Before they left to pick Tilly up Fury had given them some instructions to follow. Hawkeye was to be taken back to Prague and Romanov was to be taken to England. Fury had forgotten to smooth things over with Tilly's university and as a result they had reported her missing. It was making Global headlines. This meant they were all going to be on the 'bus for a few more days.

Amber and Kain had woken up the morning after the rules had been laid down to find they were sealed in their bunks with cling film. They only way out was going to be with a knife, which they didn't have.

"Hey! Let me out of here!" Amber yelled.

"What the hell is going on?" Kain asked at the top of his voice.

Tilly took pity on them and used the kitchen knife she had been using to cut a slit big enough for them to get through. Ward was sat watching her, his smile hidden in the corners of his mouth. Skye was sat next to him, head on his shoulder. It looked like she was crying, when in reality she was in fits of silent laughter. May was sat eating her breakfast in silence, amusement evident in her eyes. Romanov and Hawkeye were sat on the sofa, legs and bodies entwined, making the most of the last few days they had together and were chuckling at the interns fighting their way out of their bunks. Coulson came out of his office to find the interns half hanging out of their doors. He decided he didn't want to know any the details. He also knew that Ward, Romanov and Tilly were behind the bunks, even though the latter was doing an excellent job of hiding it.

"'fess up. Who did it?" Kain asked, annoyed

If he was expecting any of them to crack he was disappointed. He had clearly forgot that he was on a bus with two master assassins who were also pretty damn good spies, two level eight specialists who Skye refers to as robots who can't show emotion, two scientists who were almost incapable of coming up with the prank, one computer expert who was starting to learn when to keep her mouth shut and remain emotionless and one civilian who they didn't really know much about, except that she was trained by Ward and Romanov so she also knew when to keep her face neutral and her mouth shut.

"Wasn't me" They all said, straightening their faces.

"GAHH!" Kain exclaimed in annoyance before storming off.

Later that afternoon Tilly and Skye were sat in the lounge. Tilly was flicking through her diary and Skye was working on a project her and Ward had a silly idea for the previous night.

"Crap!" Skye heard Tilly say.

She looked up to find her flicking between two pages of her diary. Skye knew that action. She had used it herself a few years before. It was that action of a penny dropping, and usually the penny isn't a good one.

"You ok?" Skye asked her new sister in law casually.

"Yeah. No. I've just realised I have two papers to write. Both due in tomorrow, no late entries are permitted."

Skye let out a sigh of relief. The last time she had used that action it had involved peeing on a stick. This was good. This could be sorted.

"What are your papers on?"

"Structural bioinformatics and its impact on biomedical science and something to do with bioengineering. Four thousand words each."

They were a lot of long, complicated words that Skye didn't understand, but she knew Fitz-Simmons would.

"What happens if you don't hand them in?"

"I fail my degree." Tilly was good at hiding her emotions, but Skye could see the fear in her eyes.

"Wait here." She told Tilly and headed out to the lab.

"Skye. What can we do for you?"

"Tilly has a small issue of two university papers being due tomorrow in areas I can't pronounce. If she doesn't hand something in she will fail her degree."

"Of course we can help." Simmons replied quickly. After all, Tilly is Ward's sister. That makes her part of the family.

"We can?" Fitz asked, puzzled.

Ward, Romanov, Hawkeye and the interns were all working out in the workout room. Amber and Kain had begged Ward and Romanov to physically train them since the Covenant mission. Kain was sparring with Hawkeye and Amber was sparring with Romanov. Ward, who was still nursing the gouge to his throat, was instructing the two interns on the best techniques to use. He saw Amber jab a kick at Romanov who deflected it easily. He saw her retract her leg and regain her balance. The third time he saw her do it he stopped her.

"Why do you step back after a jab kick?"

"It's how I was taught. Jab a kick to knock the enemy off and then regain your balance before attacking again."

"You're going to get killed like that" Romanov told her. Amber just looked at her.

Kain and Hawkeye stopped sparring so he could also benefit from this lesson.

"What do you mean?" He asked. Ward stood in front of Romanov in a sparring position.

"Hand to hand combat isn't a choreographed routine. You need to do what feels natural. If a move feels like it's going to be wrong then it usually is."

He and Romanov started sparring, slowly, so that he could still teach and not rip the stitches to his throat.

"Movements need to be fluid and move from one into the other." He continued before rallying off a series of moves on Romanov.

She deflected them with ease as they were still moving slow to demonstrate a point. He threw a jab kick at her and paused as it brushed her chest.

"If you throw a jab kick you are off balance, yes. But if you then retract your leg and plant it down in its original position"He completed the moves slowly as he spoke "then in the split second you are completely off balance a decent opponent will have your legs out from under you before you realise it."

To prove a point, Romanov took his legs out at the exact time his balance was off. He landed on his back with a sickening thump, which got the attention of the people in the Lab. Romanov held her hand out to help Ward to his feet.

"What do you recommend then?" Amber asked him.

"Why don't you look and tell me." He said to her, getting into position with Romanov again. He held his leg very, very straight at her chest.

"What is the best way out of this position?" he asked them.

The interns stood looking for a moment.

"Plant your lead and roundhouse." Kain piped up.

"Show me." Ward said, lowering his leg and moving out of the way.

Kain stepped up to Romanov and aimed a jab kick at her. She didn't even flinch when he connected his foot to her chest. He stomped the foot he had used to kick her with to the floor and snapped his other leg around in a sloppy attempt at a roundhouse kick.

"How the hell are these two final year students?" Hawkeye whispered into Ward's ear.

"I don't know. I'm pretty sure even Skye could take them." He replied looking through the window at her, recognising the look on her face. The scientists were up to something with Tilly and Skye was clearly feeling like a spare part. He walked over to the door and opened it.

"Skye. You fancy a workout?" He asked.