I know this isn't much but I promise more will follow as so much is gonna happen in the next chapter. I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed, favourite and followed this story! Thanks for being patient with me, its kind of been one thing after the other at the moment but hopefully I can knuckle down and get some writing done now. :)
Chapter Two
Training Thor about 'indoor voices' had 15% success rate and was for the most part completely pointless, which Tony saw fit to point out.
"He'll never grasp it honey, give it up." Tony said grimly as Thor tried to say that the sofa was comfortable in a quiet voice and a look of severe concentration. Unfortunately Skye had to agree with him there and gave up after an hour and forty seconds.
Steve had sat and watched her encourage Thor in talking quietly for the last twenty minutes, and although the results were small, there were results.
It was at this moment when Natasha, Clint, May, Tony, Steve, Thor and Skye were all gathered in the large 'lounge' area that Coulson chose to swiftly enter the room with a serious frown on his face.
"Skye can you get into those HYDRA files you found last night?"
"Is the Pope catholic?" Was his sarcastic reply.
Tony had to admit that he had been wanting to see this 'hacker' in action, wanted to see her skills. He was not disappointed. Considering that she didn't, unlike him, have JARVIS to do it for her Skye managed to hack into these 'secure' HYDRA files at an impressive time of 5 minutes and thirty-five seconds.
"Damn, that was quick." Clint observed quietly from the back of the room. Skye smiled.
"Which file did you want Coulson?"
"0-8-4." He said it so quietly that the others barely heard it.
"Isn't that what SHIELD classes unidentified energy sources and artefacts as?" Clint asked curious. Coulson nodded.
"Yes, I want to know how many of our files HYDRA bothered to access. And what they got from them."
Skye caught Coulson's eye and something passed between them, almost as though they were having a conversation that the others weren't privy to.
She opened the files though and flicked through them. There weren't really many of them but Natasha did point out a file she recognised.
"Isn't that New Mexico?"
"Yeah, you were classed as an 0-8-4 for a while there Thor, you and your hammer." Coulson explained.
"What's that one?" Tony asked pointing out the one that Skye's eyes seemed fixed on. Apparently the wrong question to ask as Coulson quickly pointed out another case he 'thought they'd find interesting' and acted deaf when Tony tried to bring it up again. Which he did, several times.
"That was weird." Tony mused over the lunch of cold meat sandwiches and salad. Bruce was still in the lab with the couple who seemed to be commonly known as FitzSimmons, Skye had disappeared and Coulson was discussing something 'important' with the security dude. May had taken Natasha to see the weapons room and gym with the promise that they would prepare for the usual stand-off that seemed to happen whenever they met.
"What was weird, Tony?" Steve knew exactly what Tony thought was weird (and he too felt that it was quite strange), but knew that Tony wanted them to appear interested and in awe of his observation skills, and Steve couldn't be bothered to contradict him and so felt that the best option was to humour him.
"Did you see the way Skye was looking at that file?" Coulson chipped in and Tony glared at him for stealing his moment. Then turned his frown upside down as he had an idea.
"I can get JARVIS to hack those files, bet it's something super awesome!" Tony said as he pulled out his phone. Steve frowned but he didn't need to say anything to shun this new scheme for rule breaking, JARVIS killed it for him.
"I am afraid I cannot access those without a geological password."
"What?! That Skye chick must be smarter than I thought!" Tony cried in dismay and disbelief. Steve shook his head, impressed that Skye had managed the impressive feat of keeping Tony Stark at bay.
Meanwhile in another part of the secret new SHIELD base...
Coulson stared at the blood test results, trying to figure out why Simmons had called him down for it.
"Why am I here Simmons?"
"Because that is not entirely human DNA. I've never seen anything like it outside of-" Simmons faltered and then started rummaging through various piles of paper work until she found what she was looking for. "Oh my god..." She stared at it in shock.
"What?"
"Sir look! It's almost an exact match except for a few differences in DNA structure!"
"So?"
"So these are the blood results taken from Thor when you went to retrieve his hammer in New Mexico. It proves that this person is at least half Asguardian!" Simmons cried, mild panic in her eyes as she waved the paper in front of Coulson.
"Who was this blood taken from?" Coulson asked urgently, a sneaking suspicion forming in his gut.
"Skye's sir." Simmons spoke so quietly Coulson barely heard her. But he did and his nasty suspicion was confirmed.
"Don't tell anyone about this! Not even Skye is that understood?"
"Yes sir. Coulson?!" Simmons called after him as he left. "What shall I do with the results?"
"Burn them."
Back in the evil persons secret lair...
"Well?"
"She is guiding our man right to her. Foolish woman doesn't even realise she's been set up."
"Excellent." A malevolent smirk played across his lips.
Everything was finally coming together. Soon she would be within his grasp and revenge would finally, after all these years, be his.
Lets go back to the secret SHIELD base shall we?
Natasha and May were pretty evenly matched when it came to fighting so watching them attack each other was quite time consuming and fun.
The bet this time round was $100 for Natasha and $100 on May with Tony and Clint betting against Fitz and Skye.
Steve refused to gamble and the whole gambling process just confused Thor.
It is, of course, rather unfortunate that none would ever know the outcome of this particular fight. I personally believe it would have been an intriguing thing to witness. But it was not to be.
The explosion shook the night and caused an avalanche on the nearest mountain, but worst of all it ruptured a huge whole in the entrance of the secret SHIELD base.
The armed thugs raced in first only to be stopped by a rather unwelcome surprise in the form of the Avengers. The fight was far from long and epic but the heroes were too caught up in the battle to notice 3 thugs and a woman in a red dress with purple flowers on it slip past them.
Deeper in the secret SHIELD base
Skye was typing away as fast as possible, trying to bury all their secrets just in case something unthinkable happened. She was so close to burying everything when something unthinkable did happen.
"Hello Skye." Raina's voice drifted through the doorway and froze Skye's bones. Skye turned to face the tiny woman who stepped to the side to let 3 thugs enter the room, guns raised. "Take her."
They surged forward and no matter how much Skye fought, how much she yelled she could not get free of their grasp nor did help come down the corridor as they dragged her out of the base.
"Why are you doing this?" Skye cried, trying desperately to appeal to something in this woman that could be remotely good.
"I thought you'd want to meet your parents?" A smile appeared on the woman dressed in flowers as she tried to seem genuinely confused. She only looked sly.
Meanwhile in the evil persons secret lair...
"Raina has her now. They come closer even as we speak. Raina thinks she is bringing Skye to her parents for tragic reunion."
The cruel, deep laugh echoed around the room and several guards shuddered as the figure cloaked in shadows rose from his chair and set off.
"Then we must prepare for their arrivals."
"Their arrivals sir?" A guard asked tentatively curious.
"Their. For the moment she arrives here he shall know of it. And he will come running to protect her."
The shadow man swept from the room and as the guard went to follow him, but, rather unfortunately said evil shadowy man decided it was time to end all ties with earth.
The severed head rolled down the hall with a sad look in it's empty eyes. As though the person it once was knew deep down that this job would end this way. It left a red carpet for the shadow man to walk down with renewed vigour in his steps, anyone watching would have thought he was about to start skipping or maybe burst into song. But of course, by that time, there was no-one left to watch.
On Helheim...
"No father! It's a trap as surely as I am goddess of death! That elf is behind it." A pair of luminous green eyes glared at the man, warning him, but also silently begging him.
"If it is truly him then I cannot allow her to fall into his grasp!" He was desperate, he needed some form of plan, but for the life of him could not come up with one.
"No, that is why I shall go. They won't be expecting me, and you'll be the other side of the galaxy." The last part was said with such force it was more of an order than anything. The man seemed to realise that she was a) right and b) not taking no for an answer.
"As you wish child."He reached to stroke her face with the back of his hand. "But take care. For you are just as much my daughter as she is."
"I know papa." She gave a soft smile and vanished into the Pathway that would take her to Midguard. A black raven flew after her and the strange, broken looking man stepped into another Pathway, one that would take him far from his daughter's.
I really am cruel with my tantalising hints :)
