A/N: hey guys! Here's the next chapter, I hope y'all like it!
The group ran at record speed in the direction of Skye's screams, Grant being the leader and running ahead of them, stopping dead in his tracks when he saw Marco had Skye in choke hold with his arm, a gun held against her temple.
She couldn't move, paralyzed with fear, tears streaming down her face as she made eye contact with Grant.
"Marco, let her go. Don't hurt her." Melinda said, taking a step forward.
"Don't take another step forward or i'll shoot!" Marco shouted, pressing the pistol harder to Skye's head.
"Marco, you don't want to do this." Coulson said, handing Lilith to Thomas and calmly taking a step forward.
"What did I just say?" Marco asked slowly, his voice just above a whisper, which caused Coulson to take a step back.
"You're scared, Marco. If you come with us we can help you. You're afraid of your Dad, that's why you're doing this. Your dad physically abuses you, has since you were a child and it relieved you when he went out of town on "business" and you took your anger out on those all around you. Including Skye, your ex-girlfriend that you claimed broke your heart, but no, you broke not only her heart and her spirit. The worst thing you could ever do to a woman!" Coulson said, raising his voice ever so slightly before lowering it once more, "Now please, let my daughter go."
Everyone looked at Coulson, shocked to hear those words come out of his mouth, even Skye was shocked to hear them.
Her brown eyes were wider than they usually were; either from fear or the shock of Coulson's words, no one was sure.
Only Marco seemed unphased by the Agents words, a sign that he either didn't believe it or it didn't shock him.
"You should see the way other guys looked at your daughter, Agent Coulson, and I did what I had to do to show her that she was mine and no one else's. The little slut she is, she still talked to other guys, didn't matter who it was, and that's when I had to physically let this bitch know she was mine," He started, making it clear that his abuse of Skye had started as emotional abuse, but had escalated into physical abuse later on in the relationship, "Although, I do have to say, Skye, you aren't as thin as I remember you being. Not the anorexic bitch you used to be?" He taunted, moving the gun to press it on the side of her neck.
Hearing Marco speak to Skye like that made Grant's blood boil in anger, his fist clenched at his sides as Coulson looked calmly at Grant before looking back at Marco.
Coulson clenched his jaw; a sure sign that he was beginning to lose his temper as well.
Skye was the first to speak.
"I'm pregnant." She said through gritted teeth.
Marco looked taken aback, but quickly regained his composure.
"Always knew you were a slut. Agent Coulson, how about a trade? You can have that little brat that you call your niece," He started, nodding his head at Lili, who was still paralyzed in Thomas's arms, while the others had their guns trained on Marco as he continued, "and I can have this little slut you call your daughter? But this thing just simply will not do."
Just as he said that, he moved the gun and pressed it to Skye's stomach.
For Skye, that was the last straw.
With little to no hesitation, she hit him in the face with the back of her head and elbowed him in the stomach, causing him to lose control of the gun and drop it on the cement.
The woman picked it up and pointed it at the man, who was lying on the ground, clutching his face as she made her way to Grant, her eyes never leaving the figure on the ground until Coulson hand cuffed him and forced him to stand up once he was sure that the other man didn't have any weapons on his person.
Skye started crying, sobs wracking her entire body as she took Lili from Thomas, holding the small girl close as she leaned into Grant's embrace. The older Agent and Coulson rubbed her back soothingly, trying to calm her.
"Skye, you're safe now."
But for how long?
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