Well I finally got around to posting this chapter. I am kind of busy with my personal life that will probably be only posting once a week it seems. The junior year of college is one of the hardest years.
I really enjoy seeing all of the support that everyone is giving me. It makes me smile on a hard day of school. I have one of the hardest teachers in the major I am in for two classes.
Disclaimer: I don't own marvel.
Skye was lying in her bunk going through random words in her mind to try and trigger anything. So far she had only come up with a couple more words to add to her list.
The words red and room sequentially had almost caused her to cry out with pain as a memory of a dark room flashed through her mind. There was a lot of pain both emotionally and physically connected to that simple combination of words. She quickly added that to her list as well as wrote down the memory into her journey.
She had to stop her searching about 30 minutes after she had been going through the random words since her headache had become worse than ever. She began to relax and stare out at the sunset.
She had eaten the food that she had in her bunk rather than eat with everyone else. After a bit, she decided to go get a drink to help dull the pain slightly. She had already taken something for her headaches. She was not willing to risk them checking her blood since she knew it was different.
As Skye walked out of her bunk she saw the Peruvian soldiers relaxing throughout the living area as well as the kitchen. She turned to the bar but kept an eye on the soldiers since she had a bad feeling about them. She grabbed a couple of glasses and a bottle before heading over to Ward who was sitting on the couch reading a book.
She sat in one of the chairs near him and says "What are you reading?" She knew that if she was to stay on this team she had to make friends with the other members on it.
"Matterhorn. One of the one hundred books that my SO gave me that I'm just getting around to" Ward said after he sighed at the sound of her voice.
Skye tilted her head as she mentally searched who his SO was. Ward mistook the tilt of her head as a sign of confusion. "SO means supervising officer." He said in a tone that made Skye want to punch him in the teeth.
Skye just nods and decided to play dumb. "Got it. Hackers have lingo too, but I'll pick yours up." She said easily. She looked at him for a couple of seconds to decide what to do to gain Ward's trust. She knew that it was not going to be easy for her.
"I feel like we got off on the wrong foot. Can I interest you in a drink?" Skye said as she held out the bottle that she had grabbed from the bar.
Ward gave a small smile and gestured for her to take the seat near him.
Skye sat down and got comfortable. She poured both of them a drink. She watched him curiously to see his reaction. She took her glass and took a sip. She then looked at the bottle and shrugged. It was an ok choice of a drink but she felt like she would rather have something stronger.
"I don't take back what I said before. Think what you want but the Rising Tide was just something for me to do. I am just a person trying to figure out what the hell I am doing with my life." She said seriously.
Ward just looked at her since he really did not want to know. He really was not a people person.
"I really like this team. Well, when we are not biting each other's heads off. People working together can solve a lot more problems together than alone. Everyone can contribute a certain percentage to solve a problem. Like pieces solving a problem." Skye said before she took another drink from her glass. She knew that she would have to drink a whole lot to be impaired in any way.
Ward looked at her curiously before saying "Well you are not wrong. Just remember that sometimes others can be wrong as well."
Skye chuckled slightly and says "Well that is where trust issues come to play."
Ward smirked slightly at her statement. Skye might be a pain in the ass to him but he had to admit that she was a beautiful woman. She just was a mystery to him and that made him on edge.
They sat there in silence for a couple of minutes. Ward was watching Skye curiously as she looked around her at the Peruvian soldiers. She notices that one of the ones who had gotten a drink earlier had not drunk any of it in the past hour.
"I think I might head to bed early. I will leave you the bottle. Just don't go too crazy with it." Skye said as she moved the bottle towards Ward's hand. She quickly gave a glance in the direction she knew that the soldier was in to give Ward a hint at why she was moving.
She quickly made her way back towards the cockpit instead of her buck so she could check on May. She knocked on the door and entered the room to see May in the pilot's seat. She silently went and sat in the copilot's seat. She sat there quietly just enjoying the view of the sky.
She could feel May trying to keep her curiosity in check. Skye was slightly impressed since she had only glanced over at her once.
"Who taught you how to shoot?" May finally asked her.
Skye shrugged and says "I can't remember. I get a headache whenever I try to remember."
May looked at her with a micro expression of gentleness. Skye reminded her a lot of Natasha when she had helped Coulson make sure that Natasha was safe to be in the field.
There were a couple of minutes of silence before Skye suddenly tensed up. Skye could feel the mood in the soldier change as well as Coulson's up in his office. She knew whatever the Peruvian soldiers had planned was about to be triggered.
Skye got up to go towards the door when all the sudden a knockout gas was released into the small room. Skye hit her head on the wall as she passed out.
Ward watched as they carried Skye and May down. They were at least only unconscious not dead. Skye had a bump on the side of her head. He assumed that she had hit her head when she was knocked out.
Skye first could hear the things around her. She could hear the footsteps of the person carrying her. She was already starting to come too. Her head was killing her. It was making it very difficult for her to concentrate on anything electronic around her.
She tensed up her wrists while the soldier tied her hands so that she could escape once she had full control over herself. She could feel the men walking away from her and the others once they were done tying them all up.
Skye peeked her eyes open when the door closed. It took a lot of effort to not flinch at the light. She saw only one guard. She was tied up between May and Simmons. She waited till the guard looked away to begin to move around. She was glad that they had not searched her very well.
"Skye!" Fitz and Simmons said in surprise as she sat up quickly.
She glared the scientists and says "Keep it down."
"Are you ok?" Simmons asked quietly
"Well I have a mild concussion but otherwise I am fine," Skye said nonchalantly.
"How did you hit your head?" Ward asked curiously.
"I was standing in the cockpit talking with May when they released a knockout gas into the air. I hit my head on the wall." Skye said in a tone that held no emotion. She looked at the two nervous scientists and then Ward.
"How are come you are awake when May is still knocked out?" Ward asked Skye curiously.
"Gosh, what is this 20 questions?" Skye grumbled before saying "I don't know. I am awake that is all that matters."
"Sorry," Fitzsimmons said together. Ward was looking at her with an analyzing look.
"So in the short time that I have been out of it have any of you come up with a plan?" Skye said getting down to business.
The look on the trio's faces was enough of an answer for Skye. She sighed and readjusted herself so that she could reach into her boot.
"First we need to get ourselves untied. Let's hope that May wakes up soon so that she can work on getting the plane back in control once we get back up there." Skye said as she pulled out a small throwing knife from her boot.
Ward saw it and raised one of his eyebrows in surprise. "Nice choice." He said quietly as he got a good look at it from behind the science twins.
"Well, I have had it with me since I could remember. I am surprised they missed it. It might be because I don't look like much to them. They are lucky they knocked me out." Skye said as she easily began to cut the ropes.
"Act natural. I am going to take out the guard. Then we can come up with a plan." Skye said as she slipped off when the guard was not paying attention.
Just when the guard noticed that she was missing she pulled herself up on the railing and used her legs to pull the guy over the railing. The man landed unconscious on the floor of the cargo bay.
Skye smiled very slightly and looked back at the rest of the team. She saw FitzSimmons looking at her. Their jaws had dropped at her show of flexibility and fighting skills. Ward had his analytical look back on his face.
She walked over and began to help them get lose. "If May would wake up we could really get the planning started. Ward and I cannot take back this plane by ourselves. We need May to be successful." Skye said calmly.
"Agent May transferred from administrations. Why do you insist that she can fight?" Fitz asked curiously.
Ward looked at the pair and takes a deep breath before saying "You've heard of the Cavalry?"
Both of the of the scientists nods and begin to say something else when it hit both of them at the same time. "She's the Cavalry?!" they say together.
Just then May let them know she was awake when she grumbled "I told you never to call me that."
Skye shrugged and leaned down. She quickly undid the ropes around May's wrists with her knife. May arched her eyebrow at the sight of the knife. It was similar to the ones that she knew Natasha used. She had trained with Natasha when they had first brought her in.
They were both mainly ignoring Simmons as she was slightly fangirling over May. "Now that we are free we need a way to get through the doors," Skye said as she walked over towards the lab. She was looking at the computer.
She was looking at the specs of the plane in hopes that she could figure out a way through.
Once they had blown up the side of the plane and had gotten up to the common area Skye quickly joined Ward in taking down the soldiers. She quickly grabbed the raft and inflated it in time to save Ward's butt since he could hardly handle one soldier when she had taken down the other two.
She was hardly out of breath as she walked over to Ward to help him up. Skye looked at her long hair annoyed and mumbled "I need a haircut."
Ward looked at her in surprise since she had just saved his life and was acting like it was nothing.
Skye went and sat at the bar. She seemed the calmest out of all of them. She was looking at the counter lost in thought to everyone around her.
Once they were back on the ground at the slingshot Skye was absentmindedly walking around with both of her phones. She had felt an urge to make a call on her private phone but to whom she did not know and that was setting her slightly on edge.
She found Coulson by his car and says "Not a scratch. But your plane is totaled. I suppose that Shield has an insurance that covers hijackings."
"It is under incidentals." Coulson quipped back at her before standing up straight. "I need to know how well trained you are. Who trained you?" Coulson said seriously.
Skye looked around nervously and says quietly where only Coulson could hear "To be honest I am running off of instinct."
He looked at her confused since he had not seen too many people with the skills that May and Ward told him about. He could see Skye occasionally scanning her surroundings. He felt that this move was very familiar but he still could not place it. Coulson was about to say something but right then FitzSimmons can down with a cooler full of beer.
Skye just leaned against the side of the plane near the entrance and looked at her rising tide phone. She was making sure that they were staying out of trouble. She may now be in shield but that didn't stop her from making sure that other things were safe as they were going. She gratefully accepted a beer.
She had not joined the team at the end of the ramp. She stood behind them.
As Skye watched the rocket launch her rising tide phone went off silently. She read the message and quickly replied knowing that even if this was wrong she would know info she might need.
Skye was in her bunk when Fury showed up. She didn't make a sound as she listened to Fury yell at Coulson. She quickly mentally pulled up the video feed to see what the Director looked like personally. The instant she saw the man she silent grabbed her head as a jolt of pain went through her.
She knew that she knew the director from somewhere but could not place it. She shook her head to clear her mind of that thought.
When Fury brought up her Coulson responded "I know sir but she is trained. We are keeping a close eye on her."
"Have agent May access her abilities. I want the surveillance of the fight once she is done as well as a report." Fury demanded.
"May? Are you sure? Will May accept doing that?" Coulson asked concerned.
"I will speak with her myself on the subject." Fury said before beginning to walk off. He needed possible confirmation on this Hacker Skye. He internally hoped that this Skye might be Daisy. If it is true that would complicate things very quickly. There was no telling what mental state that Daisy would be in once she is found.
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