Chapter 17
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Okay that was soo good… Is it wrong that I'm liking evil or Hydra Ward a lot more than regular? I also really loved Garrets one liners and puns they were epic. Coulson and May seriously need to make up already, this fighting is upsetting. As much as I'm annoyed at how much of a jerk Couslon is being to May I felt so bad for him during his speech in the snow, I wanted to hug him. Also I think May's line to Skye "He's not the only one" was perfect because it something that I don't think Coulson or to a lesser degree Skye realises, May's life has also been destroyed in the last few days, all of there's have. Please let me know what you thought in your Review.
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After a while of driving Natasha and Skye reach a town which is lucky because Natasha realises that she's quickly approaching the limit on time she can have a stolen vehicle for without risking being caught.
Once she is sure that she is near but not to near to one of her storage lockers Natasha pulls over the bike. Knowing that she has to get a change of clothes for Skye before they do anything because clothes for a seven year old isn't something she has stashed away.
"Come on Skye, leave the helmet." Natasha tells her niece.
"тетя Наташа, what's going on?" Skye asks her Aunt Curious.
"Not here okay, I'll tell you somewhere safe." Natasha responds, "It's really important that you don't let go of my hand, can you do that for me?" Natasha asks and Skye nods, "Good, come on." She says and she leads Skye to a nearby store.
Back on the plane the worry for both Skye and Natasha is present in the office, as while Coulson, Melinda and Clint know that Natasha is more than capable of protecting both of them it doesn't stop them from worrying.
They are all working on lists of places that they know Natasha could have taken Skye when there is knock on the door.
"Come in." Coulson requests and Ward walks in.
"What is it Ward?" Coulson asks.
"We were wondering what you want us to do to find Skye and Agent Romanoff." Ward tells Coulson, Melinda and Clint.
"Nothing." Coulson tells him, "Skye and Natasha are safe, what we need you to do is survey the plane, figure out just how much damage we're looking at." Coulson tells him.
"Yes Sir." Ward says before leaving.
"I just realised, Fury's going to call any minute to see how the op went, what do we tell him?" Clint asks.
"The truth." Coulson says, "Do you want to deal with his anger if we don't?" Coulson asks his friend.
"No way." Clint answers, "We've got to be careful though, we don't know who else could be listening." He says.
"I know. That's why we will be." Coulson responds and the three friends continue to work on their lists.
Several miles away from the plane Mike is standing in front of a mirror when a message appears through the eye tec.
"You failed. We will not accept familiar again, find Romanoff and the girl or your son will be getting a visit." The message reads.
Reading the message Mike is overcome with anger and smashes the mirror, as he does Mike becomes even more determine to find Skye and Natasha as he will not let anything happen to his son.
As quickly as possible Natasha gets several outfits of suitable clothes for Skye a couple in larger sizes just in case Skye ages quicker than normal again, after getting Skye to put on some of the new clothes Natasha takes her to one of her storage lockers so that they can get stocked up on other things.
"What is this place?" Skye asks her Aunt curious.
"Somewhere safe." Natasha responds, "Sit down Skye I want to explain some things to you." She says knowing that this will be the only chance she gets for a while if she sticks to her plan or even if she doesn't because that would mean things have gone wrong which defiantly means that she won't get another chance.
Confused Skye sits down on one of the boxes that is in the room and Natasha walks over and sits down next to Skye, "That man who attacked us today.." Natasha begins to say but Skye cuts her off.
"He didn't look like a man." Skye says.
"I know." Natasha tells him, "But he is. People, bad people, forced him to become what you saw, they're doing things to him to make him do bad things." Natasha explains.
"So he's a good person?" Skye asks confused.
"He was a good person, but he's not anymore only he didn't have a choice in who he became." Natasha explains, "He has orders to hurt us and take you away." Natasha explains not positive that that is the truth but it would be her best guess.
"Why?" Skye asks confused.
"Because you're special, and even though you don't remember you can do really amazing things." Natasha says and Skye just looks at her confused, "That's okay, and I don't expect you to remember, all you need to know is that if he gets you he will take you to the people who are making him do bad things who will make you do bad things with the things you can do." Natasha explains and Skye looks even more terrified than she did, "But I won't let that happen." Natasha tells her, "That's why we're here. So that we can get somewhere safe until it's safe for us to call your Mom and Dad." Natasha tells her, "Until then I promise you I will do everything in my power to make sure no one takes you from me, okay." She tells her and Skye nods, "Good." Natasha says and she stands up and grabs a duffle bag and puts the cloths that she got Skye in it as well as Money, Id's, Weapons, Medical supplies, and clothes for herself.
"тетя Наташа, if I can do special things can you teach me to do them?" Skye asks her Aunt.
"No, I wouldn't know how." Natasha says part of her wishing that she did know how to get Skye to use her powers so at least she would be able to defend herself if she had to. As Natasha packs things she stares at a little knife, debating whether to give it to Skye or not but she decides not to as the risk that Skye could hurt herself is too great she just hopes that if Skye is attacked and she can't help her then Skye gets an echo of how to use her powers or how to fight and she is able to defend herself, because just like the swimming and using a crossbow the memories of how to fight and how to use her powers are inside of her.
Once she has put everything she needs in a bag and has gotten changed, Natasha goes over to where she keeps the things that she uses to alter her appearance, knowing that she can't do anything to change the way Skye looks and that she can't do too much to change how she looks otherwise Skye wont recognize her Natasha just pins all her hair up and puts on a wig that looks a lot like Maria's hair on.
"Why are you doing that?" Skye asks confused.
"I'm doing it so that the bad people have a harder time recognizing me." Natasha explains, "Now there is something I need you to do." Natasha says walking over to her niece once the wig is on, "Until we're back with your Mom and Dad I need you to call me Natalia, can you do that?" Natasha ask.
"Yes." Skye says.
"Good, repeat it back to me." Natasha requests.
"Natalia." Skye says.
"Good, again." Natasha requests and for several minutes Natasha gets her niece to repeat the name over and over again, "Good, I'm going to call you May until then, can you remember that?" Natasha asks her niece knowing that it is a risky move to just call Skye by the part of her name that only one person calls her but she doesn't want to make it even more confusing for her.
"Only Mom calls me that." Skye comments.
"I know, and I promise that it's just going to be until we get back to your Mom and Dad then I'll call you Skye again and you can call me тетя Наташа, can you be okay with this until then?" Natasha asks and Skye nods.
"Good, let's go." Natasha says grabbing the keys to a car parked at a parking garage several block away and a secure phone that she won't use for several days or unless it's an emergency as it's likely that Deathlok is still looking for them and she wants to make it as hard as possible for him to find them. Putting the bag over her shoulder Natasha grabs Skye's hand and leads her out of the storage locker.
On the plane, Clint, Coulson, and Melinda have just gotten off the phone with Fury when Ward walks into the office.
"Damage?" Clint asks.
"Minor, there doesn't seem to be anything majorly wrong and according to Fitz none of the outside of the plane has been damaged." Ward explains.
"Good." Coulson tells him.
"I'll get us in their air." Melinda comments.
"Can I ask, where to?" Ward asks curious, "We don't know where Skye and Natasha are, do we?" He asks.
"No we don't." Melinda tell him, "and we won't know for several days." She explains, "But New York is our base. It's safest place for us." She explains.
"Doesn't that also make it the first place that Quinn will look for us." Ward comments.
"Yes which is why we're not going to our normal airport, we're going to a private one in up State New York." Melinda explains as she walks past him and to the cockpit.
"Right." Ward comments, "Do you think Skye is okay?" he asks a hint of concern clear.
"She's with Natasha, she's safe." Coulson tells him trying to keep the worry out of his voice because like he told Natasha earlier, he's a Dad, he always worries.
Even though the Car that Natasha has stored away is a five seater she has Skye sitting in the front seat so that he is closer to her. Natasha is a little worried about the fact that there isn't a car seat but as she doubled checked herself to make sure that Skye's seatbelt was on correctly she knows that she has done the best she can considering the circumstances.
They have been driving for a while and Natasha has been doing her best to make it interesting for Skye but she realises that Skye is getting annoyed and board as she is fidgeting a lot more.
"Hey, Ребенок. You hungry?" Natasha asks curious as she sees a sign for a dinner.
"Yes." Skye answers in a quiet voice.
"Good." Natasha tells her.
A couple minutes later Natasha has pulled into the diner and once she has gotten Skye out of the car they head inside. Once they do they get seated at a booth where Natasha sits on the same side as Skye as it is the better position to protect her.
"What do you feel like eating?" Natasha asks curious as she opens the menu.
"I don't know." Skye says to her.
"Come on May, you must feel like something." Natasha says to her niece it feeling odd to call her May as she knows that only Melinda calls her that, "Just look at the pictures, what looks good?" Natasha asks.
"That." Skye says pointing to the chocolate ice cream sundae.
"You can have that after you have some actual food to eat." Natasha tells her niece, "Pick something that isn't desert." She tells her.
"Okay that." Skye says pointing to the lasagne.
"Lasagne it is then." Natasha tells her niece, "What do you want to drink?" she asks
"Orange Juice." Skye answers.
"Can do." Natasha says and she calls the waiter over.
Half way through the trip from where they were to New York the door to the cockpit opens and Coulson walks in and sits down next to his wife.
"Talk to me Mel." Coulson requests as he know that there is more going on with his wife that what she is saying.
"I know Natasha would rather sacrifice herself that let something happen to Skye, but I'm worried that that's what's going to have to happen." Melinda explains, "Quinn sent Deathlok after us and you and I both know that it's got to be Skye he wants. Tasha and I could barely hold him off when it was both of us fighting, if she has to fight him alone.. I'm worried we're going to lose them, and there is nothing we can do to help them." Melinda admits.
"There is something that I'm betting Quinn isn't counting on, no one can disappear better than Natasha, no one." Coulson reminds his wife, "Neither Quinn or Deathlok will find her unless she wants them to and that's not going to happen. Tasha will protect Skye and she's too stubborn to let anything happen to her. They'll be okay." Coulson tells his wife though he is worried too.
"After everything that's happened the last few days I can't think that anything besides the worst is going to happen." Melinda admits.
"Well it's a good thing I've got enough optimism for the both of us." Coulson tells his wife trying to get her to smile which she does slightly.
Hours after the diner Natasha has gotten her and Skye to one of her safe houses where Skye is currently getting ready for bed.
"It's scary here." Skye says to her Aunt as it is the first place besides the tower or the plane that she has had to try sleeping at.
"I know." Natasha says sitting down next to her niece who is laying in the bed, "But it's just for a little while. We'll be back home soon." She tells her.
"I miss Mom and Dad." Skye tells her Aunt, "And Uncle Clint." She adds.
"I know, I miss them too." Natasha tells her, "Try and get some sleep, we've got an early day tomorrow." Natasha tells her.
"Can you tell me a story?" Skye asks curious.
"Yeah I think I can do that." Natasha tells her, "What story do you want to hear?" she asks curious.
"The battle of New York." Skye requests as it is her favourite story.
"Okay, but you're going to help me tell it." Natasha requests and Skye nods.
"Are you sure that that is the most likely place that she would have gone?" Melinda asks her brother.
"No, this is Nat were talking about she has safe places that we don't even know about but I'm betting that this is the one where she would have gone." Clint explains, "It makes sense, especially considering she would know that we would want to find her." He tells Coulson and Melinda.
"I hope you're right." Coulson tells him.
"So do I." Clint responds, "You know what you've got to do?" He asks Melinda.
"Of course, sneak away from the plane out get to where Steve has left the bike, which by the way did he even ask why we needed him to do that?" She asks Coulson curious as he's the one who organized that.
"No, I think he's just decided not to ask too many questions when it comes to things like that." Coulson explains.
"Extended time with Tony will do that to you." Clint jokes.
"I'll check Tasha's safe houses that we know of, especially the ones it is likely that she has or is going to go to, leave clues that only she'll understand for the details of the meeting point in four days." Melinda explains amused by Clint's comment though she doesn't let that amusement show.
"You make sure you're there, and call if things go south." Coulson tells his wife.
"I will." Melinda assures, "What are you going to tell the rest of the team?" she asks.
"That Hill called you, needed your help." Coulson tells her, "The fewer people who know the better" he explains.
"And Fury what are you going to tell him?" Melinda asks curious.
"That we have no idea where you are, but we think you had an idea on where you could find Nat and didn't want Quinn finding out." Clint explains.
"Good luck with that." Melinda tells his sarcastically.
"You know that if Fury knew that we knew the locations of Nat's safe houses then he'll want to know them, its better this way." Clint comments.
"That it is." Melinda says agreeing, "Don't destroy the plane while I'm gone." Melinda tells her husband and brother.
"We'll do our best, just be careful" Coulson requests.
"Always."
After telling Skye the story of New York, where Skye adds her own bits as she does Natasha has to tell her a story of one of her other missions to get the girl to sleep. Once she is Natasha doesn't move from her spot next to her niece as she knows that it's the best place to keep her safe.
"I'm sorry that you have to go through this." Natasha says to her niece quietly as she sleep.
Knowing that she won't get any sleep because she can't risk it Natasha just watches her niece sleep. As she does she debates calling the plane but even though her phone is secure it is likely that Quinn is monitoring all calls to and from the plane in hopes of finding Skye so she doesn't. Instead she pulls the blanket that has slid down Skye back up and continues to watch her. Listening for any sounds of movement.
Once everyone on the plane is asleep Melinda places gentle kiss to Coulson's lips then grabbing the bag that she packed earlier she sneaks out of the plane thought the back way. Once she is out of the plane she keep to the shadows and being as stealthy as possible she heads to where Steve has left a motorbike for her.
More than ten minutes later she arrives at the bike. When she does she finds a note stuck to the front in Tony's hand writing, "Good luck with whatever stupid thing you're doing, call if you need another idiot's help." Melinda smiles at the note and gets on the bike, puts on the helmet and drives away. As she does the only thing that she thinks about is finding her daughter and best friend.
Natasha spends all night watching her niece sleep day light has just broken and Natasha has decided to let Skye get about another half an hour asleep when the sound of a motorbike form outside changes that.
"Wake up." Natasha tells her niece, who is now a few months older than she was, as she shakes her awake.
"What's going on?" Skye asks confused.
"Get under the bed and don't come out until I tell you to." Natasha tells her niece.
"Why not?" Skye asks worried.
"Just do it, please." Natasha request and Skye does, looking terrified as she does. Once she is sure her niece is safely under the bed Natasha grabs on of the guns she brought with her and exits the room worried about what she will find. As the door opens Natasha fires her gun without hesitate and she regrets that when she sees that it is Melinda she has hit.
"It's a good thing I knew that could happen isn't it?" Melinda comments as the way she entered the safe house was arm first so that if Natasha was there and if she would shoot first like Melinda expect her to her arm would get hit, "Please tell you have med supplies." Melinda says to her friend.
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