Chapter 26

Ward blinks, he doesn't remember falling asleep. He scrunches his fist in the snow.

Than he remembers the snow avalanche and Skye's scream. He stunts up, his body coming to on the cold snow. Ward looks up, a bit of the sun still peeking through the clouds for the sunset. He couldn't have been out for long. "Skye?" Ward says with worry. He looks around the snow until he sees a very human like body sticking out. Ward crawls over towards her. "Oh gosh Skye." He says with concern. Wiping away the snow, he brings her body up. Her eyes were closed, and blood was dripping from her temple. "Skye!" Ward utters, seeing her lips a pale blue colour. Ward pats her cheek, hoping to get some reaction.

Skye moans, her body shifting. "Skye thank goodness." Skye blinks her eyes looking distant. "Skye are you okay, does it hurt?" Ward asks her.

"Head." She mumbles. "So cold." Ward sees her coat was missing and all she wore now was a damp sweater. Ward takes off his coat and wraps it around her. Skye tries to protest, holding her head as she brings her body up. She puts her hands in front of her. "No Ward, you need it." She coughs, and Ward grips her arm.

"Skye right now you need it more." Ward takes off his jacket and wraps it around her. Ward looks up, he doesn't know exactly where they are, but he presumes there somewhere near the ski lift still. Ward feels Skye shiver next to him. Ward reaches into his coat pocket now worn by Skye. He grabs his cellphone. Clicking on it, he sees that the thing won't turn on. "Dam it." Ward puts the phone back.

"What are we going to do?" Skye asks, her lips shaking as she speaks. Skye holds her head, Ward wasn't exactly sure where the injury was, but Skye may have been suffering from a concussion. Ward looks to the tree behind them, moving wouldn't be smart, staying in one place was going to give them the best chance to be found.

By enemy or friend.

But right now Ward didn't have much of an option. Ward gets up, noticing a sprain on his ankle. He winces, but knows his injury is the least of their worries. Ward pulls Skye's hand, her reaction delayed to the situation. She stands up, and Ward notices one of her ski boots is missing. He frowns, dragging her over to the tree. He sits her down. Skye leans her head back against the tree. She was still shivering. Ward wasn't much better off.

Skye leans her head back against the tree. "Skye, you need to stay awake." Ward says, knowing the cold and a concussion did not make the best sleeping medication.

"I'll try my best robot." She jokes, which Ward hopes means her concussion isn't all that serious. Ward bends down and wipes some of the blood away with his glove, luckily the wound did not look that big. Skye's eyes begin drooping. Ward pats her on the cheek.

"Skye!" Ward practically shouts.

"Okay, okay. Sorry, just kind of tired." Ward frowns, feeling how cold her cheek is even through the glove. He sits down next to her in the snow, wrapping his arm around her. "What are you doing?" She asks, her lips quivering.

"It's to keep us both warm." He confirms.

Skye frowns. "Just because were sitting side by side doesn't mean I've forgiven you." Skye sneezes, laying her head on Ward's shoulder. There silent for a few minutes.

"Skye you're still awake right?" Skye nods her head, but Ward could tell she wasn't far off from falling unconscious.

"Skye, stay awake!" Ward elbows her.

"Well sorry if I'm bored." Skye says, her voice smaller and with less protest this time. "Just a few minutes of my eyes shut."

"No!" Ward says, knowing this would end badly if Skye fell asleep. "Stay awake!"

"I'm trying." She says her teeth chattering.

Ward frowns, not sure how to keep her attention. "Why don't I tell you a story?" Ward offers as an excuse, hoping the distraction will keep her focused.

"What kind of story." Skye mumbles, teeth still chattering. Ward grips his arm closer around her, the cold now catching up on his other jacket. He'd been lucky to have warn two.

Ward remembers what Coulson said the other day, about how he should open up to Skye, be willing to share his past so he could help her. Ward frowns, but takes a breath of the cold air, leaving a cloud behind.

"How about my story, I'll tell you my story Skye."

Skye nods, not bothering to answer.

"Okay Skye. Listen, uh…" Ward knows this isn't the best time to open it up, but maybe the story would keep her distracted enough. Just maybe, he should follow Coulson's advice, and open up with her. "Remember that day you said you wanted to try and reach me, I didn't want to be reach."

Ward looks behind him, seeing a flicker of light bounce off a tree. Either from something sparkly, or a gun.

Ward picks Skye's body up, he stands up his leg stinging as he does. He looks down, at the sprain. "My parents hated me Skye; they never loved me as a child. We were quite wealthy, and because of that we were the target of some bad people."

Skye kept her eyes open trying to focus on the story. She was tired though.

Ward looks up, trying to see how far the sparkle again. If it was a friend, or someone trying to help, they could get medical help. Ward knew this had to be a risk he took.

"Bad people." Ward says again, forgetting where he left off in his story.

"Bad." Skye mumbles, clinging on to Ward. She felt cold, even with his jacket. Her sweater underneath was damp, and so were her pants from skiing all day and falling on multiple occasions.

"Yes and because bad people didn't like my family they thought it best to try and hurt our family more, not knowing it was already broken." Ward tightens his hold on Skye. His focus had to be keeping her awake and finding a way back to the chalet or ski patrol. But Ward knew that they had taken the last run.

Hopefully their skis might be a clue, and their friends would be able to find them.

"So these bad people saw me when I was hanging out with my friends at a park near my house when this man walked up to me." Ward notices Skye's eyes are closed. "Hey Skye are you listening?"

Skye blinks barely squinting her eyes. "Yes, sorry I was just resting my eyes." Skye explains in a low whisper. Ward knew that keeping her awake was going to be a challenge. He adjusts Skye's position in his arms, as he starts walking up hill. "Finish the story." Skye asks her voice soft and barely audible.

"Right so a man walked up to me and told me my parents sent him to get me. I thought it was weird since my parents usually didn't care where I was, but I got in the car with him anyway. He had a black van, and when I took a seat in the back he offered me a juice box. I took a sip and the next think I know is I've woken up in an unfamiliar place."

Ward looks down at Skye, her eyes now closed. "Skye." He tries to get her to open them, but this time she's unresponsive. "Dam." Ward says. He holds Skye close. He could still hear her heart beating, but he had trouble finding her pulse. It didn't help that his fingers were half frozen.

Ward spots the sparkle he noticed earlier; it was a man, with a metal necklace around his neck. "Help" He shouts to him. "Please my friend she won't wake up." Ward stops, realizing that this man is in a ski mask. Which shouldn't be that odd for a mountain, but his lack of ski's made Ward think staying wasn't in his best interest.

But Ward doesn't have much of a say. Ward stands ready to fight, but he feels a bullet of sort hit his side. "Uh." Ward falls, dropping Skye's body on the snow. Trying to reach to take out the bullet, Ward realizes that it wasn't a bullet he was shot with, but instead something similar to that of ICER. Ward tries to get to Skye, but he loses feelings in his hands and legs. He crumples, watching Skye's body be taken away.

"No." he says. "No, Skye!" But he loses consciousness before anything else happens. He was helpless as he watched her be taken.

Ahh I re-wrote this chapter then saw that I liked the first one better, so I ended up merging them. Anyway thanks for the wait, and let me know your thoughts and predictions XD

BTW, YOU SEE THE EPISODE TUESDAY! Shame if you haven't, but OMG I don't know what to think of Skye's dad, and WARD! Pretty sure he's unredeemable now… unless he didn't actually kill his brother/parents… but I'm pretty sure he did.

Anyway REVIEW PLEASE!