Skye Ghul or Skye Coulson chapter 2
Skye turned to the person driving the car, so far they have driven in silence and Skye did not mind.
"You want to tell me why I just helped you escape the avengers tower?"
"I needed some space." Skye said
"Then you could have taken a walk, instead you message me."
"I keep seeing him." Skye finally admitted and was grateful they were at a red light as she turned to face her so fast she feared if they had been moving she could have lost control.
"He cannot hurt you. He is dead Skye."
"I know that Sam, yet he still haunts my dreams. I keep thinking of that night...Green light." Skye said making Sam drive to a park where she pulled over and once again turned to look at her.
"We couldn't do anything to change what happened that night. We survived that is all that matters. We overcame him he did not break us."
"She still died." Skye whispered
"So did he." Sam said backing out and driving on this time she had a destination in mind.
"Why did you bring us back here?" Skye asked shaking her head before looking at her hands.
"Maybe the reason it is surfacing now, is you need to confront your feelings. Now we go together, let's go...it has been a while since I visited her. It will be good to have company for once." Sam said getting out the car and moving around to Skye's door helping her out. "If it gets too much we can leave and I will take you anywhere you want no questions." Sam said as they walked towards the gate to the small cemetery.
"I have not been back to this part of the city since I left."
"At 16."
"I left after you did. Where did you go? You never talk about the 4 years you were gone after you got me out of that situation I didn't hear from you for a while?"
"You had to deal with your thing I had to deal with mine." Sam shrugged leading the way until they stopped at the tombstone they were here to visit.
"Lizzie would have been 26 this year." Skye said
"Yes."
"Do you ever think? If things happened differently? If he never fostered us?"
"No point in what if's...it happened we can't change that. Life sucks sometimes and good people get hurt it is the way it is."
"Since when did you get so morbid?" Skye asked turning to her watching her friend who seemed tense before she shook her head.
"Sorry that was rather dark. This is depressing we should go." Sam said resting her hand on the tombstone she closed her eyes for a second before turning back to Skye.
"Did you just pray?"
"We were raised by nuns." Sam shrugged before smirking at Skye who only shook her head. "It is in the past Skye, it shaped us. We overcame it and made us who we are today. You work with the avengers Skye. You protect the innocent."
"I know, it is just sometimes it is just so hard...my philosophy is hard to maintain sometimes never to let anyone thing phase me too much but things add up."
"Life is hard Skye, it wouldn't be fun if life was easy. It is sometimes complicated and unjust but there are moments, moments that show the true meaning of life for the better. Moments like finding a girl in a van and giving her a chance to do good, like putting strangers together to make an amazing team that protects everything good and innocent, and not afraid to kick butt. Skye you have people that care about you now, you are no longer the little girl trapped in the system questioning why no one will love her." Sam stated
"I ever tell you that you are pretty good at giving inspirational speeches?"
"It is only the truth." Sam shrugged as she went to the car with Skye walking beside her. "So where to now?" Sam asked once in the car.
"Go somewhere for a coffee? I still cannot believe you do not drink coffee." Skye stated
"I do not like the taste." Sam shrugged driving to a diner where they sat and talked about random things not really getting into anything serious.
"I should be heading back." Skye said knowing that Coulson would be worried.
"Only if you want to, if you want we can drive anywhere." Sam stated making Skye smile.
"I can always count on you to have my back." Skye smiles and after a hesitation Sam smiles back.
"Always. I will never do anything to hurt you." Sam stated
"I have something for you, it is on my computer so you will have to come with me back to the tower."
"A chance to meet the Avengers? Hell yeah." Sam grinned
"Does that mean I can drive back?" Skye asked
"Absolutely not. I remember you failing your drivers test twice." Sam stated as they got back in the car.
"Hey I have it now."
"Hacking to say you passed does not count." Sam retorted falling back into the easy banter they have shared over the years.
They arrived back at the tower where Skye led Sam up into the elevator.
"Miss Skye Agent would like you in the main lounge." Jarvis informed her and she saw her friends eyes widen.
"An artificial intelligence no way...have you had a look at his code?"
"No, Tony wouldn't let me." Skye said
"We could totally hack in and see it."
"I don't think Tony would like us doing that."
"We would be doing him a favour if we succeed and because it is us no doubt we will we will be showing him weak points in his system." Sam rebutted looking at Skye and Skye had to admit she was tempted to but shook her head.
"No, we can't do it to him again. It won't be easy as last time because I have helped him increase his security."
"So you have seen his code?"
"Yeah, just trying to defer you away from it. Besides since when do you preach hacking?" Skye asked
"Since I am in between jobs at the moment and have way to much free time on my hands and cooking for one person I always have extra."
"So you cook and hack is there anything you can't do?" Trip asked as the door opened and he was standing there.
"Yoga, I always end up laughing can never complete a session." Sam stated nodding to Trip and he gave her a smile.
"Yoga, bet you can't do engineering..." Fitz mumbled
"Fitz she was joking." Simmons stated patting his hand
"Was I?" Sam asked looking at Simmons and Fitz she knew they felt jealous of her friendship with Skye she saw it when she helped out on their case.
"Stop teasing them." Skye said slapping her gently on the arm as they walked out of the elevator into the room with a smile on her face.
"Who says I was teasing I was being serious about the yoga thing." Sam said following behind her and the sound of Skye laughing pulled Phil's attention over to her.
"AC I will be back in a minute I just have to get something." Skye called over to him and dragged Sam to the room she had been staying in pulling out her laptop and showing her the data she had found.
"Is this everything?" Sam asked looking over the screen.
"Yeah, everything I could find. Is there a reason as to why you asked for this? Sam your parents..." Skye stopped herself seeing the look on Sam's face as she read over what she had found.
"So it was murder...still unsolved?"
"Yeah, I am sorry. This is a cold case... I can try..."
"No, it is alright. My parents died along time ago, I don't even remember them now. I guess there is no point thanks." Sam said sitting down on the bed after closing the laptop.
"Why look into it now?"
"Your search into your parents always had me thinking...what?"
"I found my parents they are not who I expected."
"You found your parents? Your dad?" Sam asked looking up
"And mom, didn't end well."
"Your mom?" Sam asked she sounded confused but just like that it was gone.
"Your dad what did he say?"
"He was misguided, turned into a monster to please my mom. Ended up searching for me my whole life...after I was taken from him from a small village in the Hunan Province in China. Cal that was his name killed a lot of people the entire village when I was taken from them. He only wanted his family back. I met my mom it's how I got powers and she was different she hated humans and tried starting a war against SHIELD. We stopped her."
"Oh Skye," Sam said getting up and pulling her in for a hug. "It could be worse."
"How could it possibly be any worse?"
"They might not have been your real family."
"How is that worse?" Skye asked
"Means you would have to start your search again."
"If they weren't my parents I don't think I would want to find my real parents."
"Birth parents."
"What?" Skye asked
"You haven't noticed? Coulson and May they are parental figures for you no? Over the years they have shown you what family is like more than anyone before including Cal and your mom. I just thought...never mind. We should head back, besides I should be going."
"You wanted to meet the avengers no? I will introduce you then you can go." Skye looked at Sam mainly because she wanted to make sure her friend was okay after reading the files Skye had found. She was also confused at what Sam meant over her own parents this would give her the chance to think it over and come up with any necessary questions she might have.
"Lead the way miss Skye." Sam smiled imitating Jarvis accent.
"You are a goofball you know that?" Skye smirked before heading out the door and back up to the main lounge.
"That's Captain America." Sam said tapping Skye's arm as they entered the lounge to see Steve standing next to Natasha.
"Black widow, Hawkeye, Iron man if you're using code names but to us it's Steve, Natasha, Clint and Tony."
"Yes but he is Captain America does he know..." before Sam could finish Skye had clamped a hand over her mouth.
"No need, really! No need to talk about that. I am serious Sam." Skye said looking her in the eyes not removing her hand until she agreed. She raised her hand in surrender and Skye finally took her hand away watching her carefully.
"So superheroes cool." Sam said trying to sound cool as she looked them over.
"If she got excited about Steve what will she do about Bucky?" Clint asked before turning to Phil. "You sure you haven't adopted her too I mean she nearly sounds as giddy as you over him." Clint asked looking at him the SHIELD agents noticed how she tensed at that.
"As cool as that sounds I really must be going, Skye remember what I said." Sam said hugging her before moving for the elevator.
"Hang on, you can't just leave. You have secrets to share and we have to know." Tony said as Sam looked at him.
"About what?" Sam asked Natasha noticed that she seemed rather defensive.
"Skye of course. You grew up with her so you must have plenty of great stories to share." Tony said and at this Sam actually laughed.
"I have plenty, you would not believe half the stuff we pulled off..."
"Samantha." Skye said clearly warning her friend
"But it will have to be next time, I really must be going."
"I really must insist you have to stay for dinner."
"I...What has she got on you?" Sam asked tilting her head looking at Tony making him freeze.
"Who says she has anything on me? I-I was only trying to be polite." Tony said but it being clear that Skye must in deed have something on him. Sam turned to Skye who only shrugged at her.
"Saving it for a raining day." She said making Sam smirk shaking her head.
"It was lovely meeting you all." Sam said before sharing a look with Skye then looked to Phil and May before hopping in the elevator and a minute later Jarvis informed them that she had left the building.