Now wasn’t the time to think about her past, what is needed now is to make sure the young girl will survive what is waiting her.
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“Skye will walk in the front door. The only external access point to Quinn’s underground facility is from a beach cove. A two-man extraction team could slip in there, but it’s not easy. FitzSimmons.”
Phil starts to go over the plan he, Ward and FitzSimmons managed to come up with when she was testing Skye.
“The perimeter is surrounded by a 20-foot-high neodymium laser grid. Touch it and you’re toast.”
Fitz takes over the explanation, only for Phil to take over once more.
“Dead toast. The only way to disable the grid is to crack the system and trigger a reboot. This would give the team three seconds to cross of course, Quinn’s too smart to allow any wireless access on his property.”
“And that’s where I come in.”
Skye finally speaks, to Melinda’s surprise, her voice doesn’t quiver.
“Yes, working compact – holds up under x-ray.”
Simmons says, holding up a black compact, which Fitz takes from her hand and opens up.
“Desert rose to match your complexion. But... Oh, what’s this? A readout, okay? Turns green if you’re in close enough proximity to a computer to gain wireless access.”
Fitz explains how it works.
“When it does, you just drop this nearby and walk out. We’ll do the rest. Easy as pie.”
Simmons finish, taking the compact from Fitz once more to hand it over to Skye.
“Or it will be if you stick to the plan.”
Ward comments as he cocks the gun. Why he decides to do it just this moment is beyond Melinda and she can see that Skye movies a bit closer to her.
“Got it. Plan, green, drop, walk... pie.”
Skye repeats back, turning her attention to the compact in her hand. Moving from her position, she pulls Phil to the side.
“I don’t want to question your orders, sir.”
“Good.”
“But I’ve seen far more combat than I bargained for. This two-men extraction team? It’s exactly the kind of action I was hoping to avoid.”
“That’s why you’re not on it.”
Coulson tells her, making Melinda feel split about what is going on.
“Specialist work is different from field work, believe me. When was the last time you-“
“Hall’s one of ours, and he’s in trouble. I need two men to get him out. Ward makes one. So that’s why I’m going in. You forget... I saw plenty of action with the Avengers.”
Coulson tells her, putting an end to their conversation as he turns back to the rest of the team.
“And you died.”
Melinda says in a low voice, from the corner of her eyes, she can see that Skye had moved towards her and there was a shift in her eyes.
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“Who are you?”
The male voice coming over the intercom, makes Melinda look up.
“Oh, apologies for his manners. He knows very little English.”
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FanfictionIf there is one thing Skye is sure about, the one thing she has come to learn, is that there are people out there that loves and cares for her, no matter what she has been trough. She has the strongest mother, a big nerd of a father, an amazing aunt...
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