May nods in acknowledgement of this, but continues looking hard at the girl. She caught May’s near-slip there, and it means a tremendous amount that she can now count herself as one of the few people that Melinda May genuinely cares about. Skye hangs her head at this, trying to hide a smile. I was also trying to protect the people I lo… I care about most,” she adds, giving Skye a meaningful look. “I was trying to protect those innocent… albeit misguided and judgmental… people from what we all thought was a dangerous powered person. “I had no interest in harming Hannah,” May continues wearily. She shakes this off and returns to the present, noticing that Skye is fidgeting again. I may be trying to protect the world from an alien invasion, or protect random civilians from a powered person, or I may be trying to protect one of you from dangerous foreign objects.” May’s eyes flash suddenly as she recalls their recent run-in with the berserker staff and the feelings of relentless rage it caused in her. “Everything I do in regards to SHIELD… literally *everything*… is an act of protection. “Skye… just because you may not understand my methods, doesn’t mean that you can’t trust them,” she begins, staring at the still-new member of the team. Skye stops a few feet from her and looks at her curiously.įinally, Agent Melinda May speaks. Once there May walks to the front of Coulson’s desk and turns around, leaning back against it. May leads Skye up to Coulson’s office, which she knows is deserted as Fitz is asleep in his bunk and the rest of the team is playing games down in the lounge. Skye obeys, standing and following the mysterious warrior woman. Without a word she beckons the young woman to follow her. She finally glances over at Skye, then unbuckles and rises from the seat. The plane has now reached an altitude where May can set the autopilot controls, and she does so. I shouldn’t have been giving you a hard time.
“I… I have been really rude to you all day, and I know that you didn’t deserve it. After several more uncomfortable moments of silence Skye slouches somewhat in the co-pilot’s chair and sighs. The only response to this is a slight flick of May’s eyes toward the girl. She lets the silence stretch out a while before nervously speaking up. Skye sits back in her seat and her hands begin fidgeting a bit. She turns to look at May with a grin, but with the typical, stern look on May’s face her smile falters. The young hacker watches the Earth and its features shrink away and finally get swallowed up in the darkness. It is an amazing feeling, the huge plane powerfully coming to life and lifting so gracefully off the ground. She had never really spent time in the cockpit before, and certainly not during take-off. Skye leans forward and gazes out of the window in wonder. No wonder she keeps screaming in there, you keep sending in ‘the Cavalry’, you’re bound to get a reaction like that.”Īt the end of the episode Skye seeks out May in the cockpit and asks if she can join her. (To Coulson:) “I should be with Hannah anyway. “Try not to hurt her any more than you already have, Agent May.” “ … she says I need to stay away, but you know what I think? I think… she needs to get laid.” Everything to her is just ‘target acquired’… ‘threat eliminated’… (To Ward, regarding May:) “I just don’t understand her at all. (To May:) “Is that how you justify your shoot-first policy? At least let me try to repair that damage… “ This story is in response to the following quotes by Skye: Throughout this episode, Skye spoke quite disrespectfully both to and of Agent May. I *highly* recommend watching the episodes before reading these stories, as many references to events in the episodes will be made, and therefore, better understood.Īll writing in italics is script/plotline directly from the show, and is the sole property of the writers/producers. Every character referred to is directly from the show/Marvel Universe, and I hold NO claim to the characters or the plotlines of the episodes that many of my stories are based on. This is a fanfic based upon the incredible television series, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. If that is not your thing, no problem… go no further. This story contains corporal discipline (spanking) between two adult females.