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When Skye woke up in the morning, she climbed over Bobbi, ate breakfast, and then went down to the training room to meet May for sparring. She had to keep acting like nothing had changed, like everything was okay.
When Bobbi had caught her crying in their room, she didn't even have the strength to act okay. Bobbi knew something was wrong and Skye didn't think she could hide it from her anymore. But she had to try. If Bobbi found out what she could do, what she was, she'd lose her. She couldn't lose her.
Skye flipped May onto her back and raised her hand to deliver the finishing blow, but stopped.
The younger woman stood up and helped May to her feet.
"Not bad" May told her "but once I'm pinned, you should try for a finishing blow"
Skye bent over and rested her hands on her knees "You want full mortal combat" she panted breathlessly.
"I want you to stop holding back, Skye" the older woman said
Skye stood upright "I didn't want to hurt you"
May gestured with her hands as if to say 'seriously?'
"I didn't want to try to hurt you" Skye corrected herself.
The brunette started to pace "I feel like I'm constantly on the verge of…" she paused "I don't know"
"I know, we lost Trip, and it hurts like hell. But you can't shut those feelings out, can't sustain that"
"Well what's my option, I just lose it right here?" Skye said frustratedly
"We talked about this, control. Embrace your emotions. Your nerves, use them, on your terms" May told the woman. She knew Skye wouldn't tell her what was wrong, so she acted like nothing was wrong. Maybe the young woman would slip up and accidentally reveal what was going on with her.
"I don't know" Skye shook her head "What I'm feeling is… pretty dark. I'm afraid I'm gonna go postal and tear your head off."
The senior agent scoffed "go for it. I promise you won't"
"Maybe Skye needs a break" they heard Fitz say from by the stairs.
May turned to look at him "Training is not a group activity"
"Yeah, I just came down to have- to- to see what it's all about" the engineer stuttered out.
"Tell you what Fitz, come back in an hour, I'll be happy to show you what it's all about" May glared at him
"I'm fine, Fitz" Skye helped him out
He looked at her "Really, I'm fine Fitz" she assured him. The Scotsman nodded then walked back up the stairs.
"It would be pretty funny to see you and Fitz go-" May's arm shot out, stopping Skye. "Okay, I guess we're back on"
"And not holding back" May added.
Bobbi woke up to a thud then a groan of "Ow"
She sat up slowly then spotted a lump on the floor by the door. Skye's head peeked up at her, and Bobbi smirked at her.
"What are you doing on the floor?" the blonde asked
"Groaning in pain from tripping over your shoes" Skye frowned, waving Bobbi's shoe in the air to prove her point. "Bobbi, how many times do I gotta tell you? Put your shoes either in the closet or under the bed. You're a slob, for god's sake"
Bobbi scoffed "I'm a slob? You're the one who leaves piles of dirty laundry on the floor, and I'm always the one who makes the bed" the blonde smirked at the brunette
"That's because you're always up last" Skye smiled
"You're such a liar" Bobbi smirked back at her "You somehow managed to be up before me the last two days. But you're normally the last one on the entire base to wake up"
Skye couldn't deny that, so instead she argued with Bobbi's other point "And about my laundry, at least it doesn't trip you up like your shoes do to me"
"That's because I'm always aware of my surroundings. You should be too, honey. You need to be aware of your surroundings if you want to be a top shield agent" Bobbi smirked
Skye pretended to look hurt, and then threw one of Bobbi's shoes at the woman. Bobbi quickly reached up and caught it. She smirked at the brunette.
"And I already am a top shield agent" Skye smirked
"Yeah, you are baby" Bobbi said as she got out of bed and walked over to Skye. She kissed the top of the woman's head and helped her to her feet.
Skye pressed the other shoe against Bobbi's chest "Closet, now" she told the blonde. Bobbi smirked then took the shoes over to the closet.
She carelessly threw them in and looked back at the other woman "There, happy now?" she smirked
Skye shook her head at the woman, but had a big smirk on her face "I'm going to get in the shower"
Bobbi nodded eagerly "I'll come join you"
Skye smirked "No you won't"
Bobbi's face dropped "Huh?"
"That's your punishment for just throwing the shoes in the closet" the brunette was smirking at the disappointment on Bobbi's face
"What? But- but- I- but- what?" Bobbi stuttered
"Now Barbara, I'm going to get in the shower, and you're going to go nowhere near the shower room, okay?" Skye grinned
"But what about you? You're clothes are still on the floor, I think that cancels out me throwing the shoes" Bobbi smirked
"Barbara, I'm the punisher and you're the punishee. You do naughty things, and I punish you for them" Skye said as patronisingly as possible
"Excuse me?" Bobbi smirked and raised her eyebrows "But I'm older than you. If anything, I'm the punisher and you're the punishee"
"Yeah, right" Skye scoffed as she nonchalantly walked out of the room, toward the showers.
Bobbi shook her head at the woman as she left, but she didn't dare follow her to the showers.
After her shower, Skye was called to debrief where Coulson, Fitz and Simmons were waiting with lady Sif, who Coulson and May had picked up earlier.
"Lady Sif" Skye greeted as she walked in
"Ah, agent Skye" Sif greeted her "It is nice to see you again"
"You too" Skye smiled
Fitzsimmons nodded at each other before beginning to explain all that had happened between Sif and the Kree.
Once they had finished, Coulson said they were all heading to Portugal and that Skye was to speak to witnesses with Bobbi. She was about to leave when Simmons started talking about new icers.
"Wait, new icers?" Fitz questioned
"Oh, the mechanical design is still top notch, but we're looking into a more concentrated dendrotoxin formula" Simmons replied.
Skye walked over to them and listened in to the conversation
"But wouldn't that be dangerous?" Fitz said
"But effective" Simmons replied "given these elevated threats, we can't risk it not being" the brit smiled politely before walking out.
Skye and Fitz looked at each other. They both knew that Skye was now one of those threats.
Her best friend was indirectly calling her a threat and basically saying that she needed to be put down. Simmons would hate her, Bobbi would hate her, the whole team would hate her if they knew what she was.
Skye bowed her head then quietly left the room.
"Hey babe" Bobbi smirked, when they bumped into each other in the corridor. "How was debrief?"
"Yeah, it was alright" Skye said quietly as she tried to push Simmons out of her mind "Coulson wants us to go speak to witnesses when we get to Portugal"
"Our first mission just the two of us, sounds good" Bobbi smiled
"Yeah" Skye nodded
"Hey, you alright?" Bobbi frowned at the woman
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine" Skye replied
Bobbi was totally unconvinced but continued anyway "Okay, let's go get our mission gear on and grab our stuff, then we'll head out"
Skye nodded.
The couple headed to their bunk, with Bobbi's arm wrapped firmly around Skye's waist.
Skye was back in the training room, but instead of May on top of her it was Bobbi. The ground was shaking and dust was falling from the ceiling. The blonde had the brunette's shoulders pinned down.
"Bobbi" Skye cried as she saw tears streaking the blonde's face. "I'm-"
"You lied to me. How could you lie to me Skye? How could you keep something like this from me? I thought you loved me" Bobbi cried
"I do love you Bobbi, I love you so much"
"Then why'd you lie like this?"
"I-I-I just" Skye stuttered
"You're doing this, aren't you?" Bobbi looked up at the crumbling ceiling.
The ground's shaking increased as Skye began to spiral out of control.
"Bobbi, I'm so sorry. I never meant to keep this from you" Skye pleaded with the blonde.
"I loved you and you betrayed me like this" Bobbi frowned
"I didn't mean to. It's- it's just… Simmons she- she kept talking about elevated threats and putting people down, and I just couldn't…" the brunette trailed off
"But you are a threat Skye" Bobbi decided
Skye was taken aback "Bobbi. W-what? No. No, don't- don't say that. I'm still me, I'm still Skye, I'm still the woman you fell in love with"
"No, no you're not. I don't know what you are" the blonde said
"No, Bobbi. No, no no no" Skye started crying.
Bobbi's hands were still on Skye's shoulders, keeping her pinned to the ground. The blonde looked around as the shaking increased.
"Hey! You need to stop this" Bobbi demanded. Skye didn't like the threat that was unspoken, but still there. There was something vicious in Bobbi's eyes, it scared Skye. But the realisation that she was now scared of Bobbi was more frightening than anything else.
"Stop this now!" the blonde repeated.
"I-I c-can't. Bobbi I can't" Skye was begging with the blonde. Begging her to stop being this person and be the person who she loved. "Bobbi, please. Stop being this person, this is not who you are"
"This is who I am. You're the one who's changed." Bobbi told Skye.
"No, no this isn't you"
"And you are not Skye!" Bobbi shouted "Skye, my Skye, she wouldn't do this. She wouldn't be this. She wouldn't endanger the people she loves like this"
"I'm not trying to hurt you. I don't want to be like this"
"But you are like this. And it's my job to deal with people like you" the blonde sniffed and frowned at the brunette
"N-no, B-Bobbi, please, please Bobbi. You don't have to do this" Skye was choking on her sobs.
The ground started to crack. The room was shaking. Skye's body was shaking underneath Bobbi.
"Either you stop this… or I stop you" Bobbi threatened
"I-I can't. Bobbi, please don't do this. I still love you, I'll always love you. And you love me, I know you do." Skye begged
"No! I love Skye. Whatever you are, you're not her!" Bobbi's voice got louder "Now stop this!"
Skye couldn't bear to say anything else; she couldn't bear to tell her again, that she couldn't stop this. So she just let her tears streak her face and shook her head.
Bobbi looked at Skye sadly before reaching to her waistband. She pulled out her gun, her gun which was not an icer, and pressed it against Skye's forehead.
Skye squirmed under the cold metal on her head. "Bobbi pl-"
"If you can't stop this, I will"
"No, no, no" Skye pleaded "Bobbi"
"I'm sorry" Bobbi whispered
"No, no, no" Skye chanted that one word over and over again.
Bobbi fingered the trigger.
The bang sounded and Skye screamed.
Skye shot into a sitting position. Bobbi was sitting next to her, rubbing her arm and calling her name.
"Skye, you alright?"
The brunette looked around. She was in the SUV with Bobbi, heading to the local hospital to interview witnesses. Bobbi had pulled over when Skye started screaming in her sleep.
"Skye, baby, you alright?" Bobbi was looking at her concerned.
"Huh? Oh, oh yeah. Yeah I'm fine" Skye said, still a little disorientated.
"Another nightmare?" the blonde asked
Skye nodded "I'm fine though."
"It's okay if you're not though" Bobbi told the brunette.
"I know"
"You wanna talk about it?" Bobbi offered
Skye shook her head.
"Alright, but if you change your mind, I'm here for you" she smiled encouragingly at the brunette.
"Always?" Skye asked
"Always what?" Bobbi said confused, surely Skye wasn't asking if she'd always be there for her, because the answer to that was obvious.
"Will you always be here for me? Will you always love me?"
The blonde frowned at the other woman "Are you serious? Of course I'll always love you, and yes I'll always be here for you. What sort of question is that?"
Skye shrugged
"What made you ask that?" Bobbi asked her
Skye shrugged again "Just something I was thinking about"
"Did something happen in your dream where I stopped loving you?" the blonde asked as if she read her mind
The brunette bowed her head and Bobbi sighed in understanding
The blonde cupped Skye's chin and lifted her head "That was just a dream, okay? I love you and nothing could ever change that. You're my whole world Skye. I'm not sure if I could live without you anymore. I could never stop loving you, alright?"
Skye just stared at the blonde
"Skye, do you believe me?" Bobbi asked
"I want to, but…" the brunette trailed off
"I know. And it's okay if you don't right now, because I will do everything I can to assure you. Baby, I love you, and I would do anything for you. I'm going to keep making sure that you believe that, because there's nothing in the whole world that's truer than that" the blonde stroked Skye's cheek and smiled at her.
Skye gave her a weak smile "I love you too Bobbi"
"I know you do Skye" the blonde smiled. She leant over and wrapped her arms around the brunette. She held her tight and stroked the back of her head.
"We better get back to the mission" Skye muttered into Bobbi's shoulder
Bobbi pulled out of the embrace "Yeah, I guess" she moaned "I used to love my job, but whenever I'm on mission with you I just want to sit with you and pretend like the world outside doesn't exist"
Skye flinched at the familiar statement and Bobbi noticed it "What? What is it? What did I say?" she asked concerned
"Nothing, it-it's just, Ward, Ward said that to me when he was- you know- when he was…" Skye trailed off
Bobbi's fist clenched in anger at what the man had put her rock star through. She quickly regained her calm "He is not going to be able to hurt you again, I promise. I will never let him hurt you again. I swear to god I will kill him if he even thinks about you"
Skye smiled slightly "How would you know if he was thinking about me?"
Bobbi smiled "Trust me, I'd know"
Skye let out a small laugh and Bobbi's heart lifted at the sound. She didn't like seeing Skye upset.
"Right, we better get back to mission" Bobbi said sadly
Skye nodded. Before Bobbi turned the engine back on, she leant over and kissed Skye's forehead. She pulled back and put her hands in the brunettes. "I am yours, and you are mine"
Skye smiled "I am yours, and you are mine"
The reveal of Skye's powers is coming soon. Sorry if I've dragged it out too long, but I promise it's coming soon.