"Has Ward become her puppet?"
On the Airbus, Skye looked at Coulson in surprise.
"No. According to Lady Sif, the men controlled by Lorelei haven't forgotten who they are or what they know.
"She has merely become their only desire."
Coulson explained.
"So if we find her, we can break her magic or whatever and restore Ward's will, right?" Skye asked Coulson expectantly.
"Yes. As long as we put that neck ring on her, the spell will be broken."
Coulson moved the neck ring in his hand. Sif had lent it to him for examination, and he planned to give it to Fitz to study its technology.
"What can I do?"
Skye was sitting on a hospital bed, but she was perfectly healthy. She puffed herself up and said, "Ward is missing. Don't tell me it's nothing, or make me sit here counting ceiling tiles for days."
Coulson turned back to Skye. "Ward has storage boxes all over the world containing cash, weapons, and IDs. He'll use aliases, cash, and every means at his disposal to keep us from finding Lorelei.
"And you're the best at finding people. Find them!"
Coulson handed the most important task to Skye, the strongest hacker on the entire team.
Skye immediately got to work. Row after row of complex code began appearing on the laptop in front of her.
Simmons chased after him and once again asked Coulson to send Skye's blood back to headquarters for testing.
"No!" Coulson replied.
"Why? You don't need me to explain the benefits of the drug to you."
"No. That's an order!"
Coulson's expression grew stern.
But before he could take two steps, Simmons shouted from behind him, "That's not a good enough reason."
"Sir, as my commanding officer, I'm accountable to you. But as a scientist with