Family Forever More c25
Natasha took Sam back to the tower, by this time it was after 8 so when they entered the main communal area Trip practically pounced on them. It being clear to both of them he was worried, he was not subtle about at all. Natasha shook her head slowly at his concern he was supposed to be a highly trained specialist and here he was like a teenage boy kneeling in front of Sam. She moved away from them her own smile appearing on her lips when she recognised a familiar woman sitting on the couch talking with Pepper. She moved over to them jumping over the couch to land next to her soul mate stealing a kiss before making herself comfy on the couch.
"Hello to you too." May smirked knowing Natasha's thoughts about Trip she couldn't help point out her own adolescent behaviour, this was done by May so no words were said but the point was clear it had Natasha looking down.
"The others here or just you?" she asked once she reclaimed some form of dignity back.
"Bobbie is busy on an assignment, Phil is staying on the bus with Fitz-Simmons."
"Skye?" Natasha asked seeming that May had finished talking.
"Clint is showing her something." May smirked
"He isn't." she jumped up heading down to the firing range and not surprised to find Clint there trying to teach Skye the bow.
"Hey Nat." he grinned
"You better not be trying to poach her." Natasha warned as it became clear when Skye was introduced to the family that Natasha took her under her wing just like May had. So Skye was their prodigy.
"Coulson saw her first." Clint pointed out, it seemed that they had made a friendly competition between the four of them if Skye would be like Nat and May or Coulson and Clint. Skye knew what they were doing, she didn't mind it one bit she loved the attention and was learning all these new skills. Secretly though neither team had anything on Bobbie, she was after all her own soul mate.
"Sam is back you might want to talk with her." Natasha stated knowing this would get her away from Clint but also she figured Skye would be one of the only people that Sam would open up to. "We went to St Agnus today." Natasha informed her and Skye could tell that Natasha seemed angry about something.
"You met Sister Agatha…" She figured and her answer was a scowl from the red haired.
"I think I could make an acceptation for her." Natasha replied but it was the Widow that was speaking, that made Skye shudder.
"Right well I am going to check on Sam. Hit a bag or something, even Clint." Skye told her to which Clint cried out his protest but Skye had already left them leaving the two of them to talk. Skye made her way into the elevator. "Jarvis where is Sam?" she asked the AI.
"Miss Bishop is on her floor with Mr Triplet."
"Tell them I am coming in." She told Jarvis, as the elevator began to move taking her to Sam's floor, she was grateful that when she knocked Trip opened the door and they were both decent.
"Hey Trip."
"Skye, good to see you." he said moving aside for her to enter she saw Sam sitting at the table her computer in front of her but she wasn't using it. "I will let you two talk." Trip stated leaving the room closing the door behind him Skye made her way over to Sam and sat across from her.
'You want to talk about it?' Skye signed to her after a few minutes had passed by.
"I don't know who I am anymore. I have accepted that I will never operate again but I thought I could still build things, I tried to today…my hands wouldn't do what I wanted them to do. They wouldn't stop shaking."
"It will take time, you're a doctor you know this." Skye replied also signing as she spoke. "You have helped so many people but you know it takes time."
"I ran a test…the nerves in my hand…I think they won't heal."
"Then you will adapt, you told me that if you want something bad enough, you work for it. I know you Sam, you will find a way."
"I don't know if I can Skye…I think I'm done trying. I went to St Agnus today, that place hasn't changed at all it made me realise something. Maybe I am not who I thought I was, maybe I am still that frightened kid that lost her parents, trying to compensate in a rough world trying to find her place."
"No! You're wrong Sam. Even as a child you never once gave up, you're in a slump…this just shows you're human. We all have them, some more than others…You do get over them though if you try…you don't give up. You are smart, strong and brave we will get through this." Skye stated feeling as though the roles are reversed as this was normally Sam's speech. She had heard it plenty of times in the past, she also knew that Sam's attitude needed to change or she would never get better.
"I'm broken Skye…I can't fix what is broken… not this time."
"Since when has that stopped you?"
"Since I can't feel my legs! Since I now sit in a world of silence! Since my hands tremor." Sam shouted back.
"If you think your jobs define who you really are, maybe you should quit." Skye replied and this made Sam's anger fade just as fast as it flared up.
"What?"
"You said something along those lines to me when I was adamant that finding answers on my parents was everything to me. You told me to leave and I did and for the first time in my life I really felt lost…"
"Until SHIELD picked you up." Sam snapped back.
"Even then for a while at least I sat among them but not really one of them an outsider to this group of people…Do you know what I saw in them that made me want to be a part of it?"
"What? Family." Her tone still held an angry edge to it, Skye knew that Sam was hurting and it wasn't because of her being lost herself but because she felt replaced.
"No Blaze, when I saw them it reminded me of you. I realized then that I didn't need answers, I saw what you would have done, what you would have told me to do. What would you tell yourself at this moment?" Skye asked and for the first time since sitting across from her, for the first time since Sam woke up she saw that sparkle in her eyes. That fire in the depth of her eyes that also gave her the nickname blaze as when it appeared something awesome usually followed. "Stop dwelling in the past and focus on the present, see the problem, clear the board then solve it one step at a time. Something along those lines?" Skye asked.
"This is new for me in so many ways when did you get so smart?"
"Your words. Just rephrased for different needs." Skye replied leaning over and taking Sam's hand giving it a squeeze. She then saw it in Sam's eyes as she was running calculations and coming up with ideas and possible solutions.
"Thanks Storm." Sam replied giving Skye a small smile. "I should probably talk with Trip." She added
"Yes he did look like a lost puppy. He is a good guy…"
"He is my guy." Sam stated making Skye grin as Sam had the look in her eyes she had a plan.