I set down the bottle of wine. I couldn't get drunk. Even after everything that just happened, I needed to stay awake and mindful. I looked at the wine bottle. Just one more drink.....no! I need to stay watchful. Then I heard a knock on the door. I laughed. Nobody was getting in here! I poured myself another glass of wine. Then I heard the door crack open. I stopped pouring the wine and listens carefully. The door opened wider and I heard footsteps coming.

"May?" A voice called.
May froze where she was sitting. How did he get in?!
"May?" The voice said again, but this time it was closer. Coulson walked around the hotel room until he got to the kitchen. "May?!"
May looked up from the table. It was as if she had forgotten how to be an agent. She sipped from her glass of wine. Annnnd, she was drunk.
"May," Coulson sighed, and sat down next to her. "Ive been looking all over for you."
He took the glass of wine and the empty bottle from her and set it in the cupboard.
He waited fifteen minutes before he said anything else to her. He know it would be useless to ask anything because she was drunk. They both just sat there, dead silent.
May finally looked up at him. "How did you get in?"
Coulson smiled and pulled out a huge ring of keys. "Janitor's key."
May sighed and stared at him. "Why did you come after me?"
"Because we need you May, more then anything right now. I need you."
May looked up at him, surprised.
Coulson sighed and cleared his throat. "I had to leave Skye in charge."
"Skye?!" May asked shocked. "A level four field agent?!"
"Yes. Skye," Coulson went on. "She was the only one I could trust the most. I know things will be ok in her hands. Right now, she's probably gathered the team up to play a board game."

❃

"EVERYONE GET DOWN!" Skye yelled at the top of her lungs.
The team ducked over furniture as the men began to shoot at them. Skye set out her seismic waves and sent all the bullets back. Then Skye turned around as Ward grabbed her protectively. Then he sent out flames all around the team so they were safe and the men couldn't get through to them. Skye and Ward rushed over to the team.
"Ok," Skye announced. "Ward has spared us some time. The men can't get through the fire. And the men are definitely trying to kill us. So we need to protect ourselves. . What we are going to do now is....." Skye looked at Ward for help. He gave her the same, helpless look.
"Think of a plan," Ward finished nervously.
Bobbi and Hunter exchanged anxious glances.
"How about we grab all the weapons we have and get behind the furniture. Then while they try and shoot us, we will shoot them," Skye explained.
"But they are all around us!" Fitz yelled. "We will get shot from the sides and from behind! We are clearly outnumbered."
"Well what if I go stand in front of you and block the bullets with my seismic waves," Skye added hopefully.
"No!" Ward yelled. "We could accidentally shoot you if you're standing in front of us!"
"What if we start shooting them and then I use my seismic waves as hard as I can and throw them back to knock them out?" Skye asked.
"That's a horrible idea!" Simmons whined.
"Well do you have any better ones!" Bobbi yelled. "That's the best idea I've heard all day! If Skye can throw them back hard enough, they'll get knocked out and we can shoot or ice down the rest!"
"Can you throw them back that hard?" Mac asked Skye.
"Oh trust me mate," Hunter butted in before Skye could answer. "I've seen her take down a whole forest. I think she can take on a couple men."
"And I felt her take down the whole forest Bobbi reminded. And it's not just a couple of men, there's about fifty of them."
"Where are they all coming from?!" Simmons asked.
"I don't know," Skye replied. "But we better do it fast, or they're gonna find a way through the fire."
"We all know what we're doing right?" Ward asked.
"Yup," Bobbi answered.
"I got it!" Hunter yelled.
"Yes sir!" Fitz exclaimed.
Ward looked at Fitz, shocked. He just called me sir!!! I'm gaining their respect again!
"Ok," Skye ordered. Then she looked at Ward and nodded. "Ward, you're up."
Ward stood up and put down the fire. Then everyone sat behind the furniture and started shooting and icing.
Skye and Ward sat behind one couch and started shooting.
"Isn't this the couch we were sitting on before all of this happened?!" Ward asked.
"Yeah!" Skye replied. "Those were good times!"
"Maybe once all this is over we can finally finish our kiss!" Ward yelled over the loud sound of the bullets.
Then Ward ran out of bullets and leaned behind the couch and sighed. Skye eyed the guy that Ward was trying to get. He was good, probably a sniper.
"I got him," Skye said to Ward. She shot at him. Then ducked her head and rolled over to a chair. Then she peeked over the chair and shot two other men. She slowly came back to Ward. He was grinning at how good of an agent Skye had become.
"Well, my little rookie's not a rookie anymore!" Ward yelled playfully.
Skye smiled back.
"I could kiss you right now if we weren't in the middle of a battle," Ward added.
"Skye!" Bobbi yelled. "Mac's shot!"
Skye stood up along with Ward. "EVERYBODY GET DOWN!"
Ward shot someone who was about to shoot Skye.
"Thanks," Skye said to him. "Now get down!"
She shoved Ward down to the floor as he slid down on his back.
Skye put out her hands and focused on feeling movement. The seismic waves gracefully came out of her hands. She pushed harder and soon they became unstoppable. It sent all the men flying back and hitting the wall, even the ones behind her. Luckily, the team was all laying down so they waves wouldn't effect them. The building started to shake.
Bobbi looked up. "Skye!!! Don't take down the whole building!"
Skye squeezed her eyes shut. I can't control it!
But she knew she had to control it. She had to save her team and keep the building from smashing on them at the same time.
"Skye remember what you told me!" Ward yelled. "If you can't control it, just let it go and start over!"
Skye sighed. It was time to let go. She needed to start over with a new wave. This one couldn't be controlled.
"Skye!" Someone yelled. Skye couldn't make out the voice. She opened her eyes to see a familiar face. Skye dropped her hands as her arms fell to her sides. She slowly fell back into Ward's arms. He caught her gently, and hugged her.
"You did it," he whispered.
But she didn't answer.

❃

Skye shifted slowly in her bed. She took in a whiff of her pillow. This isn't my pillow! I know what my pillow smells like and this isn't it! Where am I?!
Skye opened her eyes to see she was in the lab. She sprang up, only to feel a hand on her shoulder gently push her back down.
"It's ok. Nobody's testing on you."
Skye looked up to see Ward sitting by the bed.
"What....what happened?" She asked, confused.
"It seems to me that you were so stressed on keeping everyone safe that you pushed your powers too much," Simmons explained. "And then you realized that you were going to bring down the building and you quickly stopped your powers. Too quickly, actually. And the force of it made you pass out."
Skye looked down at her hands, clearly embarrassed. "Oh."
"Pretty heroic if you ask me."
Skye looked up to see Coulson walking in.
"Coulson," Skye sighed and gave him a hug.
Coulson smiled. "I saw the last of it. Skye, you took out almost fifty men. You looked pretty-"
"Epic," Hunter finished, looking off at the wall, imagining the scene again.
"Is she awake?" Someone asked from behind the wall.
"Yes," everyone answered.
May came around the corner and into the room.
Skye's face brightened up. "May!"
May walked over to her with the tiniest smile on her face. And, surprisingly hugged her.
Ward shifted away awkwardly. Then Skye remembered something.
"Where's Mac?!" Skye gasped.
"Don't worry he's fine," Simmons said. "I helped him and he will be good as knew!"
"Skye," Fitz said. "You can still control your powers, right?"
"Of course she can!" Simmons exclaimed. "She was just so worried about protecting us that she made a mistake! Everyone makes mistakes!"
"I'm just so happy everyone's safe," Skye said.
The room was quiet for a moment.
"Well, I'm gonna go unpack," May said, and left.
As soon as May left, Skye leaped on the question she'd been wanting to ask. "How did you get May to come back?" Skye asked. "How is she ok with Ward?"
Coulson smiled and sighed. "I reminded her that somebody here needed a mother."
Skye looked at him. "What?"
Coulson looked at her and smiled before walking off.
"Wait what?! I don't get it!" Skye called.
Coulson just smiled at Skye before walking to his office.

❃

Ward pulled Skye into the other room and pulled her next to him on the couch. "Can we finish now?" He asked, grinning.
Skye smiled back. "Ok. I don't think there's gonna be anymore interruptions."
Ward's grin got bigger as he pulled Skye in and kissed her.
"Hey Skye!" Fitz called.
Skye put out her hand as seismic waves came flying out. The door slammed closed right in front of Fitz. Finally, they could finish their kiss.