Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Who Are Skye’s Parents?

Last night’s season finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. concluded most of the season’s long arcs, but still left us wondering about what it is that makes Skye so special. Towards the end of the episode, we get a glimpse of Raina visiting someone. She hands them a picture of Skye and says, “I found your daughter.” The person picks up the photograph and we can see blood running down his hand.If we’re trying to figure out the mystery of Skye’s parentage that’s not a lot to go on, but we have some other clues. We know from things Raina has said in previous episodes that she believes there is a connection between herself and Skye. We also know that Raina has an interest in evolution and people with special powers.As for Skye, we know that she was identified as an object of unknown origin by S.H.I.E.L.D. Later, Raina tells Ward that she had heard about Skye. Apparently, as an infant, Skye showed up in China. Monsters destroyed the town she was in, attempting to find baby Skye. Many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents died keeping Skye safe from those monsters. Raina also revealed that those monsters were Skye’s parents.We also know that Raina was being examined by the Clairvoyant with the same mindreading machine that was being used on Agent Coulson. Meanwhile, Skye was given the same GH 325 serum that Coulson was given in order to save her life, but Skye hasn’t exhibited any of the weird effects of it the way Garrett or any other test subjects did.Putting all of this together, it would seem that Skye – and presumable Raina – aren’t isolated incidents of unusualness. They seem to be part of something much larger. Presumably, these monsters that hunted Skye are part of a larger race of such monsters that Skye and Raina are connected to.Of course, if this is true then why haven’t Skye and Raina showed the same monstrous abilities? Well, perhaps they haven’t been triggered yet. It’s possible that Skye and Raina are descendants of the Inhumans.This is all assuming that Marvel has plans to introduce the Inhumans into their universe at all, and there have been theories and rumors about that possibility. The Inhumans are a mysterious subspecies of humanity that has superhuman powers. These superhuman abilities would easily explain how they were able to easily level a Chinese village or two and take out some S.H.I.E.L.D. agents along the way.