Chapter 10
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 1x08
It has been a week since Bobbi went on a mission with Fitz, and Simmons shot Sitwell, and since then Bobbi has started to teach Fitz-Simmons some basics and Melinda has taken over some of Skye's lessons.
As there was an incident in London involving Thor the team have been sent there to do some of the clean-up.
"In ancient times, people believed the heavens were filled with gods and monsters and magical worlds. Then, as time passed, those beliefs faded into myth and folklore. But now we know the stories were true. Other worlds, with names like Asgard, do exist. And beings once revered as gods, like Thor, have returned, leaving us with more questions and, an enormous mess to clean up." Simmons says, as she looks at the huge amount of rubble that is around her.
"Here's the next lot." Bobbi says, as she tips out a wheel barrow in front of Fitz.
"Joy, checking for alien spectrographic signatures one teeny rock at a time." Fitz says, looking less than happy.
"I know it's boring, but it's what we have to do." Bobbi explains, "We can't risk the possibility of anything alien getting in the wrong hands." She explains.
"I get that, but this is definitely the type of work a monkey could do." Fitz comments.
"We're on this because we know what to look for, if others were on this something could slip through the cracks, which could end horribly." Bobbi explains, and as she does Simmons's phone starts to ring, but she rejects the call.
"Don't give me that look." Simmons says, looking at Fitz, "I'll talk to them when I talk to them." She explains.
"Talk to who?" Bobbi asks curious.
"Mum and Dad. They want explanations, and answers, for… well, all this, but I don't have any answers." Simmons says, "And, more importantly, I haven't talked to them since I was ill, and if they knew that they'd be even more terrified. So, you know, why waste any of our time, really?" Simmons asks.
As Bobbi, Fitz, and Simmons are in one corner of the building Melinda, Phil, and Skye are nearby, walking down the walkway, Skye holding a crate to put thing in.
"You guys may think it's old news, but it's new news to everybody else." Skye says, "So, Asgardians are aliens from another planet that visited us thousands of years ago? Or more. And because we couldn't understand aliens, we thought they were gods?" Skye asks.
"That's where our Norse mythology comes from." Phil reveals, as he and Melinda continue to check everything for signs of Alien materials.
"That's too crazy. Do you think other deities are aliens, too? Vishnu for sure, right?" Skye asks.
"You know, it'd be nice if, for once, Thor and his people sent down the god of cleaning up after yourself." Phil comments, "They probably have a magic broom for this kind of thing." He says.
"I just wish they'd left their alien ship behind." Skye comments, with an amused look.
"So we can clean that up, too?" Melinda asks.
"So we could go inside, take a peek under the hood, maybe take it for a spin." Skye says, looking excited, "Come on, you're telling me piloting an alien ship isn't on your bucket list?" Skye asks, giving Melinda a look.
"It is." Bobbi says, from where she is collecting more rubble, causing Melinda to give her a less than impressed look, "What? I've heard your bucket list and piloting an alien ship is on it." Bobbi comments.
"I can't think of a single time when anything alien in human hands ended well." Phil comments, putting an end to the conversation that Bobbi, Skye, and Melinda are having.
"Wouldn't mind getting my human hands on Thor. He's so dreamy." Skye comments, looking amazed.
"Sure, he's handsome, but…" Phil starts to say.
"No. He's dreamy." Melinda corrects, causing Skye to give a Phil a smug look.
Across where Fitz, Simmons, and Bobbi are a device starts to beep.
"Fitz, is that…" Simmons starts to say, as she and Bobbi move back.
"Definitely not from here." Fitz confirms.
"Another piece of the ship." Bobbi says, taking the piece from Fitz.
"What are you doing." Fitz asks as Bobbi sprays the piece with a substance and puts into a locked case.
"Out of sight." She says, "Out of mind." She adds, "That's why we're here. To keep everything under control." Bobbi explains.
A few hours later the bus has travelled to Norway where they have found that something that is Asgardian was in a tree and has now been stolen a couple and seems to be effecting them in a serious way.
Having discovered that everyone has returned to the Bus, and Fitz, Simmons, Skye, and Bobbi are in the lab.
"Jakob Nystrom, thirty, and his girlfriend Petra Larson." Bobbi says, referring to the pictures on the screen.
"They're the leaders of a Norse Paganist hate group." Skye explains, "And their numbers are growing, thanks to what happens in Greenwich, and thanks to the internet. Yay, internet she said sarcastically." Skye comments.
"Norse Paganist?" Simmons asks curious.
"Obsessed with anything derived from Norse Mythology, stories of Asgard." Skye explains.
"And now they have a weapon." Bobbi says, sounding concerned, as she picks up the 3D printout Fitz made from the scan of the tree that Simmons got.
"The scan only accounted for one side. Too much damage for the three for complete reproduction." Simmons explains, "But see here, it's clearly broken on both ends."
"Which means there are at least two more pieces." Bobbi says, sounding concerned, "And they're probably looking for them." Bobbi says, looking up at the pictures.
"What are with those markings? What do they mean? What are they?" Skye asks.
"They're Asgardian symbolism." Phil says, as he and Melinda walk in, "Hard to translate with our limited knowledge." He explains.
"You should give your buddy the god of thunder a shout. He gets his power from his hammer, right? What if this is his nail to the hammer?" Skye asks.
"I already did. Director Fury told me he's off the grid, and if he has a cell phone, we don't have the number." Phil explains.
"S.H.I.E.L.D's investigations are on the trail of Nystrom, and his followers. We've been charged with identifying the object and finding any other pieces before they do." Melinda explains.
"I'm gonna say they have an advantage." Bobbi comments, "I mean they found this piece in a hundred and fifty square kilometre forest, they clearly know something we don't."
"What if it called to them with magic?" Skye asks.
"Called to them?" Simmons asks, looking shocked.
"We know it's Asgardian, so the rules are a little bendy here." Skye says.
"Just because we don't understand something yet doesn't mean we should regress back to the dark ages, talking of magic and fairy tales." Simmons says, with a scoff.
"Actually, that's exactly what we're going to do." Phil reveals.
"Excuse me?" Simmons asks shocked.
"Really?" Skye asks shocked.
"When we first found the hammer in New Mexico, I consulted one of the world's leading experts on Norse mythology, Elliot Randolph, a Professor at a university in Seville." Phil explains, and because both Melinda and Bobbi remember that they nod in understanding, "We'll leave immediately. Maybe he can tell us more about these markings." Phil says, before leaving the lab.
A few hours later Phil, Fitz, and Simmons have visited with Professor Randolph, who identified the Staff as the Berserker Staff and gave them some leads, and have returned back to the Bus.
"Did you know there's a mount Thor on Baffin Island?" Phil asks Bobbi, as they walk towards the conference room.
"Nope." Bobbi answers.
"Do you know what's not on Mount Thor? Anything Asgardian at all." Phil reveals, "Our agents on the ground haven't found a thing." Phil reveals, "What about you?" he asks, looking at Skye, and Melinda, who are in the conference room.
"Nystrom's deep-web message boards are abuzz with psychos. They believe they're gonna ascend to be the gods of destruction and death. People such, sir." Skye says.
"People suck, seriously Skye? That's your progress?" Bobbi asks amused.
"These people do." Skye comments, "And there's also chatter about going underground."
"That either means going incognito or searching for the next piece." Bobbi realises.
"Randolph said to check Viking routs. Find any others?" Phil asks.
"There's some sites along the Volga river in Russia, some in Kiev, and weirdly, here." Skye reveals.
"In Seville, Spain?" Phil asks surprised.
"It's a long shot, but Vikings sacked Seville twice. We found one promising location with Viking relics, El Divino Nino. A church built on the ruins of an 8th-centry crypt built on Roman ruins from 2006 B.C." Melinda explains, "East of a river."
"And lots of bones. Let's see what we can dig up." Phil says, "See what I did there." Phil says, with an almost proud look on his face, before he leaves.
"Has his punning always been so bad?" Skye asks curious.
"Yep." Melinda, and Bobbi confirm, as they leave the Command Centre.
A while later Skye, and Bobbi are investigating the church while Phil and Fitz are sitting in the car, monitoring everything.
"Must be nice to have a mandatory nap time." Fitz comments.
"Siesta isn't mandatory. Just very pleasant." Phil reveals.
"How you doing, Bobbi?" Fitz asks curious.
"Wishing I was shorter." Bobbi admits, as she ducks, "I haven't found anything yet, all my readings are normal."
"What about you, Skye? Any luck?" Fitz asks.
"I'm lucky my S.O. volunteered to take the super-creepy hallway instead of the slightly less-creepy dungeon-room place. I got nothing, sorry nada." Skye comments.
"Bobbi, your spectrograph is reading something near you." Fitz says.
"I know, I'm already on the move." Bobbi says running, and she follows the reading to where she finds Professor Randolph with a bag.
"I have a wonderful explanation." Randolph says.
"I'm sure." Bobbi says, and she reaches out and touches the second piece of the bag, but the second she does she is overwhelmed with memories, and she falls to her knees as she is overwhelmed.
"Bobbi? What's happening?" Phi asks worried.
"Her device just went down." Fitz reveals.
"Skye, can you get….." Phil starts to ask.
"Already on it." Skye says, running and she gets to Bobbi who is on her knees looking terrified, "Bobbi?" Skye asks, squatting down in front of her, and she reaches out to touch her, but Bobbi moves back, looking at Skye in fear, anger, and horror, "Hey, it's me, calm down." Skye says, and Bobbi breaths heavily.
"The staff, he has it." Bobbi reveals.
"Something's wrong with Bobbi." Skye says, through the coms.
A while later Phil has arrested Randolph, and brought him back to the plane, though he doesn't have his piece of the staff. As soon as the car stops at the Bus Bobbi goes running upstairs and Fitz, Simmons, and Skye have followed. When they get to the upper floor the trio realise that Bobbi has locked herself in her bunk.
"Bobbi, you're a biologist, you know we have to run some tests, make sure you're okay." Simmons says through the locked door.
"I'm fine, go away." Bobbi says, causing Fitz, Simmons, and Skye to exchange looks as Bobbi has never told them to go away before.
"You weren't fine earlier. Let Simmons run some tests." Skye pleads.
"No." Bobbi's voice says, "Go."
Hearing that Fitz, Simmons, and Skye exchange looks and walk a few steps away from Bobbi's bunk.
"We can't just leave; we need to make sure she's okay." Simmons comments.
"We can't run tests if she won't let us in, I'm not sure what we can do." Fitz admits.
"We can't do anything, we need May." Skye says, worried about her S.O, "She's the only one who could get Bobbi out of her bunk."
"I'll go get her." Fitz says, before heading to the cockpit where Melinda is.
About a minute later Fitz and Melinda walk over to Skye and Simmons.
"What do you need from Bobbi to find out whether she is okay?" Melinda asks, looking at Simmons.
"I need her to put these on, so I can monitor her." Simmons says, showing Melinda little devices that she is holding.
"I take it you can monitor the results downstairs?" Melinda asks.
"Of course." Simmons answers, with a nod.
"Then go." Melinda says, as she takes the devices that Simmons is holding.
"But…." Skye starts to say.
"Downstairs, all three of you." Melinda instructs, as she knows that Bobbi wouldn't have locked herself in her bunk without a very, very good reason.
"Yes May." Fitz, Simmons, and Skye say together, and the three of them, quiet reluctantly, head downstairs.
Once Melinda is sure that all three of the 'kids' have headed downstairs she walks over to Bobbi's bunk.
"Bobbi, it's me." Melinda says.
"Go away, Melinda." Bobbi says.
"You know that's not going to happen. You can let me in or I can let myself in, your choice." Melinda says, and seconds later she hears the door unlock, "Good choice." Melinda says, walking into Bobbi's bunk, closing the door behind her.
When Melinda walks in she sees Bobbi sitting on the bed, trying to make herself as small as possible in the corner of her bunk, and as she sees her Melinda realises that she has only seen Bobbi like this once before.
"You saw it, didn't you?" Melinda asks, as she sits down on the end of Bobbi's bed.
"Yes." Bobbi says, with a nod, "Lincoln Slade." Bobbi answers, "I don't know what that thing is Mel, but It was like I was back there, everything was so clear." Bobbi admits, looking angry and afraid.
"But you're not back there, you're here, your safe, and he's dead." Melinda reminds Bobbi, "I was there when you shot him, I saw his body, he's gone, and he's not coming back."
"I know, I know I know that, but it was so clear." Bobbi admits, "I feel the anger I felt, the pain, the terror." Bobbi reveals, "It's overwhelming."
"It doesn't have to be." Melinda reminds Bobbi.
"I know, I'm trying what you taught me, but it's not working. It's like it's too powerful, too strong." Bobbi reveals.
"You're stronger." Melinda says, moving closer to Bobbi, "You can beat these feelings."
"It's like a fire inside of me, burning, and everything's at the surface, no matter how hard I try to push it down." Bobbi reveals, "This isn't natural."
"Simmons wants you to put these on." Melinda says, showing Bobbi the devices that Simmons gave you, "They could give us a picture of what is going on."
"I think that could be a good idea." Bobbi says, and Melinda hands them over. As Bobbi knows where they need to go she connects them all, "I'm trying to push it away, focus on the team, on the mission, but I just can't seem to be able to." She says, and as she does Melinda moves so that she is right across from Bobbi.
"Let me help." Melinda says, sticking out her hands for Bobbi to take, "Close your eyes." Melinda says, once Bobbi takes her hands, "Focus on my voice, on the feeling on my hands in yours." Melinda says, "Concentrate on your breathing, just in and out. It's the you and me, just let the rest of the word slip away." Melinda says.
For the next few minutes Melinda does everything she can to try and help Bobbi relax, and it doesn't seem to be working, something that doesn't help when there is knock on the door, as Melinda feels her tense.
"Agent May, Bobbi, we have the results." Simmons voice says.
"What did you find out, Simmons?" Melinda asks.
"Bobbi's experiencing an adrenalin serge, caused by…." Simmons starts to explains.
"What is the treatment?" Melinda asks, before Simmons can finish her explanation.
"There isn't one." Simmons says, "The best I can do is give Bobbi 10cc of Benzodiazepine." Simmons says.
"No, no sedative." Bobbi says.
"But…" Simmons starts to say.
"If Bobbi said no, then no." Melinda says, "Anything else, Simmons?"
"No." Simmons says, a little disappointed that Bobbi didn't agree to help.
"Then you can go." Melinda says, and quiet reluctantly Simmons heads back downstairs.
"I want to keep trying, I need to try to calm down." Bobbi says, as with the anger, and the pain she is feeling she doesn't want to be around, Skye, Simmons and Fitz, she doesn't want them to see her like this.
"Okay." Melinda says, with a nod, "Let's start from the beginning." Melinda says, and that's exactly what they do.
It has been a while since Simmons explained what was going on to Bobbi and Melinda, and ever since the two of them have been in Bobbi's bunk.
As his interrogation didn't go well, though he has a theory, Phil has gone in search for Melinda and Bobbi, but as he didn't find them in the cockpit, or the conference room he's headed down to the lab, after checking the cargo bay.
"Fitz, Simmons, Skye, do any of you know where May and Bobbi are?" Phil asks, as he walks into the lab.
"They're in Bobbi's bunk." Skye reveals, "Bobbi's having a reaction to the staff and won't let anyone but May near." She explains.
"What kind of reaction?" Phil asks, trying to hide his concern.
"Adrenalin serge, but from the way Bobbi was acting earlier it seems to be affecting her in other ways." Simmons explains.
"I see." Phil responds, before heading upstairs, causing Fitz, Simmons, and Skye to exchange looks as he goes.
About a minute after he left the lab Phil arrives at Bobbi's bunk.
"May, Bobbi, it's me." Phil says, from outside the door, "I'm alone, the kids are still downstairs, but I need to talk to you both." He explains.
About twenty seconds later Melinda and Bobbi walk out and even though she is trying to hide it Phil knows Bobbi well enough to know that she isn't okay.
"You okay?" Phil asks concerned, though he can guess the answer.
"No, but Melinda's helping me." Bobbi answers, "What's going on?"
"I'm not getting anywhere with Randolph, I have a theory, but I need help to test it out." Phil admits.
"I'll do it." Bobbi says,
"Bobbi…" Melinda starts to say.
"Letting everything slip away isn't working, not as well as it usually does, maybe distraction will." Bobbi says, as while she still isn't sure if she is ready to be around Fitz, Simmons, and Skye, she thinks she can handle an interrogation, "What do you need?" she asks Phil, who starts to explain his plan.
A little while later Bobbi walks into the cage where Randolph is.
"You need to start talking." Bobbi says, walking into the room, allowing the anger and pain she is feeling to seep into her voice.
"I told Agent Coulson everything I know." Randolph lies.
"You're lying." Bobbi says, "Tell me what that thing did to me and how to fix it." Bobbi says angrily, taking a step forward.
"I swear I don't know." Randolph lies, "But how about we get dinner." He suggests.
"Not going to happen." Bobbi says, walking up to Randolph, as she pulls a knife, and as she goes stab him Randolph catches the knife and bends it, as he does the door opens and Phil walks in.
"You were right, Phil. He's Asgardian." Bobbi says.
"Good thing, otherwise that would have been awfully embarrassing." Phil comments.
"Okay, I have to know." Randolph says, as he breaks the handcuffs he is in, "How'd you figure me out?"
"Did the math." Coulson answers, "One, you're not the first Asgardian I've had in custody. You guys don't flinch or panic in captivity. Two, a Waterfield 44? On a lit Professor's salary? I don't think so, and lastly, when I tell someone I've had some one-on-one time with an alien, they tend to be a little curious.
"Well, you're certainly more observant than most, Agent Coulson." Randolph says, in amazement.
"So, you're the Asgardian warrior who stayed." Phil says.
"Please don't tell anyone." Randolph says.
While Phil and Bobbi are in the cage with Professor Randolph Fitz, Simmons, and Skye are in the conference room watching the feed from the cage in amazement.
"I had no clue. Did you?" Fitz asks Simmons, "Hidden in plain sight, an actual Asgardian. Brilliant." Fitz comments
"How long do you suppose he's been on our planet?" Skye asks, looking between Fitz and Simmons.
"A thousand years. Maybe more." Simmons answers, "If we could just cut him open a little bit, get some tissue samples, maybe some bodily fluids, we could find out." Simmons says.
"Or we could just ask him, weirdo." Skye says to Simmons, with a teasing, but fond, smile, "This is way better than the History channel. I mean, this guy has lived through all the scary stuff, the crusades, the black desk, disco." Skye says, and as she does Melinda walks in, doing things on a tablet, "What are you doing?" Skye asks.
"Sealing the interrogation-room door." Melinda explains, causing the three people in the room to look at her in shock, "Coulson's order." Melinda explains, hiding the fact that she really doesn't think it's a good idea for Bobbi to be doing something like this at the moment.
A few hours later the Bus has landed in Ireland as Phil and Bobbi got Randolph to explain about his staff, and eve explained a little about the staff.
"The effects of the staff, are they permanent?" Bobbi asks Randolph as she hands him back his belongings.
"The strength wears off. You will feel exhausted afterwards, you'll need sleep." Randolph says.
"What about the other effects?" Bobbi asks, desperately hoping that they wear off too.
"Oh, that dark, nasty ache in the pit of your stomach, the rage and pain in your chest that makes you feel as if your heart is going to explode?" Randolph asks, "It's worse on humans, but give it a few decades and it'll wear off too and you'll back to your old lovely self."
"Great." Bobbi says, sarcastically before walking off, to the back of the car.
"Maybe you should stay on the bus." Melinda says, to her friend.
"No, I may not be okay, but I am in control." Bobbi admits, "I have to see this through." She admits, though the truth is that she doesn't know how she is going to handle it if she has to pick up the staff again.
"Okay." Melinda says, because, despite her reservations, she knows it is Bobbi's choice, "If you need help I'm here." Melinda assures her.
"You already have helped me, Melinda." Bobbi assures her.
"Bobbi, May, we've got to go." Phil's voice says.
"Coming Coulson." Melinda and Bobbi both say, and they head over to the cars.
A little while later Melinda, Bobbi, Fitz, Simmons, Phil, Skye and Randolph arrive at the church where Randolph says the last piece of the staff is.
"Well, it's been a while. I wonder." Randolph says, heading over to the podium, "Ah, yes. There it is." He says, showing everyone a book, "Well, the nose isn't quite right, but…"
"That's you?" Fitz asks.
"Yeah. They venerated me a bit of a saint." Randolph explains.
"I don't care, where's the staff?" Bobbi ask.
"It's upstairs." Randolph explains, and everyone heads up there.
"Is it really a good idea for Bobbi to be on this mission?" Skye asks Melinda in a quiet voice, clearly worried.
"She wanted to be." Melinda explains, as they continue to walk.
About a minute later the group walk into the upper level.
"It's quiet." Melinda notes, as she and Bobbi both look around, doing a scan of the area.
"Why do you think I trusted them with my secret?" Randolph asks, "They take a vow of silence." He explains.
"But when you get them talking, they squeal." Jakob Nystrom says, coming out from the place he was hiding holding a piece of the staff, "They say if you want to defeat a god, you must become one." He says, before stabbing Randolph in the chest.
Realising what she has to do Bobbi goes to pull the staff out Randolph's chest, but before she can touch it she is pushed out of the way by Melinda.
"Better me than you." Melinda says, as she doesn't want Bobbi to be subjected to those memories again, before pulling the staff out of Randolph.
"Melinda." Bobbi says, looking at Melinda in shock, and once she is holding the staff Melinda charges at Jakob and they both fall onto the lower floor.
"We need to help May" Skye says, before running downstairs.
"I'll get them." Bobbi says, before getting back to her feet and chasing after Skye.
As Melinda, Bobbi, Skye, and Jakob go downstairs Fitz, Simmons, and Phil hurry over to Randolph.
"How is he?" Phil asks.
"I don't know what to do. He's not human." Simmons says.
"He's dying." Phil tells her.
"Yeah, we know, but she doesn't understand his anatomy." Fitz explains, "And I'm even w…." he starts to say, but Phil just sticks his head into Randolph's body, "What in god name?" Fitz asks.
"Oh, my god." Simmons says shocked.
"Sometimes, you have to just jump in and figure things out." Phil explains, "Now, Asgardian's heal faster than we do. Maybe we can keep him alive long enough…."
"For his body to heal itself." Simmons finishes.
"Oaky, what am I looking for?" Phil asks.
"His heart." Simmons answers.
While Phil, Fitz, and Simmons are doing what they can to try and save Randolph Melinda, Bobbi, and Skye are down on the lower level.
"May!" Skye calls, as Melinda fights a whole group of people, but before she can move closer Bobbi pulls her back.
"Stay back, Skye." Bobbi says, as she pulls her back.
"How can you say that? After what that thing did to you?" Skye asks, looking at Bobbi, as Melinda gets a second piece of the staff.
"What that thing did to me is exactly why we have to stand back." Bobbi explains to Skye, as they watch Melinda.
For the next minute Bobbi and Skye continue to watch and Melinda takes down everyone in the room, and drops the two pieces of the staff on the ground. Once the pieces are on the ground Bobbi and Skye run over to her. Once they are close enough Skye reaches out to touch Melinda, but Bobbi quickly pulls her back as judging by what she saw she assumes Melinda saw Bahrain, and after Bahrain Melinda hated being touched.
"Melinda." Bobbi says, as Skye looks at her in confusion, but Bobbi doesn't let her move any closer to Melinda. After a few seconds Melinda looks up and nods at Bobbi, but as she does Jakob's girlfriend arrives, carrying the last piece of the staff.
"You've got to be kidding me." Skye says shocked.
"Get her back Bobbi." Melinda requests, and Bobbi does just that. Once Bobbi and Skye are out of the way Melinda picks up both the pieces of staff.
"I'm not afraid of you." Petra says, and Melinda just attackers her, managing to take her down quite easily, and as she fights the three pieces of the staff connect once more.
Once the staff is in three pieces and everyone is dealt with Melinda gently places the staff on the ground, and looks to Skye and Bobbi and nods.
A few hours later the team are still at the church, Randolph has been heled, and S.H.I.E.L.D has come and picked up the staff.
While Coulson is with Randolph, Fitz, Simmons, and Skye are together and so are Melinda and Bobbi.
"Coulson did that?" Skye asks surprised, once Fitz and Simmons have finished explaining what happened upstairs while she was downstairs, "He just shoved his hand inside?"
"Well, he had to. I froze, didn't know what to do." Simmons explains.
"Hey, you didn't freeze. You just weren't up for the idea of putting your hand into someone else's chest." Fitz says, as Jemma's phone starts to ring.
"Maybe I should jump in." Simmons says, answering the call, "Hi, Dad, yeah, it's great to hear your voice too. I've been meaning to call you for a couple of days. It's been a difficult few weeks." Simmons says, as she walks away from Skye, and Fitz.
Off away from Fitz, Simmons, and Skye Melinda and Bobbi are off to the side sitting together.
"Why'd you push me away from it?" Bobbi asks.
"You've already saw it again once, there was no reason for you to have to see it again." Melinda tells her friend.
"I can guess what you saw, and you would have known that before, and you subjected yourself to that, for me?" Bobbi asks, knowing enough, even though she doesn't know the full story, to know how big of a deal that is.
"Of course." Melinda says, looking at her, "And I'd do it again." Melinda says, before walking away.
"Huh." Bobbi mutters, watching her walk away.
Because of everything that has happened Phil has arranged for the team to stay in Dublin overnight, and because of that they are staying at a hotel.
Having gone down to the bar to get a bottle of scotch Bobbi spots Fitz, Simmons, and Skye in a booth together and so she walks over to them,
"Hey." Bobbi greats.
"Bobbi!" Fitz, Simmons, and Skye say, all sounding glad to see her.
"I take it from that bottle that you don't want to join us?" Skye asks, wondering if Bobbi is going to drink it all on her own.
"Not tonight." Bobbi says, "Are you three okay? I know the past few days have been rough."
"We're okay." Simmons says, as Fitz, and Skye nod in agreement, "What about you?"
"I've been better, but the adrenaline is starting to wear off." Bobbi explains, "I've got to go, but my phone will be on if you need anything." Bobbi says, looking between the three, "Don't get into trouble." She tells them, giving them all a look.
"Yes Bobbi." Fitz, Simmons, and Skye say, and once they do Bobbi smiles at them, and then walks away.
A couple of minutes after she left Fitz, Simmons and Skye, Bobbi knocks on the door Melinda's room.
"May, it's me, I have scotch." Bobbi reveals, and seconds later the door opens, "The kids are okay. I just saw them down in the bar." She explains, as she walks in, "I told them not to get into any trouble."
"Hopefully they listen." Melinda says, grabbing two glasses, "Do you want me to order our traditional room service?" Melinda asks, as due to the fact it is so rare that they are able to stay at a hotel over night she and Bobbi, along with Phil, Natasha, Clint, and Maria have traditional room service that they order, depending on the combinations of them.
"That would be good." Bobbi says, as they both sit down on Melinda's bed, across from each other, "But ask for the fries to be extra crunchy."
"Of course." Melinda says, as Bobbi hands her a drink, and she drinks the glass in one go.
"Maybe I should have gotten two bottles." Bobbi comments, after she downs her bottle in one go too.
"If we need another one we'll get it." Melinda says, and the two old friends end up spending the rest of the night drinking and eating room service, both trying to forget about what they saw thanks to the Berserker Staff, and because Bobbi doesn't feel like going back to her room she ends up staying in Melinda's.
It has been two days since Bobbi and Melinda's room service and scotch night and as of yet the team hasn't been assigned a new mission.
It is early evening and Melinda is sitting in the cockpit when Bobbi walks in.
"Get up, we're going out." Bobbi says.
"What?" Melinda asks, turning to look at her in surprise.
"I cleared it with Coulson, if we get called on a mission we have to get back here, but otherwise we've got the night off." Bobbi explains, "So I'm taking you out to dinner."
"You don't have to." Melinda says, standing up.
"Yes, I do. It's your birthday and I've missed way too many of them the last few years, so now that we're finally in the same place we're going to do something." Bobbi reveals, "Hell, I even stole the keys to Lola." Bobbi lies, trying to get Melinda to agree.
"You mean you asked Phil, and because it's my birthday he agreed." Melinda corrects.
"No, I stole them." Bobbi says, and Melinda gives her a disbelieving look, "Okay, fine. He gave them to me." Bobbi says, knowing that she should have realised that she had no chance of lying to Melinda, not about this, "But he said that you have to drive." Bobbi reveals, handing the keys over.
"Well, if Phil is actually letting us drive Lola then we have to go out." Melinda comments.
"Exactly. I've already made reservations so come on." Bobbi says, and two of them head out of the cockpit.
It has been an hour since Melinda and Bobbi left the bus and because she can't help her curiosity anymore Skye has headed up to the Phil's office.
"Can I come in?" Skye asks, from the door.
"Sure." Phil says, and Skye walks in, "What did you need?"
"I was just wondering where May and Bobbi went, because they both left an hour ago, and they looked kind of dressed up." Skye says, as when she saw Bobbi and Melinda neither were wearing their tactical gear, or the kind of things she's seen them wear around the bus, but nicer clothes, though they were both wearing pants.
"Today's May's birthday." Phil reveals, "They went out to dinner." He explains.
"Today's May's birthday?" Skye asks shocked.
"Yeah." Phil confirms.
"You should have told me!" Skye says, before running downstairs.
"FITZ, SIMMONS." Skye calls, as she hurries down the stairs.
"Skye?" Simmons asks, as she walks out from her bunk.
"What's going on?" Fitz asks.
"It's May's birthday. We've got to make her a cake." Skye says, hurrying over to the kitchen.
Hearing Skye's tone of voice Fitz and Simmons exchange looks, neither understanding why it is clearly so important to her.
"Skye, May not want us to know it's her birthday." Fitz comments, as he and Simmons walk over to Skye.
"It doesn't matter; everyone deserves a cake on their birthday." Skye says, as she collects everything she needs.
"Skye." Simmons says, taking a step forward, "Are you okay?"
"Yes. We've just got to get this done before May and Bobbi get back." Skye says, as she hurriedly starts to work.
"Skye." Simmons says, as she and Fitz walk forward even more.
"Why is this so important to you?" Fitz asks, and Skye looks hesitant.
"You can talk to us, Skye. you know that." Simmons says, finding Skye's reaction really strange.
"I never really had a birthday party, hell I don't even know when my birthday is." Skye admits, "But whenever I would watch a TV show and see a kid getting a birthday cake, I would envy that so much, it was something I wanted so much, but I never got one." Skye says, trying to hide the fact that she is getting upset, "I want to give May one." Skye reveals, and in response Fitz, and Simmons just hug her, none of them noticing Phil listening from the top of the stairs.
"Well, I guess we better get started on this case." Simmons says, once the three of them break apart, and that's exactly what they do.
A few hours after they left the Bus for their dinner Melinda and Bobbi are finally arriving home, neither noticing that Phil used Lola's GPS to track them back, and so they second they walk onto the upper level of the plane they hear.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAY!" And see Skye, Fitz, Simmons, and Phil standing in the couch area and there is a chocolate birthday cake, clearly homemade on the table.
Seeing that Melinda looks at Bobbi.
"Wasn't me." Bobbi says, actually surprised by the sight.
"Skye's the one to thank." Phil says, giving Melinda a very specific look, "She insisted that you needed to have a birthday cake." He explains.
"Well, thank you Skye." Melinda says, planning on getting the full story from Phil later.
"You're welcome, I just thought that everyone deserves to have a birthday cake." Skye explains, looking nervous.
"It looks delicious, and we should all enjoy it." Melinda says, looking around the room.
"We should." Bobbi says, and that's exactly what the six of them do.