A source of hope 8

(Previously)

Director Colson keeps Skye and the Avengers on the hunt for the remnants of centipede and Ian Quinn. Skye goes for a run with Steve but then sprains her ankle when Sam startles her, Steve gets a little overprotective and meanwhile Quinn is coming up with a plan to get rid of Skye.

(Two days later)

" Skye stay off that ankle!" exclaims Steve exasperatedly as the hacker hopped to the kitchen for some food. "Steve I am starving ... Trust me I won't hurt my ankle!" she called back over her shoulder, she made it to the fridge and grabbed two apples promptly tossing one to her partner before quickly biting into hers. Steve caught the apple with ease before he turned to look at who came wheeling in a wheel chair " Agent Skye crutches don't seem to be helping you move around much so here's a wheelchair." Skye frowns at the thought of the having to be pushed around the building.

"I don't want to be in that... I will stick to the crutches." says Skye crossing her arms stubbornly, and Steve pinches the bridge of his nose before he pulled Skye to the side and said " Skye if you use the wheel chair then I can take you out of the tower... But if you use crutches then you have to stay in the tower. What's your decision?" his voice gave off waves of gentleness and Skye quickly replied " Wheelchair!... I am sorry Steve I know I am not the best obedient patient. I just hate having to rely on someone." Steve pulled the hacker into a quick hug and whispered " No need to be sorry... I am just as bad a patient as you are when I am injured."

Through the next few days Skye obediently listened and let Steve help her with everything, Clint, Natasha and Bruce helped out as well actually enjoying the hackers company and wisdom. And finally the day arrived that her ankle was fully healed a little tender but healed and she could go back to her daily routine. " Finally! Steve lets go on a run!" she says overly excited, and everyone smirks at her childish behavior and Steve smiles " Sure, we need to get your training up in running again." he says with a shrug and Skye is out the door faster than Clint can ask if he and Natasha can join them. Meanwhile Miles is typing rapidly on his computer trying to hack into Avengers Tower security systems, " Wow Skye you have gotten good at making Unhackable firewalls." says Miles to his computer.

Miles eyes are narrowed at the firewall security, suddenly a monitor beeped and the hacker turned to see the street cameras outside Avengers tower show Skye walk out of the building before a man unknown to Miles followed after her. He pulled up all available security cameras in the area and followed Skye and her friend with them. Quinn sits in his office waiting for a update from Raina and Miles so he begins to think of ways on how he will get Skye to never interfere with his plans again." Shooting her didn't work ... So what will?" he asks himself.

Skye and Steve ran at a shorter pace than their usual as a precaution for her ankle, after their run they stopped and grabbed a large pepperoni pizza and took it back to the tower to eat it for lunch. They were laughing and smiling as they entered the dining area talking about how Skye originally joined SHIELD as a consultant " You actually hacked into SHIELD and then a couple hours later Agent Ward and Colson kidnapped you and brought you onto their mobile command the BUS?!" Asked Steve incredulously and Skye nodded laughing " Yep then I got to ask Ward questions since Colson injected him with truth serum because I didn't trust them. It was hilarious."

Clint entered hearing them laughing and interrupted " What's all the laughing about?" Both Steve and Skye turn to him and stop laughing before the hacker shrugs and replies " I was just telling Steve how I became SHIELD... Quite a funny story in all honesty." Clint raised a eyebrow and Steve changed the subject " Clint want a slice? It's pepperoni..." the archer looked at him incredulously " Do you even need to ask? Of course I want pizza ... We better eat it before Stark sees it than no one will get a chance to eat." he said grabbing the box of pizza from Steve's hands and walking to the table, Skye chuckled at Steve's wide eyed face before pulling him to the table to eat.

Ten minutes later Tony walks in with a shocked look " You guys ate Pepperoni pizza and didn't save me any?!" he exclaimed and everyone looked guiltily to him before Skye burst out in a smile and pulled a large slice of pizza on a plate out from her hiding spot and said " Of course I saved you a slice Mr. Stark... I know Antonio's Pepperoni pizza is your favorite." she stood up and passed the piece of pizza to him. " You are so on my good list Agent Skye!" he says with a smile before he started chewing into his slice of pizza.

That night after dinner all the Avengers are playing poker with Tony, Natasha and Skye with the most gain, and Bruce, Clint, Steve and Sam on the loosing side. What was funning was that everyone was betting secrets, so far captain America and Clint both were betting four secrets while the rest were betting six secrets. Everyone shows their cards and Skye wins with a full house. " if Skye keeps winning like this I say we band her from winning more then four times a day." Says Tony.

Skye looks to him in astonishment and says " Stark don't even try it..." " okay this game we are betting skills who's in?" Says Clint shuffling the cards and everyone said they were in " Okay I am betting one day of listening to Tony talk about science stuff." Says Clint and everyone bets different skills, suddenly JARVIS's alarm blares making everyone jump " Jarvis what's going on?!" Asks Tony running to a nearby monitor, " Agent Skye some one is attempting to hack through your new firewalls... They are attempting to access Tower surveillance." Said the AI and Skye ran for her laptop, " How did they get past the level five inscription?!," she mutters before tapping rapidly at her keyboard.

" Jarvis how far have they broken through the encryption?" Asked Skye as she began adding more levels of encryption to slow this hacker down, " he has penetrated the level seven firewall ma'am." Skye looked up incredulously and exclaimed " That's impossible no one can-" suddenly a name popped into her head and she growled before suddenly setting a trace with her own hack. " Skye what's going on?" Asks Steve not understanding what's going on, "Someone is trying to get through my encryption to spy on us...and they aren't half bad at hacking . Give me a sec I am hacking into him while he is trying to hack us." she replied not taking her eyes off the screen.

"Got ya!" she exclaims with a smile . "Agent Skye they are currently having trouble breaking through the level eight encryption." Says Tony looking at the nearby monitor, Skye's eyes narrow at the monitor " Oh My God! I am going to kill him!" she exclaims identifying the hackers identity " Who is it?" Asks Natasha but Skye is to busy thinking to respond before she suddenly smirks " JARVIS activate the arachnis deathicus protocol ... Now!" Clint stifles a laugh at the name and Skye looks to him with a 'laugh and I will kill you ' type glare making him immediately stiffen.

" It's been activated... Neutralizing hackers access Ma'am ." Skye starts typing away at the computer before smirking " He has now been locked out of the system... your extremely lucky that I added those extra ten levels of encryption, he could've had complete access to Stark industries and Avengers tower and you wouldn't of known about it. Speaking of he ... I have someone to kill. " she says angrily marching to the elevator lap top in hand before Clint and Steve stopped her " Where are you going?" And Skye sighed " I am going to find out why my Ex ex boy friend Miles just tried to hack into our surveillance."

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