Skye's Foolishness

The final meeting before the operation.

Coulson pointed at the architectural diagram of Quinn Estate on the screen and said, "Skye will go in through the front door. The only external entrance to Quinn's underground facility is a shoal."

"The three-person rescue team can slip in from there, but it'll be difficult."

"Fitz, Simmons."

Fitz stepped forward and explained, "The entire estate is covered by a twenty-foot-high neodymium laser grid. Touch it and you're done for."

"As in dead done."

Coulson continued, "The only way to disable the laser grid is to crash the system and force it to reboot."

"That gives the team three seconds to pass through the laser grid. Of course, Quinn isn't stupid enough to allow unlimited access to his own territory."

Skye nodded. "That's where I come in."

Simmons took out a compact and said, "A special compact. It can fool an X-ray scan."

She opened it and showed it to Skye. "Desert rose. Matches your skin tone."

"But it's actually a reader. If you get close enough to a computer, once unlimited access is gained, the red light on the mirror will turn green."

"Once it turns green, just put it down and walk away."

"Leave the rest to us. Piece of cake."

At that moment, Grant Ward looked at Skye and said, "Provided you stick to the plan."

Skye nodded. "Got it. The plan. Turns green. Put it down. Walk away."

Once everything had been made clear, Coulson turned to leave. Mei stepped forward and said, "I don't want to question your orders, sir."

Coulson glanced at Mei. "Yes."

Then he walked around her and kept going. Mei hurriedly said, "But the fights I've been in have already gone beyond what I expected."

"This three-person rescue team is exactly the kind of operation