Chapter 4
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Skye's wish of staying in Greece for longer than a week is fulfilled as it has been three weeks since she has started to work at Leah's café and according to the last time she checked using her power a few days ago she is in no danger of being found. With the exception of Leah and Richard, who make it very hard for her to do so, Skye has been mainly keeping to herself, which is what she likes because she knows that anyone around her will be in danger and she won't do that to anyone.
It is a Friday night which results in the café being very busy as at night as they have a bar feeling at night and are very popular due to the fact that they are right on the water.
"Jane, table by the window." Leah tells Skye.
Skye sighs and heads back to the table that she has been waiting on most the night where there is a family and one of the adults have had way too much to drink.
"What can I get for you?" Skye asks putting on her fake pleasant smile.
"Another drink." The drunk man requests.
"I'm sorry Sir, but you've had enough, I will not be servings you anymore." Skye tells the man.
"NO, I WANT ANOTHER." The man repeats.
"Well you can't have another, you've had enough." Skye repeats.
"I want another drink." The man says,
"No, and I'm sorry but I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Skye tells him.
"Fine." The man says standing up but instead of leaving the man picks up his daughters or neice's Skye's not quite sure which she is, chocolate, strawberry swirl milkshake and throws it all over Skye's top, "I said, I want my drink." The man repeats.
"And the woman has asked you several times to leave." Richard says appearing, almost out of nowhere, at Skye's side, "You should listen." He tells him.
"Fine, alright I'll go." The man repeats and he and his family get up.
"I'm sorry." The rest of the group say to them as they past.
"You know I could have handled that myself." Skye says to Richard as she starts to do her best to clean off her shirt and they walk up towards the counter.
"Don't you mean 'thank you Richard?'" Richard asks.
"No, I didn't need your help." Skye tells him.
"That guy was twice your size, what exactly where you planning on doing?" Richard asks curious.
"Asking politely one more time then forcing him to leave." Skye says as they arrive at the counter.
"How exactly? How were you going to force him to leave?" Richard asks.
"Well in my experience if you flip a person over your shoulder and onto their back they tend to go running in the opposite direction." Skye comments, knowing that for a fact as even though she hasn't done it she has watched her Mother and Aunt.
"You can flip a person over your shoulder and onto their back?" Richard says disbelieving.
"Yep." Skye responds.
"I'd like to see that." Richard comments, still clearly not believing what is being said.
Without a word Skye reaches over and grabs, Richard's hand and flips him over her shoulder, and from where she is standing watching the two Leah bursts out laughing.
"You asked her to show you. It's your own fault" Leah says through her laughter while Richard lays, in a slight amount of pain, on his back.
"You okay?" Skye asks sticking out her hand and helping Richard up, most of the eyes on the café are now on them.
"Yeah, I'm good." Richard responds, "How the hell did you lean to do that?" he asks curious.
"Self-defence classes, I had amazing teachers." Skye respond, not lying but not telling the complete truth either.
"Wow you are actually capable of talking about yourself, I didn't think you had the ability to." Richard tells her.
"I'm full of secrets." Skye responds.
"Okay, enough flirting you two, get back to work." Leah tells them.
"We're not flirting." Skye and Richard say together, neither of them feeling that way about each other.
"Right, of course you're not." Leah comments and both Skye and Richard get back to work.
When Skye returns to the apartment she has been renting several hours late she stinks like stale Milk and is exhausted because she has been working seven days a week and very long shifts. Knowing that she has to get her tank top cleaned Skye walks straight to the bathroom and fills the sink with water and adds washing powder to it and places her tank top in it. Then she heads back to the main part of the apartment and practically collapses on the bed due to exhaustion, wearing only her pants, bra and boots.
The next morning Skye is woken by her alarm telling her to get up for work so she does what she usually does and it's only when she exits the shower that she realises that for the first time since she left her family she won't be able to were her almost bullet proof tank top because it is soaking wet.
"Great." Skye comments as she tries to get as much of the water out of the top as possible before hanging it on the towel rack to dry.
Heading back into the room Skye puts the boots and pants that she has been wearing at all times, except when they were being washed, back on as well as a clean bra, underwear and a different top. Even though you can't tell that the difference between the tank top Tony made her and a regular one Skye can and she doesn't like it.
Skye is almost ready when there is a knock on her door. Having a pretty good idea who it is Skye walks over and answers it where unsurprising she finds Richard on the other side, holding two coffees and a bag.
"Three mornings in a row? Really?" Skye asks as she opens the door and lets him in.
"Please don't act annoyed I know you're thankful. If it wasn't for me, you would never eat and end up collapsing on Leah." He says.
"I would not." Skye responds not wanting to give him the satisfaction of admitting that he is likely right.
"A huh, whatever you say." Richard says pulling out two plates, "Sit, we've got to be at work in twenty."
"If we're late, I'm telling Leah it's your fault." Skye says closing the door and walking over and sitting across from him as even though she knows she is putting him in danger every second she spends with him Skye has to admit that it is nice having a friend, or someone who could become a friend.
For several minutes Skye and Richard eat in silence until Skye finally speaks,
"So when are you going to grow some courage and ask Leah out?" Skye ask as she picks off a bit of her croissant and Richard takes a mouthful of coffee.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Richard says almost choking on his coffee.
"Yeah you do, I've seen the way you look at her, and I've seen it before." Skye says thinking about Fitz and Simmons who in a lot of ways Leah and Richard remind her of "You're in love with her."
"Wow, you're good." Richard tells her, "Not even people we've worked with every day can tell that."
"They can, I'm betting that they just chose not to." Skye responds, "You should tell her how you feel, life's too short for you to lie about how you feel." Skye tells him.
"Wow, you're morbid." Richard tells her, "And I don't want to ruin things between us." He comments.
"It won't, trust me." Skye responds knowing that for a fact because she used her powers to find out.
"Leah doesn't feel that way about me, she thinks I have a thing for you." Richard comments.
"She's worried that you do, which is why you have to tell her how you feel." Skye tells him, "She feels the same way I promise." Skye tells him.
"How could you know that?" Richard asks.
"I'm a woman, we know these things about other woman." Skye lies.
"Okay, how about this, I'll talk to Leah and you have to tell me something about yourself, something real." Richard tells her.
"Okay, what do you want to know?" Skye asks as she knows that If the price of getting two people who belong together to admit her feelings is something about her then it is a price that she is willing to pay.
"Who are you Jane?" Richard asks, "I've known you almost a month, see you every day and all I know about you is that you're America, took self-defence classes, has an amazingly impressive knowledge of TV shows and you really kind of suck at looking after yourself. So who are you Jane, what are you really doing here?" He asks curious.
"You really don't ask the easy questions do you?" Skye asks.
"Nope. I figure that this is the only time I'm going to get where you will be honest so I figured why not." Richard tells her.
"Who am I? Most of the time I really don't know." Skye admits truthfully, "But I guess I'm just a girl trying to make sense of this messed up world we live in." Skye says.
"I accept that." Richard says to her, "And for what it's worth I'm glad you're here." He tells her.
"Thanks." Skye responds gratefully, "Now when we get to work, which unless we want to be late for we've got to leave now, you have to tell Leah how you feel." Skye says standing up and putting her rubbish in the bin.
"Crap you're right, let's go." Richard says picking up both coffee cups and handing Skye hers.
"You know I don't suck at looking after myself." Skye tells Richard as they leave the apartment.
"You forget to eat on a daily bases." Richard tells her.
"That doesn't mean I suck at looking after myself." Skye responds as up until she joined the team having a lot of food to eat wasn't exactly common for her, so she often forgets to eat, when she can eat a lot, because she has gotten very good at not noticing when she is hungry. The only reason why her parents haven't noticed is because Clint, who has a very similar problem, made a habit of reminding her to eat when no one else noticed when he was around and when both of them forgot Natasha reminded them both, and it became one of those secrets that the three of them have.
"It kind of does." Richard responds and Skye rolls her eyes as she locks the door.
Ten minutes later Skye and Richard are walking through the door to the café together.
"Did you two have breakfast together again?" Leah asks when they walk in, Leah taking chairs off the tables as she does.
"Yeah, otherwise she would never eat." Richard comments as Skye walks across the café, rolling her eyes as she does.
"Right." Leah says turning away from Richard as she does Richard looks at Skye and mouths "Help me" and Skye
"Tell her." Skye mouths back as she puts on an apron and starts to take down chairs.
"Leah." Richard says and Leah look at him.
"Yes?" Leah asks.
"you'remybestfriendandidontwanttochangethingsbetweenusbuti'minlovewithyou." Richard tells her.
"Huh? Please try again." Leah requests.
"Richard, breath." Skye tells him, slightly amused.
"Leah, you're my best friend and I don't want to ruin things between us. but I love you, I am in love with you." Richard tells her.
Leah doesn't say anything instead she walks over to Richard, and uses the collar of his shirt to pull him down and she kisses him, "I love you too you idiot." Leah tells him and in the background Skye is watching them smiling and clapping, glad that two people can be happy.
"Did you do this?" Leah asks Skye curious.
"I encouraged him, but that was all you two." Skye comments.
"After the lunch rush why don't you take the rest of the day off?" Leah suggests.
"I'm fine." Skye tells her.
"Jane you've been working every single day since you got here, and I'm not staying that I'm not grateful because I am, but you need rest." Leah tells her, "Take a half day, you deserve it."
"Are you sure that you will be okay?" Skye asks.
"I'm positive." Leah tells her, "Spend some time doing something that you want to do."
"I think at the moment I want to sleep." Skye comments.
"That works too." Leah says amused.
"I'll clean the coffee maker." Skye offers.
"That would be good, thanks." Leah tells her and the three of them get to work.
Due to the fact that It is Saturday once Leah opens the door half an hour after Skye and Richard arrived the café is packed and that last all morning and until the afternoon. Skye is cleaning some cups behind the counter when Leah walks over to her.
"Jane, go." Leah tells her.
"Huh, what?" Skye asks confused.
"We're not busy, go home, rest, explore, have some fun." Leah tells her.
"You sure?" Skye asks.
"Yeah, go." Leah tells her.
"Thanks Leah, see you tomorrow." Skye comments and she puts her apron up and leaves the café, stopping to say goodbye to Richard as she does.
Once Skye leaves the café she makes her usual walk back to the apartment that she is renting. She is exactly half way between the café and the apartment when she suddenly knows that she is in danger. She quickly attempt to put up her force field but she isn't quick enough as she suddenly feels a blinding pain in her side of her torso due to a gun shot, fighting to remain standing Skye turns around and sees a man who she knows is Hydra. Focusing on what she wants to do instead of the pain Skye sends a blast of her energy at the Man wanting to stun him, due to the fact that he clearly knows what she is going to do he says,
"Hail Hydra." Just before collapsing.
"I need to get to the apartment." Skye says putting her hands over her side, which is bleeding pretty badly, "I picked a really bad day not to wear a bullet proof tank top." Skye mutters to herself and with extreme difficulty she manages to get back to the apartment and as soon as she gets the door open and inside she collapses on the chair right near the door.
"Okay, I need help." Skye says to herself and "Hospital?" she asks herself using her power to know whether it's safe, "Hydra's there, of course they are." Skye mutters to herself, "Doctor? No." Skye says to herself knowing that it's not safe, "Where can I go?" Skye asks herself and uses her power to find out where she can go where she will be safe, "Ten hours away? I don't know if I could travel one." Skye comments but she realises that it is her only choice, "Okay, think Skye." She says to herself trying to think of what she can do, "I can do it on other people, let's see if I can do it on myself." Skye says to herself and closing her eyes she, moves her blood covered hands slightly so that that they are covering the wound completely but not doing a great job at stopping the bleeding. Once she has her eyes closed she focuses on one thing, using her powers to short-circuit her pain receptors and the reason why she is doing that. A couple of minutes later she opens her eyes and even though she knows that she is still hurt and still bleeding she isn't in any pain.
"Okay, where the hell did I put that first aid kit?" Skye asks herself as she stands up and takes off her bloody ripped tank top, Skye walks across the apartment to where she knows the first aid kit is. Once she gets the first aid kit she puts several pressure dressings over the wound and wraps bandages around her torso to make the dressings even tighter, "Okay I need something to keep the pressure and keep this in place." Skye says once she has finished dressing the wound and applying bandages five minutes after she started, "Got it." Skye says to herself, once she closes the first aid kit she heads into the bathroom, where she picks up her mission tank top and she puts it on knowing that due to the fact that it is slightly tight and that because of the material it is made of it would be best right now. Once she has the top on Skye walks over to the sink where she cleans the blood off her hands and does her best not to notice that she is starting to look a little pale. Once she makes sure that there is nothing of hers in the bathroom Skye exits the bathroom and packs up the few bits and pieces that she has around the apartment. Once she has everything in her bag Skye takes out her mission jacket instead of one of her other leather jackets because she knows that like her tank top it will be best thing she could wear to help with her injury. Once she has put the jacket on Skye sits down at the table and writes a letter as she owes Richard and Leah a goodbye,
Dear Richard,
This morning you asked me who I am, well I lied. Who I am, what I should have told you is that I am a cancer. I am a person who causes harm to everyone around me and I should remember that. This is my goodbye, things have happened and every single person around me is in danger now. Thank you so much for everything you and Leah have done for me, it means a lot and I hope you guys are happy together. Most likely you'll never see me again, and it's better that way,
I wish you the best Jane.
Once Skye is finished with the letter she puts it in an envelope and picking up her bag and helmet she has one last look around the apartment before leaving.
Once she leaves she locks the door and putting the keys to the apartment in the envelope she walks down the hall to Richard's apartment where she puts the envelope in the basket that he has attached to his door.
Once she does that Skye walks to the door outside and after using her powers to make sure that there are no Hydra agents around Skye walks out of the building and puts her helmet on and climbs on her bike, and even though she isn't in any pain due to what she has done Skye knows that she is making her injury worse, that she is making the bullet go further inside her and it is causing more damage, but she also knows that she has no choice because there is only one place on the continent that she can go to get help and only one person that she can trust to give her that help, so this is what she has to do. Starting her bike Skye drives off doing her best not to make things worse as she does, but also knowing that she has to be as fast as possible.
After nine and a half hours of driving, during which time Skye can feel herself getting weaker and losing more blood with every hour that passes and the only reason why she hasn't collapsed already is due to the fact that the energy inside her is doing its best to protect her vital organs, Skye arrives at a small village in Serbia. She travels to the outskirts of the village where she parks her bike outside of a hunt which has been made into a makeshift hospital. Parking her bike and removing her helmet but leaving her bag on Skye makes her way inside, having slight difficulty as she does.
"We're closed for the night." A male voice says as she reaches the door thought because it is so dark she can't be seen from the inside.
"I know, but I was hoping you would make an exception." Skye says stepping into the light.
"Skye." Bruce Banner says in compete shock.
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