Chapter Two
Coulson pulled Lola up outside the park entrance and watched May and Simmons get out before getting out himself and locking the doors. Simmons had one of her gadgets out and was leading them into the park. " The G.P.S puts it in this direction Sir " Agent May turned around surveying the area for hostiles or anything unusual while following Simmons lead. They walked about 10 kilometers in till they reached a small clearing with a lake in front of it. Simmons led them right to a spot at the edge of the lake, there was nothing on the ground but grass, it wasn't discoloured in any way, just flattened a little
"How long ago was the signal last spotted?" May asked "It was last picked up about four hours ago" Simmons responded. Coulson took a long look around him before looking out at the lake itself "Beautiful here isn't it?!" The afternoon sun was glinting off the lake at the angle where Coulson stood transfixed by the view. May was crouched down over the grass looking closely at the pattern some of the blades were making. "It's almost like someone was sitting here" she voiced questioningly "Could a person have emitted or caused that kind of energy signal?" Coulson asked, Simmons spluttered a bit not quite finding her words as she rolled half a million different idea's through her brain at once before finally speaking coherently "It's certainly a possibility I guess but to do that the person would certainly be aware there was something going on in their body" " so we could be looking for a person rather than an object then?" May chimed in. "Absolutely" Simmons replied. Coulson finally tore his eyes away from the view and asked Simmons if there was a way to track the person down, she responded that herself and Fitz could probably put something together in the lab quite quickly if they headed back straight away.
Coulson took his mobile out of his jacket pocket and called Ward. He ordered them back to rendezvous on the bus immediately thinking if this really was being caused by a person then it could be much worse than he had originally thought.
Ward ended his call with Agent Coulson and signaled to Skye and Fitz to join him next to the SUV. "Coulson says he wants us back at the bus asap " he told the others "Why?" Skye asked looking confused but before Ward could answer she continued blurting "We only just got here, we haven't even had five minutes to look around and A.C orders us back, well gee yes sir, thank you very much sir" Ward and Fitz just stood there staring at Skye both of them mentally thinking 'here we go again' before turning away from her and getting in the car. Skye looked at the closing doors with a what the hell look on her face before shrugging her shoulders and joining them inside. "What are we going to tell them when we get back to the bus, sorry boss but you didn't give us time to see or do anything?" Skye continued spouting before Ward lost his cool, raised his voice and said "Look Skye, did you ever think there might be a good reason Agent Coulson is recalling us so early, how about you give us all a chance to find out?" That shocked Skye into silence and she didn't say a word the whole way back to the bus.