Bobbi heard Skye calling out her name and sleepily walked to the door of her room and opened it to see her former teammate standing there. The Inhuman had her arms crossed and was glaring at Bobbi in a manner that fit the term 'if looks could kill'.

"What's going on?"

"I know about what you did to Kara, Morse. If I hear the phrase for the greater good come out of your mouth, the end result won't be pretty," Skye heatedly said.

"Skye, there is a very good explanation for what happened," Bobbi said calmly.

"I always told myself that Shield was better than Hydra because they didn't leave a man behind. I now see that I was a naïve and self-righteous idiot," Skye bit out before turning to see Coulson and May standing at the door. "I'm done with Shield! If you try to force me back there, I will use my powers on you and file kidnapping charges."

The room continued to shake at her rage but when Grant tried to go over to her to calm her, May ran in front of him.

"This is your fault; stay away from her or a fractured larynx will be the least of what I do to you."

Lily, who had also come rushing into the room, with Louise and Cal right behind her, tried to stop her niece from going on the attack but didn't succeed.

"Get your damn hands off of my brother, bitch!"

A wave of pure energy hit May and made her stumble, giving Louise time enough to punch her in the face. That was all it took for the two women to start a vicious fight where May, for once, wasn't the one winning.

"Once I knock the both of them out, take Melinda and get her out of here. Shield is no longer allowed around any of my family's properties. Any alliance that could have taken place is over and you can thank your bulldog for that," Lily declared furiously. It seem like she wanted to join the fight but knew she had to be the rational one.

Coulson watches as May and Louise hit the floor, both passed out and went to pick up May while Cal picked up Louise, taking her out of the room.

Grant gently touched Skye on the shoulder and leaned down to whisper in her ear.

"Come on, let's go to our room, the police will be there to talk to Kyle soon and he will wants us both to be there."

"You aren't taking her anywhere, Ward. She is coming back with us where she can get help in controlling her powers," Coulson bit out harshly.

"No she's not," a female voice stated coldly.

Everybody in the room turned to see a beautiful Asian woman with scars on her face. Lincoln Campbell had been standing behind her before following Cal to check on Louise and help heal her injuries.

"Skye will be staying with Lily Ward continuing her efforts in helping her, while Lincoln and I will be assisting."

"Who the hell are you?"

"My name is Jiaying and Skye is one of my people. Shield has no place in making decisions for her because from what I just saw, she no longer wants any part of your organization," she said, the final word was filled with disdain and hatred.

Skye pulled away from Grant and walked over to Coulson.

"I am done, Phil. I can't do this anymore. My life is no longer with Shield; it is with Grant and his family."

Skye left the room with Grant, Lily and Jiaying following her. She didn't say another word to Coulson or any of the others in the room, her rejection of him causing Phil physical pain.

"I guess we better start packing our things and leaving within the hour," Coulson said to the two women remaining in the room. He then carried Melinda to her room and waited for the spell she was under to wear off.

"What happened?"

"Phil smiled sadly down at her and took her hand in his.

"We've lost her, Melinda; for good this time."

"Phil…"

"Finding out about Morse and what she caused to happen to Kara and you trying to attack Ward was her breaking point. She's done with Shield and seemingly all of us as well."

Nothing was said between them as Melinda realized that she was right and hated that she had let her continued hatred of Grant Ward do her thinking. It had given Louise the right moment to have the fight the other woman had desperately wanted and Melinda had been out of her league for the first time in her life as a Shield agent.


Skye looked at Jiaying and Lincoln, ignoring the fear she felt at the sight of the latter. The man from her nightmare that she had been romantically involved with was a real person. She gripped Grant's hand as he sat beside her on the couch, Kyle placing a comforting hand on her shoulder as he sat on her other side.

"We will discuss why you are here Jiaying but we would like to be at our family's farm a couple of hours away. There are too many chances of the wrong people overhearing what is said," Lily explained to the Inhuman.

"I agree. It is only the abilities that you and your niece possess that are keeping me from insisting that Skye come with me to my home to learn control. Lincoln will be putting her through what we call transition to help her control her powers for now. We will need somewhere to set up our equipment."

"We could let them use the first home built on the property. It is in the woods and on the other side of the pond. It would have two bedrooms, a bathroom and a main room where Lincoln could set up his equipment. It has been kept in very good condition.

Travis, who had stepped into the suite with only Grant and Lily realizing it, had finished speaking and then walked over to Lily's room where Louise was slowly coming to.

"I can't believe you stopped me from kicking that bitch's ass, Aunt Lily!"

"Samantha Louise Ward!"

Travis' voice was stern at he looked down at his daughter, who was sitting up and ready to fight again.

"Daddy, it's not fair. I was making her pay for everything she did to Grant."

"You are acting like a toddler and not the 42 year old grown woman that you are. I understand the fact that you dislike the woman for what she did to your brother but don't you think Grant is more than capable of fighting his own battles?"

"Yes sir. I have seen him train Kyle every morning; Grant is more than capable of handling Melinda May. She had to use dirty tactics to beat him when she fractured his larynx."

After hearing what Louise had said, Jiaying took in the man sitting beside her daughter and realized that her Daisy loved this man. She wouldn't leave him or the teenage boy sitting on her other side. They were a family.

"I will need to look at the building and see if it fits our needs," Lincoln commented as he watched Louise come out of the bedroom with her father.

He turned to see Grant Ward frowning at him and wondered what he done to make a man he had never been officially been introduced to give him that kind of look.

"My nephew is very close to his sister and he doesn't like the fact that you are staring at her like a little boy with a crush on his babysitter," Lily commented with a grin.

Lincoln turned red in embarrassment before leaving the room.

"That isn't funny, Aunt Lily," Louise said before following Lincoln out of the room.

"I would say that Lincoln isn't the only one with a crush," Jiaying commented.

She didn't have a problem with this happening because there was something that Lily Ward didn't know about her niece and nephews. It was another thing that would have to be discussed when they all returned to the Ward family farm.

Skye breathed a sigh of relief at the thought of Lincoln possibly falling for Louise instead of her because that nightmare had bothered her. She had thought about moving on and if Lily hadn't come into the base that day and agreed to help her with her power, it very well could have happened just like that. Lincoln was cute and seemed to be a nice guy but after reconnecting with Grant and giving in to the feelings she had buried for him, there wasn't any type of attraction for him at all.


Louise saw Lincoln leaning against the wall beside the elevators and walked over to him.

"I apologize for my Aunt Lily, sometimes she has a wicked sense of humor and a lack of a filter," she said reassuringly.

"She wasn't wrong," Lincoln said. "Something about you makes me want to know why you can go from ready to rip someone head off one minute and making them feel better about themselves the next. Although in the case of Agent May, she really ticks you off."

"She hurt my brother in a way that I can't forgive."

"Did she break his heart?"

"No, he slept with May even that he was in love with Skye and all because of a debt he thought he owed to a man that our mother paid to kidnap him when he was fifteen years old. Skye distracted Grant long enough for May to start a fight with him. To beat my brother, that bitch shot a nail through his foot and fractured his larynx. He might have been acting like a little shit during that but I take exception to a hypocrite who had just betrayed their team leader but on a lesser scale, attacking my brother and condemning him for things she herself is guilty over. I can't stand self-righteous people."

Lincoln was in shock at the venom in her voice and what she has revealed about her late mother.

"Your mother really paid someone to kidnap your brother?"

"Yep and if she hadn't of been killed when our Boston home collapsed, she would have lost everything. Aunt Lily and my father were getting ready to file criminal charges."

"She sounds like a nightmare to live with."

Louise realized that she was revealing things that she wasn't ready to talk about. He threw her off of her game and was really too young for her.

"I think I will go and pack my things. I have to fly to Boston tonight for a meeting. It was nice meeting you, Lincoln," she said quickly before walking towards her room and going into it.

"If you are thinking about trying to date my sister, she isn't the easiest person to get to know," Grant said as he walked down the hall.

"I don't know what to make of her. One minute, she seems to be a very nice person and the next ready to fight a war."

"I will just say that our childhood wasn't easy and the only thing that saved her at times was the fact that she was the oldest and the only girl," Grant explained in a way that didn't reveal too much because it was none of Lincoln's business.

The two men walked back down to the suite and went inside to rejoin the conversation taking place between Lily and Jiaying.


Later that day, Skye and Grant were in one of the family's many cars, a black Jeep Grand Cherokee, the latter driving it back to the farm. Kyle was riding back with Thomas and Michael so they could have some time together and he wanted to talk to Elena with chaperons that wouldn't watch their every move like Grant and Elena's mother did.

They had been on the road for 25 minutes when Skye saw Pilot Mountain coming up and the big knob that sat on top of it. A part of her wished they had taken the back roads instead of the main highway between Winston Salem and Cana but she knew that Grant had to back soon or he could be taken to prison for violating his house arrest.

"It is so beautiful through here. Maybe when you are done with your house arrest, the two of us and Kyle could come back to the State Park next summer and go camping."

"I agree. I wouldn't mind teaching Kyle some survival skills."

"I think he would like that, Grant. Did he finish the essay for his application?"

"Yes, he did and Aunt Lily checked it over before we left the hotel. Now all he has to do is prepare for his audition."

"I can't believe that Christian's bodyguard, James had killed Sue and Kyle saw what had happened and was scared to say anything."

"The craziest part was finding out that both he and Sue's father were members of Hydra. That Patrick had been ordered by Hydra to get close to Lily and kill her. He didn't do it quick enough so James was ordered to kill Sue as incentive to make Patrick follow orders. I thought Lily was going to kill them both."

"It was only your dad grabbing her that stopped her from casting a spell on them both in front of the police," Skye said. "You knew that James would kill himself after he was caught?"

"It is what Hydra agents do when they have been caught because dead men can't give away any information," Grant explained.

"Was that why you attempted to kill yourself down in the Vault?"

"Partly and the guilt over what I had done took over, especially to Fitz. I am damn lucky he forgave me, although he is paying for it with Simmons."

"I hate how it changed her, how it changed all of us and made all three of us do things we had never done before."

"I have a feeling there will be changes made to how we hire people to work for us,"

"I think Lily will make sure of that."

After that, they let the conversation stop and just enjoyed the scenery of the trip back to Cana and each others presence. They could think about the issues going around them later.


AN: This chapter introduced Jiaying to the story and introduced some tension with Lincoln and Louise. The age difference will be an issue between them. With this story being an AU, Skye and Lincoln will not happen in any way shape or form, they each have a Ward sibling to deal with.

I ended the mystery of who killed Sue pretty quickly so I could move on to other storylines that I have ideas for and I started the storyline so long ago, I kind of lost inspiration for it and forgot any ideas I had.