Chloe's POV

Day 124

As the days went by, Beca and I started going back to how we were before, granted with some changes due to the fact that she was very much still apart of Hydra. Bumper was no longer in charge of my beating sessions, which I was grateful for since he was starting to get a bit carried away. Beca always had to remind him that he wasn't supposed to kill me since I was still of value to them.

"Remember that time when you didn't see me for three weeks?" Beca asked me out of nowhere.

"Yea, why?"

"You thought I was mad at you or something 'cause I rarely replied to your messages or calls..."

"I thought you hated me or I did something to upset you since it was so random." I sighed. She shook her head.

"You never did anything bad, in fact, I was happy to call you my best friend." We smiled at each other before she looked at her hands. "But I was missing because I had done something to upset my parents and they took turns 'teaching me respect'. By the end of it, none of us remembered the reasoning for the punishment." she whispered. I tried to reach out to her, but she pulled away.

"Why didn't you ever tell me?" I whispered.

"Who would ever believe that two of the most respected agents were abusing their children?" she scoffed. "It was my word against theirs."

"I would've believed you." I smiled at her and she smiled back. The silence between us was strange. We were both still on edge around the other, but we still enjoyed the other's company. It was conflicting. Suddenly the door was kicked in, Beca immediately became rigid as her sister walked in, and I just glared at her.

"How nice, the lovebirds are getting along again." Rachel hissed at us.

"What do you want?" Beca snapped at her. She crossed her arms.

"Now, now Becs, that's no way to treat your elders." she slapped Beca then grabbed her by the collar. "Maybe I should teach you some respect just like I used to in our youth. How does that sound?" I stood up from my seat with so much force my chair fell over. She smirked before letting go of Beca and fixed her clothes.

"So, why are you here?" Beca whispered.

"The superiors want to talk to you about your request." she stated before walking out. Beca reached out for the tablet, walked over the line that indicated where the wall is, and turned to me.

"Well, I better get going. I have to talk to the bosses now." she said.

"Can I ask, what's your request that you have to talk to the people in charge about?" I asked. she sighed then gave me a small smile.

"I asked for time off. Which means a replacement to work with you, though I already have someone in mind." I felt my heart stop at the idea of dealing with someone new.

"What about Jesse or Benji?!" I was panicking.

"They're already on vacation and unless it's a legitimate emergency, we're not gonna contact them for this. Sorry Chlo." she shrugged.

"Well, do I know this person?" She shook her head.

"I doubt it. I mean, she did have one hell of a reputation in SHIELD, but I doubt you personally know her. But we'll talk about this next time, alright?" she sighed.

"Can I at least get a name?" I asked frantically.

"Bobbi Morse."

Day 128

I was sitting on my bed playing with my hands still trying to digest the new information Beca gave me a few days ago about possibly having to deal with a new person, and none other than the Bobbi Morse. She was one of the most well known SHIELD agents, so first I had to let the idea of her being a Hydra agent sink in. Long story short: I was terrified. She was the type of agent who'd do whatever it took to get things done. Period.

I jumped when the wall disappeared to reveal Beca smiling at me.

"You okay?" She asked.

"Honestly? No. Why do you want Agent Morse to work with me?" I whispered. Beca rolled her eyes.

"She's not as bad as you'd think." she replied. "Anyway, you remember that Paris mission we went on two years ago?" I nodded. "What a night that was, right?"

Beca and I were overlooking the view of the roof of the abandoned safe house that we found. Granted, our mission was to retrieve another alien artifact, but we thought why not stay for a day or two more? HQ didn't need us to return right away since the artifact wasn't extremely dangerous. I looked at the brunette. The moonlight along with the glow of the city below perfectly complimented her features.

My eyes soon landed on her lips causing me to lick my own. Our relationship was always complicated, more on her part than mine. I knew how I felt, but she always had excuses as to why it was better for us to stay friends than anything else. Sure there was the occasional relapse where we'd break our resolve and give in to each other's desire, but nothing more. She turned to me and smiled.

"You know it's rude to stare." she smirked. I leaned in.

"I only stare at the most beautiful person in the room." I winked at her.

"Clearly you haven't looked in the mirror then, cause you're gorgeous compared to me." she looked away and I took advantage of this by leaning close to her ear.

"Becs, you are stunning." I whispered which caused her to shudder.

"Chloe..." she warned. "We've been through this..." I sighed, took a few steps away from her, and crossed my arms, hurt.

"Maybe we should just head back." I muttered.

"C'mon Chlo, we don't know when we'll have another mission together. We should take advantage of it." she smiled at me. I shook my head.

"I'm getting tired of this, Beca." I whispered loud enough for her to hear. She reached out to me, but I stepped out of her reach.

"Chloe..."

"It's starting to physically hurt me. Especially since I feel like you're doing it on purpose." I confessed.

"I'm not doing it on purpose. Why would you think that?" I could hear the irritated tone in her voice.

"Cause every single time I feel like I'm starting to get over you, that's when you show that you may return my feelings for you!" I half yelled. "It's like the moment you notice me having an interest in someone else, you stomp on those feelings by doing something like kissing me. Sometimes I wonder if your feelings are even genuine or you just enjoy having someone idolize you the way I do!" I started blinking back the tears that threatened to escape.

"Chloe, you know that's not true." she said softly. "I lo- I care a lot about you, it's just, if we weren't here with SHIELD, then I'd give us a chance." I shook my head.

"You can't even say it properly!" I looked over at the city as an idea, albeit a stupid one, came into mind. I started climbing on the edge and stood there just trying to balance. The building wasn't too tall, four stories, but what I was doing was extremely reckless.

"Chloe Beale, what on Earth are you doing? Get down from there!" Beca yelled frantically.

"Not til you say it." I whispered. "If you can't, then I'll jump."

"Dude, are you insane?! Get down now!" I heard Beca take a few steps towards me, but I pulled out my gun and pointed it at her which caused her to stop dead in her tracks. "Chloe, please, don't." she sounded so small. We stayed like that for ten minutes. I laughed cynically.

"At least I now know how you feel." I muttered as I closed my eyes. I felt her grab my waist and pull me forward.

"I'm in love with you, you stupid idiot! Why else do you think I'm afraid of us becoming more than just friend? I'm afraid that one day you'll go on a mission and never come back." she was crying from what I could tell. "You're my best friend, the first friend I ever made, did you really think I'd let you off yourself when I'm already afraid of losing you, you bitch!" she started sobbing into my chest. I let my tears flow as well knowing I couldn't hold them back anymore. After some time, I forced her to look at me, cupped her face, and gently pressed my lips onto hers. She snaked her arm around my neck as she deepened the kiss. Before it could go any further, I pulled away.

"Maybe we should continue this inside." I suggested. She nodded, got off of me, then helped me up. One thing led to another and next thing I knew, I was slamming her into the wall of an office as I kept nipping at her neck with the occasional bite. Her hands were tangled in my red hair as soft moans kept escaping her now swollen lips.

"Chlo..." she gasped as one of my hands slipped under her shirt and cupped her breast.

"Yea, baby?" I whispered huskily in ear then lightly bit her earlobe. Suddenly she pushed me away and slammed me into the wall causing me to yelp.

"Clothes off. Now!" she demanded. As we started slipping off our shirts, I hit a frame that was hanging on the wall, which caused it to fall.

"What the-?" I asked when I noticed the panel the frame was hiding. Beca growled, trying to pull me into another kiss, but I pushed her off.

"You're killing me, Chlo!" she grumbled. I shrugged it off as I stepped closer to the panel.

"What do you think this is for?" I asked as I pressed a button and saw the little screen come to life.

"Does that really matter now?" she was clearly irritated, but my curiosity was trumping my arousal.

"C'mon Becs, don't you think it'd be fun to check it out? This is an old SHIELD base anyways, there could be something awesome here." I grinned at her.

"Or we could do something that could be just as, if not more, fun." she started kissing my neck, but I shrugged her off.

"Beca!" I pouted at her. She crossed her arms and glared at me, but soon gave in.

"Fine!" I hugged her. "Cheater." she mumbled. I rolled my eyes as I pulled out a device that figured out the code in a matter of moments. Once I entered the code, the wall opened up to reveal an elevator. We stepped in and pressed the button. Once we reached a stop, the doors opened to a large storage facility.

"Whoa." I started walking through the aisles of crates and boxes with Beca trailing me.

"Hey, Chloe, look at this." I heard Beca call out. I looked over her shoulder to see a lone crate on a shelf. "It's an 0-8-4. What is it doing here?"

"Who knows, but it would explain why the elevator was hidden. Maybe we should head back up." I suggested. Beca smirked.

"So we can continue what you started?" she winked at me.

"Perhaps."

"We never did find out what that 0-8-4 was." I commented. "But it had to have been there for a while. Heck, it's so old, it had the SSR logo on it." Beca nodded.

"Well, my work here is done." she stated. "Thank you for your cooperation Miss Beale." she said coldly.

"Beca?" I whispered. She turned to me and gave me a sadistic smile.

"Did you really fall for that?" she scoffed. My eyes widened at how foolish I was. It was all an act. There was laughter coming from behind Beca. We looked to see a woman with black hair and gray eyes, whom I immediately recognized as Agent Lexie Thompson.

"Well done Mitchell. You had her eating out of the palm of your hand!" she slapped Beca on the back. "And as for you, Chloe Beale, how does that saying go again? 'Fool me once: shame on you. Fool me twice: shame on me.' Shame on you indeed." she smirked.

"Well, have fun Thompson." Beca said as she started walking out.

"Have fun your vacation, you lucky bitch." Lexie called out. Once the door closed, Lexie looked at me.

"Are you ready to work for Hydra?" she asked.

"Never."

"Then we'll make you comply."

"What exactly does that mean?" I barked at her.

"We wipe your memory and brainwash you. It's as simple as that." I looked at her horrified. "Look at it this way, you'll forget all those bad memories you have of Mitchell and start over again."

"You're crazy if you think I still want anything to do with her after the shit she just pulled on me."

"She genuinely did like you, just like she told you that night on the roof in Paris." she said softly before activating the wall, leaving me confused.