Skye woke with a moan, and instantly regretted the last couple of beers, the night before. She stretched, and threw her duvet of herself. She was shocked when Jarvis's voice rang out,

'Good morning, Miss Skye, its is 9:42 AM, and the sun is shining in New York.'

'Yay,' Skye managed to groan sarcastically before her eyes landed on some aspirin and a glass of water on her side table.

Skye could have cried in relief, before she quickly took a gulp of water, and downed the tablets.

'Thanks J, I owe you,' Skye said, sleepily.

'No need for thanks, Miss Skye, that was Mr Barton.'

Skye smiled, before saying, 'Enough with the Miss and Mr, its way to early. You can just call me by Skye, and what every one else prefers.'

'Of course, Skye, I shall update my system.'

'Thanks.'

Skye got up from her bed, and went for a shower. Once she was done, and no longer stank of beer, she got changed. She picked out a pair of jeans and - oh no way!

Skye laughed when she saw the shirt she had bought as a joke, over a year ago. Shrugging, she put it on. Hopefully, it would get a few laughs.

She put on a pair of Converses, and left the walk in closet.

Downing the rest of her water, she left her apartment with her laptop.

Skye eventually made it down to the communal kitchen. Her first stop was the coffee machine, before she even acknowledged anyone else in the room. Once she was sipping at her piping hot cup of energy, she said, 'Morning.' Bruce, Steve, Tony and Pepper all greeted her the same, before Tony burst out,

'What the hell are you wearing?!'

Skye laughed and pointed to her top. 'What, this? Its my Avengers shirt, available in a store near you.' She finished with a grin.

'Nuh-uh, that is not allowed! It completely messed up the colour of the suit! And what is the Black widow wearing?'

Skye laughed again, before Steve said, 'I like it.' Tony glared at him, and Bruce laughed.

'At least they've got the Hulk in pants,' Bruce joked.

'Ughh not you too.' Tony groaned.

Pepper closed her newspaper and glared, playfully, at Tony. 'Stop being such a child.'

Something on the cover of Peppers newspaper caught Skye's eye. 'Hey, Pepper, can I see that?'

Pepper looked like a deer caught in head lights. 'What? No! I mean.. There's nothing good today, you don't want to read it.'

Skye raised a suspicious eyebrow at Pepper. She really wasn't a good liar.

'Let me see it.'

'No, you really don't want to see it, trust me.' Pepper argued, holding the newspaper away from Skye.

'Pepper, seriously! Whats on it?' Skye cried, in frustration.

'Peps, she's gunna see it sooner or later. Might as well be sooner.' Tony spoke, for once, the voice of reason.

Pepper sighed, before relenting and sliding the paper towards Skye. There on the front cover was a large picture of Skye, with the headline, 'The Avenger's new room mate. Who is she?'

Skye groaned, before continuing to the article.

'An unknown woman was seen yesterday, entering the Avengers Tower, with a large duffel and box of things, and has yet to leave. The woman was unavailable for comment, but was joined with Hawkeye and the Black Widow.

We have yet to discover who the woman is, and what relations she has with the Avengers. Could she be a fellow super hero? Or another of Tony Starks play toys?'

Skye groaned again and couldn't keep reading. 'What is this rubbish?'

'Well, it seems you caught the reporters from yesterday's attention.' Steve started, before Skye huffed.

'Well, then I'm gunna give them something to pay attention too,' Skye growled, before moving towards the elevator.

'Umm, Skye, I really don't thi-' Pepper started before she was interrupted.

'I don't care!' Skye fumed, before getting in the elevator.

'Jarvis, take me to the Lobby, please.'

'Certainly, Skye,' the AI responded.

Once the elevator doors opened, Skye stormed out into the Lobby, and past the confused receptionist. She walked straight to the doors, and opened it, to see 20 or so camera men and reporters.

She waited till they were all looking at her, before she shouted,

'Hey, Douche bags! Who I am is none of your damn business, and I'm sure as hell not some play toy! Piss off, and report on some real news!'

As soon as she was finished, she didn't hesitate to shut the door in their faces, and turned back into the Lobby. She threw a grin at the now laughing receptionist, before heading back up to the others.

'Hey, I forgot to ask earlier, where are Clint and Tasha?' Skye questioned, once they had all got back to their breakfast.

'They had to go on a mission for a couple of days,' Steve explained, apologetically. 'They asked us to tell you that they were sorry, but it was unavoidable.'

Skye nodded. 'Its okay. We've all got jobs to do... Actually, I don't know what my job is.' Skye frowned.

'Skye, I think I know the answer to that,' Tony spoke up. Skye looked up at him in surprise.

'Fury messaged me earlier. He wants me and Steve up on the Helicarrier, to go over some details from an op we did a couple of weeks ago. He asked if you would come along too, something about getting you an office.'

Skye squeaked in shock. 'I'm going to work on the Helicarrier? Oh my god, I have to change my shirt!' Her voice rang in disbelief, before she ran to change.

'We leave in ten!' Steve shouted after her, with a chuckle.

Skye quickly changed into something that was a little more super-badass-secret-government-organisation appropriate, which equated to combat boots, jeans, a black tank top, and a leather jacket.

Grabbing her phone, wallet and laptop, she made her way back to where she had left the avengers. Once the elevators had opened, Skye was about to take a step out, before Steve said, waiting on the other side of the doors, 'Stay in, we're going up.'

Skye did as she was asked, and was joined by Tony and Steve. They stood, a little awkwardly, for the ride up to the top floor, before the doors opened again. Skye followed them down several hallways, till they reached a door. They went in, and were met with a large room, and in the centre, stood a helicopter.

'You ever ridden in one of these before?' Tony asked.

Skye shook her head, 'Nope, only ever the Bus.'

Steve looked at her in confusion. 'I didn't know buses could fly.

Skye laughed, 'Oh, no, the Bus is what we call the plane my team live on. I don't really know why though.'

Steve laughed. 'Okay, better buckle up.'

Skye sat down in the back, next to Steve, who helped her strap in, and connect her headphones and mics so they could talk over the noise. In the front, Tony was warming up the engine.

'Uh Tony, you have flown one of these before, right?' Skye shouted, over the engine

Tony laughed. 'Sure, my friend Rhodey taught me. Don't look so worried, I barely ever crash,' Tony shouted back, with a grin. Skye paled slightly, and gripped her belt.

At the push of a button, the ceiling above them opened, revealing the sky. Tony moved the thrusters, and the propellers above them started moving, till they were spinning at a dizzying speed. Through the headphones, Steve and Skye heard Tony ask, 'You ready to get this show on the road?' as he looked back at them.

Skye gave a nervous nod, and Steve gave him a thumbs up. At the push of a thruster, they were off, flying through the sky.

New York from that vantage point was breath taking, and Skye managed to find the courage to look out a window. Something about the helicopter was just different from the Bus. Maybe it was the size, or probably the driver, but after seeing the view, she began to relax. It was jut like being in the cockpit with May.

They rose and rose, climbing to higher altitudes, till they rose above the clouds, and there before them, in all its glory, was the Helicarrier. It made their Helicopter seem like an ant next to a boot.

Tony radioed in to the command centre, and before long, the roof to where they stored most of their airships split down the middle, allowing them entrance.

Tony expertly landed, and Skye let out a sigh of relief she didn't know she was holding. Once the roof was closed again, they were allowed to leave the helicopter, and join the main building of the Helicarrier. It was huge, but Skye didn't have enough time to look, as they were taken straight to Fury's office.

Once there, they waited for five minutes, where they could hear a lot of shouting, till the door opened. Out came a rather scared and sheepish looking agent, who quickly ran off. Poor guy.

'Tony, Steve, Skye, come in and shut the door behind you.'

They did as they told, and entered the room. It seemed nice enough, a little bare compared to Coulson's memorabilia filled office. On the desk were stacks of paper, so high Skye thought the might topple.

'Thank you for coming. Skye, lets start with you.'

Skye nodded, nervously.

'First off, sorry for sending Clint and Tasha away so quickly after meeting you.'

Skye nodded again. 'Don't worry, its part of the job, right?'

Fury laughed, 'It's a shame Tasha and Clint didn't feel the same way, I thought she was going to take my other eye out. Caused quite a scene.'

Skye smiled, and Tony laughed.

'Anyway, considering you are still a consultant of Shield, even if you aren't with your team, I have set up for you to join the tech team. You have an office stall prepared, and assignments will be given. Most of them can be handled from the Tower, but understandably, there will be times that you might need to come in.'

Skye nodded, happy she could be doing something productive.

'The tech team are waiting for you on the 4th floor, I'm sure you can find your way.'

Skye nodded, with a grin.

'Oh, and Skye, whilst you're here, you will be monitored. Its just a precaution.' Skye's grin faded when Fury brought out a bracelet that she was all too familiar with.

With a sigh, she stuck out her wrist and allowed it to be attached. 'It will be removed when you leave the Carrier, and put on again once you return.' Fury explained, almost apologetically.

Skye sighed again, before grabbing her bag with her laptop from the floor, and went to the door to leave.

'Hey, we'll find you once were done, so we can head back to the tower. Should only take a couple of hours.'

Skye nodded, and left.

Skye made it to the 4th floor, and found a group of people, typing furiously, as a young woman overlooked what they were doing.

Skye cleared her throat, and the woman turned to look at her, whilst the others remained concentrated.

'Hey, I'm Agent Morgan,' She introduced. 'They told me you were coming. You must be-'

'Skye.'

'The consultant,' she finished.

Skye smiled, 'Yep, that's me.'

The woman nodded, before asking, 'Do you have much experience with Shield?'

Skye nodded, before replying, 'Yeah, before this, I worked with a small mobile command unit, and before that, I uhh, I was one of the bad guys,' using air quotes.

The woman showed a brief sign of surprise, before masking it.

'Don't worry,' Skye said, holding up the bracelet on her wrist, 'I'm being monitored.'

The woman visibly relaxed, and smiled.

'What are you working on?' Skye asked, gesturing to the people typing at their computers.

'Someone has been releasing some of our files onto the internet, have you heard of the Rising tide?'

Skye tried not to choke on the words before nodding.

'We've been trying to stop them, but we haven't seen hacking like this before, we cant get past their systems.'

Skye frowned, before asking, 'Have you tried using a Trojan? If most of you attack head on, they will think you are working a direct attack, and one of you should be able to slip in a back route, hopefully find a location and shut down their systems.'

The woman nodded, 'Good idea. Jacobs?'

'On it,' said one of the agents, before they changed their method.

A few tense minutes passed, and then Jacobs said, 'They fell for it! I've got co-ordinates. I'm sending it to the Control room now. Should I shut it down?'

'No. Let them think we haven't got anything. If we hold them off long enough, they wont see our field team coming, we can bag them all at once.'

They all nodded, and continued their defences, whilst Agent Morgan got on the comms to a team to brief them.

They waited ten minutes, before Morgan got a response.

'The team is in position. They're going in.'

Almost as soon as she said it, the attack on their systems ceased, and the group stopped typing.

'They've got them, they've got most of the main workers, we should be able to shut down the rest of the Rising Tide over the next few days.'

A collective sigh of relief ran through the group, and Agent Morgan clapped Skye on the back.

'That was impressive, how'd you know that would work?'

Skye grinned. Gesturing to herself, she said, 'Former bad guy,' and then to the computers, 'The bad guys.'

Agent Morgan laughed. 'You were part of the Rising Tide?'

'Yeah...I was the one who showed them how to get into Shields systems,' Skye replied, a little ashamed. 'It's the least I could do, stopping them.'

Morgan shrugged, 'Its all in the past. We all come from shady background.'

Skye laughed.

'So, where do you want me to set up?'

Here's another one. A little less Parent/daughter, and more Skye settling in but there will be more over the next chapter :)

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