Author's Note: Chapter 50, really didn't think I would make it this far. I honestly thought people would read the first chapter and ask me to delete it but no one has YAY! Thank you for all the reviews, favourites and follows so far. The story's not over yet so please keep the reviews coming, they encourage me to write and help me through my writer's block.

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Chapter 50 – Looking in a Mirror

It had been almost two weeks since Ward had received the call from Sir and almost two weeks since Ward had seen Skye. They had exchanged several messages in that time, so Ward knew that both Skye and the baby were alright just stuck inside the house under the watchful eyes of Simmons. The Asgardians had left in the early hours of the morning after Skye had sent him the first messages, thankfully without Skye. They were yet to return so Ward did believe Sif was keeping her word, at least for now.

Ward had spent the last two weeks worried that the Asgardians would return for Skye or even worse that Sir would send someone to try and take her away. Ward was thankful for the fact that as far as he could tell Sir did not know of Skye's pregnancy, otherwise he would have, he would have made an attempt weeks ago.

For the last two weeks Ward had also thought that the team would move one, especially since they knew their base had been compromised but Skye had made it clear in the last of her messages that the team wasn't going anywhere, at least not until the baby was born. Ward had received this last message from Skye a little under a week ago, her phone had died shortly after and Ward was kicking himself that he hadn't thought to give her the charger as well.

Ward had spent the last two weeks waiting for the other shoe to drop. So when it came he was ready.

Their first mistake was trying to make their approach from across the river. If they had just been up against the team the trees would have hidden their approach to the house for far longer than if they had approached from the road. However Ward had spent over ten weeks getting to know the terrain around the river, there was no root, low hanging branch or patch of mud he didn't know about. There was three of them but Ward only recognized one, one of them was part of the group that had attacked Skye in London, which at least told Ward that they were working for Sir, even if he didn't recognize the other two. Ward was slightly thankful that Sir had not chosen to join them, three humans he could deal with while even one of whatever Sir was Ward wasn't so sure about.

Their second mistake was splitting up, once again if they had just been facing the team it would have been a good idea because it reduced their chances of getting seen and even if one or even two of them were seen there was the chance that the unseen ones could complete the mission. However when facing Grant Ward splitting up just meant they were easier to take down.

The first one was the easiest to take down. Ward had spent almost five years of his life in a forest waiting for Garrett to tell him he was ready, during that time Ward had taught himself to track and trap the animals in that forest. Time had not diminished those skills, only changed the reason for using them. Sir's first follower found himself hanging from a tree by his feet and the blow he sustained to the head was enough to knock him out but not enough to kill him. Ward left him dangling there, arms also bound as he moved on to the others invading the forest.

The second of Sir's minions wasn't that much harder to take out than the first. Ward briefly wondered if he should be having second thoughts about hitting a girl but when she didn't glance back even once, entirely focused on her goal Ward decided she could be the most dangerous of three if let anywhere near Skye. A single blow to the back of the head took her down without a sound. Binding the woman carefully Ward left her in the mud and went in search of the final threat.

The final invader standing Ward had deliberately left for last, he was one of the men who had attacked Skye in London. Ward told himself that this wasn't about revenge, it was about the fact that out of the three he was the most likely to have some answers. The man was caught the same way Ward had taken down the first, a trap that left him hanging upside down from a tree, only this time Ward made sure he wasn't knocked unconscious. The man was left hanging there for a couple of minutes, struggling to escape the trap while Ward watched, still telling himself it wasn't about revenge. When the man finally stopped trying to reach his own feet and let himself go limp Ward just waved when the man realized he was standing there.

"Are you going you let me down?" The man asked.

Ward just shook his head.

"You're the one Sir warned us about?"

Ward nodded.

"You've already taken care of the others, haven't you?" The man asked still hanging from the tree.

Ward nodded again.

"Are you going to let us leave alive?"

Ward shrugged, he wasn't going to kill them but they didn't need to know that.

"How long are you going leave me here?" The man asked.

Ward shrugged again, hiding a smile he knew would be forming.

"You want answers about the girl?" The man asked, desperation in his voice.

Ward took a step forward, arms crossed. He raised an eyebrow, his way of telling the man to tlut

"I don't know why Sir want her," The man cried, "We follow his orders and we don't ask why."

Ward just raised an eyebrow again, silently asking a question of the man.

"Why?" The man cried, almost laughing, still struggling against his bonds, "Because he saved our lives, we owe him."

Ward stood there, thinking about how he used to be like this man, like all those who had come after Skye in Sir's name.

The man looked slightly confused at Ward's silence, "Are you going to me down now?"

Ward took a step forward, "What's your name?"

The man looked slightly hopeful, "Nathanial."

Nathanial continued to have that hopeful look until Ward knocked him unconscious with a single punch.

After sending a quick message to Fury to arrange for a pickup of the prisoners Ward looked at the unconscious man still hanging from a tree, "Maybe you can find clarity the same way I did Nathanial."

Author's Note: Sorry about the weirdness of this chapter but I really like the idea that Ward can get someone to spill all their secrets without actually speaking to them.