Ward spread his hands wide, twisting to look at him, "Everything I told you is good. It's good intel, and you have allies here."
He'd make a grab if he weren't sure that Rumlow could break him into six pieces and mail them to a different part of the hotel if he felt like it.
"You don't think I don't want a piece of Coulson? I was a prisoner, behind a SHIELD badge for most of my life. Now I get stuck here? If you've got an idea to make them suffer by all means do it but I..."
"...I dunno, the way SHIELD turned it around? Suddenly deciding that out of everyone they're the good guys? Making it look, like they're the saints in this whole picture when they were harboring us? Hunting down HYDRA cells. You caught up? Seen the news? Seen how they're on the lookout for HYDRA like it's some kind of terrorist organization when you and I both know that the whole point..." His mouth twitched, "You should hear him, talking about the greater good and how he had to help people but he killed Garrett. Blew him to pieces with Fury's goddamn blessing and he still wants to be called a good man after that?"
He's unaware of how his voice has risen five or six octaves but he lowers it, "...Things change. Especially here. You want to sit on your hands go ahead but eventually, you know they'll out you. It happened to a guy from a different time and a different place and if you're here - who knows if SHIELD hasn't added to it's ranks? If there aren't Avengers here?"
Ward might appear slightly unhinged at this point. Slightly, ever so slightly. He may not be Natasha but he can play both sides - it just takes more of a toll on him. He stopped, realizing just how tired he was of playing the double game and how he'd desperately wanted them to leave him alone.
He sags, "...Keep to the truce I have going until they make a move. and they will, you know they will."
But what if they didn't. What if they don't. He stops, reflecting on that but if Rumlow's here that means HYDRA is here and HYDRA is dangerous.
"But until then, you could gather allies here, intel, recruit people to the cause who might be willing to join a new head - a better head. someone who can...fulfill Pierce's legacy. People who might have answers. And then - you can have the satisfaction of showing SHIELD off as the rotted corpse it is to anybody who might believe it. They spat on HYDRA and called the mission - the real mission wrong. They need someone to control them."
He licked his lips, expecting - fully expecting the other man to hurt him, "Don't you want to show them the truth if the occasion calls for it? In the long run, why not drag them down before killing them all? There's got to be a time for it and god damnit if I don't want revenge."
"Especially since that kid, that boy broke me after his goddamn girlfriend shot me. He got earthquake powers. You really want to be in here if he goes off? Without figuring out a way to stop him?"
He has to at least try and take charge and him walking away...after outing Skye and the rest of them despite trying to throw false information. He can't raise his arms to do the full salute, and it leaves the worst taste in his mouth as he does so - but not knowing where the other man is coming from is dangerous. "...Hail Hydra."
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Ward spread his hands wide, twisting to look at him, "Everything I told you is good. It's good intel, and you have allies here."
He'd make a grab if he weren't sure that Rumlow could break him into six pieces and mail them to a different part of the hotel if he felt like it.
"You don't think I don't want a piece of Coulson? I was a prisoner, behind a SHIELD badge for most of my life. Now I get stuck here? If you've got an idea to make them suffer by all means do it but I..."
"...I dunno, the way SHIELD turned it around? Suddenly deciding that out of everyone they're the good guys? Making it look, like they're the saints in this whole picture when they were harboring us? Hunting down HYDRA cells. You caught up? Seen the news? Seen how they're on the lookout for HYDRA like it's some kind of terrorist organization when you and I both know that the whole point..." His mouth twitched, "You should hear him, talking about the greater good and how he had to help people but he killed Garrett. Blew him to pieces with Fury's goddamn blessing and he still wants to be called a good man after that?"
He's unaware of how his voice has risen five or six octaves but he lowers it, "...Things change. Especially here. You want to sit on your hands go ahead but eventually, you know they'll out you. It happened to a guy from a different time and a different place and if you're here - who knows if SHIELD hasn't added to it's ranks? If there aren't Avengers here?"
Ward might appear slightly unhinged at this point. Slightly, ever so slightly. He may not be Natasha but he can play both sides - it just takes more of a toll on him. He stopped, realizing just how tired he was of playing the double game and how he'd desperately wanted them to leave him alone.
He sags, "...Keep to the truce I have going until they make a move. and they will, you know they will."
But what if they didn't. What if they don't. He stops, reflecting on that but if Rumlow's here that means HYDRA is here and HYDRA is dangerous.
"But until then, you could gather allies here, intel, recruit people to the cause who might be willing to join a new head - a better head. someone who can...fulfill Pierce's legacy. People who might have answers. And then - you can have the satisfaction of showing SHIELD off as the rotted corpse it is to anybody who might believe it. They spat on HYDRA and called the mission - the real mission wrong. They need someone to control them."
He licked his lips, expecting - fully expecting the other man to hurt him, "Don't you want to show them the truth if the occasion calls for it? In the long run, why not drag them down before killing them all? There's got to be a time for it and god damnit if I don't want revenge."
"Especially since that kid, that boy broke me after his goddamn girlfriend shot me. He got earthquake powers. You really want to be in here if he goes off? Without figuring out a way to stop him?"
He has to at least try and take charge and him walking away...after outing Skye and the rest of them despite trying to throw false information. He can't raise his arms to do the full salute, and it leaves the worst taste in his mouth as he does so - but not knowing where the other man is coming from is dangerous. "...Hail Hydra."