The Hybrid

Authors Note: Hi everyone firstly thank you for all the favourites, reviews and follows they make my day. Secondly this is going to be a very emotional chapter for obvious reasons and as a result it's been very hard to write which is why it's taken so long.

They stood in the middle of the lab, just the two of them wisely the others had stayed away. He held her close as she broke apart in his arms her heart shattering. One minute she'd had problems yes, big ones too but she had Grant and her team but now? Her world was crumbling around her, Coulson was her uncle apparently and her parents were dead. Murdered by the very people she was now working for, how the hell was she even supposed to start and deal with that? At first she didn't cry she just clung to Ward as though he were her life raft, she was numb with shock.

He didn't know how long they stood like that before grief seeped through her shock. It felt like days but in reality it could only have been minutes. It started with a single tear sliding down her beautiful face before the reality of what she read hit her. Her parents were gone, she would never see them again, never know her mother's embrace or her father's laugh. S.H.I.E.L.D had robbed her of that then they had slung her in an orphanage like she was nothing. Miles had been right all they did was lie and keep secrets, that's all they knew how to do. How many families had they destroyed? How many children were left without parents? How many gifted children had been taken from their homes never to be seen again? More importantly how could her own blood have looked her in the eye and lie to her?

All of a sudden she pushed away her encroaching grief and gave herself over to her anger. He knew, he'd known the minute he took her from her van. She felt the blue haze that had receded begin to creep back again. She pushed away from Grant and turned on her heel but not before he got a look at her eyes.

"Skye your eyes!"

"Why does everyone keep saying that" she snapped.

"Probably because they've changed colour!" she didn't fail to notice the alarm in his voice. "I think we need to get FitzSimmons in here to check you over"

"Grant I don't need to be checked over, I need answers!" she bit out. Before he could close the distance between them, she'd spun on her heel and was out of the lab doors. It didn't take a genius to work out where she was going at an impossible speed. He took the stairs to the living area two at a time; the look on her face had been murderous. A part of him didn't blame her he couldn't imagine how she must be feeling, the news of what had happened to her parents hadn't sunk in for him yet but he knew that it would change everything for them both.

"Skye you need to calm down" he heard Coulson reason. When he emerged at the top of the stairs she had her back to him. He instinctively knew that something was wrong, all the hairs on his body began to rise. Then he caught sight of her hands, they were glowing blue? That couldn't be right.

"Calm down? Calm down? You lied to me, you looked me in the eyes and fucking lied to me! You've been lying to me since I stepped on this damn plane! How could you?" her voice broke towards the end of her tirade and the glow around her hands paled.

"Skye it's not what you think" Ward didn't think he'd ever heard Coulson panic but he was now.

"Not what I think? Then what the fuck is it Phil or should I say Uncle Phil?" her rage was back with full force. As if from nowhere a bolt of blue lightening smashed into one of the adamantium tumblers on the bar with a thunderous crash. For a moment the whole room was silent, all eyes were on the tumbler as it shattered into a million pieces. Then all eyes were on Skye and they were afraid of her, adamantium was the strongest element on earth and Skye had just turned a tumbler made of it to dust.

"Skye we can talk about this but you really need to calm down before you hurt someone" Coulson was pleading with her now. "Skye we need to put you into the interrogation room while we figure out what's causing your...erm...outbursts" that was the wrong thing to say, he realised it as soon as the words left his mouth. Her gaze that had been fixed on the bar swung back to him, her usually warm chocolate brown eyes were now a hard, cold electric blue. "You. Are. Not. Locking. Me. Up." she emphasised every word her tone deadly.

"Sir, I really think you need to try not to upset her, her abilities seem to be connected to her emotions" Fitz chimed in nervously.

"Wait, What? You told me she was fine, that there was nothing wrong with her!" this time it was Ward that was pissed.

"Agent Coulson told us not to say anything until he was certain Simmons results were correct. We wanted to tell Skye but he said that we could end up putting her in danger" the young scientist stammered.

"What's wrong with me Fitz?!" She turned her cold blue stare to her friend. Her voice softened slightly.

"Well...well..."

"Spit it out Fitz!" Wards tone was as deadly as Skye's.

"She's a Hybrid" Fitz chocked out.

"I'm a what?!"

"A hybrid your father was obviously human but your mother not so much, we obviously are struggling to determine what your other half is but we ruled out the Azguardians and the Frost Giants"

"If that's true then why hasn't she displayed any erm...abilities before today?"

It was Coulson that answered this time "Her mother bound her abilities and her memories to keep her safe, the night they were murdered she knew they were coming for Skye. She hid her in a closet and compelled her to forget everything and stay silent. It was S.H.I.E.L.D that killed my brother and his wife but it was a corrupt faction of S.H.I.E.L.D they wanted to recreate an army of super soldiers like Steve Rogers but all attempts had failed. When they learned of a race of aliens called World Builders they became obsessed the council thought they were mad to believe what was obviously nothing more than a myth and disowned them. As it turns out the myth proved to be more than just a legend, it is believed that the World Builders were a very advanced race, the first life in the universe in fact. They could control and manipulate genetic code and it's thought that they kick-started the life cycle on many of the 12 planets. They loved to experiment with their creations but one day this went terribly wrong when they created a species so vile and vicious that it wiped all but a few of them out and took over their planet. Those that escaped found refuge on other planets, your mother came here. Like Azguadians their lifespan is considerably longer than ours. So long as your mother moved around she was safe, she went undetected for a few millennia. That was until she met your father, they fell in love. She knew it was a risk especially since my brother was one of S.H.I.E.L.D's best biologists but just like her daughter she saw the best in people. She chose to believe that even if she was found out that humanity would be kind to her sadly she was very wrong. I tried to warn them but it was too late when I got to the house they were dead. I found you curled up in the bedroom closet, I wanted to care for you myself but they would know what you were you'd never have been safe. When your mother bound your alien side she gave you the best chance of survival she could, I had to honour that. So I asked a trusted colleague to drop you off at St Agnes that way you wouldn't be linked back to me or your parents. I had to forget you existed, If I contacted you then your cover would have been blown." The older agent wiped away the solitary tear that had escaped his too bright eyes.

Skye had listened intently throughout Coulson's speech her anger fading with every passing moment, as she took in her parents last moments.

"So you think that when Skye read the file on her parents it triggered her memories and thereby her abilities?" reasoned Fitz.

"Yes I think that's what happened; I also think that's what the sender wanted"

"Who sent you the file Skye?" Ward asked her gently.

"Miles" she said without thinking, before kicking herself mentally she wasn't supposed to let that slip.

"I thought you weren't in contact with him anymore" Grant desperately tried to reign in his jealousy and temper.

"I'm not I haven't spoken to him since we left him in Hong Kong, he said he'd been passed the unredacted file by an old friend of my dad's" she left out the part about meeting him Austen. She felt a sharp pang of guilt but if she wanted to find out what this guy knew she couldn't mention the meeting place. She formed a cunning little plan in her mind. There was no way they would let her go off to Texas on her own especially now. They'd just threatened to lock her in the interrogation room for god's sake but she could get them to fly their unknowingly. All she had to do was twist the truth a little; she wasn't going to feel bad about it either. They'd all been lying to her well apart from Grant, he'd be pissed with her but if anyone could understand her needing to know the truth it should be him.

"He also said he'd managed to get the tracker off, he's back in Austen and he just wants to help me."

"He got the tracker off?" Fitz was obviously impressed. Ward glared at him and he backtracked "Oh well I'm sure he had help, it's not that impressive"

"Fitz tell May to set a course for Austen, Texas I think it's time we payed Mr Lydon a visit"

When it was obvious that Skye had managed to calm herself and her eyes were almost back to their usual colour. He walked up to her hugging her from behind and whispered in her ear "I Love You, I'm here whatever you need. I don't care what you are we'll get through this OK?" she was crying. She didn't even attempt to hide it this time, her whole body shook not with anger but with grief. Grief for two people she would never know and could not really remember. His heart cracked wide for the first time since he'd known her, here was a problem he could not fix whatever her did. He could kill Hyde, The Rat and all those responsible for her parent's murders but it still wouldn't bring them back she would still have to feel this sadness. He wished he could take it away but he knew the pain of losing someone close to you, the agony of realising that they are gone and that they won't come back. When her knee's gave way he sank to the floor with her, holding her tightly as she cried. Coulson left them alone sensing that it was Ward that she needed right now, it was only him that could reach her.

"Fitz get Simmons and see if you can do a background check on Miles Lydon, we need to know who passed him that file" he shot at Fitz as he passed him on his way to speak to May.

"Right away sir, do you think she'll be OK sir?"

"We need to give her time Fitz, I lied to her to keep her safe but it doesn't make it any easier to hear" Fitz nodded he understood. "The best thing we can do now is make it worth it, we have to help her" with that he retreated into the cockpit to talk to talk to May.

He sat in the co-pilots chair and sighed heavily and waited for the "I told you so".

"I take it from all the shouting and commotion that she knows" as always Mays tone gave nothing away.

"Yes"

"She didn't take it well?"

"It could have gone better"

"Do we need to lock her up" business like as ever

"Right Now that would be a very bad idea she shattered one of my admantium glasses, imagine what she could do to one of us if we tried to force her into that room"

May raised her eyebrows "So she's powerful then, do I need to remind you that we are in a metal plane?"

"No, I know she's dangerous but she's more dangerous when she's angry or backed into a corner. Ward's with her she won't hurt him"

"Can we take that risk? This morning she was a normal girl, now she's an alien hybrid that can mutate DNA and shatter adamantium. She obviously can't control these abilities and who knows what else she could be capable of?"

"Then we watch her closely and we sedate her if we have to"

May sighed she didn't like this, she felt sorry for the girl but while her abilities were ruled by her emotions she was a danger to them all. She also knew that the sedating would likely fall to her there was no way the others would be able to do it. Damn it she told him this would end in tears but looking at him now she couldn't bring herself to give him the dressing down he deserved. Lies lead to nothing but pain some secrets had to be kept yes but never from family.