Knowing that it wasn't her that was the problem in Oxford, Skye fell to sleep quickly that night. She actually dreamed of that trip. Sitting on the train holding Ward's hand, looking at him trying to figure out what his pain was. She felt like now that he had kissed her she understood his pain a little more, because it was the same thing she was feeling. Wanting to be with someone but knowing that you can't be.
Something about that trip was still haunting her though. It was like she was trying to remember a bad movie. Sat on the train, holding hands, talking a little. About what?
"So you remember asking me about my home life and why I joined S.H.I.E.L.D?" Ward had asked her. Why did she feel like she was missing something? Suddenly her dream scene shifted and she was sat in the plane's 'cell', alone with an embarrassed Ward.
"So do you have a wife? Kids?" She asked him.
"No wife. No kids. Do have a sister that I practically raised"
"Why?"
"Parents died while she was young. Grandparents couldn't cope alone"
"So if you have this young sister why did you join S.H.I.E.L.D?"
"I got onto their radar and Director Fury made me an offer I couldn't refuse."
"Got onto their radar? What does that mean?"
"Fury picked up on the fact that I'm a telekinetic and he recruited me." The look on his face when he let that slip was enough to keep Skye quiet. It was the same look he had when Coulson asked him about May.
Skye woke with a start and suddenly realised the pieces all fit together. Knives and Spanners not being thrown by Ward but coming from him, his obsessive workouts, him apologising for the knife incident.
She got out of bed and crept to where she knew his bunk was. It was empty.
"Well there are only so many places he can be. It's the middle of the night on a plane!" she thought.
It seems she didn't have to look much further than the workout area. Ward was working on some skill that she had never seen before. She stood watching him for a while as he performed a perfect handstand, reached behind him with one hand to get his gun and then flip to his feet ready to fire. He noticed her watching him and opened the door.
"Skye. Hope you haven't got any more truth serum. I don't think I could handle another session with you!"
He looked at the seriousness of her face and realised something was bothering her.
"What's up?"
"I think I know why you apologised for the knife. You didn't throw it did you?"
"No."
"If you have this telekinetic ability, why don't you use it when you fight?
"It's not something I have power over, other than to suppress it. The only time I actually move stuff is when I let my emotions get the better of me."
"Which is why you work out so much?"
"Yes. It's also why I got into Fury's sights."
"So why did Fury recruit you if he knew you couldn't control it?"
"To stop me being a danger to other people. He did promise me he would tell no one about this. It's not even mentioned in my file"
"So I'm the only one who knows?
"Yes. And please, Skye, keep it to yourself"
"I will." She promised.