NCIS meets SHIELD c10

Everything after that seemed to be a blur of movement one minute they were at the hospital next they were on a plane and Ellie was looking at a wooden box in the middle of a plane. Things started moving again when she was home everyone was there and they were a wreck. Her mum was in tears, her father was silent it being clear he had been crying her brothers Rob, George and John each one red faced in anger or tears she couldn't tell she was numb. George was angry at himself for not checking on her sooner he felt it was his responsibility as the oldest to look after his younger siblings and it was hitting him hard that he failed his youngest.

Her mother was all over Natasha making sure she was alright but it seemed she was a ghost in a shell Clint was there as was Maria both of them keeping a very close eye on her to see if she would lash out. Coulson and May also were there told they were co-workers. Her family home that she grew up in was leaving a sour taste in Ellie's mouth as everywhere she looked reminded her of Sam and the house itself felt very small especially when the Avengers turned up surprising her family and friends that turned up to offer condolences. Hours turned to days and Ellie lost all track of time, Gibbs and the others turned up she was grateful of Abbey's hugs. Jack was a huge help she stayed the whole time. Ellie burst into tears when John had made the same comment that Sam had made about Abbey's shoes, and how George didn't like shrinks when he discovered that Jack was a shrink. Natasha observed the Bishop family mostly in silence trying to picture what it was like for Sam when she grew up, at night Ellie would come and sit with her on the porch, Clint was always not too far away the silent observer with a hawks eyes. The slightest change in Natasha's attitude he would be next to her in a flash, this had Ellie wondering how well he must know her to get reactions from her.

On the third day Natasha had a fight with Clint in the backyard, it was physical and Ellie's family wondered if they should intervene but Clint knew this is what Natasha needed, he let her kick the living daylight out of him and then she cries and he held onto her tightly. Natasha apologised for her behaviour but none of the Bishop's held it to her they accepted her right away since Ellie turned up with her stating she was Sam's soul mate.

The next day was the funeral and Ellie was in tears most of the time so she couldn't see through her tears for most of it, she did see several agent in the small church and at the graveyard she saw so many people in suites it was nice to know she had friends. She met some of them a blur of names, she was surprised that Natasha stayed near the back of the church or off to one side, she didn't do a speech which the others couldn't blame her for. Nice things, so many nice things were told about her sister. Gibbs and the others were in the crowd they were there for her and had offered their own condolences to the family. Tony Stark and the other avengers were there trying to be low key but even at a funeral it was hard. Ellie had to admit they cleaned up nicely and appreciated that they tried not to draw too much attention. Her parents had an incredible speech and George spoke on behalf of his siblings they nominated him as Ellie knew she would be a mess and wouldn't be able to form a decent sentence let alone a speech.

Before she knew it Ellie was looking at a piece of concrete with words on it, where her sister was put to rest. As the crowd disappeared returning to the house for refreshments Ellie noted that now Natasha had moved over to the grave stone and plonked herself down next to it bringing her knees up to her chin she simply sat there. Ellie looked around to see at least four different people in suites waiting for her and felt herself dragged away by Rob. This part she hated so many condolences from people that hardly knew her that is what set Ellie's teeth grinding, especially when Sam's childhood bully turned up Ellie couldn't face him so she returned to her room to find sanctuary. But was stuck looking at Sam's door, and memories of her childhood came flooding back. She found herself crying once again. Most of the people were finally gone leaving family and very close friend behind. Ellie went in search of her brothers finding them in the attic or their secret fort, drinking the scotch from the chest the four of them sat in silence each one reflecting on their own memories of Sam.

"You remember when she was ten she locked herself up her, none of us knew what she was doing and none of us could entice her to come down."

"She had an argument with dad so was advoiding mum. She made a gift for him as an apology, she fixed one of his tools that you had broken Rob." Ellie replied.

"I didn't break it George did." Rob rebutted

"Sam took the blame for it." George added, "I never thanked her."

"She knew you wanted to go out on Friday with Susan and if Dad found out he would have grounded you for certain. She told me that night…she was grounded for a week because of that."

"She got me back for blaming me on the fence incident." George stated

"What did happen with the fence?" John asked

"I don't know what she did all I know is I got the blame and lost two Saturday's because of it. And I had to help repair it. I got like three splinters." George stated seriously before they all started laughing.

"She was always doing something crazy…"

"I always thought she would be the one of us that would do something important with their life." Rob stated looking down at his glass, once again turning the mood sour.

"To Sam." George raised his glass

"To Sam." The others echoed Ellie felt that wave of guilt gnaw at her stomach, she was lying to her family. Her sister did do something important with her life, she was making a difference. She was a hero and she couldn't tell them, she couldn't tell them that she fought an assassin and was helping with her case. She couldn't tell them that she was a spy, "why did she have to die, she had so many questions."

"What was that El?" Rob asked

"Huh?"

"You were muttering something."

"Was I? Sorry today has been a long and emotional day."

"Do we know how long Natasha will be staying?" John asked

"She's still at the cemetery." Ellie stated

"What?"

"Don't worry Hawkeye was with her and other agents." Ellie hiccupped

"Agents?" George asked

"What?" Ellie asked

"What agents El, you said she was with Hawkeye and other agents."

"Well I guess they are there with her to make sure she doesn't do something harmful." Ellie stated now sobering up she looked around her brothers to see if they had brought it, one second past then another before the three of them shrugged, none of them saw Ellie sigh with relief before she left her brothers to go downstairs to spend some time with her mother.

1 week had passed and Ellie was still at home with her family it felt as though the world was moving on, every now and then a condolence would be made but strangers stopped coming around and most of their friends had left to return to work. Gibbs had told her to take her time and would see her when she was ready to return to work. She found herself busy helping out around the house but soon there was nothing else to do and that had her stumped, the more she did nothing the more she thought about Sam. She was having nightmares of seeing Sam dying over and over, getting stabbed for her all so she could close a case she got her confession but at the ultimate cost.

Natasha had left the day before finding it too hard to be around Sam's family the others understood Natasha was from the life that Sam did not talk about, was from a different family that she had made away from home. Natasha did leave a contact number that if they needed anything she would be there for them. Her mother had supplied her with enough food that could last her a week, Natasha bowed her head in gratitude planning to leave it with that but that was not the Bishop way she was hugged by them all. Rob even managed to a get a photo with her to add to his collection of a photo with all the avengers when they visited. Stark had paid for everything leaving a number that if they needed anything they just had to call, he made it clear that what he thought about Samantha Bishop to which they were grateful for.

AN: I had blurry eyes as I wrote this thinking of Ellie and her family…tell me what you think. Until next time.