{"id":23915,"date":"2013-10-08T22:56:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T22:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/10\/08\/skye-of-shield\/"},"modified":"2013-10-08T22:56:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T22:56:06","slug":"skye-of-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/10\/08\/skye-of-shield\/","title":{"rendered":">> skye-of-shield"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Skye stood in one of the lab rooms, working on one of the computers sitting on the tall lab counters. She\u2019d been working with Fitzsimmons but they\u2019d been called to go meet with Agent Coulson, and now she was taking advantage of the lab\u2019s computer\u2014and the quiet\u2014to get some stuff done.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No one else was in the room, and the only sound was the computer humming in the background and the sound of her fingers against the keys. It was peaceful and silent, a nice change from being in the harrowing and intense atmosphere of the field.<\/p>\n

After a few minutes of working, the doors to the lab hissed open and a girl with red hair entered. Really, like, super-long hair.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The girl wandered over to Skye\u2019s workstation, a slight annoyance which niggled at her. She didn\u2019t mind meeting fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, but only in her off-time, and this assignment was taking all of her concentration.<\/p>\n

Skye barely glanced away from the screen and kept typing as she said, \u201cOh, hey. Need something?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Don\u2019t let me interrupt you.” This new girl \u2014 Skye? \u2014 typed even faster than she did, and there was stuff scrolling across the screen she didn\u2019t even begin to understand. “I just thought it would be nice to meet the new girl. I try to be an unofficial welcome wagon around here, because god knows the field agents won\u2019t bother.”<\/p>\n

Summer found a chair and draped herself backwards on it, positioning it so she couldn\u2019t see what was on the screen, and watched Skye. The depth of concentration there was admirable; Summer could see already how she could be a real asset in the field \u2014 or the office. Tony would love her, and wasn\u2019t that thought a little painful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Skye let out a slight laugh. \u201cTrust me, I won\u2019t.\u201d She kept typing, fingers flying over the keys, then finished her sentence on the screen and glanced over at the girl.\u00a0\u201dYeah, the field agents have been pretty unwelcoming. Fitzsimmons are great, if a little\u2026 eccentric. Ward needs a little work.\u201d She pressed enter. \u201cThanks for the privacy,\u201d she said, glancing over again. \u201cClassified stuff, and all that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She leaned forward, resting her forearms on the tall desk and paused for a moment, trying to process the coding issue she was having. Her mind kept working on the problem even as she glanced over at the girl. She wouldn\u2019t stop working completely, but it was pretty useless to try to address the harder issues while this person was here. A little break wouldn\u2019t hurt. She turned to her visitor. \u201cI don\u2019t think I caught your name?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Summer,” she responded. “And you’re Skye, right?” The empath smiled. “It’s a lot easier for us, with only one of you to learn. You’ve a whole agency full of people, some of whom you might only see once!” She nodded her head toward the computer. “Most of us consultants get it, about privacy and levels of access and stuff. It’s a bit more complicated than being a full agent, but there’s some nice freedom to it. I like being able to tell the Director where he can take himself sometimes.”<\/p>\n

Summer laughed a little. Usually she didn’t tell Fury to stuff it to his face; if he called, it was something she dared not turn down for the sake of her own sanity. “So how did they get you?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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