Chapter 41
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Ever since there night talk Melinda and Skye have been closer because they understand each other a bit more. It has been eight days since then and Melinda has been off of bed rest for three days. Like every morning since they Melinda and Skye have gone for a run together.
As soon as they get back from their run Skye almost collapses onto the couch. "You died, took three bullets and are just off bed rest, how am I more tired than you?" Skye asks her mother.
"I've been getting up early in the morning to exercise for years." Melinda says walking back into the room with two bottles of Gatorade, "My body is used to that." She says handing her daughter one of the bottles.
"But still, you've been resting for weeks. That is so not fair." Skye comments.
"Normally I would be able to do what we just ran in about half the amount of time." Melinda admits.
"Now that's really unfair." Skye comments. "So what's the plan for today? You're not going to spend hours running up and down the stairs again are you? Because that got annoying pretty quickly." Skye tells her mother.
"I'm not sure about today but I was thinking that tomorrow we could skip the run and do whatever it is that you want for the day." Melinda tells her daughter.
"Seriously?" Skye asks surprised.
"Yeah. I think it would be fun." Melinda tells her daughter.
"Huh, I'm going to need some time to think about this." Skye comments.
"Well let me know in the morning." Melinda tells her daughter.
"I will." Skye says standing up, "I call upstairs bathroom." Skye says walking over to the stairs.
Half an hour later Skye goes back downstairs and she sees no sign of her mother, thinking that maybe she could still be in the bathroom she heads down to the basement, where instead of hearing the sound of the shower Skye sees her mother standing among the boxes.
"You're not going to start bench pressing these are you?" Skye asks her mother curious.
"No, I'm looking for something." Melinda tells her daughter.
"How? There seems to be no order down here." Skye comments as she walks among the boxes.
"There's not, that's the problem." Melinda comments.
"Mom what's this?" Skye asks interested when she reads the name on top of one of the boxes
"I forgot about that." Melinda comments as she sees what Skye is referring to, "Your Dad started that before you were born, he kept adding things to it, even after you were taken. I don't know what's in it." Melinda tells her.
"Can I open it?" Skye asks her mother curious.
"You should wait until your Dad is home, he will want to be there when you open it." Melinda tells Skye.
"Yeah okay." Skye says tearing her eyes away from the top of the box that says 'For May, on her twenty first birthday' and then underneath, clearly written in another marker it says 'Or when we find her.' "So what are you looking for?" she asks.
"My old weight set, I'm pretty sure that they are down here somewhere." Melinda comments.
"It seems like everything is down here." Skye comments, "Have you thought about organizing things?" Skye asks curious.
"All the time." Melinda comments.
"Any idea what kind of box they are in?" Skye asks interested.
"There not in a box." Melinda answers, "They should be sitting in a case around her somewhere." Melinda answers.
"Colour?" Skye asks so she knows what she is looking for.
"Black." Melinda answers.
"Is that it over there by the window?" Skye asks curious several minutes later.
"Yes it is, thanks." Melinda answers.
"Have you heard from Dad lately?" Skye asks curious.
"No, not lately why?" Melinda ask interested.
"Because I haven't heard from him Uncle Clint or Ward since before you got off bed rest, I'm getting worried." Skye explains.
"You're right." Melinda realises, "I left Phil a message when I got of bed rest but I haven't heard from him since." She realises. "Can you help me with this?" Melinda asks.
"Sure." Skye says walking over and helping her mother with the case, "Something's wrong, he should have called you back." Sky comments.
"He could be busy, or on a mission…" Melinda beings to say but Skye cuts her off.
"Or something could have happened." Skye tells her mother.
"I'll make some calls." Melinda tells her daughter, "There is no reason to panic before you know what is going on." Melinda says as they climb up the stairs with the case.
"But what if something has happened?" Skye asks worried.
"If something serious has happened then I'm sure that Director Fury would have let us know." Melinda tells her daughter. "Put it over there." She says referring to the corner in the living room.
"But what if he doesn't know?" Skye asks clearly worried, "What if something has happened and the Director doesn't know yet?" Skye asks worried as they put the case down.
"Hey, I know that it is hard but until we actually have a reason, we can't worry." Melinda tells her daughter.
"It's hard not to." Skye tells her mother.
"I know May." Melinda tells her daughter as ever since Skye told her that it would be okay to call her May she has on occasion. "Come on." Melinda tells her daughter and they head into the office.
"What are you looking for?" Skye asks as Melinda starts to look through the desk closes to the window
"A phone that can be used to contact secure numbers." Melinda explains, "I'll try the plane fist."
"Anything?" Skye ask a minute later when Melinda hangs up the phone.
"No, there's another number I can try." Melinda tells her daughter, "Phil's emergency burner cell, no one except for me has the number." Melinda reveals.
"Do it." Skye tells her mother and that's exactly what Melinda does. A minute later she hangs up the phone without speaking to someone.
"Now we worry right?" Skye asks her mother.
"We begin to." Melinda comments putting another number into the phone, "Director, it's Melinda." She says when the other person answers.
"Do you have his direct number?" Skye asks surprised and Melinda nods, "That's soo cool."
"Melinda, is there a problem?" Fury asks curious.
"I was wounding what is going on with the team, Skye and I have been trying to contact them but have been unable to. I was wondering if they were alright." Melinda explains to the director.
"They are fine. They are currently on a mission with no coms allowed, that is why you have been unable to contact them." Fury answer.
"Thank you Director." Melinda says before hanging up.
"What did he say?" Skye asks interested.
"He said that they are fine, but they are on a mission with no coms allowed." Melinda explains.
"Oh, that's great." Skye comments relieved, "They're fine then." She comments then notices her Mother's face, "Mom, what is it?" she asks worried.
"The number I called to reach your father we agreed that we would always answer it because we would only call in an emergency. On missions we each always carry that respective phone with us and we always answer it." Melinda explains not being able to shake the feeling that something is wrong.
"You think something's wrong." Skye realises.
"I can't help it." Melinda answers.
"Well, let's find out." Skye comments sitting down on the floor and closing her eyes.
Melinda who realises what her daughter is trying to do stays quite because she knows how important concentration is for what Skye wants to do.
"DAM IT." Skye says angrily ten minutes later.
"What is it?" Melinda asks worried.
"I can't do it." Skye admits, "I need to focus on one specific thought but with what we need to know there are too many things connected to it, it's too complicated." Skye explains, "I was practicing with my electrical power early this morning when I couldn't sleep, I exhausted myself so that I could." Skye admits, "I have the focus, the energy, to get the answer to one specific thought, but that's it. I can't find out any more than that." Skye tells her mother.
"It's okay." Melinda tell her daughter, "But once we figure this out we will be having a chat about you practicing with you electrical power without telling me." Melinda tells her daughter.
"I know." Skye responds as Melinda walks over and sits down in front of her daughter. "What do I focus on? What will help us the most?" She asks.
"Find out if Phil is safe." Melinda tell her daughter, "Then if he's not I've got an idea for ways for us to find them, and help. But we need to know if they are safe or not." Melinda tells her daughter.
"Okay." Skye says and she once more closes her eyes. "He's in trouble, I don't know specifics all I know is he's in trouble." Skye tells her mother five minutes later.
"Okay." Melinda says trying to remain calm, "Good Job Honey." She tells her daughter, "Are you alright?" She asks worried.
"Yeah I'm fine. I won't be able to use my powers for about a day but I'm good." Skye assures her mother, "We need to find Dad."
"I know." Melinda tells her daughter, "Go upstairs and pack a bag, put in it tactical clothes and the night night gun your Dad left you and anything else you think will be useful." Melinda tells her daughter and Skye nods and heads upstairs.
Melinda on the other hand walks over to the phone and dies another number, "Tony, its Melinda. I need a favour." Melinda says.
"Of course Melinda, what can I do?" Tony asks as in the last week he has seen a lot of the Coulson women which has resulted in them developing a friendship.
"Skye and I will be at the tower in about half an hour, I'll explain then." Melinda responds as she walks over to where the safe is hidden and makes it unhidden.
"See you soon." Tony responds a hint of concern clear.
Once she has opened the safe Melinda grabs a whole lot of different things out including cash and documents. Once she has gotten out what she needs she closes the safe and hides it once more, and heads upstairs to get her own stuff.
Ten minutes later Melinda has changed into not her normal S.H.I.E.L.D tactical clothes but what looks like something almost the same without the S.H.I.E.L.D logo. She is waiting outside Skye's room for her daughter.
When Skye exits a minute later Melinda can't help but smile because Skye is wearing the same outfit she wore when Coulson was taken resulting in her looking a lot like her.
"There is no chance of me convincing you to stay at Stark Tower while I go and find Phil and the team is there?" Melinda asks her daughter.
"None." Skye responds as they walk down stairs. "If either of us should be trying to convince the other not to go then it should be me, you are still healing after all." Skye reminds her mother.
"I'm fine." Melinda says as they walk out the front door, Skye locking the door as they do. "Skye If you're going to come with me I need you to listen to what I tell you to do." Melinda tell her daughter, "We don't know what we are going into but we are going into it without S.H.I.E.L.D approval which means things could get very dangerous, very quickly. If that happens I need to know you will listen and do what I say even if you don't like what I am telling you." Melinda tells her daughter.
"I'll listen as long as what you tell me doesn't involve you sacrificing yourself for me." Skye tells her mother as they put their bags in the back seats and get in the front.
"I can't promise that." Melinda tells her daughter.
"Then neither can I." Skye informs her mother.
Twenty five minutes later Melinda and Skye arrive at Stark Tower and they have no trouble getting in. As soon as they walk into the lobby they see Tony waiting for them.
"What's going on?" Tony asks, if he wasn't worried already the outfits they are wearing would give him cause to.
"We haven't heard from Phil, Clint or the rest of the team in days. Fury said that they are on a mission without coms but Phil didn't answer his phone that he promised he would always answer no matter what and Skye found out that they are in trouble." Melinda explains as the tree of them get into the elevator.
"What do you need?" Tony asks curious.
"We need to find the plane." Melinda tells Tony.
"Mind reading person who can literally know anything she puts her mind to standing next to you, and you need my help?" Tony asks surprised.
"I couldn't sleep this morning so I practiced with my powers until I was exhausted, I can't use either of my powers for about twenty four hours." Skye explains.
"Okay, idea on how to find the plane?" Tony asks as they arrive in his private rooms.
"I put a tracker in the plane before I left." Melinda reveals, "We need access to technology that only you or S.H.I.E.L.D have to find it. Once you have access to the satellites I can enter the tracker code and we can find where the plane is." Melinda explains "From there we can hopefully find them." Melinda reveals.
"So I'm guessing that for you to be here instead of at a S.H.I.E.L.D base that S.H.I.E.L.D doesn't know what you are planning?" Tony asks as they walk to over to the computer.
"No." Melinda answers, "Fury told us that everything was okay." Melinda responds.
"Skye, guessing you can get into a satellite quicker than me." Tony tells Skye.
"Of course." Skye tells him.
"Then do your thing." Tony tells her and Skye sits down in front of the computer.
"Okay I'm in." Skye says several minutes later, "We have several satellites and only a few minutes before they realise what we are doing." Skye explains, "What do I do now?" Skye asks her mother.
"Move." Melinda instructs and she takes her daughters place in front of the computer to do what she has to do.
"Got it." Melinda says about two minutes later.
"Print of the coordinates and cut all connections to the satellites." Tony instructs knowing they have about a minute before someone realise what they are doing.
"How do I do that?" Melinda asks.
"Move." Tony instructs and he takes Melinda's place in front of the computer.
"Okay, we're disconnected." Tony comments seconds later, "Shouldn't have been in long enough for anyone to realise." He informs the other two.
"Good." Skye comments, "So where's the plane?" she asks her mother who has walked over to the printer.
"Egypt." Melinda comments looking at the coordinates.
"Sandbox?" Skye asks curious.
"Wrong location." Melinda responds. "You don't happen to have a plane I could borrow do you?" Melinda asks Tony.
"We." Skye corrects, "I told you, I'm coming." She tells her mother.
"I do actually." Tony answers "I brought it for just this kind of thing, no one knows I brought it. It's basically the same as my other private jets but it can't be traced back to me, I don't have a pilot on call but I'm guessing you can fly it." He comments.
"I can fly anything." Melinda answers, "Thanks Tony."
"It's not a problem, because I'm coming with you." Tony informs her.
"What!" Skye and Melinda say surprised.
"You still healing," Tony says pointing to Melinda, "And you're still week." He adds pointing to Skye, "I'm not letting you go alone, you can accept that or you can't use my jet." He informs them.
"Grab your crap." Melinda tells her friend actually thankful for the help, though she wouldn't admit it, "You do realise Pepper is going to kill you when she gets home and you're not here." Melinda comments.
"She's used to it." Tony comments as she starts to collect a few things.
"Captain and Banner here?" Skye asks curious.
"Nah, they both left for places unknown days ago." Tony explains, "Let's go." He tells them.
"I've got to make a call first." Melinda comments, "I'll meet you down there." She comments and Skye and Tony head down to the garage while Melinda makes her phone call.
When they arrive at the airport half an hour later Tony and Skye are surprised to see Natasha, back to being a red head but with her hair straightened, waiting for them.
"I should have known." Tony comments when he sees Natasha.
"Clint's her partner, it was only fair I called her." Melinda comments.
"Well when we save your partners ass tell him that I am still getting fines form when he borrowed my bike." Tony comments walking past Natasha and into the plane.
"It's great to see you тетя Наташа, but aren't you meant to be on a mission?" Skye asks curious.
"It ended." Natasha responds simply and everyone board's the plane.
"You're cover was blown wasn't it?" Melinda asks her friend seeing a small bulge underneath the bottom of her shirt that looks like a bandage.
"Yeah, Fury thinks I'm on medical leave for three days so he won't be looking for me." Natasha tells her friend.
"You alright?" Melinda asks concerned.
"Yeah I'm good." Natasha responds, "How about you? You're just off bed rest."
"I can handle myself." Melinda responds, "But I'm glad you're here."
"There isn't anywhere I would rather be." Natasha assures her friend. "So what do we know?" Natasha asks and as the two friends walk to the cockpit.
An hour later Melinda has filed in Natasha on what she knows and Natasha has broken protocol to tell Melinda that her mission found out nothing, that there is still no word on whether Quinn Is alive or dead. They are sitting in silence when the door opens and Skye walks in.
"How long until we get there?" Skye asks curious.
"About ten hours." Melinda answers.
"Seriously?" Skye asks surprised.
"This isn't the Bus, this plane can't go as fast." Melinda explains.
"What's Stark doing?" Natasha asks curious.
"Sleeping." Skye responds.
"Is there a way for Dad to contact us if he can?" Skye asks interested.
"I have my emergency phone and he has the number, he'll know to call that if he can't get me any other way." Melinda explains.
"And Clint and I have the same system, so one of them should be able to contact us if they can." Natasha adds.
"Good." Skye responds.
"You should get some sleep ребенок, we're going to be in the air for a while." Natasha comments.
"You should take your own advice." Skye tells her aunt "You're hurt and Mom's still healing, tell me honestly, can you do this?" Skye asks worried.
"We won't know to we try." Melinda tells her daughter saying what is has been her and Natasha's motto a lot over the years.
"I think I might go get some sleep." Skye comments several minutes later still worried about her mother's confession. "I think my batteries could do with some re charging." Skye comments, "See you In Egypt." Skye comments leaving the two friends alone in the cockpit.
Nine hours of the flight pass uneventfully. Both Skye and Tony sleep through most of the flight as Melinda and Natasha fly the plane.
"How far away are we?" Tony asks walking into the cockpit.
"About an hour, maybe less." Melinda answers.
"You're not landing right near them are you?" Tony asks curious.
"Of course not." Melinda answers, "I'm landing us about five kilometres away." She explains.
"Good." Tony responds, "I can do a patrol of the area when we get there, see if I can find anything." Tony suggests.
"To risky." Natasha comments, "We don't know what the situation is."
"Got it." Tony comment. "Do you want me to go wake up Skye?" He asks curious.
"If you wouldn't mind." Melinda comments and Tony leaves the cockpit.
"So any idea for a plan?" Natasha asks curious once Tony leaves.
"Save our Boys." Melinda tells her best friend.
"So the usual then." Natasha comments with a small smile.
An hour later they have landed and everyone is standing around the main area of the plane.
"If we head North West for five kilometres we will get to where the plane is." Melinda tells the other three, "We don't know what we will find when we get there, so we've got to be extra careful." Melinda comments.
"Got it." Skye responds.
"You're going suited up?" Natasha asks Stark.
"Got to be prepared, and you two are suited up." Tony points out as both Natasha and Melinda are wearing what they tend to wear on mission but without S.H.I.E.L.D logos.
"Skye make sure you're with one of us of at all times." Melinda tells her daughter.
"I will." Skye assures her mother.
"Good, let's go. We're waiting time." Melinda says and the four leave the plane unsure of what they are going to find.
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