Heyyyy guys! Thank you SO MUCH for such response to this story! You make me happy! And I seriously enjoy writing this angst hehehe but don't you worry though, there won't be TOO MUCH drama. I'm not that kind of person (like Shonda Rhimes for example)

Anyways, read and enjoy!

And sorry it's pretty short but I will update tomorrow though ;)

All the way to the hospital they tried to restart her heart and get her body temperature to normal but without much success. Skye still had no pulse, no heartbeat and her body temperature was nineteen degrees, although they've covered her body with everything possible to make her warm. She was still very cold, too cold. It scared the hell out of Ward and out of everyone else.

Ward and Simmons both took turns to perform CPR and push the resuscitator bag that brought air to her lungs. It was a horrible experience. It was as if her body had given up, as if she had given up and didn't care whether they wanted her back or not.

At one moment Simmons couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly burst out crying, still pushing on the resuscitator bag to keep Skye hanging somewhere in between. The view was heartbreaking, and even May had to close her eyes so that she couldn't see the picture in front of her and prevent herself from breaking down too. Fitz came closer and put his hand on Jemma's back whispering in her ear that they weren't going to lose her, knowing perfectly well what Skye meant for Jemma, as well as for all of them. She was the glue holding the team together. If there was no Skye there was no dream team.

Coulson stayed silent most of the time. He just kept staring at his favorite hacker, his body unmoving, his eyes filled with so much desperation and sadness. He was too shaken by what happened to the girl whom he considered his daughter. It was tearing him apart and he wished he could just give his life for hers.

The best they'd managed to do was raise her body temperature to 23 degrees, which turned out hard to keep from dropping again. But after an hour of trying to restart her heart they got no result. That didn't stop them from fighting though and trying again and again. They were desperate at reviving her and giving up wasn't even an option. She was a member of their dysfunctional family, their Skye, and she was irreplaceable. No Skye, no team, no family.

That day turned out to be by far their worst day on the bus since they became a team as they were trying their best to keep one of their own alive when she was already most probably dead and there was little that could be done for her to come back to them.

What have you done, Skye? What happened to you?

As soon as May landed the bus they rushed Skye to the hospital. They quickly informed the doctors what happened to her as they were wheeling her through the hallway. Soon the doctors took over and Ward let go of her cold hand very unwillingly, praying to god that this was not their goodbye and he would get to hold her hand again, finally wrap her in his arms and hold her tight and never let go.

In spite of the doctor's refusal to let Simmons go with Skye to the ER, they had to allow her when Coulson threatened them with something and said that they better allow the scientist go and keep a watch on Skye. He trusted Simmons not to let the doctors give up on Skye. They couldn't trust the system right now, not when the life of a member of their family was concerned.

They watched the stretcher with Skye disappear into the ER and stood there as if paralyzed. Ward couldn't believe what happened. All he knew was that he let his instinct, or what was it exactly he wasn't sure, kick in, and dived into the water and actually found his Rookie there, drowning, cold, freezing, almost dead. Well, in fact, he feared that she was most probably dead at the time. No heartbeat, no pulse. Dead.

How could he let his precious Rookie get hurt? How could he let it happen? How did he let her drown and get so close to death? What kind of S.O. was he for her?

He failed her. He made a promise to protect her no matter what and keep her alive until she could protect herself and now she was hardly hanging on to life. If she died he could never forgive himself. Ever.

He needed his Skye. He needed her like air. There was nothing in the world nearly as important as her and he had absolutely no idea how he got there, how she became the most important person in his life and the one he couldn't live without.

Suddenly a song lyrics rang in his head:

"Only know you love her when you let her go… and you let her go"

That's when Ward finally came to realize that he's been the silliest fool on earth.

And he's never been more angry with himself. He might have lost his one single chance to get his one and only just because he'd been a stubborn idiot. He's been blind. She's been there every day in front of his eyes but he didn't see the obvious and took her for granted. He's loved her for too long without even realizing it. And now was it too late? It better not.

She had to live, he decided. She absolutely had to come back to him and he was never ever letting her go again. No, he would not be a fool again. If he gets that second chance he'd do anything, absolutely anything to prove he deserved it, deserved HER. And he was going to protect her always, at all costs, and he was not failing her again. He would never let her out of his eyesight if needed, if it would mean she would be safe and sound. He would make sure his Rookie was safe and protected. He was determined to succeed this time.

He just needed to be allowed that one chance.

That's all he was asking for.

To have his precious girl back.

Okay, a little cliffhanger here…

(Promise to update tomorrow though!)