AN: Yay I finally had time to update! So Sorry for taking forever! This one is more of a filler, but i have more written and coming up. I've got the next couple days off of life so finally have time to give you more! Hope you enjoy.
Waking came almost instantly and she tried to bolt into a sitting position, her thoughts clouded and body heavy, only to be stopped by a small hand pressing gently into her shoulder. She tried to move her left arm to fight off the grip but couldn't move it even an inch. Her wide frightened eyes moved up from the hand on her right side to the face it belonged and sighed in relief when she met Jemma's gaze.
"It's okay Agent Carter. You're safe and in a hospital bed in S.H.I.E.L.D's headquarters and it is 2015."
She nodded her head in understanding. "Yes, yes I am aware. Steve, where's Steve?"
"Captain Rogers is just getting out of surgery. He'll be okay, but he had to have a lot of work done. His legs needed to be completely reconstructed and he had a few other injuries he needed to have fixed up. He will be completely fine however. Sergeant Barnes hasn't left his side, so don't worry, he hasn't been alone."
She sighed in relief and rolled her head to the left to peer down at her arm. "How bad is this?"
"It was a through shot, and no bone was damaged, but a lot of soft tissue was torn. You'll have to do a lot of physical therapy before you can use it correctly."
"Lovely." She said with a frown. "The rest of my team? Are they okay?"
"Agents Barton and Romanov had minimal injuries and a few of Wilson's ribs were fractured. Sergeant Barnes is uninjured."
"No one bothered him, correct?"
Jemma gave a small pained expression and shrugged. "Bobbie did not think he should just be allowed free reign, but he is pretty intimidating and when Coulson and May got back they didn't see him as a threat. Like I said, he has been with Captain Rogers since he came out of surgery."
"I should be too." She moved to stand up but was quickly pushed back into the bed.
"No you shouldn't! You must rest Peggy. Your body needs to heal."
"But Steve-"
"Is in very good hands. I don't think he would want you to exert yourself."
She sighed in resignation and leaned back into the pillows. "Alright I suppose you are correct." She shifted until her shoulder rested comfortably and then added. "Where were Coulson and May?"
"Taking an Asgardian and Kree back."
"Really?" She asked in a shocked tone. "A Kree is another alien?"
"Yes. I meant to have them look at your Sphere, but so much happened that it never was able to come up."
"What happened?"
Jemma told her of the Kree's mission to retrieve the Deviner's and how the Asgardian warrior came to stop him from causing problems on Earth. When she got to the part of Skye and her new powers her expression darkened.
"And Fitz just hid it from us! He knew and he lied to me!"
"Is Skye okay?" Peggy asked worriedly.
"I'm unsure. She's afraid and staying on the Bus for now. I'm trying to see if there is a way to fix it, or help her control them, but its proving very hard."
"Poor Skye." She frowned sadly worry for the younger woman filling her. "Is there anything I can do?"
"We've been discussing that." Natasha stated as she entered the medical space. "The four of us as well as May and Coulson. Apparently Sif wanted to take her back to Asgard, to train her or something, but we thought that maybe she could get the same results on Earth."
"Natasha." Peggy greeted happily giving her a wide smile. "How are you?"
"I'm perfectly healthy." She replied stopping by her side. "How's the shoulder?"
"Currently I can't feel it."
"Ah the wonders of modern medicine."
"What did you mean by the same thing here?" Jemma asked after they finished speaking.
"Well what she needs is to understand and control something inside of her that wasn't there before and how to use basically magic powers to their potential." They spy shrugged. "Bruce and Thor would be very good instructors at each of those."
"You mean take her away?"
"To Avengers Tower is all. That way she would be in a team environment and get the help and understanding she needs, instead of being locked away."
"She isn't locked away!" Jemma stated angrily.
"Oh? Sequestered into a box on a plane isn't being locked away?" Natasha asked with a skeptical raise of her brow.
"I doubt they're trying to make Skye feel like an outsider." Peggy spoke up. "From what Jemma said, it seems the safest option she has right now."
"Safe for who?" Natasha questioned blandly and then directed her gaze solely to Peggy. "Steve should be awake not to long from now. They don't have the means to keep him out for much longer after knocking him out to fix his legs. Sam, Clint and I are going to get rest. You do the same; we'll wake you when he comes around."
Peggy nodded in understanding and smiled up at her faintly after she squeezed her hand gently. "Thank you Natasha."
She received a nod and then the woman was gone as quickly as she came.
"She is so intimidating." Jemma breathed out, her eyes slightly widened.
Peggy laughed and shook her head. "Only at first."
"We really aren't trying to lock Skye out." The scientist said after a moment. "We just don't know what to do! Poor Skye has gone through so much and this is just another huge thing that we don't have the resources for."
"I know Jemma, she's your friend and you wouldn't just throw her away because she's changed."
"Fitz thinks I would! That's why he didn't tell me! Because I had a negative reaction to the whole temple he thought I was just going to want to abandon or lock her up!"
"I take it you weren't able to speak with him then?"
"Not at all. That infuriating man told me in Puerto Rico that he would stop working in the labs so we weren't all awkward together right as I was about to tell him, and then so much happened and I don't think I can anymore." Her expression turned sad. "Everything has been so different since Hydra. I wish it would just all go back to the way it was!"
Peggy smiled sadly and grabbed the other woman's hand. "I know. They tend to have that effect on everyone. Don't worry though, things will be better. Nothing changes forever right? Things will work themselves out; for Skye, you and Fitz. All of us."
"How can you be so optimistic?"
"Maybe because things have begun to work out for me?" She gave a small slightly dopey smile. "Or maybe it's the miracle drugs of the twenty-first century Natasha was talking about? My head does feel a little fuzzy."
Jemma laughed lightly and nodded her head. "You should get back to sleep. The more rest the better."
"I will." Peggy smiled up at her. "Thank you for helping me Jemma."
"No Thanks necessary."
She returned the scientists smile before closing her eyes and drifting back into a healing sleep.