"Where are we headed" Skye asked Coulson, as she felt the plane turning.
"We're headed to back to Egypt. Fitz-Simmons have tracked another signal to the tomb of Tutankhamun of all places."
"What do we expect to find there?"
"If it is the Covenant I expect to find nothing. Like always."
"What is the point in going then?" Kain asked confused.
"We need to confirm that this is indeed a Covenant attack. It will help us trace them."
"I've been tracking their hideout. Nothing. Seems like after Black Widow and Blue Eyes broke in they have shut up shop."
"Makes sense. Their base is vulnerable. Why stay there? They probably think if those two can get in then anyone can."
"You had someone raid one of their bases?" Amber asked impressed.
"Yeah. Getting in wasn't an issue, well much of one. Getting them out though. Things got slightly messy." Skye told her, knowing there was an opportunity to wind them both up.
"They died. Then we remotely rebooted their hearts. Hack of a lifetime by the way." She continued
"Remotely rebooted their hearts?" Kain asked disbelieving.
"All agents above level, what level is it again Coulson, seven?" She turned to Coulson for an approval nod which he gave before continuing "have a microchip implanted into their cardiac muscle. They work the dangerous stuff and they are most likely to turn traitor so the chip monitors their location, which in turn monitors their loyalty. We hacked the chip, made it short circuit which electrified the agent's hearts into beating again."
"I have one" Coulson added, to give support to Skye's wind up.
"No way." Amber added, still not sure whether Skye was winding her up or not. Coulson opened his shirt a little to show the AIT's the scar he received from Loki's septre. He didn't tell them that though.
"There's the scar from the implant." He told them before covering his chest. Amber and Kain went into the workout room to spar, still discussing this genius and sneaky way of monitoring agents.
"That was evil" Coulson told Skye.
"If they are stupid enough to believe it"
"What else do they believe?" He asked her
"What makes you think they believe anything else?" She asked him, in a very unconvincing tone.
"Because you have spent too much time with Ward and May."
"The plane flies itself and that May is from Admin. The same stuff I was told when I came on board." Skye admitted.
"And Fitz and the shower?" Skye looked to the floor while Coulson smiled.
"Just don't let it get out of hand" He advised her.
"We're two hours out. Why don't you go and grab a nap" he added, noticing that she looked very tired.
When they landed at the tomb they were greeted with a familiar sight. Multiple, smooth, deep crater holes. Only this time it was minus the gunfire.
They looked around and quickly found the entrance to the tomb. It was open, which struck them as odd. Having been trapped in a pyramid with Ward for most of the day last year May took a step back. She wasn't going to make the same mistake again.
"Everyone back to the 'bus. If we are going to explore that tomb we need to prepare." Coulson ordered them, also remembering the pyramid incident of the previous year.
Amber and Kain weren't listening. They were very, very interested in the tomb entrance. They stepped into it as they heard everyone shout "NO!"
The door slammed shut behind them.
"What the hell happened?" Amber asked Kain. She sounded scared.
"The door closed behind us"
"Really? Is that what just happened?" She was starting to get hysterical. She felt her way for Kain in the dark, because of course neither of them had a torch. She found him and held onto him tightly. She wasn't afraid of the dark but she had never been trapped in an ancient tomb before. Field work really wasn't what she was expecting. So far she had been shot at and now she was going to die in here with Kain.
Kain was managing to remain in control. He started feeling around for the door release. When he couldn't find one he sunk to the floor still holding the now weeping Amber.
"It'll be ok" He told her "if they can bring agents back to life from miles away they can figure out how to get us out of here."
"What if they can't?"
Kain, who had been drawing patterns in the dirt floor with his finger brushed up against something cool and solid. When he picked it up it turned out to be a human hand.
"They'll find us" he repeated, a note of panic rising in his cool voice.
Outside, the team were looking over the walls for any hieroglyphs or patterns that didn't belong. Unlike the pyramid at Giza, the surface of the tomb was perfectly smooth. They all looked at each other horrified. Skye ran to van where she had left her laptop and began flying her fingers over the keyboard. After Ward and May had nearly died last year she became fascinated with Egyptian history, especially the construction of the pyramids. It turns out that there are architects who specialised in 'trap systems', such as concealed doors and false floors. These were primarily used to deter grave robbers of Ancient Egypt's tombs. She madly researched the way in through the door, using every method she knew.
As it turns out, the door was fairly easy to open. It involved stepping on the right sequence of 'activation' stones outside the tomb. Anyone watching the team could have believed that there was a pit of molten lava underneath them with the way they were jumping from stone to stone. They made it to the door and it opened. They shone their flashlights into the open space behind the door and saw nothing but a couple of skeletons and the two AIT's huddled up in a corner.
They all filed into the gap behind the door, with the exception of May, who elected to stay out and reopen the door if she needed to. They took their torches, gave Amber and Kain some water and wandered down the corridor. They made it all the way into the vault that held the body of Tutankhamun without finding anything that could have caused the craters outside. They did find a lot of interesting artefacts that had not seen the light of day in many thousands of years. They were not architects, nor were they grave robbers so they left these priceless items exactly where they lay. Fitz-Simmons did take photographs to show May and Ward when they got out of there.