"Amber wake up." Melody urged.
"What is it?" Amber asked groggily rubbing her eyes.
"Come on you have to see this!" Melody replied excitedly.
"Ok." Amber mumbled standing up, "I had this crazy dream about...oh." she trailed off as she saw where she was.
"Yeah!" Melody exclaimed excitedly. "We're on our way to the Hub!"
"Really!" Amber's eyes widened.
"Yeah now come on!" Melody said tugging at Amber's wrist playfully.
"Ok...Ok!" Amber said finally agreeing to explore.
"Ok over here is the lounge." Melody said as Amber got up and looked around to get her bearings. There was a cremello colored couch, which Amber was lying on set against a glass pane with the S.H.I.E.L.D symbol. There was also a glass coffee table, past it was two single white chairs with a table in between.
"Wow, come on!" Amber said glancing around then getting up.
"Where?" Melody asked confused.
"Duh to the lab." Amber replied as if it was obvious.
"Oh, but shouldn't we stay here until Coulson gets back." Melody pointed out.
"Nah, come on you said you wanted to explore!" Amber protested
"But if Coulson catches us…" she trailed off.
"He won't. And besides as if Skye, Simmons, and Fitz always obeyed orders." Amber stated.
"But we aren't agents!"
"Neither was Skye now are you coming or not." Amber argued.
"Fine." Melody agreed hesitantly.
The girls snuck out into a hallway and down a spiral staircase coming into a open area where two cars were tied down and an automatic glass door was laid out.
"Holy crap!" Melody cried.
"More like Holy Hera." Amber remarked as she circled around, "I wonder why Fitz isn't in the lab.
"Probably because Fitz is right behind you with Agent Coulson." Fitz's voice said from above their heads.
"Crud." Amber cursed.
"What now?" came another voice from behind them.
"Skye." Melody said, identifying the voice immediately.
"Do you two ever take orders." Agent Coulson said looking sternly down on them.
"Can you really blame us for wanting to see the lab." Melody shot back.
"I like her." Fitz commented.
Melody lit up at that remark hoping to see some of the gadgets, she questioned, "Can we look at the lab?"
"You are looking at the lab." Coulson retorted.
"No, can we see the gadgets Fitz and Simmons work on." Melody rephrased her question.
Coulson opened his mouth to respond, then quickly shut it as Fitz gave an answer that obviously wasn't on his mind, "Sure." Fitz chimed.
"Yes!" Amber cheered, following Fitz into the lab.
"Fitz, just be sure that they come back upstairs." Coulson ordered turning to leave reluctantly.
"Yes sir. Over here we have our I.C.E.R.S" Fitz said as the two friends looked around the room in awe.
"Cool." Melody said picking one up while Fitz's back was turned, "Sorry Fitz it just isn't right."
Amber then piped up, " Well I think I did pretty good." she said mimicking Fitz in a fake accent.
"Sorry it's off by an ounce." Melody replied putting the gun down on the table.
"An ounce." Amber said now mimicking Skye.
"An ounce could be the difference between success and failure." Melody replied in a serious voice as Fitz looked at the two of them trying not to laugh.
"Get it right." Melody said pretending to exit the room.
"Sheesh an ounce." Fitz piped up.
"I know right. I've followed every single order busting my butt and I've let them tag me like a stray dog." Amber said, "I mean what more could you ask for, I mean I know I lied to you, but I was trying to protect my boyfriend."
"I know." Fitz said, "I'm Agent Ward and I could shoot the legs off of a flee from the top of a building as long as it's not windy."
Amber, now pretending to be Simmons spoke, "Let me guess the Night Night gun again."
"Yeah and he said it was off by an ounce." Fitz scoffed.
"An ounce!" Amber rolled her eyes, " I'm Agent Grant Ward and I could rupture your spleen with my left pinky, blindfolded."
Melody continued on, pretending to be Skye, " That's dead on."
The real Agent Ward walked in again, "Coulson wants you two upstairs, is something funny."
"No." Amber said gazing at him innocently.
"Ok you two." Fitz announced, taking the gun from Melody, "We have to go meet Coulson upstairs."
"Ok." Melody and Amber sighed in harmony as they followed Fitz up the spiral staircase.
"Ah you're here." Coulson said with relief.
"You say that as if we survived something." Amber said suspiciously.
"There are a lot of dangerous toys in the lab you two could've gotten injured with." Coulson said choosing his words carefully.
Melody snorted, "You think we didn't know that."
"Still you're our responsibility now." Skye said calmly.
"Joy." Amber muttered sarcastically, "So why'd you bring us up here?"
"So that we can arrange what we're going to do while you two stay here." Coulson said.
"With Simmons currently not here one of you are allowed to sleep there." May added.
"Melody calls dibs." Amber said immediately upon hearing the news. Melody glared at her friend yet she didn't say anything so Amber proceded, "Since thats covered and I call dibs on the couch, what about self defense?"
"I'm glad you brought that up." Coulson responded with a sly grin, "Skye has agreed to be one of your S.O.'s with the guidance of May being the other."
"So who's is who's?" Melody asked.
"Whoever you chose." Coulson responded afraid of the possible outcome.
"Skye!" Melody replied right away.
"That's on you, but when we have practice sessions together don't beg for mercy from me when I beat your butt, because I have the more experienced S.O." Amber retorted, "The Calvary."
May frowned at that comment while Skye snickered, and Coulson secretly sighed, relieved that there wasn't a fight.
"Yes, but I have 5 years of Tae-Kwon-Do under my belt." Melody smiled.
"So when do we start?" Amber asked eagerly, ignoring Melody.
Skye rolled her eyes, "When do you want to start?"
The pair of friends exchanged grins while the pair of S.O.'s gave each other an uncertain smile unsure of what they had just gotten themselves into as the party descended toward the lab.