Chapter 5
SHIELD 616
Somewhere over the northeastern United States
Nov. 30th, 2013
”Skye!”
The woman in question looked up from her computer to see Coulson standing in the doorway, looking worried.
”What’s up AC? Something happen?”
”Agent Sitwell wants to talk to you about the incident at the Hub. We’re headed there now. Just... just tell the truth, say you were worried about your team, stuff like that.”
Skye smiled.
”Worry not, AC, Agent S is gonna love me.”
The Hub
Location Classified
Dec. 1st, 2013
“Agent Johnson. Welcome back.”
The young woman shook out her hair, sighing.
”Ahh. Feels good to drop the charade. What can I do for you, Tony?”
Anthony Edward Stark smirked.
”You know that pretty young scientist on your plane? Simmons?”
”Yeah, what about her?”
”We need some more minds like hers on our side, and I think I’ve got just the way to do it, but I will need to get her away from the team.”
”Well, we’re currently chasing Garrett’s little program, so I can arrange for them to kidnap her to ‘help them out’, but you’ll only have 4-5 weeks maximum.”
”5 weeks is all I need.”
Centipede Experimentation Facility
30 km outside Cairo, Egypt
Dec. 11th, 2013
Jemma had been here for 5 days now, eating, sleeping, and watching movies provided for her. She had to say, they were certainly treating her well for a group of international terrorists. She had been doing a lot of thinking over the past few days. Surely Coulson was coming for her. Fitz would have devised some brilliant device to find her, it would only be a few more days...
Little did Jemma know that every movie she watched was filled with HYDRA subliminal messaging. Every night, as she slept, tapes played, telling her that HYDRA was good, HYDRA was right, they only wanted the best for the world. Day after day, this began to take its toll. By the end, when they finally arrived to rescue her, she was firmly indoctrinated. Skye entered her cell first, and Jemma stood.
Skye cocked her head.
”Hail Hydra.”
Simmons response was heartfelt and sincere, fire in her eyes.
”Hail Hydra.”
Skye smirked.
”The conditioning really did work. Tony’s a genius.” She put her hand to her ear. “Coulson, May, I found her, she’s a bit roughed up, but okay.”
She then turned to Jemma. “The story is that they wanted you to help them solve their stability problem but you refused, so they beat you. Sorry about this.”
That was the last thing Jemma Simmons heard before Skye’s fist collided with the side of her head.