Chapter 67: Chapter 67 - Mission In Bahrain
Making their way through Manama, Bahrain, in their black SUVs, or at least what Lily assumed to be black SUVs, they quickly arrived at a back alley street surrounded by multi-stored stone buildings and very few people around.
Coming to a stop, the Agent that was in charge of the mission introduced Phil, May, and by extension, Lily to someone that was waiting for them to arrive there.
"Faisal Ahmed, may I introduce Agent Coulson and May."
He didn't introduce Lily as information about her was primarily classified, meaning no one outside of S.H.I.E.L.D. should even know her name and those inside of it knew very little.
"Faisal is with Bahrain national security."
He said as he finished the introduction, Phil speaking up in response.
"Pleasure Sir. Your people have been tracking her?"
"Yes, we followed Miss Belyakov to a cafe in this market. This is a very dangerous place filled with black-market importers and thieves. Not a place for tourists."
Explained the man to Agent Phil as they walked towards the beginning of the marketplace, pointing out the layout of the street.
"So she didn't come for Falafel."
Phil said as a joke, as he turned towards Agent May to his side and said.
"She could be meeting with anyone."
May nodded in response but didn't say anything as Faisal spoke again.
"Whatever she wants is not good. Unless she leaves with you, our military will take her."
Hearing that, the Agent in charge of the operation spoke to Phil.
"This is our window. Fury will have our assess if an index candidate ends up in government hands."
"Ok, we'll make this work."
Phil responded with his decision as he spoke to Faisal and the Agents.
With that said, everyone began to move; four Agents spread out and made their way to crucial points of the street, standing guard in case something tried to interfere with the mission.
May stood to the girl's side just out of view, watching Phil as he approached her. Lily stood beside her as she waited for her time to act.
Phil approached the blond-haired woman that sat alone at a table drinking something from a small glass and spoke, drawing her attention to him.
"Hello, may I?"
He asked the woman, who obliged and allowed the man to take the seat opposite of her.
Stopping what she was doing, she paid attention to the man with no obvious sign of hostility or wariness on her face.
"My name is Phil Coulson, and I'm here to help."
Phil said as he took the seat, looking over at the woman. He was now preparing to give the classic speech about how they want to help you, so you should help them, and all that.
Lily heard it before and knew it was just a load of shit.
At least from S.H.I.E.L.D.
Phil probably meant it; S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't care.
"My group specializes in helping people like you who have gifts."
Phil explained to her, trying to gain some trust from the woman.
"And why should I trust you?"
The woman spoke, her Russian accent thick even as she spoke in perfect English.
"Because I could take you somewhere safe. I know you've been on the run, but S.H.I.E.L.D. can protect you."
As Phil spoke, I temporarily shifted my gaze from him to May as she looked around the street.
A young girl with hazel brown hair, no older than ten years old, ran along the streets of the place, playing around with the locals and having fun.
Lily could see the smile on May's face as she looked at the little girl, and she understood why as she knew about May's hopes for the future and her desire to have a child of her own.
On the other hand, Lily knew who that girl was right away from the clips she had seen of the series, being a significant character in the history of the Calvary, Aka May.
Katya Belyakov, her mother, was the woman that Phil was currently trying to convince to join them, and she was an Inhuman with a very dangerous ability.
An ability that Lily wanted.
As Lily watched the girl walk along the street, three men suddenly approached from the other end of the road, the same direction that the girl was walking in.
"Local's incoming. Gun. Blue shirt."
May said as she made the report to all the Agents on standby, putting them on alert in case the men interfered with the mission.
Phil tried to get the woman to move from the location to somewhere safer, but she rejected the offer as she turned to the side and saw the men there being stopped by another Agent.
"These men can't help you. Let's talk somewhere calmer. What is it you're looking for?"
"Pain."
She said as she stood up suddenly and flicked the table, yet with her superhuman strength, the little flick was enough to send the table flying across the street.
Thanks to Phil's training, he was able to quickly move to the side and avoid the table from hitting him, as it was never intended to hit him in the first place.
But the crashing of the table into the wall on the other side of the street caused the men that were being stopped by the other Agent to get agitated and draw their weapons.
The Agents had to come out of hiding and take out their guns as well, aiming them at the men as a standoff began.
"Easy, take it easy now. Drop your weapons!"
Commanded the Agents as they kept their guns trained on the men.
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Chapter 68: Chapter 68 - An Unknown Variable
The two parties had their guns aimed at each other, the other unrelated people in the area making a run for it into the buildings around them— most notably the large structure at the far end of the street that had seemingly been abandoned.
To those who were unaware, this may seem like simple bystander chaos and panic to get away, but from the information Lily had about the abilities of the girl, this was actually all part of her controlled plan.
Her plan was to make it seem like the chaos was outside of the control of herself and her mother so that her mother could safely slip away.
And like clockwork, the girl came running down the street. Swiftly, one of the gunmen grabbed her, gun pressed against her temple, wielding her as a bargaining chip and as a shield against the Agents.
"Stand back or she gets it!"
The man yelled aloud as he made his demands; his English wasn't the best, but the weapon in his hand aimed at the head of the young girl made that obsolete.
The Agents hesitated on what to do because of the sudden hostage situation. Agent May stepped forward when the situation had reached a tension that could break at any moment.
A mix of emotions guided her decision-making.
Despite the turmoil within her, her call was measured and rational, rooted in the dire need to defuse the situation before it spiraled into a deadly confrontation.
"Lower your weapons, everyone."
She ordered the Agents to lower their weapons, trying to defuse the situation so a gunfight doesn't begin in the middle of the alley, or worse yet, an innocent child gets killed because of it.
As far as she was aware, that is.
During this chaotic situation, their original target for the mission, Belyakov, slipped away into the back building alongside the crowd of people, going undetected by the Agents because of their shifted focus.
But Lily wasn't worried about the gunmen to begin with, allowing her to keep a keen eye on the situation around her, with unhindered limitations, making note of the movement of each of the key figures of this interaction.
Her scrutiny was focused on Agent May, the elusive Belyakov, and the little girl that was currently the cause of this messy showdown. Each of them played an important part in the scene from what she remembers, and each of them would play a part in her scene.
The tension slowly shifted as the Agents did what May had commanded them to do, lowering their weapons, and thanks to this, the Gunmen were able to quickly lip into an abandoned building behind them, keeping the little girl as a hostage for their plans.
Or so it seemed.
"What now?"
Belyakov had gotten away during the showdown, and now they were left with a hostage situation that May felt her responsibility to solve. Plus, Belyakov was also inside that abandoned building, and they needed her.
"Should I attempt to go in?"
Lily offered as Coulson and May gathered together to discuss the next course of action. Going it would be very easy; with her shown capabilities, they would not be able to stop her.
"No, I know you can deal with them, but they have hostages. If they were to feel threatened by you, they may harm the hostages, or they may get hurt in the crossfire."
Coulson explained to Lily as he turned to May.
"The best course of action would be a strike force that is swift and silent, get in and eliminate them before they have a chance to notice they are being attacked."
They called in the Calvery, troops armed in heavy armor, guns, and dark vision, specializing in missions just like this. They would be the ones going in and killing the people, or rather, that's what Coulson and May hoped would happen.
In reality, Lily already knew this would fail, but that was exactly what she wanted because after they went in and failed, May would go in, and she could slip in alongside May.
As Lily was about to speak, something completely unexpected happened. It was something that Lily couldn't have possibly seen coming, as it was not supposed to happen to begin with.
Everyone around her froze; no, it was just the people, but everything froze; the wind and air stopped flowing, the sky stopped changing, the earth stopped moving, and everything stood completely and utterly still.
Everything but Lily.
And that's when it happened: a figure appeared before her.
She momentarily panicked as she felt her connection to the rest of the Hive suddenly cut off; she was alone, something she hadn't been since arriving in this world.
It felt empty, she felt incomplete once more, like how she was before coming here.
But she had been in this world long enough to know panicking wasn't the answer; she shifted her view to the figure that had appeared, a blinding light overtaking her eyes as the figure simply stood there.
He was seemingly a being made out of pure light; hell, he wasn't even the gender of the being. It was simply the gender Lily assigned to the being to try and get a grip on this situation.
One thought came to her mind when she saw the figure before her.
'Run.'
It was a deep, ingrained feeling, one that all prey and predators would have, a feeling driven by pure instincts to survive. Fighting the being before her was absolutely impossible; she would die.
No, she wouldn't even have the chance to try and fight the being; she would be erased before she could even try to do anything to it.
"Who-"
Lily tried to speak by drawing what little bravery she could from within her, but her words were cut short by the being speaking.
They spoke a single line, but within that line, she could hear other voices saying it as well. It was as if the being was speaking through many beings, or rather, the being was not a single being, to begin with.
"Still young."
As it spoke, the brightness within Lily's vision vanished, and her eyes slowly adjusted, by the time it had returned to her, time had once again resumed.
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