Moving Forward:
Hey all! So this is a sequel to Aftermath…For those of you who don't know or forgot, Aftermath followed the episode A girl in a Flower Dress (when Skye warns Miles about S.H.I.E.L.D. and then ends up getting a bracelet that tracks everything she does electronically, and also works as a leash so she can't do certain things online.
Moving Forward, is exactly as it sounds, it's right after Skye's decision in Aftermath and how everyone moves forward from it, and it will tie into episodes that have aired from Agents of Shield.
AN: Italics will be lines I copied straight from the episode.
CHAPTER 4: The Well
Skye couldn't believe that they had to pick up tons and tons of crap to figure out if they were alien or not. I mean really she knew about the risks of alien stuff getting into the wrong hands but seriously Asgardians should have something or someone who could do this instead of S.H.I.E.L.D. having to clean up the entire mess.
Skye looked over at Ward who was chatting with Fitzsimmons. She smiled thinking about the other night when he had kissed her on the forehead. God she had to get a handle on these feelings without smiling like some over giddy teenager with a crush. She did notice though that he was trying to be more personable with the rest of the team, which made her happy because she knew he has had a hard life with his brother. But, it was nice to see him open up a bit.
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Skye was excited, she was finally allowed to go out on a mission. Like a real mission going in to look for a staff thing. She was searching through a creepy dungeon looking room, she was thankful though that Ward had taken the creepy hallway instead. All of a sudden she heard Ward gasping in her comms.
"Skye can you get—"
"Already on it" Skye said frantically trying to make her way to Ward.
"Ward." She said looking at his body lying on the ground. "Are you all right?" She asked trying to get a response from him. She gasped as he sat up breathing heavily, as if he had just fought for his life. She could tell he was freaked out, and possibly a little scared too. "Hey hey hey. Whoa who whoa . Grant Calm down. Calm down please." She said looking at him. She was tried to remain calm for Ward because she knew that's what he would have done if it had been her.
"The staff—he has it" Ward said his voice shaking
"Something's wrong with Ward" Skye said in the comms as she knelt next to Ward who was looking around. "The staffs gone someone took it"
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"This is ridicouls" Ward said frustrated . He couldn't believe what had happened, and what was worse Fitzsimmons and Skye were all trying to help figure out what was wrong with him. '
"It's anything but. Ward, you passed out" Skye argued "and you were acting..not right"
"Coulson ordered me to give you a full work up and that's exactly what I'm doing. Um. Before you lost consciousness were you feeling claustrophobic?" Simmons asked tentatively
"Why?"Ward snapped.
"She's ruling out a panic attack" said Fitz not bothering to look up from his tablet.
"I don't panic. Ever."
"There we go. Ruled out" Simmons said trying to calm him down
"Touching the staff caused it. Right?" Skye asked
"Any residual effects? Are you exhibiting any extra strength?" Simmons asked
"Why don't I find out on that guy?" Ward asked glaring at the screen of Coulson and the professor in the interrogation room"
"Why don't we not do that?" Skye reasoned
"What's the last thing you remember before you lost consciousness?" Fitz asked
"This is a waste of time! WE need to find the staff!" Ward said loudly.
"What exactly do you remember?" Fitz said frustrated. He knew Ward was all about being the badass agent but sometimes there were more things that were important like your health or not scaring Simmons and Skye.
"Something I hadn't thought about in a long time" Ward said hoping they'd leave it at that.
"Why don't we leave it alone?" Skye asked realizing it most likely had to do with Ward's abusive older brother.
"Well I mean he just pulled his arm out of this—"Simmons mumbled.
"QUIET" Ward said loudly. Fitzsimmons quickly stopped their chattering. They looked at Ward whose faced looked murderous.
"I want to hear this" he said before punching a couple buttons so he could hear Coulson's interrogation.
"What are you doing?" Ward snapped as someone turned the screen off.
"You're heart rate's rising. Adrenaline's spiking. You need to calm down not get worked up" Simmons said in a calming manner. Ward sighed
"The memory—was it about your brother?"
"Drop it" Ward said, frustration dripping from his tone.
"Ward. If you need to get it out I am here—" Skye said. He was there for her after Miles had kidnapped her and now she wanted to hopefully return the favor.
"Right. To talk. Because that's what you do—Talk and talk Don't you ever get tired of hearing your own voice?" Ward says his voice raising with each word moving closer and closer to Skye towering over her.
"Ward. Stop" Fitz said trying to rescue Skye from a quickly angering Ward. Reflexes kicking in Ward moved as if he was going to hit Fitz, but stopped himself before he did.
"Well this makes more sense. Ward, what you're experiencing this feeling—it's chemistry." Simmons said explaining what was going on hoping that would calm him down.
"Hope so" Skye said quietly. She wouldn't admit it to anyone, but she was a little scared of him right now. She knew he wouldn't hurt her, but at the same time they had no idea what the staff did to him.
"Yeah spikes in his adrenocorticotropic hormone. It's like those stories you hear when a mother is able to lift her car to save a baby. An adrenaline surge can create a massive—"
"STOP TALKING" Ward said frustrated. "Just fix it!"
"I wish I could, we can relieve some of the symptoms. I'm going to give you 10cc of benzodiazepine."
"Chill pill good idea" Skye said her voice steadier than it was a minute ago.
"A sedative? Not gonna happen"
"be reasonable look how you're behaving" Fitz said
""And if I'm sedated and we cross paths with those juiced freaks the ones who flip cars and smash people up are you gonna take them on. Keep us save. Or am I gonna have to save Simmons's ass. Again?" Ward said encroaching on Fitz personal space.
"That was just a biochemical reaction. He didn't mean all that" Simmons said
"Right" Skye said before walking off.
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Skye sat in her bunk. Normally things just rolled of her back, she could take anything that was thrown at her. She knew how to get through most of it. Hell she got through the foster system. She got through everything that went down with Miles. She could get through this too. She knew that Ward didn't mean all of what he said, but it didn't mean that it didn't hurt. She knew that she was hard on Ward sometimes when it came to training. She needed a break from all of the seriousness, and joking, laughing helped.
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Skye gaped as Ward and the man with the staff fell over the edge of the balcony.
"We need to help him!" Skye said running down the stairs after Ward.
"Grant drop the staff" Skye said
"Get away from me!" Ward ordered
"This isn't you" Skye said taking a step forward. No matter how frightening he was right now, Skye knew she shouldn't let him deal with it on his own.
"Get back" Ward ordered when more men ran into the church.
Skye felt arms around as May dragged her away from the fighting.
"Oh my god are you okay?" Skye asked running over, pulling his arm around her shoulder trying to get him balanced. Just then another woman came in;
"Oh you've got to be kidding me" Skye said frustrated. Ward moved reaching for the staffs When May stopped him.
"This time let me help" May said
"Here come on" Skye said dragging Ward away.
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Skye couldn't believe they were staying in a hotel! She was so excited she hadn't slept in a big bed since she was recovering at Stark Towers. She decided to head down to find Ward. She knew that after everything it must have been hard on him
"hey" Skye said moving over to stand next to Ward at the bar.
"I could get used to turn down service and little mints on my pillow" Skye said smiling
"Over nights aren't standard" Ward said looking into his glass
"We deserve a nice night..You especially. How you feeling?"
"Not great. I'm sorry for before. I'm—I'm not that guy"
"You're a guy who saves lives. I can overlook a little hulk rage. no harm, no foul" said Skye
"Does everything just roll off your back?" Ward asked disbelieving
"No. If it helped id rage all the time but it doesn't"
What I saw it was about my brother" Ward said his voice breaking slightly
"I figured…I know you're not one to talk, but like I said I'm here, my shoulders free." Skye said leaning forward placing a hand on his arm gently.
"I'm beat another time maybe"
"Well you know where I live" Skye said smiling.
Ward finished his drink before leaving. Not noticing Skye's eyes on him as he left.
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Skye sighed as she watched Ward's retreating back. She didn't know what to do or how to help him. She knew he wasn't big on talking but she wished she could help him in some way. Offer some sort of support. Instead of staying at the bar she decided to head back to her hotel room to work on her laptop some. When she got to their floor though she noticed Ward's back disappearing into May's room. She sighed, she should have figured as much.
Ward and May had so much more in common. Both were kick ass field agents. They both had to deal with their nightmares today. Skye couldn't help feel sad however, knowing t hat Ward had chosen May over her. She knew it was silly of her, I mean it wasn't like they were dating or anything like that. Sure, he had kissed her on the forehead. Once. That didn't mean anything she thought to herself. He was just being nice, in an SO, friendly sort of way. Skye sighed as she entered her room for the night.
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AN: Hope you liked it. I know it's kind of a drag because most of the stuff in here is about like the episodes now and there isn't a ton of new stuff to the story, but in all honesty if this was how AoS was run that is kinda how it would be with little bits of possible Skyeward here and there but not quite a relationship and now this crap with Ward and May…