Kara is quick to lift her gun at Skye, so I turn my gun from the man to Kara. I don't want to shoot her but I will.

Whitehall steps towards Skye and I follow him in step. "I hope you're as special as your mother."

Raina loses no time to step forward and take the diviner from Skye. I reluctantly drop my gun and Cal drops the scalpel.

"I'll confess—I didn't recognize you when you first barged into my office." Whitehall steps towards Cal.

"If my daughter wasn't here…" Cal threatens, "I would tear you and your men to pieces."

"I'll add that to the number of reasons that I'm glad she's here." Whitehall smiles at Cal and turns to me, "And you are the piece of the puzzle that I can't decipher. Why are you really here?"

I open my mouth to spew more lies but Raina beats me to the punch, "Is it really that hard to see? It's love." Raina turns to Skye and so do I. "Agent Ward believes if he helps Skye fulfill her destiny, she'll see him for who he really is."

'What is it with people and love it's true I have feelings for her but most of them were Grant Ward's feelings and I do like Sky but I am still not sure I love her? Come on at least let us figure out our feelings before you jump in' I wanted in my mind.

"It's a pity that you won't get to fulfill that destiny, or that after all these years, you won't get your revenge for what I did to your wife." Whitehall gives a signal and someone knocks Cal out.

"Secure him." Whitehall motions to me and the men move quickly. "Remain alert around Agent Ward. He's a trained killer—one of the best. I have a feeling that, in time, I can make you comply."

I want to punch the smile off his face. And as I look at him, I grin because I'm going to kill Whitehall myself.

The men drag Skye out before they drag me and I watch carefully so I won't forget who put their hands on her. They'll die too.

They drag us into a kitchen. They tie me up to a chair and drag Cal's body in. Whitehall has Kara keep an eye on us. Smart. None of the other men have her skillset. They're all practically rookies compared to her.

She watches me for a long time. She looks disappointed.

"You could have been a great asset to him. And you turn your back on him…for them." She doesn't get it, even after hearing that I love Skye.

"He does that a lot. You get used to it." Skye calls out to us. She's tied to a chair with her hands tied behind her back.

I lazily look at her and smile. When she pouts at me, I turn back to Kara.

"What are you going to do after Whitehall dies?" I ask her.

"What do you mean?" Kara asked me

"Nothing much it's just i know how someone like you would feel purposeless after you lose the person who gives you a purpose" I said, "If you feel like that then I can help you with that."

"It won't happen, morning will happen to him" Kara told me.

"Fine but if it happens then you can find me in the Rustic bar that's a kilometre away from here in the north-west side" I informed her.

"Are you trying to pick her up in this situation?" asked Skye

"No" I replied but it looks like Skye didn't believe me.

Kara raises her gun to me. "Not another word."

"Happy to comply." I say as I hear Cal waking up.

"Did he hurt you?" Cal asks Skye and I see her shake her head.

Whitehall walks in just then. "Oh good. You're awake."

"I've waited years for this." Cal begins to move toward Whitehall but stops midstride. Whitehall is holding up a device and I see him push a button as Cal goes down.

For a moment I think they're going to shoot Cal though I know that's not what happened in the story but this is my reality now so I struggle to look closer at what they're doing. Kara steps and points the gun at me again.

"Do you know what your mother's special gift was?" Whitehall is near Skye now.

"No." Skye answers with venom in her voice.

"She didn't age. At least not like the rest of us. I wonder if that's your gift, as well, or if you're special in another way. Discovery requires experimentation. I killed your wife and before I kill you, I want you to watch what I do to your daughter."

I calm myself down after taking deep breaths making sure that I don't blow my cover. Just then, there are gun shots and Kara and Whitehall hurry out of the room.

The team is here.

Only one man stays in the kitchen with us. It's going to be easy to take him out.

More gun shots and I stay where I am. Cal is regaining his strength. He needs a little more time.

"Hey." I call out to the guard. He turns to me. "You hear that? They're coming for us. I saw how many guys you have on your side. You are sorely outnumbered, my friend. Tell you what. Let me go now. I'll tell them to take it easy on you. Maybe cut off an ear, pop an eye."

The guard has come closer to me. He's pissed. "Shut up."

"Just trying to be helpful. I'm a lot nicer than he's gonna be."

Cal sticks the device on the man and grabs him by the back and lifts him, essentially breaking his neck and dropping him at my feet.

"You're welcome. Now, lets get out of here."

"Yea, me too!" Skye calls out. "Come on!"

"It's safer here and I'm about to do something to Whitehall. I don't want you to see me like that." Cal calls out to Skye and starts to leave.

"I don't mind…seeing." I admit and Cal turns back to me. "Hell, I'm happy to help."

"No. I get to do this myself."

"What?! Hey!" Skye is not having it and struggles in her chair.

Before Cal completely disappears, he turns back and says, "take care of my daughter."