Child of Monsters and Men
Spoilers: Short Sequel to Hope for the Lost, read first or you will be lost.
Disclaimer: I really don't own anything...
Brief Note: This will be only 2-5 chapters long, just depends on how I want to play this. However if I do want to expand it longer than 5 chapters, I will but that is NOT A PROMISE.
Never in her life had Skye seen the pain she saw as she walked into the Playground's Infirmary. HYDRA had seen to attacking one of their new bases, detonating a bomb and with only one SHIELD Infirmary everyone had to be transported back. Simmons and Trip were directing nurses and other medics in treating the wounded but they were stretched so thin that lives were being lost. The sound of May's voice echoed and finally the agent turned to see May helping Agent Romanoff carry Agent Barton to a bed.
"Skye," Simmons moved over to her and held out bandages. "Help Agent Perez with bandaging those with minor injuries."
Taking the bandages, she moved over to the agent Simmons directed her to. Agent Perez was a nurse and instantly started directing Skye on how to treat and wrap minor injuries. Midway through the day Skye found herself on the floor outside the Infirmary with her head in her hands. She wasn't used to the bloody side of war, they hadn't encountered injuries of such magnitude before and while she'd seen a blood bath it had been the enemy.
Someone shifted beside her and she looked up to see Ward sitting beside her with his arms on his knees. "I thought destroying Hand would destroy HYDRA but instead we just opened it up for someone much worse, whoever that person is." Shaking her head she looked at her hands, "I can't even help them, I thought maybe I could but I realized I'd kill us both just trying. There are too many and that much blood is more than we both have to give."
"You need rest," Ward reached over and took her hand. "Come on, you'll feel less overwhelmed after you get some sleep." Standing he turned to her and held out his hands to help her up.
"I don't think I'll feel less overwhelmed until this war is over." She stood up and started walking to their quarters.
Skye found herself falling asleep as soon as she was under the covers, warm and away from the death that populated the Infirmary. Having Ward beside her seemed to make everything better and she fell instantly asleep as he continuously smoothed back her hair. The worries of the day and the war disappeared as unconsciousness claimed her for a few hours.
Ward left their quarters once Skye was asleep and made his way to the small personal lab that Simmons and Fitz shared. He found the biochemist turned physician reviewing medical scans and making assessments. Closing the door, he walked over and stood by her holo-table to wait until she was finished.
"I can't talk right now Agent Ward," she looked up at him. "There is just too much to review and assess before I can assign individual patients to nurses and medics."
"What if I could hand you a cure to any illness, would you take it no matter what?" He watched her put down her tablet and pay attention. "Would you take it even if it was…alien?"
Simmons shook her head, "that's impossible, the only cure that we know of is the GH-325 and it's gone. I am certainly not using the crude form that Raina created and turned Garrett into a monster."
"It healed my broken ribs, a bullet wound in my shoulder as well as various cuts and scrapes." He held out his finger, "all it took was an amount the size of my finger tip."
The scientist looked at the tablet, "what is it?"
"I can't tell you unless you agree to use it despite its source." He leaned forward against the table and stared at her. "You also have to follow my directions specifically or it won't work, this isn't something you're capable of dissecting like other cures. Afterwards you can't dissect or take apart the cure, you have to leave it alone until the next time someone's life is on the line."
Silence filled the room before Simmons nodded, "I agree, I'll use it as you instruct but only because I won't see any more agents dead."
"Okay, you'll need a vial for every three patients so count those out and also the equipment to draw blood." He saw Simmons stared at him, "I said do as I instruct with no questions, I'll be back in a few moments and keep the door shut."
Ward found Skye asleep so he gently shook her and she opened her eyes, "Grant…"
"Come on," he nodded to the door. "You think it'll kill us to help everyone but it won't and I have a plan." She sat up and stared at him, confused. "You wanted to help our agents and I can't see you upset anymore."
"But how…"
Bending down beside the bed, he looked into her eyes as he grasped her hand. "Do you trust me?"
"Of course I do."
"Then know I'd never hurt you or endanger you in anyway."
Simmons looked up with the equipment she had when the door opened, she turned to see Skye and Ward enter the room. Ward shut the door and locked it as Skye walked over to the drawer where sharps were kept.
"I do hope you brought the cure with you that you promised me." Simmons watched as Skye looked at her. "I assume he's brought you into the middle of this to encourage me to keep quiet."
Skye smiled as Ward walked over to them, slipping onto the table the former hacker shrugged at her friend. "Actually he's brought the cure…me."
"You…" Simmons looked between them, "I believe I heard you wrong, you believe you're the cure."
"I know I am, I turned the men my parents turned into monsters back into the men they were." Skye sighed as Ward moved to stand beside her. "Their blood creates monsters and mine cures injuries of any type."
Simmons looked between the two, "and you're just telling us this now, we could have cured Fitz last year if you had revealed this."
"I just found out when Hand held me hostage." Skye sighed and looked at the scalpel in her hand, "it only becomes a cure for a short while and only after it's transformed. It's complicated and I suspect disgusting if you actually saw it."
"Disgusting or not I am staying so how can I help with this transformation of your blood into this miraculous cure?"
Skye looked at Ward and held up the scalpel, "you want to do it or should I?"
He took the scalpel and cut his finger much to Simmons' horror, "what are you bloody well doing?" She started to grab a nearby gauze pad and moved over to stop the bleeding but he moved to Skye and framed her body with his arms, ignoring the scientist.
"Are you ready, I know you hate this feeling?"
The former hacker nodded, "yeah, if it helps them than I can do this."
Ignoring Simmons, Ward held up his finger to Skye's mouth and she instantly accepted. Closing her eyes she allowed herself to soak in all the blood from his finger and felt herself absorb it as he removed his finger from her mouth. Ward pressed his thumb against his finger to stop the blood flow and stared at Skye, aware of the disgust and confusion on Simmons' face. "Skye?"
Her eyes opened and instead of brown they were entirely black, Simmons took a step back as Skye looked at her. "What…"
Ward put his hand out, "it's alright, she won't hurt you. Go ahead and draw her blood before it wears off and it will within five minutes."
Simmons started the process of drawing Skye's blood but was wary, she noticed that Ward kept Skye practically caged to the table with his arms. He kept Skye's attention and spoke to her softly, black eyes paid attention to him solely as if hypnotized. Just as she put a bandage around Skye's arm, the young agent blinked and fell against Ward's chest. He caught her and held her, her eyes looked directly at Simmons and the scientist saw her friend's familiar brown eyes.
"Put a small amount to an open wound and let it be absorbed, the injuries will heal quickly." Ward spoke to Simmons as he carefully picked Skye up bridal style. "Remember you can't breathe a word about this or you could put Skye's life under a microscope."
The scientist nodded, "I understand, not a word."
"No research either, we'll tell Coulson tomorrow after she's slept the effects off." Ward left the room with Skye in his arms and allowed Simmons to administer Skye's blood to the wounded.
A/N: Skye's blood will save all the agents still alive but how will the team react when they find out?
Next we see Skye and Ward explain to Coulson and May the extent of what they did.
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