"When are you going?" asked Natasha and looked over towards Melinda.

"The day after tomorrow. Skye should get cleared today. We ´ll get packed tomorrow and then get going. Why? You want to help?"

"Yeah, me and Wanda actually. We have nothing to do in the next few days." It would be good to stretch out their legs and a good mission for Wanda to gain experience. It could only help her in the long run.

"Every bit of help would be appreciated." Replied May and gave a slight nod of recognition in Natasha´s direction. She appreciated the offer for help.

"Then we´ll pack our things and meet you on board."

"Good, I will inform Skye about it. She´s at the plane right know checking the systems." May answered and went to the plane to inform Skye about the change of plans. If they had Wanda and Natasha with them, it would help a lot in the long run.

xxx

"We won´t be alone when we get started in two days, Skye." May told the younger agent as she stepped into the cockpit of the Zephyr One. Skye sat in the seat of the co-pilot and was checking the adjustments that had been made.

"Why?" The brunette looked up from what she was checking over and towards her SO.

"We have a few guests that want to help." May held the smile that wanted to come through back. Sometimes she just needed to keep the information Skye wanted to have a little bit longer for herself. It was funny to see react to it.

"Who?"

"Us." As these words were spoken behind her Skye turned the seat and a smiled stretched across her face.

"Nice, the ATCU won´t know what hit them." Behind her stood Natasha and Wanda and the one who had spoken before was Natasha. Both wore civilian clothes and had bags in their hands.

"How about you show them their bunks?" proposed May and sat down in the pilot's seat, that she already considered hers. No one else was allowed to fly the plane but her for now. She wouldn´t even allow Tony Stark to fly this.

"Copy that." With these words Skye led the two Avengers towards the area that held the bunks for the crew. "You can pick one you like. May and I are in the first two on the left side."

"We will settle in and come to the cockpit afterwards." Answered Wanda and smiled slightly. The place was bigger than anything they used with the Avengers and it would be absolutely no problem to spend a few days in the limited space with the others.

"Okay, if something isn´t right you can contact us via the coms system that is contained in each bunk. The 99 is for the cockpit, 66 for the common area." Explained Skye and showed them were the system was located.

"Easy to remember." Noticed Natasha and dumped her back into one of the small bunks. "Who´s idea was that?"

"It was more of an incident that those numbers were chosen. It was a drunken bet between Hunter, DC, Fitz and me."

"Drunken bets are the best." Acknowledged Natasha who had shared a few of those with Clint in the past as well.

xxx

"So, what exactly is the plan to free your teammates?" asked Natasha as she later stepped into the command center of the zephyr one.

"We only have a minimalistic plan. Get in, wreak havoc to their system, free our friends and get the hell away from there." Answered May simply and continued to concentrate on the controls of the plane.

"We have the layouts of the base they are imprisoned at. I´m working on getting the needed passcodes to move around the base. The alternative would be to hack into the system as we go."

"Which could get us discovered earlier than we want." Surmised Natasha and nodded to herself. It was a good basic plan.

"Possible but unlikely."

"Full of yourself, aren´t you?"

"Nah, I know what I can and can´t do. The system of the A.T.C.U. has holes that I can slip through easily enough. It wouldn´t be too hard to do it while walking around on the base. I just want it as plan b."

"Trust me when I tell you that she is really good with her hacking, Nat." May told her and opened up the layout of the base on one of the bigger screens in the room.

xxx

"What about a round on the mats? Anyone up for it?" asked Natasha after they had spoken more about the plan and finetuned it a bit. She looked over to the other three. Skye sat at her laptop for a few hours now. Wanda was meditating while May was looking over the layout of the A.T.C.U. base and writing down possible weak points.

"Skye can´t because of her shoulder. It´s still healing." Answered May before her rookie could utter a word. Slightly unhappy Skye shut her mouth and concentrated back on her laptop. Maybe she would have a chance to spar with the black widow in a few days.