So I thought I had this story all planned out in my head, but when I try writing it, well it doesn't work out too well. So if anyone has any ideas of how the story should continue, please feel free to comment them below or even p.m me! I'm just having trouble on this beginning bit so any ideas to kick start my writing would be AMAZING. Anyways, her is the next chapter and I hope you all like it! I hope I'm keeping everyone in character. Please tell me if I'm not! Have fun reading. :)
Beth/Kate's P.O.V:
My heart stops for a moment when I hear the news. Felix was like a brother to me and now he is gone; no doubt trying to save me and Jay. Felix could be so stupid sometimes, but I loved him. I turn my head to see who else had walked in with Jay and my heart feels like it stopped again. My eyes widen in surprise as I see someone I never thought I would have to again. He stares at me and I stare at him. I could tell he was hurt, emotionally, and confused, and pissed. His face showed it all.
There is an awkward silence in the.. lab? Is that what this place is? Well anyways, it was weird. You could feel the tension and I had to break it.
"Hey Ward." I say as casually as possible.
"Hey?" Ward says kind of bitterly. "Hey? That's all you have to say? You were dead. You show up here and all you have to say to me is Hey? Beth, oh wait, or is it Kate now? Ho-"
Ward is about to continue, but the young brunette girl standing next to him elbows him. "Ward," she whispers in an effort to stop him.
"Skye stop. This doesn't involve you." He says and steps closer to me and Jay. Jay steps in front of me a little more as protection, but Grant wouldn't hurt me. I look at Jay and back at Ward. I cautiously slide off the table, clutching my side. I push past Jay slowly, so I am standing more so in front of Ward. Jay stands next to me and I finally notice how pissed he was, as he breathes deeply through his nose.
"It wasn't my choice to be here Ward. Maybe you haven't noticed, but it was kind of an emergency. Trust me, I would have loved to avoid this little reunion." I tell him. Everyone else being so tense and pissed was making me upset as well.
"Great, so you would have been ok letting me think you were dead fo-"
"God Ward that's not what I meant."
"Then what did you mean?"
"I would have told you in a different way."
"What other way?! I mean you have been playing dead for a while now. Don't tell me you were just waiting for the right time," Ward says to me. Our disagreement was beginning to escalate into a screaming match.
"Ward that's not fair!"
"Your right, but neither is me having to think you are dead for the past 2 years!"
"Oh my God will you just Shut Up!"
"I carried you coffin and put you in the ground and you just want me to shut up?!"
The Agent that had patched me up and taken my vitals, Agent Jemma Simmons, surprisingly speaks up.
"Agent Ward, maybe this conversation can be continued at another time? The fighting elevates Kate's heart rate which really is undesirable for her healing and recovery process. I am going to have to ask you to leave the lab, if you don't mind," Simmons says in her quite British voice.
Ward glares at Simmons and then at me and then turns and storms out of the lab. That young brunette girl goes after him, calling his name to get his attention. With the other two gone it was just myself, Jay, Agent Fitz, and Agent Simmons. For a minute there is calming silence and then Jay ruins it.
"So, is she ok?" he says as if I wasn't standing next to him. I role my eyes. Jemma's face lights up with some form of happiness.
"Oh yes, the bullet went in and then right out her side. The only big issue was the amount of blood she had lost, but we fixed that rather easily."
"Nice to know," I mumble. "So can I leave or?"
"Oh yes well just be careful. You do have stitches and I gave you a fairly good amount of painkillers, oxycodone, to be exact so you may not feel just how rough you are being on your body."
I nod, but to be honest my brain is nowhere in the conversation anymore. Just as she finishes her last words I already am ready to leave. I make my way out of the lab and up the stairs. I look back and see Jay sitting on the metal table in the lab this time. Simmons must be getting ready to check him over too. I hope he is ok. Jay always tended to hide his pain and one day it is going to cause trouble.
Skye's P.O.V:
"Ward….Ward….Ward!" I say as I follow him throughout the plane. He ignores my every word. Finally I catch up to him and place a hand on his shoulder; he stops, but doesn't turn around.
"Ward what was all of that?" He doesn't answer. Ward had shown a side of himself I had never seen before. He was mad at her, but you could tell he genuinely cared about her. It was like they were a brother and sister fighting or maybe even a father and daughter. It was weird.
"Ward talk to me," I say softly. This time he turns around.
"Skye, really this is none of your business."
"Ward you just had a screaming match with a teenager, at least tell me why."
"Skye this…"
"Fine, at least tell me who she is? Come 'on obviously you two know each other."
"Her name is Annabeth Dryden. I worked with her on a mission. I thought she died, but she didn't. That is all you need to know." With that he walks down the hall angrily and into his bunk.
Annabeth Dryden. Ok. I can work with that.
I got over to my bunk and pullout my lab top. I still had limited access into the shield database, so if she was who said she was, an agent, then I could find her.
I start typing away and within seconds I find her, easy.
Her picture was stamped over with a "DECEASED" label. She was younger in the picture, more innocent looking. Her information was lacking, only the essentials were filled in. I began to read.
She was born on October 27, 1997. This would make her 16. She died on December 16, 2011. She would have been 14. They said it was due to significant internal injuries after an explosive blast. Revived on scene by Agent Grant Ward, her Supervising Officer. She died on route to the nearest hospital with a German name I can't pronounce. They revived her there, but then she died in surgery. Attached to the file was Ward's debrief of the incident. It was a video. I tried accessing it, but was blocked out. I tried accessing the older parts of her file. They seemed to have been created all the way back when she was like 12? 2009? That would make her 12 right? Anyways, like the video I could not gain accesses. What was a girl at the age of 12 doing with shield? What was Ward doing being her S.O? I mean when you have an S.O that means you're trying to be an agent right? Who would be an agent at that age? This is crazy and confusing. Why wouldn't Ward just tell me all of this? It would be so much less confusing.
I shut my laptop case and head out into the hall. That girl Beth or Kate whatever her name is, is walking up the stairs. I go over to her. Maybe I can learn a bit more from her.
"Hey! My name is Skye. Resident hacker. It's nice to meet you." I extend my hand to her and we shake hands.
"Can I get you anything?" I ask.
"Umm…Is there a place I can just take a nap? It's been a long day." She asks.
I nod and lead her to the bunk areas and give her the open unused one. She steps inside mutters a small "thanks," and closes the door. She isn't very chatty. I guess I'm not going to get anything out of her.
