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"Which is?" Trip wasn't looking forward to another skirmish right away. The centipede soldiers were gone but having to fight three to five Hydra agents were starting to take a toll on him. As it was, he needed a couple of stitches from the current fight. Not that anyone would hear him whine. He swore to give SHIELD his dying breath and Antoine didn't make promises that he couldn't keep.

However, SHIELD needed all the manpower it could get and running himself into the ground so early in the fight probably wasn't a good idea. Maybe the next fight would give him enough time for a little shut eye after getting patched up. He tiredly looked to Coulson for an answer.

The new Director looked as tired as Trip and he knew it, but Garrett's men were one cell of Hydra and he knew there were more out their. He was asking more of his team then they could handle but they were who he could trust. "This battle is a little more personal," he says choosing his words with the utmost care, "more of the stealth mission then a smash and grab. I need information."

Coulson had Trip's undivided attention. It was tempting to say that this whole thing was personal. There technically was no more SHIELD. They were no longer sanctioned by any government. Antoine knew the risks. He gave his leader a nod. "I've got your back, Sir. What is it you need me to do?" he asked and put pressure on the wound needing stitches until certain they had stopped somewhere for a few minutes. There was something in his bag that would take care of the injury in the meantime. Between Garrett and Ward's betrayals, Trip was amped up to make some headway for the good guys.

Phil pulls a photo from..somewhere, he does that now. It is a picture of the symbols he has been etching into the walls of the Playground's storage room. He passes it over to Trip. "I need someone to dig into files and find out if Hydra knows anything about this...I can't have Skye do it because it concerns her."

"I understand," Antoine immediately answered. His talents were nowhere as skilled as Skye when it came to searching intel but there was someone Trip trusted who could probably give the hacker a run for her money. If he couldn't find answers himself, he'd reach out. He wasn't the only grandkid to a historic hero. However, Coulson had the final say. "I'll get right to work on it. If I can't make any headway, there's someone I can ask. She'll keep my confidence, Sir. And only if you trust me to ask her." There was also the matter of finding Sharon but that was low concern in the grand scheme of things.

"Pull Sharon into it," Phil says knowing exactly who he was talking about. He has met Peggy Carter himself and been personally vetted by her for SHIELD. "I'll deal with her aunt if there is a problem."

"Ten-four," Trip responded firmly. There wasn't any need to get into family dynamics. Only a couple of minutes would be used to mend his wounds and he'd be on the mission Coulson needed.