Their little star

Melinda

“Looks like Skye might end up as more than just a consultant.”

Ward points out, making Melinda look up from the work she is doing. She had forgotten the younger agent was sitting beside her.

“Despite her reservations.”

Melinda nods her head at this, there was something special about this girl. And the idea she came up with, that screamed Clint. What she learned from Coulson is that the Skye was brought up in the system and multiple foster families, something she and Clint has in common, if this is how kids with that background then S.H.I.E.L.D should be looking out.

“You know, she could turn into a solid asset. With some serious work.”

“Well, if she wants to be a field agent, she’ll need a supervising officer.”

Melinda points out, looking up to see Skye looking at the agents moving about on the plane, her phone in her hands once more.

“Someone disciplined, someone good.”

She adds, turning her head to look at Ward who stops working.

“All right. I’ll do it.”

He says after a few seconds of silence.

“Just to clarify, you were talking about me, right?”

He adds and Melinda rolls her eyes. Almost regretting that she told him this. She could do it herself, but she was done with that line of work. The last time she helped train someone, she never saw them again shortly after. And she is on the plane only as the piolet, even if it starts to feel more and more like field work.

“We blew up a plane.”

“I had a new experience.”

Hearing the voices of Fitz and Simmons, Melinda turns her attention to see the two walking down the stairs, Fitz holding on to an ice cooler.

“Eat that, Professor Vaughn.”

“You had a new experience. But it was new for all of us.”

Smiling, Melinda realises there isn’t much work that will be done now.

“They’re happy.”

She comments as she walks the two science twins heading for the open hangar. Seeing that both are holding a beer, Melinda guess there are more in the cooler.

“Hey, come on. You guys don’t want to miss this.”

Fitz tells them and Melinda was right, no more work done today. Moving from her workstation, she follows FitzSimmons that now sits down.

“So, it’ll take about 180 days to reach the sun. Now, yes, of course, it would’ve been faster if they used hydrogen fuelled APU’s, but they’re having fun.”

Fitz explains as Melinda walks up to Simmons who opens the cooler to get her a beer.

“How many of those have you guys had?”

Skye asks, a quite valid question but, something in Skye’s tone as she asks the question makes Melinda wonder if it’s a good nature question or if she is worried about something. Deciding she can think about that later, she takes a sip of the beer.

“Skye, it’s important when in the field to unwind from time to time.”

Simmons answer her, making Melinda smile. The young agent beside her is as new to the field work as Skye, but she has a very good point.

“Yeah, especially after a hard day of everyone almost dying.”

“Which doesn’t happen every day, right? It’s an anomaly. An irregularity. Not the norm.”