Codename: Battleship

Spoilers: AU but can consider all Season One episodes. Read Battleship: SHIELD to understand or you WILL BE LOST.

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Ward woke when something poked his eye, opening them he found the girl they had rescued the day before standing beside him with a curious expression. Sitting up, his immediate concern was Skye and he didn't see her anywhere in the hotel room. He quickly looked around and found a note on the side table stating she was going to the store for some immediate necessary items for their young rescued companion.

Sighing, he turned to see the girl looking at him as if he was a fascinating subject. It made him nervous as he hadn't interacted with kids since becoming a specialist under Garrett and before that it had been limited contact due to the torture he faced under his brother. He'd handled her with ease the day before because it had been instinct but without Skye he was clueless at what to do.

"I guess we should get you something to eat." He grabbed the menu that had been included in the room service folder and sat down on the couch, the girl sat beside him. Realizing she might want to choose something herself for once he showed her the pictures, making her look at him. "It's food that you eat." He made a motion with his hand to his mouth and instantly the girl looked back at the menu. She pointed to Thai waffles, its name he couldn't pronounce but figured it was probably safe since Skye had enjoyed them their first day. "We'll get some for Skye too since she likes them."

By the time Skye arrived back, Ward was attempting to teach the girl how to use a fork on her cut up waffles. She didn't understand the utensil and insisted on using her hands but he still tried to teach her.

"Stab it," he put the fork in one of the pieces and held it up to her mouth. "Then you eat it, it's easy to do I swear."

"I'm back," Skye entered the room with three bags in her hands and paused at seeing the two at the table in the room. "Breakfast?"

He nodded and sighed, "attempts at teaching the use of a fork is the first mission I've failed at, she won't use it."

Skye walked over and sat down beside them both, watching as the girl ate the dry waffle with her fingers. She looked at Skye and gave a small smile, reaching over Skye picked up the fork and held it up to the girl. "Go ahead and try, go on." She nodded and the girl took it, doing what Ward had demonstrated earlier. "See it's not that hard, good job."

Ward just shook his head, "how'd you do it? I've tried for half an hour…"

"You can't force someone to do something Grant," Skye smiled at him. "I learned it at the orphanage, you show them and then encourage. I know encouragement is a foreign concept for a specialist but with kids it's a must." She stood and squeezed his shoulder, "don't worry, you'll get the hang of it one day."

He chuckled and went back to eating while watching her unload her bags, seeing a few items of clothing for a little girl as well as several kid-friendly hygiene products and a pack of something he thought possibly was underwear but looked like diapers.

Skye had just finished helping the girl get bathed when a knock was placed on the door. Ward went to open it since his fiancée was wrists deep in detangler and a comb, trying to tame unbrushed hair. He was impressed at her ability to work silently and gently despite it being at least ten minutes and he knew she spent maybe five on her own.

Opening the door he found Simmons and her small rolling pack, a smile on her face. "Director Hill flew me here as quickly as possible." She spoke only once the door was shut, looking over to see Skye working at the mass of hair on a small head. "Hello, I'm Jemma…what's your name?"

The girl merely looked at Ward and he gave a small nod, "she's a friend." He looked at Simmons afterwards. "She doesn't speak any English and hasn't said a word since we found her."

Simmons bent down beside the bed and smiled, "well you look very beautiful, did Skye buy you those clothes because I adore your dress?"

"I think that's it." Skye looked up as she put down the detangler and started combing the locks on the girl's head. "She doesn't have a name and we don't know what to call her since she technically is an 0-8-4…"

"She can't just have a designation, she's a little girl." Simmons smiled at her and received a smile in return. "No, you absolutely need a name and I'm sure we'll find the right one for you in time."

Skye looked at the girl and smiled at her, instantly she turned in Skye's arms and wrapped herself around the young agent. Head on her shoulder, the girl looked straight at Simmons without anything but a smile. "Sorry, she's a little attached but apparently she's eager to be a mini agent, almost took out Grant's eye this morning."

"Well hopefully we don't have to remove any eyes," Simmons turned to her case and removed a scanner. "Dr. Banner helped me design a scanner on short notice so we don't have to use any needles. This will scan her down to the microscopic level and also acts an x-ray and MRI as well."

Turning the girl in her arms, Skye looked down at her and watched as the girl examined Simmons' new gadget in curiosity. "May I?" Skye held out her and Simmons handed the device over. Looking down at the girl, Skye proceeded to run the device over her own arm and then show the child the image on the screen. "We're going to see you like you see me." She pointed to the girl then the device, watching as huge brown eyes just stared at her. "It's okay Jemma, you can go ahead."

Simmons smiled and took the device back, fiddling with it to reset and looked at both girls. "I need her to sit alone so I can properly scan her, if you're holding her it could be more problematic to tell where one 0-8-4 ends and the other begins."

"We can do that." Skye lifted the child off of her lap and sat her on the bed, sitting a few feet away while Simmons examined her.

Scans were done and results analyzed via consultation with Banner and Thor over com chat. Needless to say the corpses had been removed during the night with stealth and we already being examined, however Thor immediately recognized the species of alien: Kree. He went on to say that while different from humans in many aspects, their common similarities made it easy for the cross-breeding of a Kree-human offspring. His statement that the girl probably displayed more human traits than Kree was due to the fact that Kree were known to be selective in their breeding, cutting down their genetics to a select pool versus the human genetic pool being vast.

Skye looked over from where she sat with Simmons speaking to her 'cousin' to see Ward drawing with the girl. He spoke to her gently and drew pictures that she seemed interested in, copying them with her own crayon. A smile spread on her face at his attempts despite knowing he hadn't been around kids often and they were a foreign subject with unknown variables, the last thing in the world he liked. He'd shown grief when their son had perished due to Garrett but she suspected he saw their son as an unknown variable he could learn to love instead of a foreign half-alien child that he had no idea what to do with.

After their small tele-conference, the three started preparing to leave for the Helicarrier, Simmons assisting in cleaning while Skye helped get their small charge ready. A small bag of crayons and paper along with bottles of juice and Skye's tablet that Simmons had brought, the girl was set to go for their plane ride.

Ward carried her through the hotel, her hold on him tight as if she'd die if she let go. Simmons insisted she go get their car to stay out of sight while Skye and Ward checked out. The woman at the desk smiled at them.

"You came to adopt?"

Skye smiled and nodded as it was a good cover they hadn't thought of. "Yeah, we came not knowing what to expect and got a little piece of heaven."

The woman asked something in Thai and the girl responded in a gentle voice, both Ward and Skye sharing a look as they didn't know what the girl was saying. The woman eventually smiled and reached over, patting the girl's hand.

"She's very lucky you saved her from a bad life and you are lucky to have her. Very lucky to have parents that love her very much."

Skye smiled at the woman, "can I ask what she said, our translator had to leave earlier."

"Of course, I asked how she likes her new parents and she told me you saved her from a bad life. She is happy to go with you and likes her new mother and father very much, that she always wanted a mother and father." The woman smiled and handed Ward the receipt for their stay, he shifted the girl in his arms. "What is her new American name?"

Not knowing what to say or do, Skye blurted out the first name that had always intrigued her at the orphanage. Sister Maria always said it meant having a gentle nature and often gave it to the quietest infant girls. "Naomi, her name is Naomi."

A/N: She has a name and we know she's a fourth-Kree, what does the future hold for Naomi when she arrives at the Helicarrier?

Next we jump a few months ahead and find Skye preparing for her first solo mission despite reservations by the team.

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