A New Life
It's been one month since agent Grant Wards death, three and a half weeks since his funeral and Skye has been bottled up like never before. She doesn't talk to anyone, she will speak when in Asgard and only when related to her Princess duties, and everyone has grown concerned about her. Shadow has not visited the Presidents son in a month and the only one she really seems to be a little happy around is Douglas the Miniature Dachshund that Grant gave her. So here Princess Skye is walking down one of the main halls in the Asgardian palace, face impassive and eyes cast down with a small tiara upon her head. Douglas walks along side her tale wagging wanting to play, She walks past a few servants who all bow to her as she passes by.
Sif meets with Thor and Loki in the throne room "Sir I am concerned about your daughter Princess Skye... She trains with us but is quiet, unchallenging, depressed... We haven't seen her smile since the day before Grant Wards death, She hides away in the garden or in her room whenever she is not required to attend meetings or training. We all care deeply for her and we want to know how we may help." Says Sif and Loki frowns as he looks to Thor "This is come to our attention as well Lady Sif, we do not know what to do for her... I may be forced to ask her friends from Midguard for help as I have no other ideas... Brother?" says Loki hand on his chin, Thor paces before replying "My niece has lost her inner fire that was what we knew her as , we must somehow bring that back inside her, Perhaps we can summon Steve Rogers and the winter soldier they seem to always be able to get her to laugh at least once during their visit." he says with a small smile with a sliver of hope.
Skye sits upon the grass in the royal gardens her emerald gold dress adjusted nicely as she has Douglas lay upon her lap and she scratches behind his ear. Suddenly she feels two familiar presences and without even turning to look to them she speaks "Uncle... Father do you require my assistance with another meeting?" Thor and Loki smile but Thor replies "Quite the opposite really... Niece we are concerned for your well being as you haven't smiled in a months time, you have avoided missions from Director Fury and it has many of us concerned." takes a seat on the grass beside her which was rather surprising because he didn't normally do that. "Uncle I appreciate your concern but I am perfectly fine... I just almost everything reminds me of Ward and I don't know what to do." She's starts off rather confident but as her reply continued she got quieter to the point that her last five words were a whisper.
"Cherish them daughter... Continue to fight and protect like Agent Ward would want you to... Don't avoid everything simply because he liked it but embrace the places because they can be a Symbol of a new life that he helped direct you into. Skye we all liked Grant... Well technically I was a little rougher on him because I am your father but he would want you to continue on with your life and brighten others spirits like you were doing before his death." says Loki locking eyes with his daughter and showing all the emotion he could threw his eyes. Skye bit her bottom lip before throwing her arms around her father in a loving way before she pulled away and with a small smile said "Now I know where I get my motivational speaking from... Thank you both." She gives her uncle a hug before saying "I should get back to earth... I have been neglecting my duties there and it's about time I got to doing them... Father look after Douglas until I return please." she disappears a slight flicker of life returning to her eyes making her father and Uncle smile in happiness.
(A hour later in the Triskillion)
"Captain Rogers I understand from your latest mission reports that both you and the winter soldier can break through the billionaire known as Ian Quinn's mansion but can't hold it as his security far out numbers that of your strike force... Is that correct?" Asks Director Fury looking at the two super soldiers curiously and Bucky replies "Sir we need Thor or both black widow and HawkEye to complete that mission successfully... any less and it will continue to be a failure... We are good sir but even we have limitations." He rubs the back of his neck in nervousness before the Director stood up and replied "I am assigning you someone better than Thor." Steve immediately interrupts "This is no mission for the Hulk sir... We don't want all of Los Angeles pulverized ."
Fury rolls his eye and suddenly a female voice is heard "I know I wear green and all but I am definitely not Bruce... And I will try not to pulverize anything though." both super soldiers snap their heads in the direction of the voice jaw dropping when they see Skye aka Shadow leaning up against the door arms crossed and lips in a smirk quite amused. "Shadow!" "Skye!" exclaims Bucky then Steve. Skye smiles warmly at them before the Director interrupts "Shadow is back in field work and will be working with various Avengers for various missions... She has been assigned to you for two reasons firstly because of her powers and secondly because she has a personal vendetta against Ian Quinn... You three can leave when ready good luck." He says before sitting back down at his computer and opening various classified files signaling it was their time to leave. Skye straightens "Of course Sir... We will report when the mission is successful." she says before pulling the two super soldiers out of the directors office. "It's good to see you two... I know it's been almost three weeks since I last spoke to pretty much anyone here on earth and for that I am sorry." says Skye when they get to the parking lot. Bucky and Steve smile warmly at her "Thor has been keeping us updated about you... I was seriously thinking of forcing you out of Asgard just so everyone else could see you Shadow. Everyone had missed you even though half of them won't admit it." replies Bucky and Steve cuts in "And you have no reason to be sorry... You lost someone you loved and cared for greatly. You should've seen me when I though Bucky here died ... Not a good site that's for sure." he said looking a little sadly to his best friend.
"I am sorry for snapping at all of you guys... I know you all were trying to help but instead of accepting it I completely lost it and threatened all of you. It took three weeks of my uncle, Father, Sif and the warriors three constantly on me to finally realize what I needed to do." she said as they continued walking and Bucky smiles before replying "It's alright Skye we are just glad your back ... Have you seen the others yet?" Skye bit her lower lip and sighed "No not yet I went straight to the Pirate when I got here hoping to see you two and possibly Nat and Clint but they are on a mission in Russia and won't be back for a few days... Besides I yelled at you two the most and you two deserved my apology first ... The others I will talk to when I get back from the mission... Come on super soldiers lets prove to Fury that we are a great team." she said and they all got into a SUV their weapons already in the Vehicle.
(Six hours later in the outskirts of Brooklyn)
"Quinn sure does know how to live ... Private security... Private land ... Huge mansion... Private army ... Rich and man did I mention a private Army?" says Skye with a mischievous glint in her eyes that immediately made Steve look uneasy but Bucky smirk " I see that mischievous sparkle in your eyes ... What's the plan of attack?" asks Steve hesitantly and Skye shrugged replying "I am going to go with Tony's favorite line ... Just Attack... But stay behind me I will get you through the outer defenses , Bucky your on my left and Steve your watching our back... Once we get inside Bucky you and Steve will have to be defense as I will be trying to locate Quinn. Let's move!" She jumps up from their hiding spot and the two super soldiers are instantly on their feet following Shadow into the depths of the huge army.
-Authors Note- Hope you liked the chapter please let me know if you like it so far and review . Thanks for reading