Matter of Importance

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Skye groaned as she looked at the ceiling of her room, the sounds from the next room were annoying her for the thousandth time. Beating her hand against the wall did nothing so she pushed back the covers and slowly sat up, mindful of her bandages. Grabbing her phone near the bed, she slipped her feet into her shoes and grabbed a jacket before making her way out of the room. The hallway was empty as she made her way to the room at the end of the hall.

Without even knocking she opened the door and slipped inside, not surprised to see the ex-specialist reading a book as he sat on the bed. He glanced up at her and put the book aside as he met her brown eyes. "Hunter?"

"Yeah, you'd think he'd be considerate considering Simmons released me today." She made her way over to the bed and sat down slowly after peeling the covers back, careful not to aggravate her stitches or bandaging. Slipping off her shoes she curled up under the covers beside her former SO.

Ward reached out and placed a hand on her head, brushing back her hair. "Get some rest, I'll have a conversation with him tomorrow about ceasing his activities till you're recovered."

"Won't help but feel free to try." She buried her head into the pillow, "you know despite the infection and healing to my intestines, my father could have gone a bit further and healed the hole and muscle."

"I don't want you anywhere near him Skye." Ward looked down at her and met her eyes. "He makes Garrett look innocent and me look perfect, he's lethal more so than Holmes. He destroyed a whole village to find you, I won't let him lay a hand on you ever again."

Reaching over she grasped his hand and closed her eyes. "Not your call."

Without a word he leaned down and kissed her head, pushing her hair back behind her ear. "It should be." Gazing at her he let a soft smile go, "get some sleep mia bella."

"Mia bella?" Skye questioned in a whisper as he continued to comb her hair back. "What does it mean?"

"My beautiful one and you are beautiful. The most beautiful sight in the universe if my opinion counts at all."

"It does." She buried her head into the pillow and Ward moved back to where he'd been sitting, turning out the lamp as he did so to allow her to fall asleep.

The cell was all too familiar, similar to Ward's but more security surrounded it. Skye stepped down the stairs till she arrived at the barrier where her father stood, he raised his eyes to look at her.

"Why are you here Pacifist?"

Skye shrugged, "you call me that but I don't have any idea what it means. Tell me about my parents, about my planet and my race. I want to know where I come from and how I ended up here on this planet."

The man sneered, "I have nothing to say to you."

"Look, I get it." She walked a few feet, "I'm not what you expected but I can't say I'm surprised. I mean, it's not like I expected to meet expectations when I met my parents. I've broken laws, done some really, really stupid things." Skye nodded as she made a face, "probably more than any parent wants to hear really." Pausing she looked at him, "and I fell in love with a serial killer. Trust me, I never expected any of your expectations to be met."

"Serial killer? The human you have chosen as your mate has murdered? How many?" He took a few steps forward as if interested.

Skye shrugged, "honestly, I don't know but probably more than you or I could count. It's not something we really talk about. He's trying to be good now, be better for me."

"You cannot stand by while innocents are harmed yet you mate yourself to a human who takes innocent lives. That is not the Pacifist way but instead the Horde way." He smirked, "we mate ourselves to those who have a thirst for blood and death. Perhaps I was wrong about you."

"Why did you call me Pacifist to begin with? What made you think I was?"

He paced slightly, "I attempted to speed up your awakening but your body rejected the advancement." He paused and turned to her. "It is close enough that the awakening could be triggered during a healing session. It is curious that yours did not trigger though."

"Skye!" Skye turned to see Ward at the top of the stairs, he moved down as Skye made her way over to him. "I told you I didn't want you anywhere near him."

"How did you get past security, your bracelet should have stopped you."

He put a hand on her arm, "May granted me access to come get you." Ward looked over at the man in the cage before looking down at Skye, his eyes softening. "No one could find you so May decided to activate your tracker, why are you here?"

"Answers." Skye sighed, "look, no one else can give me the answers I need. I know you're worried but you know how strong these barriers are." Putting her hands on his arms she smiled up at him. "Five minutes more than I'll leave."

"Five minutes, no more or I carry you out." A quick glance at the prisoner and Ward left up the stairs, the door shutting behind him.

Skye shrugged as she turned to her father, "don't mind him, he's a bit protective of me."

"So he is the killer you have mated yourself with?" The man smirked, "he does not seem the killer you state he is."

"Yeah, well, appearances can be deceiving because he's about as lethal as they come. Put me in danger and that multiples ten times over. Now, tell me about my mother."

The sound of arguing made Hunter and May look up from where they sat discussing the current expansion plans of teams. They were met by Skye and Ward entering the lounge, arguing as they made their way across the room to the small personal kitchen that was installed.

"…he can't hurt me."

Ward followed her, "I'm not worried about the physical but the mental trauma he could cause Skye. Speaking as someone skilled in manipulation, I know he could manipulate you till you work things to his advantage."

"Yeah, speaking from experience." Skye whipped around at him. "I defended you in that room but obviously you two are like two peas in a pod. If you're so worried that he'll hurt me than break into his cell, kill him while he sleeps so that the threat is eliminated." She shook her head, "that's what you're good at, eliminating threats."

"That's not fair and you know it."

She snorted, "do I? Obviously I don't know you because every time I take three steps out of your viewing range I am supposively in danger and Grant Ward, on his high horse, has to save the day! Well guess what, I'm not a rookie hacker anymore and I can defend myself thank you." Grabbing a water from the fridge, she shook her head. "Just stay out of my way."

She stormed from the room and Ward stared at the door, a look of shock on his face. May stood and crossed the room to the ex-specialist. "What did you say to her?"

"Nothing." The woman gave him a pointed look and the man sighed, "I told her it wasn't a good idea that she go back down there."

"While I agree with you, telling Skye not to do something usually leads to a confrontation like this. It's happened a lot since everything went down, she's loyal to a fault but it doesn't mean she's lost her rebelliousness."

Ward folded his arms, "I'm beginning to figure that out."

"You are a bit overprotective." The comment was casually thrown out as May headed back over to where Hunter was sending. "If you want to get on her good side, try brownies."

The ex-specialist gave a look, "brownies? She eats horribly already, giving her brownies is a disaster in the making."

May shrugged, "I never said it was a good idea."

"I'll check with Simmons to see if she can have any." He spoke under his breath and started towards the hall that lead to the Infirmary. "Where the hell do you get brownies anyways?"

A/N: Decided to do an argument between Ward and Skye instead of introducing a past character. That'll come next chapter I promise. I just feel like everything was going too well for there not to be a fight between them. There are probably going to always be fights and arguments between them so they aren't going to disappear.

Next...past character introduced

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