Chapter 730: Chapter 729: Truth Serum
Fitz approached with his toolbox and said, "This will solve the problem."
"Ladies, if you could step aside... Sorry."
Fitz maneuvered around May and Simmons, found an open space, and opened his toolbox, preparing to use his equipment to survey the scene.
May looked at him and said, "Agent Fitz, if you're going to be in the field, you can't shy away from getting your hands dirty."
Fitz responded while controlling a small drone that took off, "No need."
The drone flew up into the room and began scanning the entire area with its built-in scanner.
…
Meanwhile-
In the interrogation room, Skye began revealing information about Centipede:
"Centipede appeared online, then vanished."
"I tracked the MAC access point to the building where the explosion happened."
Ward asked Skye, "What do you want?"
"The truth," Skye replied.
She then countered, "What do you want?"
Ward calmly answered, "World peace."
Ward continued, "You so-called anarchist hackers love to stir up trouble."
"But when things go wrong, you vanish without a trace."
"Secrets are kept for a reason, Skye."
Skye looked at the approaching Ward and said, "Just because you're somewhat reasonable and physically strong doesn't mean you're not just a cold-hearted, soulless government tool."
Ward's tone shifted, growing more impatient, "Just give us your friend's name."
"He's not my friend."
At this moment, Coulson intervened, "You know he's in danger."
Skye turned to Coulson and said, "Then let me go. Let me talk to him."
She pointed at Ward, "I'll talk to him, not this T-1000 robot."
Ward, still expressionless, asked, "You want to talk to him alone?"
"Of course."
Ward ignored Skye and turned to Coulson, saying, "She's just an extremist, hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D. and chasing after superpowers."
"She's probably one of those girls who play dress-up under Stark Tower."
Skye, surprised that her past was exposed, angrily responded, "What?"
"It was just one time."
Coulson then opened the door to the interrogation room and said, "Ward, step outside."
Coulson and Ward left the interrogation room, and as they walked, Coulson asked, "Is it her?"
"Did she get under your skin?"
"Or is it because of the mission?"
"Are you trying to sabotage the interrogation just to get out of this team?"
Ward replied, "Coulson, give me just one minute alone with her, and I'll get the answers."
Coulson looked at Ward and said, "She's valuable."
Ward countered, "She's just a..."
"Wait... valuable?"
Coulson nodded and continued, "We know nothing about her."
"Do you know how unusual that is?"
"The last time we encountered someone like this was with those ninjas. We need everything she knows."
As he spoke, Coulson pulled out a case, opened it, revealing a gun-like injector.
Ward looked at Coulson, frowning slightly, and asked, "Do you think she's connected to the ninjas?"
"Or do you think she might be one of them?"
Coulson replied, "Who knows? But someone who leaves no traces like this isn't simple."
"Ninjas, Norse gods, wizards—which one do you think she is?"
Ward fell silent, realizing that the person they had captured was hiding significant secrets.
…
Meanwhile-
Simmons watched the drones flying around the room, scanning everything, and explained to May:
"We've designed each device with different capabilities. Some are for recording the room's dimensions and textures."
"Others detect material density, radiation levels, and one just handles smells."
Fitz, controlling the drones, suddenly exclaimed, "Wow!"
"I found something inside some of these objects."
Simmons quickly asked, "What did you find?"
Fitz pointed to a spot, "Over there."
May walked over to the indicated area, removed some debris, and uncovered a camera.
"A surveillance camera, destroyed."
Fitz smiled, "Yes, but this model has a flash memory backup in case of a power failure."
"I can sync it with the motion detector's data."
"If we're lucky, we might find images from before the explosion."
At that moment, Simmons said, "We detected some chemicals."
May looked at Simmons and asked, "Is it an explosive?"
Simmons walked over, picked up an item from the floor, and said, "Oh my, it's not from Earth."
…
Meanwhile-
Coulson and Ward reentered the interrogation room.
Coulson was holding a small vial and said, "This is QNB-T16."
As he loaded it into the injector, he explained, "It's an advanced cocktail derived from thiopental sodium. It's the latest and strongest truth serum."
"Don't worry, the effect lasts only an hour."
Ward walked over to Coulson, raising his hands toward Skye, and said:
"You'll just take a little nap, and we'll get all the answers..."
Before Ward could finish his sentence, Coulson injected the serum into Ward's arm.
"What?"
Ward winced in pain and looked at Coulson, "What are you doing?"
"Sorry, did that hurt?"
Ward released his grip on his arm, calmly responding, "No."
"But you must be out of your mind. You shouldn't do this to your team members."
Ward felt a twinge of anxiety. What was Coulson planning? Had he discovered something? It didn't make sense.
Ward knew the serum had little effect on him due to his enhancements, but he couldn't let Coulson know that. He wanted to see what Coulson was up to.
A second later, Ward added, "Okay, maybe it does hurt a bit."
"But I usually try to hide the pain in front of pretty women—it makes me more manly."
As he finished speaking, Ward glanced at his arm.
"Wow, this stuff works fast."
Skye, her mouth agape, watched everything unfold, unsure of what was happening.
Ward sat down in the chair, remaining silent.
Coulson, still smiling innocently, said to Skye, "You don't trust us, right?"
"Go ahead, ask him anything."
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