"Rules" Coulson was telling Ward "Do not break these or you will be back at Phys Acc faster than the 'bus can get you there."
"Hit me!"
"No sex on the bus. I don't mind you and Skye sharing a bed, in fact it might help her sleep better, but we live on a plane and the walls are very thin."
"Ok. Next"
"You and an old friend are going to get reacquainted" Coulson told his tossing him a silver bracelet. "You can attach that yourself or I can attach it for you, which would be the harder way"
"Limitations?" Ward asked.
"The 'bus, plane arrest until the Director tells me otherwise."
"Anything else?"
"Take it easy on the interns."
The atmosphere on the bus had changed considerably. There was more noise and laughter, which is what Coulson liked to hear. Skye was now sleeping through the night without having nightmares about Ward dying and Simmons also had fewer occurrences of her team dying in her dreams. Granted, the mischief level had also increased. Amber had come running out of the kitchen screaming that a knife had been following her around the room. A quick glance at the colour of Ward's eyes told Coulson everything he needed to know. Kain had woken up to a face full of toothpaste. You also had to be careful opening doors as the AIT's had found out the hard way.
Ward and Skye had been working out in the workout room. He was using his 'special skills' to throw a load of knives at her that she needed to defend herself against. When Amber and Kain entered the room all of the knives that were airborne went flying at them, some went through the vacant panels that previously held glass, but Fitz-Simmons, having seen what Ward was up to was alert enough to duck the knives coming straight at them. Skye and Ward could do nothing but laugh.
Kain and Amber still hadn't forgotten their concerns regarding Skye. Although she wasn't on the laptop as much, they were still suspicious that she was working for the Rising Tide. They suspected Ward may have figured it out when he came on board, but he was as clueless as the rest of them.
Amber still hadn't forgotten her personal agenda of pursuing Ward either. Wednesday night was poker night, she hadn't forgotten!
Skye was on her own in the workout room, which now that Ward was back on board was unusual. Kain saw her and, being careful not to knock any weapons off in the Lab, went to join her. He saw her punching the bag. Her technique was flawless. He walked up behind her and put his hands on her hips. The gesture made her jump. She knew it wasn't Ward. He was getting a shower. She spun to find Kain entering her personal space and she felt decidedly uncomfortable.
"Your technique is flawed." He told her, knowing it was the opposite, not knowing that Ward had taught her.
"There is nothing wrong with my technique. What do you want?" She asked, icily backing up a little.
He stepped closer to her, almost pinning her up against the wall and started trying to seduce her. She punched him and he backed up.
"I'm seeing someone" Skye told him, leaving the workout room.
"What happened?" Amber asked Kain as he entered the lounge, blood pouring from his nose.
"I tried to get information out of Skye by seducing her. She punched me."
"She is definitely hiding something."
Later that day Ward was doing his mandatory rehabilitation exercise. He was fine but Fury insisted and one word of rebellion on the 'bus would see him back at Phys Acc. Skye and May were talking with Simmons and watching Ward at the same time. He was doing some manoeuvre that not even May had seen before.
"I can't believe Kain hit on me!" Skye was telling them. Since that drunken night in the hotel room they had become friends.
"I can. Why wouldn't he?"
"I punched him in the nose."
"Did he bleed?"
"Yes."
"Good girl!"
"That is kind of hot!" Amber said as she walked into the Lab and noticing the others watching Ward and commented on his exercise. They just looked at her.
"He's seeing someone" Simmons told her.
"That's way over. Did you not hear what happened at Phys Acc?"
"No, what?" Skye asked, knowing exactly what Amber was on about.
"They had this massive fight. He pulled a gun on her and everything."
"No way!" Simmons prompted this highly inaccurate gossip.
"Yeah. Apparently she slept with his best friend. I wonder why she did that. I mean, there could be something wrong with his manhood for all we know."
Skye opened her mouth to retort, but May, realising they could have some fun with this put her hand on Skye's arm to silence her.
"Have you ever heard of diversionary tactics?" She asked Amber.
"Well yeah. We've learned about them at Phys Acc. You use them to draw the attention away from where the attention needs to be."
"And what happened when they we're arguing?"
"The flag disappeared." She said, the realisation of the argument being faked hitting her.
May got up from the Lab table and leant in closer to Ambers face.
"And there is nothing wrong with Grant Ward's manhood" She said before standing upright, winking at Skye and Simmons and leaving.
Amber stared after her.