AN: Hey guys, so I know I said I'd try to update once a week, but I've got a couple of chapters done already and there've been so many follows and favourites that I couldn't help myself, I wanted to share this next chapter with you immediately! I hope you enjoy Chapter Two, Consequences.

May walked into the cell in the morning and found Skye and Ward curled up together on the cot. With a sigh she picked up Skye's shirt off the floor and passed it to her as she woke the young woman up.

"Why do I keep fining you like this?" May asked when Skye sat bolt upright.

"Come on, it was one other time" Skye protested as she pulled the shirt over her head.

"And this makes twice. Fool me once, Skye…"

"I know, I know!"

Grant chose that moment to wake up. "What do you know?" Then, he spotted May. "Oh."

Melinda jerked her head towards the door and Skye quickly got up and hurried out of the room.

An hour later, Coulson found Skye in her bunk. She knew he would eventually, but there really wasn't anywhere to run when they were at 30,000 feet, and she hadn't bothered trying to hide. She knew she'd have to face him eventually anyways.

"My office" he ordered before turning on his heel and walking away.

Like a criminal on her way to the gallows, Skye reluctantly followed him.

"May told you." Skye said as Coulson closed the office door. It wasn't a question.

"Of course she did. What were you thinking, Skye? Ward is dangerous! You violated protocol, put yourself in danger, you put this whole team in danger! What if Ward had used you to escape?"

"But he didn't! I knew he wouldn't! I watched the footage, I saw his eyes! That was genuine remorse I saw, Coulson."

"Of course it was. Because he's a Specialist, for god's sake! It's his job to make you believe anything he tells you. It's his job to make you trust him!"

"Well, then he should be fired from that job," Skye calmly replied, "because he failed to do it."

"Do what?"

"Make me trust him. Oh, I believe him, yeah. I'm trying to forgive him. But I only trust him as far as I can throw him, and we both know that wouldn't be very far."

"You fell asleep with him, Skye."

"Okay, I'll admit that was stupid. But I don't take back the rest of it."

"Dammit, Skye! You can't keep wearing those rose coloured glasses, especially where Ward is concerned! He betrayed you even more than the rest of us. You should be pissed!"

"I am! But I've made mistakes before too. That time I messed up with Miles, I knew what I was doing was wrong. And I was honest to god, truly sorry about it afterwards. Being on parole for months sucked, but it let me earn back your trust which was exactly what I needed. I think it's the same thing here. Yeah, Grant fucked up on a bigger scale than I did, and yeah, it had more severe repercussions. But it's the same situation. Give him consequences, of course! But you should also give him another chance. Sometimes, that's all someone needs to grow." Skye stood up and went around the desk to put a hand on Coulson's shoulder. "I know you'll do the right thing, AC. You always have for me." She gave his shoulder a light squeeze before leaving the office to go down to the training room. May had been teaching her some Tai Chi, and it seemed like a good idea at the moment. Unfortunately, she had to pass by the lab to get there.

Fitz and Simmons had clearly heard about that night's incident, because they ambushed her as soon as they laid eyes on her.

"Skye, what were you thinking?"

"Are you alright?"

"Seriously, what could have been going through your head?"

"Guys!" she interrupted, "Not a good time. I just finished dealing with Coulson, give a girl a break!" The pair of scientists started to protest, but Skye just pushed her way past them and locked the training room door behind her.

When she came out later, the bus was quiet. It took her nearly ten minutes to find everyone (which was a lot considering that the bus didn't have a lot of places for them to be). Coulson had called May and FitzSimmons into his office. All four of them looked up when Skye knocked, and Coulson called her in.

"What's up guys?" Skye asked, concerned by all the serious faces in the room.

"I've been sharing your opinion about Ward with the others. His actions affected all of us, it only seems fair that everyone has a say in the outcome."

"And?" she breathed.

"And we're still coming up with a system, but… you're right. We're willing to give him a second chance."

Skye's heart leapt. "Okay, great, what have we got so far?"

"A similar device to what we had for you, but more intense. And we're still trying to work out a failsafe." Simmons told her.

"A failsafe? What do you mean?"

Simmons looked vaguely uncomfortable, but Coulson stepped in to save her. "Skye, no offence, but you're a bit too close to the situation. Let us handle this, and we'll fill you in when a decision is made. You might not like it, but I promise you it will be better than any alternative."

"What's that mean?" Skye demanded.

"It means we need to be cautious, and after last night's incident, caution clearly isn't your forte!" May snapped. "Now get out and let us fix this mess!"

"And stay out of the cell." Coulson warned Skye's retreating form.

She all but slammed the office door shut behind her, and paced around the living room for a solid fifteen minutes before going back down to the training room. There was no Tai Chi, self-centering, calmness crap this time. Instead, Skye wrapped bandages around her hands, just like her S.O. had taught her, and then she let all her frustration out on the punching bag. She landed punch after punch, even throwing in the occasional kick, causing the bag to swing back and forth.

This is ridiculous, she thought as she hit, just because I do one 'dumb' thing, suddenly I no longer care about caution?

"Not where Ward is concerned." May stood in the doorway, but moved into the room and held the bag in place to keep it from swinging as Skye continued to punch. "You were thinking out loud."

"Sorry."

"It's alright. I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have snapped at you back there. It's just, there's a part of me that feels exactly like you do right now. I used you to take out the frustration I was feeling towards myself."

"Call it even then" Skye sighed.

A few hits later, May spoke again. "Phil asked me to come get you. We've figured out Ward's second chance."

Hope and dread filled Skye's heard in equal measure as she followed May upstairs and into the cell where the team was gathered.

Ward was sitting in one of the metal chairs again, and Simmons had an enormous needle stuck in his arm. Fitz had possession of Ward's other arm, and was attaching a silver bracelet to his arm (although this one was a bit more masculine than the one that Skye had worn), and Coulson was staring at a series of fluctuating graphs on a screen. It only took a few more minutes for FitzSimmons to finish their work, and then Coulson started briefing Ward on the new rules.

"Right. Thank you for your cooperation, Grant. I know that needle couldn't have been pleasant."

"I've had worse, sir."

"I'm sure you have. In any case, let's start with the bracelet, since it's easier to explain. That device will monitor your location and any electronics usage, including internet, phone calls, hell, it will tell us if you use the coffee maker. It also monitors your vitals and sends that information back to this computer. The computer will take that information and run it through a program to detect lies. Any time your honesty is questioned, you will be required to perform a full scale lie detector test about the incident. Furthermore, it will automatically draw a sample of blood every two hours and test it for hormone levels indicating aggression.

"Now, that needle that Simmons gave you was to install a failsafe for the system. There are now two capsule-like devices in your system. One of them is filled with a concentrated dose of the neurotoxin that's in the night-night gun. The other contains a toxin which has the ability to kill you within three seconds of its release. The five of us will each have a device on our person at all times which will allow us to deploy one of those capsules, should we feel threatened in any way." As he said this, Fitz attached a thin metal bracelet with a red and a blue button around her wrist. Each button had a little cover over it that would have to be flipped open so that the button couldn't be hit accidentally. Skye looked around and noticed that all the others were wearing a similar device. Coulson kept talking as Fitz worked. "If your tracker shows that you're in a location you shouldn't be, the icer will be automatically deployed. If your blood tests come back with high signs of aggression, the icer will be automatically deployed. If you're performing any suspicious activity on the internet or attempting to call someone you shouldn't, the icer will be automatically deployed. If your bracelet is removed without proper authorization, the icer will be automatically deployed. Do you understand?"

"Yes sir, I do."

"Good, because there's more. You will, of course, not have a gun, or any weapon of any kind. You are not permitted to enter the lab without my express permission. You are not permitted into any team member's personal quarters. Your personal quarters will be the cell for the time being. You will be locked in here from 10pm until 6am every night unless given an exception from me. You take orders from everyone on this team. And if any of us feel uncomfortable with this arrangement at any time, we reserve the right to send you to the fridge, without warning. Do you agree?"

"Yes sir."

"Good." Coulson allowed himself a small smile. "Welcome back to the team, Ward."

"Thank you, sir. Thank all of you. I know I broke your trust before, I swear on my life I won't do it again."

AN: Hope you guys liked it! Also, as I mentioned above, I do have a couple extra chapters already written... I just need some motivation to release them early! As soon as I get 7 reviews, I'll post the next chapter. Love you all! 3