"With great power comes…a ton of weird crap you are not prepared to deal with."
Skye's eyes open. The word 'power' echoing in her head. Her vision is blurry and she rubs her eyes as she starts to sit up.
What happened? She thinks before noticing her new surroundings.
Where am?…how did I-ow, my head, she thinks rubbing her temples.
"Skye," a familiar voice says.
"Grant," she says in almost a whisper due to how lightheaded she feels. She turns around on the bed she's on and spots Ward, Radcliffe, and Strange watching her from outside the containment module.
"Skye, are you alright?" Ward asks.
"No. My head. It feels like someone took a sledgehammer to it," she groans.
"What's the last thing you remember?"
"I was about to take a bath. Why am I locked in here?"
"Um, it's kind of a long story," Ward uneasily answers.
"Why don't you start from the top-ugh!" Skye groans and then a vision flashes before her eyes.
"Sit down while I check the door," Ward tells Skye. She jogs after him and spots a gun in the holster of a downed Hydra agent. Wasting no time, she grabs the weapon, aims it, and fires four bullets into Ward's side.
"Never turn your back on the enemy. You taught me that," she tells her stunned former friend and leaves him behind.
"What the absolute Hell was that?" She asks.
"Oh boy, she's remembering," Radcliffe whispers. Ward shushes him in response and turns back to Skye.
"I just saw myself shooting you. Why did I see myself shooting you?"
"Skye, you need to stay calm."
"Stay calm?"
"A lot has recently happened and it's very complicated to say the least," he starts to explain.
"Then why don't you start with why the Hell am I locked up!" She shouts then her eyes catch sight of a familiar symbol on the right side of the containment module. "Shield," she whispers and then looks back at Ward. "Are you with Shield?"
"Skye," Ward hesitantly begins.
"Grant. Are. You. With. Shield?" She asks again. The edge to her voice increasing with each word. Ward takes a deep breath and answers.
"Yes."
"Oh my God." Skye puts a hand over her heart as its beating starts to quicken in pace.
"Wait, let me explain."
"What? Are you going to say that what we had was real? That you weren't just using me!" She yells at him.
"You seriously need to calm her down," Radcliffe advises.
"Shut up!" Ward shouts at him.
"No, you shut up, Ward! You bastard!" She shouts again. Pain suddenly shoots through her head again and she drops to her knees.
"Skye? You want to talk to us?" May asks.
"Skye? What's doing this?" A concerned Coulson questions. As frightened as she is as the room shakes around her, Skye can't keep the words from tumbling from her lips.
"I am," she confesses.
"What the Hell was that?" Skye breathes and then notices her hands are starting to shake uncontrollably and her heartbeat starts to get even faster. "What's wrong with me? Grant, what's wrong with me-AHHHHHHH!" She screams as the pain in her head increases ten fold and the entire area around her starts to violently shake.
"Skye!" Ward goes for the containment module doors, but Strange holds him back.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"Can't you see she's scared!"
"Unless you want your bones turned into dust!…" Strange's voices trails off as he notices the floor beneath his feet starting to shake as well.
"I thought you said you made it so that thing could contain her powers," a nervous Radcliffe says.
"I have been told I have a bit of an ego problem," Strange utters.
Ok, screw this, Ward thinks.
He grabs Strange's arm and flips him to the floor. He reaches for the control pad of the containment module, but something shocks his hand when he touches it.
"What did you do to this door!" He yells at Strange.
The vibrations suddenly increase in their intensity causing Ward and Radcliffe to lose their balance and fall down. Back inside the module, tears start streaming down Skye's face at the amount of images bombarding her mind.
"N-no! TRIPP!"
"He's Hydra!"
"I'm sorry May, you're not welcome here."
"There's something very wrong with me."
"Make it stop," she pleads. "Make it STOP!" She pounds her fist on the floor and a massive crack appears in it, making her cry out in surprise.
Strange pulls himself back up to his feet and forms a portal in front of him to get by the magic shield he put around the containment module. He rushes forward, but the vibrations pulsing from Skye push him back before he can get any closer.
"For crying out loud, you need to calm down!" Radcliffe shouts.
"Calm down? Look at me! I'm a freak!" She cries out and some of the lights in the room shatter as a result followed by another set of visions flashing before her eyes.
"Imagine what will happen if your powers grow. It might not stop at breaking glass. You could bring down buildings. Tear continents apart," Sif tells Skye.
"We're the ones that need protecting," Mack blurts out not realizing Skye heard every word.
"No! Skye!" Bobbi screams as another agent fires his weapon at her.
"We're not going to turn on you or abandon you," Jiaying promises.
"It would be," Cal starts.
"Let me guess. Best day ever," Skye finishes.
That last part brings Skye out of her vision and back into the containment module.
Who were those two people? Something about them feels…familiar. Warm. Skye thinks and her heartbeat miraculously starts to slow and the terrible pain in her head starts to calm down as well along with the vibrations.
With that, Strange makes a hasty entrance into the containment module and shoves his palm into Skye's chest forcing her astral form from her body. Her physical body slumps to the floor and the vibrations stop completely.
"Mr. Ward, if you would join...-"
"What did you do to her!" Ward interrupts entering the module. Strange sighs and knocks Ward's astral form from his body without even turning around.
"I'll be back with you in a moment, Dr. Radcliffe," Strange says and removes his own astral form from his body.
Radcliffe just stares at the three unconscious bodies before him and awkwardly scratches the back of his head.
"What did you just do!" Ward demands to know gazing unbelievably at his astral form.
"Someone better start explaining things now!" Skye also demands. Strange rolls his eyes, lifts up his hands, and freezes both Skye and Ward in place.
"Now, I'm going to release you both, and when I do, I want you to please calm down. Am I understood?"
"Yeah, sure," Ward replies.
"Fine," Skye answers and Strange releases them.
"You said you weren't Inhuman," Ward reminds him.
"I'm not, but the nature of my powers is not important at the moment. What is important is you, Skye."
"Why me?"
"Due to circumstances beyond your control, you've been given one of the most dangerous Inhuman powers on the planet. I'm here to help you learn how to control them."
"How could these powers even be activated? I've never been near the Terrigen crystals," she says and turns to Ward. "Did you do this to me?"
"No. I would never hurt you. Please, I need you to trust me."
"Trust you? Grant, you're with Shield."
"I know what this looks like, but believe me, Hydra is not what you thought it was. I wish I could explain everything that happened, but it's way too much to take in all at once."
"Oh yeah. Try me."
S.H.I.E.L.D. Graveyard
Jemma Simmons sits beside her grave unsure of how much time has passed since she pulled herself out of it. By now she has calmed down and now just wants some answers.
Those visions? What were they? They felt so foreign and yet...so familiar. And who was that man and why does my heart beat a mile a minute when I picture his face? Of course, none of those questions are as important as how the bloody hell am I still alive and how long has it been since the attack at the academy? She wonders.
She rubs her forehead slightly and takes a deep breath as her head starts to lightly throb again while she slowly stands to her feet.
One thing's for certain. I won't get any answers just waiting around, Jemma thinks and walks away from her grave.
The graveyard continues on for several agonizing minutes and Simmons feels sick to her stomach thinking about how many bodies must be under her. Eventually, Simmons reaches a fence and as she contemplates climbing over it or not, she spots a gap in the fence to left. She approaches the gap and manages to squeeze her way through.
Something about this feels oddly familiar, she thinks then spots a sign that reads:
Keep Out
S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Science and Technology
The word 'Hydra' spray painted over the sign.
Ok. This is DEFINITELY familiar, she recalls. An approaching van breaks Simmons' train of thought and she runs towards it waving her hands.
"Hey! Hey!" She calls out and the car slowly comes to a stop. "Oh, thank you so much. I need help." The driver rolls down her window revealing a woman with red hair, brown eyes, and a rather serious look on her face.
"Jemma Simmons?" She asks.
"...yes. How do you know my name?"
The woman responds by pulling out an Icer and shooting Simmons. Simmons falls to the street unmoving and two women identical to the one that just shot her get out of the van. They pick Simmons up and carry her into the vehicle as the driver puts her weapon away and pulls out a cell phone.
"It's Alisha," she says to whomever is on the other end. "Tell the Clairvoyant that we have her."
To Be Continued…