Chapter Twenty Five (The Curtain Falls)

FINAL CHAPTER

"What do we do now?" Coulson repeated, looking at his team. "Well, we call for SHIELD backup to get us out of here and to search this base. We have to find a way to call SHIELD."

Skye noticed a small device lying by the Clairvoyant's dead body. She went over and picked it up, "Hey, AC, it's a phone. He had it on him." She tossed it to Coulson who in return tossed it to May.

"May, try to get SHIELD on the line and get somebody to get us the hell out of here."

May nodded and walked off to call SHIELD.
Ward looked to the dead Clairvoyant, "You know, we never figured out who exactly this guy was."

"Yeah," Fitz agreed. "We never did."

"Well let's find out." Coulson walked over and ripped the mask from the dead man's face. A pale, scar-stricken, skinny face lay behind the mask. The man had shaggy brown hair and it looked as though he had been extremely sick.

"I don't know who that is." Ward stated.

Simmons took a closer look, "It looks like he was very sick possibly." she said. "And not very strong."

"So are you saying the 'Clairvoyant' was just a sick, dying man trying to prolong his life?" Fitz asked.

"Probably. And he just went delusional trying to cure himself. Probably thought that this whole Centipede thing was a way to heal him, and then he found Skye. Thought that Skye would be the end to all of his pain." Coulson guessed. "And he just took it way too far."

"But how did he know all that stuff?" Skye asked. "Was he really clairvoyant or just a fraud?"

"I guess that we will never figure that out."

May came back up and tossed Coulson the phone, "I was able to get a hold of Hill. She's sending three teams. One to get us out of here, and two to search this place thoroughly. They'll bring us to the closest SHIELD base and then we'll get the Bus from there."

"Good." Coulson replied. "The sooner we get out of here, the better."

"I thought that this was a SHIELD base." Fitz said.

"It was." Ward stated. "Until Centipede took it over and captured us. SHIELD probably thought that it was a lost cause and didn't think that anybody survived. But we're probably the only survivors from this. Well, there could be more."

"At least that this is all over. Centipede should be gone without their precious leader. And the Clairvoyant threat is gone." Coulson said. "We'll probably still have to deal with bigger threats than this in the future, but hopefully we can get through them like we did with this. And luckily no one got hurt."

"Uh, you forgot that I got shot in the back and almost died and you got shot in the arm. Not to mention that Skye got brutally tortured." Ward stated.

"Hey, I saved you from that!" Skye teased.

"But no one died!" Coulson butted in.

The roar of three SHIELD jets cut them off and the team sighed in relief at the sight of them. They distantly landed and a few minutes later the three teams appeared led by Maria Hill herself.

"Coulson." she said when she reached them.

"Hill." Coulson responded.

Hill looked around, "Are you the only ones left here?" she asked.

"We don't know."

She turned to one team, "Search the area for any possible survivors." She turned to the other and pointed to the dead Clairvoyant's body, "And you take care of him." She turned back to Coulson, "And this team here will get you back to the Washington DC base, where you will get debriefed and checked for any medical problems. Then you can go from there. Also your plane is there."

Coulson nodded, "Thank you, Hill."

"No problem."

The one SHIELD team led the team to the jet. The threat known as the Clairvoyant had been extinguished and the team was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

As they boarded the jet, they knew that their journey was really just beginning. More threats will come out of the shadows, even bigger ones than the Clairvoyant himself. They will just have to figure out a way to save the day.

-END-

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