Chapter 5
"What's so important sir?" Ward asked from the doorway as he unwrapped his hands.
"You'll find out in a minute when Agents May and FitzSimmons get here. You two can come in," Coulson waved them in.
Skye and Ward walked over to the table. "Massive energy signatures near...hey!"
"Skye, I said wait. You can be patient." Coulson said as he snatched the file away from her. "The sooner we're done with this briefing, the sooner you and Agent Ward can get back to whatever you two were doing."
Skye blushed but before she had a chance to say explain, the rest of the team came in.
"What's so important, Phil?" Asked Agent May with a bored tone.
"There has been a massive energy signature reading off the coast of Norway."
"Where in Norway?"
"Darlig Ulv Stranden, or in English- Bad Wolf Bay."
Ward coughed, "Bad Wolf Bay?"
"Yes."
"We need to go there," he nodded.
"We're already on course, we should be there in about an hour. Dismissed."
Ward started walking back to his bunk but Skye followed him, "what's Bad Wolf Bay?"
"A story an old friend told me about, and if I'm right, hopefully not just a huge coincidence."
"The friend who knew Jemma was your sister?" He nodded. "You're hoping that they're going to be there." He nodded again as he pushed the door to his bunk open. Skye smiled, "here's to hoping you're right. Is training over?"
"Sure. You did well today."
*1 hour later*
"It's been ages since I've been on a beach. Don't S.H.I.E.L.D agents ever take vacations?" Skye joked as the team stepped off of the Bus.
"Keep your eyes peeled for anyone walking the beach, especially a blonde haired woman," Ward informed the team as they started to spread out.
"Wow, really good with details aren't ya?" Skye said sarcastically.
Ward rolled his eyes but his attention was diverted when he heard Jemma yelling.
"I found her! Grant you won't believe who it is!" yelled Jemma excitedly as she waved her arms so the team could see her and walk over.
Grant walked over to Jemma and looked where she was pointing. He saw a blonde haired woman walking on the beach. He ran off of the top of the sand dune and made his way to her. He tapped her on the shoulder. She turned to look at him and shrieked in delight.
"Hello, Rose."
"Grant! Oh my goodness! How did you find me? Never mind that, come here!"
He picked her up in a hug and spun her around. Rose buried her face in his neck and started to cry.
"Who's that?" Skye asked as she walked up to Jemma as they watched the scene play out from above.
"One of Grant's closest friends."
"They seem friendly, "Skye noted as she watched her usually emotionless SO engulf the blonde woman in a hug.
Jemma just smiled in response, "no need to be jealous, Skye," laughed Jemma, "they're just friends."
"I'm not-" Skye was cut off by a pointed look from Jemma and she rolled her eyes as she shiver her hands into the back pockets of her jeans.
Jemma smiled victoriously and led the rest of the team down to the pair once they had broken apart. By the time the team had gotten down there, Rose had already told Grant about everything that happened on the beach.
"Oh Rose, I'm so sorry."
"It's alright. Sorry I got your shirt all wet," she gave him a small smile as she wiped her eyes.
"It's fine. Look, Rose, I can't promise anything, but we have some of the greatest minds working for S.H.I.E.L.D here, if any one could think of a way to get back to the Doctor it's them. Do you want to stay with us for a little while?"
"I think that's exactly what I need right now, yeah."
"Did you get that, Coulson?" Ward asked the man, without turning to face him.
"Is this the Rose who helped you get here?"
When Coulson said this, it threw Skye, Fitz, and May for a loop, but Ward knew exactly what he was talking about, "yes sir."
"You're risk assessment Ward, if you trust someone- then I trust them too."
"I've already trusted her with my life."
"Let's get her to the bus then."
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"You actually live here?" Rose asked as she looked around the Bus.
"Home sweet home." Ward shrugged. He noticed someone pop their head through the door to the lounge and he smiled, "Rose, there's someone else I want you to see."
"Hey Rose," a voice piped up from behind them.
"Jemma?" Rose asked as she turned to face the direction of the voice.
"Yeah, it's me."
Rose tackled her in a hug too, which Jemma gladly returned. "I can't believe how old you are. How old are you two now?"
The rest of the team watched the three of them with avid interest.
"25."
"My goodness, you were 8 when I last saw you!!! Grant how old are you?"
"32."
"32? You're older than I am!"
"How old are you?" Ward asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"Only a year older than when you last saw me, so 27."
"I guess the doctor's been good to you then," Jemma smiled at her own little joke.
The rest of the team stared in confusion as the two girls started laughing and Ward rolled his eyes at their antics. Coulson cleared his throat.
"Oh yeah, sorry guys, Rose this is Coulson, the leader of this team. This is Agent May, she's Coulson's right hand man and she's also our pilot. You already know Fitz, and this," said Ward as he threw his arm around Skye, "is Skye, she's our resident hacker and my rookie."
"Hi Rose, nice to meet you." Said Skye as she extended her hand to Rose.
"Lovely to meet you Skye, hope you and Jemma have been taking good care of Grant for me. I also hope Jemma hasn't driven him crazy yet."
Skye laughed at that, "I actually think I drive him crazy more than Jemma does," she confessed as Ward rolled his eyes.
"So, who wants to give me a tour?" Rose smiled.
"I will," volunteered Skye.
"Mind if I tag along?" Asked Ward.
"Not at all," said Skye with a hint of a smile directed at her SO.
"So, this is our living room, we have a bar, a few couches, flat screen tv, etc. Here's our briefing room where we go over missions and stuff like that. This is the kitchen: stove, oven, fridge, the works basically, our table and chairs for when we actually have time to eat dinner," Skye said as she led the tour around the Bus, taking them in each and every room, "these are the bunks: Fitz, Simmons, May, me, and my very loving and caring SO who will let me skip training tomorrow?" She said as she pointed to each bunk.
"In your dreams, Rookie," Ward smirked.
"Nah. I have much better dreams than just skipping training," Skye remarked casually.
Rose watched the flirty banter with amusement as she tried to suppress her giggles, but she had to laugh when she saw Grant's eyes widen at what Skye had said.
"Sorry Rose," said Skye, "if you'll follow me down the stairs, this is the cargo hold where AC parks Lola, his precious Corvette, and she's not allowed to be touched- only Coulson and May can touch her. This is also where Ward and I work out in the mornings. And this is FitzSimmons' lab. And this concludes the tour, well actually not Coulson's office but that's not very important."
Rose laughed, "thank you Skye. I appreciate it."
"No problem Rose, now if you two will excuse me..." and with that, Skye walked into the lab to see FitzSimmons, leaving Rose and Ward alone.
"She's quite the character isn't she?" Rose remarked with a smile and a raised eyebrow.
"That she is," he replied as he shook his head, smiling.
"How long have you two been together?" Rose asked with a small smirk.
"Oh no, we aren't-"
"You're not?" she interrupted him.
"No," he shook his head. How could anyone assume that he and Skye were dating?
"Could've fooled me," she remarked innocently.
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