Can You Catch Me?

By DeweyFinn21

Disclaimer: I don't own Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. so don't ask about future episodes. I don't know anything. Author's note: This is a sequel to Do You See What I See? so read that first. Really, you need to read that. It's kinda important, sorta like how F.Z.Z.T. seems to keep being brought up. Anyways.

Skye was dying.

That much was known.

Perhaps this needs some explanation.

Let's go back about seventeen hours or so.

Skye was asleep.

It may look like we've gone back too far, but if you look inside her head at her dreams, everything will make sense, sorta.

Simmons was doing the tango with herself.

Skye still didn't know how Fitz got that monkey.

Ward kissed her. That was surprising.

May was doing yoga.

Coulson was flying. By himself. In the plane. He was actually floating. That was new.

Okay, so maybe Skye's dreams aren't the most straightforward. Look, let's just skip ahead three hours.

"300...301..." Skye was doing pushups. "302..303..."

"Only a few more to go." Ward said. Skye fell.

"Look, I thought you loved me. Why is this my punishment?"

"Tough love. You have 30 seconds before I start you over again." Ward said with a smile.

Oh wait, we've already seen this. Let's go ahead another hour.

Ward was in the middle of a firefight. He shot at the enemies that ambushed them.

Okay, let's go back thirty minutes, maybe then we'll get to the beginning of this story.

"Hey, Skye." Simmons said.

"Hey Simmons."

"Thanks."

"For what?"

"Not totally betraying us." Simmons said.

"Um, sure." Skye said.

Boooooring. Let's go ahead ten minutes.

"You ready?" Ward asked as they headed down to the field.

"Of course. I just finished talking to Simmons. I'll be fine."

Great, that conversation we skipped turned out to be important. Sad face.

"Not totally betraying us." Simmons said.

"Um, sure." Skye said.

"Oh, by the way, how are you and Agent Ward?"

"We're good. He's acting tough on me for betraying the team, but I think he just doesn't want to seem soft." Skye said.

"Well you know how Agent Grant Ward can be." Simmons said, slipping into her impersonation of him.

"Yeah." Skye said.

"Is something bothering you?"

"Oh, just a dream."

"What happened?"

"A lot of weird stuff." Skye said, not wanting to go into detail.

"Like what?"

"Fitz had a monkey, you were doing the tango with a clone of yourself, May started playing basketball on a full court, Coulson was floating, Ward was insanely in love with me. Oh, and idied." Skye hurried through the last part.

"What was that?"

"Fitz had a monkey, you were-"

"The last part!" Simmons said.

"Oh, I died." Skye said.

"You're just trying to figure out about the events of yesterday. Fitz was himself. I was myself double. May defeated you, so you made her amazing. Coulson seems higher than everyone else, so he was. You realized your feelings for Ward. And the last part was your fear of punishment." Simmons explained.

"You know the people who believe that dreams are a window to the future?"

"Skye! Don't tell me you actually believe those crackpot theories."

"Maybe." Skye said feeling a sense of unease.

"You aren't going to die any time soon. Don't worry."

"Thanks." Skye said.

Well, that proved pointless, back to the future.

"Of course. I just finished talking to Simmons. I'll be fine."

"Okay." Ward and Skye headed out to the location that Coulson told them to go to.

Wait, probably need to show that scene. Hit it Johnny!

...

I said 'Hit it Johnny!'

...

Oh right. Johnny died. Let's step onto the Wayback Machine.

"Coulson. Why are we investigating a gas stop robbery?" Fitz asked.

"Because of this." Coulson showed them the video. It started out with the cashier manning the register. Suddenly, somebody broke into the store. They were wearing a ski mask.

"This looks like a standard robbery." Simmons noted.

"Wait for it." The cashier hands the money over, but pulls the mask off the robber. It's the same face the cashier has.

"A brother robbing his own? What's so weird about that?" Fitz said.

"The cashier is Lucas Tripwes. As of this moment he has no living relatives in the system, so unless his parents kept the robber a secret to their grave, something is up."

"A clone. Cool." Skye said.

"That's one possibility, yes. But we can't jump to conclusions, there could be other reasons why they're the exact same person." Coulson explained.

"So we'll just head down." Fitz started.

"No. We don't need any science examinations. Agent Ward and Skye will take this one." Coulson told them.

"What?" FitzSimmons, Skye and Ward all said.

"No science examinations? Why not?" Fitz asked.

"In case the robber wants all trace wiped clean. He'll stake out for officials and then make sure the trail runs cold." Coulson said.

"We're a distraction so that FitzSimmons can go in later?" Ward said.

"Exactly. The focus will be off the gas station and you two can examine until you find everything you need." Coulson told FitzSimmons.

"Yes sir."

"Okay then. Skye and Ward will disembark in this field right here. It's owned by a S.H.I.E.L.D. consultant. We'll fly off and out of town so that the robber thinks that nothing us up. We'll give you an hour and then we'll come back to drop FitzSimmons off."

"And what about you and May?" Ward asked.

"May will be flying, and I need to fill out some paperwork regarding the hijacking of the Bus and the Rising Tide members we apprehended." Coulson explained. "Now, with that out of the way, are there any questions."

"No." The team said.

"Okay, group 1 will leave when we arrive." They all went to get ready. Simmons went to talk to Skye.

"Hey, Skye." Simmons said.

We've already seen this. Let's skip ahead to when SkyeWard are at the gas station. Where the story really begins.

Wait. This chapter is already longer than most. Maybe save that for next time. I mean. What's the worst that could happen?

Wait, this is where the firefight happens, Ward gets shot, and Skye needs to save the day. That's a great part. I can't wait to see how it ends.

Oh wait. Skye dies. Hmm.

Well. That kills all suspense for this story. I guess that's why I'm glad it's a comedy. Hmm. I've been getting off track, where was I?

Oh yeah. The gas station. Where it turns out that the villain is actually, wait. Nope that's not that gas station visit yet. Sorry, I was getting ahead of myself, we're still at the beginning. Starting the beginning. Yeah, that'll happen next chapter. Unless I forget.

So, did you like it? I think it sets up the story nicely. This one is going to go off the rails, if it hasn't already, but by the end you will understand exactly why the narrator is the way they are and why the story is set up the way it is. This is is strictly a comedy in the vein of Harold and Kumar. I use that as an example because I believe that the Harold and Kumar films have some of the best continuity and story telling in recent years. Anyways, please review and tell me if you like the direction this story is taking. If not, then I'll see if I can strike the right balance between psychotic and serious. Although you'll find that those two cross paths more than you might think. Anyways, that was the story. I'm DeweyFinn21 saying Good Night and Good Luck is a movie. One that I own but have never seen. I might want to watch that sometime, I hear it's good. Anyways. bye.