The Past Collides

AN: This was an incredibly hard chapter to write. I was in tears the entire time I was writing…immersing myself in what Daisy would say and it broke my heart. I'd probably be a horrible writer for the show. LOL.

Also, going with where the Lighthouse is actually located (IRL), which is Portland, Oregon.

Disclaimer: Yeah I own nothing! If I did, well the writers would have never killed Ward off.

Peace will come when one of us puts down the gun

Be strong for both of us

No please, don't run, don't run

Eye to eye, we face our fears unarmed on the battlefield

-Battlefield by Lea Michele

April 2018- Lighthouse (Portland, Oregon)

It was over.

They had saved the world.

Daisy was no longer going to be known as the "destroyer of worlds".

Where to go now though? That was the discussion at hand.

"We don't have many choices. The Playground has been partially destroyed by explosions. The Hub is under military control." Coulson told the team, "Providence is still habitable."

"No." Daisy replied "No. Anywhere but Providence."

Before the team could respond, she turned and walked to the other side of the room to compose herself.

The team exchanged looks with one another and lowered their voices.

"I thought she could handle going back to Providence." Coulson stated.

"Well, Phil, that's where she discovered Ward was Hydra." May retorted.

"Sir. She loved him and that's where her world fell apart." Simmons replied.

"It's been four years."

"She's been off since we got out of the framework. She won't admit it and it's been very subtle…" May told the team.

"The framework?" Coulson questioned, "What does the framework have to do with anything?"

Jemma sighed, "Sir. Daisy and Ward were together in the framework. Well Skye and Ward were. Ward was madly in love with her, just like ours was….but you know….not evil."

Coulson nodded and walked over to Daisy, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"I'm fine." She said and turned around.

"No. You're not and I'm sorry that I haven't noticed. I'm sorry that I haven't been there for you to talk to."

"There's nothing to talk about."

"You're lying Daisy. You're lying to yourself and you're lying to me." Coulson stated.

Daisy sighed and slid down the wall to a sitting position. Coulson followed suit and sat next to her. She sighed and ran her hands over her face.

"What happened in the framework?"

"When I first came to in the framework I was in the tub. I got a text telling me to get my boyfriend, that we had to get to work. I assumed it was Lincoln. I was shocked, to say the least, when I saw it was Ward. I tried to play it cool...but in reality I was a downright bitch to him and it was because of everything our Ward had done. He figured out I wasn't his "Skye" and confronted me. Just like he said he wouldn't lie to me...I couldn't lie to him. I told him the truth...and he still agreed to help Jemma and I. He did it because he loved me..her..whatever." Daisy took a breath before continuing, in an attempt to keep the tears from falling. "He continued to help me even after he found out his Skye was playing him."

"Playing him?"

"Yeah" Daisy said, wiping the stray tear that had fallen, "She knew he was a S.H.I.E.L.D agent and that was why she insisted on them moving in together. She wanted to keep a closer eye on him. She was using him. I felt bad for him. He was so in love with her…and she betrayed him."

Daisy closed her eyes, allowing the tears to begin streaming down her face.

"I was happy he was hurting."

"Daisy..." Coulson said, taking her hand.

"He was feeling exactly how I felt when I discovered our Ward was Hydra…the betrayal and the pain and the utter loathing of myself for loving him."

"Daisy you did nothing wrong. You're human."

She took a deep breath and wiped her face. "When we were at the television station, he agreed to stay and run the broadcast, knowing he may die."

"I would hate for you to think I'm anything like the Grant Ward you knew over there."

"He asked me if he would get his Skye back. I said I didn't know but she's HYDRA. Do you know he didn't care? He loved her that much, that he was willing to look past everything she had done, everyone she had killed, to stay with her. I couldn't even do that for him."

Coulson squeezed her hand, allowing her to continue.

"I told him I didn't understand our Grant until I met him…that there was some good in him."

Daisy began to cry again, "I….I….I…"

"You miss him." Coulson said.

She nodded. Coulson put his arms around her and allowed her to cry…his heart breaking for the young agent.

2014- Playground (Classified, North America)

Ward walked silently as the two guards led him from Vault D. He had really been hoping to get through to Skye and not be handed over to his brother.

He saw her standing next to May, with an expression of hatred and hurt mixed on her face.

"Skye" he said as a black bag was placed over his head.

Once in the transport, he began to work at his handcuffs, he needed to get out of here.

The bag was removed from his head and he saw and unknown man sitting in front of him with a syringe.

"Now, now Agent Ward, no need for that. We were just about to remove them for you." The man stated as he plunged the syringe in Ward's thigh.

"What the hell…." Ward managed to get out before passing out.

"Let's go."