AN: hi new story, I will not update this as much as WOMAH, since this is just an idea the I haven't been able to get out of my mind, this won't be as long as WOMAH either, I do almost have chapter 2 done, but chapter 3, I have no idea, this is not betaed, but I still hope some of you will like it.
love LouiseLH
Skye was cold, wet, and famished, she had lost her van, with all of her thing minus her backpack with her laptop, charger to both her phone and laptop, her wallet which was empty, a bottle of water and two granola bars, and a few other small things, in it, and of course, her memory cards that, was almost always on her person.
But that was almost two days ago, she only had a thin jacket on, and it did not help that it was snowing, the first two days was not as bad, as it was warmer, and she had stayed at a shelter, but because of the rules there, she could not stay there any longer, and the directions, the man there, sucked.
She had meant to drive to California a few days ago, but since her van had needed a new tire first and some minor work too, so she had to wait, she had found a nice man, who could do it cheaply, but she had to pay upfront and leave her van there for a few hours.
And she had, and when she returned to get it, from the diner just beside the auto-shop, the man pretended he didn't knew her and told her to leave, but when she didn't the man had used his Alpha voice to make her leave, and then his Beta had followed her to make sure she left, she also saw the man's mate, she would guess with the way she was clinging to him, laughing and dangling her hula girl, between them, as to taunt her, and when she had stopped walking the Beta had showed her out, much to the amusement for the man and his mate.
She hated, no she despised Alphas and most Betas, they always looked down on Omegas, like herself, and pushed them around.
She also had a hard time believing in the mate concept, how could an Alpha look down on Omegas and Betas that was not following them, but still almost fall over themself, when in the presence of a mate who was an Omega, it was not as bad when it was a Beta, but they still walked around everywhere like the owned the place, Betas just followed the Alphas, like lost puppies, it was annoying.
She knew she had two mates pairs, she was just hoping they were Betas and not Alphas, or at least one of them were in each pair, it would be easier, if she couldn't shake them, she would rather live with a Beta and alpha, or better two Betas, she didn't particularly want a mate, let alone four, she sometimes wondered, why the universe hated her, first it made her an orphan, then gave her a crap name, seriously who names a child Mary Sue Poots, and then moving her every few months, moving from the orphanage to foster home, from foster home to foster home, and then from foster home back the orphanage and then repeat, sometimes a group home was thrown into the mix. Some homes she missed and others she wished she had never stepped foot in.
And then give her two soulmates' pairs, how should she manage holding them at bay, not just with her but each other, there had been reports of Alphas and Betas killing each other, when they had to share an Omega, with others they were not mated with.
She did not want to have anything to do with that.
It was getting dark, and her phone and laptop had run out of power, so she had no direction to the nearest homeless shelter, she had no idea, where she was precisely, only that she was in an area just outside the inner city of Bethesda Maryland, she walked by a house that was dark, deciding to do a thing she had promised never to do, she walked to the back of the house, so no one could see her, her fingers were stiff, red, and dry from the cold, she saw an alarm, right before she was about to smash the window, cursing she fished after her pocket knife in her backpack.
Having found it she carefully opening the panel, looking at the wires, and a small display, this was top of the line, but, she knew she could disable it, deciding only to disable one of the windows, the one beside her, as that was smarter, if the owners came home, while she was there, they wouldn't be suspicious, people with this kind of security, didn't forget to set their alarms, and as long as she didn't set off the others, she would be fine, once done, she picked up the rock, took off her jacket to wrap it around the rock, to silence the noise a little.
Once inside she realized it was a bedroom, creeping over to the open-door which luckily went inward so she could hold out the could a little, and if she had to run before, she was done, she just had to push the door the get to the window and out.
She quietly crept to the living room, looking around to see if there were something of value that she could take to sell, not finding much, she went on to an outer door which led to an office, not finding anything there either, besides two iPads and their chargers, them she could wipe and make sure they could not be traced.
Walking to the next room, which was much larger bedroom, so this must be the master bedroom, she thought, finding a few pieces of jewelry, and a few other small things, also taking a pillowcase that was starting to fill out, she also found a nice winter jacket for herself, some gloves, and a new knife, much better than her pocketknife, and a duffel bag, and a blanket from the living room.
She was on her way out when her stomach growled loudly and craping op, she thought why not get some food and drink, while she already was at it, she found a lot of bottled water where she took three, she could always fill them up again she also packed some processed food that didn't need to be warmed or stored in any specific way, some candy bars and a whole pack of granola bars, some bananas, oranges, and apples, she also found some cans of energy drinks and sodas, and some small juice bricks, all of the food and drink she put in the duffle.
Now that her backpack had the pillow with the iPad's, chargers, jewelry, to protect it a little, the duffel had the food, drink, blanket, and jacket, if someone saw her it was best, they saw her old jacket than the one she was stealing.
She felt a little bad by taking so much of these people's food and drink, and some of their other stuff, she was so caught up in her thoughts, so she didn't hear the car, pulling up, or when the door was unlocked and opened, but she did hear it close, running out of the kitchen, she was meet by two women, without looking too closely she made a run for it, but her backpack and the duffel was slowing her down.
"Hay stop right there" one of the women yelled, Skye almost fell face first, when she heard those words, yes, she had heard them before, a lot, but not with heat shouting through the area where the words were, on her hip, that woman was one of her mates or soulmates, as some called them, she made herself not react more than she probably already had.
She made it two more steps before someone, had a grip on her backpack, pulling her back, the movement was so suddenly that she dropped the duffel, deciding to ditch everything she had left, she wiggled out of the straps on the backpack, and making a run for it again, but again she only made it a few steps, before she was slammed to the ground, knocking the breath out of her.
Struggling against the person on top of her, she heard the person growl, she froze for a second, the person flipped her onto her back, pinning her arms on each side of her head, which did not mean that Skye would stop fighting against this person, "stop fighting" the person said, oh great her second mate, Skye thought, looking up she saw dark hair, dark steely eyes, Skye gulped.
"Who are you," the person asked, from above her, she saw the other women walk around to block the way to her exit, the other women apparently got impatient with her lack of answer "answer her" she snapped, a red-haired woman if Skye was correct, and also the women who had spoken, or yelled the other words, but really Skye didn't care about their hair color or anything really, because she didn't want mates and especially Alpha's because now, she could smell them.
They smelled good, warm, and cozy, and she knew they could smell her Omega scent, she was suddenly yanked to her feet, and dragged to the kitchen, where she was then pushed onto a chair, she was trying not to shake, because she was a little afraid, the dark-haired women, moved to stand directly behind her, while the red haired women, had gone somewhere, but before she could, ponder over it too much, the read hired had come bake with the duffle and her own backpack, the red-haired women, emptied first the duffle, she had raised an eyebrow in question, but Skye would not say a word to these two women, she would not.
The read haired then went to empty her backpack, Skye made a move, but the dark-haired women were quick to put her hands on her shoulders, she could properly feel her shaking.
"Who are you, why did you break into our home, did someone sent you, if yes, then who sent you," the red-haired women asked, again Skye didn't answer or given any intentions to do so, the two Alphas must have come to the same conclusion, because the hands on her shoulders tightened and the red-haired women came closer, and soon stood way to close, leaning over her.
"Answer" the red-haired woman ordered with a clear Alpha voice, Skye flinched, before she gritted her teeth, stupid Alphas. Unable to resist the order Skye had to answer, "Skye, it was the only house with no one home, and no, no one sent me" Skye growled, she saw the two Alphas freeze, the hands on her shoulders loosened, enough for her to shake them off, she looked into the living room, or more precisely the door to the bedroom, she had come in by, but before she could move the hands were back, but much gentler than before.
Before anyone could say or do anything Skye's stomach growled again, because of the adrenalin and nervousness, do to her actually breaking into some one's else's house, and then getting caught, she had hoped to get away before, the people or her mates who lived here got back, so she could have eaten, but now she was stuck in the house for however long they decided.
The read haired moved to the fridge when she came back, she sat down a plate with a couple of sandwiches on it, and three glasses and a pitcher of water, and three plates, removing the wrapping that was covering the sandwiches, "here take one" the red-haired said after she said that, she pulled one of the chairs to the end of the table, and sat down, a little too close for Skye's taste, the dark-haired women, sat down beside her, also to close.
They were clearly waiting for her to take one, so she reluctantly took one, still trying not to shake, "why did you break in" the dark-haired women asked, much calmer and friendlier, Skye bit her lip, debating if she should answer or not, they already knew she was their mate, but she still didn't knew anything about them, beside, that they had a house, they were Alphas, properly a little paranoid because they asked if someone had sent her, and the dark-haired women were strong, they didn't have many material things, and one of them liked knives, she had found a few, but only took one, that the red-haired women, had put aside.
In the end, she decided to answer "I already told you, it was the only house with no one home " Skye said. "that wasn't what I meant, and you know it, why did you break in, and only took mostly food?" the dark-haired women said, it took Skye a few moments before she could feel, that the dark-haired women were getting impatient, "I was cold and hungry" Skye mumbled, and just then a shiver ran through her, she had only been in the house for around fifteen minutes, and she was still pretty cold, she would have been fine if it hadn't started snowing, growing up she learned she didn't mind the cold, but the freezing temperature, that came a few hours ago, she had a harder time dealing with.
The two Alphas looked at one and another, Skye felt uneasy sitting between them, "how did you get in, without triggering the alarms?" the read hired asked.
"You know neither of you has told me your names," Skye snarked, the read hired smirked, while the dark-haired rolled her eyes, "Natasha or Nat or Tasha," the red-haired now known as Natasha said smirking, "Melinda or Mel," the dark-haired said, with a smile.
Skye nodded, taking a bit of the sandwich, she did realize that she pretty much swallowed the whole thing in one go, until she saw the looks Natasha and Melinda gave her, "when was the last time you eat" Melinda asked, forgetting, or at least putting a pin in the question, about how she got into the house.
Shrugging "I had a granola bar yesterday," Skye said, "and before that?" Melinda asked, in a tight tone, "the day before yesterday, I had a small sandwich and a granola bar" Skye said, "where do you live?" Natasha asked in a strange voice, which Skye could not identify.
Skye looked at Natasha confused by the tone and question, "a few days ago, I lived in my van, but it got stolen you could call it, I think" Skye said, eyeing another sandwich.
Suddenly there was a new sandwich on her plate and the glass was filled, and the blanket that had been on the floor was warped around her, she flinched when the blanket was wrapped around her, "I'll go call in that we have a broken window" Natasha said, Melinda nodded, they both decided not to mention the flinch when Natasha had left the kitchen area, Melinda pushed Skye's plate closer to her, "eat" was the only thing she said.
Skye starting to feel the tiredness and exhaustion from the past few days, so she did not have the energy to fight against the two Alphas, so she just did what she was told, although she hated it.
Bye the time Natasha came back, Skye had eaten three sandwiches, and drunk two glasses of water, Melinda had eaten two, and drunk one glass of water, "they have sent someone to fix the window and alarm" Natasha said, Skye sunk into herself, expecting something from the Alphas, and something did happen, just not what she expected, "do you want to take a shower, I think we have some clothes, that fid you" Melinda asked, Skye just stared at her for a few moments, a shower sounded amazing, but she was a little uncomfortable around the two Alphas.
"What do I have to do in return?" Skye asked, Melinda and Natasha, stared at her for a few seconds before Natasha shook her head, "nothing, but we would like you to stay here, there is a storm coming, they say it should hit tonight" Natasha said, when Natasha saw Skye tensing, "you can stay in one of the guest rooms," Melinda said, "no thank you, I'm fine on my own, thanks for the food, but if you don't plan on pressing charges, I'll be on my way" Skye said standing op, shrugging the blanket off and quickly packed her things, that was still scattered on the table, but before she could move away from the table, she was cornered or more accurate, sandwiched between the two Alphas.
"It's too dangerous, for you to live on the streets, this time of year, and as Nat said, there is a storm coming, so you are staying, at least until the storm has passed". Melinda said, and her tone did not make room for arguing, Skye was grateful that she had not used her alpha voice, but she was not happy to be told what to do.
"So, do you want the shower?" Melinda asked, Skye, gave a small nod, Melinda smiled at her, before gesturing for her to follow, into the bathroom, "there are fresh towels there, and I can see that Nat has found some clothes for you, so I'll leave you to it" Melinda said a little awkward before she left closing the door after her.
Skye decided to take a look at the clothes, she saw that the underwear was still in its packet, stripping off her clothes, she turned on the shower and stepped under the warm water.
After Melinda had shown Skye to the bathroom, she went back to Natasha in the kitchen. "not how I expected our evening going" Natasha said smirking, Melinda shot Natasha a look, "what did Fury say?" Melinda asked, "he wants to know how Skye got into our home, considering it's on the top of the line, and he's happy we found her, he said he was getting tired of us arguing all the time, I personally don't know what he's talking about," Natasha said with a smirk at the end, Melinda just rolled her eyes.
"Did he say anything else?" Melinda asked, "yeah, you know him he's a paranoid man, so he said to be careful just in case she was an enemy, and he wants to meet her, and he gave us two weeks off" Natasha answered.
There was a knock on the door Melinda went to open it and came back a moment later with two maintains people, after a short greeting, they went to work on the broken window and security system.
"Really? he gave us two weeks off, just like that?" Melinda asked, "Yep, he did, he knows how much we have longed for our third, so he wants us to be around her, so what happed, with him and his mate, don't happen to us," Natasha said, it wasn't common knowledge that Fury's mate had left him because he never spent time with them, and when Peggy Carter who had been the director at the time, ordered him to go find her and called him an idiot.
But when he had found her, it had been too late, she had been killed by a drunk driver, who had also died in the accident.
"So, she's cute" Natasha suddenly said, "yeah, but clearly she has some issues regarding us, if it's because we are women, Alphas or both or even something completely different, we have to tread carefull, around her, you saw her saw her when you, used your alpha voice," Melinda said, Natasha nodded.
They sat down to drink some nice hot tea, it was not long until Skye came back with wet hair, she still looked nervous and uncomfortable around them. But they hoped, they could show her that they would protect her at any cost, as a real Alpha should.
"Do you want some tea?" Melinda asked, Skye, wrinkled her nose, "I'm not really a tea person" Skye said, "it would be good for you, warm you up, so you don't get sick" Melinda said, giving Skye a look, as to say do not argue with me, So Skye sat down, meanwhile Natasha pored a small cup, for her.
After Skye had taken a small reluctant sip of the tea, she made a surprised look, "what kind of tea is this?" Skye asked, Melinda, smiled "it's just chamomile," Melinda said, "I have had chamomile tea before, it didn't taste like this" Skye said, taking another sip, just a little bigger this time, "that's because I know how to make it correctly," Melinda said, also taking a sip. Skye opened her mouth to say something before decided not to say anything.
"So, what do you do?" Skye asked, while she had been showering, she had realized that they probably wouldn't let her go easily, and as it was expected that an Omega stayed with their Alpha from the moment they met, it wasn't a law, but most people still followed that believe, and since she didn't have a home and they knew it, but they didn't say she couldn't leave after the storm, so she had decided to play nice, just until she could leave.
"Um we work in security, you could say" Natasha answered, Skye nodded, she felt as Natasha did not tell her the whole truth about what they did, but she did not say anything, and really, she should not care, she did not want them, she told herself.
"What about you?" Natasha asked, "hmm I do the occasional odd job, sometimes, but nothing else really," Skye said, squirming a little under their gaze, "what kind of odd jobs?" Natasha asked, in the same tone that Skye could not identify, Skye shrugging "mostly something with computers, helping people with theirs's computer or tv's, I'm good with that kind of stuff" Skye said.
That seemed to make the two Alphas relax, it took Skye a moment to realize that they had probably thought, she had done the other kind of odd job, she had never done that, and she did not think she ever would.
Just then one of the two mentions agents popped his head in and told them, that they were done now, and were leaving.
After the man had left, "where did you say, you were working again?" Skye asked having seen the logo on the man's jacket, "we didn't only that we worked in security" Natasha said looking at Skye, "do you know that logo?" Natasha then asked, "yeah" Skey answer squirming, under Natasha's eyes, "yes I do" Skye answered more confidently, now trying to ignore both of them.
Again, they both moved closer Skye gave a small growl in warning, that they surprisingly acknowledged by moving back a little, not enough for Skye, but she took it, she had known alloy of Alphas who only laughed when an Omega told them to back off, it had also happened for her a few times.
"I'm a hacktivist" was all she told them, it also seemed to satisfy them, that they didn't need to ask how she knew the logo "do you belong to any groups?" Melinda asked, "The Rising Tide" Skye said, feeling defeated, why did she say that, why do she want to make these two happy, despite not knowing them.
She growled again in annoyance at herself, "hi easy" Melinda said, putting a hand on top of hers, that had gripped the empty bug, impossibly tight. "It's okay," Melinda said, "let us try again, my name is Melinda May, I'm an agent of SHIELD, I mostly work in admin," Melinda said, "and I'm Natasha Romanoff" Natasha started, but stopped when Skye's head, shot op and looking at her with big wide eyes, "Natasha Romanoff as in the Black Widow, the Avenger?" Skye asked, Natasha, chuckled, "yes that's me" she answered, and then chuckled again when Skye's face flushed red.
"Is that how you got in here? you hacked our security system?" Melinda asked, Skye, gave a small nod, "do you mind showing us how at some point?" Natasha asked, "umm," Skye said, "why don't you think about it?" Melinda said shooting Natasha a look, "um okay, I'll think about it" Skey said, "that's all we ask, do you want some more tea?" Melinda said.
She was glad that they didn't ask her any more questions, that she couldn't answer, Skye wasn't her real name, she wanted to ask them, when her words appeared on them because that would open up a lot more questions, she also didn't have the answers for, but them being SHIELD agents was something she had to think about, they hadn't told her what level they were, a part of her wanted to use this new development for her avenged, get her answers and then disappear, and another part wanted to just tell them the truth and hoping they would help.
And the rest of her was just at a loss.
An hour or so later Skye was having trouble staying awake, and it seemed that Melinda and Natasha noticed, "Skye do you want to come help changing the sheets in one of the guest rooms?" Melinda asked, Skye tried to hide a yawn and nodded, following Melinda to the other guest room than the one she broke in by, this room was closer to the master bedroom.
After changing the sheets, it was almost eight pm, Melinda and Skye walked into the kitchen again, Skye looked around expected to see Natasha, but she wasn't there, Skye's stomach also grumbled again, "do you want some late dinner before we go to bed?" Melinda asked, "um no that's fine" Skye answered, "you sure, it's fine, we will probably eat anyway, but you should eat too, those three small sandwiches, earlier couldn't have been enough for you to last until tomorrow morning," Natasha said, coming from nowhere behind Skye, who jumped at her sudden appearance.
"What would you like, we have some mac and cheese, can tomato soup and some bread, we also have some frozen pizzas and lasagna, uh we also have some homemade chicken soup, that one one of our friends made he also made the lasagna," Natasha said, while she had looked onto the cabinets and freezer.
Melinda gave Natasha a look, "since when did we have frozen pizza in our freezer?" she asked Natasha, "um do you remember a few weeks ago when you were sent away for a week, I might have bought a few and didn't got time to eat them all, so I kind of hid, them from you" Natasha smiled sheepishly at Melinda who just looked at her for a moment before she turned to Skye.
"So, what would you like?" she asked, "ah I am fine with whatever" Skye answered, Melinda, nodded, "Natasha would you please take out, the homemade soup from the freezer and the bread," Melinda said, and it was clear for Skye, that it was not a question, because Natasha nodded and almost jumped to open the freezer again.
Thirty minutes later they were eating, Skye moaned when she had taken the first bite, "this is good." "we will pass that to the cook," Melinda said smiling at her. Dinner was quiet Melinda and Natasha just enjoyed that they had found their third, who was an Omega, they both just wanted to snatch her up and carry her to the bedroom, to claim her, but they had seen, how skittish she was around them, so they had to take it slowly, they were also happy by the storm, because it meant that their Omega could not leave, without giving them a chance.
After they were done eating, it was starting to snow heavily, and they could hear the wind, from the kitchen, "it sounds intense out there" Natasha commented, looking at Skye out of her eye, "yeah it does" Skye said, kind of happy not to be out there, "well it is getting late, how about we head to bed?" Melinda asked after she saw Skye hiding another yawn, Skye nodded, before pausing, "um can I bower something to sleep in?" Skye asked hating, how it sounded, she did not need anything from them, she did not need anyone.
Yes, they had been exceedingly kind to her, but that did not mean she liked asking them for anything, "I'm sure we can find something, we also have a fresh toothbrush you can use" Natasha said.
After finding something for Skye to sleep in and a new toothbrush for her, they had said goodnight and went to their separate rooms for the day.
Natasha sighed, settling in beside Melinda, "what Nat?" Melinda asked, "nothing, it's just, she is just so close," Natasha said, "I know, we can try to speak to her again tomorrow," Melinda said, "but what if she wants to leave tomorrow, we only said she had to be here doing the storm?" Natasha said, looking at Melinda, who pushed her lips, "I don't like any more than you, but do you want to tie her up?" Melinda asked, "well maybe later," Natasha said smirking, "ow" Natasha exclaimed when Melinda hit her arm.
"But serious Mel, I want her to stay, and I know you do too, but we both know she's scared, so how about we, try to make her more comfortable with us, and hopefully we can convince her to give us two weeks, and if she still doesn't want us, she can leave, and we will not follow, but she can always call or come to us, if she wants, we can give her our numbers, and our emergency numbers," Natasha said.
"You would be okay that she left?" Melinda asked, "what? No, of course not, I want her to stay, I'm fighting extremely hard, to not just walk into the guest room, scoop her up and take her in here, but I can't do that" Natasha said.
"I know, I don't want her to leave either, and I would love for her to be in here with us too but your right we can't, and we can't just force her to stay, I wish we could, if we were just a few years back in time, we could force her to stay, but we have the year 2014, where it's illegal to do so," Melinda said.
"Dame Mel, I don't like her just leaving, she doesn't have anything, she needs clothes, and we both know she wouldn't accept, us just giving her new clothes," Natasha said,
"I know, we can figure it out tomorrow, maybe as you said, ask her to consider staying just for two weeks, as a start," Melinda said, Natasha grumbled something, "goodnight Nat," Melinda said, giving Natasha a kiss, before laying down, and turning off the light.
"Night Mel," Natasha said, also laying down and turning off the light.
(-)
Skye laid awake for a while, thinking of the crazy day she has had, she had met her two soulmates, who were Alphas, but they did not act like the Alphas she has had to deal with before, she did not know how to deal with this or them, but hopefully, it would work out good for her, for a change or would it end with her miserable again.
Those were the thoughts that went through her head before she fell asleep.
Skye woke up, wonderfully comfortable and warm, when she opened her eyes she was momentarily confused as to where she was until she remembered the day before, she had no idea what time it was, it was light outside, so she knew it was the next day, and there was a lot of snow, she felt a little weird that she had slept the whole night, and hadn't woken up, deciding not to think too much about that, she got up to see if either Natasha or Melinda was up.
Walking out of the door and into the living room she saw the light on, and she could hear voices from the kitchen, walking slowly over to the kitchen, "hi, good morning Skye, did you sleep right, are you hungry, we have pancakes, eggs, bacon, toast." Natasha said when she saw her.
"Good morning, yeah I slept alright, and yeah I'm a little hungry" Skye answered still standing in the doorway, "well then come and sit," Melinda said patting the same chair she sat in yesterday, beside Melinda, Skye patted over to the chair and sat down.
"What would you like?" Natasha asked, from the stove, "um I'm fine with whatever" Skye said, Natasha looked over her shoulder to look at her, before shrugging, Melinda poured some tea for her in a mug and some juice in a glass.
Natasha came two minutes later with three plates filled with food, one of them a little more than the other two, Natasha put the one with the most food on in front of her, Skye was about to eat, but got startled when Melinda puffed her with her shoulder when Skye looked at Melinda, Melinda just nodded at the plate and began to eat her own, a moment later there was a bowl of fruit on the table, and Natasha sat down across from Skye.
"The roads are semi-closed, they said not to go out if you didn't need to," Natasha said, looking closely at Skye to judge her reaction, Skye swallowed the food in her mouth, and just nodded, "Melinda and I talked last night" Natasha started, and she saw Skye's whole body tense, "about, that we would like for you to stay here for the next two week, so we can get to know each other, and after the two weeks, you are free to go, if you want, and we will let you, just give us two weeks, we don't have to do anything at all if you don't want to, it's on your terms how we get to know each other" Natasha said, again keeping a close eye on Skye.
They could both see Skye thinking hard, "and if I want to leave today?" Skye asked, "we rather you didn't but, you can, if you take our numbers, and call if you need anything, the same goes, if you stay for the two weeks, that way you can always call us if you need anything, or want to give this a chance, we'll be here, we also talked this morning about giving you a key, and a way to get the code for the alarm, it changes two times a month," Melinda said.
"And you won't follow me if I leave now, or in two weeks?" Skye asked, "no, not if you don't want us to," Melinda said as convincing as she could, almost pleading with Skye. To make her believe, and it looked like that she did.
Skye had never had an Alpha look so desperately at her, they always used threats or intimidation, but here she sat, with two Alphas, both of them pleading with her to give them a chance, that, was all they asked for, she also realized now that, they didn't just give her the most food today, but also yesterday, both with the sandwiches and the soup, it almost made her smile, they also let her borrow clothes without any fuss when she had woken up there was a clean set, for her to wear doing the day.
She shook her head, to clear it, this was getting hard, they were almost too much, but she almost desperately wanted to stay, she felt safe right now, she did not get any creep vibe from them, deciding to take a chance.
"Okay, I'll stay for two weeks, for now," Skye said, she saw both Melinda and Natasha smile at her, "how about tomorrow, if the roads are open, we could go buy you some clothes," Melinda asked, "um I don't have any money, for that" Skye said, "then we'll buy it for you," Natasha said, "unless you want to keep wearing ours, we don't mind" Natasha smirked, Skye's face got red, "ow, dame Mel," Natasha said, reaching under the table to rub her shin, a small smile showed on Skye's face.
"So, what would you like to do today, we can play games, or we can watch movies?" Natasha asked after they were done eating, "um" Skye said, "or we can do both, watch a movie, then play a game, and then watch a movie, or the game, movie, game" Melinda said, "movie first, then we can maybe talk about what to do after?" Skye said to which Natasha and Melinda nodded, "okay then, what should we watch?" Natasha asked.
Skye almost groaned at that, she had not thought that one through, she had hoped there would not be that much talking, with watching a movie, but she forgot the selection of one, which could involve a lot of talking.
But in the end, they decided to watch Harry Potter, Melinda made some more tea, while Natasha lit the fireplace, and got blankets and pillows, and scattered it around in front of the couch.
Before they started the third Harry Potter movie, they took a small break, Melinda and Natasha went to the kitchen to get lunch and some soda and iced tea, and Skye went to the bathroom.
"Hi um can I charge my phone and computer?" Skye asked, before they settled in again, "yeah, sure go ahead" Melinda answered, "thanks" Skye said, walking into the guestroom she had slept in, taking out her phone and computer and their chargers, she plugged them in, and walked out again to join Natasha and Melinda.
When she saw the Natasha had moved to sit in the spot she had been sitting in before, so the only spot was in between them unless she sat on the couch, but something deep in her pulled her over to sit between them.
It was quiet for a moment, they could only hear the wind outside, turned out that even if the storm had passed the wind was still quite strong, before Skye moved to sit down, she did not see the smiles on Melinda and Natasha's faces, when she did, "you comfy" Natasha asked, "yeah, I'm good" Skye answered.
They have just finished the fourth Harry Potter movie, when Skye's stomach growled, "okay then, I think it's time for some dinner" Natasha teased a little, Skye groaned and gave Natasha a little shove, but it did not seem to Melinda and Natasha that Skye noticed that she did.
They were cooking dinner, or Melinda was, with Natasha helping a little, and Skye was sitting at the table, watching them work, "so, Skye I don't think you told us your last name" Natasha said, "no, I didn't, and I can't" Skye said, that got their attention, they both looked at her, with expressions she could not understand, "why not?" Melinda asked, "I don't know it, I'm an orphan, I was just dumped at an orphanage, with nothing, no name or birthday, just nothing," Skye said, getting upset, again she wondered why she would tell, them this, she never told anyone this, after only knowing them for barely a day.
"Hi, Skye you need to breathe, or you will have a panic attack or hyperventilate," Melinda said, moving the chair she was sitting one, so she could sit face to face with Skye, Skye eventually got her breathing under control, she nodded her thanks at Melinda, who gave her a smile.
About ten minutes later they heard her front door open, "NAT, MEL IT'S JUST ME" a woman's voice yelled, "hello Maria, you don't need to yell" Natasha said shaking her head, "well the last time I just walked in both you and Mel, kicked my ass, uh hi, I didn't know you had guests" Maria said, coming into the kitchen.
"Well, you could just use a normal voice to announce it's you, and Skye this is, a friend and colleague, Maria Hill, and Maria this is Skye" Melinda introduced, "hello Skye," Maria said, putting out her hand, for Skye to shake, Skye looked at Melinda who gave her a small nod, "hi" before taking Maria's hand in hers, but as she did she registered what Maria said, and the warm feeling, where the words Hello Skye where located, and by the looks that Maria had on her face she did too.
Skye yanked her hand back, and Maria stared at her for a moment before taking a step forward but was stopped by Melinda and Natasha, who all but jumped between them, growling furiously at Maria, "step back now" Natasha's voice was low and dangerous.
"It's okay," Skye said in a quiet voice, but the three other women heard her, "what happened?" Melinda asked looking between Skye and Maria, well glaring at Maria, "if I may" Maria said, looking at Skye, for permission after getting a small nod Maria spoke up again, "you both know Bobbi and me, have a third too, and we have been looking for an Omega, and, well, that's Skye" Maria said.
"And guessing by, your reaction, she's your mate too," Maria said, Melinda and Natasha looked at Skye, "um yeah" Skye answered, this was definitely not, what Skye had hoped for, it was hard enough, with Melinda and Natasha, even if she only meet them yesterday, but now another, a Beta she could smell now, and then another person Bobbi, a man, and an Alpha, witch Skye didn't like at all, and she knew that this Bobbi would be an Alpha, be course, two Betas they could be together, but not if they had a third who was an Omega, an Alpha yes, but not Omega.
"Where is Bobbi anyway?" Natasha asked, "at the car," Maria said, "Excuse me I'll be right back," Skye said, walking to the bathroom. They looked after her, Maria shook her head, "She should be here any second, she's carrying the bags" Maria said, and when Maria raised an eyebrow at her in question, "we had a bet, she lost" Maria said smirking.
Just then the door opened again, "motherfucker it's cold" Bobbi said, "language" Melinda, Natasha, and Maria said, "sorry, but it is really cold outside, why are we just standing here?" Bobbi asked, "we were just talking," Maria said, not mentioned that she had met Skye, "dinner should be ready soon, so you are just in time," Melinda said, trying not to sound annoyed that they were here.
Maria at least looked guilty, knowing why she was annoyed, while Bobbi looked confused, "well then let's go to the kitchen" Natasha said.
Bobbi was about to sit down on Skye's chair, when both Melinda and Natasha growled, "wow, what's up with you two" Bobbi asked, moving away from the chair, "they found their mate, and they are very protective" Maria whispered to Bobbi, with a smirk, but they all heard it.
"Oh, then we are sorry to impose on you, but we don't have anywhere else to go in this weather," Bobbi said, "at least one of you, have manners," Melinda said, nodding at Bobbi, they all knew that Melinda was only teasing them.
"So, where is this mystery mate of yours?" Bobbi asked, Natasha and Melinda, looked at each other, in concern, "I'll go, see if she's okay" Melinda said, almost running out of the kitchen, and the bathroom, where Skye had gone to.
Knocking on the door "Skye, are you okay, can I come in?" Melinda asked, when she did not hear an answer, Melinda opened the door, she saw Skye curled up in the corner, she approached slowly, "hi, what's wrong?" Melinda asked, crouching down in front of Skye.
"No- Nothing, I I'm fine," Skye said, non-convincing, even to herself, "you sure, it don't sound like you are fine, tell me what's wrong," Melinda said, gentle, but Skye didn't answer, "is it about Maria and Bobbi, I know you already have a hard time with accepting Natasha and I, but they will not push you either, they are both good people," Melinda said, Skye looked up at Melinda, "are you sure?" Skye asked, in a small voice, "yes one hundred percent, as we said, Maria is a friend and colleague as so is Bobbi" Melinda said, really hoping that Nat explained to Maria and Bobbi to tread carefully around Skye.
Every fiber of Melinda's body screamed at her to go hold her Omega, but her brain told her to wait for just a little sign that it would be okay, to do so, but none came, "why not come out to eat, and meet Bobbi, talk a little with them, Nat and I will be there if that makes you feel better" Melinda said, Skye nodded after a few moments, "let me just wash my face" Skye said, not really looking at Melinda.
Melinda waited for Skye outside the door, Skye looked a little surprised to see her standing there, but did not say anything, they walked slowly back to the kitchen, Skye was clearly in no rush to get there, and Melinda let her take all the time she needed.
Skye stopped short when they entered the kitchen staring at the blond women sitting at the table, she saw Natasha at the stove, Maria sitting beside the blond but no man, she looked behind her only to see Melinda, and still no man, when she turned back, the blond women had stood up and she was very tall, walking slowly over towards her, "hello, um I don't really know what else to say, without being killed" the blond said, Maria rolled her eyes, "what about your name?" Maria said to Bobbi" "oh yeah, um my name is Barbara, but everyone calls me Bobbi, Mores, Bobbi, Barbra Bobbi Mores" Bobbi rambled, Maria and Natasha were having a field day behind Bobbi's back, they had never heard Bobbi ramble so much before and especially just to say her own name.
Melinda was trying not to laugh but noticed that Skye was still just starring at Bobbi, and Bobbi was just waiting for Skye to say something.
Bobbi was getting extremely nervous shifting from foot to foot, Maria, and Natasha, had calmed down and was shifting their eyes from Bobbi to Skye, "you, you're not a man?" was Skye's words, of course, both Bobbi and Maria had known this, but they had always speculated in what scenario, those words would be uttered, this was not one of them.
"No, I'm not a man, are you upset about that?" Bobbi asked the question sent a thought through the three Alphas and one Beta, what if she is not into women, Melinda and Natasha shared a look, they had not even thought to ask about that, they just assumed, because they were soulmates, it was rare that one's sexual orientation did not match one's soulmates gender.
"No, I'm not, I'm more happy that you aren't a man," Skye's quiet voice said, "I'm glad you are happy that I'm not a man," Bobbi said, not noticing how stupid she sounded, "okay, how about we sit down, I think the dinner is ready," Melinda said still from behind Skye, Skye jumped a little at Melinda's sudden voice from behind her, but relaxed quickly, Melinda guided Skye over to her chair, giving both Maria and Bobbi a clear message, that this was Skye's chair.
Witch did not make sense since it was only a little over twenty-four hours ago, that Melinda had almost thrown her onto the chair, for questioning, and now it was the chair Skye would be sitting on doing meals, and no one else, it was an Alpha thing, they liked to have a certain spot, their Omegas sat or slept, but since they took it slow, Skye only had her spot at the dinner table.
In the bedroom that would become difficult for them to have to share Skye with Maria and Bobbi, funny how they never realized that they had the same Omega, shrugging not really want to think about it, Melinda helped Natasha with the food.
They again gave Skye a little extra food on her plate, Natasha sat down on her spot Infront of Skye and Melinda sat down beside Skye again, "so I can see that you'll have a movie day, what did you watch?" Maria asked, looking at Skye, who squirmed, "we have watched the four first Harry Potter movies" Natasha answered.
Skye was in the guest room she was sleeping in, while the others were doing the dishes, she had offered to help but the four other women, told her no, that they could handle it, and told her to go relax a little until they came and joined her.
She was looking at one of her memory cards, debating what to do, here she was in a house with four SHIELD agents, who was also her soulmates, and SHIELD had answers to where she came from, maybe even who she was, or at least, who her parents were or are, but should she ask them for help, or could she get away with borrowing on of their computers, if one of them had access to SHIELD network, she could get the information she was looking for, and then disappear.
But could she do that, Natasha and Melinda had and was still so kind and caring towards her, and she was afraid they would turn on her and tell her she could not leave, and now there was Maria and Bobbi too, Maria was respectful and funny and definitely a strong Beta, and Bobbi was, not a typical, well neither was Natasha or Melinda but Bobbi was different, she was okay to be making fun of, she got nervous and rambled.
Skye was getting frustrated with everything and everyone in this house, they confused her so much, and they made her feel warm and safe, which was still unnerving her.
"Well rather now, then later if I get attached to any one of them," Skye said to herself, taking the two most important cards in her hand, she went to the kitchen, where the others had just finished cleaning up.
"Hi Skye, what's wrong," Maria asked, and all of Skye's courage disappeared, she quickly put the two cards on the table, muttering that they should read them, and ran, latterly ran back to the guest room.
"What just happened?" Bobbi asked, looking at the spot Skye had been standing, before looking up to the three other women, "I don't know, but I have an idea" Melinda said taking the cards in her and, "let us go to the office, and see what there are on theses" Melinda then said.
They walked into the home office, Melinda put the first one in, and what they read was heartbreaking, it was basically Skye's whole life, everything from being abandon at the steps of an orphanage, foster homes, group homes, medical history.
Melinda, Natasha, and Bobbi all looked like they were ready to kill someone, "I'm going to her now" Bobbi said, but Maria stepped in front of the door so, no one could leave, "Maria move" Bobbi said, "no, Skye said to read both of the cards, and when we are done, I'll and only me, will go to her, we all just read the same thing, there has been a lot of Alphas who have been abusive towards her, and that only the ones they could prove, or that she reported, didn't you see, that when she turned twelve, she didn't mention anything, only that she was a clumsy child or she fell, we all know that's properly not the case, maybe one or two, but not them all" Maria said not only to Bobbi but Melinda and Natasha too.
Bobbi let out a small whimper, "but" Bobbi started, but this time it was Natasha who said something, "Maria is right, both Mel and I, have known she was afraid of us, to a degree, but we didn't expect that this was why, Maria is a Beta, so Skye should be more comfortable around her, and until she is comfortable around us, Maria should take point when Skye's upset, like now, but as Maria also said, Skye asked us to read, both of the cards and that's what we'll do" Natasha said, taking the card out, and put it away then she took the other and put it in the computer.
While the second card was loading Melinda spoke up, "well, it explains, Skye's reaction to Bobby, and why she freaked out, just by the thought of having a male mate, I can't even imagine what thoughts went through her head, when we mentioned Bobbi's name" she said.
"I still want to go to her, and now even more," Bobbi said, Maria, pulled her into a hug, "I know," she said.
It was clear to everyone in the room that the three Alphas were not happy, that they could not just go their Omega and hold her.
"Wait that's a redacted SHIELD file where did she get that?" Maria asked when she saw it pop onto the screen, "she said yesterday that she was a hacktivist, so maybe that's how she got it, but the question is why" Melinda said, facing Maria, "maybe she was searching for answers about where she came from" Natasha said, "there is old surveillance photos, recipes, so it would make sense, why don't you ask her Maria?" Natasha then said.
"Do Fury know about Skye?" Maria asked, "yes, he gave us two weeks off," Melinda said, "hmm, call him and update him about Bobbi and me, and these documents, while I'll go talk with Skye," Maria said, she waited for them to nod, when they did, she walked to the room Skye was in, the three Alphas saw Maria pause right in front of the door before she knocked.
"Oh, this phone call is not going to be fun," Natasha said.