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October finished up her fifth glass of possibly contaminated beaker water by the time Carolina gasped back to life. Looking down at her with curiosity, she noted the way that Carolina checked her chest, as if examining for a wound. With the gunshots echoing in the distant corridor, October surmised that the body Carolina had inhabited had been killed. Chest wounds weren't as painful as stomach wounds, though she doubted Carolina would have much comfort from that. She had just gotten a man killed, after all.

"Of course. Family first," October nodded. If she hadn't became such fast friends with Carolina, she likely would have cut and run. She didn't pretend to be any sort of hero. October had thought about it before and came to the realization that she wasn't on the side of good or the side of evil. She was something completely separate from that dichotomy.

October rolled her wrist again, before snapping her fingers. A flame sputtered its way into existence, hovering directly above October's index finger. She felt that she still could use some more water to be back at full strength, but this would have to do for now. She wouldn't be able to melt steal or anything, but she'd be able to help Carolina save her sister. The rest would have to be improvised. There'd be no going back after this. S.H.I.E.L.D. would have them in custody with definitive proof of their abilities. They would be tagged with a threat level and if that level was too high, which October feared it would be, she imagined they'd put the two in drug induced comas.

Needless to say, October didn't have a high opinion of the spy agency.

"I'll provide the firepower," October said, doing a bit of nifty wordplay. "And Carolina, get inside the mole's head. See if you can shut him down."

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Bonnie bit her lip as her fellow agent went down. She was glad that Cassandra was there to help her, but she felt guilty at the same time. She had tried her best, but perhaps she should've done the best of someone better. There was an agent down and already, Bonnie was beginning to feel responsible. Their bullets were either missing or hitting what must have been kevlar, as Ward didn't seem to have a scratch on him. Hell, the man was more than happy to return fire at them, reloading his clip every few seconds as he ran out of ammo.

"This isn't working," Bonnie whispered to Cassandra, taking momentary cover. "We need a new plan." The best they had been able to do so far was slow him down. And no other agents had responded, which told Bonnie that Ward likely wasn't the only mole on the plane. There must have been others, more fights going on throughout the Zephyr. It was a battle for the plane's soul.

Bonnie cursed as she saw October make her way over, the girl seemingly paying no attention to the field of bullets she was about to enter. She looked over towards Cassandra and Bonnie, before smiling a bit. "My name's October Crypt," October said, before making her hands into fists and rotating them, snapping them out as flat palms in front of her. The very hints of a fiery column appeared and October smiled, pleased with her progress so far. Pushing her fingers forward, a wall of flames grew and October took a few steps forward, leaning out into the hallway and sending a column of fire down towards Ward.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. records list me as dead," October then added. Ward's clothing was fire resistant it seemed but his hair wasn't, as the mole quickly put the fire out. October then sent column after column of fire, hoping to buy Carolina enough time to possess the man and make him drop.

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Cassandra unloaded the empty magazine as it fell down onto the floor, her eyes looking over towards her partner and gave a slight nod as she bit her bottom lip as she thought about their options. They were now down an agent seeing his lifeless body on the ground, Cassandra flinched ever so slightly when a bullet struck their cover that was way to close for comfort. When Ward had to reload Cassandra would do her best to return fire before falling back to cover. "Maybe we try and flank him, that would distract him." Cassandra suggested as she turned her head and saw October approaching them.

She knew that there was something off with the girl, but it seemed like she was actually there and willing to help them out, she could see the column of flame coming out of the girl's hand. That certainly would explain why the girl was overly hot for a person, she watched as October fired another column of fire at Ward. "Well glad that your hear to help then." Cassandra said listened to the girl, though she never heard of an October Crypt in the database though that was most likely before her time.

October seemed to be laying down suppressing fire for them, using the opportunity she started to get up and try and return fire with her gun as well, she knew that his suit was fireproof except for his hair, he would look very hilarious without a head of hair she thought.

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Carolina looked over towards October and smirked slightly at her little wordplay there as she nodded seeing her friend getting off, and making her way towards the action was. The was probably the safest place on the Zephyr now, Carolina leaned back and started to close her eyes once more as her spirit got up and wondered around the halls of the Zephyr. Towards the sounds of the gunfire, she spotted her sister, Agent Chase as well as October there.

Sighing ever so slightly to herself as Carolina moved her spirit across the room and eventually she was right up and close to him. Carolina's body then entered Ward's as she started to try and command and force his body to go and sleep. Though she wasn't sure if it would actually work or not. Carolina would look over as she watched her sister and friend fighting off Ward.

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In between the columns of fire that October sent down towards Ward, the Agent of HYDRA sent back his own return volleys. There was no saving the man's hair at this point, but after a few throws of fire, it was pretty much all gone. The burn damage to his skull was extensive and incredibly painful, to the extent that only someone from Operations would be able to withstand it. Lucky Ward, right? Any ordinary human being would have been down for the count.

But October wasn't someone from operations, and when one of Ward's bullets grazed her side, she gasped, her eyes widening. Almost like a bomb, fire came off from her in each and every direction, without any particular rhyme or reason as she sank down towards the ground, already beginning to bleed. The intensity of the flame had temporarily blinded Ward, as the man had made the mistake to watch his effect on the pyrokinetic teenager. Yet October was also fortunate--the fire that radiated out of her had cauterized the wound, with the bullet having gone through cleanly. It was the neatest job she could have done without official medical attention.

As for Carolina, well, we all know that Agent Ward is a piece of work...Not only can she feel and experience all of those lovely homicidal thoughts swimming around his head, she feels his pain as well. The immense pain of being burned alive, of having the skin on his head burned to the extent that it bled...Carolina will be in extreme pain as well. But for the moment, she seems to be in control.

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"Shit!" Bonnie screamed, ducking to cover when October sent out an accidental wave of friendly fire. Fortunately, neither she nor Cassandra were injured. They were just out of the radius of the flames. This entire day was proving to be insane--the enhanced individuals, those were normal. She had met enhanced before and she doubted these would be the last two she'd meet in her life. Ward turning out to be HYDRA, as well as the possibility of other moles on the Zephyr...That was what had her spinning a bit.

"Coulson, do you copy?" Bonnie whispered, radioing up to the bridge. There was the crackle of static as a reply over the radio, followed with what sounded like fighting and gunfire. The bridge had its fair share of problems as well. Ward wasn't the only traitor they had to deal with. "Cass, we gotta take him out quick," Bonnie muttered, "there's more where he came from."

And so, Bonnie waited for an opening, before firing her icer with all she had towards Ward. She was oblivious to Carolina's attempts to possess the man.

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Cassandra could feel the heat coming off of the girl as she continued to fire flames at Ward, when a bullet hit her she turned away for a moment, seeing that the bullet had gone clean through. Cassandra was about to get up and make her way over towards October, as she noticed the flames were quickly cauterizing the wound. That was certainly very helpful, but her concern was for the girl, as well as Bonnie, her sister and every other agent that was not a HYDRA mole. She quickly pulled October down in case Grant fired another volley of rounds at them.

She turned her attention towards Bonnie as she tried calling in Coulson and heard the static as well as the distant gun fire. "Stay down!" Cassandra told October the girl seemed to be on their side, but she wasn't going to have the girl die right in front of them. Her attention then turned towards Bonnie. "I know, we are pinned down though." Cassandra said sighing as she got up and fired her own icer at Ward to try and bring him down together.

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As Carolina tried her best to swim through past all of the fucked up thoughts in his head and homicidal thoughts, she could feel and sense just about everything that was going around him. Then she started to feel the intense pain going through her own head, her real body moved every now and then. Her eyes fluttering ever so slightly as she tried to take full control of the HYDRA agent that was Agent Grant Ward. She had never experienced actually possessing a person with this many murderous thoughts.

However she did have to give him props for hiding everything as well as he had been up to this point, as she looked through Grant's eyes she was still fighting for control over his body using all of her will power to try and control him. Then Carolina noticed Ward shooting October, she was scared for her friend, she didn't know if the bullet had hit her in a vital area or not. But seeing her sister and friend in the crazy man's fire Cassandra continued her battle against Ward for his body.

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It was incredibly fortunate that Cassandra didn't suffer immense burns as she pulled October down. The blonde girl perspired slightly as she concentrated on not burning the S.H.I.E.L.D agent, due to the waves of pain going throughout her body and coming off as heat. Instead, a bolt of fire shot out of her fingertips, crashing into a nearby panel.

But as Cassandra would soon realize, that panel was the best and worst place for October to accidentally save a wave of flames towards. The panel stored emergency weapons, accessible to S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel only. It was designed to be used in case of an emergency, a sort of "break here and grab a grenade" type of deal. No one had gone for it yet in the battle, as everyone was adequately armed.

"Get down!" Bonnie screamed, forcibly pulling her partner to the ground and shoving her as best as she could. October didn't even have time to look and neither did Ward, as a second later, the contents hidden behind that panel burst. There were several grenades and a dozen rounds of ammunition, all set on fire by accident. Needless to say, an explosion ripped through it, consuming Ward and anyone else in the hallway who had not ducked and gotten out of the way.

Carolina didn't need to possess the man anymore; there wasn't anything of him left. His body was burned to a crisp by the explosion, giving the man a quick death. Only small remains of him were left.

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Once the dust cleared and Bonnie took a quick warm body count, she saw that October and Cassandra were unharmed. Carolina would be back in her own body by now, yet of course, Bonnie didn't know what was happening. A report crackled on the radio a few minutes later, asking what the explosion was and if anyone had survived it. Seems the conflict upstairs in the Zephyr had been solved as well, with practically perfect timing.

"Two teenagers, Agents Reed and Chase all survived, sir," Bonnie radioed back.

"Good, we're okay up here as well. Moles have been crossed off," came the response.

"Agent Ward is down as well, sir. Very little is left of him to identify, but it was him." Bonnie then glanced over at her partner, trying to think of how they would explain Ward's death, without revealing that Cassandra's sister and her friend were enhanced. "We need to get our stories straight," Bonnie then said quietly.

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Cassandra could feel the heat off of October which was pretty intense, but didn't feel any burns on her skin when she grabbed the fire girl, she watched as one of the flames quickly struck one of the emergency weapons caches that were on the wall. She looked at it with a wide eyed look seeing some of the grenades that were there caught on fire, that's when she felt her partner quickly grabbing hold of her and bringing her down with Bonnie. Then Cassandra froze as she heard the loud explosion, which caused her eyes to ring ever so slightly once the smoke and fire cleared Cassandra stood up.

Her eyes scanned the room, seeing the remains of Grant Ward splattered over the walls and shrapnel from the explosion, she heard the radio going off as she heard Coulson's voice on the other end. "It's Agent Reed, confirming with Chase, we are safe. Ward was one of the moles here as well." She said, Cassandra turned to look over at Bonnie and nodded slightly wiping off some sweat off of her forehead.

"Well, we could easily write off the burns in here are from the explosion, the lab door however we cant simply write that off she melted the thing." Cassandra whispered back gesturing towards October, that bit would probably be rather interesting to explain to Coulson. "Maybe blame it on the 084 we found?" She suggested, Cassandra turned around as she heard her sister groaning and stumbling over towards them.

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Carolina gasped suddenly as she felt that sudden and extreme amount of pain, all of the things you could experience before a sudden and painful death. She looked down at herself she let out a slight sigh as she saw that there wasn't any wounds on her, Carolina slowly got up and stumbled out of the medical lab. Her eyes wondering around as she started to hear her sister, and Bonnie talking to one another she was worried for everyone, but more so for her friend seeing her getting shot on her end while she was trying to possess Grant Ward.

Carolina started to stumble her way towards the three of them looking over at her sister and moved over to hug her, which Cassandra quickly returned. Then she quickly went towards October looking over at where she had been shot by Ward with a concerned look on her face then to her friend. "Are you okay?" Cassandra finally asked.

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October nodded, grimacing slightly. Her body had cauterized the wound, but that didn't mean there was no internal damage. She would need to have a doctor inspect it at some point or else she could risk blood pooling near the wound. Of course, any medical attempts to operate on her would likely be made difficult. She would have to be knocked unconscious, otherwise it would take too much energy to consciously not burn the surgeon and seal the wound. October could only hope that she would get lucky and avoid any complications.

"Yes, I think I'm quite alright," October said to Carolina, noting the stressed expressions on Bonnie's face. She didn't hear the words exchanged between Cassandra and Bonnie, due to the pair of them whispering, but October doubted it was anything good. Government agencies could rarely be trusted. And besides, they'd need to figure out some way to get back to the Alucard Institute. They likely didn't have much time left before their absence would be noted, along with the object they were instructed to retrieve--the 0-8-4 that the agents likely wouldn't give up.

"At any rate, Faust will notice we're missing soon," October then added quietly. "We need to get back to the school, as I have no intention of dying today. The timing just isn't right for that."

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The explosion was a good coverup for most of the flames. If pressed, they could (truthfully) say that the explosives in there were set off during the struggle. But as for the melted door, it would create false information about the 0-8-4. As far as they knew, the object didn't melt anything. And it certainly wasn't anywhere near that door to begin with, since Cassandra had tucked it away inside of a panel.

"We can't blame the 0-8-4 for that," Bonnie whispered back, biting her lip. "Perhaps we claim that Ward did it and the weapon responsible was destroyed in the fire?"

The radio crackled before Cassandra would have a chance to respond. "Come upstairs, Agents. Bring the kids with you. We need to regroup." Bonnie looked at her partner nervously. If they didn't agree on one thing that would be plausible enough, then they would have to give up Carolina's friend. It would protect Carolina still, however, the one thing Bonnie had promised to do. Protecting October hadn't been part of the equation.

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Cassandra ran a hand through her hair letting out a slight sigh and nodded, it was true the 0-8-4 they didn't even know what it did at least not yet. "True." Cassandra was about to speak up when Coulson's voice came through the radio, telling them to meet up at the cockpit along with her sister and friend. She looked at the two of them for a moment and then over at Bonnie, maybe the Ward weapon thing would work so long as their weren't any cameras on in the med bay. "The weapon it is then." Cassandra whispered back before turning her attention back towards her sister and October. "On our way up now." Cassandra radioed back.

"Carolina and Toby was it?" Cassandra asked as she approached the two of them, her eyes then looking over at the cauterized wound in her side, hopefully no one would notice that yet. "I really need the two of you to play along if they ask you any questions alright?" Cassandra said looking over at Bonnie. "If they ask, you two were getting examined when things happened, and that agent." Cassandra gestured to Ward's burnt remains or the parts that were able to be seen. "He tried to break into the lab that's what caused the damage to the lab door. After that we will make sure that your alright." Cassandra said the last part was towards October.

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Carolina sighed slightly and gave October a smile she was glad to see that her friend was alright, running a hand through her hair as she looked over at her sister and her partner as the two of them spoke. She wondered what the two of them were talking about, as Carolina turned her attention back to October and nodded. "True we should head back the moment we are cleared, that's if they let us free." Carolina said back softly.

Then her sister started to approach them, and gave a slight nod she wasn't sure what was going on after their boss asked them to head up to the cockpit. "Sure thing." Carolina said back looking back to her friend as her sister started to head up to the cockpit of the Zephyr, she started to follow shortly behind her as they both made it up to the cockpit.

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October nodded, agreeing to the plan Cassandra had proposed. She didn't care for S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as a rule, but they seemed to be attempting to protect the pair of them from being registered on the Gifted Index. That in itself surprised October, but that wasn't to say that she was ungrateful. She enjoyed her privacy and anonymity. Registration for her powers over fire would prevent that. She followed behind Carolina and Cassandra, with Bonnie forming the rear of the small party.

Upstairs, there were far fewer S.H.I.E.L.D. agents remaining than would have been appropriate for a ship of this size. Agents Phil Coulson and Melinda May were the only ones left. Others had been killed by the HYDRA moles, the moles who May and Coulson had dragged over to the corner. They'd need to have Bonnie look over the bodies later for paperwork purposes, but also in case there was anything important they missed. It wouldn't be the first time that some chemical residue remained that could give a hint as to the villain's plans. In fact, it seemed to be in the villain playbook lately.

Phil smiled as he saw Bonnie and Cassandra, with neither May nor Coulson recognizing Carolina or October. That was good. It meant that Phil hadn't been informed about the school covertly and that he hadn't been there when S.H.I.E.L.D. attempted to register October the first time. It would help protect the girls' identities and keep them off the radar.

"Agent Chase, give us the full report," Agent May requested, the picture of stoic professionalism as always.

"Agent Ward had a weapon of unknown origin and attacked. He took down Agent Ross and was narrowly defeated by Agent Reed and myself. The kids were being tended to in medical during the attack," Bonnie said, looking May directly in the eye. Looking away would've been a tell. May nodded for a moment, her eyes narrowing slightly. It wasn't that easy to fool her.

"Agent Chase, tell us the truth," Phil then said simply. He had already picked up on May's suspicions. "Otherwise, we have to assume that you've been compromised and take you to the Hub for questioning."

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Cassandra walked alongside Bonnie going over the thoughts in her head at what she was going to say to May and Coulson as they headed up a flight of stairs and up to the cockpit of the Zephyr. She looked at the corner where the bodies of the HYRDA Agents were, Cassandra knew some of their faces letting out a slight sigh as she turned her attention towards their superiors. Carolina remained pretty quiet as she followed her sister staying close to October as she could, looking at the wound where the bullet had entered. She wasn't sure what sort of damage it did.

Carolina listened to them talk as Bonnie gave them the report, she then suddenly got nervous when Phil told Bonnie to tell the truth she looked up at her sister nervously and bit her bottom lip. Cassandra looked at her sister and then her friend, she knew that Melinda was a good body reader and sighed slightly. She didn't want to see her sister in the Index nor her friend, Cassandra then stepped up deciding to speak the truth.

"It is true that Ward turned on us, the girls were in medical when things happened." Cassandra looked towards October for a moment, giving a slight smile. "We hadn't gotten a chance to test them when the attack happened. But if it wasn't for her, we would probably ended up being dead, and the help of my sister as well." Cassandra said looking at Bonnie for a moment. "Bonnie isn't compromised in anyway either." Carolina looked at her sister then at everyone else, she was getting really nervous she really hoped she knew what her sister was doing.

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As per usual, Coulson had the more extreme reaction of the two. While Agent May stood by calmly, relief and then anger flashed across Coulson's face. Relief that more of his team hadn't been compromised, but anger that he had been lied to and that Bonnie had disobeyed a direct order. S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol would call for a decrease in security status, for the agent in question to be taken into questioning, and then reassignment. Of course, there was a line about the lead agent on the team being able to choose a punishment within their discretion.

"You understand what I have to do, Agent Chase," Coulson said clearly, his hand tightened into a fist.

"Yes, sir," Bonnie said. She was grateful that Cassandra didn't seem to have been dragged into this--at least not yet. "I accept full responsibility."

"Good. You'll be processing records without break until finished," Coulson ordered. A smile then spread across his face as Bonnie understood what was going on. Her punishment was going to be an increase in the workload, work she would have had to do anyways. She was being let off the hook--just this once. "Now, I'd like to know how two of my agents would've died without the help of a teenage girl."

"She has abilities, sir," Bonnie answered. She couldn't protect October, but maybe she could protect Carolina. Surprisingly enough, October didn't seem too freaked out. She was injured, but seemed to be on the mend already. Some part of her mutation must've been helping her body deal with the wounds, cauterizing them and stopping any blood flow.

October held out her hand and summoned up a small globe of fire. She then held up her other hand and spread it between the two, eventually spelling in fiery letters HELLO, AGENT.

"Well, I'll be damned."

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Cassandra looked between Agents May and Coulson for a moment as she watched Coulson's expressions change while May was just as stone cold like she always has been. She ran a hand through her hair as she remained as calm as she could be as they spoke and Coulson ending up giving out punishment to Bonnie. Cassandra sighed softly in relief that the punishment wasn't severe like they usually were with other agents.

Carolina remained pretty quiet as she stared between the three of them, then Coulson asked how they were saved by a teenager, and then October suddenly showing off her ability and smirked slightly seeing her friend writing up words in fire. Carolina rubbed the back of her neck before finally speaking up. "If I may request since they saved our lives with Ward, we don't put them on the Gifted Index." Cassandra asked, looking between the two of them for a moment Cassandra wasn't sure what her sister's ability was yet since she didn't see her in the action.

"They could be helpful for SHIELD, normally people with abilities would just come and help with abilities." Cassandra bit her lower lip for a moment looking directly at her sister then towards Coulson. "Also she is my sister I don't want her on the Index. I'll take full responsibility and whatever punishment as well" Cassandra said motioning towards Carolina who was standing behind her.

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Coulson considered Cassandra's request. The Gifted Index itself was controversial, to say the least. Individuals like Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr were outspoken against it, claiming that registration of any group of people was inherently prejudiced. But protocol was protocol--and S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn't protect the world from people with gifts without knowing who they were. And they wouldn't be able to protect gifted individuals from the world either. May shook her head slightly, anticipating Coulson's response.

"We can't do that, Agent Reed. The list is secure--our eyes only. Your sister's identity will be protected just like any other individual," Coulson said firmly. His tone implied that there wouldn't be a discussion about this. Rules could be bent and protocol overlooked, but this apparently wasn't going to be a situation like that.

Quite understandably, October's internal temperature shot up a few degrees. Small wisps of smoke came from her dress, with the blonde haired girl seemingly not noticing. "How would you like to be put on a list and monitored, Agent?" October interjected.

"He doesn't have to answer that," May said coldly, but Coulson held up a hand. "I am on a list and monitored. So is every agent in this room."

"By choice. You weren't born a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent," October replied. She may have helped these agents live, but she wasn't going to allow herself to just be registered. Bonnie had remained silent for the most part so far, considering her options. She had already pushed her luck once today. But still, she had made a promise to Cassandra to try to help.

"What if they were placed on the index, without monitoring provided they send in reports to S.H.I.E.L.D. once every month?" Bonnie suggested. "With all due respect, sir, HYDRA infiltrated us. We could use all the help we can get."

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Cassandra listened to Coulson as he gave his reasoning, even though she did know every protocol in place she was also on a list like Coulson had mentioned. However if someone or a group like HYDRA had tried to infiltrate SHIELD they could have stolen something like the Index, even though it was secure she didn't want any other group knowing what her sister and her friend were. "Sir with all due respect HYDRA had tried to infiltrate us, if they were successful who knows what they could have done. Everyone who is on the Index would have been in HYDRA's sights along with my sister." Family was everything to her, that's the reason she had joined SHIELD in the first place to make sure that they were safe from everything that happened out there.

Carolina remained slightly quiet over everything that had been going on so far, she really didn't want to be on a list and constantly monitored by everyone in SHIELD. She was grateful that her sister and Agent Chase were trying to stand up her and October, her attention going to October seeing her friend getting ever so slightly irritated over everything so far. Then Bonnie spoke up looking towards the woman for a moment, it seemed to be a slight compromise to her. "October and I can contribute, just give us a chance." Carolina finally spoke up looking at October hopefully she would agree.

Cassandra watched as her sister spoke up turning her attention back to Agents Coulson and May, Bonnie did have a good point she did have a point they could use more man power. "I'll be their personal handler, they report directly to me and Agent Chase and then we relay information directly to you. I'll take full responsibility over them as well."

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Despite the lack of expressions on May's face, it was clear that she didn't like the idea. She didn't jump into support it. Instead, she stayed quiet, merely turning to look towards Coulson. Phil was feeling conflicted, to say the least. He trusted his agents and they did have a point - they needed all of the man power they could get. But this wasn't a decision for him to make.

"I'll have to take this to Director Fury," Phil said. "He won't like this."

"I disagree, sir. After the Battle of New York, we allowed the Avengers to go peacefully. Thor wasn't monitored. And when we needed him, he returned," Bonnie argued. "While the Gifted Index serves a purpose, I believe that Carolina and October would be more suited to an initiative similar to the Avengers -- a two man team used for reconnaissance. Their first mission can be to figure out what is happening at that school in regard to the 0-8-4."

Phil nodded, looking over Carolina and October. "Welcome to the Avengers Initiative, girls. Your codenames will be Spirit and Ember, provided Director Fury accepts you into the program. But as Agent Chase said, that shouldn't be a problem. You are undercover operatives - no public affiliation with the Avengers. You can tell no one you were involved in this program."

Bonnie looked over at October, as if asking if the girl could accept this deal. They wouldn't be on the Gifted Index, provided they worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. It wasn't an ideal situation in October's mind, but at the same time, she saw some perks to it. She could do something she loved - travel looking for odd things.

"Deal."

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Cassandra listened to Bonnie offering her deal to let her sister and her friend into a similar program like the Avengers Initiative, looking over towards her sister for a moment and then towards October. She still wasn't sure what to expect her sister as far as she knew didn't have any combat skills which did worry her if they were undercover. Her friend did seem to have some fighting skills from what she noticed. But it was a better deal then having to be put onto the Gifted Index and being monitored constantly, she was grateful for Bonnie when Coulson finally relented.

"I'll take the deal as well." Carolina finally pitched in, she gave her friend a slight smile she was nervous about being undercover now but she would keep the secret from everyone else. And she was going to be paired up with her friend as well which she didn't mind doing at all either even if they knew each other for a very short time Carolina did enjoy her company. "I guess we should go back or something now and what about the box that we found?" Carolina asked, they were tasked by the school to get it and bring it back she wasn't sure how Mr. Alucard would handle it if no one did bring it back.

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The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had given Carolina and October a quick briefing on everything they knew about the 0-8-4. Its origin was thought to be Asgardian, yet the device was sensitive to those with extraordinary abilities. While this ability on the surface was simply a glorified deviance detector, it had the potentially to be much more dangerous if in the wrong hands. Beyond this, S.H.I.E.L.D. had relatively little data.

More alarmingly, they had next to nothing on the school's headmaster, Faust. According to all of their records, he didn't exist. There were no photographs of him from which a facial recognition search could be performed, as well as no DNA or prints to analyze. To know one's enemy is to be able to defeat him. To this end, October and Carolina's first task was to find as much evidence as possible as to Faust's true identity - and if possible, gather more intelligence on the 0-8-4. Where did it come from? How did Faust intend to use it?

Why did Faust set up this academy for those with talents?

"Remember, you can tell no one that you are part of this initiative," Agent Coulson had reminded them on countless occasions. "If you are in trouble, the rings we've given you double as panic buttons. Press on the gem three times and it'll signal us to come in."

Of course, there was a large assumption that the technology would work. Magic had a way of disrupting such signals. But it was, supposedly, better than nothing at all. The rings were rather nondescript, allowing them to hopefully not be detected. They were also given tubes of lipsticks that were actually miniature cameras, and mascara tubes that could be used to store samples. October had wrinkled her nose at most of these spy gadgets, finding them to be a bit sexist.

"They were used by the Howling Commandos," Agent Coulson reminded the girls. "These are priceless artifacts--use them well."

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October clipped her flower into her hair, completing her morning routine. Over the past few days, they hadn't been able to obtain much in the way of evidence. Their lessons had been run by the heads of Absinthe house, with Faust remaining in his study. When they had attempted to break in, the lock had been enchanted. Their attempts to pick it had been useless. However, this was their first real chance. They were supposed to have a lesson today from the headmaster, as he taught only during weekdays.

"A History of Persecution," October mused, reading the title of the course from the piece of paper. There was a one sentence description underneath it. The course was focusing on atrocities committed by normals against those with abilities - those with deviances. The Salem Witch Trials was on the syllabus. A criticism of so called traitor, Charles Xavier, had been listed as well.

"Carolina, are you ready?" October asked, tossing a ball of fire back and forth from one hand to the other. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Bonnie Chase had given the two of them medical treatment, allowing October to be almost fully healed. The medicine was almost certainly banned by the FDA, yet her injuries were remarkably better. They hadn't entirely healed and she was sore, but she'd be able to fight if needed. "I don't want to miss a discussion of angry mobs," October added. "I love a good mob. Especially if they've got torches - pitchforks are okay, but they don't quite grab me."

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Carolina was doing the final touches getting on the clothes of the day as well as making sure she had everything that she wanted on her and inside her pockets. She was still processing that her sister was actually a SHIELD Agent this entire time and never told her, though she probably assumed that Cassandra did have her reasons to keep it from her. When October asked if she was ready Carolina was more curious as to what was actually inside Faust's office.

"I'm ready to go, whenever you are." Carolina said with a smile as she adjusted her skirt slightly and then went to grab what stuff that she needed for the class today. She also started to try and plan their way to sneak out and try to find a way into the headmaster's office. "Though we should figure out a way to sneak around while Mr. Faust is teaching, its the best time to." The times that they tried to get into the office were hard to and nothing seemed to work so far either.

Carolina laughed slightly when October mentioned angry mobs. "I'm sure that you do love a bunch of angry people trying to kill each other as well." She said jokingly as she went towards the door and opened it holding it open for Toby. "How are your wounds healing up by the way?" She asked, even though Bonnie had patched October up really well she was still concerned for her friend.

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October grinned, extinguishing the balls of flames in her hands. While the school was run by a sadistic psychopath with suspicious motives, that didn't change her excitement for the courses offered. She had decided to attend the Alucard Institute, in part, because of its unique subject matters and its treatment of those with abilities. It was a shame that she wouldn't be able to fully enjoy everything it had to offer. "Blood," October answered nonchalantly.

"We may not be normals, but we still bleed every month. One of us will tell him it's that time of the month - we might even both be able to go, if we can convince him we synchronized already."

If there was one thing that October knew for a fact made men uncomfortable, regardless of whether or not they were normals, it was female biology. She gave Carolina a reassuring smile as she asked how she felt. "I don't mind pain - it's rather nice. But do I feel as exhilarated as Joan of Arc? Not quite." She turned around in the hallway, waiting for Carolina to leave the room as well, before they headed to the classroom for their lesson. It was on the third floor of the Alucard Institute - which happened to be where their room was as well.

"C'mon. The early maggot gets the corpse."

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Carolina blushed slightly for a moment and thought about it for a moment, it was true and they could possibly get out of class with no problems if they managed to sell it right. "Yeah admitting our bloody few days of the month would probably sell it." Carolina said with a light laugh, she was glad to hear that October was feeling a lot better now. Carolina made sure that she got her things for class as well as the little toys that SHIELD had given them. "Glad that you are feeling better now as well." Carolina said giving October a gentle pat over her shoulder.

"And it's the early bird that gets the worm." Carolina corrected as she started to head down the hallway towards the classroom, once they were close enough to the class Carolina held her stomach and hunched over ever so slightly pretending that she had a cramp. She saw that the other students were getting themselves ready as well. Carolina let out another slight groan before making her way towards a nearby desk and sat down on it.