I OWN NOTHING!


The whole team and Lindsey stood around the table in the Control Room. On the table, Coulson had pulled up a file containing all they had on the Clan. Which, sadly, wasn't much. The screen in front of the table was covered in the only profiles they had on the organization. If only they knew the men who had been identified were not of importance to the Clan. They were just lackies, most of them were probably dead by now.

. "Let's get to work. Lindsey, take it away," Coulson said.

"Alright," Lindsey sighed tapping on a file and moving it to the screen. "Tonight, we will all be attending the Clan annual Ball. This is the recruitment event of the year. Anyone who is anyone in this organization will be here. It will be held in the headquarters of the Clan, luckliy for us, they hold all prisoners in this building." Lindsey pulled up a picture of an old brick building. "The two buildings are less than a block apart. Skye, Ward, Fitz, and I will attend the gala as guests. Coulson will secure the detention building. After the perimeter is sealed, those at the ball with go in. Simmons and May will act as the handlers from the Bus. Any questions?"

"I think we got it," Coulson said. "We'll be over Berlin in a few hours."

"What's the plan when we land?" Ward asked.

"We go the SHIELD base outside the city and they will already have everything we need for the mission," Lindsey said.

"What's plan B?" May said. "By the looks of the Blue Prints, it would be easy to move the prisoners to a new location."

"We'll make it up as we go," Lindsey said.

"Great," Ward mumbled under his breath sarcasm dripping into his tone.


Bags of gear slung over their shoulders, the team jumped out of the cargo hold together. Simultaniously, they pulled their chutes floating down to the ground. Lindsey was the only one who landed in the field grass with any grace. Skye and Ward somehow managed to get their chutes tangled together about sixteen feet off the ground ended up landing in heap on the ground choking on the dust. Fitz landed sprawled out on his back obviously being his first time parachuting solo. Coulson stumbled in on his landing, a little out of practice.

Lindsey landed on her feet easily. She removed her goggles and unclipped the chute from her waist. They all stared at her in awe. Her long hair was wind-blown into beautiful waves, her cheeks were burned from the cool air tinted pink, and there was smile on her face.

"That was fun," she said fixing her bag.

"Easy for you to say," Leo muttered brushing off her jeans.

"Let's get going," Coulson said. "We've got a lot of work to do."

"How far away is Base?" Ward asked helping Skye to her feet.

"A couple miles south," Coulson said.

"Then, we better start walking," Lindsey said.

And they did with Coulson in the lead. Lindsey walked slightly behind the rest of the team feeling even more out of place. The sun was beginning to go down and the Moon was rising. It was beautiful, the Full moon illuminating their bodies.

"You know, I can't figure you out," Skye said falling back so he was in step with Lindsey.

"Most people can't," Lindsey said. "I'm a little complicated."

"Yeah," Skye said. "But, I think I'm getting close."

"Care to enlighten me."

They continued to walk behind the group, Lindsey's boots squishing in the mud.

"I'm guessing you were recruited for SHIELD because of you were a threat, even if you were just a child."

Lindsey nodded.

"You probably made it through the academy quickly. Instead of making friends, you made a lot of enemies in your time there. Probably caused a lot of problems even if you didn't mean to."

"You have no idea," Lindsey scoffed. "They all hated me, even the trainers."

"I'm guessing right after you graduated you were put directly into the field. You most likely went through several teams, handlers and SO's before they gave up. Eventually they realized it would be best if you worked alone with minimal assistance from base."

"I had thirteen handlers in six months. Most of them quit SHIElD all together after they were done with me."

"But, I still can't figure out why we you are so desperate to save these people captured by the Clan if you like working alone."

"Because they're more than my team, they're my family. They are the first people who actually get me; they love me even after they leared about my past."

"I still don't get why your team actually worked."

"Me either," Lindsey said grinning a little bit. She adjusted the bag on her back huffing. "What about you; what's your story? I know you didn't go to the academy, you have to much personality for that."

"Thanks, I think."

"That was a compliment," Lindsey chuckled.

"Ward and AC found caught me hacking into the SHIELD mainframe, they took me in temporarily to help complete a mission. I never went back to my van though, I guess it was because I became a member of the team. I had people who actually wanted me around. I'm not an official agent, but I'm something. I'm needed."

"What's going on between you and Ward?" Lindsey asked.

"What?" Skye sputtered. "There's nothing."

"Don't say there's nothing, I'm paid to analyze body language. There's obviously something there."

"Fine," Skye sighed. "I guess I realized I felt more than a rookie should feel for her SO when I broke into the Hub mainframe and realized there was no rescue plan for Fitz and Grant on a mission. I freaked out, organized a pretty crappy rescue team. We hooked up after a mission that went wrong. He almost died and I couldn't handle it. I walked into his bunk and kissed him. He kissed back and it kind of escalated from there."

"That's sweet."

"Yeah, it is," Skye smiled looking at the back of Grants head.

Lindsey sighed; it sounded very familiar. Michael had almost died in El Salvador six months before. It had scared the crap out of her and had woken her up to what she really felt. So, late one night, she snuck into his quarters and kissed him. Amazingly enough, he kissed her back. She couldn't quite remember what had happened from there. However, she did know she woke up the next morning enveloped in his arms just as naked as he was. From then on, they had been some weird undefined couple.


So, what did you think? I got one review on my last chapter. I know, a little pathetic, right?

Love,

Kaylie