Ward sat alone in the empty interrogation room,

"You know, you can hide from the enemy but you cant hide from your problems," May said walking into the room,

"So in hindsight, your problems are more dangerous than the enemy?" Ward asked her. She took a seat next to him,

"If you don't face them, then yes," She said, "and you need to face the fact that sometimes there is nothing you can do. Things that happen, happen-"

"If you say that I need to accept that, I will punch you," Ward said. He got up and started pacing back and fourth,"In that moment when they came barging through the door, I felt so helpless. I felt like there was no way I could protect myself so I gave up. I never even thought about protecting her. And when I saw her, all that guilt rushed back. I never thought to save her life over mine, when her first thought was to save mine over hers," there was a long silence. May stared at Ward not knowing what to say next,

"Ward,"She said, "Guilt is a wasted emotion. Be happy that Skye is alive-"

"Yes but have you seen her!" Ward shouted,"She is being haunted by something that I could have protected her from-"

"Yes but that was her choice! You couldn't have done anything about it!"

"I could have saved her!" He yelled. He stared at May. The room suddenly became heavy. It was silent as Coulson entered the room,

"Whats going on?" He asked,

"Nothing," May said, walking out the door,

"Ward," Coulson said, "She's awake,". After Skye's incident in the interrogation room, they had sedated her to run more tests. Ward followed Coulson to an observation room filled with the members of the team. Fitzsimmons stood watching as Skye received a water bottle,

"Agent Coulson," The man behind Ward had said, "The results should come back in a day or so. Until then, Director Fury requests Skye to stay for further examination and for your team to get back on track,"

"I'm sorry, we can't get back to work without her," Simmons said, "right?"

"She has not been ruled fit for duty-"

"Since when was that Director Fury's call?" Coulson asked, "last time I checked, Skye isn't even an asset yet. Technically, she is a civilian,"

"Who was involved in a Shield mission in which she sustained injuries, therefore she is given treatment from Shield," The man said,

"Fine, run your tests, but I will be the one to rule her fit for duty," Coulson said. He left the room, instructing for the team to follow.

…

One day had passed since Skye had been tested. The Bus was "parked" outside of the Hub, even though they had been instructed to leave hours earlier,

"Okay, so whats the plan?" Fitz asked,

"I have a close friend who is working on Skye's case. He said she should be completely available for duty," Coulson said,

"Okay so lets just go get her then-" Fitz started to say but was interrupted be Ward,

"That doesn't make sense," Ward said, "You said that your friend told you Skye is fit for duty?"

"Yes," Coulson said, "why?"

"Technically shouldn't the doctors be calling the shots? Why would director Fury care about a hacker who isn't even fully part of this organization?" Ward stared at Coulson,

"What are you suggesting here?" May asked him,

"What if theres more going on here than we know? Obviously the agency is taking way more seriously than they are supposed to be," Fitzsimmons exchanged glances, not exactly buying in to the scenario, "just here me out! The director of shield, why is he suddenly so interested in Skye?" Coulson nodded and stared at the monitor,

"You're right," Coulson said, "There is more going on here."

…

Skye once again found herself in an interrogation room. Her insides ached as she, for the fifth time, examined the room. She had begun to grow crazy without seeing her team for two days. She had been getting stronger but the pain was still too much for her. Suddenly the door opened as a tall dark man stepped through,

"Hello, Skye," The man said. He finally stepped into the light. He was dark skinned, standing at 6 ft. His left eye was covered in a black eye patch, "My name is Nick Fury," Skye inhaled a nervous breath. There he was, Director Fury, standing in front of her. The man who assembled the Avengers in the Battle of New York and her future boss. She showed no emotion at all,

"I've heard a lot about you," Director Fury began to speak. He circled the interrogation room as he spoke, "Both good and bad," He finally rested his eyes on her. She kept her eyes foreword, staring at her reflection, "Now I'm not sure if you know how operations go here, but I'm pretty sure you understand that you do not want bad things said about you," He reached the table, "lets just say not everything I've heard from you is peachy," He sat down and stared at her. She did not say a word,

"One other thing I heard was that you are quite the talker," He skimmed his papers, "Filled with 'sass and rage'." He glared at her, obviously waiting for her sassy remark. She stared down at her twiddling thumbs in her lap, Director Fury then began to speak once more, "Skye I'm trying to talk to you, I know these past few days have been tough but please give me some answers," Skye looked up at him,

"Fine," She said,

"I need you to tell me what they told you," He asked. He slowly took out a pen and paper,

"What he told me? I'm not sure if you know this but he was the one questioning me," She said,

"I know, but in every interrogation, both sides release the least bit of truth-"

"Not me," Skye said, "I told him nothing. But you people here are too stubborn to realize that,"

"Skye, what did he tell you? What did he ask?" Director Fury continued. Skye exhaled loudly,

"He first asked me how to decode the files,"

"And you told him nothing?"

"Yes,"

"You said something about him telling you everything about yourself,"

"He read me like a book," She said, "He told me how my mind worked,"

"Anything else?"

"He told me…" Skye contemplated telling him about her mother. She kept her mouth shut,

"Told you what?" Director Fury asked. Skye said nothing. He leaned in closer to her,

"Skye, I guarantee you there is nothing they know that Shield doesn't-"

"He told me about my mother," Skye said. She glared at him as he looked at her in shock. He was speechless as he rose slowly,

"What-"

"He told me about my mother, the shield agent,"