It was a few days later and Skye and Kayla were trying out some new computer programming on the Bus, while Fitz was showing Ward the new gun he and Simmons had made.

"Sorry Fitz. It's close, but it's just not right" Ward told him.

"Really? Because Agent Coulson had no problems" Fitz mumbled.

"It's an ounce too heavy" Ward explained.

"An ounce? Seriously?" Skye commented.

"It's the difference between failure and success. When you're on a rooftop with a 15mph hour wind, your target is 500 years away-" Ward was cut off by Fitz.

"Yeah, but we do have a rifle" Fitz interjected.

"Lose the ounce" Ward insisted as he walked out of the room.

"Yeah, okay, got it…" Fitz trailed off.

"Man, I'm happy he's not my SO anymore" Skye exclaimed.

"Because May's any less of a perfectionist?" Kayla retorted.

"Look at you, standing up for your SO already" Skye said, nudging her.

"I'm Agent Grant Ward, and I could shoot the legs off a flea from 500 yards, as long as it's not windy" Fitz said, imitating Ward.

Skye and Kayla couldn't help but erupt into a fit of giggles.

"Hey, that's a sound I haven't heard in a bit" Fitz told Skye.

"Yeah, well you wouldn't be laughing a lot if you were living in Ward's doghouse" Skye explained.

"You made the rounds, apologized to us all. What more can he ask?" Fitz added.

"He's still giving you a hard time?" Kayla questioned.

"He and May. I mean I know I lied to the whole team, but I was trying to protect my boyfriend" Skye explained.

"You know, we all make mistakes…And who…I don't…who cares about your ex-boyfriend?" Fitz stuttered, earning a look from Kayla.

"I mean, Miles and I, we spoke the same language" Skye exclaimed.

"Yeah, a bit like we do" Fitz replied.

Kayla practically snorted when she realised Fitz was trying to flirt with Skye. She had thought that there was something going on with him and Simmons.

"Totally. You and Simmons are so tight, it's like you're psychically linked" Skye told him.

"No…you, no actually, no I don't think so" Fitz stuttered.

"So Ward was here, let me guess the night night pistol again?" Simmons stated, entering the room.

"Yeah, oh and he said it was off by an ounce" Fitz exclaimed.

"Of course he did" Simmons scoffed.

"I'm Agent Grant Ward and I could rupture your spleen with my left pinky…blindfolded" Simmons said, imitating Ward, putting her hands on her hips.

"That is dead on" Skye laughed, as Ward suddenly entered the room again.

"Hey, hustle up and grab your gear. We're on a mission" Ward explained, as the three tried to contain their laughter.

"Something funny?" Ward asked, as they all shook their heads.

"Poor, silly Fitz. He left a dummy round in the pistol. Should be proper now" Simmons told him, as she handed him the gun.

He quickly raised the gun up and nodded.

"Great. Thanks" Ward said, as he left the room again.

As soon as he left the whole group burst into another fit of giggles.


"Alright, look for anything out of place" Ward told Kayla after they drove to the scene of the incident.

"I think it would be easier to look for something that is in place" Kayla commented as she looked around at the scorch marks on the trees and camping equipment spread everywhere.

Ward seemed to be looking at something in particular, so Kayla walked up behind him to get a closer look, and accidently bumped into him.

"What are you doing?" He questioned.

"I'm shadowing my supervising officer" Kayla retorted.

"Shadowing, not smothering" Ward told her.

"Okay, personal space issues got it" Kayla muttered, walking past him.

"I do not have personal space issues!" Ward exclaimed, following her.

"Course not" Kayla replied.

"I don't!" He insisted.

"That's what I just said" She said, giving him a smirk, as he rolled his eyes.

"So what are we doing here anyway? This doesn't look so…Okay, I take it back" Kayla said, her eyes widening when she saw a man hovering in the air.

When they caught up with the others Coulson was asking everyone what they thought could cause something like it.

"Seems to me like we're either dealing with some sort of freak natural event or a new high tech weapon" Ward interjected.

"Or could it be someone from your uber secret index?" Skye suggested.

"There is no one on the index who could do something like this" May explained.

"That we know of. I'll contact Agent Blake at S.H.I.E.L.D HQ, have him check it out. Whoever or whatever is responsible, we can't let this happen again" Coulson announced.

"Fitz, see his forehead. Look at that endothelial discoloration" Simmons said, stepping closer to the body.

"Yeah, same dispersal pattern as the strike on the truck" Fitz added.

"Hey Simmons, should you be getting that close?" Kayla asked.

"Don't worry, its fine. Hm, this could be an entry wound that was cauterized immediately" Jemma suggested, when suddenly there was a spark and the body fell to the ground.

"Freaky" Fitz exclaimed.

"Freaaky" Jemma repeated.


There had been two more incidents over the next few days. Kayla had insisted that she should go with Coulson, May and Ward when they were tracking the surges of energy down, but Ward had told that she wasn't ready and as her SO she had to listen to him. Both cases hadn't gone well, and unfortunately both men had died. On the plus side, Simmons had figured out it was actually an alien viruses that was killing people, not some psycho. They were taking the alien helmet that was causing the virus to the Sandbox which would hopefully be able to deal with it. However, they hadn't got far when Coulson called them down to the Cargo hold.

"Simmons believes she contracted the virus approximately 36 hours ago when she received an electrostatic shock from the first victim" Coulson explained.

"How much time does she have?" Skye questioned.

"Based on when the firemen were infected, how quickly their symptoms manifested... two hours at most" Coulson told them.

"That's enough time, right? I mean, S.H.I.E.L.D. has dozens of labs and scientists working on this thing, don't they?" Skye asked.

"They do. How soon can you get us on the ground?" Coulson inquired.

"Three hours. Our path to the Sandbox has us right in the middle of the Atlantic" May sighed.

"Sir, correct me if I'm wrong, but if we can't land in time..." Ward trailed off.

"Simmons will release a pulse that will blow this plane right out of the sky" Coulson finished for him.

"We can't just sit here and watch her die. We have to do something" Skye exclaimed.

"There's only one person on this plane capable of finding a solution for this, and I'm willing to bet my life that she will" Coulson explained, looking at Simmons.

"She's just a kid" May sighed, as Skye let out a small cry.

"Hey, Simmons will be fine! She's smart, she'll figure it out" Kayla told Skye.

"I hope so" Skye exclaimed.


Author's Notes: So how do you guys like the layout of this structure? I'm trying to do the episodes word for word with the other characters and adding Kayla's bits in the middle. This will change some things because she will have quite an impact on some situations. Please leave a review!