Chapter 3 – My Protector

One day, I'm not sure what happened. But everything changed.

Ward

"They're here for Aidan," Coulson said. "Ward, I want you to get him and Skye into the car downstairs and drive. I don't care where you take them, just do it. We'll distract them to give you enough time."

I nod and look at the two. Skye's arm is bleeding very badly, I'm not sure if she'll hold up for a while which worries me a lot.

"Wait, what about you guys?" she asked.

"We'll be fine," Coulson tries to reassure her but the expression on her face shows nothing but doubt and fear. "Back up is already on the way. We can hold out till then. Now, go!"

I pull Skye with me towards the back entrance into the lab where I know the intruders wouldn't think to look under the circumstance. Stopping before entering, I check to see if the coast is clear. There's a guy walking around the lab table, I sneak up behind him and snap his neck. Carefully lying him down so no one hears.

"Come on," I said pulling Skye through the lab by her uninjured arm.

I check the observation deck before moving on. Clear. I keep watch of the area as she gets in the back of the dark car with Aidan. Making sure I rush to the driver's side and get in, slamming the car in gear and quickly reversing out of BUS and spinning forward into drive so we can get away quickly.

We're still being shot at. A bullet crashes through the back, and I hear Skye scream. I check to see if she's okay. Glass shards are all over her, Aidan is fine but to be honest I'm more worried about her. She should at least be protecting herself as well as Aidan, she's already had glass shoved in her goddamn arm for Pete's sake.

We get away quickly. The back-up glass moves into place on the back, which is a relief since other jeeps are still following us. I pull into the backstreets and put my foot down, no one's on the street thank god and I lose them quickly, hiding in an alley and they pass without noticing.

I head north, out of Nevada and into Idaho. Aidan had settled about an hour after we got out of Nevada. And Skye, oh boy, was having a lot of trouble staying awake. Her arm was bleeding very badly, the sleave of her shirt soaked in blood, the cloth wasn't doing much for her.

I had gotten to Twin Falls, Idaho from Henderson, Nevada in record of 5 hour and 26 minutes. I found the nearest No tell motel and checked us in. I put Aidan inside first, he seemed fine, so I laid him down on the bed and putting pillows around him to make sure he doesn't fall, then went out to grab Skye as she had passed out which had me panicking at this point. I grabbed at kit out of the back, locked up the car and quickly went inside to attend to Skye. She was sweating now, probably burning up and with the amount of blood loss, this isn't good. I quickly took her shirt trying not to look but failing miserably, and getting the cut cleaned and bandaged. She'll need stitches, so hopefully her unconscious state will numb the pain.

I was just finishing up the stitch and tightening the end when I felt a hand in my elbow. She was awake but not fully conscious, her eyes were just peeking out through her lashes and then she gave me this look that made everything else not matter. When she went under again I wiped some antiseptic over the wound and put the bandage on to make sure it didn't get infected.

Putting her shirt back on her I buttoned it up and brushed her hair out of the way, wrong move again. Because when I touched her skin it burns mine, sending an electrical jolt through my body, coursing it's through my veins to my heart. Making it hurt so badly. If only she knew what she did to me?

The rest of the day and night went by fast as I sat by the window watching to see if they found us. I couldn't contact Coulson and the others or other SHIELD agents. That'd just be an easy way for them to find us by tracking, god only knows how they found out about Aidan.

Skye

I opened my eyes to the sound of someone shuffling around wherever we were. I realized I was lying on a bed, the room was dim because the only light source was a lamp on across the room on top on a sturdy table.

I slowly sat up, but still ended up with a bad head rush making me groan.

"Hey, careful," I heard Ward say from somewhere.

All of a sudden he was in front of me urging me to lie back down, which I complied with instantly because my head was killing me. Ugh, it feels like a marching band took up residence in my skull.

"You've lost a lot of blood," he said sitting down and giving me a bottle of water.

"How long have I been out?" I asked taking a sip. I wonder how long I've been out because I don't even remember passing out.

"A few hours at least."

"Aidan?"

"Over there on the bed. He's been fine so far hasn't cried yet."

I looked over to see Aidan looking up at the ceiling in complete wonder. He wasn't fussing or anything which was confusing since I knew most newborn weren't like that. Well, the ones that I dealt with weren't.

"Where are we?"

"Twin Falls, Idaho. How are you feeling so far?"

"Besides the marching band in my head and the whirlpool in my stomach, pretty good."

"I'll get you guys something to eat soon."

"Hey, how much of his stuff is still in the car."

"Most of it, why?"

"Does that include formula, clothes?"

"Yeah."

"Good, he'll need it."

Ward was just staring at me now, a flicker of relief and amazement showed in his eyes. It's something I love the most because I didn't get them as often before Quinn almost killed me. And now it's like I get them everyday. I wonder what happened to him while I was life support to make him feel this way.

"What?"

"You scared me a bit. I wasn't sure if you were going to wake up or not."

"Hey, I'm alright, really I am."

I put my hand on his arm and sat up so I was face to face with him. Without even realizing our closeness I still pushed further, I wanted him to feel what I felt. I needed him to. I leaned my forehead against his.

"I'm fine" I said. "I really am."

He just looked at me with lustful eyes. He was going to kiss me and I wanted him to, he was so close. My breath barely left me before I knew I was kissing him. I'd have to be lying if I didn't admit that I'd spent a lot of time wondering what it would be like to kiss him, and even with all of the fantasizing, he didn't disappoint. They were drugging, his mouth hot and demanding, but his hands were gentle as he buried them in my hair.I was lost, and God, I wanted him. I couldn't remember wanting to touch anyone so badly in my life.

A soft cry broke us both out of our trance and we separated quickly. Aidan had been quiet long enough I guess.

I was about to go and grab him when Ward stopped me.

"Don't worry," he said. "I'll get him."

He picked Aidan up off the bed and cradled him against his chest, I never knew this side of him existed. I guess Aidan had broken something in his robot shell. He was talking to him in a fatherly way I thought I'd never see as a part of Grant. Maybe this could be a good thing for the both of us. Maybe this is what we need to strengthen our relationship.

I am sorry for those who wanted some more Skyeward action, but that's going to have to wait, XD.

Okay, question, we all know Garrett is a manipulative a**hole, what I'm thinking is that when he gets Skye will Ward let him kill her since it was all an act or will he save her proving he's not a traitorous dick after all? Maybe Garrett will make Ward kill her like the psycho he is.

Let me know what you think.

Scream180.