AN: Hey guys, we are back! The hand's better, and I have already written the 10 chapters I wanted before starting properly uploading for Book 2. As with Book 1, the uploads will normally happen every Saturday, but since it's the official day the Avengers Endgame comes out, with MegaDiary123 we decided to celebrate it with a new chapter! Welcome to all the newcomers to this story, thank you for following/favouriting/reviewing, as well as a salute to the old readers. I hope you guys enjoy.

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Skye's POV

"Who the Hell are you?!"

I looked deep into his eyes, and the lack of recognition remained at large. And even if he could lie to me in my face, his heart wouldn't be able to. My vibrations picked up on his heart rate. And just like with a lie detector, I knew that every word he spoke was something he truly believed in. "You were supposed to be dead" I whispered, my mind backtracking to the events of that awful day.

His expression changed as he took a deep breath and looked at me dead in the eyes. The steel determination in his gaze let me know he wasn't playing around. "How do you know that? Or me in that matter? What does the Rising Tide has on me?"

His seriousness let me know that he wasn't playing around. Trying to recompose myself, I took a deep breath and slowly raised my arms, trying to show that I meant no harm. His heart rate was still going a bit crazy after what had just happened but he was calming down. "Nothing, the Rising Tide had nothing on you". At that he narrowed his eyes as he clearly didn't think I was telling the truth. "And I know you because I was in the Helicarrier before the Battle of New York. I was there when you died" I said. It may not have been the whole truth, but it was a correct statement. "Look", I continued, "I am a high Level Clearance agent who had been undercover in the Rising Tide for the past half a year, okay? Deep undercover, no-one apart from the Deputy Director and the Director know about it"

All the talking had given enough time for the agent next to me to recover from my punch-vibration combo and he went to grab his weapon. I could easily disarm him, or both of them for that matter, but I had a couple of good reasons not to. For starters this wouldn't make them trust me more. And then, I couldn't use my powers since only the Avengers, the pirate, Maria and Jemma knew that 'Quake' and 'Skye' was one and the same. And if I went around blasting people all the time, even with my hacking abilities I wouldn't be able to keep my secret. So, as far as anyone knew I was a simple non-powered human.

With the other agent's gun trained on my skull Coulson spoke again. "Why don't I believe you? If you were such a high Level agent I would know of you. And more importantly, you would know of me being alive. So tell me, why should I believe any word you say? And if you were an agent, then where is your badge?"

I highly doubted that telling him that it was dropped in my van when they grabbed me would earn trust points. So I searched my memory and came up with only one idea that could potentially earn me some of those valuable points. "Sierra-Kilo-Juliet 08-Uniform-7342"

Coulson's eyes flickered at that. "How do you know that number?"

"In the same way that I know Alpha 946430" I said with confidence. "Wanna give her a call? Tell her that you have her old rookie, she will know what I mean"

"Make sure she stays put, agent Ward" Coulson said as he lowered his gun and took out his phone, before pressing it to his ear, calling my almost S.O.

"Why, Ward" I said turning to the agent who was deadly serious. "It couldn't possibly be agent Grant Ward, now could it?" I smirked when he tightened his hold on his gun. "I would put that down if I were you" I pointed at the gun. "I actually bet you 10 bucks that you will be told to do so in the next seconds" I teased.

"Bet's on" his reply only made my smile grow larger on my face.

I lifted my hand, open palm and started counting down from 5. The moment I closed my last finger Coulson's voice came from the front part of the car, "Lower your gun, agent Ward". He passed me the phone, a look of confusion in his face and then opened the door for me to exit. The moment I was outside the door behind me closed, giving me some privacy for the phone call.

"Skye…"

The moment I heard her voice it was like this was the last straw to keeping my emotions in check. "What in the world Maria?" I hissed. I didn't dare to scream because I didn't want the two men listening in our conversation. "How the fuck is Phil alive? Or maybe you want to tell me how I am a total stranger to him? Huh?"

"Skye, I need you to calm down okay?" She said with a voice that let me know I didn't really have much of a choice in the matter and she was only asking out of kindness. I took a few deep breaths, calming my nerves before she spoke again. "Good. Now, I need you to listen very carefully. I can't say much on the phone and I need you to not question me now. What I want you to do is lay low and be normal. They don't know, not even him"

"Fine" I said back. "I will help them out, I was the one who made them come to me in the first place. But don't think for a second that this is over. Not with you and not with the pirate. We will have a nice long chat as soon as possible" it was not even a question, no. This was a demand.

"We will" she verified and her tone let me know she was genuine in her answer.

"You bet we will. Want me to give you Coulson?"

"Yes" she answered. Just before I lowered the phone from my ear, I heard her call my name. "And Skye? I truly am sorry"

With that I opened the door and passed the device to its rightful owner. I saw Ward shooting me daggers as I extended my hand. He grunted, the frown on his face becoming worse as he placed the money on my palm just as "Roger that" echoed from the front.

"So, I am guessing we were heading to your base?" I questioned. "Lead the way" I smiled at Coulson and sat comfortably in my seat.

The moment we parked the car I was out and walking to my van which was brought by some other agents at the same location. I walked in and grabbed my USB sticks that were filled with the information needed as well as my badge. Then I followed the others to a ramp that led to the inside of the 'Bus', as the agents were referring to the airplane. I couldn't help but notice the cherry-red 1962 Chevrolet Corvette that Coulson loved so much.

He was leading us to what could only be a briefing room for me to give him any information he might needed. So, he had gone off ahead and was at the top of the spiral staircase when he noticed that I wasn't following and that my gaze was trained to the beautiful vehicle.

I was so certain of what was to follow that I beat him to it. "Don't touch Lola" I said with a smile on my lips as I restarted my walk and reached him. "I know"

I all but heard his jaw snap close at that and he narrowed his eyes at me. I had a feeling that I wasn't his favourite person in the world at the moment. "This way" he said with an authoritative tone as he passed me and led me to a room filled with computer, and other, systems and a table in the middle.

"How about we take it from the start" and with that he gave me permission to update them on everything that I knew.

I took my badge out and showed it to the two people in the room. "I am agent Skye. As I said before I was undercover in the Rising Tide. The Director was the one who gave me the mission and I was instructed not to have any contact with anyone from S.H.I.E.L.D. so as not to tip them off" I simply recalled.

"If you are so good that the Director put you in that position, then why were we able to track you down?" Ward spoke.

"Because I wanted you to, T1000. You know better than agent Coulson here how good I am with computers, given our shared time in the Academy" with that I saw recognition finally shine through Wards eyes.

"Wait one second. Skye? As in–"

"Yes, Ward" I cut him off. "Skye as in 'rookie', 'kid' and all the other beautiful nicknames that you had come up with in the beginning of my stay".

"You know her?" Coulson asked.

Wards eyes snapped to the senior agent and then back at my face as he replied. "Yeah, she came in the Academy in the year that I graduated. I haven't really seen her since"

I so enjoyed seeing Ward at a loss for words but we did have more important things to worry about. "Now that that is over, and as I said before, I wanted you to track me down. I didn't know which team would pick me up, but I know that agent Hill was monitoring the videos that I was uploading for the Rising Tide. I left the same cryptographic signature in the video with the Hooded hero with ones that I uploaded while undercover knowing that S.H.I.E.L.D. would pick it up"

After my explanation had finished the room filled with silence as what I had just said was being processed by the two. "Hill did verify what you said when we spoke in the phone, so I don't see why you would lie about anything. What's the reason you blew your cover then, agent?"

I flinched a bit when he called me 'agent'. This formality between us was something new as he wasn't Phil anymore for me. But agent Coulson, former Deputy Director and highly praised agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who gave his life trying to protect the world from Loki. "Centipede"

"Centipede?"

"It's a really well-covered operation. I haven't managed to find much but everything I have on them is right here" I said and handed over one of my flash drives. Then as I gave the second one I continued, "And this one has everything I managed to get on the Rising Tide. Names, aliases, bases, everything. But what matters now is Centipede. And more importantly the man that you came to look for when you came for me. Mike Peterson"

"Wait, how do you know his name?" Ward asked.

At that I did roll my eyes and pointed at my chest. "Hacker, remember?"

Coulson who had gone over to the computer system typed the name that I gave him. "But still. Our face-recognition system couldn't identify the guy. The videos quality was awful" he let all the information he could gather appear on the screen.

"I may be S.H.I.E.L.D. but I have some programs my own. I am the best hacker that S.H.I.E.L.D. has after all. I don't say it was the easiest thing in the world, but it was easy enough" my hands were folded at my chest and I looked around. "I am guessing you already have a team at the scene?"

"In fact, we do. We will wait for them to get back so as to get all the data we need and see how we proceed"

"Isn't time off the essence here? The sooner we find him the better and we already know the name" Ward chimed as he bounced from one leg to the other. The vibes he sent off clearly indicated that he wanted this mission over as soon as possible. Only I didn't know whether this was because of my presence or not.

"We should wait for the others" I said just as Coulson opened his mouth. "We don't want to rush in and it's important to know the whole situation before going in. I know you were trained as a specialist, but this is a team and agent Coulson is your leader, if I am not mistaken. Trust in him" I said and saw a smile appear on Coulson's face that was accompanied with a nod.

This was the first time he smiled at me since we met this day. The same smile that he used to give me all those years ago. We might have gone off to a rough start, but we would work it out. We always did.