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Skye's POV

It's late in the afternoon when the rest of the team joins in. I had spent the last couple of hours playing around in the computer systems of the Bus, finding more information on Mike Peterson. This is how I stumbled upon the news feed with him going back to the factory and attacking the man who fired him.

This was not the same person that I had talked to the same morning. The Mike that I met was not a violent person, he just had a lot of crap being thrown his way. I let out a heavy sigh. "He just needs a break" I accidentally spilled.

"Then let's try to give him one" I turned around to see Coulson standing at the door of the room. "The others just came in. It will take them a while to process what they found but they should be ready to go in half an hour. They are downstairs in their lab, are you ready to meet them?"

I shrugged at that and followed the man who I knew, but didn't recognise me, to the back towards the cargo hold. "I talked with Ward while you were in here. And he informed me that you might be familiar with our science duo" he said and stopped on the top of the spiral staircase. He just pointed downstairs with his chin before saying, "I'll see you in the debriefing room in 40 minutes" and then just walked away.

This had me confused, I would have guessed that he would at least stick around to introduce them to me, or at least introduce me to them. Who knew what was going on in this man's head…

I found myself descending to the lower floor and standing outside of the lab, where both of the science people had their backs to me as they worked on something really focused. I pressed the switch for the door to open and was about to call out to them. But the sound of the door seemed to do the trick as one turned around and I stopped dead in my tracks.

"Fitz?" I mouthed, my voice betraying me in the last minute. Jemma would, more often than not, send me pictures of the both of them working and so I didn't just have the image of him from 8 years ago to rely on for reference.

He didn't, however, seem to have any idea who I was. "Who are you?", he asked in his polish Scottish accent. And then I remembered that my presence in the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility was top secret so Jemma wouldn't have had the chance to tell him of our interactions nor send him any pictures of me.

"Come on, Fitz. I don't think I have changed that much" I kindly smiled at him.

My voice seemed to make the other person in the room stop whatever they were doing midway and sharply turn to look at me. Just as sharply I inhaled with an audible gasp escaping my lips. Next thing I know I am wrapped into a fierce hug. Just for one second though, as in the next the grip that the girl had on me disappeared as she took a step back and hit me in the bicep. "How dare you? One day everything is fine and next thing I know I haven't heard from you in months?", she said with an angry expression on her face.

"It was not my fault!" I hurried to reply, raising my hands in a non-threatening manner. "The pirate sent me in a mission and I couldn't contact anyone"

"You could have given me the heads-up!"

"It was a last minute thing! You think I wouldn't let you know I was going if it was up to me? It was bad enough the first time you saw me after the Academy, you think I would want to face your passive aggressiveness again?" I tried to reason. And when I saw her face relaxing I knew my plan worked. So with my hands open as they were I invited her in another hug, which I returned tenfold this time. "I missed you" I whispered in her ear.

"I missed you too" she whispered back.

The little bubble we were in was popped by Fitz clearing his throat. "Uh, Jemma? What is going on here?" He asked as we parted and turned to look at him.

Jemma made a move to speak but one smile from me had her pausing. "Would you mind introducing us?" I asked her with a wink.

I was so thankful at that moment that Jemma grasped everything so quickly because she smiled mischievously back at me. "Why, of course. This is Leopold Fitz" she said and pointed at her lab partner.

"Its is great to meet you" I said, but didn't stop there. "But seriously. Leopold? Do I have to call you that?" The smile never leaving my face.

"Oh please don't" he replied as if it was an automatic reply. "You can call me…" he trailed off just as his eyes shined with recognition and a smile was plastered on his face. "…Leo or Fitz. Whatever you prefer" he extended his hand for me to shake. "Is there a surname I should know of, Skye?"

"It's good to see you buddy" I brought him in for a hug and he didn't fight it, though he was a bit hesitant about it. We hadn't seen each other for a while after all.

"It's good to see you too" he said back. "What happened to you? All I ever learned was that one day the whole Academy was in lockdown and everyone was looking for you" he said looking back and forth between me and Jemma.

I knew that Jemma was either looking at me or had suddenly found the floor all too interesting, so I decided to grab the reigns of the conversation to ease her nerves. "A lot, that's what has happened. But more importantly", I clapped my hands, "I heard you got some interesting information for us. Phi– Agent Coulson said to meet in the debriefing room in about 30 minutes" I walked towards the computers at the far end of the lab and the science twins followed suit. "You will be ready by then, right? I would hate to think that you've lost your touch" I clearly directed that at Fitz.

He all but pushed me aside to keep working on his current project. "Of course not. It will be ready" he said as he restarted his work.

I turned around to see Jemma looking at me. "Don't you have anything to work on?" I questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Not at the moment, no. At least until Fitz here finishes his part there is nothing I can do" she replied and I knew she was telling the truth. If it came to work, Jemma would never lie about it.

At that moment a thought crossed my mind and it must have shown in my face because the next thing I know is Jemma asking me if everything was alright. "Yeah, I was just thinking. I know I just met agent Coulson…" I had to lie at that point since neither of them knew about my history with the man "…but he doesn't seem like the guy who would let you go in the field alone. And, don't get me wrong, but I doubt you're clear for combat. So, who was the agent that came with you? I saw Ward when they came to pick me up but I am guessing there is another one?"

"Oh, you've seen Ward again. That's good. At least he won't be too shocked when we head upstairs" she provided just as Fitz made a signal for her to step closer. He said something that didn't sound like English to me, but Jemma seemed to understand the whole of it. "I need to work on this at the moment, but I am sure you can meet her. The other agent I mean. She is the pilot, so my guesses are that she is at the cockpit" and with a nod she turned to Fitz and began her work.

With that I headed upstairs. Passing the common room I saw the team captain going through the files that I managed to get with my research. I knocked on the door to get his attention and he smiled at me. "You know we have a handful of time before meeting here, right?"

"Yeah, yeah. I do. It's just that FitzSimmons are working at the moment and I don't want to interrupt" I smiled back. "I heard that there is another member in the team that I have yet to meet and that she is at the cockpit? Is it okay if I head there or do you want to introduce us in the meeting?" I felt like asking for permission would get me on his good side and it would show that I respected him. I did, I truly did, but finding out he was alive after I killed him was kind of a shocker and my initial behaviour towards him mustn't have shown as much.

He seemed to be thinking of my proposal but eventually just pointed me in the right direction. "Go down this corridor, it's the door at the far end". I made a move to go, but he called me. "Skye?", this had me stop short. "Just, don't take it personally if she doesn't warm up to you. Or talk" and with that he continued looking through the files.

I wondered what that was about, but I guessed that I was about to find out.

Finding the room wasn't too hard. The Bus did have a lot of rooms, more than a normal airplane would host, but it was still not that large. And after having read the manuals for every S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle and aircraft, kind sponsorship of the one and only Clint Barton, navigating myself was easy.

The door to the cockpit was not fully closed, only about three quarters of the way there, but it was still not open enough for me to peek inside without having to open the door any further. So, trying to be polite and not scare the agent off, I gently knocked on the frame and gently pushed my way in.

"Agent Coulson said I could find you here" I said but the woman who was sitting at the pilot's seat just continued checking the plane's mechanisms as if she hadn't heard me. Had I not have my vibration to detect the small change in her heart rate, then I would have believed that this was the case indeed. "I don't know if he filled you up on what happened when you were in the field, but it seems that I am a new addition to the team, at least for this mission" I tried but was still not acknowledged by her. Seeing that this was a pattern that was not going to change I concluded it was time to end this very fascinating one-sided conversation short. "I am really sorry to have bothered you, this was not my intention. I will see you in a few minutes in the debriefing room". I started making my exit but stopped at the door and before closing it I made a last minute decision. "You should know my name at least, for when we are debriefed. I am Skye" I whispered to the woman before starting making my way to where I had just left Coulson.

My vibrations picked up her movement of looking at the door where I had just passed through but I didn't make my way back. I would meet her face to face sooner than later either way.