Skye watched as Grant Ward was being murdered. Her boyfriend of two weeks was taken away from her in ten seconds. She screamed after him and took out her pistol to shoot the fiend. The assailant turned around and she shot him. He fell to the ground and Skye ran to her boyfriend. He was desperately clinging to life by a thread. Skye grabbed Grant's hand and squeezed it tightly. Tears in her eyes, Skye said, "Grant, please pull through. I can't bear life without you."
"I'm not gonna make it Skye." Grant said back, "You and I both know it, but just do this one thing for me."
"What is it?" Back at S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ, Skye slammed a badge on Coulson's desk. "I quit!"
"Quit?" Coulson asked, "What do you mean quit?"
"I mean I don't want to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. anymore." Skye responded, walking away from Coulson.
"Why?"
"My boyfriend was killed in the line of fire today. I can't take it anymore. We've been having deaths all over the place and Grant's was the final straw. I'm leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. Coulson. End of story." Skye left the base and began walking towards her home. She felt a cold wind blowing over her and heard, "Skye..."
She turned around and saw no one. She continued walking, but the cold wind and the voice continued. She walked faster and soon broke into a sprint. She reached her home and turned the key in the door. She got inside quickly, slammed and locked the door. She slid down the back of it, her eyes closed and tears running down her cheeks. "Grant." She whispered, "I miss you so much."
Skye looked up and saw a man standing in her living room. She stood and asked him, "What are you doing here?" The man stayed silent and lifted up his left arm, holding a crossbow. "What the-?" The man instantly shot the arrow out of the crossbow and it headed towards Skye, who was too frozen to move. Paige suddenly orbed in through her swarm of white and blue orbs and created an orb shield. The arrow fell to the ground and Paige charged towards the darklighter. "Athame." Paige orbed an athame into her hand and it went towards the darklighter. He dark orbed and was suddenly next to Skye. He grabbed her arm and Skye yelled out, "Get away from me!" all the while struggling to get free.
Skye was suddenly immersed in a swarm of white and blue orbs and was immediately next to Paige. "What the-?" Skye asked. Paige threw the athame quickly and the darklighter instantly went up in flames. "Who are you?" Skye asked, turning to Paige. "Who was that guy? How'd you get in here? What-?"
"Don't worry Skye. I'll answer all your questions in a little bit."
"How did you-?" Skye asked before being orbed with Paige to the manor. A waiting Piper and Phoebe stood in front of Paige and Skye. "Guess who we have here." Paige said to her sisters.
"What just happened?" Skye asked, escaping from Paige's grasp.
"We'll explain everything." Piper said, "You might wanna sit down."
"We can't do this without Leo here." Phoebe reminded.
"Leo." Called the three sisters. The whitelighter/avatar orbed into the living room and looked from Skye to Paige to Phoebe to Piper, then back to Skye again. "There's something we need to tell you."
"I'm waiting!" Skye said impatiently.
"You might wanna sit down for this Skye, it's not going to be easy to hear." The four then tell Skye the news and after a significant amount of storytelling, Skye sat down on the couch. "Any questions?" Paige asked, sounding like the teacher she is from Magic School.
"So I'm a witch?"
"Whitelighter-witch."
"And all of you are witches as well?"
"The Charmed Ones." Phoebe answered, "You know you can't tell anyone about us, right?"
"Why would I? Skye asked, standing. "I don't have anyone left. My boyfriend was killed today and I just quit SHIELD."
"You mean me?" Grant said from behind Skye. Skye turned around and saw her dead boyfriend. "Grant!" Skye said, her voice sounding a little like a gasp. She ran up to Grant and gave him a huge hug, tears streaming down from her face.
"How-how are you back?" Skye asked, once she released and could see Grant's face again.
"I'm a whitelighter Skye." Grant answered, "And you really are a witch."
"Whitelighter-witch." Skye corrected.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Leo came and told me what was happening a few days before I got killed. Zankou's planning to attack you and I needed you to quit SHIELD because Paige was going to get you."
"In other words," Paige spoke up, "You were my charge, you know, temporarily."
"I have to go." Grant said.
"What, no! I just got you back." Skye pleaded, turning to her boyfriend.
"Sorry, but I have to get my first charge. Even if it's not you, you can call me anytime. Remember, I'm watching you. Oh by the way, stay with the Halliwells, they're going to protect you." Grant orbed out of the manor and Skye walked back up to Paige. "Thanks for saving me from the darklighter."
"No problem. There's no telling what Zankou would've done if he'd gotten his hands on you. Now get some sleep Skye. We have a busy day tomorrow."
"Right." Skye said wearily, heading towards the bedroom in the back. Once Skye was gone, Piper asked, "Are you sure that Skye's going to be a good ally?"
"Well since Billy sacrificed herself, we don't exactly have a lot of friends that could help us. Besides, we need every last witch we can get." Paige said.
"We just have to make sure she doesn't go to the Underworld or she might be drawn in." Phoebe spoke up, "Then we'll probably lose her for sure."
"Paige, you have to train Skye. I'm going to do something." Piper walked up the staircase to the attic.
"Until then, I'm going to bed. We have a full day tomorrow." Paige walked to her room and shut the door. "There's something about Skye. I can't place my finger on it, but that girl isn't like other whitelighter-witches." Paige thought before dosing off into a dreamless sleep.
