Kaitlynn awakens to the sound of Max screaming in pain and the sound of a drill. She looks over to see Dr. James standing over him with his back towards her, Max's screams die down as the drilling noise stops.
"What did you do to him?" Kaitlynn asks staring at Max's unconscious body, seeing a square metal device drilled into his head.
"The next phase." James says smiling proudly, as he picks up a small pouch with three needles sticking out the end, in his blood soaked gloves. This one different from the one Max now has in his head.
"What is that?" Kaitlynn asks staring in fear at the object, James smiles wickedly down at the blonde.
"Something that will make you better." He says, before Kaitlyn can respond James forcefully moves her head to the side and places the object against her head the same place where Max's is. She doesn't feel anything at first, until she feels the needles piercing her skull and into her brain. The pain is so bad that she doesn't scream, she lies on the table withering in pain as the needles force their way into her skull.
"Good. Good. Phase 2 is complete. And we're just getting started." James says, his voice is the last thing Kaitlynn hears before blacking out.
_DREAM END: _
Kaitlynn gasps for air as she looks around her room, she sighs as she lays her head in her hands. Running her hands over her face and through her hair as she tries to shake off the dream. After a few minutes, Kaitlyn stands up and strips out of her sweat soaked clothes and into a pair of sweatpants and tank top. She pulls on pair of shoes before walking out of the room.
She stops by the kitchen and grabs a bottle of water before wandering around the plane, having no destination in mind but she stops when she finds herself in front on Skye's room.
She looks at Skye through the window before walking into the room and sitting in the chair next to the bed. She watches as her chest rises and falls, listening to the background noise of the monitor as she thinks back to the other day. What she and Coulson had seen in the bunker, she prays that whatever the hell was in that serum that it doesn't effect Skye.
Kaitlynn sighs as puts her head in her hands exhausted from both from the lack of sleep and worrying about Skye. She lifts her head up when she hears a voice.
"Hey stranger." Skye says, her voice hoarse from lack of use.
"Hey…Your awake." Kaitlyn says with a small smile, happy to see her friend up and talking.
"Yeah…do you umm…" Skye says motioning to her throat, Kaitlynn quickly grabs her water bottle from where she placed it on the ground and helps Skye take a few sips.
"Thanks." Skye says with a small smile
"No problem." Kaitlynn says as she screws the cap back on and places it back on the floor.
"What happened to your arm?" Skye asks her eye brows scrunching together worriedly when she sees the blonde's bandaged arm.
"I uh… got shot…it was just a graze though" Kaitlynn says looking at her arm
"You got shot?"
"Yeah…not as bad as you though…" Kaitlynn says sadly as she looks at Skye's abdomen that's underneath the blankets, knowing that if she moved them she'd find bandages where two bullets tore through her.
"Hey I'm okay." Skye says as she gently grabs Kaitlyn's hand, feeling the pressure on her hand Kaitlynn tears her eyes away from Skye's abdomen to meet brown eyes.
"Yeah…I know…." She says with a small smile, Skye smiles back but it soon turns into a frown when she sees the wounds on Kaitlynn's knuckles. The hacker raises and eyebrow at the blonde, silently asking what happened. "I had a chat with Quinn…" Kaitlynn says smirking at the memory.
"Really?" Skye asks somewhat surprised, Kaitlynn nods "Wish I was there to see it." She pouts, Kaitlynn smiles slightly at the brunette's pout.
"You can probably see it on the security footage." She says making Skye smile
"I look forward to it." Skye says, the two girls stare at each other before Skye yawns.
"You should get some rest…" Kaitlynn says, Skye nods
"What about you?"
"I'll be here when you wake up."
"Are you going to get some sleep?" Skye asks through half lidded eyes
"Ill try…"
"Promise?" Skye mumbles as she begins to drift off, Kaitlyn smiles
"Promise…" she says watching as the brunette falls into a deep sleep.
_TIME SKIP_
Skye wakes up to the sound of Kaitlynn mumbling, she looks down to see Kaitlyn asleep with her head rested on her arms on the side of her bed. Skye gently hushes her as she runs her fingers through the blonde's hair, she smiles when she feels Kaitlynn immediately relax into her hand. Skye continues to massage Kaitlynn's head until falling asleep herself, her hand tangled in Kaitlynn's hair. That's how Simmons found them in the morning.
Simmons stares at the two agents in confusion, having no idea that there was anything going on between them. Shaking it off, she silently walks over to the bed and draws a few vials of blood from Skye.
"Hey Jemma-" Fitz says walking into the room but is cut off when Simmons shushes him.
"Don't wake them." She whispers before walking out, closing the door behind her as she exits, with Fitz behind her.
"What is it?" Simmons asks
"Nothing…I was just wondering if you drawled anymore blood" Fitz says distractedly "And what's going on between Skye and Kaitlynn?" he asks looking through the window where the two girls are sleeping.
"I haven't the slightest clue." Jemma says as she looks at her friend "They'd make a cute couple though don't you think?" she asks, Fitz nods. The two scientist stare at their friends for a moment longer before deciding to go and test Skye's blood in the lab. Wanting to figure out what this GH drug is and what effects it could have on Skye.
_TIME SKIP_
Skye is the first to wake up, she looks around in confusion before realizing that she in the med bay. Skye smiles when she sees Kaitlynn asleep, not used to seeing her look so relaxed and unguarded. Skye moves her hand, gently scratches Kaitlynn scalp as she does. She grins when she hears Kaitlynn sigh in her sleep. Wondering what would happen if she pulled away, Skye stops her movements and pulls her hand out of Kaitlynn's hair. She watches in amusement as the blonde's lips form into a pout at the lack of contact. She watches as Kaitlynn's eyes slowly open and look at her.
"What time is it?" Kaitlynn groans as she buries herself into her arms, like a child hiding under the blankets not wanting to go to school.
"No idea." Skye says still looking at the blonde amused "But I'm guessing its sometime in the afternoon." Kaitlynn sighs as she turns her head and looks at Skye, raising an eyebrow when she sees the brunettes look. "What?"
"Nothing." Skye says her grin growing "Your cute when you just wake up." She slips, Kaitlynn raises her eyebrow even higher.
"Cute?" she says sitting up, Skye nods a blush coloring her face.
"Yeah…I'd even go as far as calling it adorable." Skye says, silently cursing at herself for telling the blonde all of this. Blaming the pain killers for why she can't seem to stop embarrassing herself.
"I'm not adorable." Kaitlynn says as she crosses her arms over her chest, her lower lip sticking out slightly. Skye's grin turns into a full out smile seeing the badass blonde's lip sticking out in a pout.
"Yeah sure. Whatever you say." Skye says, Kaitlynn huffs
"I am not cute. Or adorable. I'm a badass." She mumbles under her breath, Skye chuckles having heard it.
"I'm sure you are." She says making Kaitlyn give her a mock glare. Kaitlynn sighs as she runs her hand through her hair.
"I'm going to take a shower. I'll come see you later?" Kaitlynn says knowing Simmons will come in and check on her soon. Skye nods, Kaitlynn gives her a small smile before standing up and walking out of the room passing Simmons on her way out.
"Skye. Good your awake." Simmons says smiling, happy to see her friend up and talking.
"Yup…pretty good for a girl whose been shot twice right?" she asks Simmons looks at her unamused. "Too soon?"
"Just a little" Simmons says as she checks over Skye's vitals
"What do you think of Kaitlynn?" Skye asks
"Kaitlyn?" Jemma says making sure she heard right, at Skye's nod she continues "I think…she's smart, brave, a living legend and…it also helps that she very attractive." Simmons says before clearing her throat, trying to hide her blush. Skye looks at her both amused and surprised at the last part "Why do you ask?"
"Just wondering what you thought about her" Skye says with a shrug, seeing that Skye wasn't going to tell her anymore Simmons decides to keep talking.
"You know she figured out where the GH drug was." Simmons says
"She did?" Skye asks surprised, Jemma nods smiling when she sees she's peaked Skye's interest.
"Yes it seems she really does live up to the legend." Simmons says "We were looking through some files for when Dr. Streiten's departure from the Triskeltion was, around the dates from when he operated on Coulson, we came across a file about the guest house where Kaitlyn figured out that, that was what GH stood for. When we tried to access the file access history, but couldn't open it. We all thought it was encrypted…" Simmons tells her
"What was it?" Skye asks curiously
"Kaitlyn figured out that it was a map of the bunker where the drug was being held." Simmons says with a small smile "I can see why Agent Weaver wanted to recruit her into the academy, she really is quite brilliant. And she definitely lives up to the stories I've heard about her."
"What stories?" Skye asks curiously, Jemma looks at her confused before remembering that she doesn't know since Skye never went to the academy.
"Well you know they'd called her Angel" Jemma says as she begins to draw some blood, Skye nods
"Yeah…I've heard Ward call her it once. What's up with that anyway?"
"Well the story goes that a group of agents, about 10 or so, went insane. No one knows why but they took over 20 hostages at gunpoint and strapped bombs to them." Jemma says "Kaitlynn snuck through the ventilation shaft and disarmed the hostile agents, its said that she got shot five times but she never went down. She managed to save all 20 hostages and disarm the bombs, saving both the hostages and the Academy."
"Wow" Skye says impressed
"Yes…so they named her Angel because they saw her as the guardian angel of S.H.I.E.L.D" Jemma finishes
"I had no idea." Skye says in awe, Jemma nods as she finishes drawing Skye's blood.
"Yes well…try and get some rest." She says "I'll come in and check on you in a while" Jemma gives her friend a small smile before walking out.
Skye sighs as she lays back in her bed, thinking about what Jemma told her. She decides to ask Ward or Coulson to see if the story is true or not, having learned her lesson from last time when she heard May's story from the two scientists. Her mind wanders to thoughts of Kaitlynn as she falls asleep, wondering if the story is actually true or not.
_A/N_
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