Chapter 2

Gabrielle Weaver relaxed back into the chair in her office and huffed. It had been almost a year of living as Gabrielle Weaver, and she could honestly say she enjoyed the experience. She had made her company specialize in technology and computer software. She had been surprised at the demand for computer security specialists, but she really shouldn't have been, she was a hacker after all. With the revenue from her consultations and patents she was making a decent amount of money. Weaver Industries had quickly become one of the top ten in America in cyber security in just nine months. It was insane.

She had also created several new inventions and marketed them to the public at large. Her scent blockers were still doing well, and the integrated taser was also still going strong. For her personal use, she had created a hard light hologram producer and integrated it with her image inducer giving the image a solid feeling making it able to be touched and to protect her as well. Accompanying that she integrated a voice modulator into her choker and powered it all with a harness she had designed that used three ARC reactors of the palladium design. When Tony saw the design and heard her idea for it, he laughed so hard he cried and gave her his blessing for the reactors.

She had also produced several security software patents that were being used by several agencies and companies in America. It unknowing gave her a backdoor into their systems. While she considered it immoral it did help her Arachne persona to be inundated with information. For that purpose, she created an AI named ATHENA to monitor the information received from the backdoor protocols and catalog things by importance.

This AI had helped her to make a name for herself with her Arachne persona as an information broker with morals. She used her skills and information to warn undercover agents of all agencies when their covers had been exposed or compromised and provided her hacking services for a decent price. This led to her receiving quite a lot of cash, when her own morals lined up with her clients. However, if they lied or reneged on the deals she made, she was quite ready to punish them in several inventive ways.

The backdoor protocol also had the unintended side effect of giving her more information than she knew what to do with and uncovered several interesting facts. Like the names of her soulmates. she learned that all her soulmates worked for the big brother organization SHIELD, and what their designations were. Natasha Romanova and Melinda May were both high level agents within SHIELD. Natasha focused on espionage and infiltration, while Melinda was considered a specialist and was sent in when things needed to be fixed. Both were alphas. Maria Hill was the deputy director and served under the director Nick Fury. She was a delta and seemed to be quite competent at her job. The last was Bobbi Morse who was codenamed Mockingbird. She had been trained under Melinda and was in a similar position as her. She also had a biotech degree and was a beta.

After discovering the names of her mates, she had decided to send a message to Natasha stating that she would look out for them on their missions, even if they didn't need it. It was because of this that she was able to say her words to Bobbi., when she had discovered that Bobbi's identity had been compromised.

Early 2012 – Bobbi POV

Join shield they said. it'll be fun they said. Never a dull moment! Bobbi scoffed from her desk. May remind me to bring something to do on my next op. The boredom is killing me.

She could feel Melinda's amusement radiating down the bond as she responded.

Welcome to my world. You wouldn't believe some of the forms I've had to sign over the years.

Bobbie rolled her eyes as she continued to do the mind-numbing task of stapling papers and filling out forms. She had been on this assignment for six months, and she couldn't wait for it to be over. Her assignment had mirrored Natasha's in that she had to infiltrate a rich playboy's company and find out if they were dealing under the table to foreign agencies. Oscorp had been doing involved in some very suspicious things over the years. Nothing could have been proven but it represented an unfortunate pattern that SHIELD had tasked her to investigate.

She was about to break for lunch when her phone began to ring. It was an unknown number, but she answered it anyway. She didn't get to speak before she was interrupted by a familiar voice.

"You've been compromised beautiful; you need to run. Now."

Bobbi froze in shock as the words on her body flared with a pleasant heat. Those were her words, and it was just like Natasha had experienced last year. She felt Melinda, Natasha and Maria join her through their bonds.

You need to get out of there quickly. Natasha sent.

I agree, Arachne has made a name for herself in saving compromised agents. Move quickly and get out of there. Maria instructed.

Bobbi got up and focused on acting normally as she began to make her way towards the elevator. It was then she noticed that there were several security guards making their way towards her. She turned and instead of the elevator she made her way towards the stairs. She was on the 56th floor so it was going to be a long way down. Right as she reached the door it unlocked, and her phone went off. She pulled out he phone out and looked at the message:

I've got your back babe. -Arachne.

Bobbi felt the amusement from the others as she smiled to herself. As she walked into the stairway, the door shut and locked behind her. She quickly began to make her way down when she heard the guards banging on the door. They couldn't seem to get the door to open for them. As she was making her way down the stairs, she received another message telling her to stop at the second floor. The others mentally shrugged and said it was up to her on whether to follow the instructions.

"She hasn't led us wrong, yet she mumbled to herself."

She made it to the second floor and emerged into a room that was undergoing construction. At the end of the hallway, she emerged in was a trash shoot that led to the outside on the ground floor. She quickly made her way over and dropped down the slide. It was a little rough, but she emerged onto a pile of scraps that had been removed from the 2nd floor. Her phone went off again.

Look for the Lamborghini with the purple spider and get in on the passenger seat.

Lamborghini with a purple spider. What the fuck? A Lamborghini wasn't subtle at all! Her other mates were also disgruntled at the lack of stealth but this way they could probably meet her and hopefully talk with her.

As she emerged onto the street, she did indeed see a Lamborghini waiting for her. It was black with purple accents and a large purple spider on the scooped hood. It was a beautiful car, and she couldn't see who was driving. She shrugged and quickly made her way over to the passenger side as the door opened. She quickly got in not looking at the driver until she had safely shut the door and buckled up.

She turned her head to look at her soulmate and froze in shock. She felt the others with her also reeling in shock. They all remembered when they got their last mark and intellectually, they knew that their soulmate was only fifteen. It was quite another to see it in person. Their soulmate was small, with large chocolate brown eyes and long brown hair. She was wearing a hoodie and jeans with large black heeled boots. She had the sleeves rolled up and Bobbi could see what she assumed were scent blockers on her wrists and a choker on her neck as well. Naturally Bobbi said the first thing that came to mind.

"Fuck your tiny and adorable!" She exclaimed. "How old are you?"

Their mate scowled and their cheeks pinked while the chorus in Bobbi's head radiated amusement and awed at their small mate.

Their mate didn't say anything, just shifted the car into gear and they peeled off to the squealing of tires. Bobbi grabbed the handle of the roof and held on. She caught her soulmate smirking at her from the corner of her eye, but it was gone when she turned to face her fully.

Ask her if she met me at Stark Industries and what her name is. Natasha ordered.

"Did you meet Tasha at SI?" She asked.

"Briefly." She replied shortly.

"Is your name Cory Sutter? Or was that an alias?"

"It was a favor." She replied while gesturing to the glove box. "I have a business card in there if you would like to know the name I've been using for a while."

Bobbi quickly opened the glove box and grabbed one of the cards that was sitting on top of several other items including a handgun. There was a large surge of alarm from her and the others of the fact that there was a handgun in her glove box. She picked it up as well and noticed several things automatically. It was very light and was not weighted the same as a regular pistol. It also seemed to not contain any bullets. She looked at the card and was surprised.

"Gabrielle Weaver CEO of Weaver Industries." She stated. "Did you steal her car?"

"No." Their mate turned to look at them like they were an idiot. She gestured to herself, and their mate's image was replaced by a much older woman in a business suit who looked like an older version of their mate.

She reached out and poked what she thought was an image, but her finger met skin before she pulled back shocked.

"How did you do that?" Bobbi asked nervously.

"Hard-Light inducer." She replied smugly. Even the voice was different. "Something I came up with several months ago."

"So, you're not enhanced?" Bobbi winced at her question as her mate's features went cold. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to ask you like that."

"Its fine." She said through gritted teeth. That was also when Bobbi realized that their mate didn't have a scent. It must be the blockers she thought.

Ask her what she knows about us and what she wants in this relationship. Melinda instructed. Also ask where she is taking you and why she has a fucking gun when she is fifteen.

"So…" She started hesitantly. "How much do you know about me and the others?"

"I know what SHIELD knows." She said with a smirk. "I am one of the best hackers on the planet and my company is leading the fight in cyber security."

"Wait back up a sec you hacked SHIELD?"

"Yes, I did." She said with a laugh. "Y'all have really shit cyber security. You should get someone to investigate that."

That is somewhat worrying. On the one hand a fifteen-year-old hacked the most secretive intelligence agency in the world. On the other hand, our little mate is adorable when she is proud. Natasha said.

I agree that she is adorable but that is a serious security risk regardless of if she is our mate let's not forget she is also Arachne, one of the best information brokers on the web. Maria stated

"If you don't mind me asking, what did you present as and where are we going."

It didn't look like Gabrielle would answer before she responded.

"I presented as an omega, which is why I designed the scent blockers like this. We are on our way to my companies' headquarters." She answered, before glancing at Bobbi and staring into her eyes. "Tell the others that they are welcome to come if they want to."

There was a pulse of affirmation from her mates.

"I have the address listed on the website. Are they alright with meeting us there?"

"Yes, they'll be there." She replied. "So do you want me to call you Gabrielle or do you have something else you want me to call you?"

She seemed to think about it for a while, and eventually answered. "Skye."

"Skye." Bobbi said. "It's beautiful."

I think so as well, better than Cory.

"Natasha says she likes it better than Cory."

"Thanks." Skye mumbled, focusing on the road. "For what it is worth, it is nice to meet you, Bobbi."

Bobbi smiled at the younger girl. "It is nice to meet you too. Thanks for getting me out of there by the way."

"Oh, it's not a problem." She said shyly as she pulled out a thumb drive from her pocket. "Oscorp has some really fucked up things in their mainframe. This is proof of what they were doing."

"Thank you. Now let's listen to some music and have some fun." Bobbi said as she turned on the radio.

Skye nodded and the two settled into a companionable silence for the rest of the trip. Bobbi occasionally communicated with the others, but the ride was uneventful until Skye got a phone call. Skye turned down the radio and began to speak.

"Gabrielle Weaver speaking."

"Yes, Jim I've been expecting them."

"Let them into the main office and hand them the NDA agreements. Standard Procedure, but they are allowed to be in the office."

"I would prefer no one with them. I'll be there soon."

"Thank you, Jim, have a nice night."

Skye turned to Bobbi. "Sorry about that, we will be there in a few minutes. Don't freak out when we pull up."

"Its fine, wait what do you mean don't freak out?"

Skye smirked but didn't answer.

Soon enough, the road translated into a smooth gravel and instead of going to the main gate, Daisy went around the compound and began to drive directly towards a wall. Bobbi grabbed onto the handle but decided to trust that Skye knew what she was doing. She closed her eyes as she approached, and the others were also sending feelings of apprehension.

They were unfounded as like passing through a waterfall the car passed through the wall into what appeared to be a garage. Skye quickly came to a stop and put the car into park and began to get out. Bobbi began to follow as well.

"You want to see something cool?" Skye asked.

"Sure." Bobbi said excitedly.

"What if I told you there was never a Lamborghini?" She asked, causing the others to tune into the bond with confusion.

Bobbi turned just in time to see the car slowly turn into particles and blow away into a nonexistent wind. Shock flowed through the bond as they watched the car disappear. Bobbi reached her hand forward and passed through nothing. The car was gone as if it never existed.

"Now let's go meet the rest." Skye said as she sauntered away towards a door in the wall. She waved her hand and the door opened on its own. Bobbi and the others began to feel a sense of unease. She had to be enhanced in some way. Bobbi quickly followed her, and they emerged into a rather large office area. It had a main desk with several chairs in front of it, while on the opposite side was a lounge type area with a drink tray a couple of couches and a large TV embedded into the wall.

Waiting for them were Natasha and Melinda, who since arriving had been filling the room with alpha pheromones. It took Bobbi a moment to fight through the haze. When she did, she noticed that Natasha and Melinda were staring at Skye with narrowed eyes. She hadn't even seemed to notice the scents, which as an omega, was unheard of.

Skye seemed to be oblivious to the mounting tension in the room as she walked over to the drink cart before asking in a calm level voice.

"Drink preferences?" She turned to look at the occupants.

"Vodka." Natasha stated still gazing at Skye with narrowed eyes.

"Water for me please." Melinda continued.

"Cactus Cola if you have it." Bobbi said as she sat between Melinda and Natasha. "If you don't, I'll take water please."

Skye nodded before getting everyone's drinks and handing them out before she sat down opposite to the three of them as if this was an ordinary meeting.

"So, let's talk." She said smirking at them over her glass as she took a sip. "First though did you all sign the NDA's?"

They nodded, gesturing to the paperwork on the table. Skye reached out to grab the paper, but Natasha reached out to grab her wrist. When Skye went to pull her hand, back Natasha released a low growl stopping her.

"How are you ignoring our scents?" Natasha rumbled with narrowed eyes.

Skye raised her eyebrow. "I have nose plugs in. It is a rather simple solution when alphas attempt to intimidate me. Usually, I then taser them into unconsciousness but I don't think you need that do you?"

The others growled at the thought of others attempting to intimidate Skye. Natasha reluctantly released Skye's arm and Skye began to look through the forms making sure everything was in order before she gestured with her hand and the image of Arachne appeared and accepted the forms. The others tensed but didn't react to the new arrival in the room.

"ATHENA privacy mode please." Skye said to the room.

The room darkened a little as all the widows in the room became opaque and Skye stood and walked over to stand beside the Arachne persona. As she moved away, the form of Gabrielle Weaver stood statue still next to Arachne and she maneuvered over to the opposite before letting all the disguises fall away from her in front of other people.

This was Bobbi's first time truly seeing Skye, it made her realize that she was wearing her disguise even when she was picked up earlier. Now that she could see her clearly, she noticed several things. First was the rather large breast plate like device she was wearing with a large glowing X in the center. Next was the large choker and large bracers on her forearms. Her hair was done up in a professional bun and was wearing large horn-rimmed glasses and nose plugs. She looked utterly adorable, and she was also rather short compared to the others in their pack.

She also noticed that this Skye looked a lot more nervous than she appeared earlier, leading her to believe that the images of her had been carefully controlled. It made Bobbi want to run over, pick her up and hold her close. She could feel Natasha and Melinda feeling the same.

"These are me." She said gesturing to the images next to her. "I made them to do the things I normally couldn't. So, who wants to ask the first question, however I reserve the right to pass on the question if It would make me uncomfortable? Sound fair?"

Bobbi nodded quickly, with Melinda and Natasha following soon after.

"Are you enhanced?" Melinda asked starting things off.

"Yes."

"What can you do?" Melinda asked, she then froze as she realized what she said. Skye's words flared when Melinda had spoken and judging by the fading expression, her words as well.

"I can control and hack technology if I am touching it. I can also create technology if I have the materials and knowledge of how it works or should work."

Bobbi decided to interject at this point because she was dying to know. "How did you do the car thing and these images."

Skye smiled brightly at her and began to proudly explain. "JARVIS and I are friends, and I did a favor for him a while back. He gave me the blueprints for an image inducer which I used to meet Natasha. I then built on that and integrated it with my hard light emitters which are powered by my X-reactor."

"X-reactor?" Natasha questioned. "That wouldn't happen to have anything to do with Stark's Arc reactor, would it?"

"Yes." Skye said proudly, "I designed it after he gave me the blueprints."

"Wait he gave you the blueprints for his Arc reactor?" Melinda asked eyes narrowed. "Why did he give you those, he doesn't seem like the type to trust anyone with those."

"He isn't, but JARVIS is." Skye said.

Natasha looked at Skye for moment as if she was debating something before, she slowly made her way towards Skye. Skye for her part didn't move away, just stared into Natasha's eyes as she approached her. They were standing with Skye looking up at her with less than a step between them. Before Skye could react, Natasha had wrapped her in a tight hug. Skye immediately stiffened, but after a few moments she relaxed into the hug.

"I'm glad we finally found you." She mumbled into the top of Skye's head causing the younger girl to shiver. Skye leaned her head into Natasha's shoulder and sniffed.

"Me too." Skye mumbled.

Natasha gently released her and watching her led her over to the couch with the others. Skye hesitated for a moment, and Bobbi decided to make the decision for her and pulled her into her lap. Skye squeaked as she was pulled down and Natasha joined so that they had Bobbi and Skye in the middle. It took a minute or so but eventually Skye relaxed back onto Bobbi's shoulder.

"So, we've met you now Skye." Melinda began. "I am Melinda May. I used to be a specialist, but I currently work in administration."

"I'm Bobbi Morse codenamed mockingbird and I am a specialist."

"And I am Natalia Romanova, but I prefer Natasha." Natasha ended with a small smile.

"What do you want out of this?" Melinda asked gesturing to all of us. "Obviously you are too young to be in a romantic relationship with us. For now."

Skye pauses to think for a moment before she answers shyly. "I don't know. I didn't think I would get to meet all of you, but I am glad I did. I would like to get to know you all, but I've never been in a relationship before."

"That's ok." Bobbi says gently tightening her hold around Skye's waist. "We would like to get to know you as well. The first part of that though is scents. I think I speak for all of us in that we want to be able to smell you and have you smell us."

Skye tenses and it takes Bobbi purring and nuzzling her neck to get her to relax even a little bit. "I promise we won't take advantage of you in any way. It just makes us worry when we can't smell you."

Natasha and Melinda both nod at this and Skye relaxes further before Bobbi, Natasha, and Melinda all tense suddenly as Maria's fearful emotions echo down the bond.

Maria what's going on? Are you alright? Melinda asks.

Skye is just about to ask what is wrong before she her head snaps towards the TV on the far wall. It turns on displaying security footage of a large facility imploding and causing a sinkhole. Skye goes to get up, but Bobbi tightens her hold before realizing and letting go. Skye smiles and kisses her on the cheek before rushing over to her computer and sitting down.

Images appear on the TV before focusing on the image of a bruised and battered Maria Hill who was on the phone. About that time is when all the other women's phones except Skye's began to ring. It looked like their conversation was over.