Disclaimer: I do not own Skye, Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Grant Ward, or FitzSimmons. I only own the variation I have created off of this very popular idea.
I firstly must thank Neeeeeal who, as the author of Turn Back Time, has done such a very interesting a d lovely job on their story I wanted to give my attempt of it a go.
However, because I cannot find B.J. Britt's wiki page or his age, I'm going with Ward. But that's not the only reason. It's because with the Hydra plot, I see no room or logical way for this story to make sense. So... It's AUish. Ward isn't hydra. Yay! Because I really did love Ward.
Warning, MAY include Avengers.
"Ok, explain!" Coulson was nearly shouting, waving his arms dramatically towards the infirmary window, "What...happened to my agents?!"
"When the SHIELD team infiltrated the facility, there was only one holding cell, John Garret's team searched every square inch of the facility. But they only found a handful of guards, scientists, and..."
"Those kids," Coulson finished with a whisper.
"I have a team still there, searching their computers for just about any hint or clue as to what had happened. And we have a handful of detained participants to interrogate about this," Hand says, "Coulson we're gonna get to the bottom of this."
"How do we know those children are..."May didn't finish the question, interrupted by the screaming coming from inside the infirmary. All three of them turned, seeing Ward fighting the doctors. He had managed to give one a bloody nose and was struggling. FitzSimmons and Skye had been awoken, Skye screaming at the top of her lungs, kicking at whoever tried to touch her while Fitz started to shake in fear and Simmons cried.
Not giving Hand a chance to say anything, Coulson ran into the chaos with May at his heels. None of the SHIELD doctors stopped until they saw Melinda May and quickly retreated to one side of the door. Even the children stopped, staring at the two with mixed looks of fear, curiosity, and anxiety. Ward was standing on the bed, staring at the two adults, looking down as May stared a bit harshly at him. Coulson walked over and gently touched the boys shoulders. Ward, in response, smacked Coulson's hand away.
"Grant.." Coulson says, the boy looking up at him a bit worriedly. But Coulson was not angry, which surprised the young boy, "Please calm down. No one here is going to hurt any of you. Please sit down and let the nice doctors take care of you?"
For a minute, Coulson was afraid he'd have to try a different approach, but Grant slowly crawled back under the blankets and nods. He glanced at the other little kids, who followed his lead and calmed down. The doctors slowly began to look over the children, ushering Coulson and May back into the hallway.
"They're your agents," Hand answers. She looked at them both, "However, we don't know what they remember or how this happened. Under these circumstances, I am going to arrange for Commander Hill to have a meeting with you both."
Coulson nods, May just looked at Hand, "And what do you suggest we do until then?" May asked.
"Child proof your plane?"
Commander Maria Hill had entered the Bus approximately four hours later. She had first been debrief by John Garret and Victoria Hand before being directed to the plane. Seeing her two old friends, Hill wished it was on better terms.
"Maria," May greeted shaking her hand as Coulson motioned for them to take a seat on the white couch. Coulson however, didn't say anything but looked at Maria waiting for her to get to the point.
"According to Agents Hand and Garett, the identities of Agents Fitz, Simmons, Ward, and Skye have been confirmed by the doctors. They have been aged 20 years younger and have no memory of being a SHIELD agent or their real childhood."
May and Coulson stared at Maria, each taking this is in through different view points. Coulson finally spoke up, "What happens now?"
"I'm glad you asked that Phil," Maria placed a folder down onto the table, sliding it to the two agents,"Luckily for us, we have protocols for this?"
Coulson glanced up from the file he was just beginning to read, May looking at it over his shoulder, "We have a protocol for when agents are unexplainably turned into children with no memories of their time in the agency or real childhood?"
"Not exactly, but it's a Failsafe protocol just incase we are dealing with children involved in the unknown events pertaining to an unknown group," Maria says.
May glanced up at Maria, "Hill, why does this say we are going to be Mr. and Mrs. Phillip and May Coulson?"
"For the time being you both need to pretend to be a married couple," Maria says, "Agents Ward, FitzSimmons and Skye will be your adoptive children. SHIELD will set you up with a house, mode of transportation, and an unlimited budget to cover the needs of the children and yourselves. Your covers will be in the file, Agent May you will be a Tai Chi and Karate instructor at the local community center while Agent Coulson you will be a marriage consultant. You'll need to maintain this cover for the entire duration of the investigation concerning everything related to this. Any questions?"
"Will we have any contact with SHIELD?" May asks, focusing her attention on Maria while Coulson focused on the file.
"Limited, you'll only have contact between me and occasionally Agents Hand or Director Fury, but limited. As far as the agency is concerned, those children were never agents and they don't exist." Maria says, "I don't want this getting out."
"You think it was an inside job?"
"I think it's very likely," Maria answers May, noticing that now she had Phil's attention, "It had to be for these people to find your team and take them out like they did."
Maria stood, nodding to them both, "I'm going to go check with the doctors on how long it will be until the children are released into your care. Use these cellphones incase of an emergency" Maria placed two flip cell phones on the table, "I suggest you both use this time to pack up everything and anything you want to bring with you, we will transfer the Bus to an airfield near your new place of residence but you will be taking another plane there so not rouse the children's suspicion. We don't want the children aware of the situation or it may make it worse."
With that, Maria Hill quickly greeted them both goodbye and left the Bus. May and Coulson looked at one another, May staring her superior right in the eye, "I'm keeping my maiden name."
That is Chapter two. May and Coulson are going undercover! As for the children... They are definitely in for the adventure of a life time. Two chapters In one day :D I'm glad so many people enjoy this and are so receptive to it. Most likely because it's a Philinda like story isn't it?
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