The cage was completely isolated. Skye had no way of knowing what was going on outside. Ward had taken her phone and her watch. The room was empty. Which was good considering it was meant to keep her and the rest of the team safe from a dangerous person. But at that moment she really wished they'd done a crappier job with the designs.

She was getting bored. Ward had left some of the magazines she kept in her bunk, but she'd already read all of those. All there was to do was to count the tiles throughout the room.

All of a sudden music started playing over the speaker. It was the song her and Ward loved to rock out to in her bunk. What the hell did he think he was doing?

"Quit it Grant!", she said out loud.

"Oh come on. You love this song."

"I used to love this song. Seriously turn it off."

The music cut.

"Fine. We're gonna be taking off soon. Buckle up."

"I am."

"No, your not. I can see you."

"Have you been watching me this whole time?"

"Yeah… I'm gonna go to the cockpit now. I love you."

"Shut up."

"Ok."

She waited for the plane to take off. She felt the plane moving. Probably taxiing around the runway. But then there was a stop. A long stop. It was unusual. Normally when May piloted the plane they would take off right after they got into position. What was taking so long?

Finally, after ten minutes, the plane took off. It was just her, Ward and Deathlock on the plane. That's why she was surprised when she saw who barged into the cage.

"Dad!"

They looked at each other briefly to let it register that they are together again. She stood up and they ran into each other's arms.

Thank god. She's alive., he thought as he held her in his arms.

"Are you ok? Did Ward hurt you?"

He pulled her away to look at her face, still holding on to her shoulders.

"No, I'm ok. Other than the fact that he's a lying traitor. But we can talk about that later."

They smiled at each other. Communicating their joy to see the other through their expressions. Skye's face suddenly fell back into a worried state.

"The encrypted hard drive, I unlocked it for them."

"Forget that we need to move. We got to take the cockpit."

He lead the way out of the cage and into the common area.

"Wait, you came alone?"

"It's ok, I can take Ward."

"No, I know but how did you get past Deathlock?"

He stopped his frantic walking and looked back at her.

"Deathlock's here? On the plane?"

"Yeah? You didn't take him out?"

He turned around and saw Mike walking down from the cockpit.

"New plan- run!", he said pointing to the opposite side of Mike as he made his way to the command center.

"What about you?"

"Skye, get to the cargo hold, now!"

She obeyed. He took out his gun and pointed it at Mike and started tapping on the controls.

"I can't let you leave Agent Coulson."

"It's still my plane. I don't need your permission.", he hit the button that opened the cargo hold door and ran.

He sees Skye trying to put on a parachute as the wind blows her hair. By this time he hears Ward yelling in the background. He runs down the spiral staircase as fast as he can and shoots up at Deathlock.

"I've never used a parachute before!"

"Forget that! Get in the car!"

Ward ran through the door and pointed the gun at Coulson and he jumped into Lola. As he was about to shoot he saw Skye right next to him. He wasn't gonna shoot either of them. But he needed to make it seem like he tried to stop them. He shot around them, trying not to hit Skye.

"Buckle up!"

Coulson shifted the gear to reverse and drove straight off the edge of the ramp. They were free falling. Lola was busted. Next thing Coulson knew, his daughter was flying out of the car. He reached out and pulled her back into the seat.

"I told you to buckle up!"

He continued hitting the button to turn on the thrusters but it just wasn't working.

"Must've hit the thrusters."

This was it. Now or never. They were diving head first down the side a building. His only hope to save his daughter and himself was to try one last time.

He closed his eyes and flipped the switch. When he opened they we flying. Alive. Slowly making a rocky descent into a parking space in front of the Nokia Theater.

He looked over at Skye who looked back at him through her tangled hair. A man who was obviously oblivious to what just happened walked over.

"That'll be $20."

Coulson sighed and reached into his pocket and pulled out a twenty. Skye put her head back and stared with disbelief. After the guy walked away, he put his hand on Skye's.

"Skye.."

"Yeah?"

"You ok?"

"I'm great."

"Good.", he swallowed to catch his breath, "Do me a favor?"

"What?"

"Don't tell your mom about this."

"Holy…", said Fitz as Coulson and Skye rolled up to the motel the team agreed to meet at. "What the hell happened to Lola?"

They got out of the car and gave him a look that said 'you don't want to know'

May burst through the door of a room and went straight for Skye.

"Oh my… thank god you're ok."

"I'm ok too Melinda."

She pulled away from Skye and looked at Coulson. She couldn't hide her smile. She looked down at Lola and saw that she was covered in bullet holes and her tires were flat.

"You might be ok, but your car isn't."

"Don't remind me."

May and Skye laughed together.

"Don't worry sir, I got this.", said Fitz referring to his ability to fix virtually anything.

"Thanks."

"So what happened? Who was shooting at you? Was it Ward?"

Skye looked over at Coulson unsure of what to say.

"Why don't we go inside."

Simmons could tell they needed some family time so when Trip started to walked into the room with them she grabbed his arm.

"Trip, Fitz and I could use your help out here."

"But I was gonna go inside and-"

She gave him a look hoping he would read it correctly. He did.

"I guess I can stay here."

"Phil, come on."

"What."

"What really happened?"

"I told you. Skye was locked up in the cage and I got her out. We ran into Ward and Deathlock and that's where the bullet holes came from. When I got the chance I drove Lola out of the bus and she flew smoothly with no problems what so ever and we landed safely in front of the Nokia theater."

"Really, you landed safely. With no problem what so ever."

"Yeah. Right Skye?"

"Yup, no trouble at all."

May walked over to her tablet and started tapping.

"Oh, ok. Well, then I guess you wouldn't know anything about this new photo that's been trending the internet for the past few hours."

She turned over the tablet and revealed a photo of Coulson and Skye diving to their death in LA.

May raised her eyebrows as she watched their shocked faces.

"Ok… maybe not so smoothly."

"Oh really.", May said sarcastically.

"Mom, come on… that's not even the worst part of my day."

May looked over to Coulson because they both knew what she was talking about. They sat on each side of her, putting their arms on her shoulders to let her know that they were there for her. She put her head onto Coulson's chest and let out all the tears she kept in throughout the day. May leaned in and held her hand.

"We'll get him.", said Coulson in a gentle voice. May always liked it when he used this voice. He used it whenever she needed to calm down, and he used to use it when their baby wouldn't stop crying. He had a natural fatherly instinct that she noticed from the first moment he held their daughter in his arms. He was meant to be a dad. That's how she knew it killed him when he couldn't be one anymore. But she was glad to see him stepping back into his old self.

"I know.", said Skye as she sat up and wiped away a few tears.

"And when we do…", May said swiping Skye's hair out of her face, "His ass better run."

All three of them let out a much needed laugh.

"I was so stupid. I should have seen it."

"Hey, don't do that to yourself. None of us saw it coming. We thought he was a friend. And I'm pretty sure he loves you for real because look at us… we're alive. He was never gonna shoot you. And he knew you would never forgive him if he shot me."

"So you're saying I should forgive him?"

"Hell no. That son of a bitch needs to go."

"Good. 'Cause I can't see past him lying to me. To us."

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