"Meeting room, five minutes!"
Coulson informs as he past her bunk, looking up from the file she was reading, Skye sees how the team leader is long gone from her bunk. With a deep breath, Skye places the file on her bed. Since the accident with Miles and Rising Tide, the team she started to see as a second family has turned their backs. Except maybe for FitzSimmons, even if her relationship with them isn't the same as it had been before the accident. She knows fully well that they are all hurt that she had been keeping secrets from them, secrets about her past that they seemed like they have a right to know.
And maybe in some point they are right about that, maybe they deserve to know the truth about her. Then there is the fact that she made a promise a long time ago to keep that part of her life a secret, to keep it safe and keep making sure it stays safe and a secret. Because if that fall, she knows for a fact not even the Avengers would be able to save them all.
Realising she have been looking into space for longer than needed, Skey starts to rise from her bed, stretching her body in the progress before making sure the jacket she wears is on properly. She couldn't have them find out another secret of her life right now. Once sure the jacket is properly on and nothing is out of the ordinary, she leaves the bunk and heads for the meeting room. Reaching the room, she realises that she's the last one and she stays in the door opening, keeping her eyes on the floor.
"Good, now we can begin."
She hears Coulson say once he realises, she has arrived. Lifting her eyes, she is happy to see that neither of the 616 team is paying her any attention, all eyes on Coulson and waiting form him to start up the meeting.
"On Fury's orders, we are heading out on a 0-8-4 mission."
"Another 0-8-4?"
Coulson started to explain only to be interrupted by Simmons, turning her attention towards the science twins, Skye can see how Simmons is smiling large as she turns her head towards Fitz, the engineer having the same large smile on his face.
"Oh, I wounder what it can be this time."
Hearing the hope and excitement in his voice, Skye can't help the eye roll and as she looks towards the older agents in the room, she can see she's not the only one having this reaction. Ward is shaking his head however and as she looks back at Coulson, she can see that goofy smile of his over FitzSimmons reaction towards the information.
"Anyway, we have very barely any information to go on for this 0-8-4."
Coulson continues once more, making sure to put a stop to FitzSimmons before they keep on guessing what they would find this time. The last 0-8-4 had created a lot of trouble for them after all.
"So, it's just like normal then."
May speaks up, the tone of her voice still sends a chill down Skye's body, and she can't help but to shrink back a bit.
"This time around it's a bit more complicated."
Coulson informs and Skye finally lifts her head properly. This wasn't something she had expected to hear from him, and with another quick look around herself, Skye is quite happy to realise she isn't the only one that seems to think this. Seeing how May narrows her eyes as she looks at Coulson, Skye almost wants to turn around and leave the room right here and now.
"What else is wrong?"
She asks and Skye is quite surprised that the cold voice coming out of May doesn't make Coulson want to turn around and run away. But she has come to realise that the two older agents have known one another for a long time, so she guesses that Coulson have grown use to her personality and emotions.
"We have zero information about where this 0-8-4 is or how we will get to it."
Coulson explains and she can see how the 616 team looks at one another.
"So, how are we going to find it then?"
Ward speaks up the question Skye knows is on everyone's mind, she also sees how the robot crosses his arms.
"We will be working with an organisation by the name of D.O.S.A."
Coulson explains and Skye tense up at the name, fear she had been hopping she would never have to go through again, fear she never thought she would feel around the 616 team. Even though she has betrayed them, the fear has never been there, she has grown to realise that no matter how angry they are with her, they would never hurt her. But hearing the organisation name coming out of Coulson's mouth makes her spiral into old times. Taking a few deep breaths, she tries to keep herself calm, now isn't the time to spiral and not in front of this people.
"D.O.S.A? As in the Department of Statistical Anomalies? As in D O S A?"
She hears herself ask, before she even has a chance to stop herself. But right now, she really needs to figure out of the man in front of her had really said that name and it's not just her head that is playing tricks with her. It wouldn't be the first time this has happened to her. At her sudden question, all eyes in the room turns towards her, only this time, Skye makes sure to keep her eyes on Coulson, hopping that she has been hearing wrong.
"You know them?"
And that was the question she wanted to have, and the fact that the question is coming from Ward and not Coulson shows that he had mentioned D.O.S.A. Feeling how her heart starts to race once more, she takes a few deep breaths to keep it down, to collect herself properly.
"Only by reputation. They keep as many secrets as S.H.I.E.L.D does. The only difference is the fact that they are a lot more military based, more so than any secret organisation I have come across."
She explains, hopping this will give them enough information without further questions. And just saying the basic that anyone good enough with a computer can find, she leaves out the fact that she knows far more about the organisation.
"Are you known to them?"
Now wasn't that the question of the year, is she known to D.O.S.A? Keeping her emotions in check, Skye makes sure that there is nothing May can read of her to show that the organisation has information on her. Or at least very old information about her if they should be correct.
"Shouldn't be, you guys kidnapped me from my can before I reached their name on my list."
She answers the question May had asked, and she wasn't really lying either. D.O.S.A's name was on the list of secret organisations she was going to hack, well, she has a back door into that organisation but that is a whole other reason. The only reason as to why she had D.O.S.A on her list is because the Rising Tied had given her the list in the first place so.
"We are heading for Portland; I've sent you the coordinates."
Coulson finally takes control of the room once more and his attention is on May as he finishes speaking. Seeing how the older agent nods her head at this before leaving the room and when May leaves, a part of Skye starts to relax once more, not enough, however. The looming fear from D.O.S.A is still there after all.
"What about the rest of us?"
Ward asks and something tells Skye that she isn't counted into his us.
"Get ready for anything."
Coulson replies before his eyes turns towards Skye and she knows more questions is about to come. From the corner of her eye, Skye can see Ward nod his head before he grabs hold of Fitz and starts to drag the poor engineer out of the room, making Simmons follow her best friend, leaning Skye alone with Coulson.
"Is there anything else I should know before we meet with D.O.S.A?"
He asks and Skye should have known that at least either one of them would realise she was hiding something, they had after all been keeping a closer eye on her since that moment.
"I have never been in contact or tried to hack into their system. When we meet them, I'm going to be a completely new face for them."
She tells him, the only thing that didn't feel like she was lying about to him is the fact that she doesn't think D.O.S.A will recognise her face, not at first look at least. She had been so much younger when their path crossed for the very first time and she has made it her mission to stay as far away from the group as possible and for the last couple of years, she had been doing a good job. Now it's all going into the drain.
"Good, do you think you can look into them for me?"
Coulson asks and Skye should have known this was the question he wanted to ask, and she takes a deep breath before holding up her arm, shaking it a bit so the bracelet she has on moves.
"And how, if I may ask do you think I will be able to do that with this little nanny on me?"
She asks before lowering her arm only to see that Coulson nods his head at this. Realising the question had been his way of a test too, Skye forces herself not to roll her eyes, moving slightly from the position she has been standing in, she locks eyes with Coulson.
"Are we done?"
She asks and when she receives a second nod of his head, Skye turns around and leaves the room. Instead of walking towards her bunk, she turns and heads for the bathroom instead. Entering the small room, she closes the door and makes sure it's locked properly before turning her attention towards the mirror hanging on the wall. Placing her hands on the sink, she takes a few deep breaths before looking directly into the mirror, not looking at her own reflection but for something else.
"Flynn!"
She keeps her voice low when she makes the call, it made her feel slightly weird, calling that name within the walls of BUS felt, wrong and out of place.
"Flynn?"
She tries one more time and with the same result as the first time, no changes in front of her.
"Flynn!"
She added a bit more volume to her voice and she could also hear how she now sounded slightly angry. When there is still no change in front of her, she lets out a heavy sigh and rubs her right hand over her face in a try to calm her anger down.
"For the love of every single artefact, answer me Carsen!"
She speaks, still hearing the anger in her voice as she speaks. Seeing as there is no change in front of her, she is about to give up or hit the mirror, but before she can decide, she can see something shifting in front of her.
"Mr. Carsen isn't here."
