Avenging You

Chapter 7

Parker

I hear a voice by my ear saying harshly, “Wake up.”

My eyes widen in surprise. I’m only used to waking up from AJ so hearing someone else really throws me off. I turn to the side and see Skye scowling at me. Man, she’s pissed with me.

I look down at AJ who is still soundly sleeping, and I slip out of the room. I follow her as she leads me outside. I ask, “What about my son?”

“Somebody else will watch him. You’re joining me for a training. We need to see if you’re still in any shape and you and I need to talk anyways so let’s get to work.”

I smirk at her, “You’re feisty.”

She rolls her eyes dramatically at my comment then said, “Come on, time for laps.”

I nod and follow her lead staying right behind her the whole time. I know I need to do well in this training to keep some ounce of respect with her.

She states as she runs, “You abandoned me.”

I sigh, “I’m sorry, Skye.”

I want to stop and talk, but she doesn’t stop her run, so I don’t stop either as I follow her. She doesn’t say anything, and I remain quiet for now allowing her to take the lead.

Once we do our laps, she sends an electric shock right towards my feet and she smirks at me, so I know that she did it on purpose. I huff as I get prepared to fight with my powers. She says as she sends another electric bolt towards me and I dodge it, “You were supposed to be my mom, why didn’t you take me with you?”

I answer, “Skye, I was in mourning. I wasn’t in the right mindset to have a baby and adding being responsible for a teenager all by myself… I didn’t think I could handle it. I knew that you would be taken care of and loved here. I thought you would be better off here.”

She rushes towards me and I dodge her and stick my leg out making her trip. She moves towards me and I levitate her making it where she can’t come after me. I say, “I never wanted to leave you, Skye. I loved you, but I thought I was doing the best thing for you.”

Her eyebrows furrow in concentration and frustration and she sends another bolt my way and I let go of her as I dodge again. I really don’t want to feel an electric shock run through me so I’m willing to dodge as much as I need to.

She hisses at me, “Do you know the kind of issues I have had due to you leaving me? Why didn’t you want me?”

Tears are beginning to pour down her face and I walk towards her and I see her in a defensive stance still ready to electrocute me to get her anger out. And she yells again, “You abandoned me, Parker!”

I realize that she may need to shock me a little in order to get her anger out. If that’s what she has to do, then I will allow her to because I need to fix this relationship with her.

I walk towards her and wrap my arms around her. I feel small shocks going through my body as she hugs me back and I try my hardest not to groan about the pain. The shocks soon stop as she sobs into my shoulder.

She looks up at me and my heart breaks seeing her teary eyes as she looks at me and asks with a quivering voice, “Why wa-wasn’t I e-en-enough?”

I get us to sit on the ground and I hold her in my arms and stroke her hair as I try to calm her down. When her sobs have calmed, I say, “Skye, it’s not that you weren’t enough. I loved you so much I wanted to give you the best life and I did not think that it was best for you to be with me. Hunter was after me and I had to get away to try to protect all of you and for myself and my son. I wanted to bring you, but I knew that then there would be a bigger chance of him finding us and then it would be harder for me to protect you.” I sigh, “I knew that Tom, Emma, Jasper, Ava, and Ryan would all love you and care for you just as much as I did if not love you even more. I’m so sorry I hurt you, sweetie, but I just wanted to keep you safe.”

She nods as my words process through her head and she asks, “Why did you have to leave without even saying bye?”

I exhale deeply and say, “Skye, if I saw any of you, I would’ve changed my mind. I had to do it when I did because I had to keep my baby safe.”

She sits up and looks at me and asks, “Then what changed? Why are you here if your whole goal is to keep him safe?”

“I saw the explosion on the news, and I had to come and see if you all made it to the bunker. At that point I knew I had to take the risk.”

She nods in understanding and we sit together in silence and she asks, “Are you here to stay?”

I bite my lower lip not wanting to lie to her so I answer, “I don’t know.”

It’s silent once again and after a few minutes I ask, “Are we okay?”

She nods slowly, “We’re a little better. I wouldn’t say we’re fully ‘okay’ yet.”

I smile in understanding and she asks, “How hard has it been being on your own with a baby?”

I chuckle, “It’s gotten a little easier now that he’s older, but that newborn period where I was getting very little sleep was killer because unless I hired someone I had nobody there to give me a break and I had a hard time trusting anyone even if I hired them.”

“And it’s just the two of you? No man in the picture?”

I nod, “I never tried to date. No one can replace Ashton and I don’t really want to attempt to try dating as a single mom especially with all the Aberrations that could be lurking around.”

She nods in understanding and we hear the hatch open up and we both turn towards the sound. I smile as Tom’s head pops up and then he helps AJ out. AJ runs towards me, “Mama!”

He jumps into my lap and then looks towards Skye thoughtfully and I can tell she’s uncomfortable as she says, “Um, good morning, kid.”

He smiles, “Call me AJ! Could we be friends? I like you!”

I chuckle at his bluntness and she giggles and says, “Sure, you want to get something to eat, AJ?”

At that moment his stomach grumbles loudly and we all laugh as Skye takes him back into the bunker. Tom looks at me and says, “It’s good to have you back, Parker.”

I nod in agreement and I say, “You’re not going to get onto me for leaving?”

He sits beside me and says, “No, I don’t see a point in lecturing you. I understand why you did what you did and to be honest if Emma had been pregnant and Hunter was attacking her, we probably would’ve done the same thing. I just wish you would’ve at least had Ashton by your side and not had to be alone for everything.”

I nod in agreement and he says, “Based on how happy AJ is though I would think you’re doing a pretty good job with him.”

I smile softly, “I’ve done everything that I can to give him the best life.”

He nods, “You’ve done well, Parker.”

I say, “Thank you.”

He smiles, “I’m sorry you had to come back and potentially put him in danger.”

I sigh heavily and nod as I think of my next words then say, “It’s time to take Hunter down. I can’t hide any longer. I should’ve killed him last time and didn’t… I won’t make that mistake again.”

“I know you won’t… I do have to ask you one thing though.”

I look towards him and he asks, “Did you have to bring the dog?”

I laugh and say, “Sorry, AJ can’t sleep without him. He’s part of the family.”

Tom playfully rolls his eyes and we go back inside to join the others for breakfast.