The Past Collides Chapter 4
AN: I honestly can't remember if Elena or Mack ever met Ward when he wasn't Hive, so for the purpose of this story, they didn't. They knew of him, but had never met him (Framework Ward doesn't count).
I found an amazing unknown quote online that is literally the last line of the chapter. It speaks perfectly to Ward and Daisy's relationship. No copyright infringement is intended (but being as it's unknown, I'm not sure that even applies) but I've said it.
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And meet me on the battlefield
Even on the darkest night
I will be your sword, your shield, your camouflage
And you will be mine
-Battlefield by Svrcina
2018- Lighthouse (Portland, Oregon)
May and Coulson filled Jemma and Fitz in on their theory of why Ward was brought to the future. They agreed that it seemed the most logical explanation and that they must find the monolith to stop Hydra from getting to it and attempting to bring Hive through (again).
The group decided to get some lunch and headed to the kitchen. They found Mack and Elena already sitting and joined them.
"So that's Grant Ward." Elena said.
"Yeah." May responded bitterly
"I don't know the guy. I know that he was undercover Hydra and that he did some nasty shit to you all, but I only knew the guy once he was Hive, which I guess really doesn't count…" Mack said and trailed off looking at Elena.
"So why the hostility?" she asked.
Jemma, Fitz, May and Coulson looked at each other.
"You don't know everything he did to us." Coulson retorted.
"But that's the thing sir, technically anything he "did" after he was transferred to his brother never happened."
"It doesn't change anything." May said angrily
"While I understand that we all have strong feelings about this situation, I think we need to look at it in a different light." Jemma said.
"How do you mean?" Coulson asked.
"Well. For me personally sir, I may not be able to forgive Ward for everything he did in our past, I'm also not going to hold him accountable for things he hasn't done."
"You and Fitz should hate him as much as we do." May said.
"I chose years ago to let go of my hatred. Hating Ward took so much energy, to stay angry at him wasn't going to fix anything. It wasn't making me feel better. While I may not have been able to forgive the Ward from our past, I no longer hate him." Jemma replied.
"He killed Rosalind, Agent thirty three and countless others." Coulson retorted.
"Technically sir, he hasn't. The timeline has now changed. I'm sure Rosalind and Kara are alive."
"He dumped you and Fitz in the ocean and left you to die!" May yelled.
"Yes, but the infirmary was designed to float." Fitz replied "Ward knew this. He could have put a bullet in our heads but instead he dropped us into the ocean in a capsule that was designed to float. He couldn't have known that it was defective and it wouldn't float."
"How did you learn that?" Mack asked.
Jemma and Fitz exchanged a look before she spoke up, "I began looking into the specifications of the infirmary. I discovered that it was designed to float and that Ward had been looking at the specifications prior to dumping us into the ocean. He knew it was supposed to float. It was his way of following Garrett's order to kill us without actually killing us."
"He did it to save you then." Elena responded
"Precisely"
"One good deed doesn't outweigh everything he did to us." May said
"No, but look around." Jemma said "Who is the missing from this room?"
Coulson and May sighed before responding together, "Daisy"
"Exactly and where is Daisy right now?"
"With Ward." Coulson muttered
"If she, the one person who was betrayed and hurt and destroyed more than anyone by Ward, can be willing to help him, to explain things to him, to eventually forgive him, because we all know she will, then the rest of us should be able to follow her lead." Jemma sternly told her team.
After sitting for another fifteen minutes in companionable silence, Daisy suggested that they head back inside the Lighthouse.
"How did you end up here?" Ward asked.
Daisy sighed, "It's a really long story that I'm going to save for another day okay."
Grant nodded and followed her back into the building. She ended up leading him to her room.
"Since we don't have another room set up right now, you can take mine. You should get some rest." she told him.
"I don't want to inconvenience you."
"Grant, it's okay. I'm sure we won't be here much longer as we have a theory as to why you were brought here and we'll need to leave soon."
Grant walked over and sat down on the bed.
"Why do you think I was brought here?" he questioned
Daisy went over and sat next to him, "We think it has something to do with Hive. We believe that Hydra never intended to have the vessel for Hive to be a human. They would send human sacrifices to keep in happy and intact but their plan really was to have it take the body of an inhuman, which would make it almost undefeatable. By taking you from the past, this opens it up for Hydra to try to get the monolith, reopen the portal and send an inhuman for Hive to possess."
Ward laid down on her bed and rubbed his hands over his face, "this is way too much information to process."
"I know. I'm sorry." She stood up and headed towards the door "get some rest."
Before she could leave, she heard Grant whisper, "will you please stay with me." Her heart broke at the weakness coming from him. She turned and headed back to the bed and climbed in next to him, taking his hand as he drifted off to sleep.
She pulled out her phone and sent a text to Coulson.
Back in the kitchen, Coulson's phone buzzed with the incoming text.
"Daisy just sent me a text. Told Grant everything. Please find Andrew. Grant needs him." Coulson read aloud.
May rolled her eyes and looked at him for guidance.
"Do it. Find Andrew and let's get him here."
"Phil…" May replied.
"Jemma's right May. If Daisy, the person he hurt more than any of us, hell more than me, is willing to give him a chance and help him, we should be following her lead."
May sighed, "I don't understand why she is doing this."
"Yes you do." Coulson retorted "Because she loves him."
Daisy ended up falling asleep, she was awakened by a buzzing from her phone. She was a bit embarrassed that while she slept she ended up curled into Ward's body, her head on his chest, his arms securely around her, like she was a life preserver. She carefully reached over to her nightstand and grabbed her phone and read the text from Coulson.
"May contacted Andrew. Explained situation. He's on his way. Should be here in about 5-6 hours."
Daisy smiled. She knew when she sent the text to Coulson asking for Andrew that it would be tough for May to swallow. Hell, she knows it's going to be hard for the entire team to swallow, being willing to help Ward.
She's not even sure why she is willing to help him. Out of everyone on the team he hurt her the most, but she also knew she still loved him. Never wanted to admit it to anyone, Coulson kind of forced it out of her this morning. She had deliberately kept her feelings hidden, out of shame and fear. Shame that she still loved him and fear for the reaction her team would lay on her if they ever found out.
She was jolted out of her thoughts when Ward began to tremble. He began muttering under his breath. She could tell he was in the throes of a nightmare.
"Grant" she said sitting up and slightly shaking him "Grant...you're okay...you're safe"
Grant bolted up screaming so quickly it caused Daisy to be flung out of the bed. She quickly jumped up and went to him, putting her arms around him, muttering nonsensical words trying to get him to calm down. She could feel his tears falling on her shoulder.
"Grant...it's okay...breathe….you're safe...I'm here…."
Eventually his breathing returned to normal and he pulled away.
"I'm sorry." He whispered.
Daisy reached out her hand and placed it on his cheek, "you have nothing be sorry for." she whispered back.
"It was you...I was seeing everything again...you being shot by Quinn, except this time you died...then it shifted to me watching that Hive inhuman you spoke about kill you and I couldn't stop it…"
"Grant look at me." Daisy commanded, he complied and looked up at her. She took his hand and placed in on her heart, "Do you feel that?"
He nodded at feeling her heart beating, "I'm alive and I'm okay. Just like you are alive and you're okay."
"I'm not okay Daisy." Ward said "I'm messed up. I've done things. Horrible things. Even the things you said I did, I feel guilt over. I'm not a good man."
"I'm not going to lie to you Ward, you have done some horrible things. But I truly believe that if you want to, you can make amends, that you can be redeemed. It's not going to happen overnight. It's going to take a lot of hard work on your part and even on our parts, but I believe it can be done."
"I wish I could believe you." he mumbled.
Daisy sighed. "Do you remember what you told me the first time I went to see you in Vault D?"
Grant nodded, "I told you what I was telling you was the truth and that I would never lie to you again."
"Every time we spoke you repeated it over and over and over that you would never lie to you. I eventually had to take a leap of faith and believe you would always tell me the truth...and you did. I need you to take a leap of faith right now and believe me when I say, you can make amends, you can be redeemed but it's going to take time and we all have to work at it."
Grant stood up and walked to the other side of the room, running his hands over his face. He took a breath, turned around and said "Sometimes I wish I had never met you, become your friend or even fallen in love with you because then I wouldn't have hurt you as much as I did."
Daisy stood up and went to him, taking his hands in hers "Grant, meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control."
