Chapter 3

"Skye." Ward soothes in his voice. She couldn't hear him. Ward tried to poor down the liquid into her throat, but Skye's head kept turning like a child refusing to drink milk. "Come on Skye, you need to drink." Ward held Skye close. He looked at the vile and knows what he has to do.

He drops the liquid in his mouth, and via mouth to mouth is able to get Skye to drink the liquid. Skye coughs a bit after drinking it, but almost instantly her breathing gets more natural. Grant feels his heart lift. At least now she seemed to be getting better, this was a good sign. Which meant the team now had a full week to rescue them. And Grant believed they could do it.

Ward rested himself against the wall so he could lean against it. Skye's breathing was more normal now, but her forehead felt hot. Ward brings a hand through her hair. "I should have been able to protect you." He clutches his left fist. "I should have…." Ward lays back on the wall, knowing this was all his fault.

After forty minutes or so someone brought food in, but Ward wasn't all that hungry. What he was grateful for though was the water brought along with the food. He rips the edge of his sleeve and dips it in the water; bring the cool cloth against Skye's forehead. Skye's eyes flicker with the contact.

"ward…" her voice was grim and barely audible. She coughs again, this time able to move to the side by herself.

"Skye are you okay?"

Her mouth opened, lips chapped and skin sticky from the sweat. "water" she tries to say, but Ward wasn't sure he heard her right. He grabs the water anyway and gives it to her. She gulps it down, but a few seconds after coughs again, some of the water she drank coming out. Ward rubs her side.

"Sorry." She says a little more clearly now.

Ward tried his best not to frown in concern. "Oh no Skye this is my fault, I shouldn't have let you come out on a mission. It's only been two months since you've been shot."

Skye tried to move her arm up, to touch Ward's face, but her muscles ached and her skin was dry and hard to move. "It's okay Ward, I feel perfectly fine." She tried to smile, but even that's a challenge.

"That bullet the guy shot at you had poison on it; I gave you the antidote, so you should be fine now." Ward didn't mention the fact that there wasn't enough of the antidote, and she'd be even worse in a week. "I'm sorry Skye; I wasn't able to protect you like I promised."

"Ward this isn't your fault!" Her voice using more power now. "I'm just not strong enough, I should be stronger. Maybe than I wouldn't have been shot."

Ward frown grows. "Skye that's not true. I should have gone first, been able to protect you." Skye almost laughed.

"Well if you were shot we'd be dead by now." Skye joked. "I don't think I could carry you."

Ward cracks a smile, but it turns into a frown as soon as he hears Skye enter another coughing fit. This one lasting longer, and the blood coming back. All Ward can do is hold her side as she continues to cough. After the first few minutes Ward gets worried. "It's okay." He repeats to her, but really he was saying it to himself. "You're alright." Skye keeps coughing and then after another few minutes she stops. The amount of blood she coughed up concerned Ward. Ward feels Skye's pulse, it was weak and he knew that the cure wasn't working as well as it could have.

Skye's eyes fluttered closed again. "Skye?" Ward tried to get her attention. "Skye!?"

"Uhm" She mumbles in a small voice. Ward didn't like the sound of that.

Ward takes off his jacket and lays Skye's head on it to replace his knees. He goes to bang on the door to get someone's attention. "Hey!" He shouted outside. "My teammate needs medical assistance!" He bangs and kicks, and after a few minutes someone finally shows up. He was a younger looking guard, who opens the door very stupidly.

"What!" He said with annoyance. "You better stay quiet or I'm willing to shoot you." He pointed the gun at Ward.

"We need a doctor." He argued. "Skye is coughing up lots of blood."

The guard gives Ward the stare down. "Please!" Ward begs. The guard looks at the girl.

"Sorry not my concern." The guard turns around to leave, but Ward kicks him in the spine knocking him out by banging his head on the wall. Ward takes his gun and grabs Skye. Getting her on his back so he could piggy back her, Ward attempts his escape. He had no idea where he was, but he knew he needed to get out and fast. Skye needed help, and the people here didn't look like the type to give anything for free.

Ward carries Skye around trying to find a place to escape. He spots a window. Looking out he sees there about the second floor up, and jumping down might cause a broken leg. He wouldn't be able to escape with a broken bone. Ward looks for another exit. To his luck he comes across some stairs, and at the end of them the entrance to the front room, with a door leading outside.

Ward thought it was odd all the security that was missing here. But he went ahead anyway, opening the front door and hoping for an escape route. Ward opens the door to find the grey haired man Housewire. "Did you really think it'd be that easy for you to leave?"

"Yes, yes he did." A familiar voice said from behind Housewire. Ward watches as Coulson shoots Housewire with an ICER. He falls.

"How….?" Ward began.

"Skye had a tracker on her before she even left for the mission. She said 'just in case' if I believe." Ward takes a deep long breath in relief. But remembers Skye on his back.

"Sir, Skye needs Simmons now." Coulson nodded to Ward statement.

"Right, the plane's just over there."

Ward follows Coulson as they race over to where the plane is. Ward runs straight into the lab of the bus, handing off Skye to Coulson who carries her into the lab. Simmons rushes over. "She got shot with some type of poison on her left shoulder. She has a high fever and has been sweating and keeps coughing up blood." Ward spoke fast, hoping that Simmons can figure something out.

"I'll look at her right away Ward." Ward watches as Coulson places Skye on the table, and Simmons begins checking her over. Ward collapses on his knees, the pressure of all this getting to him. He falls unconscious.

Next chapter is the last one, hope you guys enjoyed the story so far. REVIEW and maybe I'll make the next chapter longer (since it's kind of short)