Chapter One
Bobbi was stuck. She hated being stuck in a hospital bed all day, doing nothing. She did enjoy Hunter's company, but she often found herself wondering what would happen after she recovered. She had just gone through her last surgery on her leg and she could now move it a little bit more than she could before. One of the doctors had told her that she could probably be moving around on crutches in about a week. Which was both good and bad news.
The good part about it was that she could finally get out of the stupid hospital bed. Even though she wouldn't be going on missions for a while, she could still help out. Managing the missions from HQ. The bad news was, that she and Hunter would have to finally talk about what she said when the morphine was still in her system. After she said that, Hunter and her avoided talking about, agreeing that the right time to talk was when this was all over.
"Knock, knock" she heard someone say in a quiet whisper. She turned her head to see Skye standing there. "Hey" she replied. Skye glanced at Bobbi, then at Hunter in the chair next to her. "Hunter's still asleep?" asked Skye. "Yeah," Bobbi said, noticing that he was still sitting next to her, "I just woke up" she replied. "Oh, how are you feeling?" Skye stated. Bobbi gave her a sympathetic smile, as Skye continued. "Which is probably a stupid question considering you were kidnapped by my psycho ex-boyfriend and his equally psycho girlfriend and then tortured and left practically for dead."
Bobbi just smiled at her. "How are you? Considering I don't think we've talked yet at all." Bobbi asked her. "Coulson gave me an assignment, to find more people like me, to assemble a new team." She replied. "Oh," Which was all Bobbi could say in response to that. Hunter started to stir. "Well I better leave you two alone, talk to you later." Skye said as she started to leave. "Thanks Skye," Bobbi told her. Skye was almost out the door when she heard Bobbi's response, which made her turn around. Through the door frame, she told her. "Oh yeah, its um, Daisy now."
Without any time to process that, or ask her why she changed it, she was gone. Hunter was waking up when he noticed Bobbi's expression on her face. "What is it Bob?" he asked her. "So, um, Skye's Daisy now? we're you ever going to tell me?" She laughed at him. "I knew she was going to come by, so I told her that she should tell you herself." he responded. "Why did she change it?" Bobbi asked him. "I heard that it was her original birth-name, so she decided to stick with it, in memory of her mother and her father, since his brain was wiped using the T.A.H.I.T.I protocol." He responded to her. "Oh, I guess I need to get caught up on whats going on." Bobbi told him.
Hunter let out a laugh. "Yes believe me, It's been crazy, but knowing you and me, what we've been through, Crazy is kind of normal." He exclaimed. After an awkward moment of silence, Bobbi asked him, "So, any word from May? Where she went? When she's coming back?" "No, not yet. If ask me, she's probably off somewhere tropical with her, ex." Hunter responded smugly.
"So, any word from the Doc about how long you'll be in this bed?" He asked her. "Yeah, one of them told that in about a week, I can be walking around the base." she responded. "That's good," he stated. "Maybe Coulson will let you manage some of the mission stuff from HQ, considering their about to start a worldwide manhunt for Ward."
The mention of his name made Bobbi shake slightly, but she kept her brave face on. "How are they going with that?" she asked him. "Not that great, considering we have no leads, as of yesterday, there is no Grant Ward, he's gone completely of the grid, needless to say, he's gone completely Mental." he responded to her. "After we got you out from where they were keeping you, we found Kara's body on the ground, we think he killed her, still unsure why though."
"Wait! Kara's dead?" exclaimed Bobbi. "When were you going to tell me this?" She shouted at him. "You were recovering! I didn't want to make it a heavier burden on you!" He shouted back at her. "I just wished someone would have told me. So you really think Ward killed her?" She said, lowering her voice because of the looks they were getting from the people in the lab. "Who else could? Most of our men were out, it was just me, May, and one other guard."
"Are you really feeling sympathetic right now? Last time I checked she was the one torturing YOU," He barked back. "Hunter, she didn't know any better, she was with Ward, he probably manipulated her in someway, I saw it." She said calmly. "She, at least, didn't deserve to die."
Coulson stared out the same window, like he did everyday. Lately, he had become slightly. He was thinking of all the things that had happened to his team, May left, Bobbi got tortured, Ward's gone off the grid, etc. The only visitor he really ever got was Daisy. Coulson had been respectful when she had sat him down to tell her about her decision to change her name.
She said, that all the things she went through, her mother dying and her father getting his memory wiped, she wanted to finally give them what they wanted, there daughter back. Now she visited him about every couple of hours every day. With that in mind, he heard a small knock on the door.
"Hey Daisy," He said as she walked in. "Hey," She responded, taking a seat. He sat down across from her. "How's your arm?" she asked him. "It's ok, I'm looking into some models, Hill said that she saw something at Stark industry's that might work out, but she'll have to come up with a damn good excuse." He responded. "How's the search going on finding other Inhumans?" he asked her
"Slow, having Lincoln helping me out has made the process much faster, even though he's still a little hesitant about joining us." she responded. After that they both sat there for a while, but Coulson could tell something was bothering her. "What is it?" he asked her. "What?" she exclaimed. "What's bothering you?" Daisy's eyes shifted down.
"It's just that, all my life, i've been wondering who my parents were, and after searching and searching, this is how it ended." Tears were starting to form in her eyes. "And now, my mother is dead, and my father doesn't even know who I am, and I know it's for the best, and I don't understand why, but I do miss him."
Coulson got up from his chair and sat himself next to the now crying Daisy. He put his arm around her as she cried into his shoulder. "I know," was all he could say. "But you have to remain strong. You have to be the best person you can be. Remember what I told you, before we went on that mission at the racetracks?" he asked her. She nodded her head. "You told me I wear my heart on my sleeve." She responded. "And that's what makes you, you, Daisy."
After a couple minutes the crying slowly ceased. "Thanks," Daisy told him. "I told Lincoln that I would give him an official tour of the base, so I should get going." She said as she wiped away the tears from her eyes. "Ok," he said.
Coulson stared at the girl who he had become a father to as she left his office, he admired how strong she had become. As he walked back to the same window, he now felt a new energy rush through him. He's the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. He has to lead his team and whats left of his organization. He has to fight for all the souls that were lost and for what remains of his small, dysfunctional family.
And he couldn't do that from a window.
To be continued…
Authors Note: Hey guys, I know I haven't written a story in a while, but I thought why not start a new one? I hope you enjoyed it. I don't know how many chapters I'm planning on having but hopefully I'll update often. Incase you were wondering, I will get to the Simmons incident story line, but I have something different and interesting planned. I just came back from comic con, and fortunately got to see the AOS panel, and learned that Skye is now going to be called Daisy, so I thought i'd incorporate that into the story. Anyway, don't forget to R&R! Thank You!
