I wasn't planning on helping them, but I felt as if I had to help, to protect the one who seemed like she didn't know what she was doing in the field; I had been trained since I was young that no matter the danger to protect. So when I spotted this young woman following another woman who looked like an agent of some kind, I knew that something was happening; I watched as she got further behind the other woman and got caught by a man who was dressed in a suit, it was then that I made my decision to help. The man had a gun and was twisting the woman's arm behind her when I approached them, he didn't even notice me, which if he was a good agent he would have, and I tapped him on the shoulder.
"Let her go." I said evenly.
"Get lost kid." He said like he was some big tough guy, but I had dealt with guys bigger.
"I said, let her go."
The woman looked relieved for a moment that I wasn't going to leave, but she also had a look of worry; I wondered why she would worry about me when she was the one in trouble; probably because she noticed that I only look sixteen, but I had a lot of training for moments like this.
"I said get lost kid." The man said as he started to move away with the woman.
"And I said let her go politely, now you leave me no choice."
I quickly disarmed the man and got the woman away from him, when he pulled a second weapon, and I only had enough time to block the woman from getting shot. I had moved her along the wall to make sure that I was the one shot and only once; when he was out of ammo I turned to attack him, tackling him to the ground, and then putting him in a chokehold until he passed out.
I turned back to the woman who I had saved and she rushed over to me, putting her hands on the bullet wound to stop the bleeding; that's when the woman she was following came back.
"Jemma! I'm so sorry I thought you were with me! Are you all right?" The woman asked.
"It's alright I'm fine. Umm… sorry I don't know your name." Jemma said.
"Emily." I replied.
"Emily came to my rescue. We need to take her back to the bus; she needs to be treated for a bullet wound."
"No it's okay. I can fix it later."
"Please let me help."
"I…uh…okay." Was all I replied after seeing the look in her eyes; she looked determined and I was starting to feel the wound as my adrenaline was wearing off.
"Thank you for saving Jemma. I'm Skye." The other woman said as she moved to help me.
"Come on let's get her back to the bus." Jemma said as she continued to apply pressure and Skye put an arm around me.
The walk back to the bus was a quick one; they introduced me to their leader, a Director Coulson, and then led me back to a med pod. Jemma and Skye stayed in the med pod with me, Skye helping Jemma as Jemma did most of the medical work; I felt a little awkward when they asked me to take off my shirt, because then they'd see all the scars from past missions and…well other things but I did as I was asked.
"Oh my." Jemma said when she saw all my scars. "Where did you get all of these?"
"It's a long story." I replied as I watched Jemma take ever scar in and it was like she was trying to figure out where I got them from, but hopefully she would never figure it out. Skye on the other hand looked like she was going to be sick, she seemed more concerned than before and it made me wonder why she would feel that way over scars.
"I'd like to hear it."
"I was raised at 'The Institution', it was a government funded until they decided children were to easily swayed by others. When they taught you they taught you by hit or get hit, defeat or get defeated. We learned all medical training, all kinds of languages, all types of fighting styles, and all weapons, plus how to drive and fly almost any vehicles."
"Wow." Skye stated.
Jemma on the other hand looked concerned and worried about me; I didn't have the heart to tell her the worst of what they did if you misbehaved. But then she said, "Some of these wounds are inconsistent with that of fighting or protecting, they seem more like torture wounds."
"They didn't think well on misbehaving children." Was all I could felt I could reply with.
"How old are you? Are there a lot of you? What about the younger children? What did they do with them?" Skye asked quickly.
"I'm sixteen I think, they don't really celebrate things or tell you how old you are. None of us knew how old we really are. There were ten of us. I was the second youngest, Chris was younger than I and he died trying to save a woman's baby in a fire about a month ago. They just let us out when they stopped the program. We were told to fend for ourselves."
"That's horrible they should have found you a home or something." Jemma said with tears in her eyes as she finished taking out the bullet and started to stitch up the wound.
"I don't know if I could handle having a home, all I know are missions and the institution. I've never had a home or family. That's the reason they choose you to join. No living relatives." I almost immediately regret saying as much as I have when I see the tears coming down Jemma's face and I feel like I have to say sorry. "Please don't cry. I'm fine. I promise."
Jemma wipes away her tears with the back of her hand after she finishes with the stitches; Skye on the other hand had left to go inform their leader on me. Jemma could go back to her lab which I figured was hers by the way that she talks about different things, I can tell she's a scientist by all the medical terms she uses to describe some of my scars.
"I'm sorry." Jemma says after she's done checking out all my scars.
"For what?" I asked confused.
"For the life that you've had, everyone deserves a family. My girlfriend didn't have a family either, but she does now and if you'd like we could be your family. Plus you would have the opportunity to do missions."
"I…really? No one's ever offered that to me. I don't know that I'd be any good at being part of a family."
"Emily you don't have to be good at being a part of a family, families love each other no matter what. Would you like to be part of this family?"
"I think I would."
"Good." Director Coulson said as he entered the pod. "We'll introduce you to the rest of the team when we get back to the base."
"Okay, sir." I replied as I shook his hand.
"Welcome aboard."
"You're all stitched up, would you like to explore the bus a little?" Jemma asked as she took off her gloves.
"Would you stay with me?" I asked, I felt a little weird wanting to be around her so much in such a little bit of time, but I'd never met someone like her and I liked having her around.
"Of course, I'll show you around."
"Cool."
Director Coulson left us as Skye came back for a moment, she and Jemma talked for a moment which ended with a quick squeeze of a hand and then Jemma came back to me and said that she'd show me this floor first.
"Skye can come too if you want her too." I said noticing that Skye was Jemma's girlfriend and they probably wanted to be together. Skye had already left the pod, but I watched Jemma watch her leave.
"She has to go to the briefing, so it's okay. Come on let's have a look around." Jemma said as she took me by the hand and led me away from the med pod.
"Is this your lab?" I asked as we entered the lab, she turned to me surprised that I'd notice and nodded.
"It's mine and Fitz's. You'll meet him later. Though he doesn't work down here anymore, it's a long story. But he sometimes is in here with me, but never just the two of us like it used to be."
"I'm sorry."
"What for?"
"You're sad."
"I am, but it isn't your fault. It's okay to be sad."
"I'm not good at emotions. We were told and taught to keep them to ourselves."
"That's very unhealthy. You need to feel things it's the way of life, if you keep things bottled up; sometimes bad things can happen if you hold things in. So if you ever need to feel things you can come to me, okay?"
"Okay."
"Good. Come on I'll show you the main living area. And introduce you to Hunter and Mack. Maybe we'll even go to the cockpit and I'll introduce you to Agent May. She's the pilot and the second in command."
Jemma led me up the spiral staircase to the living area, where Skye was sitting with two men; one had an accent like Jemma's and the other didn't, but looked like he worked with his hands more than he would talk. Coulson wasn't in the room, so I figured he was in his office or with Agent May.
Skye noticed us first, "Hey Jemma, Emily." She said as she looked over at us.
"Hello." I said a little worried that the other two wouldn't like me.
"Emily, this is Hunter and Mack." Jemma said introducing the two men, each man waved when his name was said.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you." I said as I shook each of their hands. As I suspected Mack definitely worked with his hands and Hunter seemed to be the one who was out of place, but I assumed that he was here for a different reason then everyone else.
"So kid, I hear you saved Jemma." Mack said.
"Yes, sir."
"It's just Mack, no sir, makes me feel old."
"Yes, s…Mack."
"Cool. How long have you been training?"
"It's all I can remember doing."
Mack looked at Jemma who nodded to confirm my story; Skye on the other hand had kicked him under the table when he first asked.
"Well welcome to the team." Mack said a second later.
"How old are you?" Hunter asked, who then received a kick under the table too from Skye.
"I think I'm sixteen." I answered.
"Oh that's pretty young."
"I'm sure Emily would be open to explaining everything during the briefing when we return to the base, right?" Skye said moving the pressure off me in having to explain everything now.
"Yeah." I said as Jemma took my hand and led me away from the table and toward the living room type of room.
"You okay?" Jemma asked once we were far enough away.
"Yeah, I'm just not used to talking with others. I normally keep to myself. And normally no one wants to know my past." I said as I looked around the room. "Is that a bar?"
"Yes and no you may not have a drink. Not until you're twenty-one."
"Okay. I was never allowed near alcohol back at 'the institution'. It was government funded."
"True, but they did questionable things there."
"True."
"Come have a seat." Jemma said as she pulled me down to sit next to her on the couch. "So when did they stop the program?"
"I think about two years ago. I lost track of time after they shut down the program. It was hard to keep track of things."
"What have you been doing since it stopped?"
"A group of us used to listen to the police and fire radio transmissions and would help if we could, but everyone from my group is dead from trying to hard or too much at once. I don't know how many of us are left; once they shut down the program everyone went separate ways, well except for the group of us. But I don't know anyone anymore. Chris was the last of the group other than me and he died. I didn't know what I was going to do, I still don't."
"Hey it's okay. You've got us now and you'll never be alone again."
"Thanks Jemma."
Jemma wrapped an arm around me and for once I felt something I hadn't felt in a long time, like I belonged; I missed being able to fit in and belong to something. We sat there until we landed, Skye came and got us, letting us know that we were going to meet in the briefing room in twenty minutes; Jemma led the way off the bus, still holding my hand and pointing things out as we walked to the briefing room.
Once everyone was gathered, except a few Agents that weren't field agents or part of the main team, Coulson began by asking what had occurred during the mission. I sat in between Skye and Jemma across from Hunter and Mack, there were three others two sat on each end of the table and then one was standing near Director Coulson.
"We were able to get the hard drives and take down all the Hydra agents in the building. Talbot and his crew took them into custody." Skye said filling in the others.
"We also seemed to have picked up an extra." The woman standing next to Director Coulson said as she and the others turned to look at me.
"Emily will you please introduce yourself and give some of your history?" Director Coulson asked me.
"Sure." I said as I stood and went to attention, "I'm Emily. I think I'm sixteen. I was raised at 'the institution', a government funded program that took children with no living relatives, no home, and they taught us all medical procedures, all languages, all weapons, all fighting styles, driving or flying, anything having to do with computers, and a lot of other things. They taught us by putting us in a ring and demanding that we hurt or get hurt. I've been there since I was born until the program was shut down about two years ago. I don't know if there are any others still alive, I do know that five are dead out of the other nine I trained with." I felt awkward as I stood waiting to be dismissed with everyone still staring at me.
"At ease." The woman next to Coulson said and I moved to a relaxed stance. "You can sit down if you'd like."
"Yes Ma'am." I said and then sat down; Jemma gently took one of my hands in hers and gave it a squeeze. It surprised me that she still felt the need to comfort me because of my past, but I didn't mind it, I never had someone care like her.
"Well Emily as you know I'm Director Coulson, you can just call me Coulson. This is Agent Melinda May." Coulson said as he introduced the woman next to him; she nodded to me.
"You can just call me May." May said as she then turned her attention back to Coulson.
"Bobbi." Coulson said giving permission to whoever Bobbi was to introduce themselves.
"I'm Bobbi." The woman at the end of the table next to Jemma said.
"Hello." I replied.
"And I'm…I'm Fitz. It's a…a…pleasure to meet you." Fitz said from the other end of the table next to Mack and Skye. I could tell something happened to him and I figured I'd be told later about it, so I didn't feel like I needed to bring it up to him.
"Emily here saved Jemma after Jemma and I got separated." Skye said.
"All right this meeting is done for now. I'm sure Jemma and Skye will show you around." Coulson said as he finished with the meeting. "Welcome to the team."
"Thank you sir." I said as Jemma, Skye, and I stood.
"Come on I'll show you where your room will be." Jemma said as she took my hand and pulled me out of the room, excitedly followed by Skye who tagged along.
"This place is big." I said as I followed them down a couple hallways.
"Yeah, but this is where the living quarters start." Skye said.
"So do you two share a room?"
"How...did you know we're…?" Jemma said surprised.
"It's the little way you two act around each other." I said with a smile. "Don't worry not everyone's figured it out."
"Yes we share a room and your room will be across from ours if you ever need one of us." Skye said with a smile of her own.
"I have a question."
"What is it?" Jemma said worried.
"I don't have any clothes. Is there any extra?"
"We'll ask Coulson if we can go on a little shopping trip later." Skye said and then she and Jemma stopped at a door. "This will be your room."
"I don't have to share?" I asked.
"Nope."
"Do I get a bed?"
"You didn't have a bed before?" Jemma said surprised and again with tears in her eyes.
"No, we had mats on the floor. I've always wanted to have a bed."
Jemma pulled me into a hug and then said, "Well you get a bed now."
Skye opened the door to show a pretty big room that had a night stand, bed, lamp, and closet; I had never seen a bedroom this big.
"Wow. This is all mine?" I asked.
"Yep it's all yours Emily." Skye said as I stepped into the room and looked around, I was so surprised that I got a room to myself and that there was a bed, A BED! I ran over to it and jumped onto it. I could hear Skye laughing softly and Jemma sniffling as she wiped away her tears.
"This is awesome."
"We're glad you like it."
"Thank you."
"How is your bed? Is it comfy?" Jemma asked a little worried about what I would think about the bed.
"I love it. It's great." I said as I bounced off the bed and walked over to them.
"All right come on let's go see if we can get you some clothes." Skye said as she put an arm around my shoulders and Jemma grabbed my hand pulling me off in the direction of the working area and Coulson's office.
"Hey DC, we have a question for you." Skye said as we entered what I assumed was Coulson's office.
"Yes ladies." Coulson said as he looked up from his desk.
"Do you mind if we go on a little shopping trip? Emily doesn't have any clothes and we're pretty sure she's not big enough to fit ours and definitely not tall enough to fit any of Bobbi's." Skye said as she sat on the corner of his desk.
"Sure. Here take this." Coulson said as he handed her a few hundreds. I had never seen that much money; let alone it being for me.
"Sir, are you sure you want to spend that much on me? I just need a couple pairs of pants and some shirts." I said unsure of spending all that money on me.
"Emily, you deserve it. Don't worry about the money. Go buy some clothes and have some fun."
"Thanks DC. Come on you two. Oh yeah, DC we'll be taking one of the cars." Skye said as she pulled Jemma and I from the room.
"That's fine." I heard Coulson say from inside the office as Skye pulled us down the halls to the garage where Mack was with Fitz working on one of the vehicles.
"Hey are you girls going out?" Mack asked as Skye grabbed some keys off a table.
"Yes. We'll be back in a little bit." Skye said as she led the way to the car we were going to be taking.
"Remember to stay out of trouble and keep a com on."
"We will Mack." Jemma said as she got in to the car.
"Have fun." Fitz said as he went back to working on the engine they were working on.
While we were out getting new clothes, a report over the CB radio in the car, about a man holding several children hostage. Jemma could see that it was bothering me, but she told me that they weren't allowed to go off the grid and not to interfere with police business.
"They will figure it out, I promise. I know that it bothers you not to help, but I'm sure they have it handled." Jemma said as she turned in her seat to grab hold of my hand; Skye turned off the radio knowing that it would only make matters worse if I could still here what was going on.
"The police are good at their jobs, I'm sure they'll have it figured out in no time." Skye said as she pulled into a mall parking lot.
"Come on; let's get you some new clothes. It will be okay."
Jemma seemed so sure that it would work out and I wanted to believe it too, but a part of me was still worried and a little angry that I wasn't able to help them out. My whole life I was made to be the solution and now they wanted me to walk away; it was really hard to do that, but once we got inside they tried to distract me with all the things that I could get. It did help to have them try and distract me, but I was still thinking about the children and I hoped that the police would be able to find a solution.
"So do you know the type of clothes that you like?" Jemma asked as we entered a clothing store.
"I like jeans and t-shirts." I replied after I thought about it for a second.
"All right, we'll get you those and how about some workout clothes you can start to train with the others."
"Okay. Would you get those too? I want you to train with us."
"I'm not good at field work."
"That's why I want you to train with us."
"Oh okay. Are you worried about my safety?"
"Yes. I want you to be able to protect yourself and I'm sure Skye does too."
"I told you it would be a good idea." Skye said as she joined us at the shirt's section.
"All right if it will help then yes I'll get some workout clothes too." Jemma said shaking her head, I could tell that she was worried that she wouldn't be very good, but I wanted to make sure that she would be able to protect herself if Skye or I weren't there to help her.
"Thank you." I said as I started to look through the clothes.
"What about this?" Skye said holding up a shirt that had a grumpy cat on it.
"Skye really?" Jemma said looking at the shirt.
"No, absolutely not." I said with a little laugh.
"Yeah, I didn't think you'd like it." Skye said with a laugh.
"I like plaid shirts and a plain t-shirt underneath." I said laughing back at her.
"So you like clothes like Mack's."
"Yeah, but more feminine."
"Good." Jemma said a little worried that I wanted to dress like Mack.
"Okay. How about this one?" Skye said holding up a plaid shirt that was blue and black.
"I like that." I stated as I took the shirt from her to see if it fit.
"Cool. There's a big selection on this rack."
"Awesome."
It take long till we had everything we needed and headed to the food court area to get some food; Skye called Coulson during dinner and asked him if he had heard anything about the hostages, he said that everything worked out and the children were all safe, which made me better than when I was worried about it.
"I told you everything would work out." Jemma said as we were getting in to the car to leave the mall.
"You did." I said feeling better about not helping when I had the chance.
"Come on you two get in already we have to meet Coulson for a briefing on a new mission." Skye said from inside the car.
"Okay, okay." Jemma said as she got in; I followed suit and put all my new clothes on the seat next to me.
Skye then took off heading to the base where the rest of the team was waiting for us to get back to talk about a mission in Germany, where some Hydra agents were holding a lab hostage. Skye joked about it being the hostage situation that I wanted; Jemma just listened to us as we went back and forth on whether or not it would be a quick and easy mission or not. Skye thought it'd be an easy one, but I learned from experience not everything is as it seems.
"Come on in guys, we have to get going on this one." Coulson said as we finally got to the briefing room, everyone was already waiting around the table and I felt a little embarrassed, but May gave my shoulder a squeeze before handing me a folder with the information that we needed so I knew they weren't angry that it took so long. "We'll be heading out as soon as possible. Hydra has taken over a German lab since we shut down the one here, they are working on a new weapon that's made to take out as many as possible in one go. We will be going in to take them out with the help of Talbot and a couple of his marines."
"Colonel Glenn Talbot?" I said hearing his name and I immediately wished that I hadn't said anything because everyone was looking at me.
"You know him?" Skye asked in a worried and surprised voice.
"He was one of the commanders at 'the institution' in charge of discipline."
"Is he the one that gave you all those scars?" Jemma said taking my hand in hers.
"Him and others. He normally didn't give out the…the punishment; he was in charge of those who did."
"You have scars?" Bobbi said angrily.
"Yes." I said.
"How many scars do you have?" May asked.
"Too many." Jemma said upset.
"I know that I don't have to ask, but will you be able to work this mission and with Talbot?" Coulson asked wanting my help, but not if I wasn't able to keep myself in control.
"Yes sir, I've been able to do it so far I think I can do it again." I answered right away.
"How many missions has Talbot put you on?" May asked.
"In the States? Or outside?" I asked.
"Both."
"Twenty-two missions, fourteen outside, eight inside. I was his favorite and the others favorite."
"Okay. We leave in ten grab your gear. Jemma you're coming with us to help with any lab information that we'll need." Coulson said as he ended the meeting.
"Yes, sir." Jemma said as we all stood to go grab our stuff.
"We have some extra gear that I put together for you." May said as she came to stand next to Skye, Jemma, and I.
"Thank you." I said as Jemma linked arms with me and we headed to our rooms to grab some clothes.
"We'll meet on the bus." Coulson said as we left the briefing room.
Skye and Jemma went into their room as I went into mine and I could already tell that they were going to be having a conversation on the upset feeling Skye was having on Jemma coming along for this mission. Skye hated having Jemma in harm's way and I didn't like it any more than she did, Jemma wasn't prepared for being in the field and Skye and I both didn't want her there unnecessarily. I changed into a pair of black jeans and one of my black t-shirts covered by one of my black and blue plaid shirts; I waited in the hall for Jemma and Skye who I could hear arguing about going into the field, in the end Skye said fine to Jemma going into the field but she was to stay near her or me at all times.
"Come on we have to get to the bus." Jemma said as she came out of the room, followed by Skye, and led the way to the garage where we'd pick up our gear and then head to the bus.
"I'll keep an eye on her." I stated to Skye as Jemma walked away from us as we gathered our gear.
"Thanks." Skye said.
"I don't want her in the field too. But we'll handle it."
"You're right. Thank you for caring so much about her."
"She's family now and I will do anything to protect her and the rest of the team."
"We will do the same for you. We are a family."
I nodded and grabbed the gear that May had left out for me; Skye grabbed hers and we walked up the ramp of the bus together. I could tell Skye still was unhappy about Jemma going into the field with us, but she knew that we'd protect Jemma as best as we could, but once we gathered on the bus around the holotable to go over how we were going to do this Skye went fully into mission mode. Jemma stood in between Skye and I as Coulson went over exactly what each of us were going to be doing and May got us in to the air and on the way to Germany.
When we arrived Hunter and May set up on the outside of the lab with sniper rifles on two different buildings with good vantage points that could see right into the lab. Skye and I got into position to breach one of the side doors waiting for the cue that Hunter and May were set up and Jemma and Bobbi were ready to breach at a door on the opposite side of the building with a few of Talbot's men.
"Go." Coulson said over the coms.
Skye and I breached our door and headed inside; we were informed that Talbot and some of his men were breaching the front door to pull some of the Agents that way. Bobbi and Jemma found the hostages and were getting them out before the other Hydra agents were busy fighting with Talbot, his men, Skye, and I. I quickly took down three men as Skye took down two and we made our way father into the building till we reached the main lab where we had heard the leader was trying to infiltrate the labs information.
"Step away from the computer." Skye said making her presence known to the man in charge as I slipped around back of him to take him down if he didn't listen to Skye.
"You have no idea who you're messing with." The man said as he turned to face Skye.
"And neither do you."
He made a move to head in Skye's direction, but I got to him before he even got close enough; I kicked his knee sideways as I approached, he fell to his hands and knee before I could handcuff him he twist as I approached and grabbed me. We started grappling and it was a good thing I excelled at it back at 'the institution' because he was good too; when he started to throw some punches hoping it would stop me I twisted one of his arms until it broke, but that didn't stop him from still trying to get me. He grabbed me by the back of the neck and slammed my head to the ground and I finally got his other arm and put him in an arm lock; I positioned myself where I could break his arm and choke him where I put him unconscious.
When he was finally unconscious I pulled away from him and Skye handcuffed him as I tried to stand up; Jemma and Bobbi had arrived and was untying one of the head lab techs that the leader was trying to get information from.
"Good job Emily." Skye said as she finished handcuffing the guy. "You okay?"
"Nothing some ibuprofen won't fix." I said as I stood.
"Are you two okay?" Jemma said as she approached us.
"I fine, Emily might need to be looked at." Skye said noticing that I was wincing.
"What happened?"
"She grappled with him, broke his arm; she might have a concussion he slammed her head into the ground and maybe a broken rib or two from the punches he threw."
"Oh my God. Come on let me have a look." Jemma said as she pulled me away.
"Thanks Skye." I said sarcastically.
"No problem kid."
Jemma then checked each of the bruises that were forming and making sure that I didn't break anything or have a concussion; I felt a little bad for her, she seemed so worried about me. I hated having her worry about me, but she reminded me that family care and she would always worry no matter what.
When we were leaving Major Lee Oliver, one of Talbot's men, approached us; I didn't want to talk to anyone from Talbot's team, but especially him. He was one of the ones that was fond of us kids and well he did things that he shouldn't and Talbot didn't do anything to stop it, so I knew that he wasn't going to now.
"Emily. It's nice to see you again." Lee said as he put a hand gently on my back pulling me from Skye and Jemma.
"Major Oliver." I said as politely as I could.
"Please call me Lee."
"Lee please let go." I said as he had grabbed my arm as I turned away from him.
"Oh come on. We always celebrate a win."
Skye and Jemma must have noticed my discomfort because Skye approached us and said, "Let go of her."
"Leave us you have no power over me." Lee said as he brushed off her hand. "Come on Emily."
"I don't want to celebrate." I said pulling away.
"We always celebrate now come on." Lee said as he put his hands under my shirt.
"Stop."
"Get your hands off of her!" Jemma said as she punched Lee in the face. He backed away, but then moved like he was going to go after Jemma and I kicked him in the groin, he doubled over in pain.
"What's going on over here?" Talbot asked as he and Coulson came over.
"Tell him to stay away from Emily." Jemma said vehemently as I cradled her hand in my hands.
"Major? What happened?"
"I just wanted to celebrate with Emily. And they attacked me." Lee said like a little boy who was about to get yelled at.
"He had his hands under Emily's shirt." Skye said with just as much anger as Jemma.
"She's only sixteen." Jemma added.
"Major?" Talbot said asking Lee to explain himself.
"I…it won't happen again sir." Lee said backing away.
"She's one of my agents. And if you ever touch her again I will end you." Coulson said as he motioned for Skye, Jemma, and I to head back to the bus.
"I'll handle him. Emily." Talbot said calling me back, so I turned to face him, "I'm sorry for the past."
I didn't know what to say so I just nodded and went back to walking with Jemma and Skye back to the bus; Coulson finished talking with Talbot and then joined us.
"I'm sorry." I said to Jemma as Skye put some ice on Jemma's hand, the others were with us wondering what was going on.
"It's not your fault Emily. He shouldn't have touched you. Not then and definitely not now. You're only sixteen he could have been sent to jail for what he did." Jemma said as she used her other hand to take my hand in hers. "Look at me." I looked up to see her eyes full of tears. "It's not your fault. He should have never done any of that. Do you understand?"
"Sort of." I said softly, I could feel the tears in my eyes and I didn't know what to do; I was taught to never cry, never show emotion and Jemma's voice was so comforting I didn't know what else to do.
"It's okay." Jemma said pulling me into a hug and holding me as I cried.
In the background I could hear the others asking what happened and I held on to Jemma as I heard Skye tell them what had happened and what she thought had happened before. I could hear them swear and get angry and at first I thought they were angry at me, but then they started to talk about what they'd do to him if he ever came near me again. That's when I realized this is what it's like to have a family, they care, worry, love, and would do just about anything to protect you.