So, I really needed to get back to a head space where Ward is the good guys because frankly, my poor shipper heart is breaking. I hope this provides others with some small sense of comfort...

Skye was once again in her van in another non-descript alleyway, hacking into to the secured servers of yet another government agency when the door slammed open and changed her life forever. A tall man wearing a dark suit and even darker aviators stood with an stoic expression and tense stance.

"You have 30 seconds before a team of mercenaries come for you. Trust me or die; those are your choices."

No introductions, no context; the man simply waited for her response. There was something about him though. Skye knew he was telling the truth. She didn't know how but then she had always had a knack for reading people, even if the T1000 in front of her seemed to have no emotions at all. With sweaty palms and her heart nearly beating out of her chest, Skye grabbed the single laptop she was working on and scrambled out of her van. He immediately pulled her down the alleyway at a sprint, but as it turned out she had taken a second to long to process.

Suddenly a man appeared, blocking their path a gun trained on them. Whoever the man in the suit was, he didn't even hesitate. He just kept running at the man. Skye watched in horror as he lept and disarmed the man in one movement. Before their attacker even had time to process, her would be savior had shot him at point blank range in the head.

Skye muffled a scream with her shaking palm but the man in the suit ignored her, just grabbing her arm and pulling her away before the rest of the assault team closed in. If she had of thought she had any chance to fight him off and run in the opposite direction she would have. She knew though from the emotionless expression on his blood splattered face and the tight grip he had on her arm that she was trapped with this man who claimed to be saving her life.

They rounded another corner to see a black sedan waiting and he pushes her towards the passenger door with a stern "Get in", that leaves no room for argument. Skye climbed into the leather seat with tears beginning to form in her eyes and had barely gotten the door shut before the man in the suit floored the accelerator and they were speeding away from danger though Skye didn't feel any relief at all.

"You killed that man." Skye whispered, clutching her shaking hands to her side as warm tears rolled down her cheeks.

"He would have killed as both without blinking." The man defended without a hint of remorse.

"I don't even know you!" Skye yelled desperately. "How can I trust you anymore than those other killers."

Skye would have thought that blatantly calling someone a killer would have garnered some sort of emotional response but he remained as stoic as ever.

"My name is Agent Ward and I am a killer but I have orders to make sure no one kills you. That is all you need to know." Ward muttered, staring at the rear vision mirror before pulling the car back to a more reasonable speed once he was sure they had not been followed.

"How do I know I can trust you?" Skye asked with a shaky voice.

"You already do otherwise you never would have left that van."

Skye knew it made no sense but it was true. She trusted this man, this killer, even though he could be leading her to a fate worse than the one that had almost claimed her in the alleyway.

Okay that was just a shorter teaser intro. I already have the next two chapters written so I will post them soon. Let me know what you think.