Part two that continues from yesterday. All gets resolved!
Thousand
16 hours, 36 minutes. That was how long Leo's watch said it had been since May, Trip, and him were extracted from their mission. 996 minutes since they'd been taken to the nearest SHIELD base, given medical treatment, and told that their team was on the way. According to Agent Blake, 'that one hacker girl' had been pretty pissed that they'd been gone so long. May had cracked a smile at that.
Their mission to go scope out a weapons deal while posing as potential buyers had gone well for the first two days. Then they'd received orders to break into one of the storage units and dig a little deeper. One of their check-ins coincided with that, and they stopped at what they thought to be a safe place to make the call. As soon as May had finished giving the return code, their phone had gotten hit by a bullet. The bullet seemed to be more specific for electronic neutralization, which had effectively ruined the phone. That was the least of their problems, as the owners of the storage unit began to fire at them. Luckily, May, Trip and Leo managed to get out in enough time.
They found their way to the extraction point the day after the phone was hit, arriving at the scheduled time with mere seconds to spare. That had been 16 hours and 38 minutes ago. All of them had inflicted injuries in some way. May was the least hurt, with just a few scrapes, cuts, and bruises. Trip had taken a bullet to the shoulder, which thankfully hadn't gone in too deep, and a nasty gash on his leg. Leo ended up with a broken arm after diving behind some crates during the escape from the storage unit while avoiding a stun grenade. Medical had looked them all over and ordered them to spend a night for evaluation.
999 minutes.
The door opened up and Coulson entered. May stood up and rushed into his arms. Leo looked down at his feet as the two engaged in a passionate kiss. Trip smirked a little.
"I understand why you were so angry when I didn't make the call time in Cairo," Coulson quipped once the two had broken away for air.
"Mm, about time," replied May, glancing over his shoulder. "Where's Skye?"
"Leo!"
The doors swung open again as Skye came barreling into him. She wrapped her arms around him tightly, and he gasped a little in surprise at the suddenness of the embrace.
"Oh my gosh, you're okay," Skye whispered in relief. "I was so worried about you. I was afraid you weren't gonna come back."
"I'll always come back, Skye," Leo reassured her, peering down at his watch.
16 hours and 40 minutes since his rescue.
1000 minutes.
It had taken 1000 minutes for him to be reunited with the girl he loved since the extraction.
If he ever did this again, Leo hoped it would be half that time, or even less.
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