Thank you so much for the support and I really hope you are enjoying the story! I have an important question for all of you and please please please answer and let me know what you think!

I want to start writing another AOS fanfiction whilst I'm writing this one. This is my first and I know it can be a lot better, especially now I've had practice and I want defiantly want to write another one. So I have many ideas and would like to know which one you would like to read.

1. Skye is 9 years old and has spent her life in a messed up foster system. After starting a new school she finds a new BFF in Jemma Simmons, a girl who like her, understands having a crazy family life, after all her parents are Phil and Melinda Coulson who have their own bunch of crazy kids. Watch as the two girls become closer than friends and Skye finds a family she never thought she would.

2. Skye is a mercenary. She works alone and with no one else. She doesn't need anyone... or maybe she does. The young adult ends up on SHIELD's radar and Coulson's team are hunting her. After a mission goes badly wrong Skye ends up in the clutches of an evil organisation, Hydra. Will the SHIELD team save her or treat her like the enemy?

These are just two ideas that I've been pondering over for a while now. What would you like to see? Please let me know and if you have any other ideas let me know too!

Also, WE MADE IT! 50 CHAPTERS! OMG! Please let me know what you think!

"So after that you left SHIELD?"

Skye was sitting down in the living room whilst May and Phil were trying to answer Skye's many questions.

"We had realised that there could be some more important things in life but Fury and Maria wanted us to stay, so we compromised. We bought this house together, and agreed to teach at SHIELD high, to help pick and train the next generation of SHIELD agents without the world or the students knowing" May explained.

Skye nodded "and agreeing to take me in was just a coincidence?"

"It was" Phil confirmed.

"What's going to happen to me?"

Phil frowned "nothing. You are officially ours and you are staying here. Bobbi and Hunter have agreed to keep an eye out but you must make sure you are never alone ok? If there's ever an emergency then press this button and SHIELD can track you but I don't think there will be another kidnapping attempt soon. The bad guys messed up and they will need to re group before trying anything again."

Phil handed Skye a button disguised as a small mirror which the girl pocketed.

Skye bit her lip nervously, "there… there is one way we can find out what they are actually after though right?"

May looked at Skye curiously before realisation dawned on her "We've tried speaking to Cal but he won't talk, Skye you know he's not well"

"Yeah but he will talk to me. I know what he's like and for better or worse he cares about me and we can use that" Skye replied, fiercely.

"Skye I know he's your biological father but he's dangerous, I mean he took you. If you want to see him then you have every right but don't feel like you have to. No information is ever worth you getting hurt, got that?" Phil said.

Skye nodded "your right, bad decision, he's crazy and probably wouldn't make sense anyway. I'm going to go to bed now, I need some time to think"

As Skye picked up Arthur and went up to her bedroom May and Phil both let out a sigh.

Phil lent into Melinda's side, "That didn't go too badly right?"

May nodded "But she's fourteen Phil. She should be acting like any other teenager, yet here we are again with her having to deal with so much. Anything could have happened today and you should have seen the look in her eyes, she reminds me of when I was a child. There's no way she's not going to go searching for answers."

"Then we will have to protect her."

Skye spent the night forging a plan. She knew what she had to do but she couldn't do it alone, she was fed up of being lonely, having grown up an orphan she needed a team around her.

Skye awoke when her alarm rang and she quickly got dressed for school. Last night, despite Skye's protest, it had been agreed that they would give training a miss this morning. Therefore, Skye decided that today she would focus on her main objective, convincing Jemma and Fitz to join her in her search for answers. It wouldn't be too hard considering that her two best friends were just as curious about things as she was. As Skye was getting dressed she glimpsed at her body in the mirror, the bruises that swarmed her rib-cage were dark purple and she had cuts down her arms and legs, otherwise it wasn't too bad and the pain was manageable. For once, Skye's sleep had been void of nightmares but the sleep had been short. Her mind was still whirling with information and she felt exhaustion trying to drag her down into the ground.

"Did you sleep well?" May asked Skye, taking note of her sluggish movements.

Skye nodded "fine" she replied, simply. For once Skye just wanted to get to school to talk to her friends. She felt like she had found a new purpose in her life and that it was finally leading somewhere. To answers, to SHIELD. Skye wasn't stupid, she knew that Fury wanted her to be an agent and she wanted to prove to everyone that she could be one. A great one, she just needed to be stronger and solving the mystery around her parents was one way she could help do that.

She also knew that May and Phil were less pleased about SHIELD being brought into her life. Skye had no doubts that her… parents had some bad experiences when being agents, but Skye wanted this. She had lived her whole life so far without parents so if her new ones didn't want her to do this then she wouldn't tell them. Not yet anyway.

When Skye got to school it was early and less crowded. She had Music first which was a great opportunity to talk to Fitz and Jemma. After saying goodbye to Phil and May, Skye made her way carefully to her classroom. She was about to celebrate her skill of going unnoticed when a voice behind her made her jump.

"Skye can we talk?"

Lincoln was standing in front of her and Skye was shocked by his appearance. His usual perky features had diminished, his eyes were red and dull whilst his face was tainted grey. Skye tried not to involuntary flinch away and forced herself to nod solemnly.

Skye followed Lincoln into an empty classroom and she watched as Lincoln shuffled awkwardly then sat on the edge of a desk.

"What do you want Lincoln?" She asked more fiercely than she had intended to.

"I just want you to hear me out. We both done things wrong ok? You left and I lost it, I didn't know what to do and when you came back I was just so angry and I couldn't control myself. Raina got into my head Skye. I'm sorry"

Skye sighed "I understand Lincoln. Everything is so messed up but I needed you. I needed you and you just added to the pain"

Suddenly Lincoln was in front of her, grabbing her chin and jerking her head upwards.

"You left first!" He yelled, spit hitting Skye on the nose.

Quickly, Skye manoeuvred backwards whilst her right hand flew out, hitting Lincoln square in the stomach. Lincoln went sprawling backwards into a table before he slid to the floor suddenly sobbing.

Skye stood there shaken and confused. Lincoln was behaving so erratically and whilst she knew he could get angry and cold, this was something completely different and for once Skye was worried.

Dropping all pretences Skye moved closer to the teenager "Lincoln what's the matter, really?"

Lincoln kept his head buried in his knees but clearly screamed "Get out! Just get out and leave me alone!"

Skye sighed as she walked into the hallway and closed the door. Perhaps she should go and get a teacher but then again, she would have to waste time trying to explain why she had been in a classroom with him anyway. She had things to do and right now Lincoln wasn't one of the problems.

"Skye people were talking about yesterday, what happened?" Jemma asked concerned.

"Don't worry about that now. I'm fine but we have loads to catch up on. I will fill you in at lunch" Skye whispered as their class started.

At break Skye, Jemma and Leo all went to Phil's classroom where they were alone. Luckily, Trip was ill, therefore Skye didn't have to try to convince him to leave them alone. She liked Trip but she wasn't sure he could be trusted yet.

Skye explained everything. All the things she hadn't managed to tell them before to where she was in her investigation now – obviously leaving out SHIELD's name. She replaced that with a government organisation. Skye watched as Jemma and Fitz's faces scrunched up in concentration and widened with shock.

"So" Skye concluded "I need your help to bridge all of the gaps together. I need to know the truth, the whole truth and right now I just have fragments".

Fitz and Jemma nodded.

"How about you both come over to mine Saturday. We can say it's a school project and we can go through everything. There must be evidence somewhere online that you can hack Skye, and Fitz and I can put our brains together. Together we can work out a timeline and possible motives and connections between everyone and then Sunday we can visit your dad?" Jemma suggested.

"Yeah your right, thanks Jemma. We don't know who could be listening here" Skye replied.

That was that. The plan was made. Now Skye just had to wait until Saturday, until then she would try to convince everyone she was normal and maybe do a bit of digging on her own.

School passes swiftly for Skye after that. Despite Raina's snide comments here and there the day was relatively normal. After school, Skye trained with May who was pleased to see her improvement. Skye had defiantly gotten stronger and have developed her own unique fighting style. May's rare smile and proud nod at the end of the session was enough to warm Skye's heart.

The newly formed family of three ate dinner together and then Phil helped Skye with her homework before all three of them settled down to watch a film. Skye had no idea what was going on throughout and she was sure May felt her confusion too but Phil seemed to be enjoying it.

Phil grinned when Skye allowed him to wrap his arms around her and laughed at May's mock scowl.

Sometime mid movie Skye heard her phone ping. She picked it up and her heart dropped when she saw Lincolns name flash across the screen. Curiously, Skye opened the message and saw several frantic texts from her ex. They read:

'Skye I just wanted to say I love you'

'I'm so sorry'

'Shye, pkwase figive mee'

'in ifit abd hku deserbe beyyer'

The last text was the most disturbing ' e'

May and Phil watched as Skye tapped at her phone, her face become slowly more worried. May saw Phil give her a look and she shrugged in answer.

"Skye?" Phil asked softly "what's the matter?"

Skye was furiously typing on her phone until she found what she was looking for. Quickly she shot up and bolted to the door.

"Skye wait!" May yelled which caused Skye to pause.

Skye had tracked Lincolns phone to a bridge nearby and had intended to run there and… and… she wasn't entirely sure what she was about to do. Save him? All she knew was that Lincoln wasn't alright and that he desperately needed help… like she once had.

"Skye?"

Skye flashed out of her thoughts and was surprised to see Phil right in front of her. She felt tears hit her cheeks and tried not to panic.

Skye swallowed "It's Lincoln he… he, well I don't know he's in trouble!"

Skye shoved the phone into Phil's hands and watched as his eyes went wide.

"He hasn't been himself lately and I tracked him to here. He's on a bridge. Please can you take me there?" Skye begged.

Phil nodded "get in the car"

Despite being 9PM in November the air was sickly warm and Skye felt like she was suffocating. She didn't miss May's nervous glances into the back seat as they drove silently.

Skye took a deep breath "When we get there can you two wait by the car. Let me talk to him?"

"Fine. We've called Hunter and Bobbi for back up just in case anything goes wrong. There trained for things like this" May told the girl.

As soon as the car came to a halt Skye jumped out. Lincoln was standing on the other side of the barrier, close to the edge and the crashing a far distance below.

Carefully, Skye approached the teen until she was about a foot away.

"Lincoln?"

Lincoln looked to the right and swayed. Skye gasped as his body lent forward over the edge of the ledge. Luckily, Lincoln's grip on the handrail tightened and he regained his balance. Skye took this opportunity to move closer. She could see Hunter and Bobbi making their way to the other side of Lincoln whilst May and Phil stayed on Skye's side. However, Lincoln's focus was only on Skye.

"Lincoln, please step back over" Skye begged.

Lincoln's eyes were drooping and when he spoke his speech was slow and slurred.

"I'm sorry. I'm a bad person" Lincoln gasped.

Skye winced at the strong smell of alcohol which invaded her nostrils. 'What the hell happened to you Lincoln', she thought.

"No your not. Your smart and funny and you saved me. You saved me from Ward and helped me feel wanted. Lincoln please come back" Skye pleaded.

Lincoln held Skye's gaze as the wind picked up, rippling through Skye's wavy hair. Lincoln was shivering, his grip on the rail slowly slackening. Closer and closer, the two leaned until Skye's nose was grazing his.

"Come home" she whispered.

Skye brushed a stray tear from Lincolns cheek.

"I love you, Skye" Lincoln whispered back before he swayed, his body flying over the edge.