Chapter 26

Bobbi falls on her knees; it felt like someone had kneed her in the stomach and had kept on hitting her repeatedly. Bobbi looks at her fingers; they're losing colour, almost a pale grey. "Hhh," Bobbi tried to say help, but she can't even mutter the words.

Bobbi looks Lincoln's way desperately, but he's only looking at Skye. Bobbi was done for. "You should be thankful, if you were really Daisy's friend you'd be happy she's surviving this because of you." Jiaying pulls her hands higher on Bobbi's head. Bobbi falls on her side, barely able to breathe.

Skye blinks her eyes open, realizing what's happening. Her mother had healed her? Oh no, that meant her mother had stolen someone's life force. Skye moves her arm at her side, blasting a shockwave of vibrations randomly around.

Skye pulls herself up, and sees Bobbi on the ground, her mother holding her head in a far too familiar position. "Bobbi!" She pulls herself off the table she was on, the acupuncture needles falling out as she jumped.

"Daisy," Her mother intervened. "I'm not finished healing you." Skye could feel it in her legs, in her arms. The bruising is still at a major high in pain, but she couldn't let that stop her.

"Give Bobbi her life force back!" Skye screams. The room starts shaking, and Skye can feel the muscles on her body contracting in pain.

"Skye, you need to stop, your body isn't in any condition—"

Skye looks over at Lincoln, a look of utter disappointment in her eyes. "You let them do this to her, to my friend."

Skye was worried, unable to hear Bobbi breathing.

"Mother!" She yelled again. Her mother frowned.

"I'll do it, but they'll be conditions my dear."

"I don't care just do it!"

Jiaying lets go of Bobbi. Bobbi let out a large exhale. Her eyes were covered in black spots but she could breathe, suddenly breathing was natural again. Bobbi sees Skye's mother in front of her, rubbing her temples. Once she sees Bobbi with eyes open and normal breathing, she's lets go. Bobbi holds her chest. Jiaying looked weakened now, her hair greying in places. Just as when she'd finished healing Skye the first time.

"Get me a healer and fast!" Jiaying yelled. Lincoln stays close to Skye, knowing that during this time that Jiaying could be unpredictable, killing anything in site. Even if by accident.

A healer rushed into the room, after seeing Jiaying, she immediately went standstill. Jiaying leeched onto her, this time with no hesitation sucking the girl of ever last bit of light. The healer collapsed, probably dead. Jiaying now looked full of health, with little to no evidence of what just happened.

Bobbi pulls herself up. "What on earth?" she croaks, looking Skye's way. Skye wasn't looking at her though; she was looking at the dead healer.

Lincoln is pulling away the few other acupuncture needles from Skye's body. Even though she was visibly more healed now, Bobbi could tell she wasn't perfect. Probably if Bobbi were dead, Skye would likely be free of injury. Not that Bobbi was complaining.

Lincoln pulls Skye into an embrace. "Oh Skye, I was so worried so—"

Skye pushes him away, almost trying to get away from him. "Skye?" he asks, in a state of confusion. Skye pulls herself off the bed, and limps Bobbi's way.

"Are you okay?" Skye asks. Bobbi nods in response. "I'm glad." She pulls Bobbi into a hug. "It was so dangerous for you to come here, but I'm glad you're alright." Skye lets go and looks Lincoln's way. "How could you let Bobbi—a human— come with us to Afterlife?"

Lincoln bites his lip. "I thought she had something to do with you being hurt, I thought it was her fault…and in order to heal you I knew Jiaying would need someone to…look Skye the important thing is you're okay."

Skye stands up fury in her veins. "Okay?" She holds onto her elbows, the grief and irritation etching into her skull. "You don't understand anything!" Skye yells. "I was tortured by them, by Hydra you know. I was left in a cell for a month, waiting for the moment you would come rescue me." Skye looks over at her mother. "You could have sent Gordon at any time."

"And risk Afterlife, they've begun to track his moments Daisy?" Jiaying addresses.

"He didn't have to teleport me back to Afterlife!" Skye yells. "He could have teleported me to Tahiti for all I care; he just needed to help free me!" Skye takes a deep breath. "And you Lincoln, I waited for you. For so long I thought you'd come for me, but your just as bad as my mother."

Lincoln opens his mouth to protest. "I didn't know Skye, I was told that you ran away, and I thought that…"He doesn't finish.

"You thought what? Lincoln I was gone for two months, after the first week you should have realized I hadn't just run away." Skye crosses her arms; trying to stand on her feet is tiring her. "I always knew my family was in shambles, but I didn't realize how broken it was till now."

Skye looks at her mother. "Shield, this grudge I've held against them for years, is it even true they kidnapped me? Or did you just forget me at the pet store? Or maybe these tiny scars on my body come from you mother."

Her mother steps forward, the last few comments not amusing her. "It has never been a lie about them kidnapping you Daisy."

"But they're good people." Skye protests. "I've learned that, these people at Shield are good." Skye looks Bobbi's way. "Which is why, I want you to let Bobbi go back there, unharmed."

"Skye." Bobbi pulls herself up. "What are you doing?"

"I can't go back Bobbi." Skye looks at her mother. "I'll probably never be allowed to leave Afterlife again, after this." Skye laughs at it, like it's some joke. "But if you can leave Afterlife and continue to be an amazing Shield agent in my place, that's something I'd be happy to ask for."

"I'll allow this …friend, of yours to leave, Daisy." Jiaying studies Bobbi again, as if trying to come up with a reason for her not to let her go. "Now since your feeling up to it, we have some business to take care of, Gordon." A blue flash of light appears, and the mysterious Gordon comes through.

"You called."

"Take Skye to her room, she's in no condition to walk." Jiaying orders.

"What about Bobbi?" Skye points out. "Who is going to take her home?"

Jiaying folds her arms. "Will have to blind fold her and take her back via our helicopter. I don't want to risk Gordon teleporting anywhere other than Afterlife."

Skye doesn't seem happy with her answer, but she bites her lip and doesn't say anything. Bobbi looks over at Skye, her shoulder a little sore from her run in with Lincoln earlier—along with the whole draining life force thing. "Skye." Bobbi starts. "Please don't stay here, how can I make it up to you after all that just happened. You got hurt…you—"

"You saved me Bobbi." Skye explains. "Saving Hunter was the least I could do." Skye gives Bobbi another hug. "I'll miss you. But you're better off going home." Gordon grabs onto Skye's shoulder. Skye gives Bobbi one last smile. "Bye." And just like that Skye teleported away.

Lincoln and Jiaying we're the only ones left in the room. "So you want me to go get someone to start the chopper up?" Lincoln randomly puts out there.

"I'm afraid Lincoln, that this Bobbi girl won't be leaving today." Jiaying snaps her fingers and two guards come through the door taking hold of each one of Bobbi's arms.

"Hey what are you doing?" Bobbi began to struggle.

"Take this girl to the sector under the mountain."

"You're not letting her go?" Lincoln asks, flabbergasted by this scenario.

"Lincoln I thank you dearly for finding Skye, but I'm unsure how they found her in the first place. I need someone I can get information out of, as well as leverage over by my brainwashed daughter."

"Brainwashed?" Lincoln and Bobbi say at nearly the same time.

"Shield brainwashes people Lincoln, and this girl here has the answers to that." Jiaying walks up to her, grabbing onto her injured shoulder. Bobbi feels her life force being sucked out again. "Oh don't worry, I won't kill you yet." Jiaying lets go, leaving Bobbi in a heave of coughs. "But if you prove not useful, I'm not afraid to throw you off this mountain."

Well, well, well… looks like Jiaying is not the picture perfect mother. Well at least Bobbi has evaded death, yet again! But now that Skye thinks Bobbi has gone home, how on earth will she escape this place? Lovely reviews are appreciated.