Codename: Battleship

Spoilers: AU but can consider all Season One episodes. Read Battleship: SHIELD to understand or you WILL BE LOST.

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Never in his life had Grant Ward ever found himself as relaxed as he was sitting on a beach as Skye waded in the water. He smiled as watched her wade and watch the boats that passed them by. The day had been a personal one, acting like the honeymooning couple as they toured Bangkok. They'd be heading north the next morning early to get up to Chiang Rai as soon as possible.

Seeing her start to move back towards the beach, he pulled a towel from beside him and stood to meet her. He'd managed to convince her to swim in her shorts and tank instead of not swimming at all, as long as he agreed to meet her with a towel at the edge of the water.

"It's beautiful here." Skye pushed her hair back as he wrapped her in a towel. "Peaceful, not like our work."

Wrapping his arms around her, Ward kissed her wet strands of hair. "When we retired from SHIELD we could move here, they have schools for American kids here and we could find careers quickly."

"Sounds wonderful but given I may live a long time and you're linked to me, we may be with SHIELD for centuries." Skye leaned her head back, "but if we're still alive by the time the team is old, I suggest we retire for a few years."

He chuckled and looked down at her. "How about dinner and I give you a massage?"

Skye contemplated the offer before nodding, "full body or back?"

"Whichever you decide." He turned and picked up their small bag, taking her hand and they moved towards the road that lead to their hotel.

The next morning Ward let Skye sleep as long as possible while he packed for their trip and checked in with Coulson. He put their bags by the door and put water in their filtered water bottles before looking at the bed where Skye lay on her stomach with the sheet reaching to her bare shoulders. The only piece of jewelry she wore to bed was her engagement ring, even the mission rings were placed with the rest of her rings and bracelets in a velvet jewelry bag.

"Skye," he bent down next to the bed and rubbed her arm. The woman was not a morning person in any regards despite being forced to get up around five every morning for training. Ever since she'd recovered from being shot the second time, he'd let her sleep as often as she wanted. "Angel, we need to get going."

Groaning she lifted her head and looked at the clock by the bed, "it's not even five…wake me up at five." She put her head back down and buried it in the pillow.

Smiling he rubbed her arm again and spoke quietly, "we need to get on the road so we get to Chiang Rai before dark. You can sleep in the car, wake up for at least fifteen minutes to get dressed and get downstairs."

She picked up her head and pushed her hair back with a hand, "can you grab me some clothes? I don't want to move for as long as possible."

The drive would take half the day and was spent talking about the latest gossip from the gossip bank on the Helicarrier. Of course it would be Skye who made them pause at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center to see the land animals. Ward just smirked and pulled their rented car into the parking area.

"Thank you." She wrapped her arms around one of his, "I know you're probably just going to stand back and stare the whole time but…"

Ward removed his arm from her hold and put it around her, "honeymoon remember, whatever you want to do. Besides, we have a week to locate the 0-8-4 and we've been here only a day and half so we're fine."

He ended up standing back the whole time and watching but he got photos of Skye bathing the giant animals, petting them and feeding them. He laughed when she got sprayed with water but her laughter was infectious and all that mattered to him was the fact that the angel in his life was enjoying herself after so much pain.

"We might as well stay the night at the local resort." Ward made the comment as they watched the elephant show, Skye turned to look at him. "You'd even be able to sleep in since we're about four hours out."

Skye smiled and put her head on his shoulder, "you're the best fiancé in the world." Leaning up she kissed his cheek before laying her head back against his shoulder, settling into him as he wrapped his arm around her. "I love you."

"I love you too." He kissed her head and closed his eyes, inhaling her floral shampoo for the billionth time.

Once they were set in a room, Ward set up a connection to contact Coulson. He found the agent surprised that he'd be contacting him twice in a day.

"Well I have someone who wants to talk to you sir." He turned his head and Skye was instantly over by him.

Skye waved at Coulson, "hey AC, so we decided to stop at the Elephant Conservation Center and I did some stuff here. I'll have pictures when I get back I promise. Ward just kind of stood taking them the whole time, I think he was afraid of the animals."

Coulson chuckled and looked at her, "I assume tomorrow you two are actually going to head to the location?"

"Yep, it hasn't really moved in proximity. It's moved towards a village but it doesn't go further than that. I've been tracking it via my phone all day despite having fun on this trip."

"Good, now how is Ward at relaxing? Has he come to grasp the concept and the word?"

Skye nodded, "yeah, I thought he'd go crazy without some mission or a weapon but he's surviving. By the way, I have some news for you…" she held up her hand and her engagement ring showed. "I said yes."

It was if Coulson's smile could actually get bigger and apparently May had been in the room because she was in the video instantly. "You said yes?"

"Are you jealous because you had your chance months ago," Skye pointed between them and smirked. "We should compare notes on techniques if you get my drift."

"Skye!" Ward's voice was heard from across the room and she looked over to see him starring at her.

"I'm kidding, go take a walk or something…geez, you think everything I say is serious." She rolled her eyes and turned back to the computer screen. "So, back on track. Anything further on the 0-8-4?"

May nodded and started typing on her tablet, "we've managed to use satellite feeds to isolate the area and you're correct, it is a village. Unfortunately, it means we may have another human 0-8-4 on our hands. If that's so, you need to proceed with extreme caution."

"That doesn't make sense, the only 0-8-4 that was human is me and I'm half-Asgardian, the reason that I am an 0-8-4. There hasn't been any Asgardians on the planet in years, well besides the Battle of New York."

Coulson folded his arms, "it's possible there's another reason and you're assuming it's a child. For all we know, it could be an old man or woman that is older than you."

Ward walked over and leaned beside Skye, "we'll do our best to locate the 0-8-4 sir. I think Skye got something from Fitzsimmons that tracks specific waves an 0-8-4 gives off if within a few miles of it. Something about frequencies all shared by 0-8-4s, it won't pick up on Skye though for some reason."

"They made sure it wouldn't identify me because that would cause false positive readings." Skye smiled at him before turning to Coulson. "We'll check in tomorrow via phone once we get readings of the area."

"Very well, Coulson out." The video was gone and Skye shut down the computer.

Placing his hands on Skye's arms, Ward kissed her neck. "Comparing notes with May…never try to joke about that. It was sex, purely physical and mostly quick…" he reached around and undid her shirt, "nothing like what I do to you, spending hours worshipping you like the goddess you are."

"Not a goddess…" she turned in his arms and Ward pulled her hair from its ponytail. "And what you do to me Grant Ward, is probably illegal somewhere in the galaxy."

He smirked and kissed her again, "hmm, probably illegal on Asgard. Mortal human defiling an Asgardian princess," he trailed kissed down her throat and spoke between each. "I'm sure your father is going to run me through with a sword when he finds out."

She pulled away and pushed him onto the bed, climbing on top him. "He'll have to go through me first and I have the power of life and death in my very palm. I don't think he'll even try."

A/N: Okay so those pictures of Skye...if you want an idea, check out Chloe Bennet (actress who plays Skye)'s twitter or Instagram account. You'd get an idea of what they look like. You can find her at chloebennet4 (Twitter) or (Instagram).

Next they visit the village and find this 0-8-4 is not what they're expecting.

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