A/N: Hey! Been a little while, but I was getting sick of all the study and needed a break.
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Grant felt the uneasy twisting of his gut as he, Kara and Skye got into the sedan.
"Grant?" Skye asked, buckling herself into the front passenger seat, as Kara did the same in the back. "What's wrong?"
He sighed. "Something doesn't feel right."
"Do we have a tail?" Kara asked, alarmed, and checked out the back window.
"I dunno, but, we'll take the long way back." Grant put the car into gear, and drove smoothly out of the carpark. Indicating right, he obviously intended to take back roads to the basement.
"Do you think S.H.I.E.L.D. caught onto 'Mary Sue Poots'?" Skye asked, her fear quivering her voice. She knew that she should be angry about this, but if she was right, Grant would need to keep calm to get them out of trouble.
"It's unlikely." Kara replied, but she didn't sound so confident.
"Well, whatever it is, either S.H.I.E.L.D. or Hydra are onto us. I don't think its ordinary mercs." Grant muttered, turning left into a one way street.
The rest of the car ride was in tense silence, and Grant eventually slowed to a stop a few streets out.
"Grant?" Skye asked.
"The end of that van." He said quietly, looking at her. "Do you recognise anything about it?"
Skye frowned as she peered at the black vehicle. "I might recognise the number plate, but I can't see it clearly enough."
"Glove box." Kara helpfully offered.
Opening the compartment, Skye found a small pair of binoculars. She pulled them out and adjusted them until she could make out the digits on the plate.
"Oh." She said. "Yeah, that's S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Great." Grant growled out, his hands tightening on the steering wheel.
"Is Bakshi…?"
"Bakshi's compromised." He answered her unfinished question.
"Right."
"So where do we go from here?" Kara queried.
"We wait." Grant replied, sitting back in his seat, his head falling against the headrest.
"Shouldn't we leave the car?" Skye suggested. A pair of confused faces turned to her. "Well, we parked in a legitimate place. An empty car will raise less suspicion than an occupied one. And if the y come to investigate, we're not trapped." Both faces in front of her now looked impressed.
"That's a good idea." Kara agreed. "One thing. Where do we wait, then? Cause we'd need to know when to get back."
"The roof." Grant said. A plan was already forming in his head. "We can use the fire escape." Releasing their seatbelts, he and the women exited the sedan.