Ok so here is chapter 11, sorry it took so long but things got in the way! Hope you enjoy and let me know your thoughts!
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Chapter 11
Skye's Point of View
The following morning I got up with the intention of confronting May about who my father was. However as I made my way out for breakfast I found that everyone else was already awake and dressed, an obvious sign that I was not going to get to talk to May any time soon. Everyone was standing around the table discussing our new mission.
"Why didn't anyone wake me up?" I complained as I joined them.
They all looked at me trying not to laugh as they did.
"Well Skye we did try but every time someone shook you, you sort of slapped them. So we let you sleep….." Jemma giggled.
"Ohh…. Well um apologies to whoever I slapped?" I blushed.
"You're forgiven!" They all replied.
I blushed a brighter red as I looked to the floor.
"Ok enough talking." Coulson finally said ending the embarrassment.
As I walked over to stand beside May and Jemma at they table the moved over to let me in. Coulson then began to explain the mission of the day. His explanation didn't last long he kept it short and sweet.
"We are going to London, we need to clean up after a certain Asgardian who left a little mess after his latest visit." He explained.
"Wait do you mean Thor? As in the super hot god and Avenger?" I yelled suddenly overcome with excitement.
Coulson nodded in conformation.
"AHHHH That is so cool!" I grinned.
"I knew you would like this mission." Coulson smirked.
As we finished up at the table and went to get ready for the day I stopped May. I waited until the others had left the room before speaking."
May can I ask you something?" I half mumbled, pushing my excitement to the side.
I was nervous about what she would say. I literally thought my heart was going to burst as I waited for a response.
"Skye I told you, you can ask me anything. What is it?" She smiled.
"Um well I was wondering if you could maybe tell me who my father is? I mean you haven't mentioned him and there are no pictures…. So I was curious…" I trailed off.
May's face changed from a mixture of happy to anger to worry in a matter of seconds. I swear it was the most emotion I had saw from her.
"Skye you can ask me anything you want unless it is about your father. I don't want to talk about him and I don't want you to have anything to do with him. Please don't bring this up again it is for your own good and your own safety!" May finally replied.
I was shocked she had no right to keep this kind of information from me.
"May you said ask anything and now your changing the rules? I have a right to know who he was at the very least. I want to know please tell me!" I cried, growing annoyed.
May gave me a very motherly look and I felt my heart beat even faster.
"I'm not discussing this with you. I told you I wasn't talking about it and that's it! Skye you don't need to know him and I'm not telling you and that's final!" May said as she walked off.
As she pulled open the door I yelled after her "Once Coulson takes this stupid wristband off I'm out of here. That way I can find out who he is on my own!"
May glared back at me, but I got the impression I had given her reason to worry.
Melinda May's Point of View
Takes place after Skye asks about her dad.
As I head towards the cockpit I am in a state of shock. Skye had just asked about her father and I had refused to tell her. I had expected this question eventually of course but not this soon. I thought we were getting along fine and that she would wait. However that was not the case and after I refused to tell her she threatened to leave the BUS!
I didn't know what to do, it was for her own safety that I didn't tell her but she would never accept that. I needed to come up with a plan so I decided that after this mission I would talk to Coulson about it. I thought to myself, "Its time we found that redacted file and burned it. Skye can never find out more than I tell her. I couldn't handle the consequences if she found out things she shouldn't. They would get her killed for sure."
As we approached our destination of London I was grateful that Skye was excited about this mission. It would keep her from asking more questions and would hopefully put her out of her sulking mood.
I was right, once we where inside the building Thor's alien friends had hit in their ship she was bouncing around looking at things. She was definitely out of her mood, but not with me. She blanked me every time I went to talk to her. The only time she spoke was when she had to about the mission. I hated the silent treatment I missed talking to her. However Skye seemed to know I hated it so she made it last longer!
Once we where back on the BUS I tried to talk to Skye again.
"Hey what is with the silent treatment?" I questioned.
Skye glared at me.
"I'm not giving you the silent treatment May." She muttered.
I looked at her and rolled my eyes.
"Yes you are Skye and I want to know why. Is it because I won't tell you about your father?" I asked.
She looked at me, thought for a moment and then walked away without a word. She was making me nervous. The last thing I wanted was to find her gone in the morning. I decided to give her more time to cool off before I asked her again.
As our case progressed we got a call to say we needed to go to a National Park where a couple had chopped down a tree and retrieved something from it.
Once at the scene Fitzsimmons pulled out there equipment and got to work. They soon had a 3D model of what looked like a staff. We headed back to the BUS to examine it.
A short while later Fitzsimmons had determined the staff was Asgardian and they didn't know how the couple had found it.
"Maybe it called to them, you know magically?" Skye suggested.
I rolled my eyes she was obsessed with magic and powers. She reminded me of her father in that way something that worried me greatly.
"I don't think so Skye, why would it just call to those two people in particular?" I asked.
She pretended not to hear me.
Coulson must have sensed the tension as he intervened.
"It is possible Skye." He encouraged.
"When I first got word of Thor's hammer I didn't know what it was. We should go to Seville there is an expert there I consulted before. He should be able to help. May can you set course?" Coulson continued.
I looked at him and pulled out my tablet "Already done." I sighed.
Coulson smiled and walked off. As he did Skye came into my full view, she stuck her tongue out at me just before Coulson could see her.
"See Coulson doesn't think my ideas about magic are stupid!" She snapped.
I thought about reacting but I walked away instead. She was so childish sometimes!
Once we where in Seville we set off to find the professor Coulson knew. Elliott Randolph was his name. We found Randolph at a university. He confirmed the staff was Asgardian and told us of the warrior who owned it. He also told us there was two remaining pieces that the couple had to get before it was at full power.
He mentioned that the staff would bring out intense rage in anyone who touched it. He called it the Beserker Staff. Coulson thanked the professor and we set off back to the BUS. On the way Coulson told Skye to search the web for any mention of the staff and where the couple were going for the next piece.
About an hour later back on the BUS we came to see how Skye was getting on.
"People suck!" Was her first sentence.
"That's your progress people suck?" I asked as Ward looked on.
"NO" She snapped.
"I think we should check out an old church here in Seville it might hold the next piece. From what I gather from the tweets of these weirdos." Skye added.
I was really getting annoyed with her attitude. However Coulson agreed she was right about the church and we set off to check it out.
When we arrived Coulson decided Ward and Skye were going in. I was about to protest not wanting my daughter to be put at risk. I didn't know what these people would do to someone in their way. Nevertheless Skye insisted on going in and I couldn't stop her. Once they were gone a while Coulson radioed them.
"Ward how are you getting on?" He asked.
"Nothing yet Sir." Ward sighed.
"What about you Skye?" Coulson asked next.
"Well I'm really happy my super caring S.O decided to take the creepy corridor as apposed to the slightly less creepy dungeon." She answered.
Coulson smirked clearly he loved Skye's sense of humour.
"Have you found anything?" He pressed.
It was silent for a minute.
"Nope I've got noting." She finally told us.
Fitz finally got a reading on his machine, thankfully it was in front of Ward and not Skye. Ward informed us he had visual and took of after the person Fitz had detected.
"I ran into some unexpected company AHH" Was what he said next.
"Something happened him!" Fitz cried.
"Skye can you get to him?" I heard Coulson ask.
I panicked he was sending Skye after someone who had from what we heard had taken down Ward. I was about to get out of the car and run to help her but Coulson stopped me.
"Wait" He ordered.
"Ward? Ward are you ok?" Came the panicked voice of Skye over the radio.
We could hear Ward waking up and sounding equally as panicked.
"Something's wrong with Ward the staffs gone someone took it!" She told us.
"It couldn't have just disappeared it has to turn up somewhere!" Coulson said.
Just at that a car flew from one of the nearby streets.
"There we go!" he Coulson commented.
He then took off in the direction of the car. I decided to wait for Skye and Ward to come out of the church. As they walked to the car I could see there was something wrong with Ward he looked pissed off. The pair of them got into the car and didn't say a word. I decided to wait till we got back to the BUS before I asked what had happened.
On the way we went after Coulson and were shocked to see the professor was the one who was at the church. Coulson hauled him into the BUS for questioning and asked me to watch. I was reluctant to leave Skye with Ward. Whatever happened had left him pissed and he looked dangerous. However Coulson reassured me they would be fine in Simmons care.
As I watched the interview the professor gave some crap story about wanting to study it and not use the powers. I didn't buy it and neither did Coulson. After that he told Coulson he wasn't involved in the groups agenda. Coulson got fed up and left the room at that.
I decided to go and see how the others had got on with Ward. As I walked down the stairs I saw Ward attacking a punch bag. I tried to stop him but he took a swing at me. I dodged the shot and asked him if he was ok.
"I'm working it out." He replied.
I told him to let me help but he refused clearly I was in everyone's bad books today. I decided to leave him to in and walked off.
When I found Fizsimmons and Skye a short while later they were glued to a screen. They were watching Ward and Coulson interrogate the professor who Coulson had just discovered was Asgardian.
Skye was fascinated and as I walked in on my tablet I heard her say in awe, "He has lived through all the scary things even disco…"
I smirked at this comment. I loved her little one-liners.
"What are you doing?" Skye suddenly asked, having only noticed my presence.
I was shocked she spoke.
"Sealing the interrogation room doors." I replied without thinking.
She looked horrified.
"Under Coulson's instruction." I added.
Coulson's strategy proved effective and before long the professor had talked and we where on route to Ireland. Apparently he had left the final piece of the staff there. As we touched down in Ireland I was starting to get really pissed off with this mission. Randolph could have been upfront at the start and saved us all the trouble. All I really wanted was to try and get Skye to stop looking for her father and to talk to me.
Once we reached the monastery the professor walked up towards the altar where he showed us his story wrote in one of their books. As he told his story he mentioned that the monks saw him as a kind of saint. I tried not to laugh at this, however Ward voiced what I was thinking.
"They were idiots, where is the staff?" He questioned.
The professor wasn't pleased at his tone and bluntness.
"Upstairs." He snapped.
"Its really quiet…." Skye commented as we made our way upstairs.
"They take a vow of silence that's why I trusted them." Randolph explained.
As he unlocked a box, the man who had two of the staff pieces came out of nowhere taking us by surprise.
"But once you get them talking ohh we learnt so much!" He sneered.
He threw a piece of the staff as he approached. It hit the professor and went straight through his chest.
We all stood in shock before realising he was about to attack us next. Ward pulled the piece of the staff from the professor's chest and launched himself and the mad man.
The pair went over the balcony and landed with a bang on the floor. After that a fight broke out between the two.
"We need to help him!" Skye gasped before she took off in a run.
I tried to grab her but missed.
I didn't even hesitate I bolted after her. What the hell was she thinking was all I could think. As I approached the bottom of the stairs I heard Skye say "Grant drop the staff!"
Ward was so angry.
"Get away from me!" He roared.
Of course Skye being Skye she got closer to him!
I could feel my heart beating faster and faster. I knew Ward wouldn't intentionally hurt her, but right now he wasn't himself.
I edged my way quietly up to Skye so I was almost directly behind her. However she kept getting closer. Just as I was about to pull her away from him more men burst through the doors.
It got a bit hectic after that and she ended up on the other side of the room as Ward was going full out Berserk. I kept trying to get across the room to reach Skye but it was proving impossible.
Thankfully Skye was freaked out enough and she managed to get over to me. I pulled her out of the way and checked to make sure she wasn't hurt, despite her swatting me out of the way.
"May I'm fine leave me alone!" She protested.
Once I was sure she was ok I turned back to Ward. He had taken down all the men. However there was a few more who had appeared from upstairs. I saw Ward reach for the staff again so I ran to stop him.
"This time let me help!" I whispered to him.
After that I picked up the staff and felt the rage go through me. I managed to take them all down in a few swings.
As I put the staff down Skye ran over to me.
"Are you ok? Oh my God that was so awesome!" She yelled excitedly.
"So we are talking now are we?" I smirked.
Skye bit her lip and looked to the floor.
I'm fine Skye." I assured her.
This seemed to make her feel better as she made eye contact with me again.
"We are talking but I still don't forgive you for not telling me about my father. Plus I did mean what I said, whether or not you tell me I will find out." She replied.
After the events of the day Coulson decided we could spend the night having fun. We went to a nearby bar to relax. Skye sat with Fitzsimmons as I carefully watched to see if she was drinking too much. Every time she ordered she sarcastically lifted the bottle to show me it was a coke. I couldn't help but laugh.
A few hours later Ward approached me and before long we were off to bed together. He was like a comfort blanket and up until then I didn't think there was anything wrong with what we were doing that was until my daughter saw us heading into the same room…
Sorry it took so long, hope you enjoyed! Until next time ;-)