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Prompt idea by Serenity Shadowstar

Set during the monastery scene in 'The Well'

Skye could feel Ward's muscles tense every time one of them shifted ever so slightly after she'd pulled him against her, seeing that he looked physically and emotionally drained after taking on an unknown amount of rage filled men.

Within a second of Petra walking into the room she felt him tense so much that she thought he'd suddenly explode from the anger that was growing in him and that's why when he stood up to take her on she pulled him down again. She glanced at May to check she was occupied and wouldn't try prevent what she was going to do, no matter how stupid she knew it was. "Just stay there for a few minutes." She whispered to him and gave him one last look before she pulled his arm from around her shoulders and placed it by his side gently, checking he wasn't reacting. He clearly didn't know what she was going to do.

She got up and walked towards the two halves of the staff that had been placed on the tiled floor only minutes ago. She swallowed hard before she reached down. Skye heard May call her name but it was quickly blocked out the second her fingers made contact with the Asgardian metal. Images quickly filled her mind of all the times she'd been abandoned and rejected by families she wanted so desperately to like her, to treat her like she was a proper family member, images of the times her and Miles had argued contributed to it as well. Sure the memories she had weren't as violent and as fury filled as with Ward but they were enough to make her feel angrier than she'd ever felt.

She took a few seconds to glance at Ward and he looked confused, annoyed and proud all at the same time which she would have found adorable if she wasn't feeling like this. She quickly turned back around in time to hit Petra with the staff just before she ran into Skye. The force behind the swing sent her flying to the back of the room but that wasn't enough for Skye. She wanted to make sure she wasn't going to come back and hurt anyone else. She quickly hit the other guy that had followed Petra through with ease and the way that he fell, she could tell that he'd broken his leg and wouldn't be getting back up to try hurt her any time soon. Once she had walked past the benches, she took a few more swings at the Norwegian girl before she fell again and the third and final piece of the staff joined with the others.

Skye felt a familiar hand hold her shoulder firmly, Coulson's hand. She dropped the now complete staff and jerked away slightly as she looked up at him, fear filling her eyes. She took a slow look around the room. FitzSimmons were looking over the balcony at her with frowns, Coulson held his hands up in surrender after he'd recognised the look in her eyes and May had taken her place and had gotten Ward on to his feet. They both looked very surprised at her actions. She knew that May would have done what she had just done in a heartbeat but she wanted to prove her point and she couldn't let Ward go through it again if May hadn't.

Skye's breathing quickened a lot faster than it should have done and she wasn't completely sure whether she wanted to cry or scream. She glimpsed at the now bloody body of the blonde girl before she rushed out of the ancient building, the doors slamming shut behind her. The agents left in the room all looked at each other, as if they were all mentally deciding who should go after her. Coulson turned to Ward who just gave him a small nod. He walked past him and followed Skye out the door.

He found her across the street, she was sat on the stairs leading down from the building back to the main city. He slowly walked over to her, taking in her posture to see whether she knew he was there, which of course she did, she knew he'd be the one to come out after her.

"You shouldn't have done that, I could have handled one more round." He told her softly as he lowered himself down beside her.

"I didn't want you to." Was all she replied, in barely a whisper. "You'd been through enough already." She explained briefly.

"And now you're stuck with the effects of it, rather me than you." He sighed before shuffling a little closer, checking she didn't pull away like she did with Coulson, which she didn't. "What did you see?" He asked her, knowing there was a chance she wouldn't share.

"I saw rejection. I've been rejected by everyone apart from everyone in that building." She whispered and looked out ahead, her eyes becoming glassy with tears. "From families, friends, relationships." She continued. "I didn't realise it all to the extent but it's all been shown to me today." She told him and closed her eyes as a tear escaped.

He knew she'd want to stop talking about it, he'd want that if it was him so he cut in. "I saw my brothers again, like you'd guessed earlier. My older brother, Christian made me choose between watching my brother drown or I could try and help him but I'd get thrown in." He told her and clasped his hands together in a way to try and comfort himself. "I never wanted to remember it but it looks like today I didn't have a choice and neither did you." He told her and glanced at her again. "None of us are going to think of you any differently you know? We'll keep you in Shield as long as you want to stay. You'll never see any rejection here." He told her, knowing with Coulson leading the team it was the truth.

Skye nodded but still couldn't bring herself to look at him. "I think I'm going to get sit in one of the SUVs until everyone's ready to leave. I'm not too sure I want to go back in there." She told him.

Ward knew it was best for her and just nodded. "I do want to thank you for what you did though. Even though I'm not happy about it because I would have done it all again if it meant you didn't have to relive any of that. It is nice to have someone watching my back for a change though." He told her before standing up. "I'll meet you back in the SUVs once we're done calling people in to clean up." He told her before getting up, leaving her on her own.

A/N Not gonna lie, I'm really happy with how this one turned out and if it gets a decent response I'm tempted to turn it into a three shot, if that's what you want be sure to let me know :)