AN: This takes place after season 2, except we're pretending Simmons did not get eaten by an alien rock and May didn't go on vacation. (Or maybe she did but it wasn't very long and now she's back.)

Skye sat back against her seat on the Quinjet, looking around at her team; her family. She realized now, after the fiasco of finding her parents, that she didn't need any other family. Besides, this one kept filing up with even more amazing people, she thought, smiling at Lincoln who stood beside her.

She did wish that the jet had more seats on it to accommodate the growing team. As it was, Lincoln and Mack were left standing. She, Fitz, Simmons, Coulson, and Hunter had taken all the seats. May and Bobbi were at the controls.

"Remind me why we all had to come?" Mack asked irritably as a bit of turbulence almost set him off balance.

"It's a bonding experience," Coulson replied with a small smile. Mack raised an eyebrow. "We're not entirely sure what we'll be up against." Coulson said, "and we may need all of your expertise. Better to be prepared."

"You still haven't told us what we're to prepare for," Hunter complained. "You've been very vague about this whole mission.

Skye exchanged glances with Coulson across the jet. She gave a small nod in answer to the question on his face.

He nodded back. "We've found some possible evidence of a Gifted, and I want to see if we can get to them before anyone else." Coulson explained.

"So we're going to index them," Lincoln muttered, disdain lining his voice.

Skye placed a hand on his arm and look up at him, "let's not do this right now, ok?" she whispered.

He sighed, but let it go.

Skye let out a breath as well. Coulson still hadn't told anyone else about his new, top-secret project; building a team of powered people, which is obviously what he was hoping to accomplish here. She hoped he would tell them soon. Keeping it a secret was getting hard.

The flight was unusually quiet. Skye got the feeling that the team didn't fully trust Lincoln, or feel completely at east around him. He didn't completely trust SHIELD yet either. Skye hoped that would change over time. She wanted to merge both parts of her life; Inhumans and SHIELD, and integrating Lincoln seemed like a good first step.

A few minutes into the flight, Mack swore loudly as the plane shook, causing him and Lincoln to clutch their handholds to keep from falling. They jerked again and Mack yelled up front, "Hey, can't you keep this thing steady?"

"Sorry," Bobbi called back, "we're trying. But this - " she cut off, leaning forward to concentrate on the screens in front of her.

After a moment's silence, Hunter called, "What is it Bob?"

"These readings, they're..." she shook her head.

"Are they malfunctioning?" Fitz asked, sitting forward. "'Cause if they are, I could - "

"It's working just fine," May said through gritted teeth. "Please, all of you, shut up. I'm trying to concentrate." On her last word the plane jerked, then began to violently vibrate.

"What's happening?" Simmons asked.

"It looks like we've flown into the middle of some kind of storm," Bobbi informed them as the plane steadied, then was suddenly thrown to one side.

"Well what did you go and do that for!?" Hunter yelled.

"It's not as if we did it on purpose!" Bobbi shot back.

"What kind of storm is this?" Lincoln asked, trying to find his footing, "We're shaking all over, but I can't see a cloud in the sky."

There was a pause as everyone glanced at Skye.

"Hey!" she protested, raising her hands in a warding gesture. "I'm not doing this."

"No, it's not Skye," Bobbi confirmed. "The screens show outside air currents, not internal vibrations. But the currents look like their from a completely different patch of sky than the one outside our windows." she shook her head, perplexed. "I can't make any sense of it."

"Ok everyone," May interrupted. "Shut up and hold on. I think I can get us out of this, but it's gonna be a bumpy ride."

Everyone did as ordered, doing last minute checks on their seat belts; those of them that had seats, anyway. Mack and Lincoln just tried to find the most stable footing and hoped for the best.

AN: So, I've never really had a fanfic that I consistently updated: most of mine are one shots. But I will try! Every Thursday-ish probably.

Comments and critique are appreciated!