Hi guys. updating twice this week because I'm really excited about the next few chapters. Thanks to FireflyOfTheShadowWolves for betaing for me, and thanks for doing it extra quickly this week. As always I really appreciate it.
This chapter has a lot of dialogue from the actual episodes and sticks to the actual aos plotline a lot more than my other chapters.
Enjoy
Skye watched Bobbi go, and even when the blonde faded from sight, Skye stood gazing in the direction she had left.
May let her stay like that for ten minutes, then "C'mon Skye. Let's go downstairs."
Skye didn't reply.
May walked over and stood in front of Skye. She took the young girl's hands in her own. "Bobbi will be fine. You know how tough she is. I promise she'll come back to you." May said, stressing her last point.
Skye looked her SO in the eyes "You promise?"
"I promise." May reassured her.
Skye nodded then let May lead her downstairs.
After Skye, May and Hunter got Raina on the plane, Skye followed May down to the lab to clean herself up after her fight with agent 33.
May sat her down on a stool and began to clean her cuts.
"You fought really well today." May said proudly.
"Huh?" Skye said like she was in a daydream. "Oh, um, thanks,"
"Raina said something to you, didn't she?" May said as she'd noticed a change in Skye ever since they'd gotten back.
"Sorry. What?" Skye said as she shook herself out of whatever daydream she was in.
"What did Raina say to you?" May asked.
"What? Nothing?" Skye answered.
"Skye." May said sternly.
Skye sighed, and then said "She said that she could touch the obelisk, she said that it's alien. She told me that I could touch it, that my father thinks I can. She said it's my destiny," Skye unloaded everything that Raina had told her onto May.
"And you believe her?" May continued to clean Skye's cuts.
"No…Maybe… I don't know." The brunette sighed frustratedly.
May stopped what she was doing and looked her in the eyes. "Skye, you can't trust her. She lies and manipulates to get whatever she wants."
"I know, but this is different. I don't think she was lying. I think she genuinely believes in all this crap." Skye said.
"She can believe whatever she wants, but you can't let Raina get into your head. You promised Bobbi that you wouldn't do anything stupid." The older woman said.
"I know," Skye trailed off as May continued cleaning her cuts.
Once they had finished, Skye got off the stool and looked at May.
"I know you guys met my father." Skye stated.
May looked at her.
"I went to find Bobbi and I overheard you talking to her."
"Skye, we were going to tell you, just not right now. I'm so-"
"It's fine. You wanted me focused on the mission, I get that. I get that you didn't want to tell me that I'm the daughter of a murderous, delusional, psychopath." Skye laughed.
This worried May. Skye was near hysterical.
"My dad's a crazy lunatic, who thinks I'm some sort of alien. He wants me to hold some weird alien object that will probably kill me, just so he can see if he's right. Oh and also, he's working with hydra. What a great guy, I can't wait to meet-"
"Skye," May shouted. "Snap out of it."
Skye blinked and shook her head. "Sorry," She said looking down at her shoes.
May took her hands "Skye, look at me." the brunette continued to stare at her feet. "Skye." May called out again.
Skye slowly looked up.
"I know this must all be so frustrating and confusing, but I need you focused for this mission. I promise once this all over we can talk about your father and sort something out. But right now we need to stay on mission and focus on stopping hydra. Okay?"
Skye nodded and May squeezed her hands in assurance.
"Okay, Coulson wants you to take point on Raina's interrogation. How about you go do that." May said. Skye nodded then headed towards the room they'd left Raina in.
When Raina had told Skye about the obelisk and the city, Skye feared for her team. She ran towards the debrief room and had ran past May, who was now following her, on her way there.
"Skye, what's going on?" May asked as Skye began to type on the holotable.
Skye ignored her and continued typing.
"Skye!" May shouted.
Skye's head shot up to look at her SO. "The team, they're in danger. If they go down to the city they'll be killed. We need to contact them. We need to warn them."
"Skye, Raina could be lying to get you all worked up."
"She's not lying this time," Skye got up Coulson on the contact list and called his phone. The table beeped and 'no signal' appeared on the screen. "Damn it!" Skye cursed as she slammed her fist down on the table.
"We're getting some kind of interference." May said, confused.
"Shield 616, do not engage your defences, or you will be shot out of the sky." A voice boomed over the speakers.
"Whitehall." May gritted her teeth.
"There's hydra quinjets outside the windows on both sides." Trip said as he walked in with Hunter.
"Then let's step on it, shall we." Hunter said.
"You have someone on board that I want. A woman named Raina. I'm going to send over a representative to get her. Any attempt to evade or retaliate, will be met with hostile fire. Uncloak and prepare to be boarded." Came Whitehall's voice.
"Destiny calls." Raina said smugly, from where she had appeared in the corner.
May, Skye, Hunter, Trip and Koenig walked out of the room and into the main room to wait for Whitehall's representative. Everyone had their guns out and trained on the stairs where the representative would come from.
"I'm not going to give up the lives of everyone on the plane for her, she's not worth it." May said as she looked at Raina who was looking pretty smug.
"Hydra already has the obelisk, if they have Raina too-" Skye started.
"We still have the edge. Coulson's already on site, hydra's not." May countered.
"How'd they find us? We were cloaked." Trip asked.
"Raina's tracker," everyone looked up at the voice. They watched as the rest of Grant Ward appeared on the stairs. "Old frequency shield used during the cold war. What can I say, I'm a history buff." He said smugly.
May had to stop herself from shooting him right there.
"Lower your weapons." He sighed "Anyone shoots, the plane goes down. We all die."
"Maybe it's worth it." May growled.
"Let's not get carried away just yet." Hunter called from the other side of the room.
Ward turned and looked at Raina "Let's go," he told her, motioning to the stairs.
"With pleasure," Raina smirked.
"You too, Skye." Ward said.
May looked at Skye and the brunette stared back at her.
"What?" Skye said, confused.
"I made you a promise, Skye, I'm here to keep it." Ward took a step towards her "You're coming with us."
May lifted her gun slightly and kept it trained on Ward "The hell she is!" she said as she protectively stood in front of Skye. "She's not going anywhere."
"She comes, or the deal's off." Ward countered.
"Shut up." May growled.
"May, if I don't go with him, he's gonna blow this plane to pieces." Skye said.
"They're hydra, they'll do it anyway," Trip countered.
"You can't trust him, Skye." May continued to glare at Ward.
"Yes, you can. Skye look at me." Ward said.
"Don't. Talk. To her." May gritted out.
"I give you my word, come with me and we won't fire a single shot. Everyone gets out alive," Ward said.
"Good one. Is that what you told my brother? Before you killed him." Koenig called out.
Ward looked at him "How many of you are there?"
Skye took the distraction from Koenig and looked at May.
"Skye," May faced her "You can't." She almost pleaded with the younger woman.
"There's no other way. You know that." Skye looked May in the eyes "Whatever happens, I can handle myself. Just make sure that Bobbi doesn't do anything stupid."
May looked at the hacker and Skye could see the worry in her eyes. Skye nodded to assure her and May nodded back, giving Skye the permission she needed to stride forward towards Ward.
He nodded at her and she resisted the urge to shoot him in the head. He stuck his hand out and she reluctantly handed him her gun. He then motioned for her to walk up the stairs.
Raina stopped her on the first step "Oh Skye, don't forget your tablet. You know, the one with the map to the city on it." she smirked smugly.
Skye glared at her before retrieving her tablet. She looked behind her at May once more, and saw the concern in her SO's face. Once again, she nodded at her and the older agent nodded back.
Ward took Skye and Raina onto a quinjet. Ward sat the brunette down on one of the seats and told the pilot to take off.
"Not flying us yourself, Ward?" Skye was playing with him, trying to tick him off.
"No, I thought I'd stay back here and enjoy your company." Ward smiled back at her.
Her expression turned sour and she glared at him.
He stood towering over her "Hands." he ordered.
Skye was confused, until she saw the zip tie in his hand. She scoffed then stuck her hands out "Am I too much for you to handle, Ward?" Skye smirked.
Ward tied the zip tie around her wrists and laughed dryly "Well, I hear May's been training you."
Skye scoffed "Yeah, she's been doing a better job than you ever did" the brunette smirked
"I'm sure she is," Ward smirked "I know what you're doing Skye. You're trying to tick me off, but it's not going to work. I'm going to keep my promise to you Skye, whether you like it or not. Your dad's been waiting quite some time to meet you, and I'm going to make sure that he doesn't have to wait any longer."
Skye glared at him and he smirked at her "You should try and get some sleep; we're still a couple hours out." He stated.
After May and Trip managed to evade the hydra jets they flew back to base. May headed to her bunk to contact Coulson.
"Hey May." came Coulson's voice from down the phone. May detected a hint of defeat in his voice.
"Coulson, is something wrong?" May asked, concerned.
"We found a way into the city and Mack, he went down there. But whatever came back was not Mack. Something happened to him down there. He attacked us and fell underground. We had to leave him" she heard him sigh down the phone.
"What about Bobbi and Fitzsimmons. Are they okay?" The woman asked.
"Yeah, they're fine. A bit shaken up but they're fine."
"Coulson, I..." May paused.
"What is it May. What's wrong?" Coulson asked worriedly.
"It's Skye. Ward took her. He came with hydra to take Raina, but he took Skye as well. He's taking her to see her father." May said.
There was silence at the other end of the phone.
"Coulson," May called into the phone "Coulson, say something."
"I don't know what to say." May could hear the sadness in his voice.
"Coulson, we need to tell Bobbi. She needs to know. But don't let her do anything stupid." May said.
"I know, but she's flying the quinjet right now. We'll tell her when we get back to base."
"Okay. I'll see you when you get back." May cut off the call and threw her phone across the room in anger. It hit the wall and shattered. She slumped onto her bed and buried her head in her hands "Oh, Skye." She mumbled to herself.
When the quinjet landed, all Bobbi wanted to do was find Skye. She'd expected her to be waiting for them when they landed, but she wasn't so Bobbi headed towards the brunette's bunk.
When she discovered it empty, she walked out of the room with the intention of heading towards Skye's bunk on the bus. But as she was closing Skye's door behind her, May walked up to her.
"Hey May, have you seen Skye? I can't find her anywhere?"
Bobbi read the look on May's face and she instantly started to worry "Where is she?" Bobbi demanded.
May opened Skye's door "How about we do this somewhere a bit more private." She took Bobbi's arm to lead her in, but Bobbi pulled away.
"May, I'm not going anywhere until you tell me where the hell she is." Bobbi raised her voice slightly.
"Morse, get inside now." May ordered as she motioned towards Skye's bunk.
Bobbi stormed into the bunk.
Once they were inside, May closed the door.
"You might want to sit down." May said to the blonde.
Bobbi didn't say a word as she continued to stand and stare at the older woman "May, just tell me where the hell she is!" Bobbi growled. The blonde noticed how harsh she was being. She sighed and softened her expression "I'm sorry May, but please." Bobbi begged "Just tell me where she is,"
May sighed, "Ward came with hydra to get Raina, he had the plane surrounded. He wanted Skye and she chose to go with him, to save the rest of us." May said.
Bobbi spun around and punched the wall.
"Bobbi." May called out.
May grabbed Bobbi's shoulders and the blonde turned to face her. There were already tears streaming down her face. She took in a breath and breathed out shakily.
"What does he want with her?" Bobbi asked quietly.
"He's taking her to see her dad. I don't think Ward will hurt her. This is his sick way of making things up to her."
"I'm not worried about Ward; her dad's a total psychopath. You told me yourself what he is." Bobbi argued.
"I don't think he'll hurt her either. I think he just wants to meet his daughter. I don't think he's got some ulterior motive." May assured Bobbi.
"Yeah, but he's still a total lunatic, and he's with hydra. Skye's been taken by hydra as well as Ward."
"I know, but we'll find her. I promise we'll find her, but you have to promise not to do anything reckless." The older woman told the blonde.
"I'm going to do anything I can to get to her. So I'm not gonna promise that." Bobbi said determinedly.
"Bobbi, Skye told me to make sure you don't do anything stupid. I'm just doing what she asked."
"I told her not to do anything stupid as well, but right now she's with Ward and hydra." Bobbi said.
"She did that to save us. Hydra would have shot us out of the sky if Ward didn't get what he wanted." May told Bobbi.
"I know she did. That's why I'm going to do anything to save the woman I love."
Sorry about the cliffhanger :)