"Simmons. What are you doing?" Skye asked her as she saw Simmons throwing everything out of her bunk.
"I can't find any of my underwear. I don't know where it's gone." She replied, throwing her mattress into the lounge.
"What. All of it?"
"Except for what I'm wearing. Yes."
"It can't have gone far"
Skye helped Simmons gut her bunk. They didn't find a single pair of knickers or a bra.
"That's odd. When did you last have them?"
"All of them, in one go? When we moved in."
"Done any laundry in the last couple of days?"
"No."
Skye went off to the laundry room on the 'bus. She looked in the washer and found a single pair of pants at the bottom. She gingerly picked them up and carried them back to the lounge where Simmons was still searching.
"These yours?" She asked Simmons
"Yes. Where did you find them?" She asked, hurrying up to Skye and grabbing them out of her hand.
"Washer. These were the only thing left in there though."
"Damn. I don't know where they could have got to!"
"We'll find them. Let's put your bunk back together."
Silently they replaced everything back into Simmons bunk.
"Lab. Now." Coulson told them as he came into the lounge from his office.
The two girls followed him and settled down on a couple of stools in the Lab.
"We have had reports of people going missing at the local carnival."
"I didn't think we dealt with missing people." Kain asked, wondering where this was going.
"We don't, but they seem to be going on rides and not coming off them."
"Which ride?"
"We aren't sure yet. There is no pattern to the missing people either."
"Are you talking about UC?" Skye asked, getting confused looks from the interns.
"Yes Skye. We are all going undercover to find out which ride and where these people are taken to."
Ward and May groaned they hated carnivals. Especially ones' where people go missing.
"Assignments are as follows. Fitz and Simmons you two will be friends who are in the area as part of a grand tour of America. Amber, Kain. You will be two friends who are at the carnival because you want to create mischief. Ward, Skye, you will be the new couple who only have eyes for each other as you have just started going out. May and I will pose as a couple who have been married for a few years and are spending some time out of the house." Coulson dictated.
Ward couldn't help but notice the look on May's face. Clearly she wouldn't be able to handle a night of being Coulson's wife. He shot a look at Skye, who had noticed the same thing.
"Or..." Skye started to say, trying to help May, but trailed off not knowing what to say.
"Or?" Coulson asked, oblivious to May's reaction or Skye's hesitation.
Skye shot a look at Ward.
"May and I will act like the married couple, Fitz and Simmons the tourist friends, Amber and Kain the young couple in love and you could take Skye as your daughter that you see every other weekend?" He suggested.
When Coulson raised his eyebrows at him he continued "you know that way, all of the bases are covered, friends, love, family."
"That's a better idea" Coulson told him, wondering what had happened between Skye and Ward to make him suggest they split up.
A/N: I realise having a washing machine on a plane is a stretch but this is S.H.I.E.L.D. Anything is possible!