Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers 1. Chapter 1

Connections 1

In Central Park a jogger is running the perimeter wearing sky blue sweats, brown hair up in a pony tail and ear phones in her ears, her doe brown eyes watched the surrounding area intently as she jogs. Skye stopped in her tracks as she saw a man walk past her with a peculiar symbol on his neck, her curiosity was slightly peaked as he walked into one of the for lease buildings near by. She stealthily walked to the back of the building and peered through the partially boarded up window and listened carefully.

"Your a SHIELD agent!" Yelled a big burly man named Kent, Skye looked and watched as a big burly man pulled a gun from behind him and pointed it at a restrained young man. Skye's eyes widen as the gun went off and the young man slumped in his chair, she covered her mouth to keep from making noise. A man entered the room he was blond hair green eyed and well dressed he cleared his throat getting Kent's attention " And just how are you going to keep SHIELD from suspecting us Kent?! You were suppose to keep Agent Modesto alive!" he hissed advancing on Kent with clenched fists.

Kent stepped back frightened " Now James.. I mean Mr. Bucks do you really think I would kill him without a plan?"he scoffed before crossing his arms and James raised a eyebrow as he asked "And your plan is what exactly? It better not be completely idiotic or I will shoot you myself." he finished with narrowed eyes. Kent smirked " How else would you throw off a SHIELD murder? You frame a SHIELD agent that has a iffy record and act like nothing happened. You see this gun is specially made and from what I understand only four agents have one and this one belongs specifically to Agent Melinda May. She is currently down at the bar completely drunk and incoherent she will black out and have no reelection that she didn't kill him, Between the gun, fingerprints and hair fibers found on Agent Modesto's body the agent will end up in prison or dead." James smirked actually impressed " Get to it Kent."

Skye stepped back and right into someone making her gasp, "You shouldn't be spying young lady, you know what happens to spy's?" said a Middle Age brown hair buff guard, Skye looked around panicked before she threw her right hand out and pepper sprayed the guard quickly, as soon as the guard yelled in pain rubbing his eyes she took off . Skye ran dodging through allies and streets before she eventually made it to her apartment out of breath. She locked her door followed by pushing a chair next to the door for extra security, she collapsed onto her couch and stared blankly at the tv as she rethought about everything that just happened. " I have to tell someone... But who?" she whispered to herself. Once Skye finally calmed herself down she made herself lunch and turned on the News. Four hours later the news reported a body of a federal agent being found in a building that was for lease, Skye watched the reporters background and realized that there were SHIELD agents investigating.

Skye jumped from her couch pulled on her running shoes and ran out of her apartment nearly running over a single mother and her two year old. She ran as fast as she could, her heart pumping a thousand miles an hour, she screeched to a halt in front of the crime scene tape and tried to get passed but Police kept saying " Sorry you can't go in there this is a crime scene." Skye looked around urgently for any available SHIELD agent she spotted a middle aged man in sun glasses with a stern impassive face coming out of the building, she quickly tried to push through the police saying "Please let me through I have information about what happened here!" The police restrained her and finally she had enough, she grabbed on to one of the mans wrist and with precise precision twisted it to where she completely dislocated it , she let him drop to the ground and turned around to see the Agent look at her with crossed arms.

Skye cautiously approached the agent with her hands up in a surrendering manner "Please I have information about what happened here exactly 4 hours and twenty four minutes ago." she said checking her watch to make sure that her time estimation was correct. The agent raised a eyebrow before saying "Follow me." he got into a SUV and she hesitantly followed " My name is Agent Colson...Okay now who are you? What do you know and who trained you?" he asked taking off his sun glasses and looking emotionlessly to her. Skye gulped and replied "I am Skye... no last name. I know exactly what happened in that building from the point right before Agent Modesto was shot to their plan to frame one of your agents and as for who taught me my few skills that's something you should know since it's a way SHIELD agents train from what I have heard." she shrugged and Agent Colson stayed impassive which would make anyone not use to it uncomfortable.

"Rodriguez lets go to the Triskillion we have a witness on Agent Modesto's murder." says Agent Colson looking to the SUV driver who quickly put the vehicle in drive and drove away from the crime scene. Skye was careful to observe her surroundings as the drive to one of SHIELD's main headquarters, she let a breath out as they pulled into a secure garage. "Miss. Skye if you would follow me so we can take your statement. Plus I also would like to know who taught you your skills, I have noticed your constantly aware of your surroundings and always thinking of what could be used as any type of weapon." Said Agent Colson as they both exited the vehicle.

Agent Colson escorted her into a questioning room as he started asking questions, "Who taught you some SHIELD training?" Skye crossed her arms before saying " By law I don't have to answer that question as it is personal we can come back to it later. Four hours and fifty two minutes ago I was jogging around Central Park when I noticed a man duck into a building for lease he had a peculiar symbol on his neck. My curiosity got the best of me and I followed the man around the back of the building where I watched through some partially boarded up widows. A young man later identified as Agent Modesto was tied to a chair and a big burly man stood in front of him who was quite upset that this man was a SHIELD agent, he pulled a gun and shot the Agent directly into the heart. I was about to run away but then another man who I can describe pretty acurately entered mad that his man shot the agent when he was only suppose to tie him up. The burly man explained that he had a plan, I listened as he explained the plan as soon as he finished I turned around to leave but a guard was there not happy about me spying. He tried to grab me and without a second thought I pepper sprayed him and took off running, I was careful and made my way back to my apartment trying to figure out what to do."

Agent Colson raised an eyebrow and asked " Can you describe the men? Did you hear their names? And what's their plan? This is important." he said leaning back more relaxed about Skye's presence. Skye was quiet before replying " Yes, Yes and Yes. But first my throat is killing me from all the running I did to get back to the crime scene... Can I get some water?" she have him a slight smile and Agent Colson stood up " Of course I will be right back." he says before walking out the door, he goes down the hall and into the cafeteria where he runs into " Agent Barton... It's good to see that your recent mission was a success since you are alive and well it seems." he says with a coy smile that the archer returned while replying "Hi boss and yes quite the success... What's this i hear about Agent Modesto's death?"

Agent Colson frowned " Murdered in fact we have a witness but she is being a little bottled up... Maybe you can use your great boyish charms to get her to corporate better?" he says grabbing a bottle of water before walking out of the cafeteria with Agent Barton on his heels " Of course sir... Honestly who can resist this face." he says gesturing to his handsome facial features making the older agent lightly chuckle. They entered the room and Agent Barton froze upon seeing the young woman "Skye?!" he said in disbelief moving from Agent Colson's side, Skye jumped to her feet when she saw Agent Clint Barton. "Clint!" she moved faster than Agent Colson could react and she leapt into Clint's arms in a bone crushing hug. Agent Colson stared at the jogger and his agent before clearing his throat and asking "Ummm Agent Barton how do you know Skye?" Skye and Clint pulled apart from their short hug and Clint replied "She is my little sister."

~Authors Note~ **Hello all, I hope you enjoyed reading this first chapter and that your curiosity is now peaked, please review and let me know if you guys want the story to continue. Thanks for reading -PiratePrincess16**


	2. Chapter 2

Connections 2

Agents Colsons eyes widen before he exclaimed " She's WHAT?!" Agent Barton and Skye looked to each other before Skye said " Clint's my brother... We went through orphanages together." she smiled and Clint nodded in agreement with her, "Well then I am going to assume that Agent Barton was the one that taught you the defense skills and how you were able to dislocate the officers wrist with in a split second Skye?" presumes Agent Colson arms crossed Skye looks to Clint wondering what she should say and he replied " Yes I taught her but it was only for defense purposes... Why did you dislocate a officers wrist?" He looked down to Skye with a curious look and she frowned " He wasn't letting me through and well ... It was a Emergency Clint!" she quickly defended herself crossing her arms.

Clint raised an eyebrow "Haha okay doe no need to get all defensive but I have to admit I am happy that you executed it quickly. Now why are you holding back information from Agent Colson here? did I mention he was my former S.O?" he responded with a scolding to tone and she looked innocently to him " I wasn't holding back anything although I admit that I was hoping you would be here I haven't seen you in ages." she said and Agent Colson rolled his eyes noticing that he wasn't going to get any information from Skye so he sighed in defeat before getting Agent Barton's attention " Agent Barton... Can you please get Skye's full report on what she heard and saw and anything else she thinks will be important to us please?" Agent Barton turned impassive before replying "Yes Sir." Agent Colson left with a small smile forming on his impassive face.

Skye sat down on the metal chair and asked for a pen and a pad of paper to which Clint got and passed to her. She began writing explicit details first writing down what she saw then what she heard, she described the men down to approximate age, height, weight, and if they had noticeable accents or tattoos. She wrote down what she heard word for word about the plan, Clint watched as she furrowed her eye brows in thought. "Bro... Do you want me to sketch the man they called James Bucks... I got a good look of his face all I need is a pencil and twenty minutes." said Skye looking up from her writing. Clint smiled " Has your art skills been being practiced?" she shrugged and he went to the nearby desk and grabbed a pencil and passed it to his sister.

Agent Colson watched the brother and Sister react to each other, he quietly observed at how she was focused but aware of her brothers every movement. Skye hummed while she sketched and Clint decided to speak " I am sorry I haven't visited you in almost a year, i have been on constant missions." he said in a remorseful tone, Skye slowly looked up from her sketch and locked eyes with her brother and for a moment they just stared at each other before Skye tore her eyes away from Clint's and replied " What kind of missions? And you know it only takes two minutes to pick up a phone and call to say hello and ask what's going on bro." Clint frowned before replying " I am sorry all my missions are Classified since I am level eight... But you are right I should've called and for that I am sorry. Tell you what I have free time in about two hours how about we catch up? Get some Rocky road IceCream and watch a movie.. Deal?" he suggested with a hopeful look on his face. "Deal!" she went back to sketching and ten minutes later she put down the pencil and with a prideful smile spoke " I present to you Mr. James Buck... In sketch form." she holds up the sketch and Clint gasps.

"Clint? What's wrong? My sketching isn't that bad is it?" said Skye fearful that she didn't impress her awesome brother, Clint smiled "No nothing's wrong but wow! Sis I am so proud at what a sketch artist you have become. Is that everything you know and remember about Agent Modesto's murder?" Skye bit her lip in thought before replying "That's everything I know." Clint grabbed the twelve sheets of written reports and the Sketch and said "Come on lets go give this to Agent Colson." Skye got up from her chair and followed her brother across the room to Agent Colson's desk." Sir here is everything that Skye saw, heard and everything else that she thought was peculiar. She drew a sketch of who seemed to be the leader who one of the men referred to as Mr. James Bucks." Said Agent Barton politely passing the paperwork to his former S.O.

The looked curiously to the jogger and looked at the sketch in awe "Wow Agent Barton your Sister has some quite remarkable talents." he said before he started reading over her report half way through the sixth page Agent Colson looked to Skye and said "Have you ever considered joining SHIELD? These reports are at least level six surveillance detailed." Skye looked to her brother completely surprised and she said "I never really thought about it but I have to admit if I got to work with my brother it wouldn't be that bad." she shrugged and Agent Colson went back to reading the report. "Skye would you consider being a consultant on this case? I am of course pulling Agent Barton from any active missions to assist with this one." Asked Agent Colson impassively, Agent Barton opened his mouth to protest but his sister interrupted " consult on a SHIELD case? Cool! Yeah of course I would." Clint rubbed his hand over his face exasperatedly "This is a bad idea."

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	3. Chapter 3

Revised chapter three connections

"Here you go, Skye a SHIELD consultant badge... As long as you're with me or Agent Coulson you won't get in any trouble. Understand, Doe?" Clint stated as he clipped a badge onto her shirt.

Skye's big brown eyes looked to him happily before she replied, "Of course, Blue."

Clint rolled his eyes at his sister's nickname for him before he walked her out of the Triskillion.

When they got to the sidewalk, Skye turned to look at her brother and said, "so guess I will seen see you in an hour or two?"

Clint looked at her amused and replied " Nope your you're stuck with me till this mission is over. So I hope you have a spare bedroom, little sis because I am your bodyguard till otherwise decided ... Agent Coulson suggested it and I agreed."

Skye crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow before replying with pursed lips, "Well it's a good thing I am off work for the next three days. Come on you're driving, Bro." she says gesturing for him to lead and followed him over to a very nice motorcycle.

Skye gasped as she looked at the name written on the side of the motorcycle, 'Doe'.

" So you really do remember me when you're on missions," She said with a small smile and Clint rolled his eyes as he tossed her a helmet before putting one on himself.

Clint hopped onto the motorcycle before Skye got on, she wrapped her arms around her brother's waist before they both take off took off. Skye directs directed him to her new apartment and when they arrived he was impressed with her new apartment as it was a lot higher end.

"Nice apartment , Sis... New job?" he said asked. "Actually yes I do computer programming for a billionaire named Ian Quinn... He is quite nice. Right now my trainee Alex Mason is working the next few days while I am not." She smiled as she headed to the kitchen to grab a Gatorade.

" Have any lemon lime Gatorade ?" asked Clint walking up from behind her.

Skye opened the fridge and tossed him his favorite flavor while she grabbed one as well, "Of course do you really think I would ever not have our favorite drink on hand?" Clint smiled before grabbing his phone as it started to ring, " Hey, Nat... No... Actually I am busy today... Yeah... Okay Nat..." he said before hanging up, he turned and saw his sister with crossed arms as well a raised eyebrow.

"Who's Nat? Where did you meet? And when were you going to tell me about her?" She asked with a jealous tone jealousy laced through her voice.

Clint remained impassive as he replied, "My partner... At work and when I got a chance. No need to be jealous ... you know you always have come first before my previous girlfriends." he pulled her into a hug and she returned it before he asked "So have you been dating anyone in the last year?"

Skye pulled away from him and rolled her eyes, "Really is my big strong super hero brother getting all over protective of me?" she punched her brother's arm playfully making Clint chuckle.

"I am always protective of you little sis... Now let's say we get some IceCream ice-cream from Ben and Jerry's ?" Skye smiles smiled and together they walked out of the building.

Three hours later they arrived back at the Triskillion and that's when the fun started.

"Agent Barton who is this?" asked a red head in a full on Shield S.H.I.E.L.D suit,.

Clint instantly relaxed and replied, "Agent Natasha Romanoff let me introduce you to Skye. She is my sister and currently acting as a consultant on the Agent Modesto case. Skye this is my partner, Nat."

Both women observed the other for a moment not taking their eyes off the other, when Skye finally smiled and replied, "It's nice to meet you, Agent Romanoff."

Natasha's eyes twinkled as she shook Skye's hand and replied "It's nice to meet you as well, so your you're the Skye that Agent Coulson was talking about completely dislocating a Law Enforcement officers wrist for keeping you from getting to Agent Coulson. He says it was quite impressive," she crosses crossed her arms and purses pursed her lips.

"Agent Barton ... Sir, Agent Coulson has asked to see and the consultant in the command center immediately." Their conversation was interrupted by an Agent Gomez, who had walked over to them he turned and left as soon as he had delivered his message.

Skye raised an eyebrow and asked "Is consultant how I am going to be referred to while I am here? Because if so a few people are going to be annoyed when I don't acknowledge them because of it."she said arms crossed and face serious.

Clint chuckled and Natasha said, "Skye I think you and I will get along great."

They walked to the office and knocked before entering. When they entered Coulson was not alone, standing beside him was a middle aged woman, with raven hair. New paragraph. Coulson stood up and spoke, "Skye let me introduce you to the Agent you just saved from jail, this is Agent Melinda May.

Authors Note- Hi all I am incredibly amazed at the people that have read my story and are following this fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed this chapter please review and I will have the next chapter up as soon as I can. Thank you for reading


	4. Chapter 4

Connections 4

Agent Melinda May crossed her arms and starred at Skye, Skye starred back not afraid of the agent in front of her. "Agent Colson I like her... Not many can keep eye contact with the Calvary without fear." she says looking to Agent Colson with pursed lips. "Skye why aren't you afraid of Agent May? It's peculiar for you not to be ." Asks Agent Colson and Skye shrugs " Because she is a agent... But so is my brother and I am not afraid of him. Besides I have no reason to be afraid of her since I have done nothing wrong." she says and everyone chuckles at her spunk, "This is James Tiberius Bucks... He is believed to be the leader of a organization known as the Red Invaders, they got on our radars five months ago and the lead agents were Agent Barton and Agent Romanoff for infiltration... The organization is based out if Russian but are spreading across the globe and have now turned up in the US." Says Agent Melina Smith showing pictures on the screen,

"From the information given to us by Skye they are planning something big and are trying to stay off radar so they attempted to frame Agent Modesto's murder on our highly extinguished Agent Melinda May the Calvary to draw attention away from them. From Agent Romanoff and Myself's infiltration we have determined that they are interested in chemical weapons and biochemical but they move around every two weeks and as far as we are aware none of their phase one tests have been successful." says Agent Barton being his informative self, "If I may be as so bold as to ask How a simple young lady as Skye can get information such as this without any Shield training on information gathering? She isn't a agent where did she learn?" asks Agent Jacob Mitchell a level seven buff specialist with a grim expression, before Clint could open his mouth to respond Skye replied "My brother taught me some and the rest are my natural skills."

Agent Victoria Hand raised an eyebrow and asked "And who exactly is your brother?" Agent Colson pinched the bridge of his nose and spoke up "We are kinda getting off topic here-" "I am her brother. Now let's get back to work." says Clint arms crossed cutting of his former S.O.s sentence and everyone's jaw dropped looking to Skye then to Clint comparing the two in astonishment. "Sir... If they are making biochemical weapons and the public is exposed we could be looking at a epidemic at epic proportions depending on if it can be airborne, or transmitted with contact or if you have to be specifically injected with it. We should keep this contained to the best of our abilities if they are successful in the engineering of Biochemical weapons." Says Jemma Simmons level seven bio chemist standing by a Scottish engineer who was nodding in agreement with her. "We are well aware of the ramifications of bio chemical weapons which is why we sent Agent Romanoff and Agent Barton... If only our hackers could break through into the data we would be a lot further in understanding what we are against." says Agent Colson looking pointedly to the head of the CCS representative who paled at the glare.

Skye furrowed her eyebrows in thought before asking "What level of encryption is the data protected by?" Everyone looked at her confused but Agent Jeremy Phelps cleared his throat and replied "Top of the Line... Far surpassing Tony Starks and NASA's encryption together." Skye looked to her brother with a smirk and he sighed "Get her a computer... I hate to say this Agent Phelps but your team is about to be shown up by my sister." he said with a proud smile upon his face, Agent Colson nodded quite curious and a lap top with the needed data secured on it was brought to her. Skye sat down and immediately her fingers began typing across the board, everyone watched her intently before she spoke "You have been trying to go through the front door access but instead you should be going through the back door... If you send a hack to the main and actually hack through the back door they won't discover it if you use a specific type of encryption... And there we go. You guys have access to the data and your welcome." She said with a smirk and handed the laptop to one of the agents who looked at her wide eyed. Agent Victoria hand crossed her arms and spoke "She is definitely Agent Barton's sister... Okay back to work. Is Agent Barton and Agent Romanoff going back in undercover?"

"Agent Barton, and Agent Romanoff are going under deep cover for as long as required to bring down the Red Invaders... If a bio chemical test is successful you alert us and we go in. You two know what is required and expected of this mission." says Agent Colson tone firm and eyes full of intensity "Of course sir." Replies Agent Romanoff and Agent Barton says "Yes sir when do we go in?" he asked impassively kinda concerned going under deep cover when his sister was now involved with shield and helping this mission. "You leave at eleven hundred hours." replied Director Fury coming out of the shadows of the nearby office completely impassive "Everyone is dismissed" Says Agent Colson concerned about the sudden arrival of the Director, Agent Barton, Agent Romanoff and all the other agents left immediately without another word and Clint pulled his sister from the room. "That girl Skye... Barton has trained her well and she looks like she can be a big asset. I want her in SHIELD Colson " states the director and Agent Colson sighs "It's possible but Agent Barton is obviously protective of her... She will want to work with the Widow and the Hawk." he replies eyebrows furrowed in thought and Director Fury smirked "I can make that happen"

-Authors Note- Hope you enjoyed this chapter please review and thank you for reading


	5. Chapter 5

Connections 5

Skye was sad that her brother was going under deep cover with only Natasha as immediate back up, what if something happened what if either of them were hurt and she never found out? These thoughts ran through her mind as she sat at a desk looking at the clock as it read ten forty five in the morning, she sighed they were already in the field undercover for who knows how long. Director Fury approached her and said "I have a proposition for you... Now that you really now what your brother Agent Barton aka HawkEye does... I was wondering if you would be interested in joining SHIELD? From what I saw at that meeting yesterday you are easily a level five agent material." Skye's eyes widen as she straightened up and replied "ummm I don't know Director... I love everything you do here but I don't think I could stand going to school for a few more years and not work with my Brother." Fury smirked knowing he could offer her everything she wanted "Since I am impressed with all the skills that you already have I am going to make you a one time offer ... Here's the offer. I will take you under my wing... get you fully trained in combat and all required fields. You will learn another language and increase your hacking abilities. I can bypass you through the academy and if you train non stop and get high grades for six months I will evaluate you for level right access... You will be a rookie like Agent Colson was my rookie and now he leads his own team and he taught Agent Barton and Helped Agent Romanoff. What do you say Skye? This is a one time offer not one agent other than Colson has ever gotten such a offer from me... you have potential Skye and I want to unlock that potential ." he said with a impassive face.

Skye's jaw slacked at the amazing offer but had to ask "What's the catch?" Director Fury rolled his eye before replying "No catch at all Ms. Skye like I said you have much potential just like your brother." Skye furrowed her eyebrows in thought before replying "When do we begin? And will I be able to work alongside my brother when I complete my training?" Director Fury smiles and starts guiding her to his chopper. Meanwhile in a black SUV Natasha breaks the calm silence of the drive "So why didn't you tell me about your sister?" she asked in a very neutral tone that pulled Clint from her thoughts. "Why make her a target for my enemies? Technically Barton is my last name but Skye doesn't have one because she was literally raised from a year old in foster care and orphanages along side me... We had two different fathers therefore two different last names but no one knew hers. In all honesty I didn't want my little sister whom I care so much about to get involved with things that could harm her that's why I taught her self defense." he said ending with a slight sigh.

Natasha bit her bottom lip and hesitantly asked "Why didn't you tell me? I may be SHIELD but I am not one to tell secrets... We are partners Clint we know more about each other then anyone else can piece together in fifty years with a full diary about what our lives are like. You should've told me... I would never put her in harms way and you know that so why didn't you tell me?" Clint frowned before looking out the window and replying "In all honesty... I don't know Natasha, I didn't even tell Colson... Skye means everything to me and I don't know what I would do if she was ever extremely injured in any way." Natasha pursed her lips and continued driving ready for their deep cover mission.

(The next day)

"So Skye we need to put a last name for you so since their is no record of a last name why don't come up with one?" says Director Fury filling out the required information " I think either Walker or Rogers... Agent Skye Rogers ... Agent Skye Walker... Let's go with Walker." replied Skye with a slight smile. "Okay... Now I am going to be your S.O meaning I will teach you everything that you need to know... You will only follow my orders and no one else's I may at times have someone else train you if I am called into important meetings at those times I will either have Captain Rogers or Deputy Director Hill . They are both tough but their training is flawless. Is that understood?" says Director Fury his one eye roaming over facial expressions. She nodded before asking "Of course sir... One question how am I to refer to you? Director? Fury? Nick? Even Pirate?" she said the last name with a slight smile making the director roll his eyes." A comedian just like your brother... For now call me Sir... I will call you agent or rookie is that understood?" Skye nodded in understanding. Meanwhile across the city Clayton and Natalie aka Clint and Natasha undercover walk around the base as they talk to Benjamin Glass the leader scientist in the Bio chemical experimentation.

"Ahh Natalie ... Clayton I called for you. Check out this test. It appears that the regeneration process of the rat has been amplified. The compound if administered in a doss of about twelve cc's will quicken the subjects regeneration process, it appears that our Bio Chemical experimentation has taken a turn for the better." says Benjamin Glass with a mischievous glint in his eyes, Clint and Natalie nodded and Clint asked "What exactly are you hoping to succeed with this particular experiment? I mean Dr. Whelks is working on the aspects of aggression and Professor Heine is working on the hopes to add strength so i assume you are doing health by cell regeneration?" Benjamin glass smiled and replied "Yes indeed our organization will be one of the most powerful in less than a years time. Excuse me I must return to work." Clint and Natasha left the room and they looked to each other eyes full of concern. Natasha whispered "I think there is more to this then we are aware."

-Authors Note- Hope you liked ... Please review thanks for reading


	6. Chapter 6

Connections 6

( two months later)

"Come on Skye attack them harder and faster!" exclaims Fury watching as Skye spars with three level six agents feeling very tired from all her training. Skye ducted and kicked the legs out from under one agent before spinning around catching another in the jaw before directing her attention to her last remaining opponent. She blocked as he shot his wrists out in a organized manner, she she countered going for his stomach but instead he right hooked and busted her lip open, she was mad as she zeroed in on her opponent." What's the matter rookie? Upset that you got a little scratch?" he taunted and that caused Skye jumped into the air and delivered two kicks to the agents face as she spun before kicking his stomach sending him to the ground clutching his face and stomach.

Skye landed like a cat before adjusting a lock of hair back into her ponytail and straighting herself up and walking over to her impressed S.O director Fury. "You are improving Skye... This week you will be tested in torture prevention. Get some rest I will see you at oh five hundred." he said hands at his side as he walks off Skye checks her watch and frowns it was already past midnight so she quickly got home. ( Two Days Later) "Who are you loyal to?" asked a man in a ski mask as Skye say bound to a chair face impassive "SHIELD" she says and she feels herself dunked head first into cold water, after one minute her lungs began to burn and she suddenly began to panic. About twenty seconds later she was brought up for air "Don't panic! That's the number one rule when being interrogated or tortured for information. When you are getting water boarded or anything that relates to water everyone generally wants to thrash around and find air but it's not always that simple. My advice is find some place to focus on instead of the pain or burning sensation coming from your lungs... Let's continue" says the agent in the ski mask.

( Two hours Later)

"Congratulations Agent Skye Walker you have passed level six torture prevention." says the agent taking off the Ski mask "Thank you Agent...?" she says before looking to the handsome face and wondering what his name was "Agent Grant Ward... Level seven tactical specialist." he answered with a emotionless face. Skye smiled slightly at his soldier demeanor before tensing when the director came in " Good Job rookie... Follow me you have some more paper work to fill out before we are taking a trip to the nearest academy for some drills." he said before gesturing for her to follow leaving a surprised level Seven agent specialist with wide eyes as to how she knew the director.

(A month later)

Bucks looked over the test results from Benjamin Glass' experimentation, he then looked at Professor Heine's results and began to smile wickedly "Everything is going according to plan... Once my other facilities complete their tests we may move to human trials."he said looking to Clayton and Natalie who hid how tense they were. Clint went to the room Nat and him shared and as soon as they were both in he rubbed a hand through his hair and said "Nat this is getting worse... I have a feeling Mr. Bucks has more planned then what he is saying... Ugh I just want this mission to be over." Natasha frowned and pulled Clint into a hug "We both want this mission to be over and done with but we have to wait a few more months before we can bring down these red Invaders." she whispers and he nods "This is going to be a long mission." In Mr. Bucks office Benjamin Glass tentatively enters and he asks "Sir... What exactly are your plans for my serum?" James Bucks looks to him impassively and replies "My plans are great and can't be devulaged at the moment. But since your a valuable asset and are loyal I will give you a hint... The secret lies Captain America."

(Six hours later)

Skye looks at the clock as it strikes mid night and she smiles lightly before whispering "Happy Birthday Blue... Please be safe."

-Authors Note- Sorry for taking so long to update but life has been busy... Please review and Thank you for reading


	7. Chapter 7

Connections 7

( Seven in the morning)

Clint woke up next to Natasha in their small room in the Red invaders secret base, he looked to his partner and she smiled " Happy Birthday Clint." she gave him a quick kiss on the lips that he smiled into. " Thanks Nat." he said as the kiss stopped. Skye went to the gym for her daily warm up when she discovered a blonde haired man beating the punching bags like they were paper. She was surprised since usually it would be just her and either Director Fury or Maria Hill who would push her to her limits in sparring, the man sensed her and turned to her "You must be Agent Skye Walker... I am captain Steve Rogers, Both Director Fury and Maria Hill were unavailable for training this morning and asked me to fill in."

Skye stood impassive just surveying the man also known as Captain America, "Very Well..." she finally says as she drops her duffle bag on the nearby bench, Steve watched her as she moved to the punching bag he vacated and wrapped her hands. Skye executes her punches perfectly and Steve just watches her, she excels the speed of her punches to the point that he is impressed she hasn't passed out. "How long have you been training to be a agent?" he asked as he steadied the bag for her, her concentration broke and she immediately stopped punching the bag. Skye grabbed her water bottle and took a few sips her face shining with sweat as she finally spoke " Three and a half months." she moved to the pull up bars and immediately started using them. Steve stared at her in shock and said " Three and a half months and your already at level six ? How is that even possible?"

Skye grunted as she pushed herself to do the pull ups as she replied " My brother is Agent Clint Barton." Steve raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms a little skeptic before he asked "Your Hawkeye's younger sister? Wow never knew he had one." Skye jumped off the pull up bars and shrugged " He is my big brother he protects me by not mentioning me... Anyways Director Fury and Agent Colson found out that he had trained me up to level three techniques and with my skill set Director Fury gave me a special offer that I agreed to. So here I am with the Director as my S.O and getting trained by the best of the best in every field." she said impassively and Steve sighed before asking " Well why don't we see how your hand to hand combat is doing then." Skye walked over to the mats and waited for Steve to engage her in combat, Steve punched at her stomach careful as to not put his full strength into it.

Skye dodged the hit and sent her fist at him, Steve blocked and swung his leg quickly at her making her back flip away from him. They calculated each other's movements and for half a hour they were at each other's throats neither of them knowing that both Director Fury and Maria Hill are watching them from the Directors office through the security feed. " They are in perfect sink with each other's techniques Sir," Says Maria hill eye brow raised and lips pursed, "She is very much like her brother a natural at fighting and a quick learner." Replied Director Fury watching the Avenger and his Rookie spar and do it in perfect sync, "I hate to say this but Barton's sister may be better than Romanoff." says Maria arms crossed.

Director Fury sighed "Barton won't allow his sister to become a assassin... He's too protective of her and to be honest he doesn't know that she is training to be a shield agent because I waited till Barton and Romanoff left for their undercover mission before I brought her into Shield." he replied and Maria's head snapped in his direction in shock and horror as she spoke "You brought Barton's sister into SHIELD with out discussing it with him? I am sorry to say this director but... Do you have a death wish!? If he kept SHIELD from knowing about her for the eight years he has big brother instincts and I have a feeling he will be raging like Hulk when he comes back and finds his sister a full blown shield agent and that you taught her." her eyes were showing emotion that Fury rarely sees it was amusement.

"Maria what is your opinion on putting Steve and Skye as partners in the field?" he asks taking a seat at his desk, Maria raises her eyebrow and takes a seat in front of his desk " It's a interesting proposition sir... But my professional opinion is to wait till she has finished her training before partnering her with a Avenger Sir." she replies and he leans back in his chair hand clasped in front of him, "I see your point and I am inclined to agree ... Now let's go break them up before one puts the other on the mats and ruins the perfect tie." he says. In the gym Skye launches herself at Steve making him dodge and then pin her on the mats. "Not bad Agent Skye." says Steve with a smirk and just then Director Fury's voice is heard making them both jump to their feet "Great Sparring Match Captain Rogers... Rookie." Both of them look to see Maria and Nick Fury, "Thank you Sir." said Skye hiding the smile upon her face. "Your becoming as good as Barton, thank you for your help today Captain Rogers." Steve smiled and left the room leaving Skye to think about how much fun she just had, she looked foreword to sparring with the famous Captain America in the future.

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	8. Chapter 8

Connections 8

(Two Months later )

"Rookie it's time to see how you handle a level seven mission, your target is a man by the name of James Mitchell he is a hit man that works for a branch of the red invaders as a get it done type guy. The CIA have been after him for years but recently when he joined the Red invaders more bodies have been piling up, we need him brought in preferably but eliminated if you can't take him. You will have back up standing by but only if required, he is currently at a low maintenance base in Paris France. Agent Ward tells me your French has improved greatly so use it, you leave in six hours via quinnjet. Here's the file, Be careful and complete the mission." says Director Fury with a impassive face but a hint of concern in his tone. Skye is speechless as she lets all the information sync in, before she replies "Yes Sir." she takes the file from his out stretched hand and leaves the Directors office.

(Four hours later)

"Grrr why does the Director want me to take out someone like James Mitchell? Something just doesn't add up about the records we have on him." says Skye to a picture of her brother, she lays across her bed as she goes over the files. She packs her go bag as light but with the needed precautions as well, Skye knows that this mission is a big opportunity for her.

( twelve hours later on the outskirts of Paris France.)

"Eyes on target" Says Skye into her coms, she watches as James Mitchell enters the building that he has concluded as one of the red invaders research bases. Skye quietly made her way to the back entrance of the building, she met resistance immediately with a swing at her head by a guards fist. Skye's defense techniques instantly jumped into motion and before the man realized it he was flipped over her head before getting a spin kick to the face welcoming the darkness that came. Skye pulled the nine mil Ruger LC9 handgun secured on her thigh holster and went about cautiously finding her target, she entered a room staying in the shadows and in the center directly in the bright lights was James Mitchell talking to older man in a lab coat. Skye put her lethal weapon away and pulled out her tranquilizer pistol and with great stealth shot the scientist letting him fall to the ground, immediately James Mitchell whipped out his gun and began shooting blindly into the shadows. Skye rolled her eyes at the idiotics of the man as he ran out of bullets and spun around wildly trying to find her " Who's there? What do you want?!" he asked with no fear in his voice but shown in his eyes, "SHIELD... Now put your hands up because your coming with me." replies Skye impassively stepping out from her hiding spot behind him with her tranquilizer pistol aimed at his head.

He spun around in fear before he smirked looking at the hot female agent with a mischievous glint in his eyes, "Well aren't you a hot agent... Put down the weapon and I won't have to harm that pretty face of yours." he says advancing towards her, Skye's eyes narrowed not impressed or happy that this guy was practically undressing her in his mind. "Not going to happen... If you continue advancing I will end up having to shoot you." she growled but kept a emotionless tone. James Mitchell was hesitant as he took another step towards her and said "Come on you don't have to be so feisty with me... Just give me the gun because I know you won't shoot me. You don't have it in you." Skye pursed her lips before she took a step towards him and faster then he could react she punched him squarely in the nose sending him flat on his back . "Seems I have a feisty fighter on my hands." he said with coy as he stood up and wiped the blood running from his nose. Skye's eyes narrowed as he lunged at her but she side stepped missing his fist and making him upset, she growled as he tried to sweep her feet from under her and instead she jumped into a black flip kicking him in the face in the process. He went down hard and yelled "I will kill you for this!"but he was still conscious so she said "Still think I am a pretty face?" before shooting him with the tranquilizer straight in the forehead eliciting a groan before his eyes closed and his breathing evened out.

Skye spun around when she felt another presence in the room immediately pulling her firearm and looking through the shadows. " Nice work Agent Skye Walker" says a mama voice, she directed her attention to a man in a gold and raw red suit . "Iron Man is my back up? Hmmm that's new" She says instantly recognizing the billionaire known as Tony Stark in his Iron Man suite. "Yes I am... Great job securing James Mitchell without my help I was sure that a new inexperienced agent such as yourself would need help. I guess Capsicle wasn't joking about you being the next Black Widow." he says in a impressed manner and she rolled her eyes as she cuffed her unconscious target and spoke into her coms "Target secure heading back to base." Iron man carried her target over his shoulder like a fireman and helped put him into Skye's Black car with ease, "Thanks for the help Iron Man... I have to admit it was a honor to meet you." said Skye with a small smile and the genius billionaire playboy philanthropist smirked "Any time you need help just call me... Your hawkeyes sister which technically makes you family. I hope to work with you again soon Agent Walker." said Tony handing her his number before he took off flying in his suite. Skye put the number in her pocket before she got into her car and took of speeding down the road.

-Authors Note- I am so so sorry for not updating sooner but my life has been extremely busy, I hope you enjoyed the chapter so please review and let me know. Thanks for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	9. Chapter 9

Connections 9

( A month later)

Skye walks through the office cubicles in the Triskillion " Good Morning Agent Walker." says Agent Marcus sitting at his desk, "Morning Agent Marcus... How's the newborn baby?" she replies stopping a few feet from his desk "Doing great she is the cutest thing I have ever seen.. Thanks for asking." he replied with a smile.

Skye gives him a curt nod before being able to go a few desks down before being stopped again "Agent Skye how are you this morning?" asks Agent Antoine Triplett walking up to her with his usual dashing smile "I am great so far, How are you Agent Triplett?" Says Skye with pursed lips trying to keep her expressions neutral "I am stupendous, and I told you to call me Trip" He replies with a scolding look that made Skye lightly chuckle before replying "Well Trip I have to get to the Directors office before he is mad that I am late... See you later." she gives him a quick wave before trying to rush past more people. After thirty more 'hellos' , 'Good Morning's' and 'How are you?' Skye finally got to the Directors office with a breath of relief.

Skye knocked on her S.O's office door waiting for him to respond, seconds later there was a beep and the doors unlocked, she opened the door and let it close behind her as she entered with a impassive demeanor. "Nice of you to join us Skye." says a clearly disappointed Director Fury. Skye saw Maria Hill in the room as well and chose her words carefully "I am sorry Sir... I kept getting stopped on the way here. It won't happen again." she replied and Maria Hill smirked, " Have a seat" she said gesturing for Skye to take the seat across from her.

"Well as you are well aware that within the month you will officially be sworn in as a agent of SHIELD once you do your automatically assigned a partner for a year." says Director Fury leaning back in his comfortable computer chair. Skye furrowed her eyebrows in frustration because she didn't like the idea of a partner. " Yes sir I am well aware of the protocols, but I don't think a partner could survive my personality." she says impassively and Fury smirks "I am inclined to disagree but I am giving you a choice to choose a partner from these stack of files by the end of next week." He says passing her about a dozen files of fully capable agents for her partner.

Skye looked at the pile of files and spoke "Sir are you sure it's a good idea for me to have a partner? My last few missions I have been more of a lone specialist with back up standing by, I am a lot like my brother we don't get along with people easily." Director Fury stood up from his desk and spoke "Which is why every day till the end of next week you will be training with each person for one day, at the end of the day you will rate them on a scale of one to five and give us the reasons why. Skye I am giving you the ability to choose your partner which very few have ever been offered. Take the chance ." Skye tensed but replied "Very well Sir, I assume I start today with the training?" and a brief nod from her S.O confirmed that the next week and a half was going to be very tiring.

The first agent was a specialist thirty fives years old brown hair and a gruesome scar across his lower cheek was a level seven by the name of Agent Alex White. He was great in the sense that he was experienced in every form of weaponry and combat. Problem was that he acted like she was a fragile doll and that made her more determined to put him in his place getting a rating of Three in approval. The next day was a female agent of forty two years old, blonde hair and blue eyes making her look more like a super model than a agent. Her specialty was search and rescue missions but Skye didn't like that she was too prissy and she got rated two on her scale.

The third choice was a blonde haired green eyed twenty seven year old male named Agent Jason Michaels level seven tech specialist with two years field experience. Her problem with him was that he acted like a know it all and it got him a ranking of two on the scale of one to five. The forth choice was Agent Samantha Avery and she was ranked three because of her strict to the letter orders. Agent Lance Lawson, Agent Makayla Walt, and Agent Steven Queen all got eliminated for their attitudes and for them constantly putting her down because she was the Directors rookie and therefore got special privileges which was partly true but uncalled for.

Choices eight through ten were imfatic 'Not happening' with Agent Walter Jennings and Agent James Wilkins getting scores of one point five for their cockiness. Skye was surprised to see Agent Grant Ward on the list for possible partner and evaluated him carefully, in the end she gave him a four and the only reason she didn't give him a five was the fact that he could be a distraction thanks to his looks. Her last candidate was in fact Steve Rogers and her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets to the pleasant surprise. She rated Steve at four because the only draw back is that he is a Avenger and can't always be there to back her up.

Skye turned in her reports to Director Fury before leaving the room and him smirking as he looked at the ratings and excuses for them "Well she is certainly original in how she states things... Nearly three fourths of the candidates didn't go above two and the only ones that did are Agent Samantha Avery, Agent Grant Ward and Captain Steve Rogers. It's amusing how the only excuse she could find against Ward was that she could get distracted by his good looks. Her excuse for Rogers was that he's a Avenger." says Fury with rarely seen smirk on his face, Maria Hill pursed her lips before asking "Who are you going to choose?"

-Authors Note- Who do think will be Skye's partner? I hope you liked the chapter and forgive me if I had any grammar or writing mistakes. Please review as encouraging reviews help me write chapters faster. Thanks for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	10. Chapter 10

Connections 10

(Later that day)

Natalie and Clayton head to their room looking queasy after what they just saw, as soon as the door is closed Natasha looks eurnestly to Clint and says "We have more than enough to shut them down... Let's call in back up. These people are monsters... That poor girl." Clint nods quietly before taking out his Avenger phone and pressing his speed dial to call Agent Colson. " Sir we have gotten as much information is possible... The experiments have turned lethal requesting a take down immediately." he says and after a few 'Yes sir' answers he hung up looking to Natasha with a smile.

Agent Colson started barking out orders to his team before going to Director Fury's office to alert him of the recent developments. " Director Fury I - Oh hello Deputy Director Hill, sorry to interrupt sir but we have just gotten word from Agent Barton and Agent Romanoff that the Red Invaders have become lethal and are requesting back up for the take down." Says Agent Colson stopping in front of the Directors desk. Director Fury raises an eyebrow before saying " Agent Skye will want to be there to see her brother, take her with you but keep her with you Agent Colson."

Agent Colson looked ready to argue when he gives a firm look and Colson gives a curt nod in understanding before leaving the office. Deputy Director Hill looks to Director Fury and asks "Sir with all due respect... Do you have a death wish?! Agent Barton will use you as target practice when he finds out you turned his sister into one of us without his consent." Director Fury went completely impassive "I am well aware but I didn't force her to become a agent she chose and I just helped escalate it."

Deputy Director Hill pursed her lips before saying "If anything happens to her heads will roll, she has become extremely popular here in the five and half months she has been training. Captain Rogers seems to get along with her extremely well and their sparring has escalated to the point that they always end up in a tie neither can get through the others defenses." Director Fury smirked leaning back in his chair "Exactly why Captain Rogers and Agent Walker will make a impeccable team. Her brother is a Avenger why not her partner? And Mr. Stark has already volunteered to be back up for her on all her missions. I have a feeling she will be a perfect liaison between Shield and the Avengers when needed."

Meanwhile Skye was disassembling her gun and cleaning it, she was lost in thought when a voice pulled her out of her thoughts "Agent Walker... Suit up. Director Fury ordered that you accompany me and my team for the take down mission of the Red Invaders. Bay three in ten minutes." says Agent Colson and Skye's eyes widen before she hastily reassembled her gun and went to change into her combat uniform. Meanwhile Clint and Natasha were suiting up into their perspective Black Widow and Hawkeyes suits complete with all their weapons and gadgets. Both of them ready to take down the Red invaders without a second thought.

(A hour Later)

A dozen full black SUVs pulled up to a supposed abandoned warehouse, everyone was in full tactical gear but Agent May and Agent Skye were in suits just like that of Black Widow. As ordered Skye stayed beside Agent Colson as they broke through the front warehouse doors. Skye watched Colsons back as they were peppered with automatic rifle fire. "Agent Colson on your left!" yelled Skye as she shot at another assailant hitting him in the chest with one shot. Agent Colson immediately shot at his attackers, the strike team was laying down heavy cover fire while Agent Colson and his team slipped around the chaos and moved to the lower levels. Suddenly someone jumped down in front Skye with a gun poised to her head.

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	11. Chapter 11

-**Authors Note- Not a long chapter but I hope you like it :-) please review and thanks for taking the time to read -PiratePrincess16-**

Connections 11

Skye reacted on instinct even though the hall was almost pitch black and immediately went to disarming the person in front of her, they fought over the gun when all of a sudden Skye realized that she was fighting another women, agent Coulson was trying to get to Skye but there were other men in the hall and him and his team were pinned. Skye heard a arrow wizz past and she completely stopped fighting the women in front of her and back flipped away. "Agent Walker SHIELD." she said knowing that Clint and Nat were in front of her. Natasha smirked "Should've figured no one else could possibly last that long against me... But only level eights or Avengers are that skilled and I know all of them... So who are you?" she asked stepping right in front of her ready to fight of need be.

Skye sighed and turned on her flashlight showing her face as she replied "It's me Natasha... Where's-" she starts only to have Natasha's eyes widen " Skye why in the world are you here?! If Clint finds out he will be on a rampage!" hisses Natasha as she looked for Clint in the shadows. "I am here with the strike team... I am suppose to stay by Agent Colson but our little match got us separated." said Skye with a frown, suddenly a male voice nearby startled her and she drew her weapon on instinct "Nat?" when Skye saw it was her brother she immediately relaxed and tried to hide her face in the shadows but it was to late Clint saw her.

Clint's eyes widen as his eyes landed on the one person he never thought he would see while finishing the mission, his sister Skye. "Skye..." he said quietly before suddenly he realized how she was dressed, she was dressed like a level seven or eight operative. "I am going to use at he Directors office as target practice!" he exclaimed fists clenched around bow and arrow. Skye decided to hug her brother in hopes that his temper would go away. " Hey Blue, I know you want to have a temper tantrum but right now Agent Coulson and his team are under heavy fire so big big up and send some arrows flying." she said pulling his chin down so that they are eye level. Natasha raised an eyebrow as brother and sister both glared defiantly at each other before Clint growled "Fine but you are not leaving my side. Let's help my S.O!" he said.

Clint began effortlessly shooting at the attackers from behind them making them effectively in the middle with no way to escape. Skye shot several of the men but she tried to keep from doing unnecessary kill shots. As soon as all the attackers where dead or surrendered Agent Colson walked up to Agent Barton, Agent Romanoff and Agent Walker with a small smile "It's good to see you and Agent Romanoff alive and unharmed Barton... I see you ran into Agent Walker, before you threaten to put a arrow in me I want you to know I told the Director that you would be against it." he said and Clint spoke through clenched teeth " Well my baby sister isn't a field agent! And I will make that clear to Pirate. Now Skye since your here why don't we use your hacking abilities?"

Skye was unfazed that her brother was being overprotective and mad that she joined SHIELD but she replied "Of course Agent Barton... Lead the way." her use of his title made Clint frown knowing that she would most likely eat him alive later for being to protective of her. Natasha, Clint and Skye charged into a lab and was met with heavy semi automatic fire , a German accent made Skye furrow her brows in confusion "Vhy do you betray us Clayton? Vhy Natalia?" asks a guy in his mid forties looking to Natasha extremely hurt. Clint snorted "Vhy wouldn't we?! Your Physcopaths that went to the extreme of experimenting on a ten year old little girl! Who didn't make it. Vith SHIELD you Vill be put into prison!" Said Clint mocking a German accent before he sent a arrow and pinned the man to the wall.

Skye saw a bullet heading straight at her brother and pushed him out of the way, the bullet grazing her side. Clint rolled and immediately shot the shooter before looking to his sister who immediately said "It just a graze only going to need a few stitches, now where's the computer?" Clint frowned but gestured to her right where a desk laid. Skye was hacking into the Red Invaders main frame minutes later with no concern, "You will regret your betrayal Clayton and Natalia! Those vho you love shall be ripped avay from you !" yelled the German man known as Carsten, Skye hid a stutter while Natasha took the butt of her gun and knocked Carsten unconscious.


	12. Chapter 12

Connections 12

The mission had been a success with only two agents injured one being Skye. Agent Skye Walker had refused to let the medics treat her claiming that Natasha can do it with less poking and prodding. So hear Skye sits leaning on the hood of a SUV as Natasha bandages her grazed abdomen, Clint was completely murderous that his sister was put in harms way. "Blue?" Skye quietly whispers not sure if her brother is extremely mad at just Director Fury or her as well. Clint's head snapped in his sisters direction angrily but seeing his sisters concern written on her face he relaxed and walked over to her "Hey Doe... How are you feeling?" he asks looking at the side that was shot.

Skye smiled shyly pushing herself off the hood she said "I am fine... This isn't the first time I have gotten shot." Natasha immediately tenses and Clint grinds his teeth in anger and his fists clenched as his head snapped in Natasha's direction and he said "I am going to find Director Fury... Skye your riding with me lets go." Skye raises an eyebrow before blankly saying "No." Both Natasha and Clint stop mid step and Clint furrows his eyebrows in confusion. She crosses her arms and says "I am riding with Agent Coulson... When you get there I will find you and we can talk but until then calm yourself down blue." she says looking Clint in the eyes unwavered.

Agent Coulson watched from a distance and raised an eyebrow at how fast Agent Skye Walker can stop her brother from arguing with her. Skye walked up to him impassively and said "Agent Coulson lets get back to base and debrief it looks like the clean up crews have everything under control." her tone holds nonchalant and also held some plead. He gave her a curt nod before getting into his red corvette named Lola letting her get into the passenger seat and they sped off back to the Triskillion.

When they arrived Skye immediately ran off to the gym hoping to work off some frustration despite her injury. She marched into the gym and immediately wrapped her hands and attacked the punching bag, completely unaware that there was already someone in the gym on the pull up bars near by. After about five minutes of nonstop punching Steve steadied it for her, she was startled at first making her look to him. She smiled and greeted him "Rogers." he watched her facial expressions before asking "Skye ... I don't mean to pry but what's got you so upset?" Agent walker stopped mid punch and locked eyes with Captain Rogers "My brothers back, he went undercover hours before I accepted Director Fury's offer to join shield and have him as my supervising officer." she says quietly.

Steve crosses an eyebrow and says "Let me guess... He is overprotective of you and doesn't want you in harms way which is exactly what you are here at SHIELD as a field agent." Skye growls and throws a fast punch at the punching bag sending it back a foot from the impact of her fist, "It's just that I understand that he is more experienced but it doesn't mean I am completely helpless." she says trying to keep a impassive face.

Steve walked over to his gym bag and grabbed his water bottle gulping half of it down without a problem, before he said "Listen Skye... I have known HawkEye for two years we have worked well together on several missions and some times we don't see eye to eye but I can understand being a Protective older brother... If I had a younger sister or brother I would make it my priority to keep them as far away as possible... Skye I know you might see this as a hinderance but in reality you don't know how lucky you are, but stand up for what you think is right because in reality this is your life so it's your decision that you agreed to be SHIELD."

Skye furrowed her eyebrows in thought before a smile broke out upon her face and she quickly pulls the hand wraps off her hands and says "Cap you are a amazing motivator ! Thanks for listening I better find Clint before he tries to put a arrow in my SOs only good eye." she waves goodbye before running out of the gym, Steve watched her leave and smirked before saying "Whoever gets her for a partner will be lucky they just won't know it." Skye walked calmly towards Director Fury's office and spotted her angry brother being stopped by his own girl friend. "Clint ." She says coming up behind him.

Clint's shoulders sag before he turns and looks at Skye "Doe?" he says my name hesitantly and Skye smiles reassuring him she isn't going to kill him before taking a step forward and grabbing his hand and once his hand is locked in hers she pulls him up to the roof. They sit near the edge in silence looking out at the busy city, "Clint... Why are you so mad at my SO?" asks Skye trying to give him a chance to explain, Clint groans "Director Fury is your S.O? Wow that's extremely rare... How did you manage that?" he says looking in Skye's direction but avoiding making eye contact.

Skye smiled " He made me a deal... Blue he saw my potential, he was surprised that I showed up the best of the best of their Computer science decision, Agent Coulson apparently warned Fury that you would HawkEye Rage if I became a SHIELD without your consent but he didn't care. Clint he gave me a really good deal because of you." she says now locking her brown eyes with his majestic blue eyes, he sighs before rubbing his forehead and asking "What do you mean he gave you a good deal because of me? What was the deal ?"

Skye went impassive and replied "Clint you had already taught me level four combat, evasion, and awareness with out killing me through training. He offered me Level eight access after I completed six months of intense training in four different fields, Field Specialist, Linguistics, Computer scientist and intelligent gathering. I have to get the top possible scores in each field and I learned a new language. I have been on about a dozen missions and I completed a lone mission ranked level seven and completed it without Iron Mans back up... He didn't even appear until I had knocked out the target, I have worked in the field with Agent Ward and Captain America has been training me in combat with Director Fury and Agent Maria Hill. Blue... I have finally found a place where I belong and I love it! Part of the deal was that I will be able to go on assignments with you and Agent Romanoff, tomorrow I get a partner assigned to me from the three that I was okay with."

Clint's eyes were saucers he was beyond amazed, his little sister is a Specialist, a linguist, a intelligent gatherer and of course a advanced hacker, she has worked with two Avengers while he has been gone... What else has he missed? " wait I have only been gone five months, three weeks and four days... That means you have almost completed your training!?" he says jumping to his feet which startled her but wouldn't let herself show it.

"Yes I become official in five days. Look Blue... you will always be my big strong over protective older brother but if you go marching into my S.O's office yelling about how if should never have been brought into this and how you demand that they stop I will and I promise you that I will shoot you and according to my recent test scores I am tied with you on accuracy which means I can back up my statement. I have made friends here and I am not going to leave SHIELD because you can't control the situation I am in." she says jumping to her feet poking his chest in a scolding manner and eyes dead serious. Skye turns around and walks away leaving Clint to think about what he would do.

-Authors Note- Hi all I hope you liked the chapter! Please review as your encouraging reviews keep me writing :-) Thanks for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	13. Chapter 13

Connections 13

Skye walked down the stairs from the roof with a impassive face, she went to her room and just laid on the bed. She grimaced when she hit her bullet wound unintentionally. For twenty minutes she just laid there lost in thought till someone knocked on her door, Skye rolled out of bed and answered the door.

Agent Coulson stood there with a impassive smile making her raise an eyebrow, "Agent Skye ... May I talk to you?" he asks in a formal tone and she steps aside to allow him in.

Skye closes the door behind him and gestures for him to take a seat at the small dining table, "Agent Coulson may I ask what this is about?" she asks with a raised eyebrow.

Agent Coulson smiled and said "Agent Barton may be acting like a over protective, stubborn, controlling older brother, but he cares about you. It may seem like he is against you being in SHIELD but in reality he knows that you will be safer here than anywhere else."

Skye raised an eyebrow to remain as impassive as possible."I feel that he sees me as a helpless little child but I am not, he should know because he started to train me before he disappeared for over a year. I am not helpless and my scores prove that, I to be perfectly honest thought he would be happier at my decision, I mean he wouldn't have to be so secretive about where he is going since once I graduate my clearance level will be level eight which is the same as his and Agent Romanoff, he has missed so many years of my life on and off and I won't let him miss anymore. Thank you for trying to explain his reasons Agent Coulson it's much appreciated." was her simple reply.

Agent Coulson smirks as he stands up and heads to the door, before he opens the door he looks over his shoulder and says " You know Agent Walker... It might not be obvious but you and Agent Barton are twins when it comes to personalities, you two are a lot alike." he walks out leaving her in her room lost in thought.

That night Director Fury sits at his desk hands clasped together as he stares at the door of his office with anticipation.

After a few minutes he sighs and Agent Hill just walks through the door, "Sir, why are you still here at... Midnight?" she asks glancing at her wrist watch.

Director Fury furrows his eyebrows and says "Two reasons, firstly I am making my final decision on my Rookies partner and secondly I am waiting for a raging HawkEye to burst through that door and threaten to shoot my only good eye and maybe throw a punch or two for bringing his little sister into a agency full of danger."

Maria Hill smirks before saying "Well I can tell you that you won't be threatened tonight, Agent Walker knocked some sense into him the only way Romanoff and her can. So what's your decision on Skye's partner?"

Director Fury raised an eyebrow before saying "Well that's unexpected, Agent Barton is hard to control when he is mad. Anyways I have determined that both Agent Ward and Captain Rogers are perfect in retrospect for her partner, but I think that I should let Agent Barton have a say in her partners, please inform him I want to see him in my office at oh six hundred hours."

(The next morning 06:00)

Clint reluctantly knocks on Director Fury's door and then enters, he sees Maria Hill and the Director at his desk looking between two files. Clint clears his throat and politely says "Director Fury, you wanted to see me?"

Director Fury looked up from the files before saying " Yes Agent Barton, I know that you are not happy about me bringing your sister into SHIELD, but understand that she is highly intelligent and a fighter."

Agent Barton raised an eyebrow quickly going impassive when Skye was mentioned before he said " I am well aware that Skye is one that excels at everything she does, she is my sister after all and that's what I will leave that discussion at. Why am I here sir?"

Maria pursed her lips and looked to Director Fury to see if she could speak and when he gave her a curt nod in approval she stood up and said "Agent Barton, Director Fury wants to give you the final decision on who Skye's partner should be."

Director Fury stood up picking up the two files in front of him and passing them to Agent Barton before he said " With Skye's help we have narrowed down the options to two high level agents. I have my opinion on which of the two would work good together but since I am not her brother I leave the choice up to you." he passed him the files and sits back down.

Agent Barton takes a seat and his eyes widen as he sees the two names "Agent Ward and Captain America!?" he exclaims in shock.

Both Maria Hill and Director Fury chuckle at his obvious surprise, Maria crosses her arms and raises an eyebrow before she said "Agent Skye Walker is highly praised in two of her fields of expertise. She has a impeccable success record in the near six months she has been here and Skye is the rookie to none other then Director Fury. Do you really think that we would let just anyone watch her back?"

Agent Barton quickly composed his facial expressions and said " Both are highly qualified, one being the top specialist in his class and the other being a Avenger like myself that I actually work with. Skye is hard to work with like myself... I am not sure she would accept either."

Director Fury looks at him impassively and simply states "read the reports Skye gave us on why and why she wouldn't work with them."

Clint skims through the file and when his eyes land on the mentioned information he chuckles "Agent Wards only problem is that he is to hansome and therefore distracting!? Ugh I have to talk to Skye on how she words her reports, and Captain Rogers only problem is that he is a Avenger and therefore won't always be available for back up." he says now furrowing his eyebrows in thought. He looks up and says "I know who is going to be Skye's partner."

-Authors Note- So did you guys like? I still have atleast ten chapters to go before even getting close to the end. I hope to hear from all of you :-) thank you for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	14. Chapter 14

Connections 14

Skye walks into Director Fury's office am hour later and is surprised to see that not only is her SO there but so is her brother and Steve. She remains impassive and says "Director Fury... You wanted to see me?"

Everyone smiles but Skye has her eyes firmly on her brother as she is quite interested in why he was here. Director Fury spoke making her give him her full attention "As you know you are suppose to get assigned a partner today, it was quite difficult to chose from the three that you signed off on. Once I narrowed it down to two I brought in Agent Barton and he has made a decision on whom your partner shall be."

Skye looks to Steve then to Clint with a raised eyebrow and he was quick to respond " Skye after talking it over... Your partner is Captain Rogers AKA Captain America. I am not to thrilled that you joined SHIELD but there is no one I would like more to keep you out of trouble than the one person who keeps the Avengers together."

Skye beams at her brother before looking to Steve and saying "Come on Partner we have some training to do, Clint I will be in the Gym if you need me." she turns on her heel and leaves the office with Steve quick to follow her.

Everyone stares blankly at the space Skye just vacated " Well this will be interesting, Agent Barton she graduates in a couple days and once that happens I already have two field missions for her and Captain Rogers to complete." says Director Fury

(Two days later after Skye received her level eight badge.)

Skye walks down the halls and multiple agents stop to congratulate her, she remains impassive as she thanks everyone before darting to the Directors office before anyone else can stop her.

She enters and her partner Steve is already sitting down, Director Fury and Maria Hill side by side with a impassive face. "Agent Walker, thank you for joining us, I was just informing Captain Rogers that there is another organization that has been put on our infiltrate list known as The Raja Infinity. They seem to have a lot of the same characteristics as Red Invaders that Agent Barton and Agent Romanoff took out." says Director Fury in a monotone.

Skye furrowed her eyebrows before respectfully asking "Not that I am refusing the mission Sir... But if they are related to the Red Invaders shouldn't my Brother being taking this mission? I mean it's only logical to have the agents the were undercover and well informed to be the ones to go after them."

Director Fury raises an eyebrow before clasping his hands together and replying "Everything you say is correct Agent Walker... However Agent Barton and Agent Romanoff both only returned a few days ago and need a break. Who better to give the mission to then to the person who has knocked half of Agent Barton's scores off the top score? With a top Avenger I believe you and Captain Rogers can complete this message in a relatively short time, don't you agree?"

Skye and Steve look to each other and lock eyes before Steve smirked at Skye's relenting glare before he looked to Director Fury and said " We agree sir, we will leave as soon as possible.

(Two days later in Director Fury's office)

Director Fury sits at his desk scanning over a recent mission report when his phone rings

Fury- This is Director Fury Go.

Coulson- Sir it's Agent Coulson we have a big problem... Carsten from the Red Invaders managed to break out of prison, when we got to his cell we found pictures...

Fury- How did he break out? And what's the pictures of?

(Silence on the line for approx thirty seconds)

Coulson - Nick... The pictures are all of Skye... Some how one of his visitors has been slipping pictures of her and she is under survaliance. The pictures have her crossed out and after questioning his cell mate I have found out that Carsten knows Skye is related to Clint and now wants revenge.

Fury- Phill I am going to call and have Skye and Steve extracted how long ago did he escape?

Coulson- About eight hours ago sir... They weren't aware of his breaking out because at the time of his escape there was a huge riot in both the cafeteria and the yard.

Fury- Coulson I will call you back... If he's been out for eight hours he could be anywhere now. Wrap it up over there and get back to base.

Fury is quick to end the call before he hits a button on his cell that summoned Hill and then Barton and Romanoff. He then dialed Skye's number and waited nervously for her to pick up.

Skye - Boss? You know it's two in the morning right?

Fury- Skye your compromised get out of there!

Skye is quickly alert before she throws a pillow at Steve's head instantly waking him up, she quickly grabs her gun before she starts packing.

Skye- Sir how did I get compromised?! Our cover has been flawless and we haven't even been here for a week.

Fury- Skye now is not the time! Get Rogers and get back to base now!

Suddenly there is a thud right outside Skye's and Steve's room, both of them look to each other with wide eyes before he mouths 'Window?' and she quickly nods backing up with her gun raised aiming at the door.

Fury -Skye are you there?

Suddenly the door is kicked open and Skye and Steve both start shooting at the masked intruders. They are backing up towards the window when all of a sudden the window breaks and a metal canister rolls towards them, Skye yells "It's a gas grenade!" She throws Steve into and out of the window before two strong arms grab her from behind and lock around her stomach keeping her from jumping out of the window.

Skye reacts on instinct and began pounding her attacker, the room begins to get foggy and Skye holds her breath as the gas spreads through the room. Skye lands several good hits before her attackers seem to come from all around her and her vision begins to spot. She begins swaying before she lands on the floor near the phone, the last thing she hears is someone crushing the phone before a boot connects with her ribs and everything goes black.

-Authors Note- Did you like the chapter? I hope to hear from you and I am sorry for the wait. Thank you for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	15. Chapter 15

Connections 15

Director Fury has a look of anguish on his face as the line goes dead with a 'crash'. He quickly starts trying to track Skye through her gear that he had specially designed for her, suddenly the door flies open and Barton, Romanoff and Hill all burst through the door way with concerned faces.

"Sir... We got the 911 message, what's going on?" asks Natasha quickly stepping up to Director Fury's desk.

Director Fury reigns in his emotions and says "Agent Walkers been compromised... Carsten has escaped and he is after her according to Agent Coulson who has found multiple pictures with her x'd out and he apparently has determined her relation to Barton."

Everyone freezes momentarily shocked and distraught before Maria asked "How could he find out that Agent Walker and Agent Barton be related? Other then a few small characteristics they look nothing alike, they act and their skills are nearly identical but otherwise only a few people know they are related."

Romanoff and Barton nod in agreement and look to Director Fury for answers. Fury frowned which put everyone in unease "He has a partner that has access to SHIELD." he says with a sour face but them says "I need a search and rescue crew sent to Skye and Steve's undercover appartment... I was on the phone with her when all he'll broke loose on her side and I have lost contact with her and Rogers is not responding either."

Clint's fist clench before he exclaims "I am going! Send me the address ! If she is gone someone is getting a few arrows to the eye!" he runs out the door grabs his gear and runs to the garage where he finds his motorcycle. He jumps on and checks his phone that has the address to Skye's undercover apartment, he checks it and it's only twenty minutes out but with his motorcycle more like ten max, he shoves his phone into his pocket and puts on his helmet before speeding away.

Ten minutes later Clint comes to a screeching halt in front of the dark apartment building. He shakes his bow and secures his quiver of arrows before leaping off his bike and full force into the lobby doors. He runs up the stairs taking them two at a time and gets to the third floor a minute later without breaking a sweat, he moves down the halls Bow in hand and arrow drawn.

He comes to apartment 165 and his breath immediately hitches as he sees the locks have been broken and the door is barely handing on to the hinges slightly ajar. His eyes flare with anger and concern before he bursts through the door turning the light on as he found it. Clint gasped at the tossed furniture, he looked at the ground and saw three different pools of blood.

Clint's hand tightened on his bow as he moved deeper into the room, he moved towards the shattered window. He peers down and his eyes widen "Steve! Steve!" he shouts as he sees Steve unconscious outside below. Clint runs out of the apartment and zooms down to the lobby and out to the alley way, he crouched down over Steve's unconscious body and took his pulse.

Clint frowned and whipped his phone out and dialed the Directors phone.

Fury- Your on speaker Go.

Clint- The apartment looks like it's been in a fire fight... Skye is gone and so is the three attackers she managed to kill . I have found Rogers but he is unconscious and needs a ambulance since he was thrown out of a three story window.

Fury- A medivac is on it's way... Barton is there any signs of a trail to follow?

Clint looked around the entire area before shaking Steve's shoulder in a attempt to wake him up.

Clint- Sir there is nothing here... From the look of the apartment and bruises on Steve's face they put up one huge fight... I also found a aerosol gas can on the ground... It's possible that they knocked her out when they realized how lethal she is. Rogers isn't waking up, Nat get here now we need to start searching.

He hung up the phone and growled wondering how Skye was doing and how soon they could find her. Five minutes a later the medivac arrived and transported the unconscious Steve to the SHIELD medical base.

(Three hours later)

Skye slowly opens her eyes, she groans as she is met with a pounding headache. Her hands immediately clutch her head in desperation before she sits up, she looks around and her eyes widen as she sees a large chair that have various restraints attached to it at the corner of the room. Skye slowly stands up and starts looking for a way to escape, she spots a camera and asks "What do you want with me!?"

Skye's arms are crossed and seconds later the door opens, she looks at a young women in a flower dress and big innocent but obviously mischievous eyes. She smiles and replies "Why Skye... We want you for a special honor, my name is Raina and I will be the only contact you have with the outside world for a while."

**-Authors Note- Duh duh duh! I hope you all liked the chapter and I hope to hear from you :-) Thank for reading -PiratePrincess16-**


	16. Chapter 16

Connections 16

Skye's jaw clenched as she looked Raina over in a attempt to read her personality. Skye raises an eyebrow and asks "Oh really? And why prey tell are you here with someone like me? Do you even know who I am?"

Raina purses her lips and says "I am aware that you are Agent Skye Walker sister to Agent Clint Barton aka Clayton who brought down the Red Invaders. Lets just say that my boss was not happy that part of his business was destroyed by SHIELD."

Skye's eyes narrowed into slits but she remained unmoving before she impassively replied "I will die before giving up anything to do with SHIELD or my family! You are wasting your breath."

Raina was silent for a moment before she innocently looked up into the camera and slightly nodded, moments later the doors opened and four large guards stomped impassively into the room. She smirked locking eyes before saying "Oh Skye... When I am finished with you ... Lets just say that you will wish you died when you slaughter your own friends and family. Guards."

The four guards approach Skye and she immediately goes into defense mode, she elbowed one in the face breaking his nose letting blood pot freely. Skye jumped into the air and did a spin kick to two guards sending them to the ground sprawled out, she was about to take out the other when there was a sharp pain in her neck and immediately her body collapsed within itself.

Skye was dragged to the chair and strapped in much to her inner horror, she managed to get feeling in her mouth and speak "Let me goo." Raina smirked and replied "I am afraid that's not possible, let's begin."

She grabs a syringe from her lab coat and injects it into Skye's upper arm, Skye gasped and her face scrunched in a agonized facial expression. Raina's lips purse as Skye begins to tremble as her teeth begin to grind together, she groaned out "I will never break. Kill me because I will never hurt those you want me to."

Raina looked her over innocently before saying "Say that when your the one to kill your own brother, guards out we will observe from the survellience room." the guards briskly walk out of the room followed closely by Raina.

Skye bit her bottom lip as her body began to have uncontrollable painful spasms, "Ahhh!" she cries out.

Meanwhile in the Triskillion's infirmary Steve lays unconscious surrounded by the director, and almost all the Avengers excluding Stark who is working on a way to track Skye through her gear or satellite footage.

Steve slowly starts to stir and immediately catches Clint's attention, "He's starting to wake up!" he exclaims leaning closer to the hospital bed. Director Fury walks over and stares at Steve as his eyes slowly flutter open, Steve furrows his brows for a moment trying to recall any recent events when all of a sudden he flies into a sitting position and exclaims "Skye!"

Clint and Natasha both push him back down into the hospital bed as he clutched his ribs in pain, "Cap take it easy you fell down three stories and hit your head. Doc says from the scans you most likely have a moderate to severe concussion." says Nat with a sad expression.

Steve rubbed his temples and looked around the room, "oh my head... Wait... Where is Skye? Is she okay?" he says growing concerned.

Clint frowns and replies "They took her... I got there ten minutes after her call ended the place was a wreck and you guys took out at least four guys because of all the blood, there was a gas grenade I think that's how they got her. They waited till her mind fogged and her vision was low before they could knock her out."

Steve completely tensed as memories flooded his mind and he said "She threw me out of the way, I wasn't expecting it and lost my grip on the fire escape... I heard her yells before I blacked out. HawkEye I am sorry I couldn't protect her."

Clint went impassive and replied "You may have a super soldier serum in you but it doesn't make you immortal Steve... Don't worry we will get her back and the people who got her are going to be locked away for the rest of their miserable lives. No one messes with my sister without getting a arrow and beaten till they are barely breathing."

Director Fury smirked and crossed his arms "Captain Rogers you have to stay here for a total of twenty four hours so they can monitor your concussion... But as soon as your released you, Romanoff and Barton will join Stark and help to narrow down the possible places that these people took her."

Everyone nodded and Director Fury, Natasha and Clint left the infirmary leaving Steve with the remaining Avengers. "So Steve why didn't you tell me you got yourself a kick butt partner that just so happens to be the Hawks little sister?" asks Sam AKA Falcon.

Steve raised an eyebrow before replying "Because as soon as she became my partner we were sent on a undercover OP. Besides I figured I would get a chance to introduce all of you to her when she was going to call in Iron Man for our go to back up since he's already met her twice before she even completed her full training as a SHIELD agent."

Thor blinked twice in astonishment before he asked "Man of Iron willingly helped SHIELD? Tis impossible since he always argues that he is not a warrior and only fights to protect others... As well as boost his large ego."

Steve sat up moving the bed into a sitting position and smirked "Agent Skye Walker is personally trained by Director Fury, Maria Hill and top linguist, Specialist, I even helped train her when they couldn't... Do you really think Fury wouldn't have her with top of the line back up? He may not show it but he cares for her and in addition to that if anything happened to her on his watch Hawk Eye would be murderous."

Doctor Banner cleaned his glasses "Well anyone who is related to Barton and your Partner is qualified for Avengers assistance... We will do anything we can to help find her... Besides I heard she put several high level people in their place here and that's rare so I want to meet her." he said with a impassive tone.

Steve's jaw dropped as Thor and Sam agreed immediately with Banner, "Thanks guys... Ugh my head." He said rubbing his temples. Sam smiled sadly at him before putting a hand on his shoulder and saying "Get some rest man... The faster your better the faster we can find your girlfriend."

Steve's eye widen before he quickly retorted "She is not my girl friend!" Sam threw his hands up mocking innocence before saying " Whatever man ." Before everyone left the room leaving him alone to rest.

-Authro


	17. Chapter 17

Connections 17

It's been three days since Skye had been taken and both Clint and Steve were beyond worried about her. Director Fury had pulled several teams to put their full focus on the rescue of Agent Skye Walker, he even pulled agent John Garrett and Agent Antoine Triplett from their OP to help strategically. Much to the protests of both Agent Garrett and Agent Barton who were both not find of working together.

Meanwhile Skye's body was black and blue from interrogation her lip was busted and the wound on her head was bleeding. So here Skye sits restrained to the hard metal chair, her breathing hitched as pain shot through her body. Skye was in a agonizing amount of pain as Raina waltzed in with pursed lips, "It seems my boss would like to meet you before we continue to phase two." she says with a large smile.

Skye looks up at her and groans out "I don't want to see him... He could take a long walk off a short pier for all I care." Raina shook her head at this agents relentless stubbornness before saying "Too bad he is already here."

Skye looked to the door and her body visibly tensed but her face went emotionless in less than five seconds, she looked and saw Carsten the German that Clayton and Natalie aka Clint and Natasha put behind bars. Skye's eyes narrowed but other wise remained unmoving and unusually silent.

Carsten smirked evilly at her before he clasped his hands together and said " Vhy is nice to meet you Agent Skye Valker... You see it vas hard to find Clayton's veakness but here you are atlast. Clayton and Natalia will pay for their betrayal in several ways."

Skye was silent but her eyes read a question that Carsten picked up immediately. "Ahhh your curious as to vhat Vill happen to you? It's quite clever for it's been something I have been developing for years and it Vill finally be used. Raina bring in the computer and have our Russian friend Dimitri bring in our surprise for this dear agent."

Raina simply nodded to her boss before spinning on her heals and walked out of the room. Skye glared at the German standing smugly in front of her, he smirked when Dimitri entered followed by Raina pushing a in a rolling steel table with a computer on top. Skye's eyebrows furrowed in confusion before suddenly it hit and she understood.

Dimitri gagged her as Raina began accessing the computers, Skye's eyes darted around the room wildly in slight panic as Raina said "Your live sir."

(Meanwhile at the same time in the command center.)

Clint and Agent Coulson were going over the map of the United States trying to determine possible places that their agent could be being held captive. Steve and Natasha were going over various video footage for the hundredth time in three days, they haven't got a single lead and the DNA results from the crime scene were identified as three guns for hire who they found the previous day in a abandon alley way.

Suddenly one of the agents jump from their seat "Agent Barton! A email just came into Agent Skye's inbox from a blocked address it's live video feed." Exclaimed Agent Kawmenski. Clint, Natasha, Steve's and Coulson's head all snapped in the agents direction before Agent Barton ordered "Put it on the main screen and record it!"

Agent Kawmenski scrambled to do as ordered and everyone's eyes widen as the video showed Carsten with a evilly pleasure full smirk upon his face, "Tie us into the feed so we can respond!" growled Natasha beside Clint eyes narrowed.

The agent gave them a thumbs up and Agent Coulson silently paged Director Fury and Maria Hill to the command center as Clint spoke "Carsten... Vhy I never thought I would see you again or at least not anytime soon." he said in a smug German accent but deadly voice, Carsten chuckled and replied "Ah Clayton of should is say Agent Clint Barton it's good to see you again... Vhy I have someone here that vould like to say hello."

Carsten moves aside and the camera comes face to face with a bruised and battered Skye, Clint's fists clench and Steve's eyes narrowed in anger. "Agent Skye how are you holding up?" asks Agent Coulson trying to keep everything professional even though that's the last thing he wants to do. Skye went impassive hiding a wince as she looked directly into the camera and replied "don't worry about me sir... Barton don't do anything he says that's order you better obey."

Clint went impassive before directing his attention at Carsten and saying " Let our agent go... You don't want to add SHIELD as a enemy . Trust me. Release Agent Walker." Silently Director Fury and Maria Hill entered the command center and the silence from the multiple computer specialist typing rapidly at their computers immediately made the Director understand the situation.

Carsten laughed in response before replying "I am afraid I cannot do as you say Agent Barton... You see... Both you and Agent Romanoff made a fool of me and I don't take being mocked or made a fool of lightly."

Director Fury stepped forward crossed his arms and asked " What exactly do you want?" Carsten taps his forehead in thought before smirking "I vant Agents Romanoff and Barton to feel the loss that I felt vhen I lost my organization to SHIELDs overprotectiveness to protecting the veak. You see the strong will survive vhile the veak die it's how evolution works."

Steve watches the screen and watches Skye pull uselessly on the restraints to no avail, suddenly Carsten said "Dimitri the serum if you will." he holds out his hand beside him and suddenly a large syringe filled with green liquid is placed in his hand. Clint and Natasha immediately recognize the serum from the Red Invaders and both look to each other eyes flowing with concern. "Carsten you don't want to do this! Those serums put into one is a dangerous and deadly mixture. The last subject didn't survive!" pleads Romanoff tone betraying no emotion.

Carsten laughed and said " I am well aware of that Natasha... I have made a few improvements to this final serum... She will die in the most agonizing vay known to man." Clint's eyes flared anger and he forced himself to bite his tongue to prevent from lashing out. Carsten turned to Skye and pulled the gag from her mouth before asking "Do you have any last words Agent Valker?"

Skye bit her lip before looking at the monitor in front of her where she could see the closest people in her life stand tense with overwhelming concern for her, she clears her throat which is extremely dry before she locks eyes with Clint and says "Remember our favorite phrase from GalaxyQuest? Don't you ever forget it."

Skye looks to Director Fury and impassively says "I am sorry sir... " she give a slight nod to both Natasha and Maria Hill before looking to Steve and with a pained voice said "We Are Robots Even Homes October Under Snow Eventually. 35 Stopped Times Reaching Ending Eventually Tonight... It was a honor Cap." Steve's eyebrows furrow in confusion but otherwise remains impassive.

Skye turns and glares at Carsten as he says "Vell now that your rather curious good byes are in order, Agent Barton I hope that you realize that everything that happens to your sister is all your fault." he says with a evil grin, Clint's fists are clenched so hard he is drawing blood as he yells through gritted teeth "DONT DO THIS !"

Carsten walked to Skye's side and with a evil smile plunged the syringe into her neck, she groaned from pain as the serum surged through her vanes. "Tis to late! Hahaha!" he exclaimed as Skye's body remained unusually still, everyone's shoulders tensed as her pained expression.

Steve's eyes harden when Skye's body started to convulse, Carsten watched with fascination as she began to cry out in pain her face pale as her body convulsed wildly. "Ahhh!" she screamed eyes squeezed shut. Steve suddenly understood what Skye's message was saying, he pulled Clint, Fury and Coulson away from the monitor much to their protests.

Steve pulled them out of hearing distance of the monitors and Director Fury immediately asked "Rogers what is going on?" Steve furrowed his brows and replied "Skye was sending me a message through that jumbled last words. I need a paper and pen!" he looked around the desks wildly and almost instantly found the required items and began scribbling down things.

Clint looked to Agent Coulson in confusion before asking "How could you know she was sending you a message Cap? You have only been her partner for a couple days before she was taken!" he exclaimed looking to everyone in a incredulous manner trying to understand.

Steve shook his head and responded "But I trained her a few times before that and during one of them she mentioned her love for acronyms. So if I take the first letter of each word she said and put it together it spells ... Warehouse 35th Street. She must recognize the building she is in and know that I would understand the message!"

Clint's face went impassive as he looked to Director Fury who immediately put a hand to his ear and started barking out orders. "Agent Ward assemble a strike team be geared up and ready in five minutes in the garage. Agent Haring I need your top medical personal ready to go in the garage in five minutes." as soon as he received their responses he looked to them and said "Suit up and bring our girl home." They all nodded and moved towards the door when all of a sudden they heard a ear piercing scream come from the monitors .

Everyone spun around and ran to the monitors to see blood dripping out of Skye's nose and her blood suddenly go still. Carsten broke out in pleased laughter as he said "Vell I guess not even one of your best Agents can survive my serum!" Steve, Clint, Natasha and Fury all looked to each other with a pained expression as they all came to the same conclusion ... Skye is dead.

-Authors Note- Oh my gosh this chapter was intense right!? I hope you liked the chapter and please review saying what you think will happen next. Thank you for reading.

-PiratePrincess16-


	18. Chapter 18 unexpected twists

Connections 18

( two minutes prior)

Skye watched as her partner Steve pulled her brother and her SO/CO away from the video feed disappearing from her site, immediately she felt dread and the pain increased ten fold. She could barely breathe and her bones were aching from her body convulsing so much.

Skye watched as Dimitri, Raina and Carsten all watched her and it was then that she noticed a clipboard in the women wearing the flower dress hands taking notes about what she assumed was her condition. She groaned as the pain went to a ultimate high and she let out a blood curling scream. Her heart was thudding so hard till all of a sudden her heart stopped and her body went still.

Carsten went into a exhausting monologue about Skye's death being all Clint's fault. Clint was red with anger trying extremely hard to not bite back a angry retort. A minute later Director Fury glared through the camera and said "Carsten you have made yourself a enemy of SHIELD... You will regret it." suddenly the screen went blank and Raina tentatively walked over to Skye and checked to make sure there was no pulse.

Raina furrowed her eyebrows in confusion as she pushed her fingers further into Skye's pulse point,her mouth flew open ready to yell something when Skye's eyes flew open blood shot read. Raina jumped back as Skye's eyes narrowed and she broke the metal cuffs with a simple tug making Raina gasp and make a run for the door followed closely by Carsten and Dimitri to stand guard at the door.

Skye was raging mad, she stomped towards the door and socked Dimitri in the face sending him to the ground clutching his now broken jaw. She couldn't see anything but red as she attacked multiple guards with no mercy, she snapped people's arms breaking them emotionlessly, she punched a few till they stopped moving and wasn't sure if they were still breathing.

Raina and Carsten retreated to the safest room in the warehouse and watched through the security cameras as Skye viciously snapped a guards neck with one hand before continuing down the corridor. Carsten manically laughed and exclaimed "This is no longer Agent Skye Valker... This ferline ... Is death itself. Look at how she doesn't even think before attacking them, my experiment vorked! She Vill follow orders like a soldier and if there is anything left of her true self it Vill veither away when the beast relinquishes control."

They both wickedly smiled before Skye suddenly broke down their door. Both Carsten and Raina jumped back startled as they got a close up of the change in the once level eight SHIELD agent, her eyes blood shot red and her arm and leg muscles well defined. "You shall be called Red Death, you vill bring Red Invaders back to the brink of control of the vorld." Carsten said smugly with his German accent. But 'Red Death' on the other hand did not seem so amused as she walked straight up to him in a uncontrolled blind fury and snapped his neck.

Raina screamed in terror before Skye's attention was addressed to her, but before Skye could kill her the woman in the flower dress took off running. Red Death looked towards the monitors and saw that a SHIELD strike team blew the main door open. She immediately spun on her heels and impassively made her way towards them.

( Meanwhile at the bottom floor of the large three story warehouse)

Clint and Steve worked in sync to take out any immediate threats but as they got further into the building the lack of guards began to put them at unease. Steve heard something and took a sharp left only to freeze in his tracks at what he saw. Clint came to stop beside Steve and his eyes widen as he saw bloody bodies sprawled across the hall. Steve looked to Clint and asked "Who in the world made this mess? I thought we were the only team that knew Skye's location?"

Clint frowned before maneuvering around the bodies Bow raised, Steve looked carefully at the way the men were killed and he noticed something peculiar "These three had all their neck bones crushed and from the marks it was done with one single hand... We are dealing with someone incredibly strong. Super soldier type strong." he says brows furrowed in confusion as to how there was another super soldier other than himself.

Clint went impassive and said "Lets find Carsten and get HER body." sadness filled his eyes at the thought of his murdered sister before he shook his head directing his attention back to the mission. Steve mutely nodded and signaled for half the strike team to follow them while the others took the other hall way. Ward followed Steve and Clint wordlessly gun raised and eyes alert as more and more bodies turned up.

Clint felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up in alert, his steps faultered and he looked to the nearby closed door to a dark room. He signaled for Ward to enter first then Steve and himself, the specialist nodded and burst through the door gun raised as he looked around the dark laboratory. Steve entered and caught movement in the corner of his eye and spun flashlight on to see a women in a flowered dress cowering in the corner. He looked to Clint with a questioning gaze but the archer simply shrugged and directed his attention to the women "What happened here? Who killed all these scientists and guards?" he asked with a firm voice.

Raina looked to them with a frightened expression before she replied "She killed them... she killed them all with no remorse! She killed the scientists in cold blood! And Carsten he had no chance against her as she snapped his neck! She is not who she once was... she is a killer! We have to leave before she kills us... please we have to go!" she pleaded walking towards them ignoring the gun and arrow aimed at her.

Steve looked more confused now then ever as he asked "Who is SHE?" Raina frowned as exclaimed "His sister!" she said pointing to Clint whose eyes immediately widen and he shared a look of shock, confusion and dread with Steve and Ward before Ward spoke up "Your telling us that Agent Skye killed all those people? How is that possible? She is dead and even if she wasn't her wounds are to severe for her to take on more than four people at all."

Raina laughed before explaining "She wasn't dead! That's just what Carsten was wanting you to think so she could be used for our purposes! Skye is very much alive but she is not Agent Skye anymore... no she is Red Death just as Carsten expected her to be." Steve and Clint tensed but before either of them could reply there was multiple grunts and then gun shots outside the room. Ward spoke "You two go I got her!" both Clint and Steve nodded before spinning around and sprinting out the door.

They came out only to stop dead in their tracks to see Skye eyes blood shot red, her body rigid and twice the normal amount of muscles showed, she had a arm around Agent Cervantes neck and her side was bleeding. "Skye!?" exclaimed Steve cautiously as he took a step forward pushing the agents gun out of their hands which were aimed at Skye. Clint frowned and ordered "Everyone stand down let us handle this situation."

The remaining four agents put their guns away and stepped back letting HawkEye and Captain America step towards Agent Cervantes and Skye. Clint cleared his throat in a attempt to ease the tension in the room as he carefully spoke "Skye? You need to let Agent Cervantes go he is not a threat and is on our side." Skye's facial expression was that of pure rage as she remained quiet and tightened her grip on the agents throat making him struggle more.

Steve quickly stepped forward but immediately regretted that choice when Skye's eyes turned a darker shade of red and shot at him releasing a violent red ray beam at his chest, he threw his shield up and was slightly pushed off balance. "Skye! It's me Steve your partner!" he exclaimed with a look of shock and gentleness. Skye's eyes darkened as she exclaimed "Automatic directive eliminate all threats." Both Clint's and Steve's heads snapped to look at each other in concern, Steve stepped back and ordered "Everyone evacuate! Agent Barton and I will remain to insure Agent Cervantes safety... Agent Ward take the prisoner and get out of here." said Steve calmly through the coms.

With a few objections Clint growled and yelled into his coms "That's a order if anyone has a problem with that take it up with Fury when I report you for insubordination! NOW GET OUT!" immediately all agents were out of the warehouse within two minutes. Clint put his hands up and cautiously approached Skye "Skye... Your hurt..." he says noticing blood seeping through the clothing on her shoulder.

Skye stared unblinkingly before replying "Red Death must terminate all threats." her tone sounded robotic and both men frowned. "Your name is Agent Skye Walker! Not Red Death! ... Skye please let him go and come with us." pleaded Steve putting her full line of site on him and distracting her from Clint. "Irrelevant... Your armed you are a perceived threat." she says before throwing down Agent Cervantes as she advanced on Captain America.

Steve slowly stepped back as he pleaded "Skye... Don't do this, if you attack I will have to defend myself and I don't want to hurt you! Your my partner! Please!" he said his shield wielded tightly in his hand as his other was out in a stopping manner. Skye continued to advance making Clint pull Agent Cervantes to his feet behind her and motion for him to run as he drew a electric arrow from his quiver and aimed it at his younger sister and exclaimed "Skye your my sister try to remember me!"

The problem was that this wasn't Skye... Agent Skye wouldn't kill so many people when there was other options, she wouldn't threaten her partner or her brother with extermination and both Clint and Steve realized that this wasn't Skye but a entity named Red Death. Red death lunged at Steve making him brave himself behind his shield as her fist connected with it. She kicked his legs out from under him making him crash to the ground on his back, "ugh! Skye stop!" he exclaimed blocking her punches as she straddled his waist.

Clint went impassive but what he did next broke apart of his heart, he let the electric arrow soar and imbed itself in Skye's wounded shoulder. She screamed as electricity surged through her, she went momentarily limp on top of Steve making both Avengers eye her carefully. Suddenly Skye surged up and her eyes blasted red rays at Clint making dive out of the way.

Skye spun around faster than Steve could react and got him with a right hook to the jaw, Steve groaned as his whipped to the side from force. Clint's eyes widen at the site of a blossoming bruise forming on Captain Americas jaw, Clint threw his bow down and tackled Skye and attempted to pin her to the ground. Red Death refused to go down as she elbowed Clint in the ribs and locked his arm behind him making him groan from pain.

Steve got a firm grip on her shoulders and pried Skye off Clint, he put her in a head lock and she struggled to breathe. "Skye stop... Skye STOP!" said Steve with a strained voice before he said it more sternly trying to plead with her to stop. Clint watched as Skye went momentarily still and her eyes closed, Steve looked to him with furrowed brows before suddenly jerking back as Skye slammed her head back into his nose before stomping on his foot and twisting from his grip.

She jumped in the air and did a spin kick to both Clint's and Steve's face sending them face first into the floor. She leaped on top of Steve perceiving him as the main threat being the super soldier, she hammered him with punches to his torso and face. He tried to protect himself but she had faster reflexes than him and it was pointless.

Clint tried pulling her off of Steve but she had a firm grip and was determined to kill Steve, he was hopeless to stop someone with her powers and her anger. He hooked his legs around her neck and pulled back, chocking her and she let out a strangled cry as she clutched his legs painfully trying to break free. Clint grabbed his bow in desperation and without a single thought ( fearful that he might stop himself) brought it down on her head with a thud.

"Doe! Snap out of it!" he yelled as she groaned pulling from his grasp. Skye stumbled away and put a hand to her head, she looked around in confusion and her eyes widen at the bloody site of her partner and her limping brother. "Bl- blue?!" she shakily asks and both Steve and Clint sigh with relief before the archer muttered "Cognitive recalibration". Skye looked down at her split knuckles and then her bullet wound and looked between herself and both Steve and Clint.

"Skye... Ahhh!... it really you?" asked Steve pulling himself to his feet and moving to collect his shield that was laying carelessly on the floor not far away. Skye furrowed her eyes before a sudden shock of pain surged through her body and she cried out her eyes sending beams in front of her making Clint dive away in time. "Aghhhhhhhhhh!" she screamed before clutching her face and her eyes returning to normal. Skye looked at the wall that now has a giant hole in it due to her and she starts backing up "Oh my gosh! What did that idiot do to me!? I- I hurt both of you..." she exclaimed looking at her hands in fear.

" Skye calm down we are okay... We aren't mad at you . Right Cap?" says Clint hands raised in a very unthreatening manner before looking to the super soldier that was holding his ribs with one arm. "Barton's right... Come with us Skye we will get you help. Maybe Doctor Banner or Tony Stark can reverse it." he says with a slight reassuring smile. They both took a step towards her but she nodded her head emphatically 'no' and backed up "No! Don't come any closer! I can't control this! I already hurt both of you and I can never forgive myself for killing all those men! I have to stay away from SHIELD and those I care about for your own safety... I am sorry Steve... Blue tell Fury I am sorry."

Before either Avenger could respond to her statement she turn towards the nearest exit and sped out the door in a blink of the eye. Leaving both Steve and Clint highly shocked and concerned about the last forty minutes.

-Authors Note- Soooooo what do you all think? Quite the twists in this story and more to come! Please review and let me know if you like. Thanks for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	19. Chapter 19 What to do

Connections 19

"We need to update Fury." Says Agent Ward as soon as both Avengers limp over to him looking way to beat up to be able to stand. Clint's eyebrows were furrowed as he tried to wrap his head around the events that just transpired and stole his sister from him. Steve hopped on his bike and exclaimed "Lets get back to base! Agent Ward order a clean up crew" he hit the excellerator and the bike roared to life and seconds later Captain America was out of site.

Clint grabbed his bike and calmly instructed "I want her taken in for a full questioning... Agent Coulson will be conducting it. See you boys back at base." he said pulling on his helmet before speeding off after Steve but more calm and collected. When Clint arrived at the Triskillion he immediately dragged Steve to the infirmary much to the super soldiers protests, Director Fury met them there with Maria Hill.

"Captain Rogers... Agent Barton what in the world happened to you two? You look like you have been in a fight with a the hulk, was your mission successful?" said Director Fury looking the two Avengers up and down. Clint looked to Steve and they silently argued over who would tell the director what happened, finally Steve said "We got into a fight with another super human sir." Director Fury looked to Agent Hill before exclaiming "Your the only super human to ever live Captain Rogers!"

Clint tensed before saying " Sir this super human can't control itself, we arrived to dead bodies in every hall and Carsten was among the less gruesome of deaths. It's calls itself Red Death and it's strong." Steve exclaimed angrily "Stop calling her a It! We both know who it is and that this wasn't her fault but it's disrespectful to call her a IT and you know that!" he locked eyes with Clint who frowned but nodded in agreement. Fury looked more confused than ever and Agent Hill decided to ask "Who is she? Would someone explain to us in length what happened and who you are talking about?"

Steve looked to Clint and together they simultaneously slid on their emotionless masks before they said together "Skye is alive... The serum Carsten injected her with was successful in manipulating her DNA genes and giving her super human powers." Steve continued on his own "She has strength like my own, speed, and rays that shoot from her eyes. Red Death is the murderous entity within her that takes control and she can do nothing to stop it, she would've killed us had it not been for a series of events that suddenly jolted her and she was back to her normal self."

Clint sighed before explaining further "Sir she can't control her new powers or this new entity... When she saw what she did to her own partner and brother she fled to protect us as well as herself. She needs our help and we don't have a antidote because killing Carsten was one of the first things she did." Steve suddenly remembered "But we do have one if the lead scientists and she is going to be questioned by Agent Coulson. She managed to flee from Skye's wrath and hide till we arrived."

Director Fury rubbed his chin in thought before he began pacing around Clint and Steve's individual infirmary beds. " I want all available teams and agents on the look out for her, she is a top Agent of SHIELD and most of all she is our family and family protect each other." Director Fury marched out of the infirmary impassively with Agent Hill on his heels. Clint was lost in thought till suddenly a thought came to him "The surveillance footage! Raina said that every inch of the warehouse is monitored... Maybe we can retrieve the footage and see if there is a way to find Skye or at least give us a idea where to look for a antidote."he says jumping to his feet, Steve nods in agreement and together the two Avengers run out of the room completely forgetting their various injuries.

Meanwhile Skye runs blindly through crowded streets and wet alleys, she has tears running down her face as flashes of her entity's murders flashed before her. Her breathing was labored as she fought to keep control over her body and not let Red Death out. Her Agent instincts take over "I need to get out of the open and into a safe house." she mumbles to herself, she racks her brain trying to determine if she should use the one and only one of her safe houses or if she should perhaps figure out where one of her brothers is.

After about ten minutes of pondering over her choices she came to the conclusion that her safe house would be the first place they would try to find her in but in order to find her brothers safe houses she needs her special SHIELD laptop which was in her safe house. She noticed that multiple people were staring at her and it was then that she noticed her torn clothes with blood splatter on them, her shoulder was still bleeding and her lip was busted, it was giving everyone the idea that she had been in a huge fight or attacked. Skye reacted quickly and managed to snag a baggy jacket and a ball cap before she started making her way to the one place no one would think she would have her safe house.

Skye was breathing heavily as she stumbled into the building where she saw the murder of Agent Modesto and went down to the basement where she entered a four digit code and then a retinal scan before a four inch thick metal door hidden behind a false wall opened up. She smiled brightly as she flipped on the lights and looked at her advanced set up and various emergency kits lining the walls. She walked quickly to her laptop and began hacking into her own firewalls that she had developed while training to be a SHIELD agent. She hopes her brother and partner are getting medical attention after what her evil entity (Red Death) did to them but deep down she knows they probably got the bare minimum for the most severe injuries she inflicted upon them. Deep down she knows she may never be the same even if she can learn to control Red Death.

-Authors Note- Yep these chapters keep getting more and more suspenseful, will Skye be able to stay off SHIELDS radar for long? Or will Steve and Clint find her? Well keep reading to find out! I also want to thank you all for the favorites, follows and reviews! They bring a smile to my face each time they come in, thanks for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	20. Chapter 20 BlueCap

Connections 20

-Authors Note- I am sooooo sorry for the longer update you see my phone crashed and I lost this chapter and a chapter for each of my other stories and have had to rewrite them from scratch. Anyways hope you enjoy!

Skye has been hacking into SHIELDs database to access Agent Clint Barton's AKA HawkEye AKA her brothers file to see if she can determine where his safe houses here in DC are. She has been keeping herself hydrated to keep from passing out thanks to her bullet wound and has been resisting the pain for well over six hours. Finally she decides she needs to deal with her wound or else it can continue to bleed out and she can continue to be in agonizing pain, she gets up and heads over to the opposite wall where she grabs a medium size backpack full of medical equipment and related stuff and moves to a chair in the far corner.

Skye takes off the stolen coat followed by pealing off her t shirt and leaving her in a spaghetti strap undershirt and cargo pants. She winced as she looked at the wound and mentally punched the agent who shot her, she grabbed her suture kit and got to work removing the bullet lodged in her shoulder. Skye clenched her teeth in pain as she pulled the bullet out, blood began to seep out and drip on to her white undershirt.

She pressed a gauze on the open wound while the other grabbed a sterile needle and began to thread it, she pulled the soaked gauze away and began stitching as quickly as possible. Skye bit her lip as she wished that she had a second pair of hands, she promptly poured alcohol over the now stitched wound making her whimper in pain refusing to scream from the terrible burning sensation. She lightly dabbed some triple antibiotic on it before adding a thick secure bandage.

After twenty minutes of her breathing heavily eyes shut she finally gets up and throws away her bloody clothes and used gauze pads. Skye then changes into civilian clothing that was a form fitting black muscle shirt, dark blue skinny jeans and black converse. Her laptop beeps a few seconds after she puts her hair into a loose pony tail, she walked over to the screen and smiled as she saw three possible addresses pop up in the DC area for Clint's safe house.

Skye grabbed a backpack that had enough stuff to survive for ninety two hours and had money and weapons safely stowed inside it. She leaves the metal locking behind her as she ventures towards the first location a abandoned apartment across the street from a boys and girls orphanage. A orphanage that Clint and herself spent a year and a half in right after their parents died. She walked calmly through DC traffic and towards the orphanage hoping beyond hoping that she could find Clint's safe house and he wouldn't find her.

Skye noticed that it was now around ten at night as she slipped into a alley taking a short cut, she spun around when she heard multiple cat calls and whispers.

(Meanwhile in Skye's room at the Triskillion)

"Why can't she have a back up program so that in case of a emergency her friends or brother can access her laptop!? It's almost like she is afraid we would snoop I mean all these security questions they are never ending." says Clint in a monotone as he sits at Skye's desk frustration evident on his face. Steve just half smiled at the statement before he suggested "Why don't we try the less obvious words she uses when in her own little world like when she trains or when she is playing with the computers?"

Clint frowned and furrowed his eyebrows as he concentrated on all his memories of his sister. After a total of nine failed attempts a warning flashed on the screen informing them that the next failed attempt would result in all data on the laptop being erased. Clint frowned and looked to Steve telling him that the last try was his and passed Captain America the laptop. Steve stared at the screen silently for a few moments before he suddenly typed in seven letters 'BlueCap' and pressed enter.

Clint was surprised by the word he used and asked "Why BlueCap? It makes no sense at all." Steve smirked before replying "Actually it makes perfect sense, think about it your her only relative and she loves you a lot and because of your eyes she calls you Blue just like you call her Doe because of her pretty doe brown eyes, and Cap comes in because she always calls me Cap and I am her partner. We have worked and trained together many times before we were even considered as possible partners by Fury therefore it's safe to say between Fury, Hill, Coulson, Stark and myself I would say I am the closest out of those she trusts but of coarse I could be wrong."

Clint raises an eyebrow and Steve shrugs as they both look down at the laptop and breathe a sigh of relief as the computer accepts the password. Meanwhile in Director Fury's office Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanoff, Agent Coulson and Agent Ward all surround Director Fury. "Director Fury from what Agent Ward and myself gathered from Raina it seems that Skye's mutation was what was to be expected from the serum. According to both the security feeds and Raina Skye basically awoke not herself, she was quick and deadly as she took out all threats in her way including her captor Carsten." says Agent Coulson attempting to keep

Fury clasped his hands and leaned his chin on them as he looked to Agent Ward who promptly spoke "Sir, from both Agent Barton's and Captain Rogers statements it appears that when they came in contact with Agent Skye Walker she was in a uncontrollable rage but when they managed to get through to her something snapped within her and she was her normal self. Her powers are super strength, speed, and eye energy beams, she seems to be unable to control the entity within her that Raina said Carsten referred to as the Red Death. According to Raina Carsten made it so that the Red Death would be activated when she is scared, angry or when commanded although when The Red Death was commanded to stand down by Carsten she ignored the order."

Director Fury finally spoke up "If Skye is currently in control of herself and her goal is to stay away from those closest to her that will force her to seek help from not as reliable sources. Coulson, Widow I want you to check out her safe house maybe she decided to stay under radar to keep her entity from hurting anyone else. Stark... Doctor Banner from the detailed lab reports do you think you can make a catalyst to the serum that is currently making my agent a mindless raging killer?... No offense to the Hulk doctor banner." Natasha and Agent Coulson both nod and walk out of the office leaving Tony and Bruce to rub their chins in thought before Bruce spoke "Well... With Starks technology, the reports and perhaps your agents Fitzsimmons as help we can start but ultimately we will need Agent Skye for the later testing and synthesizing." Director Fury raised an eyebrow but replied "Take Fitzsimmons and anything else you need and get started. Agent Ward there is something I need you to do."

-Authors Note- So did you like the chapter? I hope to hear from you and thank you very much for taking the time to read this fanfiction.


	21. Chapter 21 Mission incomplete?

Connections 21

"What's the assignment sir?" asks Agent Ward standing at a at ease position, Director Fury opened his desk draw to quickly pull out a palm sized object before tossing it to Ward who caught it with ease. Agent Ward looked at the palm sized device with confusion looking it over before he finally decided to swallow his pride and just ask "Erm Sir? What is this?" Director Fury goes impassive before hesitantly replying "When Skye first started training to be a agent I planted a one year tracker that absorbed through the skin in the event that a rookie mission went wrong and she was taken. You were her trainer for both linguistics as well as specialist training which included how to go dark, I want you along with Agent May, Agent Garrett and Agent Triplett to go to the trackers location but only you make contact the rest are for back up. Agent Ward try to persuade her to return with you here to the Triskillion, she is in no way at fault for what she did at that warehouse and I want to speak with her about it." he concluded standing up making Ward go immediately to attention.

Agent Ward would never turn down a mission that was to help Skye so he replied "I can do that sir. But sir have you forgotten that she far surpasses all skills that Agent May, Agent Triplett as well as Agent Garrett and Myself have? According to her test results she is better than Romanoff and she only just graduated and became a level eight agent because of her scores. Sir she will know what I will be doing and she will spot the others as soon as she sees me." Fury calmly walked around his desk and came to Ward's side where he spoke firmly "I am well aware of that Agent Ward... Remember it's my pupil on the run with super powers. But like all agents she has her weaknesses we just have to be careful, make sure that your team knows that lethal force is not authorized if by some way she powers up into Red Death."

Agent Ward stiffly nods and walks out of the directors office, he got the tracking device to give him a location his eyebrows shot up in surprise that in fact at this late time in night she was in fact at a bar. Meanwhile Skye rushed and sat in a booth at the far end of the crowded bar in a attempt to hide from the men that were following her through the alley, she took a few deep breaths before leaning against the table in exhaustion. A waitress walked over to her table and spoke in a British accent "Would you like anything?" Skye looked up and was met with a women around her age with blonde hair and green eyes, she had a kind face and immediately she relaxed. "Can I just get a diet coke please?" asks Skye not in the mood for any food or alcoholic drinks. The waitress nods and walks off leaving Skye to herself, a few minutes later a bunch of drunks stumble into the bar and immediately their eyes narrow in on her like she is their prey.

Skye groans and when one of the guys walk up to her she immediately says "Go away I am not interested in whatever you are offering" the man around thirty years old scoffs scoots closer to her "Oh come on, let me buy you a drink." he pleads with a slur in his voice, Skye looked to him and through gritted teeth she threatened "IF YOU DONT LEAVE ME ALONE RIGHT NOW SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU." she could already feel Red Death trying to take over as her eyes narrowed at the man.

The man looked at her deadly stare and backed off hands in the air as he said "Alright! Alright! I will leave you alone." Skye watched as he stumbled off to his buddies leaving her to relax back into the comfortable booth. After ten minutes and two diet cokes later Skye got up to leave only to bump into someone unexpected. "Ward..." she says in surprise as she slowly backs up and begins to covertly survey the bar looking for other SHIELD agents. Ward looks her up and down observing how casual her clothing was before redirecting his attention to her and saying " Hello Skye."

Skye immediately spotted Agent Garrett sitting at the corner of the bar trying to be unsuspicious, she frowned before asking "What are you doing here Grant?" she slightly shifts into a defensive stance that did not go unnoticed by the Specialist in front of her who instantly wished the current situation was different. He took a step towards her and replied "I came here to find you, I saw what happened through the security footage. This is not your fault, what happened to Agent Barton and Captain Rogers was not your fault either. Please come back to SHIELD with me... Director Fury is going to protect you and help you all you have to do is come back with me."

Wards pleading face made Skye momentarily second guess herself before she took a couple steps back and emphatically nodded "No" as she said "No... I can't go back I am a danger to everyone. You don't know how hard it is to control these new abilities, you need to leave and take your team with you I am not going." Ward slipped into his firm but impassive Agent demeanor and replied "Skye you can't stay and en danger the civilians, come with me I will make sure we stay out of everyone's way. My team won't interfere and I will take you directly to Director Fury, don't you trust me?" he asked cocking his head to the side and looking at her with furrowed eyebrows.

Skye quickly tensed and her face went completely emotionless before she said "I trust you but I don't trust myself therefore no I won't be going with you... Now if you will excuse me." she brushes past Ward and begins to walk out the door when a drunk man grabs her wrist and stops her. She immediately takes a deep breath to calm her self and her instincts that she is fighting to keep from killing the drunk man in eighty different ways in less than forty five seconds, instead she exclaimed "Let go of me!" Ward moved towards her but the man had buddies and they kept the Agent from reaching Skye much to his aggravation.

The man squeezed Skye's arm harder and she felt rage begin to cloud her mind as she punched him square in the nose shattering it, her eyes widen as the man growled in rage and pain. "Your going to pay for that!" he yelled as he jumped up with a furious face. Skye backed up as now everyone in the bar was watching and she looked away breathing heavily before saying "Stop! You don't realize what your doing!" But the man didn't listen and tackled her to the ground making Agent Ward yell "Get out of my way!" as he punched one of the mans friends in the face before elbowing the other in the neck before spinning around jumping into the air with a spin kick to the face sending both men crashing to the bars hard floors. Agent Garrett and Agent May maintained their positions as Agent Ward spun around to see Skye beating the life out of the drunk man, her strength being shown through every punch, he yelled "Skye! Skye STOP!" his voice holding some desperation but Skye couldn't hear his pleads.

Skye's body was full of rage and she couldn't control the monster within her any longer, her eyes saw red and she felt as her hands were used to beat the life out of the drunk man. Ward yelled to the terrified surrounding crowd "Get out of here! Clear out now!" making multiple people scramble to the exits while the bars security advanced on Skye. They threw her off the man and she landed in a position that made her look like a wild lion ready to pounce on her prey, Ward began barking out orders to his team. "Agent May take Agent Triplett and flank our target but do not engage till my order and no lethal force is not authorized Agent Garrett. Agent Garrett circle around to my position we need to get Skye's attention away from the civilians and on us."

The three agents rushed in to action as Skye pounced at the bigger of the two security guards and pulled a knife where she slashed his throat from behind. She stood up straight and faced the other one who was younger and skinnier than the ones he just killed, Ward went impassive as he realized that Red Death had been unleashed and she was scary. He lunged at her putting himself between her and the guard as he blocked her attack and yelled "Get out of here !" the young security guard nodded emphatically and turned tale and ran out the door. Once everyone was safely out of the bar Ward stepped back and attempted to reason with her, "Skye... This isn't you. You need help your powers are out of control, your killing innocent people!" He slowly put his hands up in 'I am not going to hurt you' type manner but that doesn't do anything to calm the rageful monster controlling Skye.

Agent Garrett made his presence known with the sound of him cocking his gun setting the bullet in the chamber and ready to fire, Red death spun towards Garrett and faster than the senior agent could react she was in front of him and disarming him. She twisted his arm behind his back completely cracking it making him howl in pain as he twisted around to punch her only to find her out of his site. "She has speed and agility!" yells Garrett as he holds his broken left arm to his chest. Agent May suddenly starts shooting at the ceiling with a Icer making Trip, Ward and Garrett look up to see Skye was in fact perched on the support beams above them.

Red Death ran from the shots and did a back flip from the beams to the ground landing beside Agent Triplett who jumped back and ordered with his gun raised "Skye Stop! I don't want to hurt you but I will if you continue to advance!" Ward yelled before Red Death could retort "No Lethal action allowed!" making Agent Garrett roll his eyes as he crawled to where his gun had landed away from him, Agent May took the liberty to step in front of Agent May and in a commanding tone spoke "Agent Skye you have orders to return to SHIELD head quarters with us, you can come with us willingly or we can drag you there unconscious. What will it be?" she asks Icer raised in front of her and aimed at the younger Agent advancing angrily at her.

Red Death simply pulled out a double edged partially serrated twelve inch dagger and slashed at May who promptly dodged and shot off two Icer rounds that hit Skye square in the chest but didn't faze her in the slightest making May throw the Icer down and lunge at Red Death as she swung her legs around her in great precision and attempted to chock her from behind. Instead May is thrown to the ground the air escaped her lungs all at once before Ward stepped in Red Death attacking him with quick precision making Ward go on the defensive with quick hand to hand combat maneuvers. May, Triplett and Garrett all watched as the two fought with great fury, Skye landed a hard punch to his jaw that made him wince and those around him Cringe as a blossoming bruise already began to form around the effected area.

Ward countered with a kick to her knee making her stumble slightly and grit her teeth, she attacked quicker landing several punches to his stomach and chest while he can only block every other attack. He sees a opening in her defense and decides to exploit it, he elbows her in the face as she attacks him from behind he felt her nose shatter beneath his elbow and blood poured from her nose making her gasp in surprise before he grabbed her out stretched arm and sent her flying over his head to land with a thud on the ground. Ward stood straighter as he spit out of his mouth before he moved cautiously to Skye's still form, as soon as he was in arms reach she sprung up and her red eyes shot ray beams at him sending him flying back with a cry of pain as he clutched his upper shoulder and his left leg both burned and bleeding raw.

Skye then shot at Agent May but she summersaulted away from the rays and landed like a cat about seven feet away from her. She advanced on Agent Triplett when Agent Garrett had enough he aimed and fired off two rounds from his colt forty five. Ward yelled "Garrett NO!" but it was to late Skye grunted and slowly stumbled back her hands going over the two wounds, one in her lower stomach and the other penetrated her right lower ribs. Ward looked wide eyes as Skye's hand came out red full of her own blood, she looks to him in horror he could see the real Skye behind the angry eyes. Ward looked to Agent Triplett and ordered "Call a Ambulance!" he said before turning around to see that Skye had vanished and only a large puddle of blood remained. "Where is she!?" he exclaimed voice full of concern but his question was met with silence, no one knows where Skye went.

-Authors Note- I am sorry for the wait it took me a while to get this chapter how I wanted it. I hope you enjoyed it and I can't wait to hear from you. Thanks for reading!


	22. Chapter 22 orders, help, find

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Red death stumbled often as she ran full speed (Think Captain Americas top running speed) towards Clint's safe house or what she hoped was his safe house. She came to a stop at a door equipped with a security keypad, she groaned to annoyed to hack it and instead sent her fist flying at the lock breaking it and sending the door flying open swinging on the hinges. Red death stumbled into a fortified room and immediately went in search for medical equipment, she tore open the medical duffle bag and began shuffling through it. Her vision began to blur as she began putting pressure on her wounds, she took medical tape and taped large wads of gauze on her bare wounds completely ignoring the fact that there was still bullets lodged within her body.

Skye found a cell phone and shockingly dialed a number as she grabbed a bottle of morphine and took a decent size dose as a voice answered the phone.

Tony- hello?

Skye- Help.

She said the phone falling from her hand before stumbling over to the nearby twin size air mattress and collapsing, her body to weak to remain awake any longer. The last thing she heard was a loud shouting over the phone saying "SKYE!? SKYE TALK TO ME!" before she welcomed the darkness.

Ward was on the phone with Director Fury at this time.

Ward- Sir... Agent Skye has been shot.

Fury- WHAT!? I didn't authorize lethal force on my Agent! WHAT HAPPENED AGENT WARD!?

Ward- Sir... There was a drunk he managed to awaken the entity Red Death within her and she killed two civilians before my team and I could intervene... Sir she is powerful we didn't stand a chance against her I had to fight her to protect my team but I am sorry she was shot by Agent Garrett who disobeyed my orders... She already has a few broken or bruised bones from our fight but she was shot in the stomach and lower right ribs sir. We can't find her.

Fury- What is the condition of your team Agent Ward?

Ward- Agent May and Triplett are unscathed, Agent Garrett has a few bruises and a broken arm and I have been shot twice with her eye ray beams and I have several cuts and bruises throughout my body sir... What's our orders?

Fury- Return to base I am sending a SHIELD clean up crew to clean up the mess. Inform Agent Garrett I want to see him in my office upon his arrival.

Before Agent Ward could reply Director Fury hung up. Meanwhile Clint and Steve were on their way to the gym when they overheard two agents in the hall. "Did you hear that Agent Ward went on a mission at a bar word has it that he was suppose to bring in a women with unique abilities... Brunette around twenty two to twenty five years old . I just went by Director Fury's office and he was yelling about how the fact that the women had been shot against orders he was mad." says the young rookie agent looking to his SO. Both Clint and Steve's eyes widen as they came to the same conclusion and faster than ever before the two Avengers despite their injuries took off running to Director Fury's office.

Fury was on the phone when Clint and Steve burst through the door both with terrified looks on their faces making him speed up his conversation and three minutes later he hung up the phone. He clasped his hands in front of him and asked "Captain Rogers... Agent Barton is there a reason you burst through my office door unannounced?" Both Steve and Clint were attempting to keep themselves from demanding information and Steve decided to speak first "Sir... Is there any new information regarding my partner Agent Skye Walker?" he asked carefully scrutinizing the Directors face to see if he would lie. Fury raised an eyebrow before carefully replying "I have received some information about her recent ware bouts." both Clint and Steve clenched their fists knowing the Director of SHIELD was trying to hide information from them and they were not going to let him do that.

Clint took a step forward closing the distance between himself and the desk before asking "Who shot my sister and where is she?! Is she okay?" his voice is dangerously low and that makes shivers run down Director Fury's back uncomfortably. "Agent Barton we can't locate Skye... I sent a team of her closer friends in hopes that they could talk her into coming back to SHIELD but I was informed that it didn't go as planned. Skye was shot twice after beating up two of the agents that stopped her from killing another civilian... Red Death was awakened by a aggressive drunk, from what I understand Skye tried to keep in control she was trying to get away but the drunk kept up till she couldn't control Red Death any longer. Once she was shot twice once in the stomach and the other in her ribs they called a ambulance only to turn around seconds later to find Agent a Walker gone. No trace of her... I am sorry."

Both Clint and Steve's flashed with anger as Steve exclaimed "What do you mean you can't find her!? She is bleeding out from two bullet wounds to the stomach and ribs and if the image I have in my head on where the bullets hit are true he will bleed out before she can stop the bleeding!" Steve was breathing heavily and Clint saw fear and anger in his eyes making him understand that Captain America cared about his sister more then that of a partner even if said person had no idea.

After a few choice words the two Avengers marched out of the directors office when all of a sudden Clint's phone started ringing with the annoying ring tone that could only be one person. Steve's eye brows raised in interest while Clint rolled his eyes and answered the phone.

Clint- Stark.

Tony- Legolas find Capsicle and get to the address I am texting you.

Clint- Stark my sister is missing I don't have time to meet with you and Cap is with me.

Tony- (groans) Legolas I have a location on Skye she called me but is not responding when I try to contact her I think she may be hurt.

Clint- What?! You found Skye? Cap and I are leaving now!

he ended the call and Steve understood what was going on and not another thought passed before both Avengers took off running out of the Triskillion with the intention of finding Agent Skye.

-Authors Note- Sorry for the wait! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope to hear from you. Thanks for reading.


	23. Chapter 23 Skye found!

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Stark was standing in front of a old apartment complex, Jarvis was running scans on the building as he walked around the perimeter. He walked to the alley and immediately stopped breathing momentarily as JARVIS scanned the area and found blood a trail of it leading into the building. He followed it to the back door before stopping as he heard two motorcycles come to a screeching halt behind him, Clint and Steve rushed from their bikes to Tony as they spotted him in his suit.

"Stark where is she?" exclaimed Steve looking around them for his partner while Clint noticed the blood trail and had a spark of horror in his eyes "She is somewhere inside the building but it's to huge to search every room any idea where she went Legolas?" states Tony looking to Clint helmet off. Clint's eyebrows furrowed in thought before he realized why Skye would come to this building "My safe house! Room 329 on the third floor... We use to come here from the orphanage when we were kids and that's where we played." Tony's helmet slammed shut before he blasted himself to the third floor while Steve and Clint ran up the stairs as quick as possible.

Stark stopped at the site of the steel door hanging by the hinges and blood stained where it is dented, Steve and Clint were at his side at a instant before they immediately rushed through the door. "Skye!?" shouted Steve while Clint yelled "Doe! Where are you?!" they both ran in opposite directions into opposite rooms while Tony went straight back where he found her. "Legolas ! Cap! I found her hurry !" he exclaimed his mask flying up as he kneeled down beside the unconscious bleeding agent. Clint gasped as his eyes landed on his bloody sister and he checked her pulse "She's alive it looked like she took a shot of morphine to numb the pain but from the amount of blood she lost she passed out and I think she is going to need a blood infusion." he says with a worried expression on his face.

Steve kneeled down beside him and asks " Should we take her to a hospital? I really don't think taking her to shield would be the best idea at the moment." he moves some hair out of Skye's face in a caring manner that made Tony raise an eyebrow and made Clint go impassive. Tony thought over their options before he decided " No we are taking her to Avengers Tower, I have a lab their that can give her the medical attention there is and we can also have Bruce help her.., perhaps he can teach her how to contain Red Death like he does the Hulk. Plus Pirate can't get in unless I want him to she will be safe there especially since pretty much all the Avengers live there right now. It would be no problem at all besides Skye is family... What do you say?" he says with his billion dollar smile.

Clint looked to Steve and they seemed to be having a conversation without even speaking before Clint sighed and replied "Lets take her to the tower, we need to go before Fury tracks our phones wondering where we disappeared after our rampage in his office." Steve nodded before gently swooping down and picking Skye up in his arms, before they started heading out of the safe house "I called my Jet it was already on it's way it will be landing at the airport in less than twenty just as we get there." says Tony as they make their way to the alley when suddenly Clint exclaims "aww man! We are both on bikes Skye can't ride unconscious on a bike in her condition it will only make it worse."

Steve frowns also understanding the situation when he suddenly looks to Tony and immediately the billionaire understands what Captain America is about to say. "Tony can we put Skye in your iron man suit and have JARVIS automatically fly her to the airport and wait for us?" asks Steve with a raised eyebrow making Tony think over the situation carefully. "I have a better idea how about I just carry her and meet you two there... There is no way she can be in a upright position in my suit it would just add pressure to the wound just like getting on your motorcycles would." After a few minutes the three avengers came to a decision and Iron Man blasted off with a unconscious Skye in his arms while Clint and Steve zoomed off to meet them at the airport.

All to soon they were in the jet and Skye was laid down across the private jets couch as Clint worked quickly to stop the bleeding that had started once again at a alarming rate. Skye's eyes shot open as pain surged through her body making Steve grab her hand and squeeze it as she screamed "Ahhhh!" Clint frowned as he noticed the the bullets were still inside her and were causing more damage "Skye why in this universe did you not extract the bullets?! They are causing further damage!" Clint exclaimed with a stern but extremely worried expression, "I Thought that the morphine she took would keep her out for longer than about a hour!" said Tony as he told his pilot to get to Avengers tower faster. Steve's eyebrows furrowed before his eyes snapped to Clint's as he said "If she is a super soldier her metabolism burns anywhere from five to ten times faster than the average human. The morphine wouldn't last long in me no matter what dosage, but that also means she most likely heals faster than a average human as well."

Skye groaned her eyes clouded in a daze as she squeezed Steve's hand with all her might making the super soldier visibly cringe and try to give her words of comfort "Shhh Skye breathe... You're safe and need to relax or your going to lose to much blood all hyped up." she frowned up at him before she whimpered "Where am I? What happened?" her confused tone made the Avengers frown in sync. A second later Skye's eyes fluttered shut as Clint pulled out one of the bullets and moved to extract the other when he growled "I can't extract the remaining bullet... It's lodged in between a rib and I can't extract it here I don't have the appropriate equipment." Steve and Tony frowned as they watched Clint carefully stitch the wound in Skye's stomach before applying antibiotic and bandages. They were extremely concerned as they watched Skye's labored breathing increase in pain.

-Authors Note- Did you like the chapter? I hope you did and I want to know who you think Skye should feel most comfortable around.

A) Clint

B) Tony

C) Steve

D) Another Avenger

Please PM me with your answers, I can't wait to hear from all of you! And thanks for reading!

-PiratePrincess16-


	24. Chapter 24 Abilities

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As soon as they reached the airport Iron Man blasted off with Skye in his arms having already notified Bruce of the situation and for his need to have the towers lab prepped and ready for Skye, thankfully Bruce had left two days prior and has been living at the tower since he arrived back. Five minutes later Iron Man lands on his balcony and all but flies into the towers lab with Skye, Bruce jumps as the lab doors fly open and Stark lands in front of him with Skye. " Bruce help her." says Tony setting her down on the prepared lab table where Bruce promptly got to work with out needing to have information further explained. As he worked he noticed that Skye's tissue had literally molded around the bullet and the wound was nearly healed over, making Bruce have to use a different approach then what he had originally planned.

Thirty minutes later Steve and Clint burst through the doors just as Bruce extracted the wedged bullet from within Skye. Tony helped as Bruce stitched and mended Skye's wounds before bandaging her up. A few minutes later Bruce and Tony walk up to Steve and Clint who are nervous wrecks, "Clint your sister is fine, it appears that she has healing capabilities because almost the entire wound was healed around the protruding bullet, I had to go in and take out the bullet before she would get poisoned from the bullet. Also it appears that her metabolism burns as much or more than Caps making Morphine or any other drug relatively useless unless we use dosages way to dangerous. But other wise I suspect Agent Walker will make a full recovery but otherwise I am unsure how she will be mentally." says Bruce in a impassive tone making Clint and Steve nod quietly.

Steve cleared his throat "How long till she wakes up?" Bruce cleans his glasses with his lab coat before shrugging " Anytime, I am unfamiliar as to what type of serum she was injected with and what it's side effects are. However I need your permission to take some blood samples to start running tests on what these new abilities have done to her body." he says looking to Clint for permission since technically he is next of kin with Skye being his younger sister.

Clint gave Doctor Banner a curt nod of understanding before Steve said "I think we should get Natasha and Agent Coulson down here, surround Skye with those she trusts and can help her. SHIELD is out of the question I have a feeling they would want to experiment on her or at the very least train her to be a even deadlier weapon and Skye is anything but a weapon."

Tony has removed his Iron Man suit at this point and was currently watching Skye's monitors carefully, he overheard their and immediately had a opinion in the matter. "Capsicle is right, as important as Skye has become to SHIELD and the director himself they don't understand her new abilities and the inner hulk within her. The Avengers can help her more than anyone else, I will call in Red and Agent get them here without delay." he says before pulling out his Stark phone and dialing the number.

Bruce walked over to the unconscious Skye with a needle and some vials and began taking blood when Skye's eyes shot up and on instinct she grabbed hold on Bruce's throat and squeezed in anger. Bruce immediately dropped the vial letting it shatter and get Clint and Steve's attention as his hand flew to the hand chocking him as he gasped out "Skye! I am not here to hurt you... I am a Avenger." Steve and Clint instantly spun around and lept into action "Skye Stop!" yelled Clint while Steve pulled on her arm and calmly stated "We are not your enemies Skye ... Try to think."

Skye's hand was pried from Bruce's neck making the doctor take a few calming breaths as Steve held Skye in place. "Doe... Breathe you need to calm down before you hurt someone." says Clint locking eyes with his confused sister. She blinked rapidly and her eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she took notice of her new surroundings.

She cleared her throat and hesitantly asked "Where am I? How did I get here!?" Bruce clears his throat while he rubbed his sore throat and replied "Firstly I am Doctor Bruce Banner, secondly your at Avengers tower specifically the infirmary and thirdly Tony, Clint and Steve brought you hear after they found you in DC unconscious with two bullet wounds passed out from blood loss and morphine."

Skye's eyes widen immediately knowing whom Bruce was and she jumped off the table "I am sorry Doctor Banner I didn't mean to hurt you." she said backing away from everyone with fearful eyes. Tony decided at that point to walk in, as soon as he saw her awake he rushed over to her. "Well if it isn't bird brains kick butt sister. It's good to see you conscious Skye you had us worried." he said ready to embrace her in a hug when she jumped back and said "Please stay back... I could unintentionally hurt you!"

Tony immediately stepped back as Clint and Steve moved to Skye's side "Skye we are your friends and family we can help you... You won't hurt us." Says Steve with a reassuring smile taking a step to embrace her but as he does she clutched her head and red rays shoot from her eyes making everyone duck as she cries out.

-Authors Note- So the votes have been tallied and we have a tie between Clint or another Avenger so tune in next chapter to see who Skye decides she can be safe around. I hope you enjoyed the chapter! And can't wait to hear from all of you! Thanks for reading. -PiratesPrincess16-


	25. Chapter25 Not what I expected her to say

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Skye is on her knees as she attempts to rid her self of the awful pain that was seeping through her, Clint moved to his sisters side very aware that Red Death could be greeting him instead of Skye but he refuses to do nothing. Tony and Steve were quick to hide behind steel turned over tables while Bruce much to his own shock walked straight over to Skye ignoring that her eyes were firing rays every which way she turned. Clint managed to wrap his arms around Skye's trembling body and held tight as he attempted to comfort her through words.

Skye's face scrunched up in disgust her eyes now shut as she fought the urge to eliminate those around her. Suddenly Bruce was in front of her and calmly saying "Skye breathe... Bring your heart rate down." she listens carefully as he begins adding things "Think about the times with your brother... Perhaps a birthday? Or the first time he taught you self defense? Remember the happy times." He says and Skye begins to feel her control getting stronger and after five minutes of a tense silence Skye gasped and her eyes flew open as she sprung from her brothers arms.

She immediately surveyed her friends and brothers state making sure none of them were harmed by the entity Red Death. Skye let her shoulders drop when she realized no one was hurt before she said "I can't control it... You guys are in danger just being in the same room as me." Steve frowned at how powerless she sounded while Tony was typing rapidly at a computer station with a face of astonishment as he reviewed footage and how her vitals spiked in a odd way when Red Death began to be unleashed. "Doe we aren't leaving ... You didn't ask for this to happen to you but it did and now we are going to help you get through it. Skye you could be a Avenger if you can learn to control your powers!" exclaimed Clint trying to give his sister something to be hopeful about.

Skye looks around before pulling away from Clint and looking between him and doctor Banner "Can I speak with you two privately?" she asks with hesitation quite obvious in her tone, Doctor Banner cleans his glasses on his lab coat before following Skye out of the room. She immediately walked into the elevator and waited for the door to close before she spoke aloud "Jarvis? Please stop the elevator so I can speak with Doctor Banner and my brother in private?" Almost instantly the elevator came to a calm stop letting Bruce and Clint look at her with concern. "how?" she asks looking to Bruce with pain in her eyes.

Doctor Banners eye brows furrowed in confusion at her question and looked to her and said "I don't understand what your asking Skye." Skye massaged her temples letting the exhaustion from her powers being used show through before she asked "How did you know what to do? When it takes over I fight with everything I have in me to stop Red Death but i never can... My brother calling out to me barely is enough to squeeze through in the most desperate times." She looks down at her shoes till Bruce calmly replied "Because you look at everything like a soldier ... You fight head on instead of stepping back and clearing your mind. By controlling your breathing your giving your self a path to total control."

Clint rubs his chin momentarily lost in thought before he clears his throat and orders "Teach her." both Skye and Bruce snap their heads in his direction with looks of confusion plastered on their faces. Clint ignored their looks and asked " Bruce can you teach Skye how to control Red Death like you control Hulk?" Skye gasped audibly as she looks to Clint with horror and exclaims "I don't want to learn how to control it! I want it gone." her eyes hardened to emphasize the point. Bruce raises an eyebrow at her but otherwise remains impassive as he says "Skye could be taught to control the entity inside her but it takes a while and the fact that she is insistent on removing these unique abilities is unfortunate."

Skye feels confused as to what she actually wants on one hand she has always wanted to be a Avenger alongside her brother but on the other hand she has never needed powers to beat Clint to speak humbly. She turns to Bruce and says "I am too dangerous I have to stay away, Blue does SHIELD know my location?" she looks to Clint desperately hoping that he decided to keep her CO out of the loop. Clint went impassive before he replied "You were dying we didn't have much time to inform anyone other then Bruce, but no Fury does not know we found you or that your here in Manhattan and none of us were planning to."

Meanwhile Steve and Tony silently stare at the elevator curious as to the conversation that was going on in there, "Don't worry Capsicle... Bird Brains and Doctor Serious will keep mini red from leaving or anything else." says Tony putting his hand reassuringly on Steve's shoulder. Suddenly the elevator opens and a very impassive Skye walks out followed by Clint and Bruce.

Back in DC Agent Ward marches to Director Fury's office " Sir has Skye been found?" he asks trying to keep a stoic expression. Fury looks up and clasps his hands "Negative Agent Ward... Agent Skye Walker is in the wind and there is no word from Agent Barton or Captain Rogers." he responds observing Wards demeanor scrutinizingly. "Sir... I taught Skye some of her tactics I know how she thinks well enough to track her. I am a specialist send me in alone and let me find her... once she is found I can convince her to come back. What happened at the bar was due to civilians interference it put her on edge." Director Fury leans back in his chair with a raised eyebrow before he says "Agent Ward there can be no further casualties, Skye may be my rookie and top field agent but I can only protect her so long from the council before they want her and her abilities terminated. You have a go I want daily check ins and bring Agent Coulson in the loop. That is all Agent Ward... Dismissed"

-Authors Note- I apologize for the long wait it is inexcusable but again I am sorry. Please let me know if you liked the chapter and thanks for reading! -PiratePrincess16-


	26. Chapter 26 nightmares

Connections 26

(A day later at two in the morning)

Skye struggles beneath her sheets as her head snaps back and forth with her body covered in sweat. Her eyes are squeezed shut in agony, she starts mumbling "No... Stop!... Run Clint!... Stay Away!...NOOO! ... POWERS TURN OFF! " she starts scraping and thrashing in her bed.

(In the night mare)

Skye was in the center of all those she considered friends and family, she could see her hands raising on their own accord as they grabbed her brothers throat and squeezed. She watched as all the Avengers leapt into action, Thor throwing his hammer, Steve running at her, Natasha flanking her as Tony flew around the room trying to take her out with his bullets similar to that of icer rounds. Skye tried to curl within herself but her body was not under her minds control since red ray beams shoot out at everyone she looks at. She screams at herself "No! Stop! Guys run! Run Clint! No Bruce stay away!" suddenly Clint collapses from getting hit by her ray beams.

She turned her eyes and saw destruction all around her, Steve was ducking and dodging her blows she heard a yell from above and Iron Man was suddenly shot out of the sky and she froze before she screamed "NOOO! POWERS TURN OFF!" Her heart rate increased and suddenly she bolted into a sitting position with a scream, she gasped for breath and she heard her heart beat ... Thump...thump...thump. Suddenly there is a knock at her door and a screens appears in front of her by Jarvis and she sees Clint and Steve at her door. Her breathing was heavy as she gasped out "Jarvis... Let them in." she brought her knees up into her chest and curled within herself as the screams echoed in her mind.

Clint and Steve zoomed into the room panicked " Skye!?" exclaimed Steve seeing her curled in a ball, Clint rushed to her side and put a hand on her shoulder making her jump away from him in fear. Skye has tears in her eyes as images of what she did to Clint and Steve the day she was made Red death, the screams of her brother, her friends pleads. "Doe? Doe can you hear me? Are you okay?" asks Clint moving to her side ignoring that she keeps putting distance between them. "No..." she croaks out and both Steve and Clint frown knowing she is crying. "Doe... tell me what's wrong. Please." he whispers so only she can hear his pleading and she takes a shaky breath before looking up at him.

"It was just a nightmare... I am fine you guys can go." she says firmly though he voice shakes more than she wishes it would. Steve raises an eyebrow and looks to Clint, the two wordlessly have a conversation before Steve nods in understanding and walks out the door. Clint sat down at the edge of Skye's bed and waited for her to talk to him. After about fifteen minutes of silence Skye quietly moved to lean against her brother, he wrapped his arms around her to comfort her. She sighed in content before deciding to tell her brother her nightmare, " I killed you all." she says her voice surprisingly impassive for the revelation.

Clint looked down at his sister not surprised to see her masking her emotion like a true SHIELD agent does especially one of her caliber. "What do you mean you killed us all? You would never hurt us Skye." Skye rocked herself as she replied " I would never hurt you but red death wouldn't hesitate to slit your throat or beat the life out of you... I don't want to live with the ability that could hurt you... Your ribs are still bruised I can see you wince every time you pull the bones and I can see your body aching. I did that to you... With my own to hands I nearly killed the only family I have in this world." she lets her voice squeak as tears begin to escape.

Clint frowned rubbing her back in comforting circles before he sternly replied "The hands that beat me may have been yours but it was Red Deaths mind that controlled them. Remember the saying it's not the guns fault but the person who shoots the gun fault. Skye you can't blame your self for what happened to Steve and I we certainly don't... Why don't you talk to Bruce? He knows what you feel like he has been through the same thing. He turns into a big green ugly raging monster while at least you don't turn into anything." Skye looks up at him her lip trembling as she says "Blue... I don't want these powers they are changing me and I don't know what to do... I was trained to adapt to get every mission done but this... This is like nothing I have ever experienced before. It's terrifying I have no control over my own body and I am a specialist do you have any idea how terrifying it is to know that there is a murderer within me using me to kill."

Clint could tell that her training is the only thing keeping her from fully breaking down and at the moment he was actually thankful that Director Fury made her a agent because at the moment he feels tore in two since he is unable to take away the pain from his little sister. He sighs before replying "Skye I can't promise you that you will never hurt us but I can promise you that your friends and family will never curse or forsake you. I will never stop protecting you and I will be here every step of the way, whatever you decide to do. Please get some sleep I will stay here." Skye looked ready to argue but seemed to talk herself out of it and pulled from her brothers embrace to shimmy herself underneath her sheets.

They stayed in silence her uneven breathing indicating that she was very much awake, after about twenty minutes Skye threw her blankets off of her startling Clint. She grabbed her tennis shoes before going into the adjoining bathroom to change, a few minutes later she emerged in tennis shoes, workout pants and a blue jacket over her sports bra and tank top. Skye looked to her brother impassively before she walked out the door, her destination unknown to anyone but her.

-Authors Note - I am terribly sorry that I have made you all wait for this chapter but I hope you all liked it! Please let me know if there is anything you hope to read in the next chapter and I will see if it will go. Thanks for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	27. Chapter 27 time for a workout

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Skye walked to the elevator the doors closed before Clint could slip in, she takes a deep breath and presses the 12th floor button and the elevator springs to life. She walks out of the elevator seconds later entering the gym, she walks over to the punching bags. After surveying the different size and pounds, she moves over to the heaviest bag which just so happens to be a two hundred and fifty pound bag that she guessed was what Steve used. She walked over to a nearby cabinet and found rolls of hand brand new hand wraps in various colors and sizes lining the inside of it, she grabbed some black ones and in a daze wrapped her hands perfectly.

She began pounding the bag as visions of her hurting Clint and Steve flashed through her mind, she punched harder as the image of Carsten entered her mind. Skye began breathing heavily as pure rage consumed her mind, her heart was pounding as she grew angry with the person who ruined her life. Carsten made her this monster... this red death... her eyes are turning red and her breathing has become ragged as she feels her control slipping, time passes as she continues to beat the life out of the punching bag. She spins around and jumps onto the salmon ladder and weigh gritted teeth moves up the bars with going up and down several times she jumps down and moves on to the second 250 pound punching bag. There is tears streaming down her face before she suddenly reals her fist back and sends it surging forward hard making the bag fly back breaking from its hook and go crashing to the ground with a large hole in it .

Skye was frozen as a tree and the only thing that made a sound was her heavy breathing till all of a sudden a voice broke through the gym and she spun around in surprise. "Skye..?... Are you okay?" There stood Steve looking at her with a slight glint of concern in his eyes but to her surprise no fear or hesitation in coming within arms length of her. Skye takes a few steps back and leans against the nearby wall as she pushes to control her breathing and heart rate after about five minutes of silence she looks over at Steve and says "I am fine Cap... What are you doing down here in the middle of the night?" she asks remembering the last time she looked at the clock it was around two in the morning.

Steve's face goes impassive as he tries to hide his surprise of her being unaware of the time, he clears his throat and replies "Skye... It's five thirty in the morning it's when you and I usually do our early morning work out." Skye's eyes widen and shock is clearly written on her face, she notices her knuckles are stinging and looks down impassively to see blood through her hand wraps. Steve follows her line of site and instantly frowns before mutely walking to a huge first aid kit and bringing it over to Skye. He locks eyes with her and she thrusts her wrapped knuckles into his awaiting hands. Steve motioned to a nearby bench and they sat down, "How long have you been down here?" asks Steve as he begins to gently unwrap her left hand.

Skye frowned as she replied "I came down here right after my nightmare so... Around three and a half hours." Steve's eyes widen in alarm before he said "Skye that's not healthy... Your body is recovering from a near death experience and although you have some type of super serum that allows you to heal quickly you should not be stressing out your body." She stays still as he surveys here now exposed knuckles he gently prods it and she hisses making him frown and say" I have never seen or heard of someone busting their knuckles even with wraps on. Your going to need to let your left hand heal you tore up your knuckles and apparently the punching bag. Skye you need to take care of your self."

She frowned but nodded as he cleaned her hand and proceeded to put some antibiotic and wrap her hand before moving on to the other one. "I am sorry it's just that...What do you think I should do Rogers? I am trained to adapt to situations just like Romanoff, I have the top scores at the academy for nearly everything except my brothers expert shooting and Director Furys top rank in deception skills." Steve remains silent before he replied "Skye as your partner I would try to support you in your decision but as a person from the 1940s and from my own personal opinions I would say that... A lot of things could've happened the day you received these powers. According to Barton every test subject exposed to that serum died within minutes of its contents entering their systems."

Skye's eyebrows furrow in confusion before she suddenly decides to debate "But I never wanted this! Steve do you have any idea what it's like to have another thing inside you that could tear anyone you love apart without blinking a eye?!. I-" she says only for Steve to cut her off. "You were chosen! Skye don't you see the unlimited potential you now have? If Carsten has chose another they wouldn't have the strength, the determination, the skills and most of all the friends that you have to help you remain in control."

Skye remained silent before standing up suddenly and walking into the elevator leaving a concerned superhero behind.

Meanwhile back in DC

Fury paces around his office deep in thought when his phone suddenly rings, he grabs it begrudgingly to answer it.

Fury- Director Fury... Go!

Ward- Agent Ward sir, Agent Walker is no longer in DC. I have gone through every possible thing, but sir I did find blood... Lots of blood in a safe house. Labs confirm that it is Agent Walkers sir, I have a possible lead to her current location and will keep you informed.

Fury- See that you do Agent Ward... Find me my agent or someone's head will roll.

Fury viciously hung up the phone as he processed the information.

Ward stood in Agent Barton's safe house looking at the bloody rags and bandaged spewed across the floor, he scrutinizes the room and notices a security camera on the far side of the room. He followed the wires to the recording archives and plays through the video and when he sees Skye bloodied crawling to the cot and dialing a phone before she takes a morphine shot and passes out. He fast forwards to the point of Iron Man finding her and seconds later Captain America and Hawkeye, a few minutes after surveying her injuries they left. "Manhattan here I come"

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	28. Chapter 28 what now

Connections 28

That evening Skye walked silently into the lab to find the science bros arguing over whether or not they could extract the serum from inside Skye's body. Skye cleared her throat and some how managed to get both scientists to freeze upon hearing her. "Agent Walker... How are you today?" asks Bruce trying to figure out the agents sudden appearance in the lab. Skye bit her bottom lip in nervousness before replying "I am fine Bruce... Call me Skye." Bruce nodded as he let a smile grace his features before he asked "So Skye what brings you down here to our humble dwellings?"

Tony watches as Skye shifts her weight back and forth before suddenly saying "Teach me." Bruce raises an eyebrow before tentatively asking " I assume you are asking me to teach you how to control red death within you?" Skye curtly nods to which he offers a reassuring smile, before exclaiming "That is excellent... Personally I do not believe we could extract Red Death from within you anyways. The tests are very similar to that of mine and red death and Hulk has very similar results except your red death does not emit gamma radiation."

Skye raises an eyebrow before asking "Is it possible that Carsten was trying to add aspects to the Super Soldier serum and because of that I have multiple powers unlike my partner Captain Rogers? " Tony and Bruce look to each other with raised eyebrows before Tony replied "I am not sure but it is highly possible, what I want to know is why your heart stopped when you were injected with the serum... Also Barton said that all the other test subjects died when injected with it." Bruce cleared his throat and added "Plus there is also that unknown reason as to why Carsten's control part of the serum was ineffective to contain Red Death. The lady in the flower dress Raina was adamant in the fact that the science behind the serum was a 110% correct, there was no way scientifically that it wouldn't work and I agree with the science equations behind it."

Skye sighed before saying "I don't know it could be the same reason that I am the only one to survive being injected with this serum. So Bruce when do we start?" Bruce shrugged in reply making her role her eyes in annoyance and walk out. But as she was walking out Tony shouted " Get changed! We are going to one of my Italian places." she frowned but waved it off. A half hour later Skye was dressed in a black knee length dress paired with silver flats and a silver charm necklace (borrowed from Pepper) and she walked into the main sitting area where Bruce, Tony, Clint and Steve were standing in their nice suits while Natasha and Pepper were dressed in dresses similar to Skyes.

Natasha was the first to see Skye and smiled walking over to her "Skye its so good to see you again! I was so worried about you when Fury informed me of Agent Wards mission and you getting shot in the process." she said pulling Skye into a quick hug. Skye smiled slightly as she returned the embrace before replying " It's so good to see that you have arrived safely." after the pleasantries were over they went into the elevator only to for JARVIS to say " Sir a Agent Grant Ward is in the lobby, should I send him up?" Steve, Clint, Natasha, Bruce and Tony all look to each other for a response while Skye steps back in concern as she remembers what Red Death did to her former specialist trainer.

"JARVIS do not let him up! In fact send him home." exclaims Tony with exasperation in his voice, while Skye looked to Steve and Clint and asked "Can you two find out why he is here? It's possible that he doesn't know I am here and is just here with speculation." They both nodded staying inside the elevator while everyone else got out and walked over to one of the couches, JARVIS displayed the security footage for the lobby.

Skye remained impassive as Agent Ward began walking over to Clint and Steve once he spotted the two Avengers exit the elevator. "JARVIS can you give us audio?" she quietly asks and seconds later full audio is on. "Agent Ward it's been a while, what can we do for you?" Clint calmly asks slipping his hands into his suit pockets, while Steve just crosses his arms. Ward smiles sensing some tension but choosing to ignore it "It's been a while Agent Barton, I am here because I know you brought Agent Walker out of DC. I found evidence in your safe house Barton, so where is she?" he says eyes slightly narrowing upon Clint's sudden tense demeanor.

Steve took a step forward as he answered "Son you need to leave, my partner is in hiding and it will remain that way till she decides otherwise." Agent Ward opened his mouth to retort but thought the better of it and instead directed his attention to the camera that the Avengers were watching him from and spoke "Skye I am sorry for what happened back at the bar, I know that wasn't you and I am not here to take you back to SHIELD. Just tell me if your safe and I will leave if that's what you want." his sincerity surprised Clint and Steve but most of all Tony when he suddenly exclaimed "Oh great a Specialist also loves mini red... Capsicle has competition."

Skye's eyebrow furrow as she thinks over what she should do, after a few moments she looked to Natasha and said "Clint's going to kill me for this." She stands up and walks into the elevator and has JARVIS send her down to the lobby. Clint growls at Ward and says "Look Agent Ward my sister is not any of your concern and we really must be off we are attending a dinner with the others if you would be so kind as to leave...Now." Agent Ward purses his lips as he sees the Avenger's shoulders tense ready to pounce if need be, he steps back and puts his hands up in a surrendering manner as he says " Alright... Go to your fancy dinner but I will be back." with that said he turns around and walks out of Avengers tower.

A minute later Skye rushes out of the elevator only to frown upon seeing Ward gone, as soon as Clint and Steve notice her she plasters a fake smile upon her face. Clint's phone rings making him sigh as he answered it, "Hello? ... Yeah... Okay that's fine will do." he ended the call and looked to Steve and Skye as he said "Stark said us three should take the first car, Happy is driving while they take the second. Apparently the limo is down for maintenance." he added when he saw Steve open his mouth to ask a question. Skye shrugged and gestured for Steve to lead while she was guided out by her brother.

They sit in silence as Happy drives them, Skye is looking out the window when suddenly the car squeaks to a stop and glass shatters everywhere. She cries out in pain as her head knocks into her brothers and the last thing she sees from above is a glimpse of metal and a red star before she passes out.

-Authors Note- I am sorry for the wait! I hope you enjoyed the chapter and can't wait to read your reviews! Thanks for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	29. Chapter 29 control, Bucky?

Connections 29

Steve and Clint both groan simultaneously as they began to move from under the flipped car, they could hear sirens in the distance. Clint coughed before exclaiming "Skye!?" he looked around as he got to his feet and surveyed the situation. He looked towards a alley to see a unconscious Skye thrown into a van by a soldier with a bionic arm. Clint's eyes widen as he pulled his gun from his jacket and ran towards the van shooting carefully at the men in the back of the van. Steve was on his feet faster than Happy could ask anything completely ignoring Clint shooting and running to the van dodging enemy weapons fire.

The assailants driver stepped on the gas making the man with the metal arm clench his metal fist on the door to hold on. Steve took off running after the van while Clint surveyed the area for a vehicle for his use, he sighed in relief as a motorcycle came to a screeching halt two feet in front of him. Clint rushed over to the driver slipping his gun into his back wrist band as he quickly grabbed his ear wig from his pocket pushing it into his ear as he exclaimed "I need to commandeer your bike get off!"

The man was shocked but upon noticing the glare and gun he jumped off his bike and Clint jumped on before speeding off after the van and Steve. "Stark are you there?" he exclaims into his com watching as Steve continues to keep up with the van in front of him. " Legolas where are you guys?" Clint growls before replying "Skye has been taken! We were attacked! Cap and I are in pursuit but we don't have our gear and these people are heavily armed... Requesting some back."

Tony suddenly started barking out orders before he heard Natasha come on line "Clint give me details on the attackers we need to know who we dealing with, Rogers are you on line?" she asks as she herself is loading her gun as she jumps on her motorcycle and has JARVIS guide her through shortcuts.

Meanwhile Skye slowly began waking up, her temples throbbing with pain as she used her senses to take in her current surroundings. She could feel a slight buzzing from beneath her, she listened and suddenly became aware of the gun fire all around her. Skye bolted up into a sitting position discovering that her arms were tied behind her, she looked around to see four men in full black tactical gear and AR- 15s and a man with scraggly hair, mask, goggles and a metal arm with a red star on it. She looks out the opened back of the van to see Steve running after them in his suit and not far behind him is Clint on a motorcycle, she smiled before remembering her predicament.

Skye tried to keep her heart rate at a steady pace as she quietly began twisting in her bindings hoping to loosen them, she lets out a squeak as a bullet grazes her cheek and she silently curses Hawkeyes aim with a gun. She focuses on the her hands bound in front of her and concentrated on her anger as she sees The metal armed soldier jump out of the van scraping his metal hand into the concrete to keep him from tumbling out. Skye felt anger pulsing through her as she sees Steve engage the soldier, ducking and dodging his way around him as Clint swerved around the two super soldiers.

Clint saw Skye's eyes spinning into red and knew that they would soon be greeted by Red Death, suddenly any control Skye had over herself disappeared when she saw Steve thrown through a window by the met armed soldier. She let out a loud war cry that echoed for miles as she tore from her restraints and pounced at her kidnappers. Clint's motorcycle came to a stop as Skye grabbed the wheel and made the van fling into the air before flipping over several times. Clint's heart stopped as he saw the van flip into the air, he rushed towards the van only for Skye to come barging out with a murderous expression.

Red deaths eyes locked on the soldier with the metal arm fighting Steve and she angrily ran at the unsuspecting Winter Soldier as Clint groans getting on coms "Natasha we need a clean up crew... And Red Death has been unleashed ... Cap is fighting some ninja assassin with a Metal arm. What's your ETA!?" he exclaims over Red Deaths roar and the screams from nearby civilians. Steve groaned as he now mentally regrets not bringing his shield everywhere he goes as it would come in handy, the metal arm shot out and clasped around his neck making him gasp. Red Death saw Steve struggling for breath and reacted sending Ray beams from her eyes and shooting the metal arm, sending the Winter Soldier to the side releasing Steve.

Skye could feel her barely being able to control Red Death from attacking her partner, she zoned in on the Metal armed soldier as a target and all rage was poured into protecting herself and her partner. Steve spun around shocked only to tense and move aside as Red death came barreling past him. The winter Soldier pulled a knife from his thigh holster before running at Skye with it, Red Death easily moved aside from the slash and returned the attack with a punch to his face that knocked the goggles from the metal armed soldiers face.

He slowly turned to her with a blank expression and she lunged forward only for her arm to be caught mid swing by Steve who exclaimed "No Wait!" Skye clenched her fists trying to keep the monster within her from lashing out at Steve before looking to the soldier. Steve cleared his throat and took a tentative step forward and said "Bucky?" the Winter soldier frowned before asking "Who in the world is Bucky?" Just as Steve moved to respond Bucky pulled a syringe and threw it into Red Deaths neck causing the young women to roar in pain as she clutched her neck. Steve and Clint moved to her side in concern as she falls to her knees with a loud groan, Steve spins around to find Bucky only to discover that he was gone.

-Authors Note- I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Thanks for being great followers and reviewers you guys are all amazing! Thanks for reading -PiratePrincess16-


	30. Chapter 30 that's final

Connections 30

"What was in that syringe?" Asked Steve as he checked his partners pulse with fear in his eyes as Iron Man and Natasha both suddenly appear at their sides. Clint was about to throw in his thoughts when all of a sudden Director Fury's voice cut through their coms loudly "AGENT BARTON What is the meaning of this!? Why have you been hiding my agent?" Clint's face goes impassive as he sees Tony begin to scan Skye's vitals through his suit. "Barton... JARVIS is tracking the foreign substance through her system, however it's causing some unknown variables in her chemistry." Steve sighs in sadness before picking her up and putting himself and her in a cab that sped off upon his orders.

Meanwhile on a nearby building on the roof

The winter soldier frowns as he sees various agencies swarm around the area keeping bystanders away, he watches as the blonde that fought him grabs his adjective and puts her and himself in a cab. He looks at his watch and his impassive stare remains as he sees a blinking dot move away from him in the same direction that the cab went. He slithered away down to the streets where he blended into the crowds his determination for succeeding his mission was great.

When Clint walked into the Avengers tower lobby, he came to a stop with a scowl it had been three hours since everything happened and Skye was knocked out. He was forced to do clean up at the site and now he was eager to see the state of his sister when he came face to face with a angry Director Fury, Agent Coulson, Agent Ward and Deputy Director Hill were right beside him. "Director... To what do I owe the honor of you waiting for me to arrive?" he asks holding in any annoyance from his tone. Fury remained impassive "Stark and Rogers refuse to let me see my Agent... Agent Walker may be their friend and your sister but it doesn't give them the right to keep me out of the loop. She signed the same thing you did in reference to times such as these."his tone holds a clear warning making Clint unnoticeably stiffen.

Clint was as stoic as ever before replying "Sir, everytime you attempt to help my sister in this situation she nearly dies... She doesn't want you harmed and will not be returning to SHIELD until she is ready and not a second before that. You cannot see her unless she allows it and none of you are allowed in the tower past the lobby." his threatening glare caused Director Hill too clench her fists mad that he was keeping her away from her friend and partial rookie, while Fury himself seemed absolutely furious. He looked to Director Hill and ordered "Use the protocol!" Hill curtly nodded catching Agent Ward's eye as she walked to the elevators and bi passes JARVIS's controls, allowing Fury and herself enter while Clint was forced to catch Agent Ward in the face in anger.

He ran to the stairs used his standard issue belt grappling hook and got the tenth floor thirty seconds before Fury and Hill could, He ran into the lab and exclaimed "THEY OVERRID JARVIS!" Tony growls slamming his hand on a button on the counsel in front of him making the glass doors slam shut behind clint and reinforce just as Director Fury and Hill appeared rather suddenly. Steve and Clint stood in front of Skye's hospital bed blocking her from the Directors view as Tony stepped towards the door leaving Banner behind the monitor appearing with the results of Skye's scan.

"Nick ... Why are you causing ruckus in my tower?" Asks Tony as he gives the Director a fake smile clearly showing his displeasure at the fact the director is still in his tower. "Mr. Stark you are keeping me from my agent and someone I see as a daughter. This will not be tolerated." growled Fury loosing all pretenses of being calm and collected as he usually is. Steve pursed his lips in attempt to hide his scowl, suddenly he felt something brush across his knuckles. Snapping his head towards the bed beside him he saw that Skye was awake and listening with weary ears.

Stark growled in annoyance before bitterly replying "She is not your daughter and its your fault that she is here in the first place! Stop interfering!" Skye bit her lip to keep from talking and waited for her CO to respond. " She is MY agent! Let me in or I swear I will have the entirety of SHIELD here within the hour!" yelled Director Fury slamming his fist in to the glass door blocking him from Skye. Steve and Clint both opened their mouths to retort when Skye shot up into a sitting position eyes red and full of rage. "ENOUGH!" she roared making Bruce, Tony, Hill and Ward jump back, while Clint, Steve and Fury flinched and directed their attention to her.

Clint moved to his sisters side "Skye!" he said in relief but upon receiving a angered expression he backed off. Skye carefully got off the hospital bed her neck burning in a excruciating pain that she decided to ignore, and instead moved to the glass door and let the directors and agent in. Clint, Steve and Tony looked at Skye with confusion plastered on their faces as she glares at everyone in the room her chest heaving in rage. "Director... Hill... Ward..." she says in greeting as her eyes turn back to her usual doe eyes. She turned to her brother and moved to his side before saying "We should all talk, Tony can you lead the way?"

Tony impassively led them all to the loft, Skye leaning into Clint to keep from collapsing as his arm wrapped around her securely. Skye sat down on the recliner while everyone else sat down on the surrounding sofas, she took a calming breath as all eyes were on her wondering what she was going to say. " Firstly I want to make it clear that as my official CO, Fury and Hill are allowed on the premises when I am injured unless it is by someone from SHIELD then I leave the decision up to my brother and partner Steve. Is that understood?" She says before looking between her brother and Fury to watch their reactions.

Fury immediately objected "Skye you are my agent and as such I should also be included in being there when your injured even if it's by SHIELD." Skye remained impassive "Depending on the situation you may or may not be allowed, I leave that to my brother and partners good judgements. That's final." she said eyes narrowing giving the Director a warning not to push her. Clint smiled "Sounds good to me sis." Hill rolled her eyes before looking to Skye and saying "We need to get you to a shield medical facility, maybe we can find a way to get you back to normal. We coul-" Skye cut her off right then and there "I am not going to a SHIELD facility! I am staying here as long as Tony allows me... I will not allow anyone other than Doctor Banner to run tests on me and I want my powers... I can learn to control them with the help of my friends." She says looking to Tony, Bruce, Steve and then Ward who was trying his hardest to remain silent.

Fury calmly asked "If that's the case then when will you be arriving at SHIELD? Although you have graduated and become a level seven you still have various degrees of training to go through. Your also need to be with heavy security because of what just happened a little over three hours ago. Plus the board will insist that unless you are under SHIELDs care that you are a danger to the public." Instantly Skye tensed knowing full well what she is capable of, Bruce spoke up "Director... You can assure them of Skye like you assured them of me and the other guy. I will teach her to control it and if you really want someone to watch over her that's from shield and not a Avenger pick someone to be here."

Fury and Hill began whispering over their options before Hill said "We will assign Agent Garrett-" "No" said Skye cutting off her mentor getting a perplexed look from her before she elaborated "No... Assign Agent Ward, Agent May and Agent Coulson to switch off on being here they are the only ones I will allow." Before they could protest Skye walked away stumbling slightly to the labs effectively ending the conversation.

-Authors Note- I hope you enjoyed and look forward to reading your thoughts on how this story is progressing. Thanks for reading

Pirateprincess16


	31. Chapter 31 changes

Connections 31

Skye felt her lungs burning as she stumbled over to the hospital bed before gasping out "JARVIS... Get Doctor Banner." she collapses to her knees narrowly missing banging her head on the metal edge of the bed. Minutes later she could hear the sounds of running footsteps getting closer, she closed her eyes and groaned as burning pain seared through her vanes. Suddenly strong, comforting arms wrapped around her from behind as she bit her tongue to keep from screaming out.

"Skye?!" came a deep voice from behind her that she ignored as she gasped out. "Doctor Banner... Help me... Pain..(cringes) everywhere." The arms around her carefully tightened upon someone, who she assumed was doctor banner saying "Barton, get her on the hospital bed quickly!" seconds later she was being lifted into the air before gently being placed down on the bed. Skye opened her eyes, instantly locking onto that of her brothers who frowned upon seeing her eyes visibly fluctuate between brown and a light red.

"Banner do something! Red Death is about to be unleashed if this continues!" exclaimed Clint looking to Bruce who was looking over Skye's latest scans with a tentative eye. Steve, Fury, Hill and Ward watched the scene play out from the sidelines while Tony started barking orders at JARVIS, telling the AI to run scans on Skye and look for any abnormalities. Skye could feel her control slipping as she turned to Steve and through clenched teeth ordered "Restrain me!" Steve looked at her as if she had spoken with two heads.

Steve moved to her side and replied "You can control it... I know you can." he assured her but she quickly shook her head before groaning out "Noooo, I can't... Something is happening to me and it is like nothing I have ever experienced before... Pleaseeeeeee." she begged him and he looked to Clint the two of them having a silent argument that ended with both Steve and Clint cuffing Skye to the bed. They both simultaneously stepped back as Skye began to jerk around wildly, jaw clenched as the burning intensified to the highest.

Everyone paled when she let out a blood curling scream, her body arched up as her head pounded into the hospital bed in agony. Steve looked helplessly at Banner and Stark who were doing numerous things on the monitors. After ten minutes of agonizing screams suddenly Skye went completely still on the hospital bed, eyes snapping shut. Bruce looked to the heart rate monitors and his eyebrows furrowed "Her heart rate is very low, Stark we need to see what just happened to her. Take some blood samples." he said before Tony sprung into action.

Fury and Hill stepped out of the way while Ward decided to hover around the monitors trying to understand what the screens were indicating. Clint was holding his sister's hand while Steve brushed a stray curl behind Skye's ear. As the results began coming in Skye suddenly spoke up but for some odd reason kept her eyes closed "Bruce.." instantly the doctor was at her side "I am here Skye." With a quiet quivering voice she asked " What do the results say?"

Bruce looked to Tony whose eyes were as huge as flying saucers as they scanned the monitors, a heavy silence descended upon the room as everyone awaited the results. Bruce moved to the monitor his mind filtering through the results till he cleared his throat and responded "Your previous results showed that there was indeed a possibility of you returning back to normal but now it's as if the serum used has literally fused with every organ, bone and cell in your body. Making extraction impossible and genetic mutations possible, what types? I am not sure yet."

Skye bit her lip as she slowly sat up and with a tremble in her lips she replied "I can guess one." she opened her eyes momentarily making everyone gasp as they see not her normal brown eyes but instead her eyes are not red like everyone would possibly expect but in fact Purple. "Your eyes... They are purple." breathes out Ward in both shock and admiration. Steve and Clint both notice his tone and give him swift glares before turning back towards Skye who is impassive before saying "I am fine, Hill, Fury I believe you guys should look into the soldier who attacked us. I don't know why but something about him seems familiar in his style of fighting and description."

Fury curtly nods as Hill replied "We will be leaving Agent Ward here since he is familiar with Agent Walker as well as Barton and Rogers." she had directed her attention towards Tony who rolled his eyes but nodded in understanding. "Natasha will show you to your room on the eighth floor." he says gesturing behind Fury, Hill and Ward who all spin around surprised and then not surprised by her stealth skills. Natasha nodded before gesturing towards the elevator "This way Agent Ward."

As soon as Fury, Hill, Ward and Natasha were gone Skye laid back into the hospital bed in and exhaustion took over her as she passed out. Hours went by as people slowly trickled out of the lab till only Clint was left, he watched his little sister lay peacefully asleep. He wonders how in less than a year his little sister went from being a computer analyst to a full fledged Shield Agent to then become a super human. Where had his little sister gone? Clint sighed knowing that whatever Skye chooses whether is be Shield ,Avengers or even nothing, he would support her and protect her with his life.

-Authors Note- I am sorry for the wait but I hope you enjoyed! Please review as it gives me motivation to write and post faster! Thanks for reading - PiratePrincess16-


	32. Chapter 32 SWSBC

Connections 32

When everyone was finally gone Skye allowed herself to cry in the early hours of the morning.

The next morning

Skye awoke feeling absolutely energetic, she pulled out the needle of antibiotic hooked up to her and caused the various machines to beep, she continued this process to all the the other cords hooked up to her before walking out of the lab carelessly. Steve walked out of his room yawning and moved down to the kitchen in sweats and a t shirt, he came into the kitchen when the smell of bacon hit his nose full force. Instantly his stomach rumbled and seconds later Skye chuckled from her spot at the stove, she smiled at him before saying "Good Morning, did you sleep well?" she asked turning off the stove and putting down a plate of bacon and eggs for him while she had the same in front of her with orange juice.

"Good morning, aren't you suppose to be stuck in the lab still?" he asks as he grabs a quart of milk from the fridge and moved to sit by her at the breakfast bar. She shrugs before replying "I am fine there is no reason to be in there." Steve just raises a eyebrow in surprise but starts eating the bacon and eggs, half way through their breakfast Ward comes into the room in running gear and full of sweat. "Good Morning Skye, Cap." he greets moving to the fridge where he grabbed a water bottle silently and chugged its contents down instantly.

Skye smiled kindly to the arrival of her friend and greeted "Morning Ward, how was your run?" she asked as she moved over to the microwave and pulled out a plate of bacon and eggs that she had saved for him. Ward shrugged before replying " It was good, I ran into Agent Barton while out on my run... In fact he should be here in-" he doesn't finish since Clint walks into the kitchen hair wet from just showering. Skye moves to her brothers side and gives him a hug while greeting "Morning blue!" Clint gave her a sideways hug, "Morning sis, shouldn't you be in the lab with the science bros?" he asks his head cocking to the side.

Steve shook his head as he asked "Do you really think anyone can be around Tony and Bruce for more than two hours before getting a migraine? Skye may be shields top agent beside you and Romanoff but even she can't handle them and be cooped up with them for long." Clint rolled his eyes but ultimately agreed. "So sis are you up for some shooting practice?" he asks with a small twinkle in his eye making Skye smirk as she replied " I am always up for a challenge, I will meet you down there after I do my usual meeting with Bruce."

Ward crossed his arms before saying "After your archery practice with Agent Barton, do you want to head to the gym for a work out?" he asked keeping his voice emotionless. Steve started to frown only for it to wipe completely away when Skye replied "Sorry Grant, I already have plans with Cap after Archery. How about tomorrow afternoon?" when he nodded in acceptance she walked to the elevator and over her shoulder said "See you guys later."

Skye and Bruce both walked out of the elevator and on to the roof taking in the nice breeze, before they walked over to the large mat laid out for their meditation. They sat down and began to talk "So Skye how is that urge? Has the techniques I have suggested to you helped some?" asks Bruce observing her as usual guarded demeanor. Skye impassively blinked before replying "I can feel her there... All the time, it's really... Frightening. Knowing that I can hurt my friends and family at the drop of a pen, and not be able to stop myself." she shakes her head in displeasure and then continued "I don't ever want to hurt you guys, it would destroy me."

Bruce nodded in understanding before suggesting "I suggest that in order to conquer that fear you must stop isolating yourself and instead embrace the changes and use them for the better much like Natasha has with her specific skill set." Skye's emotions slip threw her hollow mask and she visibly frowned before looking him in the eyes and saying " Bruce... I am not the same anymore, everything has changed and some of the changes are huge. I mean look at my eyes... They are amethyst and that's unusual, people will see me as some freak. So not only am I a lab experiment that can kill people with a single finger but I am also a purple eyed freak." her voice portrayed emotion that Bruce had never seen her portray before.

Skye looked away to compose herself as her impassive mask slid back into place, Bruce looked at her with pity and sadness before clearing his throat and replying "Skye you are not a lab experiment and you are definitely not a freak. You are Agent Skye Walker of SHIELD, sister to Hawkeye the Avenger, protege of Nick Fury and Maria Hill, partner and best friend to Captain America and most importantly you are you. Did you ever think that maybe you were given these gifts for a purpose? And that only through you they will be used for a good purpose?" Skye looked at Bruce with a mix of shock and realization before a smile spread across her face before she stood to her feet and asked "Did anyone tell you that you would make a good psychologist?" Bruce stood up and chuckled cleaning off his glasses casually before saying "Tony has already turned me into his own shrink so I guess it's not that surprising."

Skye's smile slowly melted into her casual impassive face before replying "Thanks Bruce, you gave me some things to think about. I will talk to you later." Bruce shrugs as he replies "You know where to find me if you need me." They both go to the elevator and get off on separate floors, Skye walking into the gym while Bruce goes down into the lab. Skye walks over to the Archery section and finds Clint blind folded and shooting bullseye after bullseye with a smirk plastered on his face. She stealthily climbed up to one of the beams and moved to be right above her brother, she crouched down with a mischievous smile plastered on her face while she waited for the right time.

Clint waited patiently for another ten minutes for his sister before his curiosity got the better of him, he put his bow down before moving to take off the blindfold. But as soon as the blind fold dropped he was suddenly tackled from above making him grunt and move to defend himself on instinct. Skye immediately got him pinned face down making him exclaim "WHAT IN THE WORLD!?" Much to Skye's amusement her brother hadn't figured who tackled him so she decided to speak "You know... For being the great Hawkeye and having a 9.5 in the test in SHIELD, I would think you would sense your sister in the beams above you instantly."

Clint growled in annoyance as he realized she was right, he replied "You really are like Natasha." making her laugh and jump off of him, letting him get to his feet with a huff. Skye walks over to the wall and grabs one of the compound bows, before grabbing a quiver full of arrows and walking back over to him. Clint smirked as she raised her bow arrow ready to fly as he says "There is no way you can be as accurate as I am. But I would like to see you try." Skye slowly turned her gaze towards him and her eyes narrowed before she returned the smirk and replied "Challenge Accepted."

Authors Note- I am sorry for the wait but I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please review and thank you so much for reading! -PiratePrincess16-


	33. Chapter 33 slight bump in the alley

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Skye and Clint stayed in the gym for three hours straight out doing one another, by the time they were out of energy it was determined that with a Bow Clint was better but with any firearm Skye beats Clint in that department but only slightly. Skye is also better at stealth than Clint where as he is better at strategic thinking putting them in a perfect tie that had to be broken some time soon by one of them. Skye walked to Steve's floor ready to go for their usual run, they started out at a fast and determined pace before Skye slowed her pace to a fast jog.

Steve joined her at the relaxing pace before he finally decided to strike up a conversation " So how was you meeting with Doctor Banner?" He asked genuinely curious about how she was doing after all the changes happening to her very quickly. Skye saw a nearby bench and made her way to sit down on it. She licked her lip before replying " It was informative..." she stopped not knowing how to continue and instead locked eyes momentarily with Steve till he asked "How was it informative?"

Skye sighed before replying " Bruce made me realize that change isn't always a bad thing, for the last seven months my ultimate goal was to become the best Shield agent that I could be. I wanted to be as good as my brother and to protect innocent people... But then Carsten happened and I was suddenly this... Thing... And I have no idea if I will fully be able to control it if someone somehow really does find a way to use Red Death for wrong purposes." Steve furrowed his eyebrows as he thought over everything he said before replying "We will cross that bridge when we come to it, but you are too cautious and determined to not hurt us that it's unlikely something will happen. And if something ever does happen, I will never ... Ever blame you Skye."

Steve's sincerity makes Skye let a tear escape her amethyst colored eyes, she quickly wiped it away before engulfing Steve in a thankful hug. "Thank you." They go back to jogging when she suddenly says "We are being followed... Take a right into the next alley." Her whisper made him whirl around to face her before his jaw clenched and he nodded in understanding, following her order and slipping into the next alley with ease. Skye jumped onto the nearest fire escape and froze as Steve walked deeper into the alley luring their tail in further. The Winter Soldier cautiously entered the alley aware of the possible trap being set up for him.

Skye jumped down behind him as soon as he passed by underneath her, he spun around as soon as she spoke. "Looking for me?" The Winter Soldier tensed before he flicked his wrist and knife slid into his hand, making Skye get into a fighting stance as she exclaimed "I wouldn't do that if I were you!" He remained impassively staring at her before he said "You're my mission..." he begun to advance on her when her eyes glowed red and shot a beam of rays a inch from the step he was taking making him step back and glare at her. "Bucky... What have they done to you?" Asks Steve as he comes up behind the Winter Soldier hands raised in a very unthreatening manner. The Winter Soldier growled "WHO's BUCKY!?"

Making Steve frown as the Soldier whirled around to face him head on, Skye took a deep breath trying to control the entity within her. "Easy there Pal, my name is Steven G. Rogers. Your name is James Buchanan Barnes... My best friend." states Steve with a calm and calculating demeanor, he stealthy made a motion with his hand and instantly Skye was silently calling for the Avengers. The Winter soldier began to flinch and his hands clench, as he eyes darkened and before Steve could react he was suddenly tackled to the ground. Skye's eyes widen and before she realized it she threw herself at the man that Steve had identified as Bucky and tackled him before he could punch Steve.

Skye attacked furiously as her mind was solely focused on protecting her best friend, her partner, and that gave her incentive to control the entity within her and direct it appropriately. The winter soldier pulled a knife and instantly slashed at her throat making her quick to duck and on instinct her ray beams shot the knife out of his hand. Both were now on their feet in defensive stances, Skye's eyes were glowing as she lunged at him. He dodged the brunt of the hit but was thrown off balanced before he moved to retaliate, he swung his metal arm down on her ribs before she could block. Skye grunted making Steve lunge at the soldier in a attempt to get him distracted, Steve and the winter soldier's bodies clashed.

Skye was mad, really, really, really mad, and that made her jump into the fight again, her knuckles sunk into his jaw just as his made contact with Steve's stomach. Steve spat out a mouth full of blood as he straightened up, they threw punches after punches. Steve and Skye so well coordinated since they know each other's styles put them at advantage over the Winter Soldier. Their movements were a blur and the only sounds were the grunts, groans and clashes of weapons. Skye reframed from using her ray beams and stuck to her strength and speed, however The Winter Soldier managed to distract Steve before stabbing him in the thigh.

Steve cried out in pain as the winter soldier pulled the knife roughly out of his thigh, letting blood gush out freely. Skye jumped in front of Steve and lashed out, as her punches became more and more powerful she could feel her opponents ribs crack beneath her attacks. His metal arm was what caused the most resistance in her pursuit to disarm him. Finally an idea came to her that she instantly acted on, as soon as the Winter Soldier thrust at her she locked her grip on to his metal arm. He twisted around to break her grip on his arm only for her to twist with him and secure his arm behind his back. Her eyes glowed before she carefully began burning his metal arm with her ray beams, locking the metal limb in place.

He groaned as he lost the ability to move his metal arm, Skye moved quickly punching his pressure points with great precision making him collapse. She jumped on him as he moved to sit up and began punching him repeatedly in the face, angry beyond belief and unable to control herself . Suddenly Steve was shouting at her to stop, trying to pull her off of the Winter Soldier as he went still after the twelfth punch. She was breathing heavily as all she could think of was killing the metal armed soldier. Steve threw himself at Skye and pulled her away as she struggled, into his arms mindful that he could get hurt if she couldn't control herself.

"Skye stop!" exclaimed Steve as she got him in the ribs with her elbow, he groaned as he felt more blood seep from his thigh wound. His groan cut through Skye's mind and instantly she stopped flailing wildly, now remembering that Steve was quite injured more than herself. As soon as she calmed down and he heard her say "Steve..." in a whisper he released her and stumbled away to get support on the nearby wall. Skye spun around instantly concerned and rushed to his side, helping him slide down into a sitting position as gently as possible. She held his face in her hands and stuttered out "St-Steve?! Your bleeding a lot... I need to put pressure on it."

She pulled off her running jacket and pressed it directly to his leg, Steve hissed as she pushed it down making her wince. Skye took a quick glance at the assassin lying on the ground behind her, glaring at the still form before spinning around to see Steve watching her with concern noticing her anger building up. He grabbed her hand on impulse and her eyes instantly went to his and he saw her anger seep away into her amethyst colored eyes. Suddenly she heard tires squeak to a halt in front of the alley, and seconds later Iron Man landed several feet from them. Hands out and ready to blast any attackers, he scanned the area for any threat before turning to see Natasha, Clint, and Banner running towards them followed surprisingly by Ward.

Skye looked to Banner with concerned eyes and exclaimed "He is losing a lot of blood, Get your med kit!" Banner nodded taking off to the car, grabbing a large duffle bag and ran back to Steve and Skye. Banner pulled out bandages and various other supplies before pulling Skye's bloody jacket away, he immediately pushed himself to work quickly on Steve who was turning a few shades paler than normal. "Skye what happened here!? And who is he!?" exclaimed Clint arrow drawn and pointed at the metal armed assassin. Her lip trembled as she looked to her brother and then to Steve before she replied "This was the guy that tried to kidnap me two days ago... His name is James Buchanan Barnes. He is a assassin known as The Winter Soldier, he is extremely dangerous and if I read and remember the files correctly, most the intelligence universe thinks he doesn't exist. However he is suppose to be dead back in 1945 and since he is very much alive right now... I would say he has been frozen for a while now. And I personally would like to find out how."

-Authors Note- Hey guys! I am back! I am so sorry for the long wait! I had hit a road block and refused to post a sloppy chapter. Did you enjoy the chapter? If so let me know because the last few reviews I got really inspired me to work on this update. Thanks for reading- PiratePrincess16-


	34. Chapter 34 secure

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As Skye was explaining Natasha noticed a slight twitch from the Assassin, she slowly slid her hand to the gun on her thigh holster. Prepared for almost anything she directed part of her attention back to Skye and Clint. "Are you okay?" asked Clint with concern as he noticed her now apparent black eye and busted lip, his hands resting gently on her shoulders as he looked over her for other signs of damage. Skye frowned as she coldly replied "I am fine!... But we need to get him somewhere secure and now." she gestured to Bucky, Steve turned to Sam and Tony before he said "Do you two think you guys can work together to fly him back to the tower? He needs to be in lock up as soon as possible. But Don't Hurt Him!" he rushed to say as he finally noticed that Sam had one of his mini guns pointed at the super soldiers head.

Tony and Sam turned to each other and simultaneously raised an eyebrow at the other, before both grinned in agreement and moved to get him as Tony replied "No problem Capsicle." Tony moved to the Soldiers left side while Sam moved to the right side, they bent down to pick him up and once they enclosed their arms around his arms they moved to take off. Only for the Winter Soldier to suddenly awaken, throwing his metal arm into Tony Stark's iron Man armor and sending him flying across and into the opposite wall of the alley. "WOAH!" he exclaimed his helmet sliding down just in time to protect his head, while Sam received a similar action but was thrown into the air.

Natasha immediately shot twice at the assassin only for him to block with his metal arm, he pulled a Knife and threw it at Sam who had to use his wing to block it. Before he grabbed his gun and shot at Clint and then at Natasha making both dive for cover and return fire. Ward joined in shooting putting himself between The Winter Soldier and Bruce, Steve and Skye. Steve's eyes were frantic as he gasped out "No! Don't kill him! It's not his fault." he groaned trying to move and stand up only to be pushed back down by both Bruce and Skye. Skye looked at Steve as she continued to hear gun shots and now repulser beams from Tony's suit go off all around them.

Steve's eyes desperately begged her to protect Bucky and after a few seconds of deliberating Skye sighed as she stood up and whispered "I got this." She took a deep breath as her fist clenched and eyes narrowed as she saw that Natasha and Clint were now locked in an intense combat fight with Bucky making it impossible for the other Avengers to shoot at the Winter Soldier. Skye marched towards the fight throwing Ward's hand off of her shoulder when he tried to get her to stay back. Ward looked after her in concern as he exclaimed "SKYE! Skye stay back and let the Avengers handle this!"

Skye's eyes locked with his before she replied "My Brother and partner are Avengers, that makes me an honorary one. Don't you dare try to stop me from protecting both of them." Suddenly Clint was thrown across the alley and right into Banner who grunted at the sudden impact, Natasha seconds later was thrown into the air and collided with Sam who quickly caught her after the impact. Skye rushed forward just as Tony was about to blast Bucky and quickly exclaimed "NO DONT! I GOT THIS!" She rushed forward just as Bucky ran out of bullets, her fist collided with his stomach before she threw herself back as his human arm flew in her direction.

Skye spun into the air and did a flying ninja kick to Bucky's face throwing him to the floor, she landed perfectly already in position when Bucky jumped back to his feet. The winter soldier growled as he stood up, spitting a mouth full of blood out of his mouth. Skye noticed that tho he was able to throw Tony back with his metal arm, it was otherwise inoperable. Hindered by his unresponsive arm, the Winter Soldier was infinitely more vulnerable to attack. Skye saw a metal pipe on the ground by a nearby dumpster and immediately knew what needed to be done. She back flipped over Tony before sliding down to snatch the bar just as a knife sliced through her back leaving a four inch long gash causing her to hiss.

Skye saw that both Natasha and Clint took a step forward to help her, but she shook her head at them and they begrudgingly stepped back to watch. Both Bucky and Skye lunged at each other and their super human speed and stamina made them a continuous blur as they fought for another five minutes. Groans, grunts and slight cries of pain were heard before Bucky dropped to the ground after a loud 'THUNK'. Skye was behind him with a bar in her hand before she too dropped but only to her knees from exhaustion. Clint runs to her side in concern as he moves her chin up and surveys her for any injuries.

Skye flinches when his hand ghosts over her cheek, a very prominent bruise standing out there as well as a busted lip and cut on her eyebrow. "Oh doe... We should get these looked at, I know you can heal but I would prefer if we clean the wounds before a infection can slip in." he says before carefully helping her up, but only to realize that she has several gashes throughout her body that causes her to hiss in pain and lean heavily on her brothers shoulder. Tony and Sam both cautiously approached The Winter Soldier, Skye looked at Bucky carefully before looking to them and stating "He is out, I would say for about two hours. But I would definitely insist on you locking him up good, he is a master assassin and knows how to break out of pretty much anywhere."

Tony and Sam nod before gathering the Winter Soldier up and flying off too the tower with him in tow. Ward moved to Skye's side wanting to help only for Clint to say "Agent Ward get the car started, Cap and Skye need to be looked over by Banner." Ward frowned but nodded in understanding and walked to the car and started it up, Bruce helping Steve into the back seat while he got into the passenger seat. Clint and Skye slid into the two last remaining seats, mindful of both super soldier's injuries. As soon as they arrived at the tower Ward was the first one out and as soon as Skye stepped out he eagerly walked up to help her.

"Skye, here let me help." he said before she gave him a modest smile and leaned on him, oblivious to the fact that both her brother Clint and her partner Steve were glaring daggers into Ward's back. Clint looked to Steve and muttered "I don't like him." before following closely after his sister and the agent helping her. A few minutes later both Steve and Skye were on individual hospital beds being examined Ward left to help Tony and Sam. Bruce was working on patching up Steve since his injury was worse than Skye's multiple injuries and most likely broken bones. Natasha was helping with Skye's minor injuries making her flinch and hiss several times behind the curtain separating her and the captain making Steve look in her general direction in concern.

Fifteen minutes later Tony and Sam walked through the doors confidently before turning to Steve and asking "What happened?" Steve sighed but as he opened his mouth to speak Skye suddenly groaned out "We went for a run, I sensed someone following us, I pulled us into a alley and set a trap for the person following us. That person turned out to be The Winter Soldier, we tried to talk to him but he was really confused. After his programming seemed to win over his curiosity he attacked, I called you guys before we fought. Steve got hurt, I got hurt but used the Rays in my eyes to melt part of his arm into a position that locked it in place. Tony your going have to help him, possibly repair his arm if he gets out of his crazy assassin mind washing state."

Tony smirked "I wouldn't mind a crack at the mechanics in his arm, but first we have to find out what exactly happened to shaggy. How in the world can he be alive after all this time? I mean Capsicle was on ice and was dosed up on super soldier serum." he said before grabbing a packet full of blue berries and grabbing a handful, tossing them into his mouth. Steve frowned "I thought he died after that fall, but I could never find a body and it was in the middle of the winter. I should've looked harder." he said as he looked down in dismay. Skye sat up and patted his hand in comfort before she asked "Tony, no one can find out about Bucky or the Winter Soldier. Can you help me erase all footage of the alley and the surrounding area that Steve and I ran? I don't want his handlers finding out what happened."

Tony nodded his head before ordering "Jarvis! Have dummy bring down Skye's tablet. It just arrived with her belongings earlier this morning." Skye's eyes widen slightly before she smiled brightly at him, eager to get back using her computer again. Tony and the rest left a few minutes later leaving Steve and Skye to look at the dull white walls of the infirmary, it was a comfortable silence till Ward walked in. "Hey Skye" he greeted with his usual dashing smile as he pulled up a chair, completely ignoring the fact that Steve was not more than five feet away.

Skye winced slightly as she pushed herself up into a more comfortable sitting position as she smiled in greeting. "Hey robot, where did you disappear to after you brought me here?" she asked genuinely curious. Ward sat back into his chair and impassively replied "I went to go make sure that the Assassin was locked up tight, I was actually just going to check on you and then call Director Fury." Steve's head whipped in Skye's direction as his eyes held worry, Skye bit her lip in thought before she directed her attention back to Ward who noticed that the two were having a silent conversation. She pushed herself off of the hospital bed as she asked with a smile "Will you walk with me for a few minutes? I need to speak with you." Ward nodded and helped support her as they walked out of the lab into the elevator and up to the roof. They began walking the perimeter when Skye's voice broke the silence "Ward you can't tell Fury about The Winter Soldier." she stated with no emotion making Ward look at her startled in shock.

His eyebrows furrowed as he asked "Why can't I? This is a high priority discovery, you know shield protocol in these types of matters. You swore an oath to SHIELD, what are you going to do? Betray them?"

-Authors Note - Hey All! Yes I am alive, sorry that I haven't updated recently but I have been busy with school as well as everyday life. Did you like the chapter? I hope you did!

Now let me ask, What do you think Skye will do to keep Bucky out of SHIELD's hands? Anyone else noticing a love triangle between three specific characters? And what do you want to see next? Send a review and I will see what I can do :-)


	35. Chapter 35 Family

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Skye took a step back from Ward in alarm, her eyebrows furrowed as she contemplated his words. "What? I would never do that! I swore an oath to SHIELD, how could you even suggest that!?" she exclaimed throwing her hands up into the air to emphasize her point. Ward stepped back holding his hands out as he begun to explain "Well you are the one that is wanting me to lie to our Director." Skye looked to him with pursed lips before she coyly replied "Who said anything about lying? I am asking you to not inform Director Fury, I will when the time is right." Ward rubbed his forehead in thought before he replied "Fine, I won't inform him but only because you asked."

Skye smiled up at him happily letting her nonagent self show briefly, "Thanks, I owe you one. You can you let Cap know that I will be in my room meditating if he needs me? Also I would like to be present when he goes to see Bucky, I will have Jarvis let me know when that occurs." she said slowly moving back towards the elevator only for the AI to interrupt " I have added your request to the database, I will inform you when Captain Rogers is on his way to see Sargent Barnes."

Two hours later

Clint walked through the halls contemplating what should be done after everything that has happened. His little sister had shown some of her abilities to the extreme, and although most of the time he was slightly fearful of those with abilities ( tho he wouldn't admit it) he actually loved the power that his sister now wielded. He came to a stop in front of his sisters door and lightly knocked "Doe?" he whispered, knowing that his sister could hear him with both her training and advanced hearing.

A second later Skye opened the door, he hid a cringe when he saw that bruising was setting in on various parts of her face. "Hey Blue." she greeted with a smile before flinching at the pain that emanated from both her lip and cheek . She moved aside to let him enter her room before letting the door close shut behind them. " how are you feeling Skye?" he asked watching her reactions carefully. She shrugged "Benefit to super serum is that I heal quickly, sadly it doesn't make it any less painful."

Clint sighed sitting down on her bed, he saw that the TV was on and their was a pint of cookie dough ice cream sitting on the night stand. She grabbed a second spoon and tossed it to him absentmindedly to which he caught without a second thought. She sat on her bed cross legged leaning against the headboard with the ice cream carton in the middle of them. "I should've known that super serum wouldn't keep you away from your cookie dough ice cream." Skye smiled as she ate a bite of the ice cream, moaning as she savored the flavors that mixed in her mouth.

"So what brings you here Blue? Miss our times just hanging out together and not competing?" she asks looking at him with a small gracious smile. Clint smiled at her before shrugging " Yes... I am tired of winning all the time. Plus I haven't been able to settle down and eat ice cream for over a year now." Skye was silent for a moment before she suggested "We could go hang out in our favorite places... After of course everything settles down and Bucky is back to normal. For now we will just have to settle for competing and times like this."she said leaning on his shoulder.

They spent half an hour chatting before Skye fell asleep on Clint's shoulder, he sighed and planted a kiss on her forehead before adjusting himself into a comfortable position. Soon they were both asleep, an hour passed before Skye was starting to wake up and felt a presence. She went with her training and continued to shift like she was still asleep, but in fact she was casually slipping a knife from her brothers belt. Skye kept her breathing even before she reacted, she shot up and threw the knife at the figure watching her and her brother. Clint startled awake and shot up with a knife in his palm only to see that Natasha was looking shocked while her hand grazed a bleeding cut from where Skye's knife grazed.

Clint looked to his sister to see her holding her mouth in shock eyes wide. "What just happened?" he asks while Skye gets her voice back "I am so sorry Nat ... I-" she begins to explain only for Nat to cut her off "It's my fault, I should've announced myself. Especially after everything that has happened, but I can see why you ranked so high in the stats I couldn't tell you were awake till it was almost too late." she complimented with a smile putting Skye more at ease. Clint looked at Natasha with furrowed eyebrows before he asked "Was there something you needed?"

Natasha smirked "Jarvis sent me down, he didn't want to wake you two up but... (She looks to Skye) The Winter Soldier is awake." Skye's face went impassive before she slid out of bed and walked calmly out of the door. Clint and Natasha both followed her out and to the room that they were holding the Winter Soldier. Skye came around the corner to see Steve limping towards the door, that was guarded by Sam and ... "Thor?" said Steve in shock upon seeing the Asgardian. The blonde Asgardian embraced the super soldier tightly "Ahh my friend! It is most wonderful to see you again Steven."

Steve flinched upon contact before wheezing out " THOR! can't breathe... bruises ribs." Thor instantly released the Soldier making Steve slightly stumble, Skye was by his side in seconds. "Easy there partner." she teased lightly letting him lean on her. Thor looked at Skye curiously before looking to Steve waiting for an introduction "Thor! Good to see you back, this is my sister Skye... She is with Shield." said Clint appearing beside him with Natasha seemingly out of nowhere.

Thor turned to Skye with a beaming smile before bowing slightly in greeting and saying "Lady Skye, it is an honor to meet the sibling of Hawkeye. Do you work with Son of Coul?" he asks curiously, but his question puzzles Skye as she looks to her brother and murmurs "Ummm?" Clint smirked before stating "He is asking if you work with Agent Phil Coulson, which is correct." Skye smirked before replying "Then yes I work with Son of Coul. Please call my Skye none of this lady stuff."

Clint and Steve both smirked at Thor's shocked expression before he said " Very well... Skye, Captain have you been wounded in battle?" he asked noticing that Skye was taking much of Steve's weight upon her to keep him upright. Steve rubbed the back of his neck before replying "Well it was more of a fight than a battle but yes I was, I am already healing but the ribs and leg are still on the mend." Thor observed Steve's slight limp and frowned "What foe did this to you?" Skye noticed that Steve looked concerned so she spoke up "It was not a foe persay more along the lines of a friend that was brain washed tried to kill us and we didn't want to kill him so we got hurt for our reluctance. But we are alright, Steve is a super soldier and heals fast."

Clint moved to open the door as Skye and Steve both entered, Steve flinched upon seeing Bucky's metal arm stuck in a clamp immobilizing him completely. Sam was standing on the opposite side room with an impassive face, Tony was sitting in a chair eating an apple. " Sorry Cap, only security measure that would work for a super-soldier assassin." explained Sam upon seeing Steve's pained expression.

The Winter Soldier's expressions were hidden behind pieces of his greasy hair as he stared at the ground so they couldn't see his eyes brighten. "I understand Sam, do you mind giving me the room? Skye and I can handle this." Thor looked at Skye trying to figure out how she could possibly stop the obvious super soldier assassin in front of her ,but couldn't come up with any plausible ideas. He reluctantly followed the others out, leaving Steve and Skye alone with the Winter Soldier.

"Bucky..." Steve stated trying to keep his emotions in check while Skye was circling Bucky. She was looking for any sign of him being able to escape and was relieved when she didn't find any. The Winter Solider cocked his head to the side letting his hair slip to the side and expose his face. He looked weary as he looked between Skye and Steve before locking onto Steve and weakly saying "Steve... He... Help me."

-Authors Note- So... Did you like the chapter? Let me know and tell me what you think will happen next on Skye's wild journey. Thanks for reading, following, favoriting and reviewing!


	36. Chapter 36 Confusion, Guilt, Annoyance

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Steve and Skye both looked shocked and turned to each other, both silently asking what they should do. Steve gulped before cautiously asking "Bucky?... Bucky is that really you?" Bucky groaned and looked to his arm "I can't say that it's me, I am not me anymore punk." he replied his voice unnaturally hoarse and full of guilt. Steve looked at Bucky with sad eyes as he looked his friend over trying to figure out if this was all a ploy or if it was in fact real. "This isn't possible... This is a trick right?" exclaims Steve running a hand through his hair in frustration.

Skye cleared her throat and suggested "Steve your too close to this and by that I am too close in extension. Let's have Hawkeye and Black Widow determine the diagnosis." after a moment of mentally debating with himself he nodded in agreement, clasped her hand and let the room with her at his side. Clint and Natasha instantly noticed the troubled expression on Steve's face and instantly turned to Skye. "Doe, what is wrong?" asked Clint moving to her side noticing her impassive demeanor. She cleared her throat and replied "The Winter Soldier is now responding like Bucky, he has Steve convinced but he wants more opinions. We were hoping that you and Nat can look into it? See if you can trip him up if this is a ploy, Steve is too close to this. So everyone has to do it, just don't hurt him."

Natasha agreed instantly with their logic and nodded her consent, while Clint noticed that Skye was observing Steve with concern. "Why don't you two go and relax , show Steve some movies that he hasn't seen. We got this." suggested Clint with a warm smile. Skye smiled in thanks to him and helped Steve hobble down the hall. Steve sighed rubbing the back of his neck as he sat down on the sofa and grabbed the Coke and popcorn that Skye passed to him as she sat down beside him. "I am going to introduce you to the Hobbit series, it's the first parts of the Lord of the Rings trilogy."

Steve shrugged as the lights dimmed and the movie called Hobbit The Unexpected journey began.

Two and a half hours later

"So what did you think?" asked Skye turning to see Steve still staring at the screen with a gob smacked expression. He turned to her and asked "Is there another movie that continues after this one?" She immediately nodded and he broke out into a smile before replying "I think that was by far the best movie I have ever seen! Can we watch the next one?" he asked with a hint of an enthusiastic kid showing. Skye smiled and replied "Sure we can veg out and watch the whole hobbit trilogy." She looks up to the ceiling and says "Hey Jarvis, do you mind putting on the Desolation of Smaug on please?"

A second later the movie started, about half way through Skye began to get restless. She stood up and began to stretch making Steve's full attention turn to her as she winced. "Are you okay?" he asked pausing the movie as he looked at her with concern. Skye bit her lip before shrugging "I just pulled a muscle, it irritated one of the bruised ribs that's all." she noticed that his face began contorting into one of guilt. "Skye I am sorry, I should've never let you get between the Winter Soldier and I... I am the one that's suppose to protect you, instead you had to get hurt to protect me." he said looking away from her filled with remorse.

Skye moved to embrace Steve when out of no where Ward appeared, "Agent Walker! Director Fury is on the line, he wants to speak with you immediately." Steve and Skye tensed involuntarily and Steve turned away making her sigh and reassure "This isn't your fault, I will be right back." She followed Ward up to the command center to see that Fury and Maria Hill were on the screen. "Hey Nick, Maria... What's going on?" she asked with a smile, happy to see her mentors after a few days. Maria smiled warmly at her while Nick began his usual impassive talk. " Agent Walker, I need you and Agent Ward on a mission. A new computer technology program has thrown up huge red flags, several hacks have come from a company known as Quinn Industries.

Skye's face went from happy to emotionless in less than two point five seconds, making Agent Ward arch an eyebrow quite impressed. "Sir, Wouldn't this be against protocol ? You know I worked for Quinn Industries, specifically under Ian Quinn himself. I know that place like the back of my hand and I developed that programming code. Ian Quinn is a friend sir." she replied honestly wondering why Quinn was hacking in the first place. Maria crossed her arms and pursed her lips "Agent... Skye, it's for those exact reasons that we are sending you and Agent Ward in." Ward came to stand at Skye's side and looked to her with a smile "Looks like we will be working together."

Skye's eyelid twitched slightly looking to him before turning to her directors and asking "It was my understanding that Captain Rogers and I would be partners on all assignments Sir. Why am I being assigned on a mission without my partner Captain Rogers?" Fury's eyes narrowed "Because I believe that you need to be able to rely on other people other than your partner. Plus this isn't high priority enough to bring in an Avenger yet. I sent the debrief packet to Agent Ward, a car will be waiting for you guys at 06:00." Before Skye could retort the screen went black making her growl in annoyance. "Just perfect." she muttered before noticing that Ward was watching her with a peculiar expression.

"Skye... If you don't want to work with me, I can come up with some excuse to get out of it." he offered looking slightly hurt at the idea, she immediately felt horrible for the way she had been acting. "No no that's not it at all, I love working with you. I am just use to working with Ste- Captain Rogers. We can meet after dinner to discuss the file and our mission, I will inform my partner as well as the rest of the Avengers." she said slipping elegantly into her agent demeanor. Ward nodded in acknowledgment before walking out of the room, Skye stood there and groaned "Ah rats... Blue is going to be mad." she said before walking to the stairs and going down the long way.

She found Clint down at the gym range doing target practice as he always does at this particular time. "Hey Blue." she greets slightly timid watching as he puts three arrows through a flying ball. Clint stayed focused as he greeted her "Hey Doe, what have you and Cap been doing?" she asked aiming and then firing at another target. She smiled as she replied " Steve and I watched some of the Hobbit trilogy but then Fury wanted to speak with me so I had to go the command center." Clint's shoulders tensed slightly before he causally asked "What did the pirate.., I mean my dear boss want?" Skye bit her bottom lip before quickly replying "I am needed for a mission, I leave in the morning and Ward has been assigned as my partner."

Clint immediately spun to face his sister, his grip on the arrow lost as it flew and missed the target completely. "WHATTT!?" he exclaimed wide eyed and quite honestly shocked. Skye tensed slightly and began to go impassive "Director Fury contacted me with a mission, I didn't really have any say in the matter and he chose Agent Ward to be my partner since the mission isn't a high enough threat to bring in a Avenger such as my partner Steve." she says emphasizing his every word . Clint took a calming breath and stated " He is making you go on a mission when you are hurt!? And with Agent Ward of all people!?" his tone got so high that Skye fought back a cringe and took a slight step back. She slowly nodded at his questioning look before replying "He doesn't know that I have been hurt, we agreed not to tell anyone about Bucky, remember?"

Clint frowned before taking a calming breath "But this whole Agent Ward having your back thing makes me mad. Steve should have your back, he is your partner and you two work well together." he said hanging his bow on the wall where he keeps it. "There is nothing I can do Clint, if I try to get out of it Fury will suspect something and then Bucky will be in serious danger. I could never let that happen, Bucky deserves better than to be locked away." Clint noticed the fierce protectiveness in his sister's eyes and was curious as to why she was so protective of some one she didn't know. "Well I will let you break the news to Cap and the rest of the Avengers. I wouldn't want to be you, sorry."

Before Skye could retort he walked out the door, leaving her nearly gawking at the place he once stood. She huffed "Perfect." she looked towards the punching bag and smirked "Putting in a little time can't hurt." She went straight towards Steve's reinforced punching bag and barely gave herself enough time to wrap her hands before she attacked the bag strategically. She pulled back to throw a huge punch when her back cried out in protest "Ah... Ssssss owwww." she hissed, her hand immediately going to the stitched gash across her back. "Right ... Bucky got me on the back, I almost completely forgot about it." she said running her head and frowning as she felt a few drops of blood run down her back from the gash. "I better find Natasha, she can help with the torn stitches." she mumbled before throwing the hand-wraps into her locker and moving carefully out the door.

After looking on two different floors Skye finally looked up to the ceiling "Jarvis where is Agent Romanoff?" she asked only to suddenly tenses when a voice spoke up from behind her "I am right behind you." Skye spun around to see Natasha standing in front of her with Steve at her side. Skye sighed "I was looking for you, I was wondering if you could check my stitches? I may have accidentally tore a few." she said looking completely at Natasha who crossed her arms and glared "And what were you doing that caused you to tear these stitches?" she asked getting into a over protective mother mode.

"I was training, Fury has a mission for Ward and I. We leave in the morning, so I would be grateful if you could patch me up quickly?" she casually replied maintaining eye contact with Steve who looked shocked. "A mission? But you are hurt, you still have ribs on the mend and you haven't fully gotten control of your powers. Why is Ward your partner on this one? I am your partner..." he said with various emotions popping up. Skye frowned "I know but Fury doesn't know about me being injured because we aren't telling him about Bucky. He assigned Ward as my partner because the mission isn't a high enough priority for the use of an Avenger. And I guess he is confident in my abilities at this point. I don't like it either Steve, but , I am a Agent of Shield and until that changes I have to go where I am told. Don't worry tho, I will check in daily and will be back before you know it." she said with a cheerful attitude and a huge smile that he noticed didn't quite reach her eyes.

Steve shook his head before sighing "I will go so Natasha can patch you up. Come find me when your done." Skye sighed watching Steve walk off as Natasha pulled her into the lab to get stitched back up.

-Authors Note- Sorry for the long wait, been really busy but I hope you liked the update! Please review to let me know your thoughts!

Thank you for reading.


	37. Chapter 37 Hack

Connections 37

The next morning Skye and Ward had their duffle bags ready as they waited for the car to pull up, Clint and Steve were there to see Skye safely off while also threatening Ward to keep her safe. "I mean it Ward, if she so much as comes back with a scratch... I will use you as my personal target practice." hissed Clint making Ward flinch but otherwise remain impassive. As Skye and Ward were getting into the Black SUV that had just pulled up Tony came running out of the tower exclaiming "WAIT!" Skye spun around mid step, Tony had a package in his hand and was out of breath.

"Tony?" she smiled, glad to be able to say goodbye to him before she left. Tony took a deep breath before smiling at her and passing her the package. "I made it myself, go on and open it." he said rubbing the back of his neck as Clint and Steve looked at him with slightly bewildered expressions. Skye pursed her lips as she carefully opened the package, her eyes lit up as she pulled out a black and silver battle suit. "It's similar to Natasha's however it has some unique properties. It's bullet proof, water proof, fire proof and has hidden pockets through out the entire thing, the gloves are special and the boots are awesome. I will let you figure out how everything works, be safe." said Tony casually before turning and walking away.

Skye ran up to Tony and hugged him eagerly "Thank you! thank you ! thank you!" she exclaimed before pulling away and getting into the SUV. "I will keep in touch." she said before closing the door and the SUV drove away. Steve and Clint sighed looking to each other with concerned glances while Tony said "She will be alright, she is one of SHIELD's best agents."

Meanwhile 

Skye turned to Ward "So I am suppose to introduce you to Quinn hope that he hires you and I on the spot and together the two of us will work there as we gather intelligence on what is going on over there. If need be, bring the organization to the ground. Correct?" she asks looking at the folder in her lap with distaste. Ward smiled "Exactly, however I think you need to explain some of the techno whiz babble to me so that I can play the part fully. I would also suggest that you put in these in, they will hide your hypnotizing amethyst eyes." Skye pursed her lips but nodded in understanding, suddenly a thought crossed her mind "Ward, where will we be staying? There is no mention of a hotel, apartment or anything in this file." she asks with something in her tone that Ward cant place.

Ward shrugged "Apparently your old apartment, Shield rented it out for the next two months." Skye sighed slightly annoyed that Fury was pushing her back into her old life. "Well this should be interesting."

(Seven hours later)

Skye was dressed in a black pant suit and Ward was dressed in jeans and a blue button down shirt with black glasses. She took a seat in a large meeting room as Ian Quinn and two body guards entered the room. "Ah Skye, when my secretary said I had an appointment with you I have to admit I was shocked. How's your mom?" he asks as he took a seat across from her. Skye frowned going into character "She still isn't doing good, doctors give her six months to live. The family is devastated, but enough about me. I was wondering if I could come back to work? Oh, this is my friend Brett, Brett Dalton he is a computer analyst who graduated at the top of his class at twenty from MIT."

Quinn's eyebrows flew into his hairline as he turned to inspect Ward as he sat casually beside Skye. "Really? Is he better than you?" he asked eyeing him skeptically. Ward gave him his usual dashing smile before replying "Sir, with all due respect Skye is the best of the best. However, I'd like to think that I am the next best under her." Skye smiled before turning to Quinn "He just moved here and is currently looking for a job. I found out and figured I would scoop him up before someone else got him first." she explained making Quinn lean back into his chair and clasp his hands together. After a moment he asked one of his guards to grab a laptop and moments later a laptop was set in front of Ward.

Skye moved away from him as a sign that she wasn't helping and began typing on her phone. Ward raised an eyebrow "You want me to hack into a government site?" he asked reading the contents of the screen. Quinn smirked "Yes mister Dalton, you see in my line of work I need people who know how to defend against such attacks. By being able to hack into a government website, it shows me that you could protect against such an attack." he replied smartly. Ward tilted his head seeing the slight sense in logic before he cracked his knuckles and began typing.

He cracked through the firewalls in minutes listening to the mechanic voice in his hidden ear wig. Ward was silently thanking Fitz for the invention of the new ear wig that allowed Skye to type in commands from her phone as she watched from the video feed of his glasses. Ian Quinn watched Ward's movements carefully, looking for anything that was off but was pleasantly surprised to find none. After twenty minutes passed Ward pushed the laptop over to Quinn and leaned back with a cocky grin appearing on his face. Quinn looked at the computer screen before he began to rub his lip in thought then proceeded to stand up and look to Skye "He is hired, you can have your old office and Mr. Dalton can have the cubicle across from your office. I will have Antonio get some work set out for you two, you start tomorrow."

Skye and Ward looked to each other with satisfied expressions before they walked out of the building and got into their red mustang. "That went better than I had hoped." mused Ward as they began driving towards their apartment. Skye shrugged causally replying "I think he likes you, it wasn't that easy for me to get a job. It must of been because I brought you that you got in so easily." Ward smirked "Or he just knows a winner when he sees one." Skye rolls her eyes "Whatever you say robot." They arrived at the apartment a few minutes later, and Skye immediately set to work informing the Director.

Fury- And you are sure he doesn't expect anything?

Skye- I am positive Sir. So far everything is going according to plan.

Fury- It's good to hear that you and Agent Ward have already infiltrated the suspect organization. Strike team Delta hasn't even been able to achieve that yet, I guess it's just one more thing that you excel at over Romanoff and Barton.

Skye- This was only achieved through my past connections, I won't be so lucky next time.

Fury- Still good work Agent. I will be expecting a full update in seventy two hours.

Skye - Yes sir, understood.

Fury - Be careful Agent, Agent Ward has your back if anything goes awry. But whatever you do, don't use your abilities yet.

Before Skye could retort the line went dead making her huff in annoyance, she tossed her phone on to the bed. Before she grabbed a black duffle that was tucked underneath the bed and placing it on the nearby desk. She pulled out two nine millimeter Glock pistols, five knives of various sizes, a recurve foldable bow, a stun gun, several other weapons and the suit that Tony had made for her. She grabbed the Glock, unloaded it and began disassembling it as she sat down. After thirty minutes she had disassembled, cleaned, polished and reassembled her guns and her anger was dissipating. Ward had been watching her from out in the hall with a look of amusement and concern.

He inwardly wondered what the director had said to get her mad, but decided that he didn't want to know after remembering her fierce expression once the call had ended. Later that afternoon Skye went to the kitchen to start cooking for dinner, she roamed around the kitchen and was relieved to see that it was fully stocked. After a few moments of looking at what ingredients she had available she decided to make Oven Roasted Chicken, Mash potatoes, and buttered corn. Ward was surprised by this, he had never known that Skye could cook. Not because he wasn't interested in learning about her but because she was always working, training or on missions. "Hey, can I help with anything?" he asked rolling up his sleeves and going to the sink to wash his hands.

Skye sighed before tossing him a knife which he impassively caught as she replied "You can chop the potatoes." Ward began the task before he casually stated "You know... I never got to ask you, how are you taking the whole superhuman abilities thing?" he asked making her purse her lips in thought before she sighed "It is a curse, I cannot be around normal people without putting myself on guard more than any Shield agent. I feel a constant rage within me and what's worse is that I know how strong I am, the constant fear of once again hurting the ones I care about is always within my mind. But I believe I have accepted it." she said before going back to cooking.

Ward inwardly sighed wondering when she would open up to him like she use to when he was training her.

-Authors Note- I am soooo sorry for the long wait in updating. This was more of a filler chapter however there is much action yet to come. Please review and let me know what you think!


	38. Chapter 38 work and burgers

Connections 38

The next morning Skye woke up and went for a run around the housing development, sadly she was only a fourth of a mile away when Ward was suddenly running beside her. "It's a beautiful morning, don't you think so?" he asked with a smile on his face, having no problem keeping pace with her. Skye huffed before replying "I suppose, however, I prefer the areas around Manhattan now. Steve and I could go for long runs and never get tired, here no one knows what I am so I have to keep up the speed of a normal runner like yourself." Ward smirked before looking at her in the corner of his eye and cockily asking "Are you saying that your trainer is too slow for you? Me? Me who taught you how to fight, resist torture and inflict pain... Me who taught you how to watch your back while still running. Aww Skye I am hurt!" he cried out, the two of them stopping the latter of which had a huge pout on his face.

Skye crossed her arms and with pursed lips replied " Robots don't tend to run fast Ward, you should know that... You act like one at times." she concluded with a smirk and watched as his face warped into a mischievous smile. They stared each other down before Skye spun around and took off running in the direction they had come from, she shouted over her shoulder "Last one to the apartment is a rotten egg!" Ward pursed her lips in amusement before taking off after her, needless to say, Skye won and Ward was a rotten egg. They arrived to work promptly at eight in that morning, Starbucks coffee in their hands. They were met by security who wordlessly handed them two level three security badges and allowed them into the elevator. The two stood silently beside the large guard and waited for them to arrive on the fifteenth floor.

Ward watched as Skye's jaw locked in a strained smile as Quinn and another man greeted them. "Ah, Brett... Let me introduce you to your supervisor, Myles Lydon." said Quinn as he gestured to the man beside him. Ward clasped his hand adding a little extra pressure before adding "It's great to meet you Mr. Lydon, I look forward to working with you." Myles smiled before turning to Skye with a giant smirk "Good to see you again Skye, I was sad to hear about your mom. But I am glad to have my partner back." he said pulling her into a hug, much to her hesitation. "Thanks Myles. Quinn, I assume I will still be reporting to you?" she asked turning to her boss with a small smile.

Quinn pursed his lips before sliding his hands into his suit pockets as he replied "Actually, Myles was promoted while you were gone... You will be reporting to him for the time being." Skye bit her lip as she nodded in understanding, Myles passed her a tower worth of files before doing the same to Ward. Ward remained impassive as he kept the annoyance at so much work to himself and instead gave Skye's pile a appraising glance. Skye smiled "Well I guess we will get started on all these files, I shouldn't be long. I will probably have them done within the next day or so." Ward followed after Skye as she made her way to her desk, pointing to his desk as she passed it.

As they settled at their desks Ward plugged in a pin drive, silently hoping that Skye's plan would work to get his work done. A few minutes later Skye's firewall programs began popping up on his screens, he sighed in relief as directions also popped up with them. He tapped his earwig discreetly and Skye looked up from her computer and locked eyes. "What's wrong?" came her curious voice over the coms. He casually opened a file and said "You seem to have something against Myles Lydon." Skye didn't even blink at the name as she causally replied "My ex boyfriend." Ward's eyes widen a fraction as he tried to process the information "So you two parted ways okay then? Or is there some bad blood between you two?" he asked casually.

His question was met with silence, before Skye replied "I would think so, however, I joined shield the day after I broke up with him. I told him I needed to help my grandmother, so yeah I hope there is no hard feelings." Ward pursed his lips before going back to working, trying to learn what the programming was doing as it did it. This continued on through out the day, only stopping for a break at noon for lunch and finally the time that it came to leave. "Well that was exhausting!" said Ward getting into the drivers seat of their car, Skye sliding into the passengers side. "Oh come on, it could've been worse. When I was training Fury had been run around the base till I passed out, then after that he had been type up over a hundred reports the rest of the day before I could sleep. This was child's play." She sad with a grin while Ward stared at her blankly and popped several aspirins into his head, hoping to get rid of the headache.

Ward thought it over before replying "I suppose I agree, Agent Garrett was strict as well." Skye hummed in response as she then asked" So what are we eating? I don't cook often." he sent a smirk her way before he replied "I know just the place, strap in." As soon as she was buckled they sped off, away from Quinn Industries . They pulled into a parking lot of a bar and grill called Scotch Burgers. "Scotch burgers? Really?" asked Skye with a skeptically raised eyebrow. Ward smirked "Hey I thought the same thing when I first came here. But they have the best Burgers in this city and they have great drinks. Come on!" he said getting out of the car and waving her out, much to her reluctance she followed him into the bar.

The smell of greasy meat and alcohol reached her nose making it wrinkle. She looked around and noticed that a poker game was going on in one corner while a biker gang took up the bar. Unease came over her and she looked up at Ward with concern "Are you sure it's a good idea for me to be where conflict is almost second nature? I don't want to hurt anyone." she asked. Ward raised an eyebrow before narrowing his eyes and whispering "I am sure a SHIELD agent highly trained and highly ranked as you can control the urge to throttle any trouble makers. If anything happens I will take care of it, don't you worry." With a sigh she decided to trust her previous mentor and now partner and walked over to the booth in a a quiet corner, her hunger too much to ignore. After ordering a quadruple meat burger, fries and a coke, Skye decided to text Steve. Ward went to the bar and got a bourbon and just a beer on tap.

Skye- Hey Cap, how's everyone at the tower?

Steve- Skye! It's good to hear from you Partner. Everyone is fine here, missing you but otherwise okay. How are you? Are you okay?

Skye- I miss you guys to, I honestly can't wait to complete this mission and get back to the tower. I am incredibly bored and I miss going running with my partner.

Steve- Awww, what's a matter? Ward too slow for the super soldier?

Skye- He can keep up but only when I am not trying hard.

Steve- So what are you up to?

Skye - Eating like a pig at a bar it was Ward's suggestion, you should've seen the waitresses reaction when I asked how many meat patties I could get in a burger. I think she thought I was insane but I settled for a quadruple bacon cheeseburger with everything. I always thought you were crazy to eat so much but now I understand.

Steve- Hahaha, yup us super soldiers are almost always hungry. Speaking of Ward, how are you two getting along?

Skye- We have been fine, he was one of my mentors before you came along you know.

Steve- That's true, Stark asked if you have been able to use your new suit?

Skye- Haven't needed to yet, but I will let him know when I do.

Steve- Okay I will let him know, I got to go but remember that if you need any help... I am just a phone call away.

Skye- Okay, be safe Cap... Don't do anything stupid till I get back.

Steve- Hahaha How could I? You took all the stupid with you ;-)

Skye chuckled before placing her phone back down on and digging into the burger and fries. Ward was still over at the bar talking to the bartender, about what? Skye didn't know and didn't care. She was just finishing up the last bite of burger when the smell of alcohol met her nose full force. She turned to her left and was met with a very drunk mans grizzly smile. "Hello there beautifullllll." he said with a slur making Slye visibly gag. "Leave me alone." she stated emotionlessly. As the drunk continued to advance on her Ward suddenly appeared at her side. " Is there a problem here darling?" he asked wrapping his arm around her and subtly glared at the drunk. Skye frowned "No I think this guy was just leaving right?" she replied moving from Ward's arm and moving to the bar.

The drunk however was faster and grabbed her arm, making her spin around and punch him making him stagger back. He clutched his face and suddenly four other men flanked him as he exclaimed "YOU-" he never got to finish since Ward lunged and a full on bar brawl started. Beer bottles were smashed and chairs were broken, Skye ducked and dodged and hits coming her way and slipped out the back door. Ward joined her a few moments later without a single scratch on his smirking face. "Told you I would handle it."

-Authors not- So so so sorry for not updating in forever, I had lost the chapter and had to rewrite it... Personally I think this one came out better than the original.


	39. Chapter 39 unknowns

Connections 39

In the middle of the night Skye was staring up at the ceiling, her mind lost in thought as she wondered when this mission would end... She hadn't even been gone three days and she was already home sick. Homesick... That was never a word she thought would ever appear in her vocabulary, she and Clint had been by each other's side at every spare moment and never stayed in one city for more than a year. Yet here she was, still in DC and Ward was in the room next to her. Or so she assumed.

Ward walked quietly into the night, his eyes focused on a building barely a quarter mile in front of him. He entered the building finding a couple of covertly armed men. A man behind a desk looked at him and impassively stated "Good evening" Ward smirked before replying "Do you mean to wish me a good evening or are you stating that it is a good evening whether I like it or not." The man impassively pressed a tiny white button underneath the desk and gestured for him to go through the now opened doors. He walked down a secret staircase and into a private club. "Ah Kid there you are!" yelled a voice from across the room.

Ward made his way in the direction of the voice and soon found himself in front of Agent Garrett. "Sir." he greeted sitting down across from his former CO and helping himself to a brandy. "What do you have for me kid?" asked Garrett nonchalantly, taking a sip of his scotch as he looked at Ward. "Skye is close to discovering Quinn's dealings... I cannot delay her in any way." Ward replied carefully, seeing the instant change in his former CO's demeanor. "She is a brand new agent! How hard can it be to control her!?" he hissed in anger making award visibly tense.

Ward's eyes narrowed before he hissed in reply "You forget sir, that she is Agent Barton's sister. She has obtained a higher level of clearance than you only being apart of shield for six months and she has been trained by the directors and Captain America. Yes I was lucky enough to train her up on interrogation and languages but only to level seven. She is now level eight and has pretty much been given Avenger status do to ... Well her being Captain Roger's partner and Agent Barton's sister." John Garrett was anything but impressed with this response and replied "She is their lapdog, I trust that you will keep her in line. We have her under surveillance, I hope that I won't have to step in." Ward's jaw clenched before he curtly nodded "Yes sir." Garrett smirked before replying "Just keep her from getting into the system for another two days, by then everything will be in place and she won't be able to stop us."

Ward mutely nodded before a thought crossed his mind and he cautiously said "I may have a location on the asset." This got Garrett's attention and he instantly asked "Where?" Ward knew that if Skye ever found out about him giving out Bucky's location, he would meat Red Death once again. But he hadn't been giving Garrett much info as of late and didn't want to get into any trouble. "Avengers tower... His programming is braking down allowing his memories to begin surfacing and Captain Rogers ordered that no one be informed till he is completely stable." he said as he leaned back. Garrett was momentarily impassive before he broke out in to a blinding smile "Well I'll be, we will have to do something about that." he said before flicking his hand gesturing for him to leave.

Ward took the remaining amount of his brandy and gulped it in one go, he stood up and left. He got back to the apartment and was met with a gun to his face as he entered quietly. "Skye its me!" he hissed in annoyance, making Skye sigh and flip on the light switch. "Next time tell me when you are leaving." she ordered holstering her gun on the elastic of her pajamas. Ward took a breath of relief before replying "I am sorry, it was a rookie mistake. I was meeting with a contact trying to find some dirt on Quinn." Skye's eyebrow rose before she asked "Did you find out anything useful?" Ward frowned " It was a dead end, however, The source did say that there is a master hard drive in Quinn's office that reportedly records all actions on all company computers to it."

Skye's face instantly transformed into someone sleepy to someone happy "All company computers? I have to get to it. I may be able to trace the info that we are looking for." She walked away not noticing Ward's horrified expression and went back to sleep. The next morning Skye slipped out of the apartment at five in the morning after receiving a text message. She jogged four miles her ponytail bobbing behind her before slipping off into a fifty's diner. She moved around the tables and slipped into a booth that occupied one other person. "Blue!" she whispered happily beaming at her brother across the table. Clint smirked keeping his face hidden beneath a New York Giants ball cap.

"It's good to see you too Doe. Will you please fill me in on why I am here while you are on assignment? You said something was wrong but wouldn't specify." said Clint his eyes swerving from her to the surrounding area. "I believe that someone is aware that I am hacking into Quinn Industries, they have been trying to back trace my signal. Right now I have them chasing their tail but if I can't shut them down quickly I will be exposed." she said calmly, impressing Clint with the control that she has over her emotions. However, Clint did not like the idea of his sister being in even more danger than he had originally expected. "I am going to stay in town the next couple of days, I will have Nat and Steve come down as well. If something goes wrong, you will have the back up you need." he said with an impassive expression.

Skye however quickly changed his plan "No... Not Steve. It's not that I don't want him here... I do! But Bucky needs him right now more than I do, and Steve is the only one he will listen to. Bring Nat and Sam... You three will be more than enough back up for me."she concluded reassuringly, noticing the look of skepticism on her brothers face. "Doe... Steve is your partner... He would want to be here to back you up." he said locking eyes with her. Skye sighed "I know... And trust me I want him here to there is no one I would want to have my back other than you two. However, I have a gut feeling that I just cannot shake... And it has to do with Bucky. Please trust me on this." she pleaded making Clint sigh before replying "Fine, but you get to be the one to tell him."

Skye curtly nodded as a waitress put down two plates full of bacon, eggs, pancakes and hashbrowns. She also placed two cups of steaming hot coffee in front of them. They both tucked in to their meals and stayed in the comfort of each other. Part way through the meal a buzzing alert sounded on Skye's phone, both siblings turned to the offending piece of equipment and sighed. Skye reached for it and beamed "My computer is minutes away from cracking the encryption on Quinn Industries." she said.

Meanwhile 

Miles was staring blankly at the screen in front of him when alerts began popping up onto his computer screen. He startled almost falling out of his chair as he scrambled to read the screens. "What?! Firewalls 1-15 breached? How's that possible!?" he exclaimed absolutely horrified. He begins typing as he taps his Bluetooth. "ah... Mister Quinn I need you in my office now. No sir, this is code red. No I am perfectly serious, the hacker has already gotten past firewalls one through fifteen." he said as he began trying to slow down the hacker. He winced as Quinn shouted something over the Bluetooth. Miles couldn't believe how fast the person was blowing through their companies firewalls, it was a closed system no one could access it unless they were on the inside... Quinn burst through the door a few moments later followed by his two henchmen.

"Give me good news Lydon!" he exclaimed coming to stand beside him trying to remain impassive. Miles grimaced as he replied "I can't do that sir... They will have access to all our systems in approximately one minute." Quinn snarled "No they won't, activate the nuclear protocol." he commanded taking a place at another computer not far from him and putting in his authorization code. "But sir! That will shut our systems down for weeks..." pointed out Miles looking worried. "I am aware of that... But it will also knock out that hackers systems permanately." replied Quinn making Miles wince as he reluctantly typed in a code and hit enter.

Back at the Diner

Skye had put her phone on the table so that the two of them could watch the hacks progress. As the hack hit 100% Skye instantly began copying all the files on the databases hard drive. About a half a minute in her phone began to heat and the screens began to rapidly switch. The screens began to glitch and suddenly a blinking message popped up "BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME." Skye flinched before she jumped from her seat phone in hand and raced outside, she found the nearest public garbage can and chucked it inside it as it began to fume. Seconds later there was a small explosion that rattled the can. Clint came rushing out just as she says "Crab." he looks her over before looking at the smoking trash can and saying "Nasty virus if it can cause such a violent meltdown on your phone." His sister frowns before replying "Call Nat, I need to get to Quinn Industries... They will probably be calling me any moment now." suddenly Clint's phone begins to ring and he looks at the odd number.

Skye takes the phone quickly saying "I transferred all my calls to your phone before mine blew up. It's Ian Quinn I have to take this." She walked away talking on the phone leaving Clint to walk to the pay phone across the street to contact Nat. It wasn't long before Skye was back. "I have to go." she passed him the phone and rushed off back the way from whence she had first come.

Quinn hung up the phone and turned heatedly towards Miles "I want to know who that hack came from and what information they got before we fried their hard drive. I want it now."

-Authors Note- So so sorry for the long wait between updates... I hope you liked this chapter and please review to let me know what you thought of it. Thank you!


	40. Chapter 40 slight complications

Connections 40

Skye flew into the apartment almost smacking right into Ward in the process, he looked confused by her behavior when she rushed to explain "Problem at Quinn Industries, we need to go right away. Oh and can you grab my back up phone while I change? My other one kind of died." Ward looked puzzled but quickly pieced everything together and nodded, moving to pull out their back up gear and retrieve her cell. About ten minutes later they were driving towards Quinn Industries, Skye was texting on her phone while Ward drove.

Skye- Hey... So you have probably heard from Clint by now.

Steve- Yes... And might I say... WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING BENCHING ME!? I am your partner Skye... Not Ward and I am and will have your back when you are in danger.

Skye - Steve... Please let me explain.

Steve- I am listening.

Skye- Right now no one knows about Bucky... I have a feeling that that might change. I am pulling from this assignment as soon as I can, but until I do I need you to keep an eye on Bucky. If anyone gets ahold of him... It could be very bad... for Bucky and everyone else.

Steve- ... You've made your point... But I don't like that you have so little back up. You know I can get Tony or Thor to go with Nat.

Skye - Steve I am pulling from this assignment... I think Clint and Nat will be enough back up while I am here with Ward.

Steve - Just ... Please be careful... I would never forgive myself if you got hurt because I didn't have your back.

Skye - Hey I don't want to unleash red death upon anyone, I will be as careful as possible I promise. I have to go, there is an emergency at Quinn Industries.

Steve - Alright, be careful. Bye

Skye slid her phone into her pocket just as they pulled up to the security gate of Quinn Industries. She smiled before producing their badges to the guard. Once they were waved through they parked and made their way quickly inside. Ian Quinn stood waiting for them and quickly began explaining the situation "Someone got through our systems firewalls about forty five minutes ago, we had to resort to Nuclear protocol. Our systems are fried and we need to begin rebuilding immediately, Miles will split you two between repairing the systems and upgrading our firewalls." he said as they moved quickly through the halls and made several twists and turns.

Skye entered a large computer room to see Miles barking out orders to several other techies while he himself sat at a computer console typing rapidly. Miles spun around and his eyes held some relief as he noticed Skye. "Thank God, I was beginning to think that you weren't going to show up. I need you to start bringing our firewalls up on the back up mother board. Brett, help Hernandez with clearing away the whats left of the main drives." he ordered handing Skye a laptop and moving away. Skye sighed and instantly pulled the laptop over to an empty desk and began connecting it to various pieces of equipment.

Ward (Brett) began to help disconnect various pieces of the mother board with Hernandez and Quinn all the while keeping an eye on Skye. Although Miles was working on establishing better firewalls he was also working on back tracking the hacker that had caused this whole mess.

A few hours later at Avengers tower

Steve walked into the room carrying a scrabble board-game, a large box of pizza and two two- liter sodas. As he did Bucky turned impassively towards him, his eyebrows furrowed as he cautiously sat up from his cot in the corner. "What do you have there?" asked Bucky, his voice horse and making Steve wince. "Food and Scrabble... It's a spelling or word game." he replied as he set down the game and food on the large table in the center of the room. Bucky sighed "If I remember correctly, I was always the better speller. Are you really ready to get beat?" he said a small smirk gracing his features.

Steve smiled happy to have his pal back "I was born ready, however I wouldn't be too sure that you will beat me. I have spent the last few years catching up with time and know several new words that might just get me ahead." he said beginning to set up the game with glee. Bucky just rolled his eyes at the childish manner and moved to sit across from him. The game progressed slowly at first, neither interested in ending it before it even began. Sadly after four hours of being neck and neck Steve found himself losing painfully to Bucky. "I won..." murmured Bucky with a smile on his face a few minutes later. Steve nodded "Looks like you will always be the better speller between the two of us." he said taking a swig of soda.

The following day

Agent Garrett sat in his car in an abandoned parking garage, his eyes glued to the screen of his phone as earbuds were in his ears. "What's the damage?" he asks looking at Quinn on screen. "The hacker did access sensitive information, the last few seconds it opened up information on Project Insight as well as the memos hydra leaders had on record." said Quinn as he continued backtracking the hackers steps. "We're they able to keep record of such information? From what I understand that virus of yours not only knocked your drives out but theirs as well." Asked Garrett with a vicious expression. "I believe that unless they had several back up systems everything that they got was destroyed, the virus is quite thorough." replied Quinn making Garrett ask "You believe or you know?! Until you can guarantee that they are locked out and have no sensitive information within their grasp, I won't be convinced! I will meet with the others... I think our time table just moved up."

Quinn gulped as Agent Garrett got closer to the camera and growled "Find that leak! Or you will be the one I feed to Pierce!" he exclaimed before cutting the connection and allowing Quinn to compose himself. "Looks like I have some work to do." he muttered to himself beginning to tap various keys on the console before him.

Meanwhile at Stark Tower

"Sir, Director Fury and a dozen Shield Agents are requesting entry into the tower. They say it has something to do with a Sergeant James Barnes. What should I tell them?" Said Jarvis making everyone's eyes widen in shock. Steve jumped to his feet and turned to Bruce "How did they find out!? None of us said anything." he asked his fists clenched as his eyes held a protective flare to them. Bruce frowned turning to Tony "Tony we can't let them have Barnes, if they get ahold of him... he will be killed or turned into something worse than Natasha under their control." he said his eyes firm beneath his glasses.

Tony was momentarily silent as he thought out a plan before he addressed Jarvis "Please have them wait in the third floors common area. Oh and have my best attorneys on standby." He turned to Steve "Take him and hide in Skye's room, it would be the only place that pirate won't think to look for him. Then meet me on the third floor. Come on Bruce lets go distract our dear old director." He said. Instantly Steve was taking the stairs as quickly as he could, Tony and Bruce took the only available elevator and braced themselves for a fight. Steve pounded his code into the console locking Bucky's room before flying into the room, his panicked expression and heavy breathing had Bucky on his feet in seconds.

"Steve what is wrong? ...Has something happened to Skye ?" he added thinking about the young brunette that beat him. Steve shook his head "Skye is fine for right now, but right now we have to hide you! Come on!" he said urgently grabbing hold of his friends right wrist and all but dragging him to the stairs. Bucky followed Steve up the stairs the two taking them three at a time, they made it to the twentieth floor in which Skye resided. "Why do I have to hide?" asked Bucky quite confused as Steve pressed his palm to the palm reader outside his partners door. To his relief it glowed green and the door slid open allowing him entry.

Steve gestured for Bucky to go inside as he replied "Somehow SHIELD's director received information that you are here. They have come to take you into custody, which none of us can allow. Skye told me to stay here because she felt they'd come after you and it looks like her instincts were right. Can you stay in this room quietly till I come back? I promise it won't be long, I just have to make sure they don't find you." Bucky tensed before replying "I won't go anywhere I promise." Steve curtly nodded before walking out of the room and into the elevator "Jarvis lock down Skye's room, no one but me is allowed in till I say otherwise." he ordered taking several seconds in which to compose himself "Yes Sir...Room Locked Down."

Meanwhile on the third floor

Tony and Bruce walked casually out of the elevator and found themselves faced with Director Fury, Agent Mai, Agent Garrett and ten other unidentifiable shield agents. "Hmm, can I get you a drink?" asked Tony eyeing Fury as he himself made his way over to the minibar. Fury raised an eyebrow before replying "As lovely as a drink of two thousand dollar scotch sounds, that's not why we are here Stark." Bruce rubbed his chin casually as he asked "Why are you and your agents here Director? Agent Skye is currently on assignment and neither Clint nor Natasha are currently here."

Fury frowned "Some rather disturbing news has reached me, a tip came in saying that the legendary assassin known as Winter Soldier is currently in your custody. Is this true?" he asked directing his attention to Tony who didn't give any indication that he knew what the director was talking about. "I thought you told me he didn't exist? Now you are saying that he does and that he is in my building? I may be crazy but I am not stupid and letting someone in my house like this Winter Soldier person would be stupid. Lucky for me there is no such person in this place and therefore I don't have to have the name "Stupid" added to my list of personality labels." he said making Bruce hide a smirk while Fury looked less than amused.

Agent Garrett opened his mouth to speak when suddenly the elevator bell sounded and Steve walked out of it calm and collected. "Fury... Agents. What can we help you with?" He greeted looking at them with an intrigued expression. Agent Garrett took this opportunity to speak up "We received Intel that the Winter Soldier is currently in your custody. We are here to take him in, where is he?" Steve's eyebrows furrowed in abundant confusion before he replied "Well I am sorry to say this but your Intel is wrong. We currently have no one in our custody and especially no winter soldier. You are welcome to check the tower if you don't believe us."

Fury stared impassively at the captain before him before turning to Mai and Garrett. "Search all floors from here to nineteen, then twenty-five to thirty." He ordered watching as Agent Mai took 4 agents with her, allowing Agent Garrett to take four with him leaving himself with two level six agents. "So tell me, when was the last time you heard from Agent Skye?"

-Authors Note- I am so so so sorry! I am now doing college full time and also working, doing community work and haven't had the time to sleep let alone write. I would appreciate all of your patience and will continue to update as I have the chance.


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