Chapter 7
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The next morning which is technically only about four hours later Skye is the first awake. Once she wakes she goes to Steve's room where he is also awake
"Come on Cap, it's time for our fun." Skye tells him.
"What do you mean?" Steve asks confused.
"I'm betting every single one of them will have a headache, which means it is our job as the only two without a hangover to make things so much worse." Skye says with a grin as they walk over to the sound system.
"Makes sense." Steve responds, "Do you know what time a meeting with Fury is meant to occur?" He asks interested.
"An hour." Skye says looking at the clock, "Which means I've got to get them up and functioning quick." She comments as she puts the volume on the speaker on full and starts to play Highway to Hell.
Once it's clear that they are all awake and looking like they want to find out who to murder for the music being played Skye turns off the music and walks over to the group.
"Good morning." Skye says in the most chipper voice she can manage.
"Way to happy Kid." Clint tells his niece.
"I don't see why you are not happy, it's a lovely day, the sun is shining the birds are singing and you've got a meeting with Fury in an hour." Skye comments.
"I don't remember who won?" Tony asks interested.
"Melinda and Natasha." Steve answers.
"I need coffee." Coulson comment.
"I need to remove my head from the rest of my body for a while." Ward comments.
"I could do that for you, if you want." Clint tells him.
"I need pancakes and greasy bacon." Melinda comments
"Please don't talk about food." Simmons requests, "I think I'm going to be sick." She tells everyone.
"Please don't say that word." Pepper requests.
"There is a dinner a couple of doors down, how about I go and get all the best hangover food, while you all start drinking water." Skye suggests.
"Sounds good but take Steve with you." Melinda requests.
"Of course." Skye responds. "Come on Steve, let's let them wallow in their misery." Skye says walking away from the group and back over to the sound system where she once again starts to play music loudly.
"What was that time for?" Steve asks curious.
"My own amusement." Skye answers as the pair head downstairs.
Fifteen minutes later Steve and Skye return to the tower with enough, coffee and hangover food for all.
"I'll say we've got fifteen minutes to eat before we've all, with the exception of Rhodey, Pepper and Steve have to get back to the bus to meet Fury and Hill." Skye comments as she puts the food and the coffee down on the table which everyone is sitting around.
"What did we do last night?" Clint asks curious, "The last thing I remember is that flaming shot you made." Clint says looking at Melinda.
"Well the last thing I remember is kissing Tasha so I'm guessing we played truth or dare." Melinda comments.
"You did." Steve answers.
"What did we do?" Coulson asks interested.
"That is for me and Steve to know and for you all to find out." Skye says with a grin.
"Kid, you look just like your mother when you do that." Clint tells his niece knowing that that grin on Melinda never ends well for him so he assumes it means the same now.
"Did Rhodey run around this room in only his underwear yelling that he is better than iron man?" Natasha asks interested.
"Yep." Skye answers.
"Oh god, I did?" Rhodey asks shocked, "Never again." He tells Tony.
"Well I guess I have to hand it to you, congrats for out drinking us." Tony tells Natasha and Melinda. "What was the final drink count?" Tony asks Steve interested.
"A lot." Steve answers, "Let's just say that Melinda and Natasha did two shots more than the last of you and leave it at that." He explains.
"We should get going back to the bus if we want to clean up before Fury arrives." Natasha comments.
"Right, Jarvis call downstairs, get a car ready." Tony requests.
"Where are my shoes?" Melinda asks interested.
"Over there." Skye says pointing to near the bar where all the shoes are.
"Let's go." Coulson says.
"I'll get cleaned up then I'll be there." Tony tells Coulson and who nods in responds and the members of S.H.I.E.L.D leave the tower.
Thankfully traffic isn't too bad so they manage to get back to the plane in fifteen minutes. While the others are quickly taking turns in the showers Skye made coffee and set out all the food that she brought so that they can eat it. She is just coming out of her bunk after getting changed when Tony arrives.
"Coffees, in the kitchen." Skye tells her uncle.
"Thank you." Tony says and he makes his way right over to the kitchen, passing Fitz, Simmons and Ward who are eating as he does.
"Where are the grownups?" Tony asks interested.
"Mom is getting ready in her Bunk, Uncle Clint is getting ready in the bathroom, Dad's upstairs and тетя Наташа is in the other bathroom." Skye explains.
"When is Fury due?" Tony asks interested.
"About ten minutes, give or take." Coulson says walking down the stairs.
"You said that this isn't he first meeting you've been to hangover, what is your secret?" Tony asks Coulson interested.
"Letting him do the talking." Natasha answers walking out of the bathroom and straight to the coffee.
"And that works?" Tony asks surprised.
"Sometime." Coulson answers. "But for the best thing to do we need Clint and Melinda for." Coulson explains.
"Why?" Tony ask interested.
"Because we have really good hangover curer." Melinda answers.
"How good?" Tony asks interested.
"The best." Melinda answers as she gets started.
Clint walks out of the bathroom a minute later and as he sees what Melinda is doing he starts to help.
"Don't you two know the recipe?" Tony asks Coulson and Natasha
"No." They both respond and as Melinda and Clint start the blended everyone who is currently hung over and grabs their head.
"Come and get it." Clint comments as he pours the first jug into three different cups while Melinda gets started on the second.
"That's disgusting." Ward comments once he has taken a zip.
"The taste is well worth the affect it has." Coulson tells him as Clint once again start the blender.
When Fury and Hill arrive fifteen minutes later everyone is doing a lot better thanks to Clint and Melinda's hangover curer.
"Morning." Fury greats.
"Moring Sir." Coulson responds. "We should get started." He requests wanting the meeting done as soon as possible.
"How many of you are hangover?" Fury asks interested.
"Everyone, except me." Skye answers several minutes later when it looks like nobody is going to.
"Traitor." Clint jokingly tell his niece.
"Maybe it would be best if we came back later." Maria suggests.
"No, we will not come back later, all of you will stand here and listen to what is going being said and you will contribute." Fury tells everyone.
"Yes Sir." The agents and Tony respond.
"First Skye, here are your orders." Fury says handing Skye paper work.
"I'm am to report to the Academy of Communications in two weeks." Skye reads, "Thank you Sir." Skye tells him.
"Like I told you this is the same chance I would give any other consultant in your shoes, it's going to be hard work, good luck." Fury tells her.
"Thank you." Skye repeats and surprises everyone by giving Fury a hug which he returns.
"I am really seeing this? Or am I hallucinating thanks to the hangover?" Tony asks Clint curious.
"I think so, but I'm hangover too so I can't be sure." Clint responds.
"Right Barton." Fury says.
"Sir?"
"You're orders." He says handing him paper work, "You will teaching a six weeks shotting course at the academy of operations." Fury tells him, "I am working on your schedule which will balance your teaching responsibilities with protecting Skye." Fury explains.
"Yes Sir." Clint responds.
"Stark, what are you plans for surveillance?" Fury asks.
"Um well, I need to know the layouts of things but I can get into the security camera's already in place and add some of my own, I feel that the only camera free area should be Skye's room for privacy but every possible way in should be covered by cameras." Tony reveals.
"Good, but don't hack in, Just place your own cameras. If you hack in there is a chance you will be detected." He reveals.
"Right, just my own camera's got it." Tony comments.
"Coulson plans for finding the Mole and Clairvoyant?" Fury asks and he receives no answer, "COULSON."
"Sorry Sir, what was the question?" Coulson asks trying to stop himself from vomiting.
"Your plans to track down, the Mole, Quinn and the Clairvoyant?" Fury asks.
"Um right, Natasha had an idea about that." He comments.
"Natasha?" Fury asks.
"Sir?" She asks.
"Plans to track down, the Mole, Quinn and the Clairvoyant." He requests.
"Right." Natasha answers, "The Mole and the Clairvoyant are going to be the most difficult to track down so our plan is…." Natasha begins to say but she gets cut off by Ward.
"I'm going to be sick." He says before running out of the command centre.
"I really wish he didn't say that." Simmons comments looking just as green as Ward.
"Skye how long ago did they wake up?" Hill asks Skye curious.
"An hour ago." Skye answers,
"And how long before that did they full asleep?" She asks.
"They passed out." Skye corrects, "About four hours earlier." Skye answers.
"How much did they drink?" Fury asks.
"Is anyone going to comment about how they are talking like we aren't here?" Tony asks Melinda.
"No, shut up." Melinda tells him
"A lot." Skye answers simply.
"Sir, I don't think there is much point containing at the moment." Hill tells Fury, "I believe they are all both drunk and Hangover at the same time." She tells him.
"I agree." Fury comments, "You are all dismissed. I will be back at six pm and we will all go over this again." He orders.
"Yes sir." The others respond and they leave.
"Skye, not you." Fury requests as she is the last to leave.
"What's up?" Skye asks interested walking back over to him.
"How did this start?" He asks interested.
"Well Sir, most of it started when Uncle Tony refused to believe that Mom and тетя Наташа could out drink him, Dad, Uncle Clint, Banner and James Rhodes." Skye explains knowing what happened as Steve filled her in.
"Oh, makes sense now." Natasha comments, "I swear I've never know two people who could handle their alcohol better than Melinda and Natasha, it's like they have a super power." She comment having seen that for herself more than once.
"Anyway, Pepper joined in as well and Fitz, Simmons, Ward and I were off in the corner and they were drinking, nowhere near as much as the others but then when everyone else left and a game of truth or dare started their drinking increased." Skye explains. "The whole night ended with everyone except for me and Steve passed out on Uncle Tony's floor." Skye explains.
"Why were you and Steve alright?" Hill asks interested.
"Steve can't get drunk so he didn't even bother trying and I wasn't drinking." Skye explains. "Is that all you wanted to know Sir?" Skye asks interested.
"Actually no, there is something I have to talk to you about." Fury tells her.
"Of course sir, what is it?" Skye asks curious.
"When you're at the academy most of the staff and some of the cadets believe that your father is dead." Fury reveals.
"Is the fact that he's still alive still as secret?" Skye asks surprised, "I thought that because the Avengers know now that it wasn't." Skye comments.
"It still is." Fury tells her.
"So I have to pretend that my father is dead?" Skye asks really not liking the sound of that.
"I just need you not to correct anyone if they bring it up." Fury tells her, "I know that this isn't fair on you and I am sorry about that." He tells her.
"I really don't like this." Skye tells him.
"I know." Fury tells her "But it's what I need you to do."
"Fine." Skye says still not sure what she will do if someone brings it up to her but saying fine anyway.
"Once you are strong enough can you try to use your knowing power to find out who the mole in S.H.I.E.L.D is." Fury requests kindly.
"I can try." Skye tells him, "I don't know if I will find anything, but I can try." Skye tells him.
"That's all I can ask." Fury responds, "Also why you are at the academy you can't let a single person know about your abilities." He tells her.
"I know sir." Skye responds.
"That means you can't use your powers while on academy grounds, unless it is an emergency, because the senses will pick it up." Fury tells Skye.
"Yes Sir." Skye responds.
"Good. You can go now." He tells her and Skye nods and exits the room.
As she walks out of the command centre she notices Tony asleep on one of the couches with his sun glasses on his face.
With an amused smirk on her face Skye walk over to her bunk grabs her blanket and walks over to Tony and covers him with it.
After she has covered Tony Skye heads to the kitchen to grab a glass of water which she takes to Ward in the bathroom.
"Here." Skye says placing it on the floor next to him.
"Thank you." Ward responds as Skye squats down next to him.
"How you feeling?" She asks interested as Ward takes a drink of the water.
"Awful." Ward responds.
"I would stay with you but when I see people puke I puke, have since I was a kid." Skye tells him, "I'm guessing that that is just going to make things worse." Skye says giving Ward a kiss on the cheek, "Feel better." She tells him standing up.
"Hey Skye." Ward says stoping her before she can leave.
"Yeah?" Skye says turning around to face him.
"Thanks" He tells her and Skye nods before leaving.
Once she leaves the bathroom Skye walks back to her own bunk grabs headphones and sits down on her laptop and gets started on increasing the firewalls and encryption on the planes' system.
Several hours later Skye is still on her laptop and she is pretty sure that she is the only one who is currently awake until she looks up and sees her Dad standing at the door.
"Hey Dad." Skye says taking off her headphones, "How's the head?" She asks curious.
"Pounding." Coulson asks, "We didn't say or do anything that traumatised you too much did we?" He asks worried as he walks over and sits down next to his daughter.
"Nah, not really." Skye tells him as even though there were a couple of things said that she would have rather not known it wasn't too bad, "But I will tell you this, you and Uncle Clint preform a pretty good duet." She tells her father
"Oh god, what did we sing?" Coulson asks.
"Video kill the radio star." Skye answers, "And you both kind of serenaded everyone and each other, though I'm thinking it was aimed to Mom and тетя Наташа, unless you and Uncle Clint have something you're not telling me, with I will always love you." Skye explains with a grin.
"We did?" Coulson asks putting his head in his hands.
"You did." Skye tells him patting him on the break, "But on the bright side I'm pretty sure that Steve and I are the only ones who are going to remember." Skye tells him.
"Oh god that's worse." Coulson tells her, "I made a fool of myself in front of my daughter and my hero." He tells her.
"Making a fool of yourself in front of your daughter is something every father does so don't worry about that, and I'm pretty sure Steve was as amused by it as I was, except when he had to slow Dace with Uncle Tony, he wasn't too fond of that." She reveals.
"Steve and Tony slowed danced?" Coulson asks shocked looking up at his daughter.
"Yep." Skye answers with a grin.
"What else happened?" Coulson asks curious.
"That is a secret until such a time where me and Steve feel the need to use it." Skye tells her father.
"Oh god, it must have been bad then." Coulson realises as it is the only reason he can think of why Skye and Steve would be holding onto their blackmail material so strongly.
"It was entraining." Skye answers.
"Is there anything I'm going to have to deal with?" Coulson asks curious.
"I don't think so." Skye answers, "Steve and I stopped the really stupid ideas." She tells him.
"Like?" Coulson asks worried.
"I believe there was once a suggestion on seeing who could abseil down the side of the tower the fastest. You all get very competitive, even more so than usual, when you're drunk." Skye reveals.
"Thank you for stopping that." Coulson tells her.
"You should think Steve and Rhodey, they are the ones who really put a stop to that." Skye reveals.
"Good." Coulson comments, "Who suggested that in the first place?"
"Mom or тетя Наташа it got hard to tell which of them were actually the one suggesting things, it was liked the morphed into one person." Skye tells her Dad.
"Yeah, they do that when they have been drinking." Coulson reveals.
"Huh, interesting." Skye comments. "Oh I have something for you." Skye says reaching for the lock bock, opening it and handing her father the ring box.
"Thanks." Coulson tells her, "What do you think?" Coulson asks opening the box and showing her the ring.
"I think it's perfect." Skye tells him, "Any ideas about the proposal?"
"Yeah I do actually." Coulson reveals, "And if you feel like driving I'll tell you on the way to the house."
"To the house? Why do you need to go to the house?" She asks confused.
"Because I believe that there is a box waiting to be opened." Coulson tells her.
"Yeah, there is." Skye says with a smile, "But why am I driving?" Skye asks.
"Because I can't at the moment." Coulson answers.
"Ah, that makes sense." Skye realises.
"I'll see you downstairs in five." Coulson tells his daughter as he gets up and leaves her bunk.
Fifteen minutes later Skye and Coulson are in Lola driving to the house.
"This really isn't helping your headache is it?" Skye asks her Dad curious as she can see him wincing from the light even though he is wearing sunglasses.
"No, it's really not." Coulson confirms.
"So what's your proposal idea?" Skye asks interested.
"I decided to go with something simple, like you suggested." Coulson tells his daughter, "One of the biggest difference between now and when we first were married is that back then we were the only family each other hand, your Great Grandfather was dying, S.H.I.E.L.D wasn't a family to us yet but we were to each other, we were the only family we had, but that's not true anymore. It wouldn't feel right if the family we have now wasn't present when I asked your Mom to marry me." Coulson reveals, "Once the meeting with Fury ends tonight I'm going to say that I have something I want to say and I'm am going to say a speech I've been practicing for months and get down on one knee and ask your mother to marry me." Coulson explains.
"In the command centre with director Fury present?" Skye asks surprised.
"Yes. You don't think it's a horrible Idea do you?" Coulson asks worried, "It's thanks to that plane and those people who will be there that we got this second chance, but most of all it's thanks to you." Coulson explains to his daughter.
Skye smiles at that feeling glad that while she may have been the reason that her parents divorced in the first place she is also part of the reason they got back together, "I think the sentiment is good and I promise I will do my best to keep Uncle Tony or Uncle Clint from making a comment." Skye tells her father, "But what if you propose and Mom says yes but then Fury says you can't work together anymore?" Skye asks worried.
"If he does say that, that is why it will pay to have Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton present. I have a feeling that if he does says that we can no longer work together then those three will get him to change his mind pretty quickly." Coulson explains.
"Ah that's perfect." Skye says with a grin, "Now the only thing you have to worry about is Mom getting pissed at you for proposing to her in front of Fury." Skye comments.
"Thanks for pointing that out." Coulson tells her, "I also have to worry about her saying no." he points out.
"Not going to happen." Skye answers confidently and the pair continue to drive to the house.
When they arrive at the house ten minutes later Coulson tells Skye to wait in the living room while he goes down to the basement and he returns upstairs a few minutes later with the box.
"We've really got to organize things down there." Coulson comments.
"Mom said the same thing." Skye says amused. "But honestly when are we ever going to find the time?" Skye asks cuiorus.
"No idea, that's why it hasn't been done yet." Coulson admits. "Open it." Coulson tells Skye as she is just staring at the box.
Hesitantly Skye reaches out and opens the box, inside she finds a whole lot of sealed envelopes and many different items, "What are in the envelopes?" Skye asks curious.
"Letters and things I wrote that I wanted you to know when we found you." Coulson explains and Skye nods.
"Baseball glove?" Skye asks confused.
"I grew up in Boston and my Dad loved baseball, he gave me that glove on my seventh birthday, the last birthday I had with him before he died." Coulson reveals, "I always planned to give it to you." Coulson reveals.
"Wow." Skye says picking up the glove that belonged to both her father and grandfather, "I would say let's go through a ball around but I have no idea how to." Skye reveals.
"Well I think it is about time you learn." Coulson says getting up and running upstairs.
"Dad what are you doing?" Skye asks confused as she picks up the glove.
"Getting a couple of things." Coulson says returning downstairs with a glove and a ball, "I'm going to teach you how to play catch." Coulson explains to his daughter, "If we break anything we both pled ignorance to avoid your Mom's anger, deal?" He asks.
"Deal." Skye responds with a smile and the father and daughter head out to the backyard to throw a ball around.
For over an hour Coulson and Skye throw the ball around in the backyard, surprisingly not breaking anything though there were a couple of close calls.
When they arrive back at the plane they find Tony still asleep on the couch and no one else in sight.
"How is he still asleep?" Skye asks surprised.
"It not very hard." Coulson answers.
"Where do you think everyone is?" Skye asks curious
"Well Your Mom, Aunt and Uncle we're asleep when we left so I'm assuming that they still are." Coulson tells her.
"How do you know that?" Skye asks curious.
"You're Aunt and Uncle we're asleep on the fold out bed in my office." Coulson explains.
"Ah right." Skye realises, "We've got, what an hour to Fury gets here again?" Skye asks looking at the clock,
"Yeah, about that long." Coulson says.
"Do you think you're up to making food for everyone?" Skye asks curious.
"I think I can manage that." Coulson answers.
"Well you do that, I'll wake everyone up." Skye says and the father and daughter go in two different directions.
An hour later everyone is awake and enjoying food and when Fury and Hill arrive everyone but Coulson are down in the kitchen.
"Dad's upstairs, I'll go get him." Skye says standing up.
"What is he doing up there?" Tony asks confused.
"Changing his tie he got something on it." Skye explains as she climbs up the stairs.
"Dad Fury and Hill are here." Skye says walking into the office.
"Right, thanks." Coulson tells his daughter pulling the ring out of the ring box to put it in his pocket.
"You're nervous." Skye notes as she notices her father's hand shaking.
"Is it obvious?" Coulson asks worried
"Okay, you've got to relax." Skye says walking over to her father and putting both her hands on his shoulders, "We've got a mission briefing with Fury to get through fist." Skye tells her Dad, "Take a deep breath, this is Mom, the person you have been in love with for thirty years and who loves you. Just breathe and relax." Skye tells her Dad.
"I love you Baby Girl." Coulson tells his daughter pulling her in for a hug.
"I love you too Dad." Skye responds. "Now let's go." Skye says and father and daughter head back down to the command centre.
When they enter Coulson walks over to Fury and Skye goes and stands next to Tony for the sole reason that she can step on his foot if he makes a comment.
"Sir I would like to apologise for how we acted this morning." Coulson tells Fury when he enters the room, "It was unprofessional of us and I am sorry."
"I believe that the last time you and Agents, May, Barton and Romanoff showed up to a meeting hangover you assured me that it would never happen again." Fury comments.
"We did?" Clint asks shocked as that doesn't seem like something they would do.
"You did." Fury tell him, "And I knew that you wouldn't stick to that." He reveals, "If it happens again I will be taking disciplinary action against all of you." Fury reveals.
"Yes Sir." All the S.H.I.E.L.D agents in the room respond.
"Now Agent Romanoff I believe you have a plan to track down Quinn, The Clairvoyant and the Mole?" Fury ask.
"Agent May and I do sir." Natasha answers and the pair spend ten minutes explaining their idea to put the focus on finding Mike Peterson and using Quinn's employees to be able to trace Quinn then use Quinn to get to the Clairvoyant.
"What about the mole?" Hill asks.
"That's going to be harder." Clint answers, "I think that the best chance we have to tack him or her down is through Skye being at the academy or when Nat and I go of on our own." Clint answers.
"I can do my best to look into it without being found out." Tony comments.
"Do you think you can do it without being caught?" Fury asks Tony
"I can try." Tony responds.
"What do we do for the next two weeks Sir?" Ward asks curious.
"Track down leads." Fury answers, "No contact with anyone except for Me, Hill or Stark." He reveals "And make sure whatever you do that you are back in time for Skye to start at the academy." He orders.
"Yes Sir." Everyone responds.
"You're dismissed." Fury tells them.
"Hang on, there is something I would like to say first." Coulson says before anyone can leave.
"What is he doing?" Tony asks Skye when he notices that everyone except of Skye has a confused look on their face but she has a smile.
"Shut up." Skye tells him.
"Twenty years ago I made the biggest mistake of my life when I let you go for the second time." Coulson says walking over to Melinda.
"He's not?" Tony asks seeing where it's going.
"He is." Skye confirms.
"For thirty years you have been my one constant, the one person who always had my back, my best friend, my partner in every sense of the word." Coulson tells Melinda, "I know we've had our ups and downs and we've both made a lot of mistakes, hurt one another more than I want to think about and In the last year we've been through a lot, we've both died and we've both come back and been given a second chance with our girl. Mel, I love you, I always have and I always will." Coulson says pulling the ring out of his pocket and getting down on one knee,
"Melinda May, will you marry me?"
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