Matter of Importance
Spoilers: Season 2 promo
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Melinda May was usually the one that held the team together and then after Coulson took over as Director of SHIELD, she managed the day to day. At that moment she was just as helpless as anyone else, Coulson was on the phone with every ally they had only to be turned down repeatedly. They all stated the monthly quota for supplies had been met and that antibiotics would be sent in the next shipment. The next shipment was a week out and they couldn't wait that long.
The low dose antibiotics that Skye was on was just barely keeping her infection back. Simmons feared that until they got the heavy doses that it would be life or death for the younger hacker. Any moment the antibiotics could stop working and the infection could spread. Coulson was going through everything they had, even two days later and there was no hope in sight. May found herself entertaining criminal activity for the first time in years.
The sound of footsteps alerted her and she turned her attention from her view of Skye talking to Ward. Coulson stepped up beside her, "nothing, no one is willing to help."
"Have you tried Stark?"
"Blacked out number, couldn't even get through if I wanted." Coulson folded his arms and looked through the window at Skye, she looked sicker than anyone would have thought she was by the way she was talking. "I'm going to do it, I'm going to make a deal with the devil."
That got the woman's attention and she turned, "you can't do that. You know what he wants and he's a threat to her safety, to her life."
"Not with Ward there." The director at her, "you and I both know if there is a threat to Skye in the room, he's on high alert and his attention is on the threat. The bastard won't be able to do anything other than heal Skye before we're dragging him back to his cell. He wants to see her, I'll let him see her if he heals her."
May shook her head slightly, "if it wasn't for our intervention last time, he would have gotten ahold of Skye. Now you're laying her before him, sick and unable to defend herself. He's a monster Phil, he makes Loki look like an angel and you want to put that psychopath in the room with Skye?"
"I don't want to Melinda but I have to."
The sound of the door shutting echoed as Coulson walked down the steps into the cell. The barrier held in a grotesque looking man. Covered head to toe in blood, his clothing covered as well as he sat on the partially bloodied bed. He rose as Coulson walked over to the barrier, smirking at him.
"Why do you come, I have nothing for you."
"Your daughter, she needs your help. She was injured and could die without medical help. Unfortunately we don't have the medical supplies she needs so she's on the verge." Coulson shrugged, "you said you wanted to see her and I'm offer that, if you heal her."
The man pointed to himself, "you let me see my daughter if I heal her, you have no other option available do you?"
"No and believe me, I wouldn't be here if I had another one. So do we have a deal?"
"Of course, what father could resist such an offer if it means seeing their beloved child again?" He smirked, "tell me, has she started to feel the pull of death? Has she started craving blood or is she still in her childhood?"
Coulson took a step forward, "what do you mean by childhood?"
"We are born to look as she does but then at the start of adolescence we begin to crave our true passions. I suspect she is on the verge of her awakening, that it will be only a matter of time before she begins to crave what is her birthright."
"Skye is nothing like that, she's good and has a pure heart." Coulson pulled an ICER from his side, "this is non-lethal and it is the only weapon she fires, refuses to take a life."
"Typical of children before the awakening, it draws back to our evolution as a single species before our kind split into two. One Pacifist as she is now and the other Horde, as she will be and as I am. When the awakening occurs, the Pacifist nature is stripped away for the thirst of blood and death." He paced slightly before pausing, "I know you are thinking to ask if she could be Pacifist but I assure you, all that runs in her veins is Horde blood. There is no Pacifist in the blood of myself or her mother. She will be like us one day and you will suffer at her hands, a victory it shall be for her."
Grant Ward looked up when the door to Skye's room opened and Coulson stepped in with a man in chains, covered in blood. Immediately the ex-specialist advanced on him till Coulson pushed him back.
"He's the only one capable of healing Skye at this point."
"It's him isn't it?" Ward looked at Coulson, "absolutely not!"
Skye moved slightly as she spoke, "Grant, come here."
He backed up and moved over to the weak hacker, placing a hand on her arm as he looked down at her. "Skye is this a bad idea, he makes Garrett look innocent."
"You're my father aren't you?"
The man smiled, "yes my daughter and it has been many years since I last saw your face. You were an infant at the time, just in need of your parents till pathetic humans stole you from us. Your mother died at the hands of these people, this SHIELD and now you lay injured because of them."
Skye shook her head, "no, you're wrong. I got injured because I chose to save someone's life."
"They are nothing, you should have never sacrificed yourself for them. They are beneath you and when you are better, we will ravage this world together."
"Skye…"
The man looked over at Ward, "stay out of this human. You have no right to even speak to her like she your equal, you are nothing to her expect a future hunt."
Skye looked at Coulson, "why did you bring him here?"
"He has the ability to heal wounds, we witnessed it with Raina and right now we can't get the supplies we need. This was our last resort, believe me when I say I tried everything else first."
"Stay back human." The man advanced on Skye and took her hand from Ward's. He watched her make a face as the sticky blood on his own hand touched hers. "In time my daughter you will learn to love the feel of blood and the smell of death. For now your childhood robs you of that but soon you will relish it."
"Get on with it." Coulson spoke and the man gripped Skye's hand hard, looking up at the ceiling as he chanted something foreign.
They watched as Skye groaned, arching back on the bed before falling back with her head to the side. Coulson practically ripped her father from her as codes sent Simmons in with equipment, the alarms monitoring Skye's heart started getting stronger before becoming steady. A quick piece of equipment ran over Skye and the doctor nodded.
"Foreign infection gone as well as her intestines being healed."
Skye opened her eyes and Ward immediately touched her head. "Skye?"
She smiled at him, "I think you're going to malfunction if you keep this up Robot."
"Oh Skye." He pulled her to him and she wrapped her arms around him. Pulling back he rubbed her bangs back with his thumbs, "don't ever step in front of a bullet for me again."
"Like you said, when you love someone nothing else matters, not even your life." She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck again.
"Get me away from her." They all turned to look at her father, "she is not my daughter."
Coulson looked at the man, "what do you mean she's not your daughter? Dr. Simmons can clearly state that genetically she is your daughter."
"She is everything I am not, my mortal enemy." He turned to look at Skye, "I do not know how you came to be but I vow that one day you will die Pacifist, you are now my enemy so count your days."
"Pacifist?" Skye looked confused.
The man sneered, "I say no more, ask your Asgardian allies for they sing the praises of the Pacifists."
"Take him back to his cell!" Coulson ordered the guards and they dragged the man from the room as Simmons started fusing over Skye.
Skye laid back down at the biochemist's request, "at least he's not trying to kidnap me. I can deal with someone trying to kill me."
"You're not leaving this bed until Simmons gives the all clear." Ward touched her head, combing back her hair as he did.
"Ward's right." Coulson folded his arms, "you'll be on light duty until further notice after you're released. That means bed rest and block restriction on your access."
The hacker sighed, "so between the warden and my bodyguard, I'm going to be stuck doing nothing for a while."
"Just be glad you're alive." Coulson shrugged, "I know I am. You're the only one capable of controlling Ward, he's too much a problem for me to deal with and May would just kill him. We need him alive so that means you being able to control him."
"I know right?" The hacker smiled, "he's useless without me."
Ward looked at them all, "I'm right here."
A/N: Sorry I took so long to update, I had an exam today and my computer has been wonky for a while. Well we've introduced my fictional races and Skye had been healed but it's not the last we see of her father.
Next...recovery and another lovely mix from the past, but who?
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