Chapter 21 – The Intervention

Skye had spent the last three days trying not to completely breakdown. She'd tried to sleep but every time she closed her eyes she would see Ward, sometimes as a child suffering at the hands of his brother, other times he was older and at Garrett's mercy but most of the time Skye just saw him as a bloody mess on her bedroom floor, only this time Ward was dead. Eventually Skye had given up on sleep all together, instead spending her nights caring for a man who shouldn't be alive.

When Ward had finally stopped bleeding, only a day or so ago, Skye had moved him from her bathroom floor to her bed. Every so often she would curl up on the bed next to Ward, falling asleep to the sound of his breathing. Only to be woken by the nightmares, desperate to check that Ward was still alive. Every time found that he was still breathing she would sigh in relief but there was no chance of going back to sleep.

Finally having the courage to leave Ward's side for more than a couple of minutes Skye decided to take a long, hot shower, her first in days. At first she couldn't shower because Ward was passed out on her bathroom floor and then she didn't want to leave Ward alone for the amount of time it would take to have a proper shower. However Skye had seen the way Coulson had looked at her and if she wanted to convince the team she was fine she would have to act fine. Therefore Skye had to risk leaving Ward alone.

After the shower Skye felt the best she had in days, changing into fresh clothes made her feel even better. Sighing, the hacker set about cleaning up the mess that had appeared in her room over the last three days. The food wrappers were easy to rid herself of but the bloody towels were beyond hope of being fixed, she'd soaked them for the past two days with no luck and there was no way she could get away with sneaking the towels into a load of the teams' washing as she had snuck Ward's clothes in with one of Trip's loads.

Filling almost two garbage bags with rubbish and blood towels Skye made sure the hall way was clear before locking the door behind her and taking the bags down stairs. Outside the back of the old building there was a dumpster and Skye knew the team would have less chance of finding the blood covered towels if the bags went straight outside instead of being left in the kitchen with everyone else's rubbish.

Unfortunately Skye wasn't expecting anyone to be in the kitchen when she returned. So to come back in and have FitzSimmons and Trip sitting at the bench, arms folded, was a surprise.

Raising an eyebrow Skye closed the outside door behind her, "Is this some sort of intervention?"

Simmons spoke first, standing she gave the hacker a nervous smile, "We're worried about you, Skye."

The Fitz spoke up, "Yeah, no one's seen you in three, almost four days. You're not eating, Coulson seems to think you're not sleeping," The engineer smiled, "At least he was wrong about the not showing part."

Skye crossed her arms, "Just because I'm not eating with the team doesn't mean I'm not eating. As I told Coulson this morning, I'm fine. I just need some time alone to process certain things."

Simmons looked worried, "But why now Skye? It's been five months, why a sudden interest in him now?"

No one needed to voice who 'him' was. Skye sighed, she could hardly tell them that her sudden interest in Ward came from the fact he was currently passed out in her room. Skye had tried very hard not to lie to the team over the last few days, instead giving short, vague answers or no answers at all. But if she wanted to get out of this conversation and back to Ward then it was time to tell a lie.

Taking a deep breath Skye sat down at the bench next to Trip, "Look guys, although I haven't said it out loud, you all know I did something pretty stupid the day we went to the zoo," The others stayed silent, allowing Skye to continue, "But before I did that I just walked around London, got on and off the underground. The plan was to just loose myself. Somehow I ended up in Greenwich, it kind of reminded me of the last time we were there and about what happened after."

She paused, giving the others time to realize Skye was talking about the berserker staff, and even if Trip wasn't there he knew the story.

Simmons nodded, "Ward picked up the staff."

Skye returned the nod, "He was angry, very angry. About something from his childhood. Ever since then I managed to get snippets about his parents and brothers but Greenwich got me thinking about what Fitz said."

"People aren't born evil?" Fitz asked.

"I really want to know what made Ward who he was." Skye said, sighing she stood up, "Coulson tried to help but SHIELD's gone and what's left doesn't know much. So I've spent the last for days digging."

Finally Trip spoke, "You've been hacking." It wasn't a question.

Skye shrugged, "I've been finding alternative sources of information," Turning away Skye headed for the door, "Now if you don't mind, I've got some digging to get back to."

Leaving quickly before anyone could stop her Skye returned to her room, before the other's decided to come after her. Closing the door, she made sure she locked it. Skye turned around and came face to face with a sight she didn't expect to see. Grant Ward attempting to get out of bed.

Author's Note: Firstly, Ward's awake (YAY!)

Secondly: Everyone keeps telling me that Skye is forgiving Ward too easily and I am well aware that's true and I'm tell you now that just because she says she understands doesn't mean she forgives. This story is going to last awhile and Skye and Ward are going to have their ups and downs.

I'll also point out that I am well aware that season 2 will be nothing like this, this is just what I want happen, also since Sir is an OC it's kind of obvious that this will be a complete tangent to the TV Series. Don't like then don't read and don't complain.

I'm also over 20,000 words (Another YAY!)

Thank you for the reviews, even if I do complain about them I appreciate them, I get ideas from them and they encourage me to keep writing. So please keep reviewing, I need the motivation especially during this time of exams.

I'll update when I can, the more you review the higher the chance of me updating (no promises though).

This rant is brought to you by the fact that I don't feel like studying.