"So what you are telling me is that they walked through this door and simply vanished?" Coulson was asking Romanov, walking through the door multiple times to prove his point.
"I don't know what to tell you Coulson. They were there, and then poof, they weren't!"
"How do we know they haven't just run off for a little nookie?" Amber asked.
"They wouldn't do that halfway through an investigation. And besides. Do you see an exit?" Romanov asked her.
Ward has gone through the door and ended up in what looked like deserted wasteland. Skye appeared by his side.
"What on Earth is this place?" She asked him.
"I don't know if it is Earth" he replied, noticing that everything was different.
"Let's go back"
They turned to go back through the door to the outside of the ruin. But the door had gone. It had simply disappeared. They were stuck.
It was cold in the wasteland, so they decided that moving and exploring would be the best option. They set off along what looked like a path. They walked for hours before a large angry growl from behind halted them. They spun to a giant, purple, oozing creature they had dubbed ORSINO closing on them. They only weapon Ward had on him was the air compression device. He didn't really want to use it after last time, but if he had no choice he would.
Suddenly a sword slashed the creature and made it bleed thick fuchsia blood. Ward used the distraction to look for where the sword came from. He saw a grateful sight: Lady Sif of Asgard. She was stood on the other side of the creature preparing to battle. Ward watched and waited for the perfect moment to strike. The creature's tail lashed perilously close to him and Skye so he stabbed it with the device. Skye hit the floor while Ward flung himself at Sif so she wouldn't get hurt. The bright blue wave spread through the air, obliterating the creature and spreading purple ooze everywhere.
"What do you think you are doing? I had it." Sif yelled at Ward, getting to her feet. When she noticed it was Ward she softened.
"Agent Ward? What are you doing here?" Skye plucked the device out of the ground and went over to the other two.
"We went through a door, ended up here and the door disappeared" Ward confessed.
"How did you kill it? We've never been able to do that." Ward handed her the device and told her a little about it.
"So you stab this through its tail and it explodes?" she asked him. She was admiring the weapon that Ward had given her.
"Yeah. Be careful with it though, as you can probably tell, it's a little messy." Skye told her. It was then Sif noticed that they were all covered, head to toe, in purple ooze.
"Do you know how we can get out of here?" Ward asked her.
"The only way I can think is to take you to Asgard and send you home from there."
Sif took them back to Asgard. They attracted a lot of stares as they were still covered in ooze. She took them to a chamber.
"You may wash up in here. I will have some clothing sent to you. When you are clean and clothed I will collect you and take you to dinner." She told them, ushering them into a magnificent room. It had two bowls of water, in which Ward and Skye, helping each other with the awkward bits, cleaned themselves of ooze. There was a knock on the door and Sif came in with some neatly folded clothes.
"Put these on. You will not attract so many stares."
She handed Ward some standard Asgardian men's clothes and she handed Skye the most beautiful dress she had ever seen. There was just one problem.
"Excuse me, Lady Sif? How do I put this on?"
Sif led Skye around a dressing screen and helped her put the dress on.
"Can you not dress yourself Skye?" She asked concerned.
"No, I mean I can, but I've never worn anything like this before. It's beautiful, and I'm used to buttons and zippers."
"What is a zipper?"
Skye picked up the trousers she had been wearing and showed Sif the zip on them. She opened and closed it a few times before letting Sif have a go.
"This is so much easier to close garments. May I borrow these to take to our seamstresses?"
"I tell you what. Keep them, they're yours."
"Thank you very much Skye" Sif said, still working the zip.
"Guy's I don't know about you but I'm clean and changed!" Ward said from the other side of the screen.
"I will escort you to dinner." Sif said stepping out from the screen. Ward was perched on the edge of the bed waiting patiently. When he saw Skye he stood up and his mouth hit the floor. She looked simply stunning. Sif smiled at his reaction and recognised a man in love.
She escorted them to dinner. Sif looked around the room, as if she was looking for someone.
"Wait here." She told Skye and Ward as she wandered into the middle of the room.
She approached a tall man, wearing battle armour. He had long blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She reached up and whispered something into his ear before leading him over to the two waiting agents.
"Thor, this is Agent Grant Ward and Skye. They work with Agent Coulson" They looked at her, mouths slightly open. Had she told Thor Coulson was still alive? Judging by her expression she had kept her word, until that point.
"Phil Coulson is dead. I saw him die."
"Thor, he lives. He asked me not to tell you, he wished to do so himself."
"It's true." Skye said, trying to help Sif out of what was clearly an awkward moment for her.
"Come and dine with us tonight. I will personally take you back to Midgard in the morning." He told them, extending his arm out to Skye who, after a quick glance at Ward, took it.
Ward extended his arm to Sif who took it, and also took the opportunity to talk to him about Skye, and May, and how they were dealing with the aftermath of Lorelli.
"You and Skye seem very happy together." She said to him as Skye was being introduced to the rest of Thor's friends. Wearing that dress she was proving to be very popular.
"We are."
"So why are you still so confused in your heart?"
"I'm not."
"You love this woman and she clearly loves you in return. So why won't you let yourself love her with all of your heart?"
"How do you know?"
"I have seen it before. You are holding back with her Agent Ward. Why?"
"Fear."
"What makes you fearful?"
"The unknown. I've never felt this way before. I've never told a woman I loved her and meant it before Skye. But the life we lead..."
"Makes it difficult to plan a future, let alone build one." Sif finished for him, handing him a drink..
"Exactly. We are happy as we are and yes you are right. I'm holding back. I can't love her the way I want to love her. Not to mention we have we have more important things to worry about that us right now."
"There is nothing more important than the people that you love. I have an idea." She said, getting up and pulling Skye to one side.
A/N: Any guesses what Sif has talked Ward and Skye into?