***
Inside to the Command Room where a meeting on Ian Quinn is in full swing. A picture of Quinn appear on the holocom, the cover of a magazine to be exact.
"Ian Quinn." Coulson said as he walked into the room with Skye.
"You found him?" May asked.
"No, but we think we know how we can," Coulson gestured to Skye. "Skye tracked down an invoice from one of his shell companies. He made a big purchase recently."
"10 million dollars big." Skye added.
"Any idea what it is?" Simmons asked.
"No clue. But it was designed and built by Cybertek, Inc. A small firm that deals in advanced technology and research." Skye said, shifting as she knew Cybertek had a deal with her father (Garrett)
"Which is where this gets interesting. They've hired a private-security outfit to transport the purchase, former military, ex-mercs." Coulson said.
"Lot of muscle to move one package." Grant comments.
"And they know S.H.I.E.L.D.'s got eyes on Quinn." Coulson said.
"Which is why they're transporting it old school." Skye adds on.
"On a train, through Italian the countryside, from Verona to Zagreb – very rural, very isolated." Coulson explained.
"And you think Quinn's on that train?" May asked.
"No, but I believe that they're delivering the item to Quinn himself. We got our intel from Italian authorities who have been monitoring the situation." said Coulson.
"And they don't mind us taking over the op?" May asked.
"I asked very nicely," Coulson replied, with a slight smirk. "If everything goes as planned, Cybertek's security team won't even know we were on the train."
"So we're going in undercover." Grant said.
May lets out a huffing sigh. "I hate undercover." she said dryly.
"May and Ward, your front and center," Coulson said, Grant nods, May sighs again. "Once we locate the package you'll tag it with a tracker. Skye and Fitz you'll be running communications. After the package is tagged we'll follow it to Quinn. Once we capture Quinn we'll be one step closer to the Clairvoyant."
No-one, not even May, notices how Grant shifts his weight at the same time Skye does.
"And what about us two, sir?" Simmons asked.
Coulson just smiled at her.
***
The team are all on the train, Coulson puts a suitcase on the overhead rack then takes a bag from Simmons, both of them are wearing glasses. "Here, let me get that." Coulson said taking a bag out of Simmons hands.
"Oh, thanks, Dad," Simmons over emphasizes the word 'dad' getting a look from Coulson. She leans in an whispers to him. "Who looks far too young to have a daughter my age." They both smile and he puts her bag up with the suitcase before they sit down.
***
Fitz and Skye pass Grant and May in one of the sitting cars. They barely make eye contact with each other, but being so close together, Skye makes sure she brushes her hand with Grant knowing anyone who saw wouldn't think anything of it and then they go about their business. Grant speaks in Italian to the conductor.
"Prima classe?/First class?"
"Through here, sir. Would you like me to show you to your room? It would be my pleasure/Da qui, signore. Vuoi che ti mostri la tua stanza? Sarebbe un piacere." the conductor looked at May as he said the last part of his sentence.
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Hail HYDRA | Skyeward
FanfictionThis is an AU. ----------------- Skye was undercover in the Rising Tide for HYDRA, knowing that her mission would be to get intel from SHIELD with her partner/boyfriend Grant Ward, Skye was raised from birth by John Garret. Grant Ward was an underco...
