AN: ugh, I shouldn't update twice in the same day. it gives you guys false expectations

Skye felt like she could really get used to waking up in Grant's arms. Though as content as she was with her position, she knew they had to get moving. She moved away to wake up Ward but found him already awake.

"Hey," he said as greeting.

"Hey, yourself. How long have you been up?"

"Ten minutes? You looked pretty peaceful so I didn't want to wake you." He played with a stray piece of her hair.

"Well, I'm up now. Let's get moving."

They made a quick breakfast and then were on their way. They had been going for two hours when their radio picked up a call.

"Skye? Ward? Are you there?"

"Sure am, AC. What's up?"

"May found some information on the TAHITI project."

"May's back? That's great. What did she find?"

"Skye, I'm so sorry."

Ward and Skye stopped.

"Sir, what did May find?" Ward asked.

"I was in charge of TAHITI. And everyone we tested it on went insane unless their memory of the procedure was whipped from their mind. Now, I'm not sure what your 0-4-8 status brings to the table, but Skye-"

"Don't beat yourself up about it, Coulson," Skye cut him off. "I'm alive. We'll figure it all out. Plus I'm more worried about you at the moment. Ward and I are almost to Romanoff's safe house. You guys are still going to meet us there, right?"

"Yes."

"Good. We'll talk about it when the team is all together."

They signed off after that and continued to walk in silence.

"Skye?" Ward finally spoke.

"I'm fine."

She was anything but. She had been feeling weird lately, and forgiving Ward for killing innocents when she thought he was a willing HYDRA agent was definitely out of character for her. Not to mention her little bout of strength with Ward yesterday.

He just grabbed her hand as they kept walking.

Another two hours and they reached the coordinates that Coulson had gotten from Romanoff.

"So, do we throw something metal and hope a turret takes it out?" Skye asked jokingly.

"What?"

"Oh right, you weren't there. Coulson threw his badge and it got blown up."

"I don't think anything going to be blown up today," a woman's voice came from behind them. "The entrance is in the cliff face to your right."

Ward and Skye headed over to the rock and a part of it slid away to reveal and long corridor. As soon as they entered the door behind them shut. A woman with wavy red hair came walking down to meet them.

"Skye and Ward," she greeted. "Hate to say, but you and your team aren't in SHIELD's database.

"Had to erase us all," Skye explained.

"Coulson said so. Great job, by the way. Think you could do it for a friend of mine?" Natasha said with a small smile.

"Sure."

"Follow me," she said and then turned.

They walked down to corridor, which was really just an over-glorified tunnel, until they reached a metal door. Natasha typed in a pin to the keypad and the door opened. The place they entered looked like the front entrance of a house. There were stairs right in front of them, and two doorways on either side. Natasha led them through the left after they put their backpacks down.

"They're here," she called out to an unseen entity.

"I figured. Anyone I know?" the entity answered back.

The room looked like a normal family den. A man with blond hair was relaxing on a couch with his feet up and watching TV. He looked over at the new comers and did a double take with Skye. He then smiled at his partner.

"See, Nat. That's Budapest," he said, jerking his thumb at Skye.

"I still don't see how my analogy wasn't correct," she told him.

"You compared it to fighting Chinturi warriors."

"And?"

"In my experience, fourteen year old girls are easier to deal with than invading aliens," Clint told her.

"And in my experience, they aren't."

Clint just shook his head. "Hey Zina, how's life?"

"Have we met before?" Skye asked confused.

"Yes, Zinaida," Natasha said as she walked over to the couch, the last part was directed at Clint. She moved Clint's legs so she could sit down. When she did, he placed them back over her lap. "We guarded you in Budapest seven years ago," she continued, motioning for Skye and Ward to sit down.

"I've never been to Budapest," Skye stated.

"I'll remind you later," Clint promised. "First you tell me how my old SO is doing."

"But-"

"Coulson's good," Ward answered.

"A little upset about all the secrets, but good," Skye added, attempting to make a dig about Budapest. It was ignored.

"You were in the HUB when HYDRA came out, right? What happened?" Clint asked. He had been out of the country and was currently the least informed agent in the room.

"It was crazy. We didn't know who was HYRDA and who was SHIELD. Plus, one of our agents was inside," Skye said. She began to fill the others in on what had happened.

"Nothing to say, Ward?" Natasha asked.

"I- I don't remember most of what happened," Ward admitted.

"Do you think Garrett had you under before we went in?" Skye asked.

"Maybe?"

Clint and Natasha looked confused so Skye explained.

"He was being controlled by HYDRA until a little while ago. But I fixed him," Skye said.

"How?" Natasha asked.

"I hit him really hard on the head."

Natasha and Clint shared a smile.

"I've been told cognitive recalibration works wonders," Clint replied.

Skye nodded, not getting the reference. "That's about it with the Hub."

"I helped break into the Fridge, too," Ward added, "so Coulson will probably want us to track down everyone that got loose."

"Do you remember where HYDRA took everything?"

"Pretty sure. Garrett is trying to recreate the serum that kept Coulson and Skye alive, but he won't get far without our team's hard drive."

The two senior agents nodded.

"Nothing to do now but wait for Coulson, I guess," Clint said, leaning back on the couch and flicking the TV back on.

"Or," Skye said, snatching the remote from Clint and turning it off. "You could tell me about Budapest."

"Fine, Zina, since you can't bother to remember," he trailed off teasingly as he switched to a sitting position.

Natasha said something about medical attention and pulled Ward out of the room.

"I thought you called me 'Zinaida'."

"Nat's name was Zinaida. I like nicknames better so I went with Zina."

"So why don't I remember?"

"You were in a coma for a bit. You've got to remember a bit though, I mean, you're calling yourself 'Skye'. That's what Zinaida means in Russian."

"All I remember from being fourteen was being in a car crash as I was moving foster homes. That put me in a coma. You're telling me I was really in Budapest?"

"Yup," Natasha said as she came back into the room. Ward looked a little scared of her, but sat down next to Skye without saying anything. "How much do you know about where you came from?"

"I know a village in China died to save me from something. And I'm an 0-8-4. That's it."

"Alright, listen up while we tell you the wonderful story of Clint, Nat, Zina and the Grand Budapest Kerfuffle," Clint said dramatically.

AN: I'll be perfectly honest, I have no damn clue what I'm doing with this story, but hey, if you like this, check out my Avengers story Marvel High. It's got Skye and Ward in it~ (actually, not yet, I procrastinated writing that chapter by writing this one. but I'll get started now)

please leave a review and let me know if you like the direction this is going :)