"Wait, I'm going on a mission?" Skye asked. She and Ward had been dragged into Coulson's office by May and were now standing in front of his desk.
"I thought you told her to lay low?" Ward said to him. His face looked slightly worried.
"I know i did," Coulson said, "but there is nobody else for this job, you understand that, right?" Coulson asked Skye. She nodded,
"Yes." She said. She slowly sat down and Ward followed,
"So what exactly is the mission?" Ward asked. Coulson searched through a pile of manilla folders,
"Now, this mission is above your clearance level so you never heard any of this." Coulson said,
"Yes, sir." Ward and Skye said at the same time. Couslon finally picked out a folder and placed it on his desk. Ward reached for the folder. He looked at Coulson for confirmation as Coulson nodded. Ward slowly opened the folder, Skye peering over his shoulder. The first thing they saw was a picture of Grace and Joshua. Ward and Skye looked at each other with worried looks,
"Operation dark forest," Coulson said. Ward and Skye looked at Coulson with puzzled faces, "I know, inconspicuous," Coulson rose from his seat along with Ward and Skye,
"This mission,as a whole, was to contain an independent contractor who had gained too much power. He was planning to overthrow the government. Grace and Joshua were going to infiltrate one of his parties and kill the threat at the source."
"Wait, you mean…"Skye whispered,
"Normally shield doesn't do missions like this but it was necessary." Coulson said, "A simple poisoned cocktail and he will be dead in 15 minutes," Coulson said,
"Okay, and how exactly do we get this cocktail to him?" Ward asked, "We can't exactly waltz in with a bottle of poison."
"Which is why you have this." Coulson drew out a cork remover for a wine bottle. Skye took the object and examined it,
"Great, its not like every person in the world has one." Coulson stole back the cork remover,
"This," Coulson tapped the screw ,"Contains the poison. You put the screw through the cork and into the bottle and then just press down on the top," Coulson demonstrated, showing a small metal button, "And voila."
"Okay, I get it," Skye said, "But why am I here?"
"You have another job." Coulson said,
"What other job?" Ward asked,
"This man is on the top of all of the government agencies in America's watch list. This man is expecting something to happen. You," He pointed to Skye,"are there to keep him talking until the poisoned is administered."
"Thats it?" Skye asked,
"Not exactly," Coulson said, "This man had possession of documents…very secret documents…we need them out of the system and we need to identify how those files ever got there. Also, you two need to destroy the system…all of it. Shield does not want any evidence left."
"Sounds simple enough," Skye said, "so where is the computer?" Coulson looked down at his lap,
"Thats the complicated part." Coulson said. Skye looked at Ward then back at Coulson,
"Complicated?" She asked,
"The computer is in his security office. Skye, you have to get in there." Coulson said. Skye sighed loudly,
"Great." She said
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Skye was in sitting on her bed searching her computer when the door slid open. She quickly slammed closed her computer and stared up at Ward's face,
"Nervous?" Ward asked, walking to her bed. He sat down and leaned against her wall. Skye placed her computer on her desk,
"Nervous is waiting in line for a roller coaster ride," Skye said, "To be honest, right now, I'm terrified." Ward sat up slowly,
"Skye, theres no reason to be scared. Remember I'll be right there…literally on your arm the entire night. If anything happens, I'll be right there." Skye showed a weak smile. She drew in a shaky breath and looked down at her fiddling thumbs,
"Has anything ever…you know…gone wrong on one of Shields missions before?" Skye asked. She looked up at him and searched his face,
"Skye, missions are…unpredictable. Every one is different. But one thing I know is that Coulson trusts that you will be able to do this. He wouldn't be sending you if he didn't think so, and I believe in you, too. Trust me, Skye,"Ward whispered. He took Skye's face in his hands, "I won't let anything happen to you." Skye drew in a shaky breath. A tear escaped her eyes as she hugged Ward tightly.
"You're ready, Skye, I know you are," Ward whispered, hugging her back.
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