Previously: Skye had a nightmare and remembered the night at the Davidson's and Maria and Sharon comforted her.
Chapter 23: The Plan Forward
Skye woke up by her pillow moving, grumbling, she reached out to hold it still and to make sure it didn't fall on to the floor.
She heard someone chuckle and her pillow felt like an earthquake with how it moved up and down fast, groaning, she tried holding it tighter. That only made the laughter increase, so she finally decided to open her eyes to see who it was that was laughing and what was so funny.
When she figured it out she wished she hadn't, her pillow was not a pillow, it was Sharon's chest. Sharon had tried to get up and she hadn't let her, causing both Sharon and Maria to laugh.
Groaning again and burying her head deeper in Sharon's chest, "Skye I have to get up, I am going on a mission," Sharon said with clear amusement in her voice.
"Nooo, it is too early to get up," Skye whined.
"You don't have to get up, you and Maria can sleep a little longer," Sharon was almost laughing again.
Muttering under her breath Skye let go of Sharon and turned over to Maria's waiting arms. "See you when you come back," Maria said, kissing Sharon goodbye. Sharon bent down and kissed Skye's head before taking her mission bag and the clothing Maria had taken out while Sharon had tried to disconnect herself from Skye.
Before she was out of the bedroom door Skye lifted her head and called a goodbye too. With a wave of her hand, she closed the door and changed her clothing fast before walking out of her Lair and over to the elevator, and up into the Triskelion.
"What time is it?" Skye mumbled into Maria's side.
"Three thirty in the morning," Maria answered.
"I guess I can't know what Sharon's mission is?" Skye asked, yawning.
"Maybe, I don't know yet either," Maria said.
Skye lifted her head, "Why not, I thought you were the Deputy Director," Skye said confused.
"I am, but I don't know every mission, Fury doesn't know every mission either. Fury might tell me when I see him later," Maria explained. Skye just nodded at that, too tired to do anything other than to accept it.
When Skye woke up again it took her a moment to remember that she was in Sharon's and Maria's room. She suddenly remembered why she was in here and not in her own and that she was wearing either some of Maria's or Sharon's clothing.
Getting embarrassed she quickly got up and hurried into her own room and changed. She grabbed her concealing makeup, before remembering what she had promised, putting the makeup down again, she looked at the clock by the bed and saw it was only 7:30 a.m.
Wondering where Maria had gone, she walked out of the room and walked down the hall, to the common area where she could smell bacon. Walking into the kitchen area, she saw Maria cooking bacon or trying to, by the amount of smoke there was.
"Good morning, are you hungry?" Maria asked. Skye's stomach growling was the answer Maria got. "I take that as a yes, and that is good because it is done," Maria said, taking the last of the bacon of the pan and turning the stove off.
There was already egg's, bread, and coffee on the table, Skye sat down and waited for Maria, who came over with the bacon after a short moment.
"Have you heard from Sharon or Fury yet?" Skye asked, biting into a very crisp piece of bacon.
"Yes, I have, but I can only say that she is in Columbia," Maria said.
"Okay," Skye said.
"What are the plans for today?" Skye asked when they were doing the dishes.
"I have to go up to my office today. I have a few meetings and paperwork I have to finish today, and uh Peggy want to see you at 10," Maria said.
At 10 that morning, Skye knocked on Peggy's door, it was opened a moment later, "Skye come in, you don't need to knock, I told you that. You can come in here, whenever you want, and that goes for the one at the Hub to, or should I say the Den," Peggy said, Skye couldn't help but smile.
"I will try to remember that," Skye decided to say.
"Good, I can also see you are not wearing the concealing makeup anymore," Peggy said as an observation.
"No, I promised Maria and Sharon not to," Skye said.
"That's good, we can talk about how and if you still want the marks back, when Sharon is here too. It should be a decision you all make together, and I also think you should include Bobbi, or at least talk to Maria and Sharon about it. We must not forget that Bobbi and you are also soulmates, even if you two have had a rough start," Peggy said when she saw Skye open her mouth to ask something, she was happy that Skye shut it again and nodded.
"I have spoken to Tony and Pepper, they are very happy that you want to meet them. I hope you don't mind that I have agreed that we will visit them on Friday," Peggy said.
"Friday, this Friday, like in 6 days Friday?" Skye asked panicky.
"Yes," Peggy answered, "don't worry Skye they already love you, there is nothing to be worried about. I will be there, we can take Maria and Sharon, if she is back, with us," Peggy said trying to calm Skye down.
"Okay, yeah I think I would like that if they don't have other things to do," Skye said.
Peggy gave Skye a nod and a smile, "Good, but that is not the only reason I asked you to come here today, we also need to work on your mind link. Normally it would be your alpha, but since Sharon is on a mission she asked me to get you started," Peggy said.
"Wait, what? I thought I had that, I have talked a lot with both Maria and Sharon over the mind link?" Skye asked. "Yes, but how many times did you start the conversation?" Peggy asked with a raised eyebrow.
Skye opened her mouth to answer until she realized that it was always Sharon or Maria who started it.
"I am going to open the link between the two of us, and you will engage in a conversation between us. Normally the link isn't open, so this will be easier then when you will start a conversation with any other wolf, it will still be easier to talk with your own little pack then the other packs though," Peggy explained.
"Okay, close your eyes, focus on me, and think that you want to speak to me," Peggy said after Skye had nodded her understanding to how the mind link worked in between the packs.
Skye was unbelievably tired. She had worked with Peggy for hours and only managed to break through a few times. She was disappointed in herself, even if Peggy said it was a hard skill to learn and that she should be proud of the progress she made in one day, but she wasn't.
So, she was brooding over her computer on a couch, when Maria walked in later with take-out for them.
"Hey, how was your day with Peggy?" Maria asked, sitting down across from Skye putting the food on the sofa table separating them.
"Not good, I suck at engaging the mind link," Skye said looking up at Maria.
"You'll get the hang of it. Was that the only thing you did?" Maria asked, Skye swallowed the lump in her throat before answering.
"No, she said we will visit Tony and Pepper on Friday."
"You're nervous about that," Maria said more than asked, pushing some food in Skye's direction.
"Yes, a little," Skye answered sitting up and taking the food.
"Do you want me and Sharon to come?" Maria asked, Skye nodded.
"Peggy said that too, she also said it would be a good idea to talk to Bobbi about the four of us." Skye said.
"Understandable," Maria said nodding.
It was quiet after that until Maria asked if they should watch a movie, Skye quickly replied with yes so they agreed to make themselves comfortable and changed into their PJ's.
Maria had a hard time keeping herself under control when Skye emerged from her room in the clothing she borrowed the night before, a t-shirt and shorts.
"What do you want to watch?" Maria asked and looked at the screen in front of her.
"I don't really care as long as it is not a horror movie, I don't really like those," Skye said, sitting down beside Maria.
"Okay what about The Forbidden Kingdom," Maria asked.
"I have never heard about it, who is in it?" Skye asked.
"Jackie Chan and Jet Li are in it," Maria answered.
"Okay, why not," Skye said, making herself comfortable before Maria hit play.
After the movie was over Skye could say she was a fan of that movie, afterwards they decided to watch another movie, since it was still early, halfway through the second movie, Skye had fallen asleep.
So, Maria decided she'd go to bed too. Picking Skye up since she didn't want to wake her, after the night she had yesterday, she carried Skye down the hall. Stopping in front of the door to Skye's room, she hesitated before gently shaking her head and carrying Skye into her own room, she put her down on the bed and slid in beside her, turning off the light on her nightstand.
Hoping Skye didn't mind she had taken her to her and Sharon's room instead of her own.
Luckily, Skye was okay with sleeping with Maria. They were eating breakfast when Skye's phone started to ring, on the display was Bobbi's name, Skye hesitated a moment before Maria nudged her, "Take it," Maria said.
"Hello," Skye said after hitting the pickup button.
"Hi, are you busy?" Bobbi asked.
"No," Skye answered when she saw Maria sneak out after writing a note telling her that she would see her later.
"How are things on the plane?" Skye asked when it had been quiet for a moment too long for her liking.
"It is okay, I, we miss you, it is not the same without you here," Bobbi said.
"I miss you guys too, hopefully, we will see each other again soon," Skye said.
"I hope so," Bobbi said.
"Yeah things have gotten so weird lately. I really want to tell you about it, but it is something that has to be face to face," Skye said.
"What, why, you are not denying our bond are you, or –" Bobbi said sounding panicky.
"What? No, no, no, nothing like that, I promise," Skye reassured, and she could hear Bobbi releasing a breath.
"Good I am glad. I am sorry I haven't called earlier but we have been busy, and I was scared, until May practically threatened me if I didn't call. You might receive a call from her later, but I am really sorry for how our relationship has been so far, and I will make it up to you. I know what I am going to say next is a terrible excuse, but here goes nothing," Bobbi started and took a deep breath.
"I could feel Natasha's suspicion about you from the beginning, and when I was told I was going to be on the team, I wasn't expecting you to be my soulmate and I got conflicted. I didn't know who to stand by, you, my soulmate, or my alpha, and just to clarify, Natasha never asked me to spy on you or anything like that. And I am so sorry I slept with May, but I was so angry about everything, again stupid excuse," another deep breath.
"I didn't want to hurt you, and I am so sorry that I didn't trust you, and I couldn't show you that you could trust me," Bobbi finished.
"Thank you, Bobbi, that means a lot to me to hear that, and I am sorry too. I have a hard time trusting others, and I will explain more about that and other things later, but not over the phone, I hope you will accept that," Skye said.
"I can do that, and I will, anything," Bobbi answered, and Skye could almost feel the smile on Bobbi's face over the phone. They talked a little more until Skye heard May call to Bobbi that they had a mission, they said their goodbyes and hung up.
After hanging up with Bobbi, Skye made her way over to Peggy's, but she wasn't there so Skye tried to contact her over the mind link, but wasn't very successful, because over 15 minutes later she got a text from Peggy telling her that she was sorry but was in a meeting that was running late and she had not had time to contact her and inform her of it. She did say good work on the mind link though and that she would be back in 3 to 4 hours.
Skye decided to see if there were any other wolves in the Lair, walking into the big common area she froze, she was almost about to turn around and walk away, but the voice of the person in the kitchen stopped her.
"Skye, wait," the red-haired alpha said. Skye looked up at Natasha and waited to see what she wanted, "Coffee?" Natasha asked. Nodding Skye went over and sat down across from Natasha.
"So, how have you been?" Natasha asked.
"Good, Peggy is helping me with the link while Sharon is on a mission," Skye said, taking ahold of the mug Natasha gave her.
"Yeah, that is nice, it is hard to learn," Natasha said.
"Yeah, how about you," Skye asked, feeling very awkward.
"Have you spoken to Bobbi lately?" Natasha asked, feeling very bad for how she had affected Bobbi about Skye. She wished she could do something to help, even if she still didn't trust Skye, but the fact that she was only seventeen explained a little; it was fascinating how she had been able to hide that from her and Melinda for so long.
"Yes, I spoke to her earlier today," Skye answered, bringing her out of her head. Natasha's phone beeped at that moment.
"Well, sorry kid, but I have to go," Natasha said. "See you around," she threw over her shoulder.
"Yeah, around," Skye said back.
May did call to apologize too, after she had her training with Peggy, and before she sat down to eat dinner with Maria and Peggy.
Skye found herself debating if she wanted to sleep with Maria or if she should go to her own room, "Hey, something wrong?" Maria asked concerned when she saw Skye looking conflicted.
"I am just thinking maybe I should sleep in my own room until we have talked with Bobbi, I don't want to hurt her," Skye confesses. Maria could not help but smile, if it was a sweet or sad smile Skye couldn't tell.
"That's okay, I understand and so will Sharon," Maria said, giving Skye a hug which she repaid.
"Goodnight Maria," Skye said.
"Goodnight Skye," Maria said, and they went into their own rooms.
AN:
Packs:
Head alpha: Peggy Carter (golden fur)
Pack one: Alpha: Natasha (reddish) – Beta: May (creamy dark brown) – Sigma: Clint Barton (Hawkeye) (gray) – omega: Bobbi (creamy light brown) – omega: Izzy (mix of black and brown)
Pack two: Alpha: Victoria (dark brown and black) – Beta: Kara ( light brown and white) -Sigma: Rick (mix grey) – Sigma: Jonathon (light grey)- Sigma: Samantha (dark grey) – Omega: Simmons light brown)– Omega: Fitz (dark brown).
The new third pack: Alpha: Sharon (white) – Beta: Maria (black) – Puppy: Skye (dark gray and a mix of black, white, dark, and light brown spots and floppy ear (right))
And a thanks to Fun_size_Tasha for beating.