Chapter Nine (Awake and Alive)

Coulson and May still wandered through the seemingly endless foliage of the forest. They still hadn't found any clue of Skye or Ward and they were getting tired of going in circles.

"Coulson, we are just going around in circles." May said. "There aren't any clues around here, we should just go back to the Bus before we get lost ourselves."

Coulson ignored her and kept on going. He didn't want to give up, not quite yet. He still believe that both Skye and Ward were somewhere out in the wilderness. He still wanted to keep looking.

May sighed seeing that Coulson wasn't going to listen to her. She knew he wouldn't, this little mission meant just too much to him. She kept following Coulson.

It was probably at least fifteen minutes until a rustle in the foliage caused both Coulson and May to whip their guns out and point it at the tree line. Their guns stayed trained at the tall oak trees.

"Show yourself!" Coulson yelled.

May lowered her voice to a whisper, "It may just be an animal."

"You don't know." Coulson hissed. "It could be whoever is responsible for blowing up the plane."


Skye and Ward froze as they heard shouting come from the other side of the dense foliage.

"Show yourself!" the voice yelled.

"What do we do?" Skye whispered.

"Stay as still as possible." Ward whispered back. "Don't move an inch. If we don't move, whoever that is will hopefully pass on. It's probably just a hunter."

Several seconds later the voice yelled again, "Reveal yourselves! We are both armed!"

Skye frowned, "Wait a minute. That sounds like Coulson!" she whispered.

"No, it can't be." Ward retorted quietly. "I don't think it is."

"Come out or," the voice faded to a whisper.

Ward pinched his lips together, "Yeah, that's Coulson."

"So we're saved?" Skye asked. "What do we do? Do we just walk out into the clearing?"

"And give Coulson a heart attack? I don't think so." Ward replied.

"That's the only way we can say that we're alive, Grant." Skye stated. "What else are we going to do?"

"But I don't think," But Ward spoke too late, Skye had already pushed past the trees. He sighed, "Fine then, have it your way." He then followed Skye out into the clearing.


The trees rustled even more and Coulson kept his gun trained on the trees. Two figures suddenly emerged from the leaves and into the clearing.

Coulson and May both lowered their guns, "Oh my God." Coulson whispered. "Skye and Ward."

"They're alive." May stated. "They're alive."

Coulson walked up to them, "Skye, Ward." he said. "Good to see you alive."

"Maybe not fully well though." Skye said, gesturing to the makeshift crutches and splint on Ward. "He had a little accident."

Ward glared at Skye, "Don't call it an accident."

"That's what it was."

"I fell over a log."

"And broke your ankle and you were unconscious."

"Don't say it like that!"

Coulson sighed, "That's enough you two. C'mon, let's get you two clean up. And Ward, you are going to let Simmons look at your ankle if you like it or not."


Author's Note: I don't own AoS, Marvel does. Sorry for the wait on this one, I haven't felt like writing this in a while. Nice to have a story where Skye is alright. (Mention to MAoS 1X13 TRACKS.) One chapter left and it will probably be romantic, and I am not the romantic type. Keep reading and please review! ~AwakeAndAliveSpartan.