Hail HYDRA | Skyeward

Episode 9: Repairs

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Late in the evening Skye and Grant returned to the hotel but Grant never left Skye's room instead staying the night with her, Skye wakes up and finds the left side of the hotel bed empty but she hears the shower running and smiles slightly before picking up her shirt and putting it back on.

The phone sitting on the drawers below the TV, chimes so Skye goes over and has a look at it, the message is from May about a mission and needing everyone back onboard The Bus.

"We have a mission." Skye said not looking behind her when she heard the door to the bathroom open.

"Any specifics?" Grant asked.

Skye shakes her head and turns around. "No."

The two walk over the end of her bed, Skye places Grant's phone down onto the bed and grabs her pants, before walking away, she grabbed her own phone off the table in the room. "Well, we should follow the same plan as before, take separate routes back, stagger our timings so no one suspects –"

That's when Grant hears the door close behind him and smiles to himself, that's when his phone chimes with a message from Skye, he looks at it and smiles before leaving the hotel room himself.

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"You're late," May states from the catwalk above as she watches Skye walk through the cargo hold, Skye looks up at her and resists the urge to role her eyes. "No I'm not, we've not even left yet."

"Did you read the message?" May asked still staring at her.

"Uh, yeah."

"Not all the way through, Coulson wants you in his office." May then walked off and Skye placed her bags down in the cargo hold knowing she wouldn't have time to place them in her bunk before Coulson came looking for her himself.

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Skye knocked on the door and Coulson waved her in. "Sorry I'm late, those hotel beds are comfy, I didn't want to get up." Coulson smiled and nodded before handing her a tablet, she looked at it and then back at Coulson.

"Wait, a telekinetic? I thought they didn't exist."

"We never verified one. That's why we're going to Batesville, to conduct an Index Asset Evaluation and Intake." Coulson said flipping through a folder.

"Does that mean we talk to her and see if she has powers?" Skye asked.

"Basically." Coulson asked turning to another page.

"Well, that needs a better name. Less IRS more...better. Something like the welcome wagon." Skye said as she looked at the tablet in her hands.

"I want you to pay close attention on this one, Skye. It's an opportunity to learn how to deal with someone with newfound abilities." Coulson as he gets up from his chair and walks around his desk handing Skye a folder.

"It's not like I've never done this before," Skye opens the file and begins to read. "I found Mike Peterson before you did." she reminded him.

"Remember how that went?" Coulson asked. Skye looks up at him and gives him an "oh, right" look. "This is a chance to see how it's done when it's done right."

Coulson walks out of his office and Skye stands to join him walking.

"How many people like this have you encountered?" Skye asked.

"A handful. There's not that many people on The Index." Coulson replied.

"They must wig out when they see the S.H.I.E.L.D. trucks roll up." Skye said as she walked down the stairs and looked through the folder with Coulson following her.