Out Of Time

eighty-six

After hacking into the NSA and Ward kissing her, Skye found Eric Koenig's dead, but still fresh body, hidden in the storage closet while Ward was cleaning himself up. She quickly went looking for Y/N, using Eric's tablet with the badge trackers. Skye burst into Y/N's room only to find a puddle of blood on the ground. She began crying. She searched the room to find Y/N had been stuffed in the closet.

"No, no, no," Skye gasped, pulling Y/N from the closet.

Skye noticed that Y/N was unconscious and barely breathing. She searched her for the wound, finding it on her back. Y/N was still bleeding and it seemed, at least to Skye, that the bullet was still in there. Skye glanced at tablet tracking the badges, showing that Ward was heading this way. Shakily but quickly, Skye laid Y/N on her stomach and wrapped a blanket tightly around her torso. She placed a kiss on Y/N's forehead.

"I'm so sorry," Skye whispered. "We'll fix this. You're going to be okay."

Then Skye was gone. She ran to the bathroom, trying to calm herself as she heard Ward call her name. Skye searched for a way to warn the others, finally realizing that she could use the changing picture on the wall. She left the bathroom before Ward could suspect anything, finding him heading into the closet she found Eric in.

"Hey," she called for Ward's attention. "Think I'd be hiding in a closet?"

"I was wondering where you went," Ward replied, coming towards her. "I went back to the room. You weren't there. Why did you leave."

"Truth?"

"I'd appreciate it."

"You scared me... Opening up, and that kiss-which... was a very nice kiss, I admit."

"I didn't mean to scare you."

"I don't exactly over-analyze. I just act impulsively, and then I freak out after the fact."

"Are you still?"

Skye shook her head, leaning up to kiss Ward. "No. I'm good. I want this. And you? What do you want?"

"What I want... is to stay here with you and imagine the world outside doesn't exist. But the world outside does exist. I just got word from Fitz. They need our help. The Bus is fueled up, ready to go."

"We should tell Koenig, and go get Y/N."

"I just did. Y/N's staying here to heal some more and Koenig is headed outside to open the hangar doors. We're in a hurry."

"I just got to grab a couple things and say goodbye to Y/N." She tried to leave but Ward grabbed her arm.

"Hey. We need to go right now."

"Of course we do. Lead the way."

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Coulson, Fitz-Simmons, and Tripp arrived back at the base to find the Bus gone. They immediately went to Eric's office in search off Eric and their other team members. Fitz-Simmons began trying to pull up the video footage while Tripp and Coulson went searching the base. Tripp was the one to reach Y/N's room first. His eyes went wide at the sight he saw. He quickly went to her side. He picked her up and felt for a pulse. It was faint, but still there. As he raced to the dining hall with Y/N in his arms, Tripp heard Simmons screams.

After finding that all the security footage had been erased besides the hanger footage, Simmons went to find pancake mix and Fitz went to fire up the griddle. They were just trying to make the others happy. Simmons found Eric's body and Fitz found Skye's message that Ward is HYDRA.

"I need some help here!" Tripp shouted. Everyone came racing towards the sound of Tripp's voice.

"Oh my- Y/N!" Coulson exclaimed.