Skye was moving in that day. Coulson and May agreed that they wouldn't treat her any differently until they knew she was their daughter for sure. They also agreed that they would be as discreet as possible about their feelings toward each other. So May quickly put on her clothes and snuck down to her bunk.

Coulson watched from the surveillance feed as Skye got out of her van. All she brought was a single bag of clothes and a box of hacking supplies and little knick knacks. If she was his daughter, his worst fear was true. She grew up with nobody who really armed about her. She never fit in and was forced to live this lifestyle. If that one situation never happened her life- their lives- could have been completely different.

Ward walked up to his office door.

"Agent Coulson? A word?"

"Yes Agent Ward."

"I would like to voice my concerns about your decision to let Skye on the bus."

Coulson knew everything Ward was going to say. So he walked out of his office while Ward followed behind him continuing to ' voice his concerns'. As May joined the conversation the three of them gathered around the briefing table.

Very calmly, May said, "We have two kids on this plane who aren't cleared for combat. Your adding a third?"

As Ward kept talking Coulson shot a subtle shocked look towards May. She saw he was confused so she very discreetly winked. She had to show that she disagreed so Ward didn't suspect anything was up.

"At least Fitzsimmons are trained S.H.I.E.L.D scientists. But Skye? You said this was a select team. Assembled to work new protect people. I don't see how letting some hacker tag along-"

"I'm looking for an objection I haven't already anticipated." Coulson said because he was tired of listening to Ward, "I'm calling this. But your frown will be on record."

Coulson saw Fitzsimmons show Skye to her bunk. He finished what he was doing before going to talk to her.

"You could say that again." Skye said as Ward walked away.

"You could say what again?"

"Sweet ride."

This was the first conversation between the two of them where they weren't trying to get secrets out of the other. They were just getting to know each other. Coulson told her about his death and then about his revival and Tahiti. She couldn't believe it but then again this was S.H.I.E.L.D and anything was possible.

But Coulson was tired of talking about him. He wanted to know about her and her past.

"So what about you? Tell me how you got into the hacker lifestyle."

"Well," she said adjusting her self to get ready for the emotions that come with reliving her past, "I'm an orphan. I don't know anything about my parents or where I came from. I lived at an orphanage for the first seven years of my life. After that I went into the foster system. Every person that's tried to take care of me gave up. Friends weren't easy to find since I moved every few months. So I got used to being on my own from a pretty young age. Once high school came around I figured there was no point. Who was gonna pay for my college? No one cared about me enough to do it. So I did everyone a favor and dropped out. Lived on the streets. I thought about my parents a lot. Hoping they were out there missing me as much as I needed them. Wondering what the hell happened when they gave me up- if they had a choice or not.", Coulson could see the pain in her eyes as she looked out the window. He also saw it disappear when she looked back at him. "But one day, I decided to share my story with another guy on the street. He told me the answer was out there, we just have to dig deep. He's the one who got me into the whole 'Rising Tide- freedom of information' thing and that's where I learned computer science. I tried to use my skills to find out what happened to my parents but everything led to redacted files or dead ends- no answers. Once I realized I was stuck I decided to find other secrets, which lead me here." She finished her explanation with a smile that really meant, 'I just gave you a lot of heavy information about myself that might make you feel sorry for me but you really don't have to so I'm showing you that I'm fine'.

"Oh.", Coulson said unable to find any other words. He knew it was her when she mentioned the redacted files. "Skye, you can trust us here. You're apart of this team now, we watch each others backs."

"Thank you, Agent Coulson."

"That's reminds me, now that you are an official consultant there are a few protocols we have to go through before you can come with us into the field."

"Like what?"

"Nothing scary, just a physical and a few forms to fill out. You should go see Simmons as soon as possible. We're about to land in Peru."

"You got it, sir."

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