Sorry for the slightly late update, I've just been really busy over new years and christmas so I haven't had the chance to post a new chapter.
Sorry for any spelling and/or grammar mistakes.
Hope you like it.
Bobbi and Skye walked into the hospital; after Skye's nightmare Bobbi kept checking on her, asking if she was okay. The blonde knew something was up with Skye and the brunette knew that the blonde was hiding something. Neither of them acknowledged this.
Bobbi walked over to the janitor and asked him to find someone who speaks English.
"You speak Portuguese?" Skye asked
"I'm no expert" Bobbi told her "It's a pretty language, but it's hard to gauge if someone's lying"
"Are you an expert at that?" the brunette stared into the blonde's eyes.
"I don't know… are you?" the blonde replied.
They were playing games with each other. Neither willing to give up their secret yet.
"Yeah, I've got a pretty good idea of when someone's lying… or if they're hiding something" Skye folded her arms and stared at Bobbi
"Yeah, me too" Bobbi studied Skye. "I'm good at figuring out what they're hiding as well"
The couple just stared at each other. Skye with her arms folded and Bobbi with her eyebrows cocked.
"Can I help you?" they looked away from each other when a woman walked over to the front desk.
"Hi. Yes" Bobbi said as they walked over to the desk "We're looking for anyone who may have been injured in the incident at the pier, or may have seen this man" the blonde showed her the picture of the man on her tablet.
"No, he does not look familiar to me" the woman said as she studied the picture. "As far as the injuries, I can look around; the nurse who was working earlier took ill. We are short-staffed, it may take a while"
"OK, well, we'll be here" Skye nodded to the woman.
They looked behind the woman when they heard a distressed voice from behind her.
"Wait, is that woman alright? What happened to her?" Bobbi asked as she studied the woman in distress.
The woman was muttering something about not remembering her own name.
Skye and Bobbi looked at each other, realising that the man must have been at the hospital.
They walked away from the desk and Bobbi took out her phone to call Coulson.
"Sir, we have evidence he's here at the hospital" she said "It's a big place though, he could be hiding anywhere"
"Well we know he needs nitrogen, and they use it in hospitals to power surgical equipment, I'd start there" Coulson replied
"Yes sir, we'll get on it" the blonde said. She put her phone back in her pocket and looked at Skye. "We should check out the storage rooms. Nitrogen is used to power surgical equipment so he might be in there"
Skye nodded and the two headed to the stairs.
Skye and Bobbi stopped in front of a door labelled 'armazem' (Warehouse/ storage room)
"Ok, you ready?" Bobbi asked Skye
"Bobbi, I'll be fine" the brunette replied.
The blonde nodded then slowly opened the door. The man was standing by a medical table, hooked up to some nitrogen. He heard the door open and turned to look at them. His skin was blue, but as soon as he clipped a silver device to his chest his skin returned to white.
"You do not want to fight me" he said calmly
"We just have some questions for you" Bobbi said as she took a step towards him.
Skye looked at Bobbi and then at the man. She was about to put a hand out to stop Bobbi from advancing, when the man took a swing at the blonde. Bobbi ducked under it and hit him with her escrima sticks. The man blocked the sticks and the next few punched that came his way.
Bobbi kicked him in the stomach and he fell against the wall. She tried again with her sticks but he blocked them. The man threw a punch that Bobbi was unable to dodge and it hit her across her jaw. She fell forwards and the man grabbed her. He tossed her against the wall and her body crumbled to the floor with a sickening 'thump'.
"Bobbi!" Skye screamed. The blonde was unmoving.
Skye pulled out her gun and aimed it at the man, but the ground was shaking and she couldn't focus. The parts of the gun started to rattle, and it fell apart in front of her eyes. She stared at it in shock as the tiny pieces fell out of her hand. The ground was still shaking and the man looked unsteady. She looked to her right just as a shelving unit toppled over and fell on her. She fell to the ground and looked up as the man jumped over the shelving unit and ran out the door.
Skye forced back the panic attack that was threatening to take hold of her and focused on staying calm. She had to make sure Bobbi was okay. She couldn't let the blonde down like this. Every time she was in trouble Bobbi was there, she had to be there for her now.
The brunette lightly touched her forehead and felt a sticky liquid under her fingers. She passed it off as a small cut and focused on getting to Bobbi. She took in shaky breaths then squirmed out from under the shelving unit. She ran over to Bobbi and bent down next to her. She pressed her fingers against her neck and sighed in relief when she found the pulse she was searching for. Skye lifted Bobbi's head and rested it on her lap. She felt a flow of blood on the back of the blonde's head and began to panic.
"Bobbi" she called "Bobbi, come on Bob."
Bobbi's eyes flickered under her closed lids. Skye sighed in relief and pressed the blonde's head into her chest. She rocked her as she came back to consciousness.
"Skye?" Bobbi whispered into the brunette's chest.
"Yeah it's me Bob" Skye replied as she lowered Bobbi's head back onto her lap.
Blue eyes stared into deep brown ones. "Are you alright?" the blonde asked as she slowly sat up. She sat up and her eyes widened at the cut on Skye's forehead "You're bleeding"
"So are you" Skye pointed out
"I'm fine, don't worry" Bobbi said as she felt the back of her head. When she brought her hand back to her lap, her fingers were coated in blood.
"Don't you ever do that to me again" Skye frowned "I was worried sick
Bobbi smiled slightly. Suddenly she winced and threw her head back
"Bobbi?" Skye panicked
The blonde put her hands out "I'm fine, I'm fine. Just a bit of a headache"
"We need to get you to the bus" Skye said firmly
"Alright" Bobbi said as she started to stand up.
"You good to walk?" the brunette asked
She nodded "I think so"
Skye still put the blonde's arm around her neck and wrapped her own arm around the woman's waist.
Bobbi smiled slightly "Skye, don't worry. I'll be fine to walk"
"Well a little help can't hurt" Skye told the blonde.
Bobbi smiled at the brunette and allowed herself to rest a little on her shoulder. "Thanks" she muttered as they left the room.
"You don't need to thank me" Skye said as she led Bobbi toward the back exit of the hospital.
"I know, but I want to" Bobbi replied
Skye smiled at her soul mate. "I love you, Bob"
"I love you too rock star" the blonde replied "So how bout you tell me what's going on with you"
Bobbi felt Skye tense up "Skye, no matter what it is, it's not going to change my love for you. I promise"
Skye pushed open the exit door and they walked out into the alley where they'd parked the suv.
"Skye?" Bobbi pressed for answers "I thought we told each other everything"
"Don't you dare do that. Don't you dare use that against me, not when you're hiding something as well." Skye snapped. Her arm was still wrapped around Bobbi but she had stopped walking. "I know you know I'm hiding something, but I know you're hiding something too." Her voice was getting louder "You think whatever I'm keeping bottled up is killing me? How about what you're hiding? You don't think that you keeping stuff from me is eating away at me. You think you're protecting me but you're not. If that's your concept of protection, I don't want your protection."
Bobbi just watched sadly as Skye finally cracked. The brunette's arm fell from Bobbi's waist. Bobbi knew she'd be fine without it there, but it still hurt.
"I don't know what's going on with me, and it doesn't help that I don't know what's going on with you either. I don't know how to go on anymore. I'm relying on you to keep me going and I know that's a big burden to put on you-"
"It's no burden" The blonde finally spoke up, but Skye just carried on
"I'm breaking, Bobbi, I'm breaking." Bobbi saw a stray tear streak Skye's cheek. "You keeping stuff is making me worse. I keep thinking of all the bad stuff that you could be keeping from me, and it's eating me up inside. So just tell me. I don't care what it is, if you're leaving me, if you don't love me anymore, even if you're sleeping with Hunter again, I just want to know." Skye was shaking and panting.
"Woah, Skye" Bobbi was shocked by Skye's final sentence. She reached out to put her hand on Skye's arm but Skye flinched away from the touch. Bobbi looked at her with hurt in her eyes. "Skye, I-"
"Let's- let's just forget about that. We should just get back to the bus" the brunette said quietly.
"No, Skye, we need to talk-"
"I don't want to talk Bobbi. It's not as if you're going to finally tell me what you're hiding, are you?"
Bobbi stayed quiet and Skye took that as her answer "That's what I thought" the brunette scoffed "Let's just get you back to the bus" Skye avoided Bobbi's gaze "Can you drive or do you want me to?"
"I can do it" Bobbi said
"You sure?" Skye double checked
Bobbi nodded.
Skye walked around to the passenger side of the car and got in. Bobbi sighed then got into the driver's seat.
They were about half an hour away from the field where they'd parked the bus, when Bobbi spoke up.
"You know what Skye, we do need to talk about this" she said as she pulled over
"What the hell are you doing?" Skye looked at the blonde
"Skye" Bobbi said "I love you, baby, there's no way I'm leaving you. And what you said about me not loving you anymore is total shit. And I'm not sleeping with Hunter, I'm not even sure where you got that idea"
"Well you're hiding something, Bobbi. And if it's not any of those things it's probably worse." Skye looked Bobbi in the eyes
"Look, Skye, I want to tell you, I really do, but-"
"But what Bobbi" the brunette cut her off "May and Coulson won't let you"
Bobbi looked at Skye with confusion in her eyes
"Yeah, I know you told them." She said "I spoke to May when Simmons was doing tests on me in the lab. I told her you were hiding something and she told me that she intended to find out what it is. Then I saw you go into Coulson's office and May was there. When she walked out I asked her what you'd told them. She said that I should trust you and that if you were hiding something it was because you were trying to protect me" Skye spat out the last words "It makes me feel so great knowing that the woman I love would rather speak to her bosses than to me"
"Skye you know that May and Coulson are more than just our bosses. They're like parents to you" Bobbi said
"That's not the point Bobbi!" Skye shouted. She sighed then bent over and put her head in her hands.
Bobbi lent over and rubbed her back.
"The point is that I trust them more than you, right?" Bobbi questioned "But that's not the truth Skye. There's no one that I trust more than you"
"Then why are you lying to me?" Skye almost begged
"Because I love you, and I can't put my baggage on you. But trust me Skye, I still love you and I'm not hiding anything that's going to make me stop loving you. But it's dangerous and I can't put you in danger" Bobbi replied
"I told you, I don't want your protection" Skye said stubbornly
"And I don't want to lose you. So you're getting my protection whether or not you want it" the blonde told the other woman.
Skye sighed and folded her arms "We need to get back to the bus, or have you forgotten that you're bleeding?"
Bobbi sighed at their failed attempt to talk everything out. Her eyelids were beginning to feel heavy but she just ignored and started the car back up.
When Bobbi parked on the cargo ramp, Skye got out and walked round to Bobbi's side. She opened the door and stuck out her hand to help Bobbi out.
"I don't need any help, I can get to the lab by myself" Bobbi said stubbornly
"Look, Bobbi, I know we're upset with each other but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to be here for you when you're hurt. You're always here when I get hurt so-"
"I'm not hurt" the blonde cut her off "I'll be fine"
"Bobbi, just let me-" Skye tried again
"Skye, I don't need your help"
"Fine. Whatever. Do what you want" Skye frowned at Bobbi then went to walk away.
Bobbi pushed herself out of the car and slammed the door shut behind her. She felt a bit dizzy so she leant against the car. She blinked a few times, trying to regain her focus. Her mind was swimming and before she knew it she was falling, with the ground rushing up to meet her.
Skye had just got up the stairs when she heard a thud downstairs. She stood on the top step and looked down. She saw her blonde lying on the floor and all her anger faded away.
"Bobbi!" Skye screamed as she raced down the steps.
She ran towards the ramp and quickly bent down beside Bobbi. She checked her pulse (for the second time that day) and lifted the blonde's head onto her lap.
"Simmons!" Skye yelled "Simmons!"
She heard footsteps on the stairs and then Simmons was beside her.
"What happened?" the scientist asked concernedly
"I-I-I'm not sure. She was fine a minute ago. She was driving and she was fine. She banged her head when we got into a fight with that guy, she's bleeding but I thought she was okay. Oh god, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have been arguing with her. I should have just got her back here as quickly as possible. This is all my-"
"Skye!" Simmons shouted. Skye looked at the other woman "We need to get her to the lab"
"I-I can't lift her. Where's everyone else?" Skye said frantically
"They're still out on mission" Simmons replied
"Okay, erm-I-I- we're going to have to lift her ourselves" The brunette said
Simmons nodded
"You get her legs" Skye said as she hooked her arms under Bobbi's.
Simmons lifted Bobbi's legs and together they moved as quickly as they could into the lab.
It was a struggle to get Bobbi's unconscious form onto the table in the med bay but eventually they did it.
Straight away Simmons started working on Bobbi. She bandaged her head and did some other stuff that Skye didn't understand. The brunette just paced the room and bit her nails. It was a habit that she had kicked a while back but right now she was going out of her mind with worry.
When Simmons was done, Skye pushed a chair over to the table and sat beside Bobbi. Simmons said that she should be okay now and that she had passed out due to blood loss. She said that she should wake up soon.
About 20 minutes into her watch, Skye saw Bobbi's eyelids flutter.
"Bobbi?" Skye called out.
Bobbi's eyes snapped open and she sprung up into a sitting position.
"Hey, Bob. Shh shh. It's okay" Skye had her hand on Bobbi's arm.
Bobbi looked at the brunette.
"What happened?" the blonde asked
"You passed out. Simmons said it was because of blood loss."
Bobbi nodded her understanding
"I'm so sorry Bobbi. I shouldn't have argued with you, I should have just got you back here. It's my fault and I'm so sorry" Skye said as she took Bobbi's hand.
"No, it's not your fault, Skye"
"You're always here for me when I need you and the one time you needed me I failed you"
"You didn't fail me. I was the one who pulled over on the way back, you kept telling me to just get back here" Bobbi said
Skye fell silent
"I promise you didn't fail me. And even if you did I'd still love you" the blonde assured her.
Skye smiled sadly "You're the one with a head injury yet you're still taking care of me"
"Of course. I'll always take care of you, Skye"
Skye leant down and gently kissed Bobbi. She only pulled back when she heard a car door shut.
"Bobbi" they heard Hunter's voice "Bloody hell Bob, are you okay?" he asked when he ran into the med bay.
"Hunter, I'm fine" Bobbi sighed
He stood beside the table, opposite Skye.
"You were supposed to look after her!" Hunter frowned at Skye
"Hunter!" Bobbi shouted
"You're supposed to have her back" he said
"I know, and I'm sorry, but-" Skye started
"How could you let this happen?"
"I-I tried, but that guy, he was-"
"Hey!" Bobbi shouted
Hunter and Skye both looked down at Bobbi
"Both of you stop" the blonde said "I've already told you that it's not your fault, so stop apologising" she looked at Skye "And you" she looked at Hunter "Don't come bursting in here blaming people when you don't even know what's happened. It wasn't her fault"
Skye and Hunter looked like children who had just been told off. Skye had her head bowed and Hunter was staring at his shoes.
"Hunter, it was my fault. Skye kept telling me to get back here, but I pulled over to talk. She was trying to look after me but I didn't let her." Bobbi said
"I'm sorry" Hunter mumbled
"It's fine" Skye said as she fiddled with her hands and kept her gaze on the floor.
Bobbi smirked at how childish they both looked and sounded.
"Morse, you alright?" May said from by the doors, announcing her presence
"Yeah, I'm fine May" Bobbi replied
May nodded then walked upstairs with Coulson.
Then Mack walked in to check on her and soon Fitz was there as well.
"Right, all of you out" Simmons ordered as she walked in "I need to stitch up that cut on her head"
The three men left the room and Skye was about to as well when Bobbi's hand grabbed hers.
"Stay?" she asked
Skye nodded then sat back down beside the blonde- her blonde.
She kept her hand firmly in Bobbi's as Simmons did the stitches.
I know you've been waiting so long for the reveal of Skye's powers and I can't wait to post that chapter either. I promise the reveal will be in the next chapter, and I'll try to have that chapter up by this time next week.