Moments of a New Generation

Spoilers: All AoS episodes of course as they may be referenced. Read Battleship: SHIELD and Codename: Battleship or you will be lost!

Disclaimer: I own most of the current characters unless they are found in the Marvel universe, then they are NOT mine.


Tory Fitz-Simmons found her aunt looking at the clothes online and sat down beside her. Despite shopping in towns for groceries and oddities, Skye Ward was known for her online shopping in regards to clothes. She didn't go on shopping sprees or spend outrageous amounts but she tended to find things she knew she'd need or wear during the year and buy them around her birthday, rather she'd hand a list to Ward and he'd give her his credit card.

"You know Phoebe and Matt are training downstairs and it looks like it's getting rather violent. I do hope Phoebe doesn't unleash her magic on him by accident."

Skye looked at her niece, "did she ever do it during training at the Academy?"

"No but she was never unsupervised, at least from what I was told." Tory leaned back and looked at the ceiling, "but then again she's never been distracted. I think she likes Matt, like really likes. She looked like she'd murder Agent Mage when she kicked Matt yesterday for telling a joke."


Thinking about it for a moment, Skye shut her computer down and headed down to the cargo bay. She found her daughter training Arnold in complex combat moves, the usual determination that had practically been born in her daughter's eyes wasn't there. It seemed that Phoebe was actually distracted and Skye saw her look at Arnold with a smile and bright eyes.

"I can feel you starring at me." Skye turned to see her husband and he moved over to stand beside her. "She's taken with him."

Ward's jaw set and he folded his arms, "she'll get over it and he'll learn to keep his hands to himself if he doesn't want a one way ticket out of this plane."

Wrapping her arm around his, she leaned her head against his shoulder. "You just don't want the idea of Phoebe growing up, you want her to be your little girl forever." Skye watched her husband's face as she spoke. "You let Naomi grow up so why can't you let Phoebe?"

"Naomi has some sense of normalcy, Phoebe doesn't." Ward looked down at Skye, "she inherited Asgardian magic from you. I don't want her hurting herself by expecting someone to accept her only to see her as not normal."

"TORY!" They looked down to see Phoebe on the ground with Matt, he was doubled over and holding himself. Tory seemed to fly past them down to the floor and over to the two. "I accidently kicked him too hard."

"Where did she kick you?" Tory bent down to help Matt up and they all saw him holding his crotch. "Oh, I see. Well let's get you some ice and let you lay down."

Ward chuckled and shook his head, "serves him right."

"Grant Ward!" Skye slapped his arm and he moved into the plane with Skye following. "Your daughter's first crush and you can't even have a little bit of pity for the boy?"

Ward shook his head, "none, he should know better than to take on the daughter of the famous Battleship. He also should take this as a lesson not to get anywhere near my daughter."


Sitting around the table for dinner, Tory and Skye talked about the senior agent's recent clothing choices. If anything, Tory had gained her sense of fashion from her mother and often tried to supply it to Skye and Phoebe. Ward seemed to glare at Arnold the whole evening despite the fact the younger agent was in a lot of pain.

"So what happened to you exactly?" Mage looked at her co-rookie, "slip on the stairs?"

"Phoebe kicked him in the nuts!" Naomi was the one to blurt it out, she seemed to gain May's bluntness after hours spent with the pilot.

Mage cracked up laughing, "oh man, I didn't think you were stupid enough not to wear a cup when going up against her."

"It was an accident." Phoebe grimaced, "I am really sorry Matt."

Tory seemed to diverge onto the conversation, "he'll be fine once the swelling and bruising goes down. Apparently Phoebe caused a majority more bruising and swelling than normal due to the angle and force of her kick."

"I bet you learned didn't you?" Ward stared at Arnold and the agent looked up at him. "Stay away from my daughters and we won't have a problem. Next time it'll be a kick to your ass as you find yourself midair."

"Grant Douglas Ward!" Skye slapped his chest and stared at him, "are you trying to scare the crap out of him. Ignore him Matt, he can't seem to realize that his daughters are grown up."


Arnold looked at them all, "may I be excused? I think I'm going to go lie down with a few ice packs."

He stood and left, walking strangely as he went. Phoebe's face looked horrified and she looked at her father. "I feel horrible for what I did and all you can do is go all daddy-dearest on him. I should kick you in the groin and let you see how it feels. I'm pretty sure at this rate Mom would let me."

"I'm just trying…"

"To ruin my life!" Phoebe stood up and shook her head at her father. "Newsflash Dad, I'm not thirteen anymore. I'm twenty and I'm a SHIELD agent so while I requested to be back on the Bus, I could request any assignment I wanted. Stop acting like I'm a kid, at this rate I'd have better luck in Asgard finding someone and I'm only a quarter Asgardian which makes it really hard!"

She stormed off and Skye looked at Ward, "do you have anything to say?"

He shrugged and looked at Mage, "pass the butter."

"Unbelievable!" Skye groaned and looked back at her food. "I'm married to an asshole and possibly for eternity."


A/N: Sorry, couldn't help myself at writing a unsympathetic Ward and having Phoebe pissed off at him.

Next we see a moment where the team has fun at Skye's expense when they track down a hack to Miles' son(why not, right?).

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