34. Donie Gill
"No I haven't" Skye replied
"Beat it, Hunter," May said then turned her head towards Skye and reassures her, "It's alright Skye experience can only get you so far, your instincts need to be good if you want to be a Field Agent."
After the training as May walked out of the Gun center Ward was waiting outside for her.
"What are you doing here Ward?" asked May
"I was walking around when I heard you giving Skye advice about her emotions," Grant said
"So is something wrong with that?" asked May
"Being in control of your emotions and pressing your emotions are different things May" Grant said as he looked towards her, "You and I both suppressed our emotions for becoming better Agents but we both know how messed up it made us. I became a traitor and followed a man who brainwashed me while you aren't even able to properly express your emotions"
"Watch it, Grant! Just because Coulson freed you doesn't mean you can run your mouth now" May stated
"See even now you are angry at me but your tone doesn't change. As Agents, we need to be in control of our emotions but you suppressed yours so much that now even when you are happy you don't smile, in the bus when you started pranking others was the only time you started to show your emotions but because I betrayed the team you closed yourself again" Grant stated
"So after beating me in a spar you think you can run your mouth. What do you even want to say?" asked May
"If we suppress our emotions for too long even if we want to we won't be able to show them to others. Our first mission where we met Skye of it wasn't because her emotions got through Mike, he wouldn't have survived Skye's emotions are one of her specialties, you are her role model so you need to teach her the difference between controlling your emotions and suppressing them, otherwise, if a case like Mike happens again then we won't be able to save that person" said Grant as he left May to contemplate with herself.
After talking with Grant, May went to Coulson's office to talk with him.
"So how is the re-recruiting going?" asked May
"Not good, Hydra got Agent 33" replied Coulson
"Looks like not even safe houses are that safe anymore" May stated
"I already told our agents to get out of the SHIELD safe houses and move to their personal ones it's better to believe that every SHIELD safe house may be compromised," Coulson said as he looked at the map marking the places where their SHIELD agents were placed.
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Simmons' boss is breathing down her neck, saying he has been called upstairs and needs her results. She says something about cells creating trace amounts of liquid nitrogen. She sees Donnie Gill in the file her boss is holding.
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Donnie is at a sunny cafe. He gets in a disagreement with the owner and then freezes him. Two men in suits show up. He freezes one and the other runs off. He takes the Lead Hydra Agent's phone and leaves.
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Simmons returns home. She hears someone else inside. She pulls a gun out of her purse. She turns the corner to find Coulson. Coulson mocks her empty kitchen. She mentions that maybe their dead drop should not involve fast food. He brought groceries and offers to cook while she debriefs.
"By the way Simmons are you really alright with Ward being out of his cell," asked Coulson
Coulson did share all the research that Fitz had done on Ward and every single therapy session he had until recently were all shared with Simmons as, she was also one of the people that Ward hurt the most moreover she was their doctor even if she wasn't there with them for the time being.
"Fitz's research is right but even still I won't believe it until I meet him in person. Fitz believed him the most and even after what Ward did to him Fitz was able to forgive him and talk to him casually but I don't think I will be able to forgive him so easily" Simmons stated
"It's alright, I won't ask you to forgive him even May haven't done that, she still remains on guard against him, and I myself have some misgivings against sending him back in the field if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't have anyone else to send for the previous mission I wouldn't have sent Ward but he did save Hunter's life so I'm willing to give him a chance," Coulson said
"He also saved my life, he jumped after me from the Bus to catch me and save me but it was all an act. And even if it's true that the med bay was supposed to float and he didn't have any other way to save us it still doesn't change the fact that he hurt us, all of us" Simmons stated
"Don't worry I will keep an eye on him," Coulson said consoling Simmons.
Simmons then tells Coulson about Gill, that he must have some kind of powers, and hypothesizes about the storm machine being struck by lightning. She has no solid info because she is being kept sequestered.
"You need to make friends Jemma," said Coulson
"I can't be like Ward," replied Jemma
"And you don't need to, you have your brain that will help you with that. Whitehall likes intelligent scientist and I know how good you are, all you have to do is show your brilliance to them" Coulson replied
"I understand director! Is everyone in the base ok?" asks Jemma
"As you know due to Ward, Fitz stopped stumbling with words, his hand isn't fully healed yet but given time it would be better," Coulson said after which he left Jemma's home.
On the way to the base Coulson think of the reason Hydra is looking for Gill and could only think of a single reason that was to recruit him.
As he entered the Playground, he called the team for a debriefing.
"Call Fitz and Ward as well, there attendance will be needed for this one"