A/N: Hey, I was in the mood to keep going with this story, so this scene is a little longer than others, but the more the better!

Thank you to Maddison1803 for her very quick review of my last chapter :) It always makes me smile!

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Kara woke to gentle shaking.

"Kara. You need to wake up, we're here." Grant's voice drifted in through the hazy cloud that sleep often left behind. The sound of a car door opening made her open her eyes, just in time to see Grant slip out of the driver's seat. A knock on hers made her turn around and she stiffened when she saw the man outside.

"Kara. Welcome back." Sunil Bakshi greeted. "You'll be pleased to know that I have completed the task you asked of me, and have more information to assist you further."

Kara reined her revulsion in. Whatever horrors this man had unleashed onto the innocent, he was proving useful under the brainwashing. And she intended to stick to what she had said to Skye. I will not be cruel. She nodded and Bakshi moved away to stand between the entrance to the basement and the car.

She sat up straighter and looked around. The sky was overcast, and the Skye in the backseat was equally drowsy.

"'M tired." She moaned. Grant reached around her to unbuckle her seatbelt and Skye clung onto his arm.

"Skye." He laughed. "Come on, you have to get up."

"No." she sounded like a stubborn child. Grant heaved a sigh, and slid his arms under her legs and behind her back to lift her.

"You're already whipped, you know that?" Kara observed from the front passenger seat, where she hadn't moved.

"You say that like it's a problem." He quipped back as he carefully backed out of the sedan and straightened up. "Out you get, I'm not carrying you in as well."

Kara just laughed, released the latch on her seatbelt and hopped out, shutting the car door firmly. Breezing past Bakshi, she simply said, "Make sure the car's secure."

"Yes, of course." He replied in his irritating voice. Fighting back the urge to smash his face into the pavement, she hurried down the stairs to find Grant laying Skye down on the double bed.

"How much more rest do you think she needs?" she asked as she walked to the fridge and grabbed a beer. "You want one?"

"No thanks." He answered, sitting down next to Skye. "She's been drowsy for hours though. Is that okay?" his voice was starting to tremble with his concern.

"She's healing." Kara moved over to them. "And she's been struggling to heal properly for a week before she found us. Add to that the hiding and running from S.H.I.E.L.D." Grant nodded and ducked his head. "You should sleep as well. I'll go over the details with Bakshi tonight and give them to you in the morning, okay?"

"'Mkay." He got up and started pulling off his outer layers of clothing. Kara left him to it, wandering back towards the table as Bakshi entered the main room.

"The car's secured." He said. "I've stashed the information for safe keeping. I'll go get it now." He walked around a corner beyond the bed space. While Grant was otherwise occupied with getting some much need rest, Kara snapped another picture of him shirtless by the bed. Bakshi returned with a file in his hands, and an air of success about him. "Are you going to go over what I've retrieved, Agent Ward?"

"No, I'll do that in the morning, Bakshi." Grant slid under the covers and pulled Skye over to him, and she instantly curled into his side.

Bakshi nodded and looked to Kara, who was just putting away her phone. Raising his eyebrows at her, he received a shake of her head in return. Striding over to where she stood by the table, he handed her the file. "Another five people taken to undergo the Faustus Method in the past month." He said gravely. "Hydra's getting desperate."

"And the latest recoveree?" she asked, hoping it was good news.

"With her family in East London. MI6 has been alerted to what she has undergone, and are keeping tabs on her. She'll be safe."

Kara looked up at him, delighted. "Excellent work, Bakshi." Her praise elicited a wide smile from the former Hydra employee. "This is much better than what S.H.I.E.L.D. has tried to do. Thank you."

"I'm happy to comply."