Months had passed since Leo Fitz's funeral, the whole team visited him at least once a month; they felt that he deserved to know everything going on with them, whether it be that they survived another day or that they just wanted to see him. The team had restarted SHIELD up and it was better than ever, of course now they worked with the government and other law enforcement agents to capture the Hydra and Hydra like groups.

Coulson still led the team and he now had even more responsibilities as SHIELD's director; he made time for each of his jobs, but it did take a lot out of him. In the past months he worked with the team on missions and in between when they weren't working on the mission he switched over to SHIELD director items. He worked hard and whenever he felt as if he was drained, May and the rest of the team were there to help along; he was grateful for everything they were doing for him.

May worked with Coulson as his second in command, like Maria Hill was to Nick Fury; they worked well together and bounced things off one another about some of the different things they need to work on. She and the rest of the team had gone to where they were holding Grant Ward to interrogate him on why he would do the things that he had done. And at first Coulson didn't want anyone in there with May, but as Coulson thought about it he realized Jemma was the one person Ward had hurt most; he thought he deserved to see the hurt that he had caused.

Triplett agreed with Coulson that Jemma shouldn't have to go through the pain of watching or even being near Ward; Ward after all was the person who had caused her the most pain. So as they got closer to Ward's location he watched over Jemma more and more; he worried that they would need to sedate her again if she got hysterical with grief. Triplett wasn't the only one who didn't want Jemma to go in with May; Skye didn't want to see Jemma in pain again and if she could she would take her spot just so she could hurt Ward.

Skye stayed with Jemma almost every second of every day for the past several months; she watched her fall apart the first time and she was worried that Jemma would break down again if she went with May and talked with Ward. Skye and Jemma had official become a couple after a couple months of spending so much time together and finally admitting what they felt for each other after one of missions landed Skye in the hospital with a broken arm. They knew before they went to talk with Ward about why he had turned on them, what they felt about one another and spent the last few months learning more and more about each other.

Jemma was devastated about what Ward did and how he could still follow orders after everything that had happened, but she needed to hear from him the reasons behind what he did. So even if Coulson told her that she couldn't talk with Ward about what he had done, she was still going to go with May. Skye and the rest of the team all had their doubts about her being able to handle what she would learn, but she pushed through enough to hear from Ward why he did the things that he did.

~The day Jemma and May went to see Ward~

"May, Jemma?" Ward said as May entered the cell followed by Jemma. "What are you doing here?"

"We've come to talk." May said as she let Jemma sit down across from Ward.

"What do you want to know?"

"Who are you?" Jemma asked. Ward closed his eyes for a second for a moment to think about what he was going to say; May watched from near the corner close enough to protect Jemma, but far enough that Jemma could ask Ward the questions she needed answered.

"I'm Grant Ward. I didn't lie about everything." Ward replied.

"Why did you join Hydra?"

"Because Garrett asked me to."

"Why would you listen to him?"

"He got me out of juvie, he gave me a second chance to make myself a man."

"Why were you in juvie?"

"I tried to kill Roger my brother."

"Why?"

"He tried to kill my little brother Matt. He used to beat us. I guess that's where I learned that I was weak. Garrett taught me to be strong. I tried to burn down the house him and my parents inside. Matt was out of the house that night and I just wanted to protect him."

"How did Garrett teach you to be strong?"

"He abandoned me in the forest with nothing, but the few clothes I had and a puppy. I taught myself what to do to survive."

"Just because of that you betrayed us. Didn't you care at all about us?"

"Jemma, I did care and that's the problem."

"How is that a problem? How could you do it? Do feel nothing?"

Jemma was starting to cry and May moved a little closer to give her some comfort; Ward bowed his head, he couldn't look Jemma in the eyes if she was crying.

"I was weak. Garrett said that emotions hurt people and if I was to become a man I had to feel nothing. That's the problem I felt too much around you guys."

"YOU THINK EMOTIONS HURT! HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL RIGHT NOW?! YOU TOOK AWAY MY BROTHER! WE WERE A FAMILY AND YOU HURT US! DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD DO TO US?!" Jemma yelled at Ward. Ward didn't say anything, he couldn't he knew how much it was hurting her from looking at her.

"Jemma breathe." May said softly putting a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry Jemma." Ward said after a few minutes of listening to May calming Jemma down. "I only know how to follow orders. It's the only thing I'm good at. I truly am sorry for what I've done and I know you'll never forgive me, but I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I've been here thinking about everything and I know what I had with you guys was a family, a family I never had one that didn't hurt me, that loved me. I know that obeying Garrett ruined everything, but when I was in juvie I just wanted out. He gave me a way out. I owed him. He saved my life."

"And what about us? Why did he send you to us?" Jemma said calmer than before.

"He wanted to know how Coulson survived. He wanted me to investigate it. Find how to save him. Garrett was sick he wanted a cure."

"Is that what we were to you? Just a mission, an order to follow."

"No, I did care about you guys. I started to feel that I could be a man, a good man, but when we found 'the clairvoyant' Garrett told me to kill him. I thought that that would be the end. I keep you from knowing it was Garrett. Then Hydra came out, I knew he'd want me to do what I was on the team for."

"And what was that? Other than finding out why Coulson lived."

"That was it, he wanted me to use my interrogation methods to find out how exactly Coulson was alive. He didn't tell me that until you guys were closing in on the guy Garrett got to be 'the clairvoyant' and Hydra came out."

"Why wouldn't you look at us? When you were pulling the lever."

"Because if I looked at you, I knew I'd change my mind. I knew I had to save Garrett, but I didn't want to lose you. If I had looked at you I knew I wouldn't be able to do the one thing that I was ordered to do; I wouldn't have found the cure to saving Garrett, because I would have chosen you…I thought it would float."

"What?"

"I thought the pod would float, it was supposed to float. It's meant to float."

"How come you still stayed by Garrett even after that, when he told you to get Skye?" May asked, wondering why he didn't come back to them.

"Because I don't do anything for myself; I follow the orders that I'm given." Ward replied softly, "I've never did anything for myself before I met you guys. I wanted to be a part of you guys, but I had to save Garrett."

"Why did you feel that you had to save Garrett?" Jemma asked suddenly feeling like she could see part of why Ward did what he did.

"He was someone I thought of like a father. He got me out when I was fifteen. I wanted nothing more than a good father figure and I thought he was it. Jemma I know that none of this excuses what I did, but I truly am sorry. I never meant for Fitz to die." Ward said as a few tears fell down his face. "If I'd known that it would have sank I wouldn't have pull the lever. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry I hurt you, I'm sorry I killed Fitz. I'm sorry."

"I know you're sorry, but I can't forgive you that easy Grant. I wish you could have had a different life, one where you didn't have to fight all the time or think that you can't do something for yourself. I'm sorry you were hurt so much as a child, I'm sorry that your parents weren't good people."

"I should have made better choices. I shouldn't have listened to Garrett. I should have known how to be good. I should have been opposite of my parents."

"We've got to get back to the bus for today. We'll be back." May said knowing that after this Jemma was going to need time to think along with the rest of the team; they had been listening in the other room.

"Okay, May. Goodbye Jemma, until next time." Ward said as he nodded to May and stood with Jemma.

"Goodbye Grant." Jemma said surprised that Ward was being polite to her; she had mixed feelings about him now and didn't know what to believe, he was so open with her.

~Present time~

Thinking back on that moment Jemma only felt a little surprised when Coulson decided to give Ward a second chance at being a part of the team; she was the first one that everyone thought about before they let him anywhere near the bus. But Jemma had seen the real Grant Ward that day and every day that she saw him after that; she knew he was a changed man and that he wanted to be a good man, one that she was proud of, trusted, and cared about.

And today was no different as he was reinstated in to SHIELD; he had proved to them that he was a good agent, a trustworthy agent and that he wasn't going to turn on them ever again. His journey was a hard one and a long one, but Jemma, out of all of the team, was the first one who helped him; she listened to him and gave him advice which he took and used.

Ward's relationship with Skye at first was troubled, after all he loved her, but they both knew that it wasn't going to last; Skye was in love with Jemma and she was never going to stop loving her. At first he was hurt, but he realized after he saw them together that she never loved him like she loved Jemma; he was happy for them and was pleased that he'd at least have them as family. He made it his mission to make the team happy again, so after the first couple of months they started movie night and game night up again; everyone enjoyed those nights a lot. Ward also promised that he'd never hurt them again and he kept that promise until the day he died.