Isadora walked behind Coulson and Skye fiddling with her gloves. She was very uneasy and having second thoughts about being here. Maybe mum and Rose was right, I should've turned them down she thought.

"We should warn the people who live around here if the 0-8-4 is dangerous", Skye said to Coulson as they walked "They're already dealing with anti-mining rebels and the Shining Path Guerillas. I could post something".

"Remember the panic when that anti-matter meteor splashed down just off the coast of Miami, nearly devoured the City?" Coulson asked coming to a stop at the base of the temple steps.

"No", Skye replied. The SHIELD agent turned to the twins.

"Precisely. Because we kept it quiet and contained", he said.

"So, what am I doing?" Skye pressed, wondering what exactly her role was on the mission.

"Well, if it gets out, I might need you to create some kind of diversion, put the public on the wrong scent", Coulson told her.

"Sounds like that's everything you're against sis", Isadora remarked.

"Definitely", Skye muttered, none too happy about what the man was asking her to do. Coulson turned away from the twins and started up the steps just as a man and woman exited the temple.

"I don't believe it", Isadora breathed, staring up at the woman. She couldn't believe it, what were the odds that they'd both be in Peru at the same time? Perhaps it was rather fortuitous that she was there as she could possibly fill in the missing gaps in her memory about what happened to her the last time she was in Peru.

"You know her?" her twin enquired, following her gaze.

"That's River Song. She's my mentor in archaeology", the brunette explained.

"River Song this is Isadora Tyler", Coulson said when the brunette joined him, River and her old teacher, Henry Ravenscroft at the top of the steps.

"I know who she is Agent Coulson", River said smiling warmly at Isadora "hi Isa, it's been a while".

"It certainly has", Isadora agreed.

"Professor Ravenscroft was just telling me about the interesting object he, River and their team found", Coulson told her.

"What did you find?" Isadora asked, her interest piqued.

"I'm not sure how to describe it but I believe that it might be dangerous", Henry replied. He led them through the doorway, into the temple. Inside the main room, embedded in the far wall was the 084. "Exactly as we found it", the professor added as he, River, Coulson and Isadora stood in front of it.

"Who else knows about this?" the SHIELD Agent questioned.

"Just the ministry. I believe they are the ones who contacted you", River replied. Behind them Skye had entered along with FitzSimmons. The science duo set down a case and started to get equipment out.

"Sir, I need you and your team to evacuate the site until we determine the risk associated with this object", Coulson said and Henry nodded. He turned to leave, eyeing Fitz's mini drone warily as it flew past him.

"Coulson would you mind if I stepped out for a moment?" Isadora spoke up "I need to talk to River real quick". The man nodded his consent and the pair left the temple.

"I assume you want to ask about happened 3 months ago", River stated as they walked down the steps.

The brunette nodded "I do. I've been trying to remember what happened but I keep drawing a blank", she admits, somewhat annoyed that she was no where near recalling her previous trip to Peru "And since you were with me, I was hoping that you'd be able to shed some light?"

River glanced at the temple and then back at Isadora "Come with me. Its best if we talk in private", she suggested. The young woman nods and allows her mentor to escort her off to an unoccupied tent "I wish I could tell you what happened but neither myself nor Lewis remember much. I don't know how but it seemed like our memory was altered", the curly haired woman admits.

The brunette frowned "That doesn't make any sense. How is it that none of us can remember?" she asked, confused. River shrugged.

"I have no idea, maybe something was released into the air…or perhaps we all got knocked on the head, really hard…" she offered "but whatever the case, I'm going to find out. I promise". River hated having to lie to her mentee like this, especially as she was desperate for answers but she couldn't find out the truth…not yet at least.

Isadora opened her mouth to say something when all of a sudden when all of a sudden there was a loud explosion, rocking the ground beneath them. "What the bloody hell was that?!" she exclaimed shooting to her feet.

"Rebels", River replied "come on, we've got to get you back to Coulson". The two of them ran out of the tent and saw men in military uniform fighting out with the aforementioned rebels.

"Isadora over here!" Coulson shouted from where he and Camilla Reyes were taking cover in some sort of house. Keeping her head down, the brunette dashed over to the building, her mentor sticking close to her covering the young woman by firing her own gun at the rebels. "You ok?" the SHIELD agent questioned Isadora as she dove behind the table.

"Fine thanks to River", the young woman replied. Coulson nodded and turned his attention back to Camilla.

"Your men need to fall back now, or we'll never make the runway", he said "Now, you're truck, let's go". The four of them left the building and made a run for Camila's truck. On the way Coulson, River and Camila fired their guns at the rebels while Isadora stuck close to them making sure she didn't get shot. I really need to learn how to shoot a gun she thought flinching as a bullet whizzed past, inches away from her.

They reached the temple where Camilla's truck was parked at the same time as Ward and the others were exiting the ancient building. The specialist pushed everyone back into the temple as they came under heavy fire from the rebels. From where she was crouched by the bushes, Isadora watched with worry as her sister and friends were cornered.

Ward pulled a small metal baton from his jacket. With a flick of his wrist it lengthens to look more like a walking cane. Coulson shoots a quick look to Camilla. "Tell your men to get down", he ordered.

The woman complies and her men immediately drop to the ground. Ward does a dive roll off the steps coming to rest on his knees on the ground in front of the temple. He drives the cane into the ground and presses a button on top. A small device pops out of the top, hovers in the air for a moment, then sends out a shockwave of green energy. It hits the rebels in the tress sending them flying back.

"My truck", Camilla said and scrambled to her feet. Coulson, River and Isadora follow her the rest of the way to the vehicle. They pile into the truck along with a number of Camilla's soldiers and they take off after the SHIELD SUV which contained the rest of the team.

After one heck of a car chase they all made it back to the Bus. "Cutting it pretty close, sir", Ward said to Coulson as the ramp closed sealing them off from the rebels.

"Didn't want to leave anyone behind", Coulson said holstering his gun. Isadora went over to Skye and gave her a tight hug, thankful that she was ok.

Ward holsters his own gun and turns to Fitz "Now, what was the problem?" he asked.

"As I said before, this device has a high-frequency, fluctuating, sub-material compression –" the Scottish scientist started.

"Fitz, in English", Ward cut in as he didn't understand a word he was saying.

"The 0-8-4 is fuelled by Tesseract technology", Fitz stated simply "Hydra. World War II. Captain America". At those words Isadora turned to the bag housing the 084, eyeing it warily. "It's full of lethal amounts of gamma radiation", the young man added.

"Gamma, you're saying its nuclear?" Ward questioned.

"No. He's saying it's much, much worse", Coulson said seriously. At that they all looked down at the bag before moving away from it.

Little later…

"Isadora Tyler reporting for a medical check-up", the former archaeologist teasingly announced as she entered FitzSimmons' lab.

"Sit down in the chair", Jemma instructed and Isadora did so. The next 10 minutes was spent with Jemma examining the brunette, asking her questions. "Well, I can safely say that you've got a clean bill of health Izzy", her British friend declared as she looked over the results.

"Awesome", Isadora said standing up "how are you guys doing with the whole fire-fight car chasing thing?" she enquired.

"As well as can be", Jemma replied.

"I for one did not expect to be seeing that much action so soon", Fitz added.

"Unfortunately, I think you're more probably going to see much more while on this team so you better get used to it", Isadora remarked. She turned to go and was surprised when one of Camilla's soldiers was standing in the lab. "Can we help you?" she asked.

The man didn't say a word, he just walked towards them with this look on his face which gave Isadora a bad feeling. She backed up, putting herself between her friends and the soldier. When he was close enough, Isadora put her hands on the counters either side of her and pushed herself up, kicking him as hard as she could in the chest. He stumbled back taken by surprise. She then grabbed a random tray and wacked the winded soldier. "Run!" the young woman shouted to FitzSimmons. They didn't waste any time doing what she said. The brunette ran after them but she didn't get very far when the soldier grabbed her, pulling her into a choke hold.

"Get back in here or I break her neck", the soldier threatened. Fitz and Jemma exchanged looks and complied. They didn't want their friend to get hurt or killed because of them.

~cargo hold~

"This is all my fault. I should've learned Kung Fu", Fitz said glumly as they were all sat there against the ramp with their hands tied behind their backs. Isadora was kicking herself for not holding that guy off better. She also wondered why the strange gold stuff that seemed to be inside her didn't make an appearance. The last time some lout grabbed her while trying to steal her bag of all things, it had almost exploded from her body like a defence mechanism, throwing the guy backwards. But this time…no gold stuff. Why it appeared one time but not another, she had no idea. Worse still, she had no clue how to harness it safely as it seemed to have a mind of its own.

The brunette was brought out of her thoughts when Jemma spoke up "Oh, yeah, but I shouldn't have pushed you into the field in the first place. You weren't ready", she said.

"It was my job to make a proper threat assessment", Ward spoke up. If he'd done so they wouldn't be in this situation.

"Uh, we…we weren't ready", Fitz corrected Jemma.

"This wouldn't have happened if Agent May wasn't on the stick", Skye pointed out. The woman in question was lying unconscious next to River. "She would've busted out some of her ninja know-how".

"Agent May?" Fitz asked looking at Skye in surprise "No. No, no, she transferred from administration".

"Well, I've seen her destroy a guy", Skye retorted. She, Jemma and Fitz look over at Ward.

"You've heard of the Cavalry?" he asked.

"Yeah", FitzSimmons said together.

"Everyone in the academy talks about st – " Fitz continued on his own but broke off when he realised what Ward was implying.

"She's the Calvary!" FitzSimmons chorused, coming to the realisation at the same time.

"I told you, never to call me that", May said groggily having just woken up when they said that.

Jemma makes a relieved noise that sounded rather like a giggle "I can't believe it. Oh, we're sure to get out of here now", she said happily. She then leaned forward as far as she could to look at the agent "Um, how do we get out of here?"

May sat up with a grunt "We can't go through the doors", she said "They're bolted, tied to the pressurization lines. You two geniuses have nothing?"

Fitz and Jemma shared a look. "Yeah, well, it's hard to concentrate in these intense situations", the former answered defensively.

"It's ok Fitz, just take a moment to calm yourself", Isadora said gently.

"Also you don't need to come up with the whole solution", Ward added. He leaned past Fitz and Jemma to look at Skye. "Just part of it. Right?"

Skye nods and smiles. "Yeah", she agreed "Pieces solving a puzzle". At that everyone started glancing around the cargo hold, each one thinking about how to take the plane back from Camilla and her soldiers.

"Well, that's clearly the worst idea I've heard yet", Jemma said when Skye finally came up with a possible suggestion.

"But, it could work", Isadora's twin insisted.

"Reyes is gonna kill us the minute we land, regardless, and blame it on rebels", River spoke up.

"She's right", Ward agreed "Skye's idea means that we have a fighting chance, I'll take it". He looked a Fitz "What's first?"

"We can't get upstairs without going in the lab…"

"And the only way to release the lab doors is from upstairs", Jemma continued.

"The first thing is we're tied to the cargo door, so unless – " Skye was abruptly cut off when a loud crack sounded. They all look at May where the sound originated from.

"What the hell was that?" Fitz asked after he flinched from the noise.

"Her wrist", Ward replied simply.

May slipped out of her restraints and took down the soldier that was stationed on the catwalk above. She twists her wrist causing it to crack again. "What's next?" she questioned.

FitzSimmons had her release them all from their restraints. Then they all gathered around in a circle discussing the plan, making sure they all knew what to do. "Okay, we're sure, right? Everyone's sure? Skye asked.

"We're all on board", Jemma answered.

"Definitely", River said and Isadora nodded in agreement.

"Yep. Let's do this fast", Fitz said, eager to get it over with.

"No turning back, no freezing up", Ward said making sure everyone knew that they couldn't turn back now. They had to go through with the plan.

"Because if we do then…" Fitz began.

"All of us die", Ward finished.

"We know", Jemma said well aware of what was at stake.

"All right", Ward said looking around at them all.

Suddenly the SUV's engine revved behind them getting all of their attention. "You guys talk a lot", May remarked from where she stood by the driver's side of the SUV. She got into the car and closed the door. Ward pulled FitzSimmons out of the way of the sliding glass lab doors before May drove the SUV right into them. The glass shattered upon impact giving the group a way into the lab.

The group enters the lab and starts putting their plan into effect. Jemma hops onto a table with a handheld drill and uses it to remove the cover of the air vent so that Fitz's mini drone could get through. May and River head to another glass door and peer out making sure the coast is clear before they pull open the door and head for the cockpit. In the meantime Fitz is firing up his tablet for the mini drone while Ward, Isadora and Skye pull out various pieces of climbing gear.

Fitz sends his mini drone into the now open air vent before Ward secures black straps around the waists of Jemma, Fitz, Skye and Isadora. He then linked them all together with even more black straps. Ward didn't need to be strapped to them as he was going to be dealing with the soldiers while they looked for the 084. The 5 of them head up the spiral stair case and stand near the door. "Simmons, forget what I said before. This, is the moment we'll regret", Fitz said to Jemma before he pressed a button on his tablet.

Inside the main room the mini drone, which was now hovering above the 084, sent out a small pulse activating the larger device. The 084 hummed loudly and then shot out a blue ray of light. The ray hits the chair in front of it, passes through the chair and punches a hole in The Bus. A soldier that was standing nearby gets sucked out.

On the catwalk, a little green light appeared near the door. "It worked", Skye said relieved that it did.

Jemma gave Ward a smile "The drop in cabin pressure released the doors", she said.

"I'll take care of the soldiers, you guys get to the 0-8-4", Ward instructed.

"And Coulson?" Fitz asked.

"Let's hope he can handle himself", Ward replied. He opened the door carefully, bracing himself against the wind. One of the remaining soldiers in the room spots them and starts to fire his gun at them. "Get back!" Ward shouted to the other four. He then engaged the soldier. While he fought the man, another soldier appears and points his gun at him.

Ward jumps over the little half wall and pins the gun against the couch, then kicks the solider in the face. The first soldier, now recovered from his tussle with Ward lunged at the Agent. However, Ward sees this just in time and uses the man's momentum to force him to the couch, he uses one of the seatbelts to tie the man's wrist. He knees the soldier in the throat then binds his other hand.

"Go now! Find the 0-8-4", he ordered FitzSimmons and the twins. The four carefully made their way into the room, bracing themselves against the wind. Slowly they made their way along the wall to where the 084 had gotten itself embedded into it. Jemma and Isadora grabbed hold of it and with a big yank, they freed the 084 from the wall.

"We got it!" Jemma shouted to Fitz and Skye.

"Reel us back in!" Isadora ordered. Suddenly a pamphlet flies into her face. Isadora pulled it away and looked down at it. It was a safety pamphlet. Her brown eyes widened as an idea hit her. the brunette dropped the pamphlet and went for the clip that attached the strap between herself and Jemma.

"Izzy what are you doing? We need your help!" Jemma shouted.

"Trust me!" Isadora shouted back. She headed in the opposite direction towards where the inflatable life boats were kept. It wasn't easy what with the wind threatening to knock her off her feet and whipping her ponytail across her face. But eventually she made it to where the life boats were held. She opened the compartment and pulled out the large yellow bag.

The young woman dropped to the floor and crawled with the bag to the half wall where her sister and FitzSimmons were now hiding behind. Bracing herself against the post, she opened the bag and took out the inflatable life boat. She pulled the cord to inflate the boat.

Before it was fully inflated, she left the life boat go and it flew straight towards the hole. At Ward lost his grip on the seatbelt and was sucked towards the hole too. Luckily the life boat beat him to it, saving his life and effectively plugging the hole.

FitzSimmons and Skye pop their heads over the half wall seeing that it was over. Isadora got to her feet, went over to Ward and held her hand out to him. Ward took it and gets to his feet. "I read the safety pamphlet", Isadora told him with a smile.

"I think you may be the first", Ward remarked. He, the twins, Coulson and FitzSimmons walked over to the small bar area, complete with a crescent shaped counter. "No other way in, huh?" Coulson commented picking up a broken glass and set it onto the counter "I was just starting to warm up to this place".

Skye reaches over, grabs a coaster and puts it on the counter. She then moved the glass to sit on top of it and gave Coulson a small smile. "The 0-8-4 is cooling and stable", Fitz reported "But we should call H.Q. and get it to the slingshot as soon as possible".

Coulson turned and looks down at Camilla who was now tied to a pole. Slowly she looks up at him, defeated. "I told you they were good", he said rather proud. Coulson gave Camilla a little grin while the others exchanged relieved looks with each other.

~The Slingshot~

For surviving the mission in one piece everyone celebrated with a beer while sitting on the ramp of the Bus waiting for the rocket containing the 084 to be launched. "So who's idea was it to blow was it to blow a hole in the plane?" Coulson asked them as he came to stand beside Skye.

"May said that the doors were tied to the pressurization so I thought – " Skye started when Jemma cut in with

"So we thought it was the only way to release them"

"It was everyone's idea, sir", Ward spoke up.

"Yeah, quite genius, really", Fitz added.

"Nice work", Coulson said. Although he wasn't too happy about having a large hole in his new plane, he was happy that they were starting to come together as a team.

Suddenly a voice came over a loudspeaker "All clear for lift off".

"Oh, time for blast off", Fitz said. He pinched his nose and spoke, his voice coming out rather funny "Launching in three, two…" a rocket took off towards the sky "The trajectory will take it beyond the Lagrange Point so that it doesn't hit Herschel".

"And there haven't been any coronal mass ejections, so it shouldn't lose telemetry", Jemma added.

"Guys, English", Ward said having not understood a word they'd just said. They all watched the rocket climb higher and higher with smiles on their faces. River however didn't watch the rocket go, she was looking at the members of the team with a bittersweet smile on her face. It was hard for her to stand there, pretend to be happy and enjoy the moment. Especially when she knew what was coming for the entire team. She knew there was going to be good times and bad times. Happiness, betrayal and heartbreak. Sometimes I hate being me River thought.