Fear

AN: So I've been working on this Introduction Chapter for a few weeks now, the Chapters after this may or may not be as long as this one. I don't normally do this with my stories but I tried to set the tone of the story right away that makes a good guideline for the rest of the story's natural progression. (That and 40 hours a week at my Job gives me a good excuse... What?) Anyway, I really hope everyone enjoyed

AN2: So... They removed Skye/Daisy as a Character add on FF and it's not just 'Daisy J.' I'm not okay with this!

Mary-Sue Poots couldn't wait to come back to the Orphanage for once, even at her young age she knew she was honestly safer at St. Agnes than any other home, she was especially even more happy when The Jackson's told her to 'Get Out' with the only things she came to live with them, 1 blanket, 3 shirts, and 2 pairs of pants all worn down and filled with holes, and one long-sleeve shirt she was instructed by the Family to keep on at all times to hide her marks. "Good riddens Mary." Mr. Jackson spat out before grinning. She pouted for a moment and yelled "My Name is Skye!"

Skye wasn't really sure what she was supposed to do now. Normally when a family brought her back here they went to the office.. But they just left her in the front speeding off laughing, and Skye was trying very very hard not to cry. She had just turned Seven a few months ago and was very confused. Her arms hurt and her legs were very tired, she was Hungry and very sleepy- Skye wasn't sure exactly what time she was woken up today but it was before the Sun came up so she knew it was early. But now it was later in the day and she hadn't eaten anything all day, so she forced back her tears and clutched her small bag of things and walked to the front doors and headed to the office.

As Skye made her way into the Office she was greeted by a loud sigh and one very mean Nun. "Mary-Sue? What have you done this time?" Sister Maggy asked, her tone slightly annoyed and Skye reached into her bag for a note, and silently handed the note to the nun.

"We're returning this girl to the Orphanage, she is very violent. This morning we woke up to her torturing our poor dog. We are sad to admit she can no longer stay with us, she yells, hits,bites. Mary-Sue is a very difficult child." Sister Maggy read out loud, and Skye wanted to defend herself since that is definitely not what happened with the Dog! But they had told her to keep her mouth shut. "I'm very disappointed in you Mary-Sue." Skye shook her head "Skye, my name is Skye!"

Sister Maggy sighed, "You are a problem... Well Lunch won't be for another few hours, make yourself useful and go set your bed up."

Skye frowned heavily. "B-but I'm Hungry!" She whined.

"You know the rules, You missed breakfast and lunch isn't for some time."

Skye wanted to yell, but she was too tired and too Hungry to even care. She had a whole range of emotions going on right now that she couldn't begin to understand so she carefully picked her small bag up and went into the designated room that she hated. It seemed everyone was mean to her at this place. The nuns at least didn't hit her anymore now that she used her right hand, but they yelled at her for her sloppy hand-writing, if she could even call it writing, it didn't help Skye could barely write, and it definitely didn't help she had a very hard time reading. Once she made her way to the room she placed her bag under her bed, even though she knew she was Seven and she was way too old for a blanket she didn't want another mishap where Tommy tried to rip it up. She frowned at her stomach as it growled and once she made sure the bag was carefully hidden she went to the front of the School and sat under the big Oak Tree. No one usually bothered her there.

It only took about 15 minutes for the older kids to come outside, and of course as soon as she sighed in relief Tommy came walking over with his friends. "Look guys, Mary-Sue is back! What happened Mary Sue? Did you kill another Family?" The boys started laughing.

Skye was taken back to that night, It was raining loudly and it was more or less one of her more vivid memories she was able to actually remember as though it had happened yesterday. She was Five and had been with the best Family she was able to remember. Mr and Mrs. Bennet had just put Skye to bed, she was happy. She lived with the Bennet's for about 2 months before the accident, they were reading her a bedtime story and Skye was very into it as always, It was a Story about this Spider Guy who swung around with webs and beat all the bad guys, it was one of her favorite Stories ever! But With a loud clash of thunder there was a sound of a shatter downstairs, Skye shrieked. "Hey, it's okay. Your Mom will finish the story and I'll go make sure everything is alright." Everything wasn't alright after that, not even close.

She couldn't really remember what happened next but she remembered the Men in Black and the Red stuff everywhere. Looking back up at Tommy she stood up and did her best to look as intimidating as possible. "Shut up!" She yelled. Tommy and his friends laughed as he gave her one good push right into the tree and she fell down. "Or what Mary? You'll kill us too? Face it Mary, no one wants you or will ever want you."

"Hey!" A Couple yelled as they approached the Girl as the boys ran away. "Hey." They said again much quieter and more sweet as the older Women knelled down. "Are you alright? My name is May, what's yours?"

Skye fearfully stared at the two people in front of her, her natural instincts she had begun to develop of strangers and just adults in general began to kick in. The lady seemed nice but Skye was still scared, they all seemed nice at first. Her arm really hurt. Even as young as Skye was she knew her arm wasn't broken, but that didn't stop the tears from falling, these people probably thought she was a baby. "I'm Skye." She quietly told the two as she wiped her tears with her long sleeve that was way too long and hot today. May took note of that. "Well Skye, This is my Husband Phil are you hurt?"

Taken back at the nice soothing voice was almost warm to Skye, she wasn't sure what angle they were playing but she was too tired and too hurt and way too hungry to fight anymore. "My arm hurts." She subconsciously began to rub the top of her shoulder where it hurt the most. Her arms hurt before anyway but Skye hated hurting. "Well Skye." The Man... Phil started to talk, "May and I, we're Doctors. Can we take a look at that arm?" Skye shook her head, she didn't want anyone to see. "We're very gentle, we both are. Tell you what, it doesn't look broken, can you move your arm up and down like this?" May stuck her hand out and lifted it up and down, Skye tried to copy her move a little and winced in pain. "Definitely not broken, nothing a little ice can't fix, why don't you show us where we can find some ice." Skye nodded, somewhat pleased she didn't have to show them her arms. Skye wasn't too sure if she could trust these people, normally she couldn't trust anyone, especially the Men. They're the ones that always hit. So she stayed closer to May and had hoped she was at least not hurting Phil's feelings.

Skye lead the couple to the Main office that the adults used as a break room where ice and bandages were usually kept and she pointed to the freezer. May smiled softly as she grabbed some ice and wrapped it up. "We have a meeting to get to Skye, will you be okay?." Skye silently nodded, her eyes felt really Heavy, more-so than before anyway.. She gave Phil the look, they had decided on the ride here they weren't going to pick a child today, but May was a heavy believer in fate- and she knew deep down she had met this girl for a reason that seemed so scared. "Keep that ice on for about 20 minutes. Do you know how long that is on the clock?" Phil asked, Skye nodded even though she didn't. She didn't want them to think she was more of a baby than she had already acted on top of not being able to read. She couldn't help that she was stupid, her last home made sure she knew that. "m'not a baby." May and Phil chuckled a bit, "Alright well let's set a timer just in case" Once Skye put the ice on she closed her eyes as May began rubbing her hair gently. No one was ever that gentle, and it was so soothing. She hadn't even realized she began to suck her thumb slightly. A habit people scolded her for on multiple occasions, but she was so relaxed that she didn't care and these two people despite being way bigger than her didn't seem to care. It only took a few minutes before May noticed the girls breathing had slowed down and deepened. "Phil..." She whispered, "She's the one." he finished for her, May gave him and Skye an encouraging smile and gently placed the sleeping girl on the couch

"You don't want her, she's been in multiple homes and is 'unstable'" The Sister air-quoted that last part, "She was brought back just today after lashing out at her last homes Animal, she yells, and bites." Sister Ashley handed the couple a copy of the note, May skimmed through it and could instantly tell this was all a lie, that little girl was so scared and so sweet. There was one thing May always knew, she knew how to read people, she saw this girl needs help.. A good home... A Family. "Our minds are made up, so let's get the paperwork in order." May rushed the Sister. "Before we do this you have to know Mary-Sue's-" May quickly cut her off, "She prefers Skye." Sister Ashley sighed very heavily. "Well, legally her name is Mary-Sue-Poots. That being said you have to understand despite you taking the Russian, Mary has had multiple homes and has been sent back every time for her bad behavior. Her Anger and tantrums especially." Phil tried to hide his frustration and kept quiet, this sister was about to be chewed out. "Russian? Her name is Natasha- so let's be very very clear on that, and look at her now. She came here so scared and mad at everyone and she's not only an honor student in her School but she just got her black belt, and You know just as much as anyone how bad her past is. And this poor girl, she's just a baby that has obviously been neglected. So you're going to get that paperwork, and her file and we're going to be done." May had been very persistent, once upon a time before she left an organization along with her husband Phil she was a women to fear, despite the years of no longer being an 'Agent of SHIELD' she settled down, both her and Phil weren't allowed to be together or start a family within the ranks, so they sent in their resignations and went to become Doctors. It was a good line of work, you never had to look over your shoulder or expect someone to come at you with a gun. This is how their lives should've been a long time ago. Reading Skye's file was a Jaw Dropper for sure, there were some colorful words used to describe one 'Mary-Sue Poots' but there were few specifically that stood out.

Lashes Out
Learning Disabilities
Emotional Distress
Disobedient
Mentally Unstable

A few things May noticed was there seemed to be some missing files, this wasn't their first rodeo so they knew what to look for. "Your file has lists of incidents but there are no Incident Reports. You do realize Legally you're required to hand everything over to me?" May hinted to her annoyance. "Like I said, she literally just got back today. We have your address on record and we'll have Skye's social worker personally drop everything off tomorrow."

May was happy with her new life, Phil was happy. They had 3 great kids and soon to be 4. They knew Skye would be a perfect fit, especially after reading what she had just read, none of these really described the same scared little girl they had just met, not that a list of incidents without the reports really described anyone anyway, but that was all the more reason to get this Child somewhere safe. It was very clear they had something against the Child. May questioned herself if she should even mention this files- but the nuns probably would have made something up but she couldn't keep quiet any longer.

"What exactly is with these files? None of this sounds like the little girl we had met." May harshly asked, the motherly figure already coming out in a need to protect. Sister Ashley sighed "Well- it's like it says right there, She's not all there. We've done all we could for the poor Girl but she's clearly the Devil's work." May and Phil's blood ran cold, anger surged through, they've given up on this kid, who was still just a baby who needed some love. Part of May couldn't wait to get the real reports tomorrow and see what else was made up.. She'd be making a few calls, that was for sure.

Skye woke up a few minutes later to the sound of a faint buzzing. She sleepily rubbed her eyes and opened them. She quickly realized where she was and Phil and May seemed to be gone. Her shoulder seemed to feel a little better at least but it still hurt enough that she felt like she may cry. Taking a deep breath Skye stood up slowly and reached for the door. She was very Hungry and she wasn't sure what time lunch was. Skye had desperately wished May and even Phil had stayed, today was such a bad day and she had felt better with them, she hadn't even realized she needed that nap since she was never allowed to nap during the day because that was something only Babies did. Despite that all she always had her blanket with her after a nap when she did have one so she made an extra effort to be quiet when she snuck in her room she shared and reached for the bag under the bed for her blanket. She carefully held it as she put the bag back under her bed and left the room before any of the bigger kids saw.

"Oh, we were just looking for you Skye!" May happily stated which made Skye turn around.

In a natural instinct Skye clutched her blanket as a lifeline, she didn't want it taken away from her she wasn't really sure she would be able to cope without it, it was more of a security blanket than anything and as silly as it sounded she felt safe with it, and she knew she could go for some safety right now. "Hi" Skye said as she perked up a bit, it was nice to see them still here, even Phil.

"Skye, Phil and I would like to ask you something."

Skye blinked a few times and furrowed her eye-brows.

"If you want to, we'd like to take you home to be a part of our Family." Phil gently stated.

It was a little surreal, they were giving her an option? She wasn't sure what to make of it to be honest, she really did feel safe with them. "Um.. Do you have any other kids?" Skye felt silly for asking, but usually when she joined a Family with kids they hurt her, badly. "We have 2 at Home and 1 at College. They were all in the Foster system, we have Bobbi who's studying to be a Doctor, Natasha who is a Jack of all Trades and Lance but we call him Hunter, he wants to be a Cop one day."

They didn't sound too bad actually, the were Orphans too. "Do you... Uh.. You don't have any Ami... Animals do you?" Skye asked in a shuttered breath that made May and Phil share a concerned look. "We don't. You don't like Animals?" Phil asked, Skye shook her head "'Specially not Doggies."

Phil and May shook it off for the time-being for a discussion that would be in a more suitable environment. They could see Skye contemplating her choice, it broke their heart that this little girl had to decide if this was a safe choice or not. "Yes. I'd like to live with you."

The two Adults grinned "Perfect, everything is all set so grab your things and we can leave." Skye nodded happily and ran into her room and grabbed her bag, as she walked out the front building she gave the run-down building a look and muttered a 'stupid building' before following May and Phil into the car. It only took the single instant of them gently putting her into the booster-seat, they had took from the Orphanage. They'd give it to the social worker tomorrow when she dropped off the remainder of Skye's files, and allowing her to keep her blanket with her did she decide this was already better. Maybe she finally made a good decision.

"So Skye, what are some things you like to do, or some things you don't like?" Phil asked as they began driving down the road, May was quietly talking on her Phone and Skye couldn't quite make out the words so she talked to Phil. "Um.." Skye began to think, what did she like? No one had ever asked her if she liked or disliked anything before.. "I like watching the Moon." Phil was intrigued a little by her answer, most kids liked TV or electronics or even Sports. He'd never really thought about the Moon being something someone enjoyed. "The Moon is pretty awesome isn't it? How come you like watching it?" Phil's voice was gentle, for the moment Skye felt like he could trust him. "The Moon is bright! I don't really like the dark." Skye shamelessly admitted. Even though May was on the phone still her and Phil shared a look, they were carefully trying to piece what Skye feared without her knowing. She wouldn't be the first one to have a fear of the dark in their Home. A distinct Natasha screaming for weeks in terror at the night still remained in their heads.

"We're about an hour away Skye, if you want to nap for a bit that's fine, I'll start Lunch as soon as we get Home." May's voice was so soothing, Skye hadn't even really realized how tired she still was. She muttered a quick 'Thank You' before her eyes closed. She was grateful, but she still needed to be careful. She'd be going in a new home soon, What if this home was broken into too? Skye couldn't stop the bad thoughts before her eyes shut completely.

Skye had been sleeping silently for a little while now. May and Phil had been casually talking about the young girl, and how scared she seemed. Especially with Phil, May had been on the Phone with Natasha, telling her they were in fact bringing someone home Today. It wasn't planned but it was an obvious sign, so she gave Natasha the heads up and to warn Hunter. Natasha was very excited to say the least on the Phone, she had always wanted a little sister and when her Parents were talking about it she was thrilled. Nervous too, but thrilled but she told Natasha to get the room ready ( it had only had a single bed set and some boxes ), Natasha was a quick worker, and Hunter had Zero sense in style.

May and Phil had been in mid conversation when they heard the small whimpers behind them in the backseat, Phil had kept his eyes on the road but May carefully turned her head to look over, Skye was awake and she had silent tears streaming down her face. "Skye? What's the matter?" May asked in a tone that didn't seem angry to Skye but concerned. In truth Skye had a bad dream about the Dog again. May and Phil had said they didn't have any Animals and that was nice, but she still couldn't feel worried that their Home would get broken into. "I'm sorry." She said between sobs, she felt like such a baby right now, even with her blanket. She felt like a baby, and stupid for upsetting May. "What are you sorry for Skye? You haven't done anything wrong, Did you have a bad dream?"

Skye wasn't sure what to say, so she nodded her head slightly, she was embarrassed. "You know if you talk about it they sometimes help. We won't make you of course but if you want too we're here for you." There she went again, she wasn't Mad and she didn't Yell. May was being so kind despite all of Skye's crying. Maybe if Skye told them about the House then they'd bring her back before she got too attached. "My Foster Home with the Bennet's b'fore the Jackson's died." May noticed how small her voice really was as she saw Skye's features shift. "It was raining and there was a crash and Mr. Bennet thought it might be a Window. But bad people broked in." Skye knew that didn't sound quite right, she knew she had trouble with words sometimes when she got a little too upset. It was a feature she didn't really like herself, but it was just something that had always stuck since that night. She remembered a Doctor saying it was from the Trauma... Whatever that meant. "Skye, listen to me." May sounded serious but she wasn't upset so Skye looked up. "Our Home, it's very safe, we'll show you how safe it is." Phil had pulled into a driveway and Skye hadn't even noticed they were done driving, she was still really nervous. Her stomach was starting to hurt, Phil hadn't said much and Skye thought maybe, just maybe he was upset with her crying. "We're Home." He said as they both got out of the car and helped Skye out of her seat, she made sure to hang on to her blanket as she followed May and Phil to the front of the house.

The House was Huge! It was painted a light Blue, with a small Garden in the front. The Yard had a pretty sizable fence around it. The House looked really... 'Homely' but they all usually did at first. The front door swung open pretty fast to reveal a Young Red-Head who was wearing a T-Shirt and Jeans. Skye pulled back slightly and hide behind May. "Natasha.. I know you're excited, but I said on the Phone to take it slow." May sounded a little annoyed but was still smiling. "I'm sorry, I just couldn't wait. I'm sorry if I scared you, I'm Natasha." The girl sat on the steps slowly so she knew the little girl had nothing to fear.