Hail HYDRA | Skyeward

Episode 6: A Fractured House

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Skye joins Simmons in the lab, and sees her watching something and joins her.

Grant is asleep on his cot in the Vault. He opens his eyes and sits up wringing his hands. He then walks to the corner of the room, up in a handstand, doing push-ups. He is then next seen in the center of the room doing push-ups the old fashioned way. Next he has his arm on the bed, his back to it, and is doing a sort of half push-up against the bed frame. Next we see him on the floor working out there.

Skye watches all this on the monitor with Simmons, who'd been watching him since the day she got back.

"5:30 on the dot every morning." Simmons comes up behind Skye holding a cup of tea.

"You've been watching him?" Skye asked, trying to sound indifferent.

"Every day before I left, every day since I got back. I don't know how you do it, going down there, talking to him." Simmons tells her.

"Sacrifices we make for valuable intel, right?" Skye forces a smile.

"Yeah." Simmons agreed.

"Jemma Simmons, undercover at HYDRA." Skye said, trying to change the subject.

Simmons gives her a shy smile and shakes her head. "I thought I was a dead woman at least four times."

"I'm glad you're not." Skye said, not knowing wrong that statement would be in a few more months.

"Me too," the two share a smile then look back at the monitor. "Be careful with him, Skye." Simmons said.

The door behind them opens. "I am," a very pissed off looking May enters the area shrugging on her jacket and hear an alarm sounding out. Catching Simmons and Skye's attention. "What's happening?"

"There's been an attack on the U. N." May hurries from the room as Skye and Simmons hurry to go where they're needed. There's a television showing a news report. While she gives her report we pan past her, into the hallway, where we see a determine Coulson walking.

"An attack today of the U.N. left six dead and dozens injured. Many have not been identified. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s biggest opponent, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Glen Talbot." the reporter said.

Trip and Skye are watching the same news report that was going on in the lab but they're watching in the Living Area of the Playground. 

Trip points to the TV when Coulson enters. "Sir, this wasn't us, was it?" he asked.

Trip and Skye fall in line behind Coulson as he continues walking. "No, this is HDYRA looking for revenge. Best guess, Daniel Whitehall had his people impersonate S.H.I.E.L.D. to put the world's attention back on us."

As it turns out Coulson was walking to the shelves in the kitchen area, he pulls down a coffee mug. "So much for staying in the shadows." Skye said.

Coulson holds up the mug he's holding, it shows a picture of "Grumpy Cat" with the words "I hate Mondays". "Somebody bring this from home?" he asked, both Trip and Skye look down at the mug as Coulson turns from them to the coffee machine. "I want you two scouring government channels, see what we're up against." Coulson said.

"On it, sir." Trip said, he and Skye turn away from Coulson.

Coulson stops Skye. "And, Skye, this means the alien writing –"

"Back burner." Skye finished for him.

"Just until we get this under control." Coulson said, they break apart, Coulson going one way, Skye another. Simmons and Bobbi enter the room going over to Coulson.