A Light for the Darkest Soul

Spoilers: All Episodes of AoS

Disclaimer: I own nothing unfortunately.

The sound of her name made Sahra Ward look up from her tablet to see her teacher looking at her expectantly. She folded her arms on her desk and looked at the man who thought he was teaching her the subject only few really knew. The man looked at her expectantly as if waiting for her to answer.

"Cadet Ward we're waiting."

"What was the question again Professor Davis?"

The class chuckled as the man gave an exasperated sigh. "Name the key reason why SHIELD won the war against HYDRA between the years 2014 and 2019."

"Would you like factual or what you expect on the test?" Sahra shrugged, "because if you want factual then the answer is my parents, but if you want what is expected on the test than it would be the Universal Alliance with Asgard, Sondona and Aquaria."

Students snickered and before the man could speak, the bell rang and everyone began gathering their belongings. Sahra gathered he tablet and made her way out only to be stopped by the professor, he held out a small slip and she sighed as she took it. "See you at 1600 Cadet Ward."

"Yes sir." She shoved the report slip in her bag and continued out, knowing it meant she'd be helping Davis once again that afternoon. Her punishment always was helping him when he trained the Rifle Squad for their competition at the end of the month.

Outside the classroom she found her friends waiting. Laura Hunter was the daughter of mercenary/part-time SHIELD agent Lance Hunter and Dana Baxton was just the daughter of someone that joined SHIELD during their first year. They stood looking at their phones, no doubt about the recent email regarding the upcoming break.

"Another slip, I swear at this rate he should just put me on the Rifle Squad." She began walking and the two others followed. "What are you doing for your vacation Laura, since your dad is stuck on a six month op in the Ukraine?"

Laura shrugged, "probably stay on the campus, not much else to do. I heard that during the holiday you can get extra training in for your quarterly physical marks."

"Would you two stop talking about training for like a second?" Dana sighed, "so I heard from Phillips, who overheard Marsden that Lena Hoops is dating Jeremy Nickel."

Sahra laughed, "Jeremy Nickel makes my aunt and uncle look like the cool kids, he's a geek's geek."

"Exactly, what's more is that when I was in the locker room earlier I saw them making out."

"You can't be serious!" Laura shrieked and laughed, "you do realize that she's going to break his heart."

Dana hit Sahra's arm, "your parents, again!" She made a face as they stopped to see Skye and Grant Ward kissing against the wall by one of the classrooms. "Don't they ever stop?"

"MOM! DAD!" Sahra practically yelled. "Seriously, forget mass murder scarring us because you will!"

Laura smiled, "hello Agent Ward, Agent Skye. How are you today?"

Skye chuckled and pushed Ward back, "just fine Laura and you?"

"Wonderful, I was just telling my SO how much I enjoyed your lecture over the benefits of multi-planet combat skills. The fact you've combined Asgardian, Aquarian and Earth techniques together is quite amazing really."

Dana groaned, "again with the combat skills! Don't you ever think of anything besides combat, training and guns?"

Laura shrugged, "my father is surrounded by them, the Academy is surrounded by them and so are my classes as a track student for Operations. Why would I think of anything else?"

"It's like you and Sahra aren't human, you're like robots."

Skye chuckled and looked at Ward, "remember when I thought you were a robot?"

He rubbed her back, "like yesterday."

"Mommy!" Skye turned as the youngest of the Ward children, five year old Eydon Ward ran over hand in hand with a girl. "Mommy look who came to school here! Look who is in my class!"

The girl smiled and curtsied at Skye, "good day Princess Skye, it is lovely to see you once again."

"Of course Afa is here Eydon, Lady Ora demanded an exchange of education." Sahra crossed her arms, "don't you listen to anything Mom and Dad say?"

The brown-eyed five year old shrugged his shoulders, "only when I'm supposed to. You listen when you shouldn't and Mommy told you that doing that is breaking SHIELD Code 19, section 4, subsections 7 through 18."

"Oh I'm so going to kill you!" She started after him and he ran screaming down the hall as she ran after him.

Laura shook her head, "why does she even try with him?"

Skye chuckled as they heard an eruption of laughter and giggles, the crowded halls didn't bother as Sahra carried her brother back tickling him. The Ward siblings were known for their closeness despite the age gaps of sixteen, eight and five.

The sound of chaos seemed to erupt as children and adults gathered into the living area of the Bus. It was parked at an airfield and was the central place for the team to gather on holidays. Grant Ward and Skye managed to the new team on the mobile command, their children safe at the SHIELD Youth Academy that was immediately next door to the new SHIELD Academy. The SHIELD Academy and Youth Academy lay on a 500-acre campus that resembled a university but was more advanced and with more open space.

"Okay, everyone listen up." Skye stood up to look at everyone. "Grant and I have slaved all day long to make dinner so there will be no food fights or stealing food for later." One of the kids raised their hands, "yes Jenny?"

"Can we have seconds Aunt Skye?"

She nodded, "yes but after you eat what you take first. Kids first then adults, go now!"

All the kids raced to the table and grabbed plates before starting to make their hot dogs and hamburgers. Skye rolled her eyes as the kids fought over who would get the ketchup bottle next until Adara pointed out there were three bottles to use.

"Sure you'll have enough?" Coulson moved over and looked at the table, "I'm not sure anyone else will get any the way they are gathering food. You'd think they don't feed them at the Youth Academy."

A snort came from May, "they feed them more than we got fed when we attended the Academy. It's not healthy either, it'd kill our training agents if they ate like they feed the kids at the YA."

Jemma Simmons' voice could be heard as she marched over to her daughter, the four year old had stolen food from one of the older kids. "Elizabeth Maria Anne Fitzsimmons, we do not steal food from other people. It's quite rude and unsanitary."

"Sorry."

"No you're not!" Her brother piped up and the four year old reached over to attack him, he put down his plate and run. "Try and catch me, you're too small!"

"You're stupid!" She yelled and ran after him, for a four year old she was fast.

"Honestly!" Fitz seemed to step in and grab the four year old, she was still kicking when he picked her up. "You're like an ICER you are, small and silent but powerful."

"James is in Lola!" One of the kids yelled and Coulson was gone moments later.

May shook her head as Skye sat beside her, "why did he insist on adopting those two trouble makers. They make you look like the ideal child."

Skye shrugged, "I'm perfect and you said yes to both re-marrying him and adopting them."

"Don't remind me."

"Let me go!" The grunted loud voice of James Coulson was heard as he was dragged by the collar of his shirt.

"You're going to tell your mother what you were doing in my vehicle." Coulson put the boy in front of May, "go ahead and tell her what you were doing." The boy crossed his arms and stayed silent, "okay, no? He was reading pornography in my vehicle!"

May merely looked at her husband, "he's thirteen, if you think that's the worst that will happen then I suggest you think back to when you were thirteen."

"Coulson was thirteen?" Skye asked and chuckled before standing up, "come on James, we'll let them discuss how to punish you while you eat."

"Thanks Skye." He started to follow till she put her arm around his shoulder and squeezed his shoulder.

"Not so fast." Skye looked over at her husband, "Grant come over here and have a talk with James about the appropriate way to inquire about the female species instead of magazines."

James groaned, "kill me now."

Ward grabbed the boy by the back of the neck and hauled him into the control room, sitting him on a stool. What seemed like an hour later, while everyone was eating the boy emerged and handed May a $20. He then went to a bunk and shut the door, Ward moved out of the room with a smug look on his face.

"How bad did you scare him?"

"Nothing too bad." Ward shrugged and sat down beside Skye across from May and Coulson. "I may have mentioned how I didn't know anything until I went to the academy and how horrible things turned out there because I didn't ask question and relied on materials instead. He decided paying you back for the magazine was best and agreed to sign up for Interpersonal Communication next quarter."

"You scarred my son." May stated bluntly and Skye snorted. "Considering how bad you're scarring the kids at the YA I think I should question your mentoring abilities."

"Scarring them how?" Coulson looked concerned as he asked, it was Sahra who was the one to pipe up.

"They make out in the halls all the time and now I have no social life because everyone thinks my parents are disgusting. As if the who freak-factor of them not aging wasn't bad enough!"

Skye shrugged, "you're sixteen, you don't need a social life."

"Yeah well at this rate I'll be the only girl never to get a date to the Winter Gala!" Sahra stood up and crossed her arms. "Adara has a date and she's eight!"

"What!" Ward's head snapped around and eyed the eight year old who was playing jacks with Oliver.

Adara looked up at her father, her eyes bright as Skye's and a smile that rivaled her mother's. "Oliver asked me to be his dance partner, he's not a very good dancer Daddy and Aunt Tasha taught me. I promised so he wouldn't feel weird standing against the wall."

"I'm asking Afa!" Eydon popped off and Skye laughed, the look on Ward's face was priceless. Coulson and May seemed to chuckle as well at the sight of the normally calm specialist looking as if he'd lose it.

A/N: Okay that's a weekend holiday on the Bus eight years later! So you guys know, Eydon's name is Enyn and is pronounced Aiden.

So sorry it's over but it was time.

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