Ok so here is chapter 41, nope it isn't to confusing how it leads on from chapter 40. Hope you enjoy :-) No Copyright intended!
Chapter 41
Skye's Point of View
Takes place straight after chapter 40, but now Skye's view.
"Come on we need to get the hell out of here we are taking the cockpit" mom said wiping away her tears and leading me after her, holding my hand tight. We slowly left the interrogation room, as we crept along the corridors mom asked where Ward was. "He went to see Garrett." I whispered. "Mom I unlocked the hard drive for them" I added barely above a whisper. "Skye forget that, as long as you are safe!" she said squeezing my hand.
As we continued to sneak along the corridors I asked, "Mom where is your back up? Shouldn't we have seen them by now?" She looked at me and replied, "Skye I can handle Ward!" I looked at her shocked, "Mom what about Deathlock?" I asked. She stopped dead in her tracks, "Deathlock is here?" she asked with a hint of worry. Just as she finished her sentence Deathlock himself rounded the corner. "NEW PLAN RUN SKYE!" She yelled. "WHAT ABOUT YOU?" I called after her as she ran towards him. "GET TO THE CARGO HOLD NOW!" She instructed.
I nodded and sprinted off. When I reached the cargo load I desperately tried to strap on the parachute but it wasn't working, I couldn't get it on with one arm. I looked up to see mom jumping down the stairs, "I'VE NEVER USED A PARACHUTE BEFORE!" I yelled as she landed beside me. "Forget that get in Lola" she replied opening the door to Coulson's beloved car. I climbed in as she jumped in the drivers seat. "Have you ever driven this before?" I asked worried. "Nope!" she replied.
Just as the cargo loads door opened fully Deathlock appeared. He started to shoot at us, but mom had already turned on Lola's guns and was firing away. They met their target but Deathlock was unfazed by any of the hits. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Grant appear at the top of the stairs. "GRANT!" I screamed. "Skye get down!" mom yelled as she continued to shoot. "Mom we have to wait on Grant we cant just leave him!" I begged her. "Skye he made his choice we are leaving buckle up!" she instructed.
As much as I wanted to protest I couldn't, the look on moms face when she rescued me showed me how much she cared. I couldn't hurt her anymore with my stupid rash decisions. I needed to treat her the way she deserved. So as she rolled the car out of the BUS I put on my belt. For the first 5 minutes we were free falling. "WHAT TYPE OF PLAN WAS THIS, DOESN'T THIS THING FLY?" I screamed. "Yes it does if I could just figure out which button it is!" mom replied.
I reached over and hit every button I saw until the car started to hover. Mom swatted me out of the way, "What, it was better than your lets think logically about which button to hit as we fall to our DEATHS idea!" I said pulling my hand back. "Still it could have been risky, I would have figured it out!" mom said pretending to huff. Before I could react the car gave a nasty jolt and we started to fall again.
"They must have hit the thrusters!" mom said looking at the wheels. Thankfully we managed to crash land in a car park with a loud bang. We sate there for a few minute's trying to catch our breath. Mom looked at me, I must have looked rough because she was extremely concerned, "Are you ok?" she asked. "Skye?" she asked more concerned when I didn't answer. It wasn't that I didn't want to answer, I just felt incredibly sick. As I sat there trying to keep it down, I realized it was no use.
"I'm going to be sick!" I said flinging open the car door. As I knelt on the cold ground throwing my guts up mom came over and pulled my hair out of the way. When I finally felt my stomach settle I turned and sat down. "Better?" mom asked. "A little" I whispered. "Come on Skye you have to get off the ground, we can check into a hotel or something until our ride comes to get us" she said reaching down and pulling me up. As she led me away towards the hotel across the street I caught a glimpse of Lola.
"Coulson is going to kill us!" I said giving a weak laugh. "Don't worry about Phil, he will just be relived to see that you are ok. They were all so worried!" mom replied putting her arm around my shoulder. I rested my head on her shoulder as we walked into the hotel. We checked in and headed for our room. It wasn't until we were inside that I finally felt the adrenaline were off. I was totally drained and collapsed onto the bed.
As I started to close my eyes mom shook me awake, "Skye you need to take a shower or a bath to warm up. You can sleep after," she said in her motherly tone. "Mom I'm so tired, please let me sleep!" I moaned. "Skye come on, please listen to me!" mom said gently lifting me off the bed and leading me towards the bathroom. She helped me inside and started to run a bath. "Leave me your clothes outside the door so I can get them washed downstairs" mom said as she left me alone.
I dutifully listen and threw my clothes outside the door. Once I felt the warm water on my skin I realized how cold I had been. I instantly warmed up, but I also seemed to have caught a cold as I started to sneeze uncontrollably. After what felt like an eternity I climbed out of the bath and wrapped a towel around me. I felt like crap as I walked out of the bathroom. My head hurt, my body ached and my nose was running like a tap.
Melinda May's Point of View
While Skye was in the bath, I took her dirty clothes and went downstairs to have them washed. I also called Coulson to make sure he knew we were safe. "Ok where are you, we can leave soon!" he told me. "No Phil you stay there I have another way of getting back to you" I replied. "You sure?" he asked concerned. "Yes Phil, we will be there some time tomorrow, make sure you tell me if you change locations!" I told him. "Of course Mel, I look forward to having you and Skye back. I have some bad news to tell you and I know the timing is awful but Fitzsimmons's are missing." He blurted out.
"What do you mean missing, I didn't see them on the BUS" I said to Coulson on the phone. "We haven't seen them since they helped locate the BUS, we think they might have been onboard." He replied miserably. "I can't tell Skye yet Phil." I cried. "Mel you have too, she will want to know." He said. "Phil she could have been killed and she almost froze to death. She is exhausted I can't tell her!" I replied. "Mel I get that I do, and words cannot describe how happy I am that she is alive but she needs to know. We need her, now more than ever. I know you are trying to protect her, I know you don't want her involved but Mel we need her!" he pleaded with me.
"I will tell her in the morning" I replied defeated knowing her was right. As I ended the call I realized Skye had nothing to wear. So I raced across the road to the clothes shop and bought her a pair of pajamas and a change of clothes. On the way back to the room I called our ride home, thankfully they agreed to pick us up. As I walked into the room I heard her sneezing loudly from the bathroom. Great I thought, now she is sick. As if things weren't bad enough!
A few minutes later Skye came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, "Hey honey, here is a change of clothes for you." I said offering her the pajamas. "Thanks mom" she sniffed. She walked over to the bed and started to get dressed I caught sight of the scars she had from Quinn's shooting. However on the other side of her back there was a large scar that didn't come from the bullets. It broke my heart as I wondered where she had got it. Skye pulled her top on as I was looking and turned around catching me. However she wasn't mad like I had expected her to be, "It was that boyfriend I mentioned before." She said answering my unasked question.
"You don't have to tell me Skye, not until you want to." I replied. She smiled at me before letting out a big yawn followed by a sneeze. "You especially don't have to tell me tonight!" I laughed. "Get into bed, I will make some tea." I told her. She practically launched herself onto it as she yanked up the covers. "Is there any food?" she asked once she was comfortable. "No but I was going to order room service, the menu is there so pick what you want!" I smiled. "Really? I have always wanted room service!" she grinned. "Really but hurry up I'm starving!" I replied.
Within 10 minutes we had decided what we wanted and placed the order. Thankfully it didn't take long as Skye had started to doze off. It was one of the best nights of my life, despite everything that had happened and despite everything that was still to come. Because in that moment it was just Skye, and myself, my daughter and me happily eating room service. We didn't talk much as we ate we just enjoyed each other's company. Once we had finished I cleared the bed and Skye lay down on the pillow. "Here take these before you go to sleep they should he with the cold." I said handing her some flu tablets. "Thanks mom, thanks for everything. It means the world to me that you came to rescue me you have looked out from me ever since I joined the team. Even when you hated me, and you thought I was just the stupid little hacker Coulson wanted to adopt!" she joked. "You are welcome Skye, but you don't need to thank me it is my job, and it always will be my job. Ohh and for the record I never thought you were a stupid little hacker, just an annoying little hacker!" I laughed.
"Melinda May that is not nice!" she laughed. "Get used to it junior, that's how I roll!" I smiled gently nudging her in the side. She giggled and pushed me back. "Ok enough joking you need to get some rest, it has been a long few days, no thanks to Ward!" I added. "Mom its not his fault, I believe him when he says he isn't Hydra!" Skye explained. "Skye he is good at getting in peoples head, I just don't want to see you get hurt and betrayed because you are too forgiving!" I explained. "But that can wait, go to sleep honey!" I said.
"Fine night mo- achhhewww!" was her response. "Night honey" I smiled. She mumbled something in response as she worked her way into my side and wrapped her arm around my waist. I gently put my arms around her avoiding her injured arm. Within minutes she was in a deep sleep completely unaware that I was awake all night. I was afraid to sleep, afraid that Ward of Garrett would come in and take Skye from me while I slept. So instead I stayed up all night cuddling Skye and making sure the covers stayed around her.
By the time morning arrived I was exhausted and my eyes were burning, but Skye was happy and safe so I had never felt better. Around half 7 Skye started to stir. "Morning honey, how are you feeling?" I asked noticing that she looked a little sicker. "Like crap!" she muttered. I laughed, she was so honest these days compared to before. Before she always lied and tried to keep me from worrying. "I bet you do feel like crap, all that adrenaline from yesterday, mixed with no sleep and no food its amazing you kept going. Try and get some more sleep, our ride will be here soon and then you can get a chance to recover more!" I replied.
She nodded and rolled over to go back to sleep. As she did so I noticed my phone was ringing. It was on silent so it didn't disturb Skye. I reached over and answered it; it was an unknown number, "Hello?" I asked. "Hello Agent May" came a voice I never wanted to hear again!
Ok so that was chapter 41, hope you enjoyed! Until next time ;-)
