Chapter 25
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AN1: As I am not sure that I will be able to finish this story I decided to update the next three chapters that I have actually written.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 2x13
While Melinda, with Andrew are on their way back to the Playground Clint, Natasha, Hunter, Bobbi, Skye, Leo, Mack and Simmons are sitting around the common area. Skye sitting between Bobbi and Clint, with Leo next to Bobbi, and Natasha next to Clint. It being clear to everyone that if anyone has a problem with her being their then they are going to have to deal with them first.
"So, you lot must have had some interesting times growing up." Hunter says looking at the four May children.
"We had a few." Bobbi comments as she and all of her siblings, including Natasha who knows enough stories, smile.
"Like what?" Mack asks, being genuinely curious as Bobbi has always been secretive about her childhood and now he knows why.
"Well, what do you want to hear about first? The summer long prank war the year after Speedy was adopted. The time Speedy and Little Lion borrowed Mums car when Little Lion was only fourteen and arrived home to Mom in the drive way. The time Speedy and Bobbi Bear snuck back into the house after sneaking out only to accidently try to climb back in Mom's window instead of theirs or the time Little Lion knocked out power to the entire block and Nick burst in the basement, with his gun, and found Little Lion, Speedy and Bobbi Bear desperately trying to fix the problem?" Clint asks curious, causing everyone who doesn't know about Nick Fury's relationship with the May children to be confused.
"All of the above please." Hunter requests, looking like Christmas has come early.
"Okay apart from that prank way none of the stories Involve you and are all embarrassing, why?" Skye asks her brother.
"Because I don't have any embarrassing stories Speedy." Clint tells his sister and all three of his siblings, and Natasha, in almost perfect unison, give him looks which say 'are you serious'
"The indoor, multi room hocky." Skye reminds her brother.
"That was all of us." Clint points out.
"True, but you are the only one who has an embarrassing story about it." Skye tells her brother.
"The time you pretended to be a clown on my seventh birthday because the real clown had gotten sick." Bobbi says, as even though was so thankful to Clint for that it is an amusing story.
"Archery practice inside….with a blindfold….almost hitting Mum." Leo says.
"Do you want us to keep going?" Natasha asks curious.
"No. you've made you point." Clint says, "So which story would you like to hear first?" Clint asks looking at Simmons, Mack and Hunter who are watching the entire interaction with interest.
"I would say that the Bobbi and Skye sneaking into the wrong room story seems interesting." Hunter comments.
"You had to mention that." Bobbi says to her older brother who just grins and after exchanging a look with her sister Bobbi starts to the tell story.
FLASHBACK – January 2003
"Mom is going to kill us if she catches us." Almost fourteen-year-old Skye tells her almost eighteen-year-old sister as they climb over the fence in the backyard of the house they are currently living in.
"Relax Kye, she'll never know." Bobbi informs her sister, "We haven't even been gone two hours." She says as they both sneak across the back yard, "Besides she has no reason to even think that we would sneak out tonight, we didn't ask to go to this party because we knew she would say no." Bobbi points out.
"True." Skye says as they arrive at the back of the house.
"It's the second window, right?" Bobbi asks as they have only been living at this particular house a few weeks.
"No, it's the first." Skye says.
"Are you sure? I could have sworn it was the second." Bobbi tells her sister.
"No it's the first, believe me." Skye tells her sister, "Hurry up before Mom hears us and pulls out a gun." Skye tells her sister who nods and starts to climb up the side of the house using the decorative wood that the old tenants used to grow things on the side of the house.
"The window won't open." Bobbi tells her sister.
"What, that's impossible, we left it propped open a little." Skye says, "Move over." She says Bobbi does giving them each just enough room to both get to the window, "Crap." Skye says when she can't get window open either, "What do we do?" She asks her sister.
"I don't know." Bobbi says, "We could go around to Clint and Leo's bedroom, get one of them to let us in." She suggests.
"Or you can tell me what you were thinking." Melinda's voice says and both sisters look to see Melinda at the window they were trying to open looking furious.
"Hey Mom." Both sisters say trying to look innocent, "We wanted to see if someone would be able to sneak up the side of the house without being caught." Bobbi lies.
"Nice try. In." Melinda says and both sisters exchange a worried look as they climb in the now open window
End flashback.
"How mad was, Agent May?" Simmons asks curious, being pretty sure that she would be pretty mad.
"She was furious." Bobbi says, "We got in so much trouble." Bobbi reveals.
"Was the party at least worth it?" Hunter asks curious.
"Nope, it kind of sucked." Skye admits.
"Why did you even think you would be able to sneak in and out of the house when your mother is an elite spy?" Mack asks, not understanding how they could even think they would get away with that.
"Because we were young and stupid, Mack." Bobbi says and Skye nods in agreement.
"You say that as if you wouldn't do the same thing now." Natasha tells Skye and Bobbi.
"That's because we're still young and stupid." Skye says, causing everyone to laugh.
"What story would you like to hear next?" Bobbi asks, the four siblings actually happy to share as for the first time even they have people, other than each other and Natasha, that they can tell their stories to.
"Skye and Fitz borrowing May's car, that sounds like Skye but it doesn't sound like you." Simmons says looking at Leo.
"Hey! Why can you believe I would do that but Leo wouldn't?" Skye asks, being a little insulted at that.
"Do you really need that question answered, Speedy?" Clint asks curious.
"No, not really. Still it's insulting, especially considering the fact that it was Leo's idea to borrow the car in the first place." Skye informs everyone.
"Really?" Simmons, Mack and Hunter ask surprised, Natasha on the other hand isn't surprised as she has heard the story before.
"Really." Leo answers, "I needed supplies."
FLASHBACK. OCTOBER 2001.
"You want to do what?" Twelve-year-old Skye asks her fourteen-year-old brother.
"I want to drive Mum's car to the hardware shop so that I can get supplies for my invention." Leo repeats.
"Why don't you just ask Bee to take you?" Skye asks her brother as sixteen-year-old Bobbi is currently watching them.
"Because she's asleep and I don't want to wake her." Leo tells his sister.
"It's two o'clock in the afternoon. Why is she asleep?" Skye asks confused.
"I don't think she got much sleep. She was still up when I snuck down to the kitchen at two, she said she has a big test tomorrow." Leo tells his sister, "So she could use the sleep so I don't want to wake her."
"Okay, that's fair, but do you even know how to drive?" Skye asks her brother.
"Yeah, I think I can."
"That doesn't fill me with confidence Leo."
"You don't have to come." Leo tells his sister, "I just thought I would tell you what I am doing so that someone knows." He informs his sister.
"Leo there is no way I am not coming with you; I'm just pointing out that this isn't our greatest plan." Skye tells her brother.
"Like your plans are any better, bubble bath in the hot tub ring any bells?"
"You are never going to let me to forget that, are you?" Skye asks.
"No way." Leo responds.
"When do you want to go?" Skye asks.
"Now."
"It's a good thing we know where the spear key is." Skye says as they head to the kitchen, "We should leave a note for Bee in case she wakes up."
"Good idea."
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Not even an hour later Skye and Leo are almost back home after going to the hardware shop.
"Okay I have admit I had my doubts, but you proved me wrong." Skye tells her brother as they pull into the driveway, "Leo, what is it?" Skye asks as her brother looks very, very worried, and she looks out of the front window to see Nick talking to Melinda, in the driveway both of them looking afraid and when the turn and realise what must have happened they look angry, "Not good." Skye comments.
"No, it's not."
"We could drive away." Skye suggests.
"No. We can't avoid this." Leo says as he turns of the car and both he and Skye get out, both of them prepared to face however much trouble they will be in.
END FLASHBACK.
"We got in a lot of trouble for that." Skye comments.
"Not surprising, you did steal a car at twelve and fourteen." Jemma says.
"We didn't steal it, we borrowed it." Skye corrects "So I think you owe them a story about you." Skye says to her oldest brother, "What do think?" she asks and Clint nods.
FLASHBACK CHRISTMAS BREAK 2003
Because their oldest brother insisted that he could in fact shoot arrows perfectly while blindfolded Skye, Bobbi and Leo have set up targets and are now taking cover behind the couch to see if their brother can actually do what he claims. For the most part it turns out that Clint was telling the truth but as they hear something break they look up from their cover just in time to see Melinda catching an arrow as she and Andrew walk in.
End flashback.
"Wow, bad luck Mate." Hunter informs Clint.
"I still say if Mom and Andrew didn't walk in I could have hit all the targets."
"You broke Grandma's vase." Bobbi reminds her brother.
"I still hit the target." He says with a shrug as if breaking one of his Grandmother's prize possessions isn't a big deal.
"I bet Lian and your mother would have been angry at that." Natasha says as she didn't actually know the outcome of that story.
"They were." Clint confirms, "So request on next story?" Clint asks curious.
"Story time's over, May's back." Phil says walking down the stairs, "You all wait here. I'll great May and Dr Garner." He tells them.
"Here we go." Bobbi says, looking far from happy.
When Coulson arrives in the hanger Melinda and Andrew are just getting out of the Quinjet so he walks over to them.
"Dr Garner, it's good to see you again." Phil says to Andrew, pretending that this is the first time they've seen each other in a while.
"Yeah you too Agent Coulson, or as I'm told Director Coulson, congrats on the promotion." Andrew says and the pair shake hands.
"Thank you." Phil says, also thanking Andrew for going along with the 'haven't seen each other in a while' lie.
"Where is everyone?" Melinda asks.
"Common area, Skye, Leo, Bobbi, Natasha, and Clint are sharing stories with Simmons, Hunter and Mack." Phil explains.
"So wait, everyone knows the truth now?" Andrew asks surprised.
"No, not everyone, just a couple of people." Melinda explains.
A couple of minutes later Melinda, Phil and Andrew walk into the common area where everyone is standing. Due to the fact that Skye knows the only reason Andrew is there is because of her Skye takes walks forward while her siblings, and Natasha, stay back and Mack, Hunter and Simmons aren't really sure what to do.
"Hey Andrew. It's been a while." Skye says.
"Skye." Andrew says surprised at how much she has changed, "Yeah, it has been a while." He tells her.
"So, Mom said you might be able to help me." Skye says to her former stepdad.
"I'm definitely going to try." Andrew says and after exchanging a look with each other Bobbi, Clint, Natasha, and Leo take a step up.
"Andrew." Natasha greats.
"Natasha, it's been a while." Andrew greats.
"Yeah, it has."
"Hi Andrew." Bobbi says.
"Bobbi, it's nice to see you again." Andrew says, knowing that things between him and Bobbi have been tense in the past, but hoping for them to be better while he is helping Skye because he knows both girls well enough to know that he may need Bobbi's help to help Skye because of how close they are.
"Yeah, you too." Bobbi says, with a half forced smile.
"Leo, Clint, it's good to see both of you as well." Andrew says to the men standing either side of Bobbi, being able to tell who they are right away as neither of them have changed much since the last time he saw them.
"It is."
"How….have you been….Andrew?" Leo asks.
"I'm been good Leo, how have you been?" he asks.
"Okay." Leo answers.
"Andrew this is Dr Jemma Simmons, Alphonso Mackenzie, and Bobbi's ex-husband Lance Hunter." Phil introduces and Andrew clearly looks shocked at Hunter's introduction, "Simmons, Mack, Hunter this is Dr Andrew Garner." Phil introduces.
"It's nice to meet you all." Andrew says.
"Yeah you too, mate." Hunter says and Simmons and Mack just nod in agreement.
"Is there somewhere where Skye and I can talk?" Andrew asks looking at Melinda.
"Skye, it's up to you. Where would you like to talk?" Melinda asks her daughter.
"The plane, the cage, just in case." Skye requests.
"Are you sure?" Melinda asks her daughter.
"I'm sure." Skye answers, "Follow me, Andrew." Skye says and they both walk out of the room.
Once Andrew and Skye has left Leo walks right over to his mother and hugs her.
"What's this for?" Melinda asks as she returns the hug, glad for it but curious about what it is for.
"You're my Mum…..I love you….don't need a reason."
"No, you don't."
"Are you living in here?" Andrew asks when they walk into the cage and he sees the stuff around and the two beds.
"I moved my stuff in here yesterday, it's the one place where I may not hurt anyone." Skye explains as she sits down on her bed and Andrew grabs the chair from the corner and sits across from her.
"And who's staying in here with you?" Andrew asks noticing that there is enough stuff in here for two people.
"Bee, she said she isn't going to let me sit in here alone, that she will be with me the entire time." Skye explains.
"And how does that make you feel?" Andrew asks and Skye avoids looking at him, "Skye, I can't help you if you don't talk to me." He tells her.
"You've said that before." Skye comments.
"I have." Andrew confirms, "But Skye, I really do want to help you, if you let me. I know I didn't stay in contact as much as I should have..." Andrew starts to say but Skye cuts him off.
"You stayed in contact longer than I was expecting you to." Skye admits, as because of her history she was expecting Andrew to stop contact as soon as he left, "I'm not upset Andrew. I know you had to move on. I'm happy for you, and I want you to help me, it's just talking about my feelings isn't exactly something I'm good at." Skye comments.
"I remember." Andrew says, "But I need you to try." Andrew says to the girl he once considered to be his daughter, "How do you feel about Bobbi saying that she will be with you the entire time?" Andrew asks.
"I'm thankful." Skye admits, "He told me that they would be terrified of me, but she's not. Bee punched someone who is one of her closes friends because he said that they needed protection and Mom, Clint, Natasha, Leo and Coulson aren't afraid either."
"Who's he?"
"Cal, my biological father."
"You found your biological family?" Andrew asks as he knew that was something that was important to Skye.
"Yeah."
"Apart from thankful what else are you feeling about Bobbi and the rest of your family being so supportive?" Andrew asks as he knows there is more than what Skye is saying.
"I'm afraid for them, Bee especially." Skye says, "I'm afraid that I'll lose it again and there won't be an ICER or Bee won't be able to talk me down and I'll hurt someone I love." Skye says, "Or they'll have to hurt me." She admits.
"Okay, that seems like a good place to start." Andrew says and that's just what they do.
While Skye and Andrew are talking everyone else is in the main part of the plane, and everyone with the exception of Bobbi are sitting down, Bobbi on the other hand is twirling her staves and pacing while almost everyone else are throwing Hunter's soccer ball around.
"You going to stop twirling at some point?" Hunter asks curious.
"Nope." Bobbi says as she continues to walk and twirl.
"Think fast." Clint says throwing the soccer ball at his sister who manages to catch it anyway.
"You could have at least made it hard." Bobbi says throwing the ball as hard as she can at her brother's head, not worried for a second because she knows his reflects, and just like she suspected he catches it perfectly.
"And you could have made that throw hard to catch." Natasha tells Bobbi as like Bobbi she knows that that throw would be very easy for Clint to catch.
"Don't even think about it." Melinda says as her son gets a grin on his face and is about to say something else, "We've just started to get the glass on this plane fixed, we don't need you two breaking it." Melinda tells them, "Understood?"
"Yes, Mom." Bobbi and Clint answer and Bobbi continues to pace while the other continue to toss around the ball; just as Natasha catches the ball her phone starts to ring.
"Yes?" Natasha asks, answering her phone while she throws the ball at Clint, "I see. Yeah, I understand. A few hours. Yep. Bye."
"What's going on?" Clint asks once Natasha hangs up.
"That was Steve. Then need us." Natasha says, "He said that he wouldn't have called if they didn't really need us. It's another raid." Natasha explains.
"Damn it." Clint say annoyed, but he knows that Skye would be pissed at him if he bailed on the Avengers because he was worried about her, "Okay, I'm talking to Speedy first." Clint says, "You coming?" Clint asks Natasha as he walks to the cage.
"Of course." Natasha says and she walks with Clint in the direction of the cage.
"Andrew's not going to like that." Melinda mutters as she knows all too well how much Andrew hates his sessions being interrupted.
Not caring that they will very likely make Andrew angry Clint and Natasha walk into the cage.
"Excuse me. We're in session." Andrew says angrily.
"Yeah, sorry. We'll just be a couple of minutes." Clint says, not sounding all that sorry, "Nat and I just got a call."
"What kind of call?" Skye asks.
"Steve, we're needed on a raid." Clint explains, "But I know you need me too, so I'll stay if that will help." Clint tells his sister, it being clear that he doesn't really want to leave.
"And make you miss an Avenger's mission, no way." Skye tells her brother, "Avenging is important and I'm not going to make you miss that." Skye says, "I'll be okay, promise." Skye tells her brother as she stands up, "Go, both of you." She says, looking between Natasha and Clint.
"Okay. I'll call you when I can." Clint says walking over to his sister, "Love you, Speedy." Clint says as he hugs his sister.
"Love you too." Skye says, "Thanks for coming, Natasha." Skye says "It was really great seeing you." Skye says as she hugs her.
"You too." Natasha says, "If you need anything just call and I'll be here as soon as I can." Natasha says in a whisper as she hugs Skye.
"Thanks, Natasha." Skye response as she and Natasha break apart.
"We should go, sorry for interrupting your session." Clint says to Andrew, who is still looking far from happy, "Talk to you later, Speedy." Clint says as he and Natasha leave.
As soon as Natasha and Clint walk out of the cage Bobbi and Leo walk over.
"So, are you leaving?" Leo asks the people who he considers to be his siblings, even though only Clint technically is.
"Yeah, we are, Little Lion." Clint confirms, "But we'll be back if Speedy, or you, or Bobbi Bear or any of you need us." Clint tells his brother, "Okay?"
"Okay." Leo say sand Clint hugs his little brother.
"Good luck on the raid." Bobbi says.
"Thanks." Natasha says and she hugs Bobbi, for the soul reason of whispering, "You need to tell your family. Whatever it is you're keeping a secret, you need to tell them." Natasha says as she has been able to tell that there is a secret that Bobbi is keeping, though she doesn't know what it is.
"I know. I will."
"Good." Natasha says as they break apart as they do Clint says goodbye to the rest of his family while Natasha says goodbye to Leo and Phil steps away because his phone starts to ring.
"Be careful." Melinda tells her son as she hugs him.
"I will." Clint promises before he and Natasha leave.
About a minute after Natasha and Clint leave Phil walks back into the room.
"Bobbi, Hunter, we've got a mission." Phil informs them.
"What kind of mission?" Melinda asks.
"There's been a break in at the Brynmore Psychiatric Facility." Phil explains.
"Do you know if the sub-basement has been compromised?" Melinda asks as everyone else looks confused.
"That's what we've got to look into." Phil explains, "Hunter, Morse, we leave in twenty." Phil says before he leaves.
"Do I really have to go?" Bobbi asks her mother as she would honestly like to stay with her sister.
"Yeah, you do." Melinda tells her daughter, "I'll call if anything happens." Melinda tells her daughter.
"Okay. Let's go Hunter." Bobbi says and she and Hunter leave.
About an hour after Bobbi, Hunter and Phil left Leo has headed to the lab in an attempt to distract himself from what is going with his sister, but that didn't work out as well as he was expecting and instead he finds himself sitting on his chair staring at the framed photo from Skye's first Christmas, a picture he keeps hidden in a hidden place in the lab, instead of working.
"Fitz?" A voice asks and Leo looks up and sees Simmons.
"Jemma, hi." Leo says, being glad to see her.
"What are you looking at?" Simmons asks curious as she walks over to her best friend.
"A picture from Skye's first Christmas as a member of our family." Leo explains, handing the picture over to Simmons, "My Grandfather took that picture." Leo says, and Simmons realises that she doesn't have a real idea about what Leo's family consists of as all Leo's ever said is 'just my mum and me.' Which is obviously a lie, "Mum was on mission and almost didn't make it back for Christmas because she was on a mission with bad weather. I'm still not sure how she made It in time. The only thing I know is that Nick was very angry about whatever she did." Leo explains, being glad that he can finally tell Simmons these types of stories.
"Who's Nick?" Simmons asks curious, "You never explained."
"Nick Fury. He's like a brother to my Mum, he's like an Uncle/Father figure to my siblings and I." Leo explains.
"Wow. There really is so much I don't know." Simmons says, sounding upset about that, though eager to know, "You all look so happy." Simmons notes.
"We were." Leo says, "I, I'm sorry that I lied." Leo tells his best friend, "Growing up, growing up we, were in a lot of danger." Leo explains, "We were almost killed…a few times." Leo says, "I have people now who still want me dead, and my family...we live in fear…I didn't want to do that to you."
"Who don't you tell me about those times." Simmons requests looking down at the happy family in the photo and wondering how they can be so happy when what Leo said is true, "I want to understand."
"Okay." Leo says and with difficultly he starts to tell Simmons about all the times he, or members of his family were in serious danger.
About a day after Hunter, Bobbi and Phil left on a mission. A mission where Melinda had to take the plane, with Skye and Andrew still on board, to Wisconsin to provide backup, Andrew has just left after giving Melinda his recommendation.
"So, what did he say?" Bobbi asks, walking up to her mother, who is watching Andrew drive away.
"He's recommending; Skye leave S.H.I.E.L.D." Melinda tells her daughter.
"Kye's never going to agree to that. She loves S.H.I.E.L.D, and she won't want to leave us." Bobbi says, knowing that without a doubt.
"I know." Melinda says, "Just because Andrew recommended Skye leaving doesn't mean she has to." Melinda says, and as she does Bobbi gets an idea.
"Maybe she should." Bobbi says and Melinda looks at her daughter surprised.
"Didn't you punch Mack for being close to suggesting something like that." Melinda says to her daughter, being surprised by that.
"Technically." Bobbi admits, "But um, it might be good for Kye to go somewhere safe for a few days, away from here. I think it would be for the best." Bobbi says, attempting to be as vague as possible, but she knows that getting Skye away for a few days is a very good idea so she has to stay enough for her Mother to consider the idea.
"What's going on, Bobbi?" Melinda asks her daughter.
"Look, Mom, I'll explain another time. I just need you to trust me when I say getting Kye away from here for a few days would be a very good thing." Bobbi tells her mother.
"Are you okay? Are you in danger?" Melinda asks her daughter, being worried about her.
"I'm not in danger. I'm fine." Bobbi assures her mother, "And I know I owe you an explanation, just think about getting Kye somewhere safe." Bobbi requests, "I'm going to the cage." Bobbi says, heading in the direction of the cage.
"Bobbi." Melinda says and Bobbi turns back around to face her mother, "Once I've gotten Skye somewhere safe we're going to talk." Melinda tells her daughter.
"I know, we will." Bobbi says with a nod, and as she heads in the direction of the cage Melinda heads back to the main base, not noticing Hunter hiding and listening to the conversation.
About half an hour after he heard Bobbi and Melinda's conversation Hunter finally finds Mack, who is working on a car in the garage.
"I want to know what's going on." Hunter tells Mack.
"What are you talking about?" Mack asks confused.
"Whatever you and Bob are up too. I want to know." Hunter says, "You two have a secret and I want to know what it is." Hunter says, "Otherwise I'm going to Coulson and May because I'm sure they don't know, but would like to." Hunter says but before he can do anything Mack has him in a headlock.
"Bee, are you still awake?" Skye asks her sister about an hour after they both headed to bed.
"Yeah, what's up?" Bobbi asks sitting up, "Are you in pain?" Bobbi asks as she wouldn't be surprised if Skye's arms are hurting her.
"No. I'm okay." Skye answers, "Actually, I'm not really sure." Skye says, "You saw Cal, saw what he was planning on doing. He's a bad guy. Does that make me bad?" Skye asks her sister, worried, knowing that Bobbi will be honest with her.
"Absolutely not." Bobbi says walking over to her sister, "You are a good person, Kye. You always have been and finding out about Cal doesn't change that." Bobbi says as she sits down next to her sister, "You're your own person, Kye, you're more than Biology, or these powers, or even our family. You're the person you have chosen to be and that person is pretty amazing." Bobbi says as she puts her arm around her sister, "In fact she's one of the greatest people in the world. Someone I love more than almost anything and the best sister anyone could ever want"
"Thanks, Bee." Skye says, laying her head on Bobbi's shoulder, "You're the best sister too." Skye tells her sister, who, considering what she is doing, can't help but disagree with that.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 2x14
It has been a couple of days since Bobbi told her mother that getting Skye away for a few days would be a good idea and in that time Bobbi has been doing her best to avoid her mother and Mack has gotten Hunter to the carrier where the Gonzales and 'Real S.H.I.E.L.D' are.
Due to the fact that she is worried about hurting someone, or herself again, Skye is sitting in the cage when she hears footsteps.
"Bee?" Skye asks as her sister has been gone for hours, but when the door opens it's not Bobbi who walks in but Melinda, "Oh, hey, Mom. I thought you were, Bee." Skye explains, "Not that I'm not happy to see you."
"How are you feeling?" Melinda asks as she walks over to her daughter.
"Okay. The pains gone away a lot." Skye explains.
"Good, that's good." Melina says as she sits down.
"So where is, Bee?" Skye asks her mother curious, "She wasn't here when I woke up."
"That's a good question." Melinda says and Skye just looks confused, "Something is going on. I'm not sure what, but Bobbi and I think Mack, and possibly Hunter are up to something." Melinda explains, "All I know is that Bobbi told me that it would be a good idea to get you away from base and somewhere safe for a few days." Melinda explains.
"What?" Skye asks surprised, "That makes no sense. Bee said that she wouldn't let anyone send me away and now she's suggesting it? This is big." Skye says, looking worried, "What do you think is going on?"
"I'm not sure." Melinda admits, "But It must be something big and maybe dangerous for Bobbi to tell me to get you away."
"I'm not going anyway. If things are getting dangerous here then I'm not leaving you, Leo, and Bee." Skye explains.
"Skye, for Bobbi to suggest you leaving then you must be in danger." Melinda explains, "I can handle things here, whatever happens, but if something's going on I want you to be somewhere safe." Melinda tells her daughter, "Please Skye, it will just be for a couple of days."
"Okay, fine." Skye says with a sigh, "Am I going to Grandma's?" Skye asks curious as she figures that that is the most likely place for her to be sent.
"I was thinking The Retreat. If that's okay with you." Melinda tells her daughter.
"The house that Banner built. A place designed to both protect someone with powers and people from the person with powers they can't control." Skye says, knowing that as Natasha told her about it, "Makes sense."
"You only have to go if you're okay with going." Melinda says, "I'm not going to make you do something you don't want to do." She says.
"No, I'll go." Skye says, "If something is going on here then the last thing you want is someone who can bring the entire base down."
"I always want you here Skye, and I'm not sending you away because I'm worried about anyone else. I'm worried about you and want you somewhere safe if something happens." Melinda explains.
"I know, Mom." Skye says, "Give me half an hour to pack and say goodbye to Leo."
"Of course." Melinda tells her daughter, "And Skye when you come back Coulson's not going to let you do field work until you have your abilities completely under control."
"I figured." Skye says as she was expecting that, "It's okay." Skye assures her mother
On the Iliad Hunter has been given the explanation by Gonzales and 'Real S.H.I.E.L.D' and is in the conference room.
"How the hell could you do this to your family?" Hunter asks angrily as soon as he sees Bobbi.
"I'm not doing anything to my family. In fact, I'm doing everything to protect them, so much so that no one here knows about them." Bobbi explains, and she and Hunter talk about everything that has happened before Hunter runs out of the room.
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After packing her stuff Skye heads to the lab so that she can talk to her brother. When she enters the lab Skye finds her brother talking to Simmons.
"Um, Simmons, can I talk to my brother?" Skye asks curious.
"Sure. I've got to talk to Coulson anyway." Simmons says before leaving, picking up a case as she does.
"So, are things better between you two now?" Skye asks her brother curious.
"I'm not sure, but I think they're getting there." Leo admits.
"That's great. I'm really happy for you, Leo." Skye tells her brother.
"Thanks. What's going on?" Leo asks, noticing the bag his sister has.
"Something's going on." Skye says after looking around and making sure that no one is listening in, "Bee and Mack are up to something, and Bee told Mom that it would be a good idea to get me off base and somewhere safe for a few days, so I am."
"What does Mum think is going on?" Leo asks curious.
"I don't know, she doesn't know." Skye says, "But it must be big."
"Yeah, it must be." Leo says, worried.
"Hey, don't worry. When Mom gets back from dropping me off she said she'll figure out what is going on and I'm sure Coulson is working on it." Skye tells her brother, Leo doesn't even question where Skye is going as he knows that she won't answer as it is the kind of thing that was drilled into their heads when they were growing up, "They'll figure it out."
"They always do." Leo realises, "Stay safe, Skye."
"You too, Leo." Skye tells her brother, "Love you, Leo." Skye tells her brother as she hugs him.
"Love you, too." Leo responds, hugging his sister tightly as he doesn't want to let go.
"I got to go." Skye says after a couple of minutes, "See you later, Leo."
"See you later, Skye." Leo says as his sister picks up her bag and walks out of the lab.
A couple of hours after Skye says goodbye to her brother Melinda and Skye arrive at The Retreat.
"So, this is the famous retreat." Skye says as they walk in. Natasha and Nick both explained a lot about the retreat when they were training her so she learnt a lot about it.
"Yeah. You'll be safe here." Melinda tells her daughter, "And once everything has settled down back at base I'll come get you and you can come home. I promise." Melinda tells her daughter, knowing that she will make the base safe for Skye again.
"I know." Skye says, believing that, "So, what goodies are you leaving me with?" Skye asks her mother curious, noticing the extra things she brought.
"Well in here is snacks." Melinda says pointing to one of the containers, "This is more supplies, and this is something that Simmons created limit your powers, dim their destructive powers." Melinda explains.
"What are the side effects?" Skye asks, knowing that there will be some.
"I'm not sure. Simmons just finished them. Once you're settled call her and find them out." Melinda explains, "Using them has to be your choice, but you should wait until you talk to Simmons before you put them on."
"Will do." Skye tells her mother, "What if this goes bad, Mom? What if whatever it is that Bee is up to goes completely south?'
"I don't know." Melinda admits, "But we'll figure it all out eventually."
"Be careful." Skye says hugging her mother.
"You too." Melinda says returning the hug, "I love you, Skye."
After staying with Skye for about an hour Melinda headed back to base and when she arrived she went straight to Phil's office.
"Mack's back." Phil tells Melinda when she was in.
"What about Bobbi and Hunter?" Melinda asks her best friend.
"Not yet." Phil says.
"I don't know what they are doing, but I know my daughter, Phil. She wouldn't be involved in anything bad." Melinda explains.
"I trust your judgment, but that doesn't change the fact that I need to know what is going on." Phil tells Melinda.
"I know. I will talk to Bobbi when she gets back." Melinda explains.
"Okay. I'll talk to Mack." Phil says and he and Melinda exchange nods before drifting into silence, both worried about what is going to happen next.