Old relations

Skye is emptying her van and starts moving into the Bus. Once she gets everything emptied, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent comes to take it somewhere secure for her.

"Hey, no joy rides, okay? That's my house." She informs him as he places a device on the hood and it starts the engine.

"Where do they think of this stuff?" Skye asks herself and head inside the Bus.

Upstairs, Coulson is being told of about his decision to allow Skye to join them.

"Skye? Girl's not qualified to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent." Ward states to Coulson.

"Agreed. That's why I invited her on as a consultant." Coulson replies to him. "S.H.I.E.L.D. does it all the time. Technically, Stark's a consultant."

"And technically, Skye's a member of the Rising Tide. She hacked our RSA implementation." Ward explains his protest.

"Twice. From a laptop. Only other person who can do that is Peter. Imagine what she'll do with our resources."

"I am. That's exactly what I'm imagining during this frown." He exolains.

"Really. I just thought that was your regular face." Peter informs him as he passes the room they're in.

"His super hearing is seriously annoying." Ward states. "Look, you brought me on for risk assessment. She's a risk. She doesn't think like us."

"Exactly." Coulson explains to how she could help with problems they can't figure out, a mind that doesn't think like an agent.

"We have two kids on this Bus who aren't cleared for combat, and two actual kids, and you're adding a third?" May asks him.

"At least Fitz-Simmons are trained S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists, but Skye? You said this was a select team. Assembled to work new cases, to protect people. I don't see how letting some hacker tag along is going to help."

"I'm looking for an objection I haven't already anticipated." Coulson tells them both. "I'm calling this. But your frown will be on record."

"We've been called to investigate an 0-8-4. We all know what that means." Peter tells them.

"Yes, we do. It means...we don't know what that means." Coulson states and hands the file to May in where to fly them.

"Officially, it's an airborne mobile command station." Fitz tells Skye as he and Simmons show her to her bunk. "But we just call it the Bus. We find it best to use shorthand when in the field. But everything has to be just so, you know, because of the danger."

"Yeah, I've been up here before, but I didn't see much because of the bag." Skye informs them. "That anger Ward put over my head."

"Yes, so sorry about that."

"Wheels up in two. Locks it or loose it." May says through the speakers.

"What's that mean?" Skye asks them.

"It means there's no backing out now." Ava informs her.

"Let's find a bunk for our guest." Simmons tells Fitz who's holding her stuff.

"Oh, yeah, there's only one left, and it's right next to mine." Fitz says and brings her things into the bunk and leaves her

Ward comes up to her bunk and Skye has been meaning to talk to him. "Hey, I know we didn't really-" "Might wanna read that." Ward I interrupted her and hands her a manual to the Bus. "This isn't like other planes." He explains and she looks to see he's right.

"You can say that again."

"Say What again?" Coulson asks as he sees her.

"Sweet ride." Skye states.

"I earned a little goodwill from Director Fury when I got hit right before the Battle of New York ." Coulson explains.

"You took a bullet?" Skye asks.

"Ish. An Asgardian stabbed me through the heart with a Chitauri scepter. The effect was similar. Got a few weeks' RR and this plane. Had a completely refurbished. Studs up, spared no expense." Coulson says as he sits down and buckles up.

"Yeah, Agent Ward said they sent you to Tahiti."

"It's a magical place." He says as Skye sits next to him and puts her seatbelt on.

"I don't even know where we're going." Skye states to Coulson.

"Peru. That's where the 0-8-4 was reported." Peter explains from his seat across the plane.

"And an 0-8-4 is...?"

"An object of unknown origin. Kind of like you." Coulson explains to her. "Team goes in decides if it's useful or poses a threat. Last one turned out to be pretty interesting."

"What was that?"

"A hammer."

After a while, they've landed in a airfield in the jungles of Peru and drive out to a I can archaeological site. The team exits and looks around.

"Tire tracks 40 meters back. I'll check them against the sites trucks, make sure we're alone." Ward tells the team.

"Too much exposer here." May replies. "I'm gonna find a place to park." She says and gets back in the car as Fitz-Simmons grab their gear and Peter and Ava take off their masks because of the heat. Luckily, their main suits are mostly heat proof, Peter takes a note to work on their masks when he gets back.

"I would love to see a capuchin in the wild." Fitz says to them. "Maybe even a yellow-tailed woolly monkey. You know, Peru has 32 different species of monkey."

"Yeah, and close to 200 species of snakes." Simmons tells him. "The shushupe has a fasting venom. It's neurotoxic, proteolytic, and hemolytic."

"Why do you know that off the top of your head?" Ava asks Simmons.

"Trust me, that's not the weirdest." Peter tells her as they decide to walk ahead of Fitz-Simmons and find an temple.

"We should warn the people who live around here if the 0-8-4 is dangerous." Skye states as she and Coulson make it to the temple. "They're already dealing with anti-mining rebels and the shining path guerillas."

"You remember the panic when that anti-matter meteor splashed down just off the coast of Miami, nearly devoured the city?" Coulson asks her.

"No." Skye replies, never hearing about that.

"Precisely. Because we keno it quiet and contained."

"So, What am I doing?"

"Well, if it gets out, I might need you to create some kind of diversion, put the public on the wrong scent."

"So everything that I'm against."

"Yep." Coulson says and reaches the top step of the temple. "Good morning. Professor. I'm Agent Coulson with S.H.I.E.L.D. I understand you've made an interesting discovery."

"I'm not sure how to explain it. This temple dates back at least 500 years. It's filled with pre-I can artifacts. One of them is impossible and looks like it might be dangerous."

"Well, that's why we're here." Peter says as they follow the professor inside the temple. They walk though with him and see something sticking out of the wall. It's almost like a box on its corner, sticking out of the wall and is giving a blue glow from it.

"Exactly as we found it." The professor states.

"Who else knows about this?" Coulson asks him.

"Just the ministry. I believe they're the ones who contacted you." He replies and Fitz-Simmons take out their equipment.

"Sir, I need you and your team to evacuate the site until we determine the risk associated with this object." Coulson tells him as the drones begin to scan the device.

Skye is searching it everywhere she can on her tablet. "There's nothing about this anywhere. I searched every data stream. What do we have here?"

"The object's placement in fossiliferous rock formations suggests it's been here for at least 1,500 years." Simmons states. "That pre-dates this temple by a millennium. Maybe it's alien."

"Yeah, But the shape and craftsmanship, it looks...almost like German." Fitz says after one of the drones scanned the device and he looks over it.

Outside, Peter, Ava and May are watching as Ward comes up and the professor leaves.

"Tires match the prof's truck. Where's your sidearm?" He asks May.

"If I need a gun, I'll take one." May tells him and walks down the steps.

"Right. Forgot I was working with the Calvary." Ward states and Peter quickly looks to them since he knows why she's called that and why she hates that name.

"Don't ever call me that." She warns him.

"Apologies. I've heard the stories, what went down in Bahrain, about you in action. You know, it was smart of Coulson to pull you out of retirement." Ward says and keeps going on as Peter's senses go off and he learns they're not alone.

"It's nice to have a trusted friend who has your back." Ward says as Peter quickly turns and webs someone in the bushes and pulls them into the clearing and Ward grabs him. More men come out and start aiming guns at them. Ava quickly uses her claws and scratches their hands, causing the man to drop his gun and May makes work of another one and uses their guns against them. More vehicles approach and they all get ready for a fight.

"Should've taken more guns." Ward jokes as they see they're completely surrounded. They start yelling in Spanish as someone comes out of the car and Peter can tell she's the commanding officer of them and can't tell why she looks so familiar.

"Sir? We have a situation." Peter says into his comms.

"I'm on my way." Coulson says as Peter doesn't let his guard down when he exits the temple. "Buenos Dias. Soy agente Coulson. Estamos aqui por un as unto de la seguridad internacional." He says, introducing himself and who he works for in Spanish when the leader sees him.

"Philip?" She asks seeing him.

"Camilla?" Coulson asks seeing her. "Do you mind?" He asks seeing her men are aiming at his people.

"After you." She states and they all lower their weapons and Peter closes his web shooters and sees one of them struggling to get out of it.

"That's my bad." Peter says pointing to the webbed up man and Camilla's men lower their weapons and she goes up to Coulson.

"Comandante, a promotion. Congratulations." Coulson tells her.

"Three years ago. But thank you." Camilla tells him.

"Agent Melinda May, Agent Grant Ward, Agent S, Agent Ayala this is comandante Camilla Reyes. She's with the policia militar del Perú. We used to work together back In the day." Coulson explains and Peter understands its that Camilla. "Let the team know everything's okay." Coulson tells Ward and he enters the temple to do just that.

"I know you've found a strange object on Peruvian soil. We should have a conversation about how to proceed." Camilla explains why she's there.

"An 0-8-4 supersedes all national claims." Coulson warns her.

"You look good." She tells him.

"Yeah, I work out." Coulson tells her.

"Come, let me show you something." She says and pulls him away from the temple and Peter is standing there, trying to figure out what he had just witnessed.

Inside, Fitz gets some strange readings from the device. "Are you seeing this? It's alive." He says showing the data to Simmons.

"Alive alive?" Skye asks and backs away from the device.

"It has a functioning power source." Fitz explains.

"Sleepy's reading radionuclides, But they don't match any known isotope." Simmons states.

"I get temporal matches, but even then they seem to shift." Fits replies. "Is that even possible?" He asks Simmons as Skye is feeling useless.

"I'm gonna go check on Coulson." She states and leaves the scientists to do what they do.

"We've got company." Ward says as he enters the temple. "National police."

"What?" Simmons asks, confused.

"Why are they here?" Fitz asks

"They heard about the object, probably here to protect it. This area has lots of rebels uprisings." Ward says.

"Yeah, people fighting back against the government mining facilities." Skye tells them.

"How much longer?" Ward asks Fitz-Simmons.

"What's the hurry?" "Are we in danger?" They ask him.

"Not if everyone does their job. What is yours exactly?" Ward asks Skye and she doesn't answer.

Outside the temple, Coulson and Camilla are talking about what they've missed.

"The cacao is from a secret valley in Peru, very special." She says and hands him some chocolate.

"Could use some sugar." Coulson says tasting it. "You know me, Camilla, I'm a pretty simple guy."

"There was nothing simple about your last mission here."

"I had some great help."

"There isn't any chance we get to keep the device, is there?"

"It's not mine to give, but I'm sure we can find a way to resolve this respectfully in a way that-" he stops when a explosion goes off.

"Rebels." Camilla states.

"Stay close. On my six." Coulson tells her as they move in. More rebels come in and start shooting and blowing up cars.

Inside the temple, it starts shaking from the explosions.

"Sounds like they're engaging the rebels. Time to go." Ward says and moves towards the device and Fitz-Simmons pack up the drone.

"We need a containment box for the 0-8-4." Simmons tells them.

"There's no time." Ward says and pulls out the device himself. "Science class is over."

"You did not just pull that from the wall. What is the matter with you?!" Fitz says and Ward just pushes them all out.

Outside the temple, Ava is shooting the rebels who come close to her and makes her way to Coulson when gunfire blocks her and runs back to the others and sees Peter pull out a staff and looks towards Coulson.

"Tell your men to brace for impact." Coulson warns Camilla and she does.

Peter leaps down and plants the device and a small sphere flies into the air and Peter covers his face as it goes off and sends a blue light across and all the rebels fall over. They take it as their opening and run as May comes up in their car and they get in and drive. Once they're in, May makes a line straight for the Bus as the rebels chase them.

Peter uses his tablet and opens the ramp of the Bus for them as they drive up inside and stop as Coulson, Camilla and her men make it inside the Bus and close the ramp.

"Cutting it pretty close, Uncle C." Peter states to him.

"Didn't wanna leave anyone behind." Coulson explains.

"I got to say it. I miss my van." Skye tells them.

"So what was the problem with moving that?" Ward asks as nothing happened with it.

"As I was saying, this device has a high-frequency, fluctuating, sub-material complication."

"Fitz, in English." Ward states.

"The device is tesseract technology." Peter translates.

"Wait, you mean like as in HYDRA, world war 2, Captain America tesseract?" Ava asks remembering the studies she read about the tesseract during her time training with Peter.

"Exactly. And it's full of lethal amounts of gamma radiation." Fitz explains.

"Gamma, you're saying it's nuclear?" Ward asks.

"No, he's saying it's much worse." Coulson states and they all look at the bag holding the device and take a few steps back from it.

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