She welcomed the suns rays on her face and went about waking up Coulson and May and finally Fitz. They sat in a circle around the fire and began discussing how they would get out.

"I say we find and follow a road to the nearest down and touch base with Maria and Tripp and then regroup to save Simmons." Coulson pitched. He rubbed his hands together, trying to get warm. "Fitz, do you think you can handle a little bit of walking?" He looked over at the engineer. He still looked battered and bruised but he had a look of determination in his eyes,

"Yes, sir!" Skye saw his wince as he adjusted his position. He quickly tried to mask his pain, trying to keep the team positive about their chance of escape. Phil also caught the wince but ignored it, knowing Fitz was soldiering on.

"Let's get our wits about us and head out then." They dispersed the fire, dusted themselves off. Skye checked on the two guns she had gotten from the compound and handed them off the Coulson and May. She trusted them to be a better shot than her if they got into a spot of trouble. May lead the way and Coulson took the rear, they set out, searching for any sign of civilization. Skye kept her focus on the specialist before her, leading them through to the unknown. Behind her she could hear Fitz's ragged breathing. Even without his injuries, Fitz's was not the most spry and athletic member of the team. She could see the relief in his face when May called for them to stop and take a break around midday.

"I'm going to look for some food." May announced as they all finally caught up to her. She checked the gun once more then disappeared off into the woods. Skye went to go sit on a flat rock and went to catch her breath. Fitz joined her and they leaned against each other for support. It comforted Skye to know that he was still alive. That the pressure she felt pushing back on her body was him. Coulson watched the pair from a little bit further away. He gave a sad smile as he watched them, leaning against each-other for comfort and support.

He couldn't imagine what they had gone through. He and May had been left in the dark, literally, the whole time. He had seen the haunted look on Skye's face when she rescued them, and he could see the guilt in her eyes whenever she looked over at Fitz when she thought nobody was looking. He wanted nothing more than to wrap them both in a warm blanket and never let them out of his sight. Unfortunately they still had a long way to go before they could be counted as safe. They needed to meet up with Maria and Tripp and save Simmons and Ward.

Ward. From the moment he revealed his true colors and knocked Coulson out at the rendezvous his animosity toward had grown. Every minute he sat in the cell with May he just imagined all the bad things he was going to do to the Hydra traitor. When he saw Skye and Fitz emerge from the compound with Ward on their trail, it took all of Phil's strength not to run out and punch Ward in the face. He watched as Ward turned back and entered the compound guns blazing. He secretly hoped that he wouldn't emerge again. But when Skye explained everything Ward had done, he could feel all his anger towards Ward dissipate. He had risked his life to ensure that Skye and Fitz had escaped. Deep down he still cared about his former team.

The team tensed up as they heard a twig crack. Coulson had his pistol out and cocked in a second, pointing to where the sound came. Skye and Fitz had stood up, Skye stepped in front of Fitz protectively, fear in her eyes. The sound of someone approaching got louder. Coulson determined that it wasn't May. She wouldn't of been so foolish as to make her entrance so loud. Coulson took a few steps forward and placed his finger on the trigger. Finally the sound reached the team, and a person stepped out, hands raised in surrender and a goofy grin on his face.

"C'mon girl. You know I wont hurt you!"

"Tripp!" Skye ran and embraced the man. Smiles plastered over both their faces. Coulson lowered his gun as he saw two more figures step out of the brush. Maria and May, both with stern faces.

"I thought you said you were getting food!" Coulson asked, allowing himself a small smile.

"I was!" May responded, hiding her smirk, "I ran into them! Well technically I ran into the gas station and called them, but its the same thing." The hugs were short lived. Tripp led the group as they walked another half hour to a clearing with a helicopter. Skye nearly cried upon seeing the Shield logo plastered onto the door. They all climbed in and the helicopter began to rise. Coulson saw the mixed emotions that crossed over the young hackers face as she looked out the window. He could see she was still thinking about Simmons and Ward trapped down in the compound. It pained him to see his protege in such a state of distress. The group didn't speak, none of them had the energy or need to yell over the whir of the rotors. They sat in tense silence until they landed on the roof of headquarters. When they touched down, they found a med team waiting to take Fitz and May to the med bay and treat them for injuries. Tripp helped Skye out of the helicopter and muttered something about a training exercise and disappeared down the stairs. Skye followed Agent Hill and Coulson down the stairs and into the briefing room.

"We've been searching for you guys for a week now. When we found the bus abandoned on the strip we assumed the worst. All of our resources, however few, have been dedicated to searching for you guys." Coulson grimaced, he had wished that their rescue hadn't taken up so many resources. Maria noticed his grimace and added, "As soon as May called we called them all off. They're back to being productive now." She smiled, trying to lighten Coulsons mood. She was met only with a sad look.

"We have to go back." Skye spoke up. Maria turned to look at her confused. Coulson explained,

"We still have an agent there, Jemma Simmons. I promised Skye we would go back for her." Maria studied the faces of the two agents. Skye had put on her best puppy dog face, and Coulson looked at her with sad eyes. She sighed, she knew there was no way they were going to back down.

"Fury's not going to like this."

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