OK, here I am with yet another skoulson chapter. The story keeps growing and I cannot help my wild imagination! Thank you so much for liking and following my story. Bless you all the Skoulson shippers! Love ya all!

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SKYE.

Why can't I see her?

Where am I? I can't move.

SKYE!

"Sir, he is back." Simmons. He could hear Simmons voice. At least I am not strapped to a bed in a Hydra basement and have to open my eyes to find Grant Ward smirking at me.

"Phil, it's high time you wake up." This time it was Nick Fury. Coulson opened his eyes. Many familiar faces with worried looks plastered on them were bending down at his face. Simmons, Fitz, Fury, Tony Stark, May…Andrew.

Wait! Where is Skye?

"Where is Skye?" questioned Coulson, trying to get up.

"Ah…..Skye…yes, we need to talk about her…" It was the first time Coulson have ever seen Fury being at a loss for words.

"What do you mean? What is there to talk about? Where is Skye?" Time to hit the panic button.

Coulson pulled out the needle stuck in his left hand. It didn't hurt. His heart was racing. He thought he saw Skye, just before he was hit by some poisonous toxin. It was an illusion of the mind, that is what he thought. But he was not sure. He was hearing Skye's voice all this while.

"Skye is missing." A flat answer as such could only come from a cavalry.

Silence.

Hunter gulped. 'This is not good.'

"MISSING? SKYE? SKYE IS MISSING? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? AND IF IT MEANS WHAT IT MEANS WHAT THE FREAKING HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE WITHOUT TRYING TO FIND HER?"

Coulson's voice shook the building. Adrenaline was pumping through his veins, thousand miles per second. He shook with rage, disappointment, regret and ten thousand feelings he could not describe.

"The Avengers are looking for her." Fury, for the first time in million years sounded as if he is the one reporting the crisis not the other way around.

"Avengers?" Coulson barked. "What good did they do to her apart from dragging her around the world! If she was with me, if I had her by my side…none of this would happen."

"Skye rescued you from the toxin attack. I don't know how she did it but she just uprooted the whole piece of earth that you were lying unconscious on and flew it right back…and apparently right back to the SHIELD lab. Then someone grabbed her from behind and I passed out."

The eye witness was a very much patched up Tony Stark.

Coulson gritted his teeth. "It was your responsibility to keep her away from the danger. You were not supposed to be a natural jet to fly her around seeking adventure!"

"I would have, if she had not started crumbling the whole SHIELD premises down trying to digest the fact that you were throwing your precious second coming- life away to multi colored aliens." Tony Stark replied. He was not angry. But somebody needed to pull Coulson back to his senses. They needed him to use the Agent inside Coulson to do the field work. Coulson should think like an agent, not like a man whose heart is aching for the woman he loves.

"We have our best teams on the task, Coulson."

"No you don't. You still have me strapped on to this fucking bed." Coulson dragged himself out from the bed, dragging all the possible wires and tubes attached to his body.

Fury was wise enough not to stop Coulson.

"So, where are we with the investigation? Do you remember anything regarding Skye's disappearance?" Coulson questioned Tony Stark. "FitzSimmons, I need you to find out if there is any satellite footage of the place that we were battling that awful alienship."

"Yes, Sir."

"I….I don't remember much. I saw you fell and then the toxin hit me. I saw Skye saving you and then…. There were some thing…. Some people who were wearing masks….."

"Masks?"

"Yes, they were ready for the toxin attack as if….as if… they knew there would be an alien toxic attack….how is that possible? I thought we were dealing with aliens." Stark scratched his head.

"Did the aliens fought these men in masks?"

"Yes, they did. But there was this ruthless person who just kept hitting the aliens hard as if he did not care if he lives or dies"

Coulson banged on the table. DAMN, THAT'S IT.

"WARD! The one who took Skye was Ward."

"How do you say so?" Agent May questions. She looked devastatingly calm.

"If there is anybody who can double cross a lethal alien, Ward is our only man. And he tries to protect Skye in his own God awful twisted way." Coulson said bitterly.

"But why would he take Skye?" Hunter gulps. He would have preferred aliens abducting Skye to Ward having Skye under his wing.

"That is what Avengers are going to find out. Until they shed some light on this, we will focus on Ward. I need every possible and impossible detail on Wards whereabouts. We need to guess where Ward would take Skye. God knows what he is planning to do to her." Coulson shuddered. From the moment Ward realized that Skye was a gifted, he has been extra interested in her. He even dared to contact me on her rare abilities. I told him, that he is not going to have her until me and she are both dead.

And I am going to keep that promise or I will die trying.

Coulson was mad. It was more than three hours since they tried to locate either Ward or Skye but everything led to dead ends. Right now, the only thing that was available to feel the wrath of the Director of SHIELD was a piece of alien shit. It was captured by the Avengers and now was at a secured SHIELD facility. The Alien kept puffing a green smoke from its nostrils. Fitz and Simmons were still trying to figure out which gas would keep it alive enough to find out any intel.

"What do you mean when you say you invaded us for The Queen?" Coulson asked for the hundredth time and the response was a display of a yellow crooked alien teeth.

"We come for The Queen. She is The Queen. OUR QUEEN!"

It sounded almost like one good piece of political propaganda.

"Who is your Queen?"

"Huh, you unworthy slime ball. You don't even deserve to know her let alone….."

"Let alone what? DO I KNOW HER?"

"Son of Coul" The disruption came in the guise of Lady Sif.

"Lady Sif!" the alien called in surprise.

"Bluemoon! What the hell is this, Son of Coul? What is happening?"

"Do you know this creature?" Coulson asked.

"For the sake of Almighty Lord, he is not a creature! He is the Bluemoon of the Diamond Kingdom! He is a universally renowned adviser!"

"Then maybe WE are NOT a part of this freaking universe. Skye is missing because of this scumbag. They invaded earth looking for some psycho queen and now MY LIFE is missing!"

Keep it together Coulson, you gotta keep it together, Hunter prayed.

"WHAT? The peacefull dwellers of the Diamond Kingdom, attacked Mother Earth? That is impossible! And Bluemoon, what is the meaning of this?" Lady Sif was apparently very much disturbed by the fact that the innocent poodles from the Granite Land were cold blooded murderers.

"We are sorry, Lady Sif. We couldn't help. The Queen's life is in peril, and we need to take her to a safe place. But the man who was supposed to help turned against us and we don't know where she is. Then there was this weird meta humans who tried to crush us with every possible fighting method."

Now who sound more complaining, me or the alien? What was his name again? Bluemoon? That sure is very rare!

"You INVADED us! You crossed our Earth Sphere without authority!" Coulson didn't know why he sounded as if he was in kinder grant, explaining to his teacher why he forgot to bring his homework book.

"But the man said he cleared authority. He said everything was fine."

"Who is this fake agent that you are speaking of? Was his name Grant Ward by any chance?" Coulson questioned.

"Yes, his name was The Ward. Why did he do that? We meant no harm."

"Oh don't take it personally. If there is anything Ward does best that would be betraying. He has a PhD in How to Successfully Become a Traitor. You my fellow is not to be blamed" Coulson couldn't help his sarcasm.

"But none of this explains Skye's disappearance!" Simmons said looking desperate.

"We need to find The Queen! We call her the Tear Drop of love and compassion. Her life is in great danger. Her life was always in peril, even before she was born. So we planted her seed inside a female human body. We thought she would get a happy family until she become of age. But it seems she never lead a happy life here." Bluemoon guy kept talking.

"I do not care about this Queen that you are talking about. All I am caring about right now is SKYE!" Coulson was feeling restless.

"Why would you worry about a mundane girl? You need to focus on The Queen." Bluemoon protested.

"Wait, wait. So where were you suppose to meet Ward and what did he promise you?" Agent May, asking the right question at the right time.

"The Ward was meeting us where you fought us and he was bringing The Queen to us."

"Did you say how important this woman is to you?"

"No, we just told him that we needed to do some experiments on a particular gifted woman and we will release her as soon as we get the necessary blood samples."

"Did you say gifted?"

"Yes, our Queen is gifted. She is the precious Drop of Water in the Diamond Kingdom. She is the Bringer of Storms and the Mover of Mountains. The one to whom all the planets answer."

"Wait? What did you say? The Mover of the ….."

N0! NO! NO! NO!

Coulson felt as if he just gulped a chunk of magnet. His heart began to feel a whole new level of pain. His mind was on fire but his body was frozen. He could hear his heart beating furiously against his ears.

"Do you mean that Skye is your Queen?" Fury looked amazed. It takes high level of shock to surprise Fury.

"What? Our Queen is your Skye? Then it is worst. Maybe this treacherous Ward has figured out that she was more precious than we told him. NO! It could be the Soul Stealers have found out that our Queen lives!"

Coulson could not stand straight anymore. The shock and the pressure was too much. His heart was disastrously in pain. He was too weak to bare all these pains.

"What do you mean by Soul Stealers?" Hunter hated the very word.

"They invaded our land and NOW rule it. They steal souls of all creatures. Their King, The Master of Darkness took over the Diamond Kingdom hundred years ago. Of all the lands he conquered, ours was his favorite. He wanted to make it his home. He was happy…until…"

"Until what?" Lady Sif was getting nervous.

"Until came a prophecy… that one day The Queen to whom all the Planets Answer, will defeat the Master of Darkness and bring prosperity to the Diamond Kingdom. This made the Master angry and restless. He was trying to change his fate since then. He massacred our princesses and killed all royal children. But he did not know our then King, had a younger daughter in exile because of a peculiar pregnancy that she herself wasn't aware of. When the Master of Darkness got this news, he sent his cruelest Soul Eaters after the princess. She sought help from me. She wanted to save her child. So I took her seed and flew all the way to earth and planted it in a woman's womb. The Soul Eaters took the Princess to the Master of Darkness. She died a brave death. Master never knew about the seed."

A deafening silence fell inside the room.

If Coulson could faint, he would have.

Suddenly, something vibrated in his jacket pocket.

The miniature model!

She is sending a signal. Coulson could have gone crazy. He jumped up.

"Fitz, the satellite. She is sending a signal." Coulson cried, waving the miniature model above his head. One would have thought he was insane.

"On it." Fitz was attacking the screen furiously. "Aaaaaaaaaand Got her!"

"Everyone on board! Call the Avengers. Lady Sif, I need you to secure Bluemoon. He is not in a condition to go for another battle. Simmons, bring me my Alien-Kaboom gun. Ward needs to get a good taste of it."

The next minute or two went by as everyone rushing everywhere, getting themselves armed and planning an evacuation from God knows where. Agent May was flying the Bus as if it is her last ride.

"What is that place?" Coulson asks Fitz staring at the place where the signal is coming from.

"I don't know. Maybe an old secret Hydra facility? But Director, what if this is a trap? You know Ward….I don't wanna talk about Ward." Fitz sounded bitter.

"I know Fitz, this might be a huge trap but what can I do? I need to find her."

"I know you do, Director. We all need to find her."

Coulson slumped on a seat. Hunter came and sat by the Director.

"Hey…" Hunter gulped.

"Yes Hunter, What do you want?"

"I know this is hard. But you need to keep yourself together Director. You are her only hope. I know the Avengers are there and everything but you have a connection to her. You know her every move. So we need you focused."

"Hunter, you know me. I always do my best and give my best. I know I am too emotional in this case…..but nobody can dare to take me off the case."

"I know Sir. I am just worried about you."

"I knew I could trust you against all odds. You can be the mercenary you pretend to be, but I see the loyal man behind your eyes. You are what I wanted and thought Ward to be."

"I am sorry."

"Don't be. Let's just find our Queen."

"Yeah! You are in love with a Queen. What could be more challening than that?"

"Shut it, Hunter."

Hunter chuckled in silence.

"Phil, we are almost there. The Avengers are closing in as well. What do we do? Do we attack in open or…." Was the voice of Agent May via the intercom.

"No, we do as we plan. We go invisible mode. We get into the building and then… Let's just get to the building first. Plans make things too complicated." Coulson answered.

It took them another fifteen minutes to enter the building and for the misery of everybody, the building was in dead silence.

The two teams divided into small groups. Coulson, Hunter and Fitz were one group.

They were walking in the basement when Coulson saw a small glint coming out of nowhere. There was only a wall but for a fraction of a second he thought he saw something glittering. He held his hand and asked Hunter and Fitz to be silent. He walked towards the wall but there was nothing. No traps or hidden bricks. But Coulson was dead sure that he saw something. He raised his Alien-killing gun.

"Are you gonna shoot? It will sure be heard." Hunter asked skeptically.

"I have a hunch, Hunter and my hunches are usually correct." Coulson shot the wall and for the surprise of all, there stood a whole new part of a building, a darker room and inside there was something.

Something. A large box. A glass container. It was filled with water or some kind of a liquid.

Coulson walked towards the container.

There was something in the container.

It was floating and hundreds of tubes attached.

It was not a something…it was a someone.

"SKYE! NO! SKYE!"

The piercing lamentation that escaped from Coulson reverberated throughout the building. Hunter stayed rooted to the spot. Fitz did not move either. His teeth were clattering. Coulson had turned white as a chalk. His gun was on the floor. His eyes were blinded by the visible terror.

"Well, hello Coulson. Finally to join the party." The hellish voice of Grant Ward came out of the darkness ad next thing he knew was Coulson pinning him on the nearest wall with a gun to his head.

"How emotional!" he smirked.

"God forbid me, I will shoot your brain into hundred tiny pieces!"

"Clam down, Coulson! Don't be a child. She is not dead. You know that I have feelings for her."

"You fucking basterd. Don't you dare tell her name. Don't you DARE!"

"Alright, alright. But you see…All I am trying to do here is, saving Skye!"

"Yeah, trying to save Skye like you tried to save me and Simmons by throwing us into the ocean!" A very angry Fitz said, picking up Coulson's alien gun.

"If you kill me, Fitz you will never fix Skye. She will die and it will be on you."

"What have you done to her?" Coulson questioned. He did not dare to look at Skye's unconscious body.

"The aliens are trying to take her away, Coulson. They are experimenting on her. I am trying to squeeze her Quakiness out from her body so that the aliens will not take her you want the aliens to take her away from you? From us?"

A good question. Coulson could not answer.

"It is not up to you to decide, Ward. And you cannot take out what is inborn."

"If that is the case, I have my second plan." Ward sneered.

"And what would that be?"

"There is a price on Skye's head. A mine of Diamonds from a fellow called the Master of Darkness."

"You son of a bitch!" Coulson kicked Ward and few things happened at the same time.

The Avengers hit the floor in style.

Rest of the SHIELD appeared from nowhere.

Simmons was right at Skye's container and was furiously figuring out which valve does what.

From somewhere came the Hydra soldiers, who were complied and in a second, bullets were flying everywhere.

"The Queen!" Somebody screamed. Nobody had to turn their eyes to figure out that it was Bluemoon. Lady Sif was helplessly escorting him. A rule breaking alien was the last thing Coulson needed.

Suddenly everything went black.

All the emotions that Coulson was feeling seemed to fade away. Nothing mattered anymore. Emptiness crept inside his mind.

Coulson could see someone standing tall among everybody. He was about seven feet tall and was like a shadow, a darkness, a smoke. He was walking towards the glass container where Skye floated unconscious.

The Master of Darkness!

Noooooo! Coulson tried to move in vain. He cannot let that monster take Skye from him. Coulson tried to move again.

The glass container shattered into pieces. Coulson tried to move and this time he could move his finger which was not enough.

The Master of Darkness held Skye with one hand to her throat.

Coulson moved a step closer. The monster was not aware of Coulson's movement.

The monster laughed in a high pitched voice.

Coulson looked for his gun. It was too far away. The creature would sure to sense him even if he think of moving closer to the gun. Coulson tried to think. The only thing that he was close to is the monster itself.

Skye started to shudder. Her eyes were suddenly wide open. They fell on Coulson. She screamed and from her mouth came a silver colour smoke.

The Monster was consuming her Soul.

Coulson could not watch anymore, so he jumped in between the Master of Darkness and the woman he loved.

If he cannot save her, he will die trying.

The red, evil eyes of the Master fell upon Coulson. His eyes showed anger, terror and hatred all in cohesion. For a second, the monster tried crushing Coulson from within but he failed.

The monster screeched in frustration and for Coulson's surprise the Master of Darkness released Skye. Coulsons hand automatically reached to grab Skye and as soon as he touched her, a blue aura started to shimmer from her body.

The monster veiled in pure wroth and agony. Coulson unconsciously pressed his free hand against the Monster and he felt his fingers burn through its skin. The Monster finally gave up, shrieking in pain and it disappeared into a black smoke.

Coulson collapsed on the floor with Skye in a tight embrace.

He did not care anymore.

He had his queen in his arms.