When they got to the roof, they found Skye sitting cross-legged on one of the walls that lead to the helipad area. Her eyes were closed and her hands folded in her lap while her face was turned to the sun. They approached slowly not wanting to scare her, deliberately taking heavy steps so she could hear them approach. "Hey Skye," Tony said walking closer. Skye smiled but didn't move, enjoying the sun. "Hey Tony, you want to join me?" She asked, eyes still closed and body unmoving. Tony glanced around. To their left was the walkway that leads to the helipad on the other side of the low wall Skye was currently sitting on. One floor down and a bit to the left, you could see the walkway for Tony and his suits, sticking out. Tony glanced at the others before returning to Skye, "what we doing?" he asked going to sit next to her. She wasn't near the edge of the roof or in any danger of falling so he relaxed a little. Skye smiled again, opening her eyes to glance at Tony. "Enjoying the son of course" Tony glanced at the others again unsure what to make of his current predicament. "You guys are welcome to join to," Skye told the group at the back without turning. Clint smiled and walked over, jumping on the wall and mimicking Skye's position. Steve and Nat shrugged walking over and sitting on the wall.

And that was how Bruce found them an hour later, the group of 5 all sitting on the wall enjoying the sun. He had come up to do his meditation when he found them. He smiled but didn't bother them. "You can join us, Dr. Banner," Skye told him. Nat opened her eyes and looked around spotting Bruce. She hadn't heard him come out. She looked at Skye confusion on her face, how did she know he was there. Skye smiled and opened her eyes looking at Nat. She quirked her eyebrow in a May like way making Nat frown, then smile. Bruce joined them on the wall as well, "so what you are guys doing?" He asked the group. "Enjoying the sun. I have to admit it's kind of nice." Tony said, making everyone but Skye look at him surprised. He was not one for sitting and doing nothing especially outdoors. "You learn to enjoy the small things in life when you lose them" Skye commented making everyone frown and look at her. "What you mean?" Clint asked. Skye shrugged, frowning, "basements are dark," she simply said before going back to enjoy the sun. Now everyone stared at her, thinking about the implications of her statement, but didn't say anything, instead of going back to enjoying the sun as well.

"So Skye you have any friends you would like to come to visit?" Bruce asked a few minutes later. 8-Year-olds had to socialize with people their own age; it was part of growing up. Skye looked at him then shrugged, shaking her head and turning back to the sun. "What about Emma?" Nat asked, remembering that Skye had said that the girl was like a sister and that she missed her. Skye opened her eyes, then shook her head, a sad expression on her face, "Emma can't come and visit Me." she simply replied. "Well, maybe you can go visit her" Bruce spoke again, only to have Skye shake her head again. "No I can't, but I would like to take flowers to her grave," Skye said, looking at Tony and then Clint hoping they would agree. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know." Bruce told her to feel bad for bringing it up. Skye gave him a sad smile, 'It's okay. I mean, I miss her, but she was my sister, and I don't mind talking about her." Tony smiled at her, "She was your sister?" he asked, wanting to know more about Skye. Skye nodded at him, "Not by blood, but we chose each other. She always protected me, and I tried to protect her. She was actually the reason why my name is Skye" Skye revealed to the group. "Really?" Tony asked surprised. "Yeah. She always told me that I reminded her of the Sky, so when she died, I started going by Skye as a reminder." Clint gave her a small, hug which she returned. "That's really nice. May I ask what happened?" Bruce told her, but he wanted to know what happened to Emma, as it seemed that they were so close, and after hearing what Nat told them, he was worried, it might be another trauma that Skye had experienced. Skye turned to Nat when she answered; "After Emma stopped Mr. Shaw..." she looked at Nat, wanting to know if she knew what she was talking about, but everyone got what she was talking about, so Nat just nodded. "I was left in my room..."

Flashback

Skye was left on her bed crying, as Mr. Shaw dragged Emma out of the room. Skye thought it was to punish her, for standing up to him. That night, Emma didn't return to her room, and the following morning Skye found her sister sitting on the steps, in the back yard. She sat next to her and gave her a hug, asking what was wrong. Emma had wiped her tears away and smiled at her little sister, then gave her a hug, promising that Mr. Shaw would never scare or hurt her again. A five-year-old Skye had smiled up at her sister, asking if it was true, only to have Emma nod and hug her once more.

3 weeks had passed since that night, and Skye was never hurt, again, but Emma got sad, really sad, and one morning, Skye found her in her bed, dead, with foam coming from her mouth. She had called Mr. Shaw, who cursed all the way to the kitchen where he called someone. Skye found 2 letters on her desk, one addressed to her, and the other saying, 'give to police'. Half an hour later when police showed up, and took Emma away, saying she had overdosed on pills, Skye approached an officer and gave him the letter. He had read it, and gone pale, taking Skye and placing her in the back of a police car, saying she was going back to the orphanage. Mr. Shaw was arrested a few minutes later.

Papers called him a rapist, and Emma's photo was in the news. Skye was sent to a therapist, which she hated, and never spoke to.

End Flashback

"I didn't understand at the time, but now I know. She protected me and got hurt for it. Made a deal to save me, and then killed herself because it hurt." Skye was crying as she recalled the events. Steve gave her a hug, as they all processed this information. This girl had survived, more than any human being should, and she was only 8 years old. Maybe getting therapy for her wasn't the worst idea. "I'm sorry you had to go through that" Bruce spoke up, recovering first. "Skye smiled at him as Steve stepped back, sitting on the wall again. "It's okay Dr. Banner. It was a long time ago." Skye told the man, turning to face the sun once more. everyone else let it go at that, not wanting to upset Skye or make her remember more, instead of going back to basking in the sun, what Skye had told them replaying in their heads.

Clouds started coming in, indicating a rainy night lay ahead. Skye started getting cold and shivered, which Tony noticed. "Well I think it's time we head inside where it's warmer," Tony said jumping off the wall and then offered his arms to Skye who smirked at him and did a backflip of the wall instead. "Where'd you learn that?" Nat asked impressed. Skye looked at her before smiling, "aunt May" she said before walking to the door. Tony was about to instruct JARVIS to open the door for them, when Skye bent down and lock picked it, entering the door as if nothing happened. They all froze in their tracks staring at the closing door.