Coulson stared down to the clothes he was holding, not quite believing what had happened. How could he? He had just killed a woman he had considered up until earlier a friend and ally to traitor. Yet she had gone. It proposed a fact that maybe she had more tricks up her sleeve but could he really still believe she betrayed them still? Dead or not…

He didn't know what to believe. There was a lot going on but he didn't have the time to dwell on anything. Skye was still the priority. And May was guilty until proven guilty, it was easier to think strategically like that then consider May a friend he murdered. He didn't need the grief and emotions to cloud him if she hadn't been hydra.

His head turned as the two called was followed by Trip. Simmon's looking exceptionally pale and holding a medical kit but both stopped short seeing that May was in fact no longer here.

"Where she go, sir? I thought you had her pinned?" Trip asked, a frowning dent between his eyebrows at the pile of clothing he had.

"I don't know…" Coulson said honest. "I thought...I killed her…" All their eyes widened at that He gave them a look, "I didn't mean to! But her death does not prove anything. Until we know otherwise, she's still hydra. I won't let this distract me but we need to find Skye. There's a chance hydra has her so we need to get moving. Fitz, I need you to go over the computers, see if you can track the plane. SImmons, I need you to get our stuff together and put Koenig's body into the morgue… and yes. We have one in this base." He added to answer Fitz's look.

"And me sir?" Trip asked

"I want you to go over fortifications, make sure this base is secure. If May is hydea then they might know where this place is. If that's the case then we need to send data to a new secure server. If we have to, we need to burn the place. And get the place ready to go once we have Skye's location."

"Copy that, sir." He said though watched as Fitz and Simmons exited, leaving him alone with Trip who's eyes darted down to her clothes. Coulson could read that Trip wasn't a believer in May's hydra theory.

"A problem, Agent Triplett?" He asked after a moment, scoping up May's clothes into one bundle.

"I'm just concerned." Trip replied, "What if May wasn't hydra?"

"I'm not choosing to believe that theory." He rebuffed, "We're on a man hunt for Skye and Ward, and we need to find them. I've known May a long time but I cannot afford the distractions. Not with Skye or Ward on the line. We don't have the time. If I know I killed an Innocent woman I've known for decades then I will freak out and I will be distracted. Until proven otherwise. May is hydra." He said. His voice very stern but the message was across.

Trip nodded after a moment then walked way to do his job.

Inhaling deeply, Coulson set off, grabbing a bag and deposited May's clothes into it. He hoped that maybe after all this, they could find some clue on how May's body vanished. He tossed the bag to be packed up with the rest of their stuff and went to find Fitz.

"Got anything yet?" He asked, folding his arms.

"No, though the communication lines will be online once I reconnect them, then we can track the plane" Fitz said, pulling some wires from a draw, pulling away the cut ones.

"How long?"

"6 minutes at best."

"I'll get Trip to get the plane ready. Once we have to location, we have to go." Coulson decided, folding his arms

"Right, Sir." Fitz said, glancing up to him but his posture, like Trips looked like he wanted to say something. He knew of course killing May was not good on Fitz conscious, even if he had been frosty towards her, especially after the fact she almost shot him twice in the cargo hold with an ICER.

"If you're going to make a comment on May then-"

"That's not what bothering me sir!" Fitz interrupted quickly. "I don't want to jump to conclusions on who' hydra and who's not. We all know Skye isn't...and hydra came for her but what if there was...a second mole on our plane."

Coulson's eyes narrowed shrewdly. "Excuse me?"

Ftzz paused what he was doing. "Just a thought after you…"

"Fitz." He warned.

"Look, May waited for Ward. If she was the first mole to keep an eye on you...What if he's the second...he's a specialist who's been with Garret for god knows how long. He could have taken the Bus while.. was lured out."

Coulson did not like what he was saying. Not because it had logic but...another mole. But he knew he had to take it seriously. Two moles. Or one had been made to look like one.

"Okay. If we go by that logic then it makes more sense on the bus, Unless Skye hacked the Auto pilot."

"Yeah and if Ward is hydra, then Skye would know...but she could be playing him just as much.." Fitz said, beginning to hurry in his work to finish up patching the system

"Then we need to get to her before Ward figures out she'd playing him." Coulson agreed, heading to the door but the computer jumped more into life, Fitz hurrying to check the lines.

"We got it!" Fitx declared after a moment

"Where?"

"Los Angeles."

Coulson jogged off at that, feeling the need to pick the pace up now, Fitz hurrying to catch up with him .

He knew Los Angele wasn't a coincidence. Skye chose that for a reason and if their plane was fast enough then they could get there in record timing and before Skye decrypted the drive. Then they could concentrate on the bigger picture they faced.

If Ward was hydra….Agent Hand was dead, Garrett was alive and setting up shop somewhere. Something they needed to stamp out before Garrett would raise a new Hydra Head. WIth the fridge fallen, then they had plenty of weaponry against them so they needed to be smart about it.

"We're setting off, Trip get the plane ready. Ftz, get some weaponry on it." He called through, running a few scenarios on how to deal with the situation now. Good and bad.

If May had been on their side and...alive. It'd be much easier to take on what forces Hydra had. She had been a force to be reckoned with. But he didn't want to focus on what he didn't have...

If Ward was alone, he'd be easier to catch and contain too question. He he wasn't...they'd have to take out the rest of the competition. So it was a relief that the base held weaponry and Fitz's mind. Even as small as they were, they were scrappy enough to put up the challenge. Even if they had to grab Skye and go then it'd give them a much bigger chance to beat back.

It only took 10 painfully longs minutes before the plane was loaded and in flight. Loading up two ICERS and guns into holters for everyone. They needed to be armed if they hydra agents came across them, Fitz and Simmons, they could be underestimated. Coulson remembered that Fitz had shot a hydra agent in a clean manner from under the desk. So he had potential if the time called for it.

"We don't know what we're walking into her, So we need to be prepared for More than Ward. We can get out hands on a vehicle..we can stock more weapons close by." Coulson started. "That can be used as a quick getaway."

"So a grab Skye and go." Trip clarified.

"Exactly. We're vastly outnumbered but...if we do this right, we have a much greater chance at beating them once we have Skye."

"What about the Bus?"

"We can afford to lose it for now. We don't have the time to get it but we can do at a later date with much more planning."

"I have some of my Grandfather's 1940s Howling commando's kit we can use. Once we get Skye I can detour and get it." Trip brought up after a moment, sliding a gun into the back of his trousers.

"Good, We may need it." Coulson nodded. He wouldn't deny that he might have gotten a little excited on that bit. 1940s technology. Going back to basics like that would also be an advantage as well.

"FItz, can you track a more precise location on where Skye could most likely have taken Ward?" Trip asked after a moment

"No, We don't have that technology but we can use what we do know about SKye. She'd not have taken him some place random. Some place with...some sense of meaning. She chose LA for a reason, we need to work out where from that."

"That's where we first met her. Union station, that alley where she had to go with...May to unlock the data we needed on centipede." SImmons suggested, lingering of May's name for longer than necessary, making him raise an eyebrow at her to carry on. He didn't need that, not now..

"Alley is our first choice. " Coulson decided. And it made sense, though he hoped Ward hadn't found that connection just yet, even if Skye gave him a reason for the location.

Trip disappeared after a moment to check on the plane, leaving a heavy ilsence behind them.

"Touch down in 30 mins."