Hi guys, I'm so excited for the upcoming chapter, can't wait for to upload them.
Hope you like this chapter, and thanks again to FireflyOfTheShadowWolves for betaing for me. I'm so excited for the mid season finale, but I can't watch it until wednesday as I live in England.
Bobbi woke up with a start, sweating and panting.
Was it all a dream? She thought to herself.
There was a figure sitting on a chair at the end of the bed, with their head resting on their hand. It was too dark to see their features but she knew who it would be.
'Skye' she thought to herself.
"Skye, you're okay. I was so worried. I'm so glad that you're-" she began.
The person lifted their head and she could just make out May's features. "I'm sorry Bobbi. Skye's-" the woman started.
"She's still in the tunnels?" Bobbi asked frantically.
May nodded sadly
"Why haven't you tried to get her out?" The blonde demanded.
"We're going to. The quake stopped about half an hour ago. We were gonna go without you if you didn't wake up in the next half hour." The older woman explained.
"How long was I out?" Bobbi questioned.
"Not long. Only about an hour." May answered.
"Did you ice me?" Bobbi asked.
"Bobbi you were going out of your mind. You were adamant about going back down there. I didn't know what else to do." May told her.
"No, it's okay. I know you were only doing what was best." Bobbi said.
May nodded her thanks to the blonde.
"Now we need to go get Skye," Bobbi said.
She pushed herself up and felt something hard under the pillow. She reached under the pillow and pulled out an ipad. The lock screen had a picture of her and Skye on it from when
Skye was forced to stay in bed. "This is Skye's bunk?" Bobbi asked, but it was more of a statement.
May nodded.
The room was bare. All of Skye's possessions were in the bunk that Bobbi and her now shared. They'd asked Coulson to put in a double bed for them, and of course as it was Skye asking he couldn't say no. Skye had begged her to let her paint the room; Bobbi had said that it was against regulation and that Coulson wouldn't let her. Skye had just scoffed and said "Yeah right, like he could resist these," she demonstrated by sticking out her bottom lip and showing her puppy dog eyes. Bobbi had just rolled her eyes and shook her head.
They were also sharing a wardrobe so Skye was always 'borrowing' Bobbi's shirts. The blonde had lectured the brunette about taking her clothes without asking but secretly she loved seeing Skye in her black tank top.
"Hey Bobbi, you ready?" May was curiously looking at her.
Bobbi vigorously shook her head, snapping her out of the trance that she was in.
"Yeah, sorry. Just thinking about something. It's nothing, don't worry." Right now her focus had to be on saving Skye, not going through the memories that they'd so recently made.
They stood up and pain shot through her head immediately . The icer had left her with a nasty headache. She swayed on her feet and she felt May put one hand on her back and another on her bicep, to steady her. "Hey, you okay?" May looked at her concerned.
Bobbi regained her balance and tried to ignore the pounding in her head. "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just the icer; I've got a bit of a headache. But I'm fine. Let's go get Skye."
May studied her "Are you sure? Because Bobbi it's fine if you need to stay behind. Skye wouldn't hold it against you if you needed to stay behind. In fact she'd probably encourage going to bed and taking care of yourself."
"I'm fine. And there's no way I'm not coming to get her with you." Bobbi stated.
"Ok, but you stay with me," May said.
Bobbi looked unsure of this and was about to protest but May cut her off "I can make sure that you're not allowed to come down there with us, so if you want to come you gotta stay with me. Alright?"
Bobbi huffed but nodded when May glared at her. "Right, let's go then." May said.
Coulson was lowered down first, then Mack, then Hunter and after him came May. Fitzsimmons stayed at the top and before they lowered her down they looked Bobbi in the eyes.
"Bobbi, you have to find her." Simmons said. Her eyes were red and puffy. Bobbi had forgotten how close Simmons and Skye were, she'd also forgotten that Trip was also missing. It wasn't like she didn't care for Trip, because she did. Trip was a good friend to her; she'd been on plenty of missions with the man. He was such a good guy and she was upset with herself for forgetting about him. But she couldn't help it, she couldn't think of anything else except for finding Skye.
She looked at Fitz and Simmons who were both staring at her. Fitz had his arm around Simmons, who now had tears streaking her cheeks.
Bobbi nodded at the two of them "I'll find her, I swear."
Fitz nodded at her then lowered her down into the dark halls of the city.
The team were huddled together on the ground deciding who would go which way. "We've all got comms on so if you find them you just tell us how to get there." Coulson said.
They all switched on their flashlights and started to go their separate ways.
The others were all walking, being careful of their surroundings, but Bobbi was sprinting recklessly through the tunnels.
"For god's sake Bobbi!" May cursed as she sprinted to catch up with the blonde.
Bobbi stopped as she turned onto another hallway. She saw a body lying in the wreckage at the end of the corridor. She saw the mass of brown hair that came with the body and sprinted towards the end of the tunnel.
May rounded the corner and saw Bobbi sprinting towards the end of the corridor. She saw a body at the end of the corridor and joined Bobbi in the sprint towards it.
Bobbi bent down next to Skye, grabbed her wrist and pushed her fingers against the brunette's pulse point. She sighed in relief when she felt a rhythmic beating against her fingers. She lifted Skye's head and placed it on her knee; she bent over and kissed the brunette's forehead.
May appeared next to her and Bobbi looked up into her concerned gaze.
"She's okay," Bobbi told May.
May sighed in relief and Bobbi saw her visibly relax.
"She must have been hit over the head or something; she's out cold." Bobbi said, although there was no blood or bruising on Skye's head. And although there was debris and the remnants of destruction everywhere, Skye looked totally unharmed. But right now Bobbi didn't care, she was just glad that her rock star was okay. She pushed a bit of hair out of the brunette's face and kissed her hand.
"Coulson, we've found her. She's okay." Bobbi heard May say over comms.
"Ok, what about Trip?" she heard Coulson's voice in her ear.
"No sign of him," May replied.
"Ok, we'll keep looking." Coulson told them.
May turned back to Bobbi and the unconscious girl she was cradling "We should get her back to the bus and get Simmons to check her out." The older woman said.
Bobbi nodded. May was about help Bobbi carry Skye, but before she had a chance, the blonde hoisted Skye into her arms and walked over to May. "Let's go." The blonde said.
May looked at Bobbi, exasperated.
"What? She's not that heavy." Bobbi said. May smiled slightly.
As the two made their way out of what used to be the temple May spotted something on the ground.
"Bobbi," she called the other woman, her face grave and horrified.
Bobbi turned to look at May and the woman nodded her head in the direction of what she'd seen. Bobbi spotted it and her face dropped. "Is that..?" she trailed off.
"I think so," May said sadly.
Bobbi was looking at the fragments of a frozen Antoine Triplett. "Oh my god." Bobbi mumbled.
"I'll tell Coulson," May said before she walked ahead to hide the tears that she was trying her best to hold back.
Bobbi felt tears in her eyes and then felt them roll down her cheeks.
Her arms were beginning to feel the strain of Skye's weight, so she forced herself to turn away from the crumpled remains of her friend, and walked to catch up with May.
"Oh thank god!" Fitz said when Skye's body was pulled up out of the city. Simmons felt for a pulse and sighed in relief when she found what she was looking for.
Bobbi was hauled up next and she sat next to where Simmons was looking Skye over. "She looks okay, but we should get her back to the bus to do a full check-up." Simmons said.
Bobbi nodded at the Brit.
"And Trip?" Simmons asked.
Bobbi looked at her sorrowfully and Simmons turned around and buried her head in Fitz's chest. The blonde could hear the muffled sobs of the scientist and she could feel the tears returning to her eyes.
Bobbi waited for May to come up, before again lifting Skye and holding her in her arms.
"Coulson said they'll be up soon, and to get back to the bus to make sure Skye's okay." May said.
Bobbi nodded and then the four of them (not including Skye's unconscious form) walked back up to the surface.
Bobbi gently placed Skye on the table in the lab and stood next to her.
Simmons grabbed all her medical gear and got to work.
Halfway through it, she sent Bobbi and May out of the room as they were 'hovering over her' as she had put it.
They'd walked up to the lounge area and May had sat on the sofa. Bobbi was pacing the length of the sofa and biting her nails.
May sighed "Bobbi she's fine. We got her out, she's gonna be okay. Simmons is checking her out, she'll be fine."
Bobbi stopped in front of May "I know but Trip, he went in there to save her. I should have been the one protecting her. He shouldn't have died."
May looked up at the woman "Bobbi you're not the only one who cares about her. We'd all do anything to save her. Trip gave his life to save her because he is- he was a great man, and we'd all do the same."
"I know, but it doesn't change the fact that he's gone. He's gone and it's my fault. I never should have left her, should never have let her go in there to stop Cal, I should never have let her go down there." Bobbi stated.
"She would have done all those things anyway. There's nothing you could have said to stop her. She went to stop Cal to save Coulson, and she went down there to stop Raina" the older woman told the blonde.
Bobbi fell silent. She sat down next to May and buried her head in her hands. May hesitated before lightly rubbing the blonde's back. "Trip died to save her, and that was not in vain because Skye is lying in the lab and she's very much alive. Physically she'll be okay, but mentally she's going to need you. I know she's going to blame herself for Trip just like you do, and she's going to need you to be there to reassure her that it's not her fault. But to be able to do that you have to also know that it's not your fault either. Okay?"
Bobbi nodded and sniffed before rubbing her hands over her face and looking up at May "Okay."
May gave her a small smile, then Fitz walked into the room. Bobbi quickly stood up. "Simmons said she's okay. She's totally unharmed, but she thinks we should move her into her bunk. The med table isn't known for being comfortable," the Scotsman said.
Bobbi smiled at him "Thanks Fitz, I'll put her in her bunk."
Fitz smiled back at Bobbi before walking back downstairs.
Bobbi turned back to May. "Thanks May. Thanks for being here."
May nodded at her "You look after her, okay?"
Bobbi smiled and nodded "Of course,"
Skye woke up screaming. "No, Trip!" she shouted. She bolted up into a sitting position, then felt hands on her shoulders pushing her back down. She looked up to see bright blue eyes gleaming at her.
"Bobbi," she sighed in relief and threw her arms around the blonde. Bobbi wrapped her arms around Skye and held her tight. "You came to get me." Skye said.
"Of course I did." Bobbi replied "I will always come get you Skye, I promise."
"I love you so much." Skye mumbled into Bobbi's shoulder.
"I love you too,"
When they pulled back Skye had a deep sadness in her eyes "Trip. He's- he's…" she began sobbing and Bobbi pulled her back into her embrace.
Bobbi felt Skye's tears on her shoulder and she held the girl tighter. "I know baby, I know." She consoled her "it's not your fault Skye, it's not your fault."
Skye sniffed and pulled back from Bobbi "Yes it is. He died because of me."
"No Skye, he-"
"If I hadn't gone down there, he'd still be alive." Skye snapped, her tone harsher than she expected it to be. "It's my fault that he's dead." She said in a much quieter tone.
"Skye, he chose to save you. Yes he died saving you, but he didn't do it because he had to. He did it because he wanted to. He wanted to save you, and you can't blame yourself for that. He wouldn't want you to blame yourself. He'd want you to not waste the sacrifice he made. He'd want you to live your life, and I'm here to make sure you do that." Bobbi told Skye.
Skye sniffed and looked at Bobbi and the blonde smiled sympathetically at her.
"We're going to live our life, and we're going to make sure that his sacrifice wasn't for nothing. You know what; I'll let you convince Coulson to let us paint our bunk. And I'll even let you choose the colour." Bobbi smiled. "That last part's probably a mistake, but oh well," she smirked "How's that sound?"
Skye gave Bobbi a watery smile and Bobbi pulled her back into her arms. Skye pushed her head into Bobbi's shoulder and Bobbi cradled the back of her head.
"I love you Skye." Bobbi said.
Skye yawned and sleepily muttered "Love you too,"
Bobbi chuckled "you must be absolutely shattered after everything that's happened," the blonde said as she pulled apart from the embrace and began to lay Skye's head on the pillow.
Skye quickly sat up and rubbed her eyes. "No, I'm fine. I'm not tired."
Bobbi frowned, as she could see how tired Skye was. Her eyes were watering and she even looked like she was half asleep. Bobbi saw Skye try to stifle a yawn. "Skye, what's wrong?" She asked.
"Nothing, I'm just not tired." Skye fibbed.
Bobbi flat out laughed at this. "Yes, you are Skye. You look like a zombie and that's the second time you've tried to stifle a yawn." The blonde pointed at the brunette, who had her hand over her mouth trying to stop the upcoming yawn.
Bobbi moved from opposite Skye, to sit beside her. She wrapped her arm around the other woman and began to stroke her hair. She could feel Skye slipping off as she leant into Bobbi's chest, but the girl was trying to fight it. "Skye, stop fighting it. Why don't you want to go to sleep? Are you scared of sleeping or something?" Bobbi joked but when she saw the sad expression on the brunette's face, the smile dropped right off her face. "You're scared of going to sleep." Bobbi put the pieces together in her head.
"Nightmares?" she questioned.
Skye slowly nodded and Bobbi sighed.
"I'm sorry baby, I didn't know. I shouldn't have joked about it. But you should have told me. I've told you that I'm here for you; you can talk to me about anything. You know that right?" Bobbi said to the brunette.
"Yeah, I know." Skye replied sheepishly.
"Skye you gotta sleep though," Bobbi said and Skye groaned "but I promise I'll stay with you. I'll stay by your side the whole time, even if you sleep for a whole week. I'm not gonna leave you. So if you end up having a nightmare, I'll be here to battle it with you. You never have to battle through life without me; I'll always be here for you."
Skye sighed but nodded.
"Come on then," Bobbi said as she lowered herself and Skye onto the bed. She kept her arm under Skye and the brunette burrowed her head into Bobbi's shoulder.
The blonde stroked the brunette's head and smiled when she heard her breathing even out. She looked down to see her peacefully sleeping.
Skye woke up at about 1 AM and smiled when she realised that she'd not had a nightmare. She knew it was the blonde who was sleeping next to her who had kept the nightmares at bay. She smiled at the blonde then layed back down next to her, knowing that if she had a nightmare through the rest of the night, the blonde would be there to get her through it.