Everything is changing…

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"The secret is out…"

-Skye, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The Bracelet

She had seen Miles put the bracelet on.

Coulson said, "My office." My heart fell. I might as well have jumped out of the plane at altitude.

Miles was right. I had changed, I wished I was better, but it is still for the good. He certainly isn't who I thought he was. To sell us out, destroy everything, if there ever was really anything there. Just a wishful dream that wasn't real.

I thought it would matter. I wanted it to matter. But when I saw Ward and May I said I was going to Coulson's office they really did not move. I'd never heard them say they were off the clock. Ward hated me. I could understand, but I still did not want it. It wasn't right, even though I said so. It hurt down deep.

"I didn't want anything…" I did not get a chance. Well I still didn't want anything bad to happen to the team. They were…what my only family and I had just walked out on them. What happened to Agent Chen was devastating.

Who would have thought he would go to the heart of the matter. Of course, I was hiding it. It was the only thing I had left. I showed him. Coulson thought it was what I had on them. That couldn't be further from the truth. It was all I had on me.

I was admitted to St. Agnes back in 1989 just a month or two after I was born. April 23rd was now my birth date, but I really did not know when it was. Then the other papers, I had memorized, even a receipt found two years ago. But there were no faces and no names.

I was adamant with him. There was nothing, no records, and no trace of them. My life long search as lead to a single document, my admission to St. Agnes and it's redacted. He was right, redacted by S.H.I.E.L.D. It did not matter. I'll never stop looking. And I know the possibilities, I've thought of them so many times. The pain has been there and may not go away.

And then the hint that my AC was there, "Maybe I can help."

He gave me the box. And walked out.

I was beyond devastated. But maybe, maybe there was hope.

A/N Hey, another short one after the show. Come join us and post some stories. Reviews appreciated.