Connections 37

The next morning Skye and Ward had their duffle bags ready as they waited for the car to pull up, Clint and Steve were there to see Skye safely off while also threatening Ward to keep her safe. "I mean it Ward, if she so much as comes back with a scratch... I will use you as my personal target practice." hissed Clint making Ward flinch but otherwise remain impassive. As Skye and Ward were getting into the Black SUV that had just pulled up Tony came running out of the tower exclaiming "WAIT!" Skye spun around mid step, Tony had a package in his hand and was out of breath.

"Tony?" she smiled, glad to be able to say goodbye to him before she left. Tony took a deep breath before smiling at her and passing her the package. "I made it myself, go on and open it." he said rubbing the back of his neck as Clint and Steve looked at him with slightly bewildered expressions. Skye pursed her lips as she carefully opened the package, her eyes lit up as she pulled out a black and silver battle suit. "It's similar to Natasha's however it has some unique properties. It's bullet proof, water proof, fire proof and has hidden pockets through out the entire thing, the gloves are special and the boots are awesome. I will let you figure out how everything works, be safe." said Tony casually before turning and walking away.

Skye ran up to Tony and hugged him eagerly "Thank you! thank you ! thank you!" she exclaimed before pulling away and getting into the SUV. "I will keep in touch." she said before closing the door and the SUV drove away. Steve and Clint sighed looking to each other with concerned glances while Tony said "She will be alright, she is one of SHIELD's best agents."

Meanwhile

Skye turned to Ward "So I am suppose to introduce you to Quinn hope that he hires you and I on the spot and together the two of us will work there as we gather intelligence on what is going on over there. If need be, bring the organization to the ground. Correct?" she asks looking at the folder in her lap with distaste. Ward smiled "Exactly, however I think you need to explain some of the techno whiz babble to me so that I can play the part fully. I would also suggest that you put in these in, they will hide your hypnotizing amethyst eyes." Skye pursed her lips but nodded in understanding, suddenly a thought crossed her mind "Ward, where will we be staying? There is no mention of a hotel, apartment or anything in this file." she asks with something in her tone that Ward cant place.

Ward shrugged "Apparently your old apartment, Shield rented it out for the next two months." Skye sighed slightly annoyed that Fury was pushing her back into her old life. "Well this should be interesting."

(Seven hours later)

Skye was dressed in a black pant suit and Ward was dressed in jeans and a blue button down shirt with black glasses. She took a seat in a large meeting room as Ian Quinn and two body guards entered the room. "Ah Skye, when my secretary said I had an appointment with you I have to admit I was shocked. How's your mom?" he asks as he took a seat across from her. Skye frowned going into character "She still isn't doing good, doctors give her six months to live. The family is devastated, but enough about me. I was wondering if I could come back to work? Oh, this is my friend Brett, Brett Dalton he is a computer analyst who graduated at the top of his class at twenty from MIT."

Quinn's eyebrows flew into his hairline as he turned to inspect Ward as he sat casually beside Skye. "Really? Is he better than you?" he asked eyeing him skeptically. Ward gave him his usual dashing smile before replying "Sir, with all due respect Skye is the best of the best. However, I'd like to think that I am the next best under her." Skye smiled before turning to Quinn "He just moved here and is currently looking for a job. I found out and figured I would scoop him up before someone else got him first." she explained making Quinn lean back into his chair and clasp his hands together. After a moment he asked one of his guards to grab a laptop and moments later a laptop was set in front of Ward.

Skye moved away from him as a sign that she wasn't helping and began typing on her phone. Ward raised an eyebrow "You want me to hack into a government site?" he asked reading the contents of the screen. Quinn smirked "Yes mister Dalton, you see in my line of work I need people who know how to defend against such attacks. By being able to hack into a government website, it shows me that you could protect against such an attack." he replied smartly. Ward tilted his head seeing the slight sense in logic before he cracked his knuckles and began typing.

He cracked through the firewalls in minutes listening to the mechanic voice in his hidden ear wig. Ward was silently thanking Fitz for the invention of the new ear wig that allowed Skye to type in commands from her phone as she watched from the video feed of his glasses. Ian Quinn watched Ward's movements carefully, looking for anything that was off but was pleasantly surprised to find none. After twenty minutes passed Ward pushed the laptop over to Quinn and leaned back with a cocky grin appearing on his face. Quinn looked at the computer screen before he began to rub his lip in thought then proceeded to stand up and look to Skye "He is hired, you can have your old office and Mr. Dalton can have the cubicle across from your office. I will have Antonio get some work set out for you two, you start tomorrow."

Skye and Ward looked to each other with satisfied expressions before they walked out of the building and got into their red mustang. "That went better than I had hoped." mused Ward as they began driving towards their apartment. Skye shrugged causally replying "I think he likes you, it wasn't that easy for me to get a job. It must of been because I brought you that you got in so easily." Ward smirked "Or he just knows a winner when he sees one." Skye rolls her eyes "Whatever you say robot." They arrived at the apartment a few minutes later, and Skye immediately set to work informing the Director.

Fury- And you are sure he doesn't expect anything?

Skye- I am positive Sir. So far everything is going according to plan.

Fury- It's good to hear that you and Agent Ward have already infiltrated the suspect organization. Strike team Delta hasn't even been able to achieve that yet, I guess it's just one more thing that you excel at over Romanoff and Barton.

Skye- This was only achieved through my past connections, I won't be so lucky next time.

Fury- Still good work Agent. I will be expecting a full update in seventy two hours.

Skye - Yes sir, understood.

Fury - Be careful Agent, Agent Ward has your back if anything goes awry. But whatever you do, don't use your abilities yet.

Before Skye could retort the line went dead making her huff in annoyance, she tossed her phone on to the bed. Before she grabbed a black duffle that was tucked underneath the bed and placing it on the nearby desk. She pulled out two nine millimeter Glock pistols, five knives of various sizes, a recurve foldable bow, a stun gun, several other weapons and the suit that Tony had made for her. She grabbed the Glock, unloaded it and began disassembling it as she sat down. After thirty minutes she had disassembled, cleaned, polished and reassembled her guns and her anger was dissipating. Ward had been watching her from out in the hall with a look of amusement and concern.

He inwardly wondered what the director had said to get her mad, but decided that he didn't want to know after remembering her fierce expression once the call had ended. Later that afternoon Skye went to the kitchen to start cooking for dinner, she roamed around the kitchen and was relieved to see that it was fully stocked. After a few moments of looking at what ingredients she had available she decided to make Oven Roasted Chicken, Mash potatoes, and buttered corn. Ward was surprised by this, he had never known that Skye could cook. Not because he wasn't interested in learning about her but because she was always working, training or on missions. "Hey, can I help with anything?" he asked rolling up his sleeves and going to the sink to wash his hands.

Skye sighed before tossing him a knife which he impassively caught as she replied "You can chop the potatoes." Ward began the task before he casually stated "You know... I never got to ask you, how are you taking the whole superhuman abilities thing?" he asked making her purse her lips in thought before she sighed "It is a curse, I cannot be around normal people without putting myself on guard more than any Shield agent. I feel a constant rage within me and what's worse is that I know how strong I am, the constant fear of once again hurting the ones I care about is always within my mind. But I believe I have accepted it." she said before going back to cooking.

Ward inwardly sighed wondering when she would open up to him like she use to when he was training her.

-Authors Note- I am soooo sorry for the long wait in updating. This was more of a filler chapter however there is much action yet to come. Please review and let me know what you think!