Chapter 3

Skye's POV

I turned around when I heard the cockpit door open, I think the word Hi came out of my mouth but I'm not entirely sure I'm to nervous to think. May came and sat down in the chair next to me turning around so that she was facing me. We sat like that staring at each other for a long time neither of us saying anything, neither of us even know what to say to each other.

"I was starting to think you were dead" May whispers and I struggle to catch what she is saying her eyes are glazed over and it looks like she is about to cry, which scares me because well she's May I've never seen her show this much emotion. I lean over and put my hand on top of hers trying to give her a little comfort.

"What do you mean you thought I was dead?" I ask because to be honest that almost scares me almost as much as seeing her cry.

"I'm so sorry Skye I promised you I would protect you and I failed" she says looking down at our hands that were now linked together.

"What are you talking about May?" I say because now i'm really confused.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there when they took you" she says the tears now running down her checks.

"What do you mean when they took me? You dumped me on an orphanages steps" I ask getting a little frustrated. Her head snapped up at the words orphanage.

"I didn't dump you at an orphanage Skye. You…You" She stops and takes in a shaky breath trying to calm herself down. "You were taken from our house" She says attempting to explain but, ultimately just makes me more confused. "sorry, i'm just….. okay let me start from the beginning" it took her a while but eventual she started to explain. "When I found out I was pregnant I had quit field work. I filed paperwork and run the backend of missions even after you were born because I didn't want to be hurt and not be able to take care of you. Then a few weeks before your first birthday I got a call from Fury he said that he needed me to do any extraction for an agent at first I had said no but, then he told me the agent was Phil. I felt responsible I was Phil's partner and I had just left him he didn't even know why, the only person I had told about you was Fury I was worried someone might target you" she gave a little laugh at that part before she continued. "The mission wasn't to bad no one was seriously hurt. I got back to the house in less then a day I had left you with the Patersons, an old couple next door that we would often invited over for dinner" she begins to cry even more like the story was getting harder to tell and if I wasn't so desperate for answers I would have told her to stop. "When I got back to the house I knew something was wrong before I had even got out of the car, I went running in to the house, the front door had been knocked down and when I got inside I found the Patersons on the ground they were both….both" Dead I thought when she couldn't say it. "I searched the whole house but, you were not there by then I was hysterical, I called Fury and told him what had happened. He should up a half an hour later with a bunch of agents. We followed every lead for three years but, eventually we run out of leads and Fury had no choice but, to close the case and you were declared dead. Not that it stopped me from looking for you" Tears were pouring down my face when she finished the story and I could barley breath. I stood up and started pacing the short distance in the cockpit I couldn't understand it, it didn't make any sense.

"Why would someone kidnap me then take me to an orphanage?" I ask because out of the all questions I had darting around in my head thats one of the few answers I could handle right now. May looks up at me cleaning the tears from her face.

"I don't know it" she says honestly.

"Did you ever find out who took me?" I ask because finding out I had been kidnaped when I was a baby was not what I expected to hear when I walked in here.

"No" she answers looking guilty "we could never find a solid lead at one point we thought it was someone in S.H.I.E.L.D, hell it could still be someone in S.H.I.E.L.D for all we know." she says looking angry and frustrated.

"You think someone in S.H.I.E.L.D took me?" I asked a little louder then I should have because that really surprised me.

"It could be, but it could have been anyone, that's why no one knew about you even after you were taken Fury and I thought it would put you in more danger" she says looking down at her hands sitting on her lap.

"Put me in more danger then being kidnaped and declared dead" I say sarcastically but, I regret it when I see May flinch. "sorry" I sigh knowing this must be hard for her.

"You have nothing to be sorry for Skye, its might fault you were taken and I should be apologizing to you" She says her eyes fulling with tears again.

"No you don't" I say sitting back down and holding her hand again "its not your fault you didn't have a choice you had to go save A.C" I tell her trying to get her to believe that I don't blame her for any of it.

"There is always a choice and I chose the wrong one" She says pulling her hand from mine as she gets up and starts pacing back and forth in the same place I was a second ago.

"You saved A.C if you ask me that was the right choice to make" she just keeps pacing not giving me a reply. I lean back in my seat trying to process everything she had told me. My thoughts keep going to the Patersons but, I push them away to deal with when I was alone. May keeps pacing behind my chair. The silence is uncomfortable it makes me nervous and the thoughts rolling around in my head are getting to much. "So you never told Coulson any of this?" I ask needing to keep talking to stop myself from focusing on everything I had learned, and giving myself a panic attack.

"No" May says and stops pacing but, continues to stand. "for all I know he could have been involved in your disappearance" she explains but, I can tell that she doesn't believe what she is saying. "Even now it would be dangerous for anyone to know who you really are." she sighs sitting down next to me and its her turn to take my hand. "Skye no one can know about this not until we know who did this. Its for their safety and ours" May voice fills with desperation and I look away.

"I wouldn't tell anyone" I mutter looking back at her and notice the relief in her eyes "what about Simmons?"

"We will have to talk to her make sure she doesn't tell anyone" May says. I look down at our linked hands not entirely sure how to deal with everything I have learned in the past few hours, but for once at least I'm not alone.