Fix the sky

Melinda May

Landing the BUS, Melinda could feel how much energy that had been drained from her. Having a run in with HYDRA was never fun, especially when it's part of a trap. They are short on agents, and she had to spend one of them away, but she rather has Skye with the Avengers in the state she's in than having a Skye, keeping her pain and dying to herself.

Walking down from the cockpit, her mind stayed on Skye and Leo. She had hoped that Leo would have contacted her on what had been going on, the sudden silence was making her worried. Knowing she should probably stay and help Phil with everything that had gone down, Melinda also knew she had to check up on the two kids.

Walking past the team, hearing Bobbi call out her name, Melinda keeps her focus on keep walking. Leaving the BUS behind, she heads for the garage to take her car. She already had a bag packed with things she needed in it; she had already decided on leaving once they had returned.

Before speeding out of the base, she makes the phone call.

"Hill!"

"It's me! I'm leaving the Playground now and are on my way."

She tells Maria and she is quite sure she can hear the former agent let out a sigh of relief, that wasn't a good sign.

"Good!"

"How bad is things?"

"They are good at the moment..."

"But."

"I'll meet you down in the garage. It's easier to explain face to face."

This just made Melinda even more worried than before. Hanging up the call, it didn't take long before her phone started to ring once more. Having a feeling who it might be, Melinda rolls her eyes and answers the call.

"Yes?"

"Where did you go?"

Phil, just like she had expected.

"On my way to make sure Fitz and Skye is doing alright and haven't created more problems for themselves."

There was silence over the line for a few minutes at that, he had forgotten that Skye and Fitz had not been with them on the mission. Sure, Fitz were meant to stay at the base anyway, so there was no surprise there. But Skye haven't been to the base for a little over a month now, she guesses she could let him forget this slide, for this moment at least. He is quite stressed out now anyway.

"Are they?"

"Last I heard, everything is fine. That's all I can say, and besides, you are the one that told us that we could tell you once everyone is back so."

She tells him, hopping this would make him ask any questions for the time being. She would need to have a word with Skye about how she wanted to do things once she's ready to come back to the Playground. If she even wants to return. That thought made her tense up, not knowing where it had even come from.

"Just tell them I said hi."

Hearing Phil's voice, Melinda managed to pull herself back to reality once more. She could try and figure out the answer to that question later.

"Will do."

She tells him, before ending the call as quickly as possible. It seemed as if she has a lot of things she needs to go through, now however, the only thing that's important is to make sure Skye is alright. Seeing the tower growing closer, Melinda speeds up more, driving past down to the parking space underneath the building. Her eyes lands on an already waiting Maria. Seeing her long-time friend's blanked face, Melinda takes a deep breath before leaving the car.