This is the cat that killed the rat
Chapters 15: This is the cat that killed the rat
She could not breathe a weight fell on her chest like she was being crushed and something warm and sticky slid down her chin. A voice shouted above her, and she could see a light flashing in front of her eyes, “May!” a buzz rang in her ear and the voice shouted again. Everything felt blurry and color blurred together.
“May! Get up, get up may!” Louder this time and her head felt like a beating drum banging against her skull, Jemma, it was Jemma leaning over her a concerned look on her face and something else she could see another emotion one that Jemma was hiding.
“What happened? Why did the building come crashing down? Was it the red skull?” she asked her voice groggy and sluggish.
“No, it was…” Jemma hesitated, breaking off and not wanting to finish her thoughts.
“What? What aren’t you telling me?” Sitting up May felt sick and with the urge to vomit.
“May, you shouldn’t be—”
“Jemma!”
“Hes gone May, hes—” Jemma did not need to finish the sentence May already knew, Coulson was dead.
“The red skull” she hissed her blood boiling with vengeance.
“No May, it was Daisy”
Elena felt a hand on her shoulder she was glad that Mack had not touched her arms that he knew she needed to feel his touch. “Hey yoyo” she smiled at the nickname
“Did we screw it up more by coming here Mack?” she needed to know she needed the reassurance.
“If you hadn’t the world would have been doomed anyway and we would all be dead and then you and I would never have even met. I don’t think that is such a bad thing.” He said rubbing her shoulder.
“And what if we made it worse? The red skull is running around and that is on us. And now Coulson is gone shot and killed by daisy who was brought back to life by Bruce and has some blood lust or vengeance I do not know what. But whatever Robbie brought back it was not daisy. She would not have shot Coulson. This was a mistake everything we did just made it worse and your telling me this wasn’t a bad thing!”
Mack’s warm hands grabbed her face and he pressed his forehead to hers and then lightly he pressed his lips to hers soft and gentle. She could not remember the last time anyone had kissed her. Fighting her whole life, she had never had time there had been a few flings here and there, but the feeling of Mack’s lips against hers sent a swarm of nausea to her belly. Her whole-body tingling with nerve endings. This was not like other kisses; this was something more and she never wanted it to end.
“So, whats the plan exactly? Sneak in to hydra? killing Garrett? Do you even need me here?” Loki asked by her right side, “Or were you just hoping to storm the castle and hope for the best.”
“That’s the plan” she muttered flexing her bruised arms.
“You look like you just died and now you want to take on an entire base?”
“No, I want to bring it crashing to the ground, but if your way works too.” She said annoyed glancing at her partner in crime from the corner of her eye.
“And what happens when you fail?”
“I’m not going to fail. Do you have any idea what I can do?”
“No mortal I’m very sure you capable I just don’t think you are in your condition.” Huffing out an annoyed sigh she glared at him.
“Then why don’t you do your godly power and kill all of them inside”
“I would but I think I’m a little rusty from being incarcerated for so long” Growling she shoved past him and headed towards the building.
“I don’t have time for this” Holding her hand out towards the door she released a concussive blast blowing the doors cleaning off their hinges.
“Sorry boys am I interrupting?” she asked before blasting the hydra agents off their feet.
“Oh, don’t mind me” Loki said strolling in leaning his back against the wall, “I’m just here for observation and to make sure she doesn’t kill herself. Carry on with your daily program of evil. I love your work I really do” he quipped.
Rolling her eyes, she glared at the god, “Do you always talk this much? No wonder people find you annoying.
“Maybe they are just jealous.”
“Yea that’s not it” She muttered throwing a punching to one of the men grabbing his arm she twisted and then moved her body under his arm effectively ripping it from its socket. While still holding the mans arm painful she swung out behind her kicking one of the men in the chest and flipped the man whose arm she still held over her head.
And as the last man fell, she heard clapping behind her, “Impressive, very impressive. It seems you are not totally useless without your powers”
“Says the guy who didn’t help at all. What are you doing here exactly? Is it to watch? Do you get some sick pleasure from watching me beat people up?”
“I’m just ensuring you keep your promise, nothing more.” Biting her tongue before she could say more and regret it, she headed down the hall taking out hydra agents as she saw them. They were nothing the real man she wanted dead was somewhere in this building and she was going to find him stepping through one of the doors red lights began to flare.
“What the?” A glass panel fell behind her blocking the way she came turning towards the front another glass panel fell in front of her cutting off her passage. Looking around she held her hand out to quake the glass when smoke began to fill the container looking behind her, she noticed that Loki was gone. The bastard had ditched her.
Trying to focus on quaking the glass she fell to her knees suddenly exhausted, “Well look what we have here?” A voice said as footsteps echoed down the hall Garrett stood on the other side of the glance grinning smugly down at her.
" Did you really think it would be so easy to get to me. You see I led you here. I let you get this far. I let you believe that you were the cat when in fact you were the rat. I outsmarted you and I knew you would come. I never forget a look of hatred and you wear it oh so well"
“You bastard, “She hissed, “I’ll kill you” The words came out slurred and she collapsed on the ground her mind slipping into a week fog.
“Oh no miss Johnson I don’t think you’ll be doing anything for a while. Have a pleasant dream” his words faded away into mush and then eventually so did everything else until she faded to black.