Chapter 3

Andrew Parker hated take off in any kind of airplane. He always had since he was a young boy. The agent was eight months when he first got on a plane, so he could barely remember how that went. The second time was when he was seven. Andrew's dad got time off from the military and they were going to fly to Disney World for vacation. That's when the boy began to hate take off. It was raining that day, really just a light rain though. By the time they took off it got a little bit heavier, not enough to effect the plane's take off. To be honest, Andrew was excited to get on a plane. He was fascinated with them, watching them take off and land, at the airport. He didn't realize watching and being in the plane were going to be two separate things.Whenthey finally got on the plane, he took the seat by the window, his dad right next to him and his mom following. Andrew would look out the window till take off and that was when he realized he was scared. Being off the ground at first was rough, he curled up into his dad's side. But when the plane evened out he was okay. Andrew would look out the window and look out the clouds.

Jemma Simmons learned of Parker's fear a few months after they were introduced by Fitz after the second time he tried to introduce them. The first time was another story. Both Fitz and Simmons didn't have time to fly all the way home for Christmas. They had both spent too much time in the lab for a project that was due a few days before the holiday. And of course FitzSimmons would go above and beyond what was asked. Parker somehow convinced both of them to come home with him and surprise his mom. It would be the first Christmas he wouldn't have without his father. After careful consideration and arguing, FitzSimmons finally agreed.

It wasn't until on the plane, Parker would tell Jemma about his fear. Both of them were seated next to each other while Fitz was a few rows in front. Simmons immediately told him that she would be there for him if he got scared, to hold his hand, even after everything had happen between the two in the month before. They both vowed to keep it a secret and even made Fitz mad after he asked if he could switch seats with Parker on the trip back to the academy.

Today was one of those moments. Parker made sure he was strapped in properly. Simmons made sure she took a seat next to him and it puzzled Fitz who was already strapped in on the other side. She knew his fear probably hadn't gone away. Parker wasn't one to pick planes for a mission first unless he had someone he trusted with him. Simmons leaned over to say something in his ear after she was strapped in to her seat.

"If you need a hand, I'm right here." She tells him.

"I know." Parker whispers.

Fitz still has that puzzled look on his face. He knows it's going to be a few minutes before Coulson will come back from helping Trip and take a seat. The engineer begins to wonder if that thing from the academy happened more then once. To him, Simmons and Parker were always close in someway. Even though Parker was his roommate at the academy.

The engineer closes his eyes and takes a deep breath trying to shake that thought away from his mind. When he opens them he sees Andrew slip his hand into Jemma's discreetly. Fitz wants to try and say something but is cut off by Coulson walking back to take a seat next to him.

"We're all set. Will be back on base in no time." The senior field agent tells them.

Fitz decides against asking what is or if there still is anything going on between them. They probably would have told him. Right?

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Skye took a deep breath and hit the trash can next to her. She had just found Eric Koenig dead up in the rafters of the ceiling and the hacker knew who put him there. Only one other person was on base when she was in the monitor room. Skye saw May leave shortly after her lie detector test was done. Ward had been in with Koenig, when Skye saw it on the cameras. May hadn't even said good bye to her or come to saying she was leaving. The hacker eventually saw Koenig after his session with Ward and told her he would go find snacks for all of them.

That must of been when Ward killed him? On the snack run. What did Koenig know about Ward? Did he come across something during the test?

Skye took one last breath and got up going back over to the sink. She wished the others were here with her so she didn't have to go through all of this alone. The hacker also wished that Andrew was here. He would be able to protect her, tell her that everything was going to be okay. But he wasn't, Andrew didn't know about anything she was up to currently. As far as she knew he was still on his mission.

She wiped up her face with a wet paper towel, then grabbing another to dry it. The hacker then opened up the mirror to reveal the medicine cabinet selves behind it. There were a few boxes sitting there but she was able to find a blade from an old razor someone must of left. She could kill Ward with it? No that probably wouldn't work. Skye looked around the room trying to get an idea. It wasn't until she saw something change out the side of her eye.

The picture frame. She could leave a message for the rest of the team and hope one of them would find it. Her next plan would involve tricking Ward enough to thinking she was going to help him. But first she had to carve the message for the others to hopefully see.

WARD IS HYDRA

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Parker tried to be as calm as possible during take off. He was able to slip his hand of Jemma's shortly after Trip got the jump jet in the air all straightened out. Coulson had also unbuckled and went to go check on Trip. Eventually during that time, Parker would sense that Fitz was giving him a look.

"It's not nice to stare, Leo." The agent finally tells the engineer.

"I'm not, Parker." He replies back pointing at both him and Simmons . "Although I'm still trying to figure out what is up with you two."

Simmons starts to laugh and Parker joins her.

"Oh Fitz, we're not up to anything, and believe me, we are past that one time at the academy. You made both of us agree not to ever-"

Simmons gets cut off by Fitz putting his fingers in his ears plugging out the world.

"La la la la la. Don't even say it."

"It was one time!" Both Parker and Simmons yell at Fitz.

"What was one time?" Coulson says stepping away from the cockpit. "You three need to chill. No need to yell at each other. You're five feet away from each other."

"Sorry, sir." Simmons tells him.

"Agent Coulson, it's my fault, I shouldn't of provoked Leo."

Coulson is cut off by Trip yelling that we are a few minutes from landing at the base. The agent took his seat next to Fitz and strapped in.

"FitzSimmons have high remarks for you agent Parker. I wouldn't blow it for yourself."

"Yes, sir."

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After they landed on the landing pad they took the jump jet from, they all unstrapped themselves from their seats. They made sure to grab all the equipment and waited for the cargo ramp to lower.

"You're going to love the team, Andrew. All good people." Jemma told him as he made sure he had his backpack.

"Yeah, we left agent May, agent Ward, and Skye behind. Coulson thought they could get things done here while we were on the mission." Fitz says walking over to him.

"Skye?"

"She's a hacker." FitzSimmons say at the same time.

That couldn't be a coincidence could it? He only knew one person named Skye and she was in the same profession. But that was for the Rising Tide, if he remembered correctly.

The ramp was finally completely lowered and they could see the entrance to the base wide open.

"Where's the bus?" Fitz asks wondering.

"My plane is gone." Coulson says out loud to anyone listening as he walks down the ramp first.

Everybody ends up following Coulson to the end of the ramp and towards the wide open base entrance.

"Isn't there supposed to be a welcoming party?" Parker finally asks.

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