AN:
Hello all here is the next chapter, and I want to say thank you, Fun_size_Tasha, for beating this chapter.
Chapter 17: Answers Only Bring More Questions
When Maria, Sharon and Peggy went back to the facility later that night, when they walked in the door to Sharon's area their noses were assaulted by the smell of delicious smelling food and the sight of Skye in the kitchen.
"Hi, you are just in time for dinner, it'll be ready in 10 minutes," Skye said.
"You didn't need to cook dinner Skye, we could have ordered in," Sharon said walking over to the kitchen to see what smelled so good.
"I know, but I wanted to. I like to cook," Skye said.
"Well it smells delicious, what are you making?" Maria asked.
"Roasted chicken breasts, baked potatoes, garlic bread, and fried broccoli with bacon" Skye answered, swiping Sharon's hand away from a piece of bacon. "Go set the table," she said to the now pouting alpha, who in turn huffed and gave a salute with her hand and a yes ma'am.
"I think I have a good red wine to go with this, I will go get it," Peggy said, walking out to get it.
"None for you," Maria said to Skye when she saw Skye's face at the mention of the wine.
"What? Why?" Skye asked, Maria just looked at her with one eyebrow raised, "Okay, okay, okay, I get it," Skye said.
15 minutes later the 4 wolves sat down to eat. The conversation was light, they talked about Skye's options with the school program that SHIELD had and Skye found out that both Natasha and Clint had taken it and Steve Rogers had too. Clint because he had also run away from the foster system and joined the circus, Natasha because she had never attended a real school, and Rogers well because his education was from the last century.
Skye heard some old stories from when Sharon and Maria were in the academy and even some of Sharon when she was a child from Peggy, much to Sharon's displeasure. Both Skye and Maria laughed at a story Peggy told them of what a young Sharon and Tony Stark had done when they were in high school. "Why did I not know about this?" Maria asked between gulps of breaths.
"Because it is embarrassing," Sharon said, hiding behind her hands and almost slumped under the table.
"Does anyone have room for dessert? I made a chocolate mousse cake with chili," Skye asked when she had stopped laughing.
"Skye what's wrong?" Sharon asked.
"What? Nothing. Why do you think something is wrong?" Skye asked, gathering their empty plates and taking them to the kitchen.
"Because I can feel that you are nervous," Sharon said.
"Stupid mental link," Skye muttered under her breath.
Sharon had stood up and walked over to her "Skye, what is it?" Sharon asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
When Skye was silent Sharon guided her to her and Maria's room. "Come on Skye, talk to me," Sharon said.
"Did CPS have any paper files on me? I saw Maria carrying a box when you walked in," Skye asked.
'Oh, so this is what this is about,' Sharon thought. "Yes they did, a lot actually, so did Saint Agnes." Sharon tried really hard not to react to the flinch Skye made on her mention of Saint Agnes also had some, she had a feeling Skye would appreciate it.
"Have you read them?" Skye asked, still not looking at her.
"Yes, so have Maria, Peggy, and Fury," Sharon said, deciding not to keep anything from her regarding her. Skye nodded. " It doesn't matter what those files say," Sharon said, when Skye finely looked at her she smiled, "and when we visited Saint Agnes, there was a nun there who had a lot of good things to say about you," Sharon finished.
"Who?" Skye asked, a little skeptical at that.
"Sister Sofia," Sharon stated.
Skye smiled a little, "yeah she was nice," Skye said.
"She also told us that she thought of you as a good kid. Challenging? Yes, but a good kid," Sharon said, giving Skye a little push with her shoulder, "and I have to agree with her on that," she said after she had gotten another smile from Skye.
"So how about this, we go out to the others and we tell you what we have found and there is something in the box that belongs to you. And maybe we could make room for that cake, you made it sound very good," Sharon said, Skye nodded and they walked out to see that Maria and Peggy had cleaned the table and kitchen.
Sharon went over and got the box from the floor by the door, and then went over to the dining table, waving Skye over. "This is the blanket you were found in, and the necklace was with you too, but, ahem, we need to talk about that one," Sharon said lifting the lid of the box for Skye to see inside. Skye looked a little confused but decided not to ask what she meant.
Sharon left Skye's side to give her some privacy, she went over to Maria and Peggy in the kitchen.
"Hey, is she okay?" Maria asked.
"Yeah, I think she is okay right now. She was worried about the files and what we would think of what they said," Sharon said.
"It will take time to make her comfortable with us and herself," Peggy said looking at Skye from the corner of her eye.
"Hey have you seen the blanket?" Skye's voice rang out to them.
"No, we decided that it was for you. Why?" Maria asked.
"Because it has the SHIELD logo on it," Skye said, and true enough it did.
"Let us all sit down; I think we should tell you what we have found," Sharon said
And then they told her in more details about the file that Coulson had already told her about. The agents that had died, one of them was a woman named Linda Avery and the necklace had belonged to her, she must have dropped it when she had handed her over to the orphanage. That she had been Victoria's and Izzy's third. That they still didn't know who her parents were, what had happened during the mission, who had killed most of the agents who had been on that mission, all except one Richard Lumley, and that they were looking for him.
"So, you think I was in the Hunan Province, where there was some sort of massacre where everyone died, and for some reason I didn't, and a SHIELD team brought me back to the states and are the ones who put me in the system, and told that system to move me around. Why?" Skye asked.
"Yes, that is what we think, but we don't know why she told the system to move you around and the files don't say anything about it either. We hope that Lumley can answer that," Maria said
"if he is still alive," Skye said.
"Yes," Maria replied.
"But should we return the necklace to Victoria and Izzy? I mean it did belong to their soulmate so I think they should have it," Skye said looking at the necklace.
"I think that is an excellent idea Skye, and they can help look for Lumley. I am sure they want answers too. They have been out for 17 years already, we can go tomorrow. I know that Izzy is at the Hub this week," Peggy said,
"All of us?" Skye asked, hopeful.
"Yes, I think we can do that," Peggy said.
"And then you can also do the test to see where you are at in school while we are there," Maria said.
"Damn," Skye said much to Sharon and Maria's amusement.
"Come on, how about we try that cake you made? I must say I've never tried a chocolate mousse cake with chili before," Sharon said.
The next day the 4 wolves were on their way to the Hub. Maria had already made an appointment with Victoria and Izzy, telling them to meet them in the facility, and again Skye made a comment about how the name sucked.
Skye was also in a semi-bad mood because of the test she had to take.
Sharon slumped down beside Skye in one of the seats on the Quinjet, "ugh, my stomach," she said.
Skye smirked at that "What is wrong with your stomach?" Skye asked sarcastically.
"You know what and I blame you," Sharon said in a jokingly manner.
"I told you not to eat that much cake," Skye defended herself.
"I didn't eat that much," Sharon protested.
"Hahaha you ate like 4 pieces," Maria's voice came from the cockpit.
Sharon just made another noise of complaint, that made the others on the small plane laugh, even Peggy chuckled along "you were warned Sharon," She said.
"Yeah yeah I get it. When Skye makes it again, which I hope she will, I will contain myself to two pieces," Sharon said, looking at Skye, who just started laughing again at Sharon's facial expression just at the thought of more of her cake.
When they arrived at the Hub Skye asked when she'd have her test, Maria told her an hour and when she was done they had the meeting with Victoria and Izzy.
Skye was bored when she was done with the test a few hours later. She had been happy about the food and drink that was available during the test and the variety of it. There had been everything from doughnuts and candy to fruits and salads, and the drinking selection had been just as diverse as there had even been alcohol, but she hadn't taken any of that because she knew that she would have had three angry people giving her a lecturer about underage drinking.
So now she was waiting for Maria or Sharon to get her, so she could go down to the facility.
"Hi Stranger," Sharon's voice startled her.
"Sharon, do you have to do that?" Skye asked with a glare.
"Yes," Sharon just said, "now come on, follow me."
Skye just stood a little stunned looking at the way her alpha went, shaking her head she ran to catch up with Sharon. When they got there, they could see that the others were already waiting for them in the shared common area.
"So, what is this about?" Victoria asked.
"Let us go into my area," Sharon said.
"Seriously, you are inviting us to your area?" Izzy asked.
"Yes, it's best we talk in a place where no one can walk in on us. What we have to talk about is, um, it is private for different reasons," Sharon said.
"Okay," both Victoria and Izzy said.
"So, what are you saying? That Linda's death wasn't some random attack?" Izzy asked after they had told them what they had found. "And you, you are really 17?" she then turned her attention on Skye.
"Yes, and we think you should have this," Sharon said, pulling the necklace out and handing it over to Victoria who was closest.
"What can we do to help find Lumley? I remember him, he had a love for South America, so I think he would be hiding in some of the countries there," Victoria said, still looking at the necklace in her hand. Izzy went over and sat beside her, to also look at the necklace.
"I remember when we brought this," Izzy said.
"Yeah, I do too, but we have to fix the lock on this," Victoria said.
"Okay we will put more attention on South America, and we will keep all that we have talked about today between us for now, and for Skye's age it is up to her who she wants to know for now, but eventually all the wolves have to know. So, Izzy if Natasha asks, tell her you have your orders from me," Peggy said, Izzy nodded her understanding.
"It is getting close to dinner, so who is hungry, it is my treat," Victoria said.
"I will have to decline, I have something else to tend to," Peggy said standing up, "uh and Skye," she said before she left.
"Yeah?" Skye asked.
"I will see you in two days at the Triskelion," Peggy said, at Skye's nod she left.
While Sharon, Maria and Victoria were ordering food, Izzy moved over and sat down beside Skye, "So how is it having Peggy as a guardian?" she asked.
"Well she isn't like any other I have had before, I can tell you that" Skye said.
"Hmm does Bobbi know that you are 17?" Izzy asked just in time for the 3 others to also hear.
It was then Skye remembered that Izzy and Bobbi were in the same pack, "Umm no, not yet," Skye said.
"We are waiting for the seminar to be over before we tell team 616 that Skye won't be returning to the Bus anytime soon, and Skye would also like to tell Bobbi herself to her face," Maria said.
"Okay that's fair," Izzy said understandably.
"And Peggy also just told us that we can't tell anyone about Skye's age to anyone without Skye's permission," Victoria said.
After Peggy had left the Hub she went to the Triskelion. When she went to her personal lab in the facility, she saw that the DNA test she had run was done. She went over to see the result and when she saw them a huge smile broke out on her face.
She picked up her phone and made the call she was happening to have to make. The person picked up on the fourth ring.
"Hello Peggy, what a surprise," a female voice said.
"Hello, are you and your husband free tomorrow? I have some news to share, good news," Peggy said.
"Yes, we are free around three," the voice said.
"Good, I will see you then," Peggy said.
"Yes, we look forward to it, bye Peggy," the voice said.
"Bye," Peggy said and then hung up.