As I sit with my feet propped up on my desk as I sit behind it, and Skye sits in front of me on my left on the other side of my desk as we watch Ward wake up on my computer wall using the security camera's. Ward the goes to far left corner of his cell and begins to do vertical push-ups with his shirt off, before moving onto regular push-ups, then bench presses using the foot of his bed and then finally doing rolling burpees.

"5:30 on the dot every morning. But there's no clock, no light, no way he can know what time it is." I explain to them as I pick up my cup of coffee from my desk with my right hand, and I take a small sip of it.

"You've been watching him?" Skye asks me.

"Every day since he arrived at The Playground." I tell her as Ward puts his shirt back on.

"I don't know how you do it, going down there, talking to him." Skye says to me.

"Sacrifices we make for valuable intel, right?" I ask her as I place my coffee cup down.

"You still angry about Simmons?" Skye asks me, and I turn the computer off.

"She left us, Skye. When Fitz needed her most, she abandoned him. They were like family, like me and you. I would never abandon you like that." I explain to her.

"Same here." Skye smiles at me just before an alarm begins to blare in throughout the building, and a warning S.H.I.E.L.D. symbol flashes red on my wall computer.

"What's happening?" Skye asks me confused.

"I don't know." I tell her as I turn the alarm off in my room before I stand up "Let's go find out." I tell her before we both head to the lounge room where Trip is watching the television, the news is on and the news lady is saying there has been an attack on the U.N.... By S.H.I.E.L.D.?

"An attack today of the U.N. left six dead and dozens injured. Among the injured, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s biggest opponent, U.S. air force Brigadier General Glenn Talbot." The Newscaster reports just as Coulson walks in.

"Sir, this wasn't us, was it?" I ask him confused.

"No, this is H.Y.D.R.A. looking for revenge. Best guess... Daniel Whitehall had his people impersonate S.H.I.E.L.D. to put the world's attention back on us." Coulson tells us as he heads to the kitchen and reaches for a coffee cup.

"So much for staying in the shadows." Skye says.

"Somebody bring this from home?" Coulson asks us as he holds up a cup with the image of the angry cat on it, and we all look at it confused "I want you three scouring government channels, see what we're up against." He tells us.

"On it, sir." I state before we all begin to walk away, but Coulson calls myself and Skye, stopping us.

"Lyra, Skye, this means the alien writing..." Coulson trails off.

"... Back burner." I finish for him.

"Just until we get this under control." Coulson tells us, and we walk away.

After scouring some governments channels and finding barely anything, Coulson has called Skye and myself to his office where we are now watching the news where Senator Christian Ward, Ward's older brother, and Belgium Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Julien Beckers is announcing what his plan is about the emergency U.N. session tomorrow.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. is a terrorist organization, and they should be treated as such." Senator Ward states.

"Is that what you plan to speak about at the U.N.'s emergency session tomorrow?" The Newscaster asks him.

"What I plan to do is lay out a proposal for a multi-national police force that will target those suspected of ties with S.H.I.E.L.D. Using any and all means necessary." Senator Ward explains.

"Anyone suspected of ties? And who determines that? Belgium will never accept this proposal. It destroys the very idea of citizens' rights." Minister Beckers explains.

"Mr. Beckers, if you want to welcome S.H.I.E.L.D. at your borders with open arms, be my guest, but this infestation needs to be exterminated." Senator Ward explains.

"Guess being a douche-bag runs in the family." Skye comments.

"Are you surprised?" Coulson asks us as he walks around his desk.

"Ward's brother never cared about S.H.I.E.L.D. before." Skye states.

"Not openly, but Hunter said that Talbot was working with a senator who had deep pockets." I explain to them.

"You think it's him?" Coulson asks me.

"I do." I nod accusingly as I pick up a electronic tablet from Coulson's desk with my right hand and make a global map pop up of the few S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives spread over the world appear on the wall computer, turning the news off "Months rebuilding, and this is S.H.I.E.L.D." I state as I put the electronic tablet back on Coulson's desk.

"Few operatives here, not many more out there. If Senator Ward's proposal passes..." Coulson trails off.

"... It'll be a witch-hunt." Skye finishes.

"Every military organization on the planet will have a license to kick our operatives' doors down and shoot them on the spot. I can't let that happen." Coulson explains.

"I'll talk to Ward, see if he has any intel on his brother." I tell them.

"Lyra... Keep the focus on his family, not yours." Coulson tells me.

"Yes, sir." I say to him before I leave.

After arriving at VAULT. D, I stand about five feet from the barrier, and Ward stands about five feet away from the barrier inside the cell.

"We need to talk about your brother." I state.

"Which one?" Ward asks me.

"Your older brother, the Senator." I state.

"Christian. Why? What happened?" Ward says as he paces slightly.

"Just need basic information: Habits, places he frequently visits, stuff like that." I explain to him.

"You need to stay away from him. He's not what he seems. He always has an angle, and if he thinks that you can lead him to me-" Ward tries to say, but I cut him off.

"-This isn't about you." I state.

"Isn't it? Don't you remember what happened at the well, what he made me do? He gets joy from one thing: Hurting people. So, tell me, please. Does he know I'm here?" Ward begs.

"Not how it works, Ward. You answer my questions, remember?" I remind him.

"And I always do. I always tell you the truth, But if Christian knows that I'm here-" Ward tries to say, but I cut him off again.

"-You always tell me the truth?" I ask him.

"Yes." Ward states, and I scoff lightly "I promised you I'd never lie to you, and I haven't. What's this... Really about?" He smiles at me.

"I need information about your brother. People, connections-" I try to say to him, but he cuts me off.

"-Is this about your father? 'Cause I wasn't lying about him. He's alive, and he's-" Ward tries to say, but I cut him off.

"-He's a murderer." My tone grows.

"You found him." Ward smiles at me before an opaque screen turns over, muting and blocking ward. I then look over my left shoulder to see Coulson on the stairs holding an electronic tablet.

"He didn't give us what we needed on his brother." I say to him.

"Trust me. He gave us more than you think. And you're slipping off track, Lyra. Stay on mission." Coulson tells me before he leaves.

As Coulson makes an upfront deal with Senator Ward for trading Ward over for Senator Ward to clear S.H.I.E.L.D.'s name, I enter VAULT. D to talk to Ward.

"You're back." Ward smiles as he stands from his bed "Camera's off. Does Coulson know that-" He tries to say, but I cut him off.

"Coulson's out. He cut us off last time, but now nobody's watching. Just you and me." I tell him as I stand about five feet away from the barrier, and he continues to smile.

"Is Coulson talking to Christian? You can't trust him. He'll smile, bare his soul. It is all manipulation. He is a master at it. Look... I know what I am. But my brother... He's worse. I'm telling you the truth. You see that now, don't you? I never lied about your father. You just didn't give me the chance to tell you-" Ward tries to say, but I cut him off.

"-I know. But I'm giving you the chance now. And I want to know what you have to say." I say to him.

"Your father killed people, yes. But everything he did, Lyra, he did because he loved you and your sister. I can't fault him for that. The people who died in the Hunan province, they weren't all villagers. They were H.Y.D.R.A. agents, too. They'd found you and your mother." Ward explains to me.

"Is my mother alive?" I ask him.

"No. No, they killed her." Ward states, one less person to worry about "But when your father got there, he lost it, tore up the whole village and everyone in it. Whatever he is, he lost his whole family in one day, and he cracked. But now he wants to put that family back together. I can help with that. I can take you and Skye to him." He explains to me.

"Where is he?" I demand.

"I've got connections. People I can talk to will track him-" Ward tries to say, but I cut him off.

"-What connections? What people? Raina's gone." I tell him, and he chuckles lightly.

"I'm resourceful." Ward smiles.

"Then tell me what you know. Is there anything else? Please, Ward?" I ask him as I put on my pleading face.

"No. But we can find him together. I promise you." Ward promises me with a smile.

"Thank you for telling me everything you know, which was what I already knew. It's time we get you out of here." I tell him.

"Really?" Ward asks me surprised.

"Really. You're being transferred, Ward. Your brother wants you in his custody, and we're gonna give him exactly what he wants." I tell him, and a look of fear crosses his face "Good luck... To him." I tell him before I begin to leave.

"Lyra!.. Lyra, please!.." Ward calls as I leave, but ignore him.

After Coulson came back from making the deal with Senator Ward, right now Coulson, myself and Skye are in Coulson Office as Coulson calls May over the landline on speaker.

"I struck a deal with the senator. He'll reverse his anti-S.H.I.E.L.D. proposal in exchange for his brother." Coulson tells May.

"Long time coming. And Lyra?" May asks.

"Nothing I already knew." I state.

"Good. We'll touch down in Belgium soon. Try to get to Beckers before Whitehall's team does." May explains as she is flying The B.U.S. with Hunter and Morse.

"I don't have to remind you that if he's killed, the U.N. will come after us no matter what the senator says or does." Coulson tells her,

"We'll be in touch." May says before she hangs up.

A while later, Coulson has called a meeting in his office with him, myself, Skye, Fitz, Simmons, Triplett and Mack as Simmons explains that Minister Beckers could be working with H.Y.D.R.A. as he is related to Vincent Beckers, previous H.Y.D.R.A. agent. So right now Simmons is explaining what she knows as a picture of both Beckers relatives on the wall computer.

"Vincent Beckers is Julien's grandfather. We believe the H.Y.D.R.A. connection stayed very much alive." Simmons explains before Skye begins to ready from an electronic tablet.

"We found the travel records for Beckers and Whitehall, and-" Skye tries to say, but Triplett cuts her off.

"-They coincided at least 12 times over the past five years." Triplett explains.

"That doesn't make sense." Fitz says confused.

"Yeah, why would H.Y.D.R.A. be targeting one of their own operatives?" Mac asks.

"We've been played." I realise and look to Coulson.

"Get May on the line. They need to reroute to our safe house in Bruges." Coulson tells Triplett, and sits at a table in Coulson's Office before opening a laptop before communicating with May using Morse Code.

"Sir, May's team's on route." Triplett says as Skye pulls a global map of the few S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives spread over the world up on the wall computer, and all of our operatives are heading to Belgium.

"Oh, no. Whitehall didn't just want to turn the world against us. He used Beckers as a prop to make our operatives believe his country would provide safe haven, but it's a trap. They'll be fish in a barrel." Coulson explains.

After May, Hunter and Morse successfully took down the H.Y.D.R.A. agents at the safe house in Bruges, we sadly lost a few men and now our numbers are getting even more limited. And right now, I am standing with May, Skye, Trip, Fitz, Simmons, Hunter, and Mack as we watch Senator Ward's men take a handcuffed Ward away with Coulson leading them out of the building.

"Lyra-" Ward tries to say to me, but Simmons cuts him off.

"-If I ever see you again, I'll kill you." Simmons tells him before Senator Ward's men put a black bag over Ward's head so he doesn't know our location as they leave.