I am very gratefully for all of the positive responses I am getting back from everyone. I am trying my best to keep this story interesting. I am actually looking forwards to writing some later parts of this story. I have been getting so many ideas as well for other stories as I have been writing as well. I hope that you guys enjoy this chapter. It took me a while to write since I could not seem to get Tony's character just right. I hope I got him at least somewhat correct.
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Skye looked at the man she had once cosplayed with wide eyes. Her hands were shaking slightly in nervousness. She looked over to Clint and Natasha who were watching from the background. She mouthed 'Help me.' To them.
She could see that Natasha had figure out what was going on. She was not going to intervene though. Skye bit her lip and noticed Tony glaring at her. Skye closed her laptop and put it in her bag. Tony tried to snatch her laptop from her but she swatted his hand away. The movement uncovered part of Tony's words.
The black mark caught Tony's eyes and he quickly grabbed her arm. He could feel her instantly tense under his grip. "Let go of my arm." Skye said in an emotionless voice. She was doing all she could from letting her powers get out of hand. Unnoticeable to everyone but her the room was very slightly shaking.
Tony let go as his face showed surprise. Skye grabbed her computer bag and quickly walked off the plane. She needed to calm herself down before anything bad happened. She made it to the elevator door and pressed the panel only for a voice to startle her causing a small shake. "You are not authorized to that." Jarvis said.
At the small shake Clint and Natasha quickly caught up with her followed by a very confused Tony. Clint quickly pulled her close and whispered in her ear "You don't have to deal with this alone. Remember we are here for you."
Natasha spoke to Jarvis behind them to set up Skye's access. Tony just stared and asked "What the hell is going on?" Natasha just stared at Tony with her arms crossed.
"We will explain once we get Skye settled in. She has been through a lot recently. Do not upset her." Natasha said after moving in between Tony and her soulmates. She didn't care if Tony was also Skye's soulmate. Skye was overwhelmed and did not need the crap that Tony was sure to throw at her.
Tony looked at Natasha with an even more surprised look. As he was looking at Natasha, Clint had taken Skye down to his and Natasha's floor. Tony had not noticed the pair leave. Natasha quickly left without a sound to join the two on their floor while Tony was looking around. When Tony noticed that Natasha had also left he grumbled to himself and went to get himself a drink. He had not thought that he would met his new soulmate this way.
Clint led Skye into the apartment and sat her down on the couch. He put a blanket around her and went to get her some hot chocolate. He knew that she had to be shocked and scared. Her emotions seemed to be more out of control than he had seen them in the last few days.
As Clint walked over with the mug of hot chocolate for Skye, Natasha made her way over to Skye. Natasha instantly began to try and comfort her. Clint sat down beside them and put the mug on the table before pulling Skye into his lap to comfort her. Once she was settle he gave her the mug of hot chocolate. It was then that the tears started to fall. Clint and Natasha just sat with her holding her till she felt better.
An hour later the hot chocolate mug was empty and Skye had calmed down. She was half asleep when she was startled by the sound of Jarvis once more. "Mr. Stark and Pepper request that the three of you join them for dinner."
Natasha looked at Skye and asked "do you feel up to go eat dinner with them?"
Skye looked at Natasha and says "It might be better to get this over before whatever you are here for."
Clint nods and says "Don't worry about Stark. If he gets out of line he will have to deal with us."
With that said they all got into the elevator and went back up to the common room. Skye stayed slightly behind the two assassins not feeling as confident as she did earlier. She froze when the elevator doors opened. Natasha had noticed and reached for Skye's hand while Clint put his on her lower back to give her support. She smiled weakly at them as they led her out of the elevator.
She spotted Tony and Pepper before they had noticed them there. Tony was pacing nervously. When he spotted them he froze. Pepper made her way over slowly and extended her hand towards Skye. "Hello I am Pepper Potts." Pepper said in a friendly manner.
"My name is Skye. Just Skye. I don't have a last name. I know who you are." Skye said while blushing slightly as she shook Pepper's hands. She thought about how she used to completely fangirl over Iron Man. That was before she found out how hellish everything behind scenes could be.
Tony had pulled out a tablet to try and find anything on her out of curiosity while he thought that she was distracted by Pepper. Skye noticed though. She quickly said "You will not find anything on me." The statement made Pepper look back at Tony. She scowled at him.
Tony looked at her and asked "how did you know that I was not finding anything about you?"
Skye sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "I am very skilled at a computer as our first meeting should have indicated. I am a hacker. I was able to get into your system. If I had been more knowledgeable of Jarvis I probably could have gotten in without you ever noticing." She said honestly.
Tony slightly smirked and says "we should have a hack-off to see who the better hacker is."
"You two can do that later. Right now the food is getting cold so we should all eat." Pepper said calmly.
As Clint, Natasha, and Skye went to sit down Tony notice the physical contact between the 3. "What is up with the 3 of you?" He asked bluntly.
Skye tensed and turned to face the still standing Tony. "Well to be blunt. Your words were the 3rd first words that I have heard. I have 9 marks. Clint said his first." She started. She moved the collar of her shirt to Show part of Clint's mark. "He kept me safe and led me to Tasha who then said her first words to me." She said then lifted up her shirt slightly to show part Natasha's words. "Then earlier you said yours." She finished as she moved up her sleeve.
Tony and Pepper looked at her with wide eyes. Then Tony stated "Well this is going to be a party once you find us all."
Skye just frowned and shook her head while she sat down. They all started to eat. Tony kept glancing at Skye and then Pepper. They ate in silence. Tony for once did not have anything to say and Skye was not in a mood to talk.
Once they finished dinner Natasha asked "Why are we here Tony?"
Tony looked up and says "Oh yeah I forgot to tell you. There is recent intel that Hydra is searching for a gifted person that recently gained very powerful powers. We need to keep this person away from their grasp."
Skye looked up in surprise. Natasha just glared at Tony and Clint scratched the back of his neck. Skye was the one to speak up. "You could have told them this over the phone and saved all of us some time. I am the one that they are looking for." Skye said in an emotionless tone. She was trying not to think of how it happened.
Tony looked up at Skye with shock. "What do you mean it is you? What you do fall into a vat of toxic waste? Get bitten by a radioactive spider?" Tony joked
"Tony" Natasha almost growled out in warning knowing that with how bad Skye's emotions were out of whack in the first place that it was probably not a good time for them to have this conversation.
Skye's eyes darken as she failed not to think of the memories and says "I went through a transformation. It killed one of my friends and I cannot control my powers." The room shook slightly but was noticeable to everyone in it.
"Skye." Clint said gently as he put his hand on her shoulder. Skye's eyes seemed to gain some of its normal light at the sound and touch from Clint.
Skye did not look at them but asked "Is there a gym here?"
"Yes just ask Jarvis. He will take you there." Pepper answered Skye. Pepper's concern for the girl was every evident in her voice as she had spoken up.
Skye quickly got up and quickly walked away. She was very agitated and needed to relieve her excess energy. She got Jarvis to take her to the gym and she quickly wrapped her hands before she started punching the punching bag.
Once Skye had left Natasha glared at Tony and said "You just keep doing the wrong thing around Skye."
"I didn't know what not to say. I can't avoid something if I don't know what to avoid." Tony said in defense. Pepper sighed and says "You should go apologize to her."
"He should not talk to her at the moment. She is very emotional and it will trigger her powers. I for one don't want the building coming down on me." Clint commented.
"What are her powers exactly?" Pepper asked level headedly.
"As far as I know she can control vibrations. She can cause earthquakes which is why when we felt the shake the first time she ran off we went to her instantly. They are triggered by negative emotions." Clint informed them.
Tony looked lost in thought and says "I can try and make the hulk room vibration proof so she can work on her control. I could also call Bruce in to get him to help her with emotional control. We can't have her getting upset all the time. Not with everything that we have to deal with as well."
Natasha nods and says "She would appreciate that." She got up and walked to the elevator. She was quickly joined by Clint. They went to the gym to check on Skye.
They found her on the ground breathing heavily near a broken punching bag. Natasha frowned knowing that this had to be bad for Skye to have done this. She quickly made her way over and sat next to her.
Skye didn't even acknowledge their presence. She had her head buried in her knees as she silently cried. She jumped slightly as she felt two pairs of arms wrap around her. She looked up to see that it was Clint and Natasha. "I am sorry for running off." Skye said gently.
Clint just kissed her on the head and wiped away her tears. "Why does Tony seem to set your emotions off so easily?" He asked her gently. He was usually the one to make things into jokes but he was being carful around Skye since he knew she had a very rough history. He would not share it with the others without her permission.
Skye shakes her head and says "It brought up memories about when my life started to become crazy and while those are semi good memories, those memories lead to horrible ones because of Ward being in them." She winced as she said Ward's name.
Skye sighed and says "Can we go to the apartment? I want to work on my program." She was scared that she would just have a nightmare if she went to sleep.
Natasha squeezed Skye's hand and nods. Clint easily picked Skye up bridal style. When they approached it, the elevator opened before they reached it. Tony stepped out and looked at Skye. They all freeze and look at each other. Tony had a couple box in his hand.
"What it is now Tony? This better be important." Natasha said bluntly.
"I wanted to apologize to Skye for my behavior. I am sorry with the way I have been acting. I also wanted to give her this." He said before holding out two boxes. "That is all. I have a project that I need to get back to if you will excuse me." He added before walking away to the back of the room.
Skye looked at the boxes while Clint began to move once more. They quickly arrived on the floor and made their way to the couch. When Clint put Skye down She looked at them and asked "Can I have some alone time?" They looked at each other and nod knowing that Skye was not used to being surrounded with such protective people. They went to the room and before Natasha entered she said "We will be in here if you need us. Just call out."
Skye nods and waited for them to close the door. She waited a few minutes and, after grabbing her computer bag, moved towards the windows while still holding the boxes. She sat down against the window and sighed. Skye began to open the boxes. The first one held a stark phone and a note.
I noticed you didn't seem to have a phone on you. Thought that it would be helpful. You never know when you might need help. It is also designed only to work for you. We can talk tech tomorrow.
Skye looked at it curiously and knew that she was going to have fun playing with it later. She couldn't believe that she was holding a piece of tech that Tony had made for her personal use. She knew that she would probable had to figure out how to keep it from being tracked. She would look into the coding later. She sat the phone to the on the floor next to her and sighed. She began to open the next one and found a beautiful necklace. She wondered how Tony had gotten this this fast.
It was a necklace that had both Sapphires and diamonds in a likeness of Tony's arc reactor. She looked at the necklace in wonder and gently rubbed her thumb over it. She knew that she should not allow herself to be bought over with gifts but she couldn't help but like these gifts. For some reason it calmed her down to know that even if Tony didn't know how to handle himself around her, he was at least trying to make amends.
Skye slowly took the necklace out of the box and put it on. She looked down at it and sighed. Then a thought struck her. This was like Tony had marked her as his. She laughed quietly and wondered how Natasha and Clint would react. She smiled and got her computer out. She noticed she was still in Stark's system. She instantly exited it no longer needing to be in it.
Natasha walked out of the shared room an hour after Skye had asked for alone time to find her asleep against the window with her computer still on in her lap. She smiled at how peaceful she looked. She carefully closed her computer and put it down beside her. As she picked her up she noticed the necklace Skye was wearing. She internally groaned at Tony's antics.
She carried her into the room so Skye could sleep comfortably. She placed her into the bed next to a sleeping Clint and laid down beside them. She felt Skye snuggle up to her in her sleep. Natasha smiled kissed Skye on the head before she join her soulmates in sleeping.
Tony had watched Skye open the gifts on his tablet. Pepper was watching him disapprovingly. He smiled brightly when she put the necklace on. He felt like she might have forgiven him when she put it on. He put the tablet down when she started to play on her computer. He looked at Pepper and says giddily "She put on the necklace."
Pepper just sighed and shook her head. "Tony you just cannot stay out of trouble can you." She said tiredly. She didn't mind that much that this girl was paired with her soulmate. She looked over at him as he had already back on working on the hulk room to be vibration proof. He wanted to have it ready for her soon since it might help her. Pepper walked up to him and says "You are going to get some sleep tonight. I will drag you to the elevator if I have too."
Tony looked at her and pouted. "But one of guests needs help. Come on Pepper you know that she could do with a way to let her powers go and to try and tame them." He countered.
Pepper shook her head and says "You can work on this tomorrow. Just come to the room with me."
Tony sighed knowing that he had better go with Pepper or he might end up sleeping on the couch (Or not at all). He slowly put down his tools and walked over to her. They soon made their way to their floor. Not to long after that they were asleep as well.
End note:
I just could not see Skye finding out about Tony as her soulmate very well at first. I just did not see it any other way. She is defiantly going to warm up to him slowly. I feel like my writing has gotten better since I have started to write these stories.
I might actually be starting up a new story soon. I just had an idea that would not get out of my head so I had to start working on it instead of adding it to my list of story idea. (Yes I do have a list. I actually have 2: One on my computer and one on my phone for when I think of ideas when I am away from my computer. Ideas for these stories are also between the 2 devices) I don't know when I am going to start posting it since it is still rather rough.
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Tremors
