Hi guys. This is starting as a soul mate one-shot but might turn into a full fic. It's completely AU.
If you're not aware of the soul mate fanfic concept, it's basically when two people are just meant to be and have a mark or a word to prove it. In my fic, the first words soul mates say to each other will be their marks.
Hope you like it.
Barbara Morse was 6 years old when her soul mark appeared. 9 words seared in messy handwriting down her left forearm. 'Hey Blondie, a little help, I'm bleeding out here'.
She knew the words couldn't mean anything good. Her soul mate could be dying when she met them. She hoped to god that those words were said as a joke but when she joined shield, it became less likely that they were.
Skye was born with her 8 words seared in a neat handwriting down her right forearm. 'Alright, I'm gonna get you out of here'
She never really paid attention to her mark. A life of abandonment made her cautious when it came to love. Besides, she didn't have time to go searching for her 'soul mate' as well as her parents.
By the time she joined shield she was so wrapped up in finding her parents that she'd almost forgotten the words seared into her skin. Almost. Because as long as those words remained on her skin, she knew that she'd always have something or someone to hope for. That false hope bothered her.
It started off as a simple mission to go check out an abandoned hydra safe house. It was just her and May. They'd soon realised that the house wasn't as abandoned as they thought.
May went upstairs to check out the noise that they'd heard. She'd told Skye to stay put, but the younger agent had gone to check out the basement.
She walked down the steps and stood in the middle of the room to take a look around. She spun around when she heard the door shut and the lock click. Suddenly someone grabbed her from behind and she felt the barrel of a gun pressed to her temple.
"Scream and I shoot" A man's voice said
Skye took a breath then suddenly threw the guy over her shoulder. The gun went flying.
The man jumped to his feet and ran at her. She dodged his first couple of punches and retaliated by hitting him on the jaw. He stumbled but recovered quickly and was on her again.
She dodged another one of his punches but when his foot impacted with her ribs she stumbled back. He used this to his advantage as he swept her feet out from under her. She hit the floor and he landed another kick to her ribs. She groaned and he kicked her again and again and again.
He looked around for his gun and retrieved it. He pointed it at her and was about to pull it when then the door was kicked down and a blonde woman ran in. The man pulled the trigger but the blonde kicked the gun at the right second and instead of the bullet hitting her in the head it lodged itself in her right thigh. She screamed in pain.
The man started attacking the blonde but she easily dodged all of his attacks. She hit him across the jaw and swept him off his feet, then pulled out her icer and shot him in the chest.
"Hey Blondie, a little help, I'm bleeding out here" Skye said from the corner of the room.
Bobbi's heart lurched and she gasped at the words the young brunette had uttered. Her soul mark tingled but she overcame her shock and ran over to the girl. Her thigh was bleeding heavily. Bobbi knew that the wound alone wouldn't kill her, but if she didn't stop the bleeding the girl could die
"Alright, I'm gonna get you out of here" Bobbi said
The brunette's mark tingled and she gasped "You… you're… I'm… you're my" she stuttered
"How about we get you out of here first, then talk about that" Bobbi said.
The young agent nodded. Bobbi took off the jumper she was wearing for the undercover mission she literally just finished and pressed it against Skye's thigh. She gritted her teeth in pain but didn't make a sound. Bobbi wrapped her arm around Skye's waist and Skye wrapped her arm around Bobbi's neck. The blonde helped her up and helped her limp up the stairs to the house.
"Where's May?" Skye asked once they were upstairs.
They continued to walk through the house towards the front door, with Bobbi bearing Skye's weight.
"There were three other hydra agents upstairs. Agent May took out the first two but the third shot her in the shoulder."
Skye gasped "Is she okay?"
"She's fine. Agent Triplett took her to the quinjet. She only left when I promised that I'd get you out safe. She's gonna kill me when she sees you" Bobbi said
"I'll be fine" Skye said, although she was starting to feel dizzy from the blood loss. Bobbi noticed this as she was now basically dragging Skye through the house.
"Hey, Skye. Stay awake for me. Skye" Bobbi said loudly
"Hmm? Yeah, yeah" Skye muttered sleepily
When they finally got to the front door, Bobbi had to manoeuvre herself so she could open the door whilst holding Skye, who was drifting in and out of consciousness.
The quinjet was on the grass outside the house. The ramp was down and May was sitting on one of the passenger seats with Trip sorting out her shoulder. May shot up when she saw Bobbi pulling Skye out the house. Her and Trip both ran towards them. Trip took Skye in his arms and carried her to the quinjet. May walked beside him and was trying to wake up Skye. Bobbi's shoulder was aching from Skye's weight but she didn't care. All she cared about right now was her soul mate.
She ran after May and Trip and helped place her on the gurney.
"Morse" Trip called while he put his medical training to use on Skye "Stitch up May's shoulder for me. I can get Skye stable until we get back to base"
"I'm fine" May said
"May, Skye's gonna need you when she wakes up. There's nothing you can do right now anyway, so just let agent Morse stitch you up"
"Just call me Bobbi" Bobbi said as she grabbed the first aid kit
"No, we need Morse to fly the plane. We can't waste any time, we need to get Skye to Simmons" May said, completely ignoring Bobbi's previous statement
"Fine, but at least let her put a bandage on your shoulder to stop the bleeding" Trip said
"I'm very capable of doing that myself. Morse just get us back to base" May commanded
Bobbi looked at Skye before jumping into the pilot's seat of the jet.
As soon as they landed Skye was wheeled away by some doctors and May followed them. Bobbi went to follow them as well but Trip stopped her.
"Coulson wants you for briefing on your undercover op" he said
"Can't it wait?" Bobbi said
"Skye will be fine. And May's with her, she's not alone"
Bobbi sighed before heading to Coulson's office
Simmons threw May out of the room when she was working on Skye, so she went and got her shoulder stitched up by Trip in the lab.
When she returned to the med bay, Jemma was sitting next to a now awake Skye.
"May" Skye said "Are you alright? How's your shoulder?"
"You were just passed out from a gunshot wound and you're asking me how I am" May stated "I'm fine, thanks. But I thought I told you to stay put. I didn't tell you to go down to the basement and nearly get yourself killed"
Skye sighed "Well we were told the place was empty. How was I supposed to know there was some guy downstairs?"
"Next time we're on a mission you listen to me, ok? You could have gotten yourself killed" May said
"Well luckily my soul- I mean that woman was there" Skye said deciding to keep the soul mate thing a secret. "Who was she anyway?" Skye asked curiously
"Bobbi Morse" May answered "She was undercover in Hydra. I found her upstairs with the other hydra agents. She helped me take them down, and then when I got shot she told me she'd keep you safe. Which she didn't do very well from the looks of you"
"No it was my fault. That guy would've killed me if she didn't interfere. She saved my life"
"Well she might not be there next time, so you gotta listen to me, ok?" May said
Skye nodded.
"Well, I'm glad you're ok Skye. I gonna go check on Fitz" Simmons said
"Ok thanks Simmons" Skye said
"So you and agent Morse, huh" May said with a smirk
"What?" Skye said, trying to play dumb.
"I know she's your soul mate" May said
Skye sighed "How'd you know?"
"I'm trained to know these things." May said with a smirk "And you practically said it earlier."
Skye sighed
"It's me Skye. I'm not gonna tell anyone if you don't want me to" May said
"Thanks May" Skye said gratefully.
"Looks like you've got a visitor" May said as she looked at the glass door. Skye looked up to see Bobbi standing outside the room. May motioned for Bobbi to come in and she did.
"I'll leave you to guys to it" May said as she left the room
"So…" Bobbi said not knowing what to say
"So…" Skye said awkwardly
"Well I guess we haven't really been introduced, due to the fact that you were practically dying when we first met" Bobbi said
Skye laughed
"I'm Bobbi Morse. It's short for Barbara but no one ever calls me that"
"Ok, I'm Skye"
"Skye?" Bobbi questioned
"Just Skye. No parents. No surname."
"Oh ok" Bobbi said
The room fell silent again
"Look, I'm not very good with this kind of stuff. I never knew my parents. I was dumped on the steps of an orphanage when I was a baby. I grew up alone. I've ignored my soul mark for most of my life. I'm not very trusting and I've probably got abandonment issues. So you might as well get out while you can, because trust me nothing ever works out for-"
Bobbi cut her off by leaning down and pressing her lips against Skye's. Skye closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Bobbi's neck. Bobbi had tangled her hands in Skye's hair.
When they pulled back Skye had a goofy grin on her face and Bobbi was smirking.
"I love you Skye, and your past doesn't affect that in any way" Bobbi said
Skye smiled "I love you too"
"Besides, you could always change your name to Skye Morse" Bobbi smirked cockily.
"Easy Barbara, we only just met" Skye said playfully
Bobbi laughed. Skye sat up and winced at the pain that shot through her ribs
Bobbi's face instantly changed to one of concern "Are you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's just my ribs" Skye answered
Bobbi gently lifted Skye's shirt and gasped at the collection of bruises that had formed on Skye's ribs "Skye" Bobbi said shocked "Does Simmons know about these?"
"No, but she doesn't need to. I'm fine"
"Skye that is not fine. I'm gonna get Simmons"
"Bobbi don't you dare. Don't act like you know me, you only met me a couple of hours ago. I don't need you telling me how my body works" Skye said harshly
"Skye, I'm only trying to help you. I may have only met you a couple hours ago, but I did just save your life"
"That doesn't mean that you get to rule it!" Skye shouted
"I'm not trying to!" Bobbi shouted back
Then May burst into the room. "What the hell is going on?" She said.
Skye quickly pulled her shirt down but she was too slow. May worriedly looked at her. "What was that?" She asked
"Nothing" Skye replied quickly
"Lift up your shirt" May ordered
"What? No" Skye said
"Show me Skye, now" May said sternly
"What are you talking about?" Skye said dumbly
"Skye" May shouted "I'm not going to ask you again"
Skye huffed then lifted up her shirt. May gasped then looked at Skye angrily "Why the hell did you hide this?" May furiously asked.
"Because I knew you'd react like this!" Skye said loudly
"I'm reacting like this because you hid it from me" May shot back "You could have broken ribs"
May stepped out of the room and came back with Simmons
Skye huffed and threw her head back onto her pillow. Simmons gasped at the sight of Skye's ribs
"Skye" she said disappointedly
"Yeah, I get it. You're angry. Whatever" Skye said rudely
"Skye" Bobbi remarked "Simmons hasn't done anything to you; you don't need to be rude to her"
"Bobbi you're not my mum, so stop trying to be" Skye said
"Skye" Bobbi said, shocked at how they went from saying 'I love you' and kissing each other to this.
"You know what Bobbi, why don't you just go" Skye said "I don't need you nor do I want you here"
Skye saw the hurt in Bobbi's eyes and sighed in disappointment at herself "Bobbi wait, I-"Bobbi walked out before Skye could finish. Skye sighed and buried her head in her hands.
"Simmons and I will be back later to sort out your ribs, but right now you need to cool down and think about what you just did to Bobbi" May said. She and Simmons walked out, leaving Skye alone in the room.
hope you liked it guys. I'm probably going to continue this but it'd be really nice if you could tell me if you want me to continue it or leave it as a one shot.
