Coulson, May, Fitz, Simmons, and Trip made it to Portland in time to save Audrey from Daniels. But they couldn't stop him. He was still on the run, and he wouldn't stop until he got what he wanted.

They all held up in an abandoned apartment complex. Trip and Simmons walked her up to the apartment the rest of the team was in.

"Who are you?", Audrey asked as they climbed the stairs.

"I'm Jemma Simmons and this is Antoine Triplett. You're safe with us, Ms. Nathan."

"Who are you with? How did you know he was gonna be there?"

"Don't worry all your questions will be answered shortly. We just need to get to a secure location."

They walked up a few more flights of stairs and finally arrived in front of the door. Simmons put her hand on the doorknob and looked back at Audrey.

"They'll answer all your questions.", she opened the door.

Coulson and May stood up and smiled as Audrey walked in.

"Phil. Melinda. Thank god."

May walked over to hug Audrey.

"I knew it was SHIELD. I don't believe any of what they're saying on the news."

"We knew Daniels would come after you.", Coulson said.

"You're safe now. We'll take care of it."

"He's gonna come after me. He knows where I live."

"We know. We have someone waiting there for when he comes."

"No, you can't do that."

Coulson and May shared a confused look.

"You wanna tell us why, Audrey?", said Coulson.

She looked at him and May and realized they hadn't been keeping that close of an eye on her.

"My daughter and my husband are there right now."

The first reaction Coulson had in his head was relief. He hadn't deprived Audrey from finding someone to start a family with.

"You're- You have a family?"

She smiled and pulled out a picture from her wallet.

"I met him a few months after we um… you know.", she smiled after the awkwardness, "And that's Emily. She'll be four next month."

May smiled when she realized what this meant for Coulson.

"I'm happy for you, honestly."

"Thanks.", she put the picture away, "And how about you. Are you two…"

He smiled and walked over to put his arm around May's shoulder.

"Yeah.", there was happiness all over his face at this point, "Things have worked out pretty well for the three of us haven't they?"

"They have."

May was the first to snap out of the nostalgic trance the three of them were under.

"I'm glad we got to catch up, but there's still a psychotic man with powers trying to kidnap you."

Coulson took his arm off of May's shoulder and held up a tablet showing the specs on the machine they planned to use on Daniels.

The plan was to use Audrey to draw out Daniels and attack before he can get his hands on her. It worked, of course. Audrey was safe and the threat was contained.

Coulson and May drove Audrey back to her house. They spent the car ride reminiscing and catching up. They told her about how they found their long lost daughter and about all the crazy things that happened over the past few months. Coulson didn't mention how he was dead and resurrected, it was nice seeing someone from his past who didn't treat him that differently.

Audrey told them how her husband was a fellow cellist and that's how they met. It was like old times, except they were all truly happy.

They pulled up infront of her house.

"So I guess this is it."

"I guess so.", she unbuckled her seatbelt and leant forward into the front seat to be closer to both of them. "Thank you, so much. Not only did you save me from Daniels- twice, but helped me get this point in my life. I have a family that I love and that's all thanks to you."

Coulson looked at May and laughed.

"Well, that is what I was trying to do.", he said sarcastically.

Audrey put her hand on May's shoulder and looked at both of them as a final sign of her gratitude. Coulson and May watched as Emily burst out of the front door and into her arms. Her husband followed and soon they were in a long family hug.

Coulson grabbed May's hand and smiled.

"Let's go."

She shifted the gears and drove out of the normal suburban neighborhood.

"You think our girl's ok, Melinda?"

"She's fine, Phil. Ward's there."

Skye sat on the floor of the bathroom in complete shock. Ward was Hydra. She tried and tried to find a reason not to believe otherwise. But there was no doubting it. He was Hydra and he killed Koenig. Her mind was going a mile a minute. Her breath was shaky. She wanted to scream, but Ward was out there, she wasn't ready to confront him about it yet.

"Skye?", she heard Ward say from the hallway. She jumped at the sound of his voice.

She had to act fast.

Ward not only lied to her, but he lied to the entire team. At this point it's not about her and Ward. It's about helping the team get ahead of whatever he's trying to do.

The only problem was finding a way to tell them without Ward noticing. She thought back to all those lessons he S.O. taught her. About using the resources around her. The first thing in sight was the medicine cabinet.

Pain killers, toothpaste, bandaids, rubbing alcohol- a nail file.

"Okay I can use this.", she looked around the room for something to use it with. She saw the window with the revolving pictures.

She quickly sketched the words 'Ward Is Hydra' into the window and logged the file in the corner so it would reveal the words when someone removed it.

That was step one. She had to make it seem like she had never seen the body. Skye remembered that when she opened the door to the closet, a coin fell on the ground. That must have been Ward's way of knowing if someone had been in there or not.

She ran into the room ,trying not to look directly at the body above her, and put the coin back.

Ward's footsteps were heard coming. So she ran the the corner as he checked in the closet.

"Think I'd be hiding in a closet?", she said.

"Well you weren't in the office. Where'd you go?"

"Truth?"

"I'd appreciate it."

She thought about what to say. She had to make it seems like nothing was wrong. Like everything was as it was before.

"I was in the bathroom. Had to pee."

He laughed. She could tell he was relieved that she didn't find the body.

"It's so simple here.", Ward said as the walked through the base. "Just you and me," he realized he slipped up, "um and Koenig. But it's still less people than normal."

"I know, it's always been us and the team. Now it's just us."

"Have you ever thought about what it would be like if we left. Together. A life away from SHIELD."

She wanted to scream at him. To punch him in the face and ask him, why. Why did he do this to her. But not yet. She had to maintain her cover.

"All the time."

"Oh really"

"You?"

"Oh yeah."

They returned to the office and sat on the sofa.

"What do you imagine."

"Oh I don't know… We have a house."

"What kind of house?"

"The best house you can imagine, babe. And we have it all to ourselves. No Fitzsimmons, you're parents aren't there."

"But they can visit, right?"

"I guess.", he said sarcastically.

She laughed.

"Go on."

"We live like normal people. Jobs and everything."

"And what are these… jobs of ours."

"Well obviously you'd do something with computers. App development- that sort of thing."

"Naturally."

"And me? I'd be a-"

"You'd be the annoying boy scout leader who takes his job way too seriously."

He looked at her and laughed.

"Sounds good.", he leant back into the sofa and reached out to stroke her hair. "And we can build a little tree house in the back for our little kids."

"Kids?"

"Yeah. It's an imaginary life, why not?"

"I can imagine you with a cute little girl."

"You can?"

She used to. But ever since she found out who he really was she just doesn't know anymore.

"Yeah. She'd tap on your leg for you to pick her up and you'd throw her up in the air and catch her. When she'd cry you'd be as gentle with her as you were with me after I was shot."

"And when she meets a boy I'll scare him so much he'll run away."

She smiled. Something about this conversation didn't seem fake. She still felt for him.

"Oh god."

"What."

"I sound like Coulson."

"What?"

"Yeah, when he first found out about us he told me that if I ever did anything to hurt you he'd kill me or something."

Well, prepare yourself Grant. 'Cause I got a feeling that's about to happen, she thought.

"Honestly I'm more afraid of what May would do."

"That's true. But you'd never do anything to make them have to do that. Right?"

He grabbed her hand and moved closer to her.

"Of course not."

Lie.

He pulled her into a hug and put his chin on top of her head.

"I love you Skye."

"I love you Grant."

Lie.

"We have to go."

"What?"

"I just got word from Fitz. The team needs our help. The bus is fueled up, ready to go."

"Well, I should go tell Koenig."

"He's headed outside to open the hangar doors."

"Um, I need to go grab something first."

"Hey, they need us now."

"Of course they do. Lead the way."

Oh my gosh it feels like its been forever. I just started school and it's been crazy. Updates will come ASAP.

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