Chapter 7
Takes place before season 1 episode 10 The Bridge
May's POV
I was sitting in my bunk, promising myself that I would never drink again when I heard a knock on the door, groaning I got up to open it. Skye was standing at the door holding a bottle with a dark liquid in it.
"Hey, did you manage to clean up Lola?" she asks way to loud for my hangover. I nod cringing at the mess we made who knew so much shaving cream could be in one tin. I was hoping that Phil wouldn't notice. "A.C told me to come get you he's got a mission for us" the thought of going on a mission made my head spin more than it already was.
"Hey, Agent Coulson told me to come and get you guys, apparently you are taking too long" Simmons says appearing at the door of my bunk.
"I only got here like, ten seconds ago that man has zero patience" Skye complained.
"How are you complaining right now?, hell how are you awake? A few hours ago I was holding your hair back while you were puking and promising your self that you would never drink again" Simmons asks the question that I really wanted to know the answer to because I hadn't felt this bad in years.
"I should really stop lying to myself" she smirks "by the way this is for you. Don't ask whats in it just trust me and drink it." she says handing me the bottle I had noticed earlier before turning and joining the others with Simmons. Willing to try anything I chug down the liquid before reaching the others.
"What was that stuff?" I ask Skye as all the others leave the command centre. I was already feeling better from the drink Skye had given me.
"Sorry" she smirks "Its a top secret recipe" I glare at her before leaving to find Phil.
Skye's POV
Takes place after Coulson is back on the Bus in season 1 episode 11
He's alive I say to my self. I have never been as scared as I had been in the forty something hours that A.C was gone for. Not only had I found my boss alive but he had also taken off the stupid bracelet. I was on my way to tell May that I was finally free from the bracelet when I heard her talking to someone inside the cockpit which didn't make sense because everyone else was on the opposite side of the Bus. Leaning closer I heard her talking to someone about A.C, but since I only heard one side of the conversation I guessed she was on the phone to someone. I waited till she had stopped talking before knocking.
"Hey Guess what" I say walking in to the cockpit and sitting in the chair I had claimed as my own, deciding not to ask about the phone call just yet.
"What?" she asks sitting in the chair next to me. I hold up my wrist that now was bracelet free. "He took of the bracelet thats good. So now the worlds back to having no secure computers" she smirks and I give her the best version of her glare that I can which doesn't seem to work because she just laughs at it. "You know why I said you would be no use on the plane right?" she says turning to face me and getting serious.
"I was upset at first but I get it you wanted to get me off the plane and away from all the really S.H.I.E.L.D agents" I tell her, but still remember the gut-wrenching feeling when she had first said it.
"So how did you manage to track the money without hacking?" she asks and I bite my lip looking away nervously. "What did you do?" she asks in a voice that was mixed with concern and frustration. So I begin to tell her everything that happened since I left the bus. Which lead to a lot of questions.
"You what, you shouldn't have done that you could have hurt yourself" She yells out when I tell her about the crashing the car.
"What do you mean you were pretending to be me?"
"Wait, you disarmed then tied up two police officers" She says but its hard to hear because she's laughing.
"Well someone had to find A.C" I say after finishing the story which took longer than it should have with all her shocked responses. "and that stupid bracelet took out every computer in an entire store" After sitting in silence for a few minutes I decided it was as good of time as ever to ask about the phone call I had over heard. "Who were you talking to about Coulson before I came in?" I ask her and her head whips round to look at me and I cant read any emotion on her face.
"What did you hear?" She asks and I feel a little uncomfortable under her death glare.
"Just Coulson's name but, I'm guessing I wasn't supposed to hear any of it so never mind''. I tell her getting up to leave because I feel a panic attack starting. Before I can make it to the door May grabs my arm which does not help the panic attack as my breathing gets more and more out of control.
"Skye you cant…." She says angrily but stops talking as she notices my breathing. She guides me back to my seat I would protest but I'm beginning to to get dizzy. She starts talking to me but, I cant understand what she is saying.
It takes half an hour to get me to calm down and a mixture of breathing exercises and mirroring her breathing. My breathing was still a bit shaky but I'm no longer as dizzy. "Are you okay?" She asks and I nod not trusting my voice. "I'm so sorry Skye I didn't mean to…I was just"
"Its fine" I say cutting her off. "Its not your fault"
"Yes it is and I'm really sorry. I was just scared because I have orders from Fury not to let anyone know about the phone calls." She explain.
"Why are you talking to Fury about Coulson? Never mind, sorry" I say looking away scared that she would go back to being Agent May like she did a while ago.
"You cant tell anyone" she says and I look up at her in shock as she begin to tell me everything about Coulson and how he died.
"So Coulson died and Fury found a 'way to bring him back to life. and wait you're telling me Fury thought their might be some negative side affects so you and him built up this whole team and let him believe that he did, all so you could watch him" I ask rubbing my head, making sure I got all that right and she nodded. "Thats um wow just wow" I say still trying to comprehend it all "That explains why you didn't like me I hadn't been pre-approved by you and Fury" I say
"Of course I liked you Skye I was just worried" she says trying to reassure me. "Remember you can't tell anyone about this Fury thinks that could cause more side effects" she says for the hundredth time.
"Don't worry you can trust me" I tell her "but, why did you tell me all of this if you don't trust me" I ask a little hurt that she clearly didn't trust me.
"I trust you Skye your my daughter" she says simply and I smile hearing her refer to me as her daughter for the first time. "But, I still worry about Coulson" she explains.
"Okay" I say turning all the way around in my seat and pulling my legs up trying to act serious. "So secret daughter, secret mission from Fury, a team thats technically yours and a boyfriend what else are you not telling me about? Are you also married?" I say sarcastically but, I see her eyes flicker away to look outside before returning to me. "YOUR MARRIED" I yell out surprised.