Do you really wanna feel the earth move?

19. Skye. Hacktivist. Destroyer of worlds.

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye forced herself to focus on Bucky, his hand on her and his voice in her ears. She nodded and worked on slowing her breathing. Nothing could be fixed while she was freaking out.

[buckybarnesshieldu]

“In an’ out, come on”, Bucky instructed gently, squeezing her shoulder gently again. This was familiar: Bucky had helped Steve through countless asthma attacks when they were young and a hundred panic attacks in this century, especially given they often worked on helping Steve get over his hydrophobia. Helping someone to breathe was not unusual for him.

“You’re doin’ great, Skye”, he said quietly, just barely holding himself from saying sunshine.

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

She smiled weakly at him, brushing her hair behind her ears. “Sorry,” she murmured, “Didn’t mean to freak out on you.”

[savage-banner]

Annual Fair - Open

[savage-banner]

Skye shrugged, “Not really. I’ve just been there a few times to meet people.”

“Like Tinder people?” 

He didn’t know what Tinder was, but he knew people met others on it.

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye choked, “No. God. I meant I’ve used it for dead drops.” She raised an eyebrow at him, “Do I look like someone who spends a lot of time on Tinder?”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“Sounds good,” Skye smiled and started leading the way, “You wanna play pool when we get there?”

[darlingcate-deactivated20161213]

“Yikes, not my strong-suit.” she admitted. But, Kitty was never one to turn down a request for some fun. “But, you’re on! Five bucks says I can get more holes in one than you.” When the brunette had said it wasn’t the best at it, she secretly meant she knew hardly anything about pool. 

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye laughed, “Don’t worry, I’ll help you.” Living on the streets meant having to find creative ways to get money and kicking ass at pool turned out to be very lucrative. Especially when you’re a pretty young woman who can easily pretend she doesn’t have a clue how to play.

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“Woah, Hill, chill. It’s just me, Skye. I came to welcome you to the school. Do you not remember me?” She frowned and raised her hands in a placating surrender type pose. 

[agent-mariahill-blog1]

“Sorry. Agent? I assume. I really don’t remember you but that’s because everyone in this system seems to blend together, unless you have higher clearance.” She leaned against her desk looking at the young girl. “Do you?”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“Kind of agent,” Skye shrugged, “I’ve never really paid attention to clearance to be honest. Coulson didn’t bother with that and they never mentioned it when I came here.”

[art-of-mischief]

“I mean… that is what you are, right? Like the Kree.”

“You’re simplistic.”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“I think I’m supposed to be offended, but for some reason I’m not.”

[ty-stone]

Skye flinched at his anger, but took a deep breath to calm herself. “I’m sorry. I wasn’t sure if you knew and I figured you ought to.” She sighed and shifted closer to his cell, “Look, I know you’re freaked out. I know you feel like you’re some.. twisted thing. But you’re not. I promise. Whatever this is, you’ll figure it out.” She licked her lips and told him what someone had told her when she was in his position, “You’re just different now. And there’s nothing wrong with that.”

“There’sss nothing wrong with that…” Tiberius laughed bitterly. “Bullshit. Of courssse there’sss sssomething wrong with it. Look at me. I’m a freak. Look at my eyesss and my tongue and my fangsss. I’m never going to get a job, I’m never going have a normal life,” he listed.

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“You don’t even know those are permanent,” Skye insisted, “And I’ve seen worse. You’ve changed, yes, but being different can mean making a difference.”  She sighed, “I get that you’re freaked out, but your life isn’t over. It’s just... getting somewhere.”

[savage-banner]

Annual Fair - Open

[savage-banner]

“There’s a little diner in town,” Skye explained, “It’s pretty quiet and they’ve got good food.” Finally they reached the gates to the fair and she led him out, turning down the road towards their destination.

“A diner? Okay…” James said. As long as he got a cheeseburger and maybe a milkshake or something sweet, he wouldn’t argue. “Do you go there a lot?”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye shrugged, “Not really. I’ve just been there a few times to meet people.”

[sonofgamma]

Skye smiled wistfully, “I joined SHIELD when a team picked me up for hacking. They thought I knew something about this bad program people were running. I’ve been working with them since. Until I got my powers and they had to send me here.”

“So, you’re taking mutant classes, too, right?” James figured.

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“That’s the plan,” Skye nodded, “But I think one of the teachers already hates me.”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“And why wouldn’t it be?”

[allhailtheosborns]

“Well, things have a tendency to blow up here. Atleast I remember they do.”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“That’s a good point. So, where have you been?”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“Sounds good to me,” Skye agreed. “Where to?”

[darlingcate-deactivated20161213]

“We have two options: a large crowded area, or a small hidden spot.” Kitty murmured quickly, twisting her lips in thought. God, she couldn’t get caught allegedly destroying more school property. Her parents would literally kill her. “Maybe the rec center?” she finally suggested.

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

“Sounds good,” Skye smiled and started leading the way, “You wanna play pool when we get there?”

[onangelswings2]

Orientation

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye nodded in response, “Warren. Good to know.” She grabbed them a place near the back and sat down. “I was thinking we get some good food and share deep, dark secrets,” she wiggled her eyebrows playfully. “Kidding. How about you just tell me a little about yourself and if you’re nice I’ll tell you whatever you want to know.” 

[fallen-ww-deactivated20180105]

“I’m an Angel. have no deep dark secrets.” he told her as took the seat opposite. “I drink chocolate milk and build orphanages every weekend.” he said with pure innocence. “Hmm..” seeming to consider this proposition for a moment, “And what if I’m naughty?” he asked.

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye snorted and considered, “If you’re naughty, then you don’t get to know anything.” She smiles, “And for the record, they have great chocolate milk here.”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Dreamscapes || Skye & Charles

[telepcth-deactivated-blog]

{ daisy johnson }:

Skye nodded quickly, “Thank you. Thank you so much.”

She finally had a chance to figure out some things about her past, without having to go looking for her psycho of a father. She was unbelievably grateful.

               Charles simply smiled, motioning for the girl to follow him into the room. He put two chairs facing each other, sitting on one of them.                               ❝Okay, sit down. If you have any memories you think that might be relevant, think about it now. Hopefully it’ll lead to other memories that you might have forgotten or maybe even changed due to your age. If there’s no lead, I’ll go deeper. Tell me when you’re ready. I don’t want this to be too uncomfortable for you. And if you ever want to stop, I’ll sense it and I’ll get out as soon as possible. Deal?❞

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye smiled and nodded in agreement, “Deal.” 

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to focus on her deepest memories. She remembers the dream she had and that song she kept hearing. She opened her eyes, mind centered on that song. She needed to know what it meant. 

“I’m ready.”

[spidey-jess]

A Lengthy Investigation:

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye shook her head with a sigh, “I can’t seem to find much information on that, but I think I was getting close to something before I came to find you.” She paused, “Do you think that’s what happened to Tiberius? MGH?”

[spidey-jess]

“Honestly? Yeah. I do.” She nodded curtly, being bluntly honest. “I mean, I really don’t know for sure, but my spidey senses are tingling or whatever.” The corners of her lips pulled into a smirk, eyes scanning the monitor in front of them. “I think MGH is what killed that agent and I think a whole lot more  people are going to die if this stuff keeps spreading.”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye nodded, “I think you’re right.” She pulled out her phone with a sigh, “I’ll see what I can do about finding a dealer. I think I know how to get ahold of one.”

[steve-grantt-rogers]

apology: Skye || Steve

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye shook her head slowly, “You don’t understand, Steve. I’ve turned into a monster. I.. I can’t tell you, but I’m no good anymore. I’m just some twisted thing.”

She sighed and brought a hand up to push her bangs off her forehead. She knew she should stop talking, let Steve be and accept this as a nice moment, but she couldn’t. Something was wrong with her and something needed to be done about it.

[steve-grantt-rogers]

It hurt Steve to hear Skye say those things about herself. He wanted her to realize that, no, she wasn’t a monster. However, she was right about one thing. He didn’t understand what she was going through, nor would he ever. But one person who might understand what she was going through?

Bucky.

“It’s true that I might never understand,” he started, “but that doesn’t mean that I won’t try. And, you aren’t a monster. You aren’t, Skye. You just have this one thing to deal with.” There was a light pause before he said, “Y’know who I think you should talk to this about? Bucky. He still thinks of himself as this monster, when in reality, he isn’t. He isn’t a monster at all and neither are you.” 

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye found herself rolling to bury her face in Steve’s chest, clinging to him. 

“Bucky’s so good,” she laughed shakily, “And so are you.” 

She sighs, “I’m sorry. I just feel so awful.”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye stared hard at Bucky, desperate for something to keep her grounded.

“I,” she sucked in a sharp breath, “It’s all my fault. He was right. God, he was right.”

She looked away from him, bringing her hand up to her face to cover her mouth as she began to cry. Suddenly she whirled back, whimpering, “I have to do something. I can’t- I can’t stay like this!”

[buckybarnesshieldu]

This was a freak out, and thus, slightly more than Bucky had been prepared to deal with. Of course, like hell that he’d walk out of this now. Not when Skye needed him. Even if they weren’t friends, even if he didn’t have endless empathy for her, she still was a person in need of help, and in Bucky’s opinion, helping people was a much more valid way to repent for his sins than praying a thousand Holy Marys.

“Alright, c’mere”, Bucky said, and hooked both hands under her armpits, lifting her up like she weighted nothing. Carefully, he put her down on top of a counter, so he could look her in the eye. His flesh hand came up to tuck her hair behind her ear, then slid down to rest on her shoulder.

“Hey”, he said, in a voice way more soothing than anyone would have expected him to have. “You’re freakin’ out. Take a deep breath, okay? You need to calm down.”

[herecomestherisingtide-blog]

Skye forced herself to focus on Bucky, his hand on her and his voice in her ears. She nodded and worked on slowing her breathing. Nothing could be fixed while she was freaking out.

[dailyquake]

Inheritance, Warsan Shire

[johnsonandcoulson]

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