Hail HYDRA | Skyeward

Episode 2: 0-8-4

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Grant Ward's alarm went off at 4:30 AM on the dot exactly causing the man to wake up and Skye beside him to move around before muttering. "Shut the damn thing off."

"Sorry, you gotta go to your bunk." Grant reminded her.

Skye reluctantly rolled herself off the bed and fell onto the fall winding herself much to Grant's amusement. "I'm glad one of us thinks it's funny, gimme your tablet so I can hack the cameras." Skye said. 

Grant held his hand out for Skye to help her up off the floor, which she gladly took before grabbing the tablet off Grant's dresser and placing the code in and shutting down the same cameras from the previous night so she could get back to her own bunk.

As quietly as she could Skye walked through the Bus and looked around taking her surroundings in when she turns to look forward again she sees Melinda May standing in front of her nearly giving the younger woman a heart attack.

"What are you doing up?" May asked keeping her usual blank face and deadpan tone.

"I couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd get used to my new home." Skye replied, she was taught how to lie by Garret and Grant, it came in handy for situations like this, May peered at Skye closely and the younger woman shifted on her feet.

May then turns around and walks away without saying another word, Skye breaths a sigh of relief and returns to her own room and slept for another half an hour, so she woke up at 5:00 AM, as her body clock was used to.

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Later, Skye is carrying a box from her van as she looks around The Bus, she was officially moving in, as the Bus was actually wasn't in the air, there was some drop off going on from what Skye could tell, before her van was moved she quickly grabbed her Hawaiian Hula girl that she'd bought during some holiday with Grant not long after Skye was told she needed to go undercover in The Rising Tide.

"Hey, no joy rides, okay? That's my house." Skye said as SHIELD Agent walked past.

"No worries," the man replied, all he did was place a triangle on the hood of the car and the engine started by itself much to Skye's amazement, she scoffed. "Where do they think of this stuff?" she asked herself before walking into the Bus as the ramp closed behind her, getting the plane ready for take off.

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Grant meanwhile was maintaining his own cover while arguing with Coulson in the meeting room with May in there with them. "Skye? The girl's not qualified to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent."

"Agreed. That's why I've invited her on as a consultant. S.H.I.E.L.D. does it all the time. Technically, Stark's a consultant." Coulson reminded the agents across from and beside him.

"And technically, Skye's a member of the Rising Tide. She hacked our RSA implementation..." Grant was interrupted by Coulson.

"Twice," Coulson replied as he turned back to face Grant from the screen in front of him. "From a laptop. Imagine what she'll do with our resources."

"I am. That's exactly what I'm imagining during this frown. You brought me on for risk assessment. She's a risk. She doesn't think like us." Grant reminded Coulson, leaning on the table.

"Exactly." Coulson said, almost smiling.

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Fitz-Simmons greets Skye at the door of the lab as she walks up towards it. "Oh, Agent Coulson told us the news. What a wonderful surprise. Isn't it, Fitz?"