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"I do too buddy, I do too"

" Skye is different now. She—she can make the room shake. Like an earthquake. She can create them. But she was scared and the way Simmons was acting—the way they were all acting." Fitz lets go of an angry growl. "She's sleeping on the bus. She doesn't want to hurt anyone. So, she locked herself in the cage. But they're all hurting her with the crap they're saying." Fitz is rambling

"She shot herself with an icer because she couldn't control it so Lady Sif said Skye could stay but nobody is focusing on that. On the fact that she—she um…iced herself. She's Skye. She would never hurt us and the way they're talking about her. They way they talk about her now. It's like it's not even Skye anymore." Fitz is still rambling and I'm going to interrupt him but it's at this precise moment that I realize he's not mumbling as much. He sounds more like the old Fitz.

"Fitz, once again this isn't your fault buddy just be there for Skye and be a friend she could talk with and isn't afraid of, I'm sure that will be enough to make Skye relaxTell her that you know who she is and that you know she would never hurt you. Reassure her. Tell her that you know who she is and no matter what happens that will never change. She might have changed internally but she will always be Skye. Tell her not to hold that inside or hate herself for it. She is strong. This won't change her at least not for the worst. It might be for the better. Screw everyone else, Fitz. If they can't or won't be there for her, then you do it." By the end of my speech, I started to calm down remembering the others were scared of Skye and didn't really hated her.

"Yea. Yea. I can do that." Fitz sounds calmer. "What about you? What powers did you get?"

"Me! Well I will tell you but don't you tell anyone else okay" I joked

"Yeah I promise!" Fitz replied seriously

"Well, I haven't found if what I learnt is all there is to it but I am a rubber human now"

"What!?" Fitz exclaimed and I couldn't help but laugh harassing the surprise in his voice.

After talking with Fitz I knew that I had to find the doctor who can help Kara fast otherwise, I will lose my chance to do that for her.

I hang up the phone and make my way back out of the room.

Kara raises an eyebrow at me but doesn't ask about the call.

"We have to move. Maybe tomorrow. We've been here too long. Someone might come to check the place out. I don't want Hydra finding us." She doesn't look up from what she's cooking.

"You don't want them to find us. Why not?"

"I told you. I'm not loyal to Hydra. I want to be free and live my life." She grabs two plates and starts serving us.

"Fine. I'll be ready to leave by morning. We're going to need a new car." I sit and she nods her agreement.

She looks like she wants to say something but hesitates.

"What is it, Kara?"

She clears her throat and looks to me. "One of the men that created this…." She gestures to her face, "he's going to be near hear tomorrow. I wanted to see if you could help me convince him to take it off."

I know what she means by help and I am happy that she is taking the initiative, having someone else's face and having to look at it every day. Her mind is so fried with what Whitehall did and that face doesn't help.

"We're partners, aren't we?" I smile and hers is slow but matches mine.

"Great. Let's get some sleep."

I don't have much, some shirts, a couple of pants and a few gadgets. I'd stored all my emergency cash at various locations before I'd joined Whitehall. I'd have to stop by and grab some to help us along.

The next morning, Kara and I were on our way in the early morning hours. She dumped the car and stole one. We drove it a state over and stole some plates to swap them out. I keep looking at my phone and I'm getting anxious because neither Fitz or Hunter have called me.

We stop at another safe house and we get down to business. I ask Kara about who we're meeting and what he did for Hydra.

She tells me that we're not actually meeting him but knows where he's going to be. I know what she was talking about but had to play oblivious, so I go along with her plan.

It goes smoothly. She knew the place he'd be and it doesn't take much to convince him to help. The only down side is that she's stuck with the mask on her face. She can now change it but she can't see her own face underneath it.

It takes a long time but I convince her to let him go without killing him and I make sure he knows not to say anything to anybody about what's happened. He thinks I'll kill him if he says anything.

"Hey, It's not that bad." I try to cheer her up because she's been looking at magazines for hours and has been changing her face every couple of minutes.

"I want to be me!" She cries.

"I know. I'm sorry. I know." I think about what to say or do. "Look, maybe...maybe I can contact my friends from SHIELD. Maybe he can get in and get a picture of you. Maybe he can get us your file and he is good ta these things so when you are ready we can see if he can't completely remove that mask"

She turns to me quickly with an excited look on her face. "Do you think it's possible?"

I smile at the excitement and happiness on her face. I nod, "Yea, it is"

It doesn't take long for me to get Kara's file as my ID is usable and I had it to Kara.

I curse when I see a message from Fitz. "Ward, I'm sorry. I've been looking for Hunter. I can't find him. And when I asked Coulson, he says Mack told him that Hunter took off. And now, I can't find Coulson."

"Dammit." 'Looks like those two are still going with their plans of betraying Coulson even after trip is alive' I hang up and call Coulson. He doesn't answer. I call Fitz to atleast warn him.

Fitz answers right away, "Ward, hey. I can't find Hunter. I asked Bobbi and Mack and both of them say Hunter ditched us and that he may not be coming back soon. Do you know what's going on?"