Chapter 2

"I don't know anything else because Keating was still in debriefing with Hill when Fury called. I thought it would be best to tell you know instead of later." Coulson explained to a frantic May.

"How do they know she ran away?" May started to pace Coulson's office thinking where Bethany would go if she ran away. Tampa was the first place that sprung to mind and she had no doubt that Coulson thought that's where she might go as well.

"Fury said that she had taken all of her valuables and the house didn't look like it had been broken into." Coulson walked over to May placing his hands on her shoulders to stop her from pacing. "We'll find her." Coulson wiped her tears away.

"You promise."

"I promise." May nodded then slipped her arms around Coulson's neck and began crying. Coulson wrapped his arms around her tightly doing his best to comfort her with crying himself. Bethany meant the world to both him and May. If they lost her... Coulson couldn't think about that, they were going to find their little girl no matter who or what stood in their way.

"Do you think she went to the farm house in Tampa?" May asked.

"That's where I want to start." Coulson said.

"Do you still have the cameras in that house?" May asked thinking if they accessed the network the cameras were on then they would know if Bethany was in Tampa.

"Brilliant." A surprise to both of them Coulson kissed May for having that bright idea. May turned red, it had been a while since Coulson had kissed her. In fact before the team was assembled they only really talked when it concerned Bethany. "Sorry." Coulson mumbled letting go of May.

"Let's just focus on finding Bethany and we'll talk about this later ok." May said. Bethany had to be their first priority.

"Yeah….sure. Why don't you down to the command room and I'll talk to the team." May nodded in agreement with Coulson.

Opening the door to the office May was met with a very shocked team from what they had just over heard. Barging past them May headed down to the command room leaving the team to Coulson like her suggested. Coulson stood staring at the team not knowing what to tell them.

"Ummm how much of that did you hear?" Coulson asked hoping they hadn't heard that much.

"All of it." Skye blurted out grinning like the Cheshire cat. She knew that Coulson and May had history but now it had just got very interesting in her books.

"Right." Coulson suddenly very nervous and didn't know how much he should tell them. "Go down to the command room and May and I'll tell you everything you need to know."

***A.O.S***

May rolled her eyes when she saw the team descending the staircase. There was no way Coulson had told them anything since no one was talking. Coulson stood next to May as the rest stood at the back of the room in silence.

May was able to access the network the cameras were connected to easily. The Cameras were positioned in every room (except the bathrooms), around the property and at various places on the land surrounding the property. Flicking though the rooms of the house they found Bethany asleep in the master bedroom. Zooming in on sleeping Bethany, May put the footage on to the big screen and moved closer to it.

From what May could see that her little girl didn't look injured or hurt in any way. Feeling a hand rest on her shoulder, she glanced over to see who it was. Not surprised to see it was Coulson. Coulson was also more than happy to see the Bethany was ok. He hadn't seen or spoken to her since before he 'died'. Seeing her had him miss her even more, if that was possible. Bethany was yet to know that he was actually still alive. He hoped that once he explained everything to her that she would be able understand why he had kept the truth from her and not hate him.

May turned around to face Coulson and had a silent conversation with him. Working out how much they should tell the team they turned to face them.

"Here's what's going to happen in the next day or two. We are going to drop the 0-8-4 off at the sandbox then we are heading to Tampa to pick up Bethany. Once we have Bethany we are heading to the Hub since Director Fury wishes to speak with her. Everyone clear?" Coulson addressed the team and either got a nod or a 'yes' back from each of them. "Do you have any questions?"

"How old is she, sir." Jemma asked the first question.

"13." May answered.

"So are you two still together or just friends?" Skye had to ask the most personal question.

"It's complicated." Phil said and May squirmed at the word 'complicated'

"Complicated how?" Skye looked like she was enjoying this line of questioning too much.

"We've been separated for the past four years." Coulson and May tired not to look at each other.

"We should just tell them." May whispered to Coulson.

"You sure?" Coulson didn't think that May would be comfortable about the team knowing too much about her personal life.

"Yes, they are going to find out sooner or later." Coulson agreed with May. "Beth is biologically not our daughter, she's my niece." May informed them.

"Bethany's biological parents died when she was 18 months old and she placed into Melinda's care. We were together at the time and we both agreed to raise Bethany as our own and we adopted her just before she turned 3." Coulson continued on from May. The room filled with silence. Coulson and May let the team digest everything that was said.

"So….Ummm….you had been boyfriend and girlfriend for over 7 years and raised Bethany as you kid?" Skye could tell there was something they were not telling them and she had a felling it had to do with their relationship since they both squirmed when she said about them being boyfriend and girlfriend.

"No we were….are married."


Another cliffhanger i'm so evil :D

in this story May and Ward have never slept together. Hope enjoyed this chapter and i'll update soon.

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