Chapter 8
Spoilers for Season 2 Episode 17
Skye's POV
It had been three days since A.C had been taken by the Clairvoyants people and since I had found out about Andrew, May's ex-husband. I had been working on tracking the clairvoyant in the back of the S.H.I.E.L.D. car when May suddenly opened the door and shut my laptop.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" I yell out angrily.
"You have been working on that for three days straight, you have barely eaten anything or had any sleep. You need to get out of here, take a break" She says taking my laptop from me "You aren't getting this back till tomorrow" she says putting it behind her back when I try to grab it.
"You can't do that" I yell getting really frustrated with her. "Coulson needs me to find the Clairvoyant"
"Exactly and you cant do that if you make yourself sick" She says moving out the way so I can get to the car. "I'm kicking you off the plane for a few hours"
"Not exactly the first time you have done that to me" I say sarcastically. "and how are you going to do that we are in the air"
"Skye, we landed…..last night" she says looking concerned.
"oh, right I knew that" I say trying to hide my shock.
"Come on we are going out" she says. "Go get changed and meet me down here" She orders while pushing me towards the stairs. I start to argue but realize there is no point.
"Where are we going?" I ask as I get into the passenger seat of the S.H.I.E.L.D car I had just gotten out of.
"I'm not sure yet" She says pulling out of the cargo bay. "but, Phil is in meetings all day, Ward is at the base in the gym, and Fitzsimmons are doing….what they do. So we have the day to ourselves"
"But, I should be working on finding the clairvoyant. A.C told me to find him and so far I have nothing" I say nervous that A.C will be mad.
"Exactly, you haven't found anything yet, so now is the perfect time for a break and if you are worried about Phil just blame me" she shrugs like its no big deal.
"We don't like each other and only communicate when we have to" I point out "or get drunk and trash Lola which he is still pretty mad about, although saving his life did help" I say remembering how angry he was and how much worse it could have been.
"Yeah, this is getting harder to keep secret isn't it" she says looking upset.
"It really is" I sigh "So have you decided where we are going?" I ask as we pull out of the base changing the subject.
"Nope, what do you want to do?" She asks
"I don't care, but I think we should stop for food first" I tell her because, now that I have stopped working I realize how hungry I am.
"Okay we will stop at the next place we see" she says as she shifts in her seat looking uncomfortable like she is upset about something.
"Whats wrong?" I ask her worried.
"I found a lead" she mummers "after we fix up some things on the Bus you, Fitzsimmons and Ward are going to the academy. Phil and I are going to follow a lead about you" I just nod not really knowing what to say. "Its the first one I've had in years" she admits.
"What does A.C know?" I ask curious as to how she explains this to him.
"He thinks that is a lead to the agents that dropped you at the orphanage" She says looking over at me quickly before turning back to the road. "You okay?"
"I honestly don't know. Its just weird to think about before I didn't know where I came from and now I don't know where I went. I still don't understand how I got to the orphanage" I say
"Im sorry I know that not having answers is difficult for you" she sighs.
"It is but, it doesn't matter right now lets just get some food" I say trying to lighten the mode. "Hey, an Olive Garden" I yell out pointing to it.
"Guess we are having Italian then" May says pulling into the restaurant.
After spending the day with May I came back to the Bus feeling more relaxed. We had a normal day together, which was a nice change from solving alien problems at the same time as getting to know each other. Walking back to my bunk from the kitchen I heard sobbing coming from May's bunk walking over I knocked. When I didn't hear a reply I walked in worried about what could upset May so much. I found her curled up in a ball on the floor shaking. Bending down in front of her I took her hand and she looked up at me with fear, I then noticed that she was having a panic attack at the same time as crying. Sitting next to her I started to help her like she had helped me. It took a long time to get her to calm down from the panic attack but, she was still crying. Taking both her hands I pulled her up off the floor and towards the bed where she sat down still shaking.
"S-Sorry" she muttered.
"What are you sorry about?" I asked confused about why she was apologizing. Which apparently was the wrong thing to do because she just started to cry louder, and I realized I needed to get her to calm down before someone else heard and came to check what was wrong. I pulled her into a hug not really sure what else to do to help her. Eventually she calmed down and stopped crying but she was still shaking and letting out shaky breathes. May pulled back cleaning her face with her sleeve.
May's POV
"Sorry" I say avoiding eye contact "You shouldn't have seen me like that" I tell Skye, upset that she had just seen me so broken.
"Don't apologize" She says looking annoyed "you have done the same thing for me before" I just nod not really sure what to say to her. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asks and I surprise my self by nodding and wanting to tell her something I never even told Phil. Skye moves over on the bed, like a child waiting for her bedtime story, she then takes my hand. I just stare at our hands for a while no longer sure I want to tell her about what happened in Bahrain. Tired of keeping everything bottled up I tell her everything from waking up the morning of the mission, Phil being early to pick me up, to realizing the girl was the one controlling the men, all the way to stapling papers. I don't look up from our linked hands the entire time I tell her what happened, a little surprised that I hadn't let go yet because hand holding usually reminds me of the girl. After finishing I wait for her reaction, terrified that she would run off screaming, but she doesn't she pulls me in to another hug the second time it's happened it more than two decades. I just hug her back because, I never thought I would be able to hug her again after she was taken.