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[hr][@BlueSky44][@Kirah][@Nallore][@FantasyChic][@Bee][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]The Playground - Location Classified: August 30th, 2020 - 9:00 P.M. [/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hider=Playground SHIELD Base Layout][img]https://i.postimg.cc/LXkRzKt9/AoS-Base.jpg[/img][/hider]
	Hawkeye grimaced slightly. He always saw best from a distance, preferring to take a bird's eye view on the situation. He hadn't had access to the Phase Three files and neither had anyone on his team. It was almost pure luck that they had happened to be in the area when HYDRA infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to rescue the young cadets. Looking at those at the table, it then presented the following possibilities for the mole: Agent James Kennedy (almost killed by HYDRA), Agent Niah Bautista, Agent Tempest Renoir, Agent Tinley Abercrombie, Agent Cassandra Reed, Agent Theresa Sparks (likely dead), Agent Raynor Blake (Hawkeye didn't know if the Quantum Realm was deadly to aliens or not), Agent Griffin Lee (dead), Agent Sami Rhodes (dead), Agent Maria Smith, and Agent Dominika Novikova. 

	[color=f6989d]"I'm just going to say it then - how can we know that Abercrombie isn't HYDRA?"[/color] Bonnie pointed out. [color=f6989d]"The entire Phase Three team hasn't been cleared...The rest of us have been."[/color] She nodded a bit at Flynn, knowing that he'd be uncomfortable since he used to play for the other team - but back then, that team was O.M.E.N. [color=f6989d]"And this isn't personal to you, Abercrombie, but...You have the power of mind control. If there was anyone HYDRA would want on their team, it's you."[/color]

	[color=add3ff]"If Abercrombie was HYDRA, she would have controlled us already,"[/color] Novikova said quietly. She didn't look up from her math, continuing to sketch on the napkin. [color=add3ff]"There's no point in her letting us talk and sort out who the mole is. If HYDRA wants us dead, she could have made us all kill each other - or not ordered the evac when the tunnel went critical. But she didn't. And they have nothing to gain from having her do some fake out double cross...They already have S.H.I.E.L.D. intel and a mind controlling agent is wasted as a sleeper."[/color]

	Nikolai nodded and Hawkeye took another bite of wing. He had a pretty good idea now as to who the HYDRA mole was and he glanced at Tinley, knowing that she could read his mind and hear his thoughts. It wasn't a pretty conclusion - but he was certain it would ultimately prove to be the right one. [color=7851A9]"Abercrombie, do a quick screen - if my theory is correct, you won't need to do more than that. And then we can get onto planning the heist. They're generally more fun when you don't have a god controlling you."[/color]

	Novikova nodded slightly at Maria. She was taking Sparky falling into the Quantum Realm pretty hard. Of course, there was also the terrifying prospect that HYDRA was after an infinity stone in there - and the best they could do was ransack a bank to cut off funding. It wasn't going to help Sparky and that's all she wanted to do right then. 
	
	[color=7851A9]"Oh, and Flynn,"[/color] Hawkeye added, with a shit eating grin. [color=7851A9]"The Von Strucker family is famous for the X-gene."[/color][hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=d86615]Raynor Blake[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/SscVVVzP/c03b0284b39b77849c8dbb3b31b7f1ce.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=d86615]Location:[/color][/b] the Quantum Realm: Quantum Void - Region Ψ
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	[i]Sparky snapped out of her confusion! Sparky used spark![/i] It seems that Sparky's luck has finally taken a change for the better. Perhaps her mind finally adjusted to the Quantum Realm or her senses decided it was time to give up trying to process what was going around her. Either way, it did the trick and she will be fully aware of her surroundings and actions. It's a good thing two, since some of the guards floating in the void near her seem to have come to their senses as well and open fire. All of their shots miss, but one grazes her hairline slightly. 

	Of course, most of the guards have their attention on Raynor. His heart tightened in his chest, seeing Sparky nearby. He had to get to her - the Quantum Realm was strange and what was near one moment was impossibly far away the next. Swallowing thickly, he kept his hands raised in the air. [color=d86615]"So not only are you the most irritating midgardians I have ever met, now you're also piss poor shots!"[/color] Raynor shouted, baiting them. 

	He then opened his palms, shooting beams of light at the guards. He managed to hit three of them in the chest, the concentrated light burning a hole that reemerged on the other side. Those ones dropped - or floated - to the ground, dead. The other three were just mildly injured and Raynor gritted his teeth, as they sent more bullets at him - but this time, they didn't miss. Two bullets lodged themselves in Raynor's chest and another in his lower thigh, causing the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent to scream in pain as he floated/stumbled forward in the void. 

	[color=d86615]"Why couldn't it be Stormtroopers,"[/color] he muttered.