Chapter 7: Ambush
They didn't talk on their way to get Lash. Having had to take a plane anyway, as Lash hadn't left the U.S, but she had a mission to do, and it didn't involve making nice talk with Ward. she didn't need him interfering in any way whatsoever. The old house stood, surrounded by trees, obscuring it from view. Not even sparing ward a glance, she looked towards the old house and took a deep breath.
He must have sensed their presence, because at that moment, a cracking noise could be heard from the door, and in a second the whole archway had been demolished, and a large blue hand wrapped around her throat cutting off her air supply.
Letting out a choked gasp, air being cut off from her. She tried to speak but could barely get a word out as he continued to crush her wind pipe.
Flames began surrounding ward, enveloping him. "let her go!" he said, the flames getting higher, the ground scorching and sizzling beneath his feet. Lash snapped his head to look over at Ward "it was foolish of you to come here, now you will both die" he rumbled, his voice deep and low at the same time.
Letting her power go, the ground began to rumble around them, shaking violently, the house starting to crack, and the wood splintering, and the ground beneath their feet shaking.
Releasing a hoarse cry, she unleashed a single vibration from her body, sending lash flying backwards into the house, which collapsed after that the whole thing coming apart.
Panting softly, she rubbed her throat trying to massage the ache coming from it. Looking over at Ward concerned, she frowned wanting to touch and comfort him, but also afraid of getting to close to the fire.
"Hey Ward, stop, I am fine" she said, softly reaching a hand out towards him, but still not coming into physical contact. The fire after that died, but she could still see emotions flickering across his face.
"This was a bad idea, we should have never come here" he said, gritting his teeth. His hands balling into tight fists, his knuckles almost turning white. "We didn't have a choice, and were here now" she croaked, her voice still hoarse from being strangled.
Movement came from the debris, causing the both to startle. Taking a step back she stood there hesitantly, waiting for Lash to make the next move, if he chose to attack her again she wouldn't be unprepared this time.
"Why did the both of you come here?" he said, his voice low and deep. Flickering her eyes to Wards for a second, she took a deep breath and began speaking "We unleashed something, its bad, very bad, and you're the only one who can stop it. The creature came from a different world through the monolith, and took on the face of John Garret, or stole his body I don't exactly know" she said, quietly and in almost a whisper.
"You released Hive from his prison!" Lash thundered, his voice bellowing, as Daisy winced. So, the creature had a name and apparently lash knew what they were facing, could this day get any worse.
"Wait the thing has a name" Ward said, letting out a laugh at the stupidity, even though Daisy didn't find this funny at all. Giving Ward a sharp glare. Effectively shutting him up.
"Can you kill it then; can you kill Hive?" she asked, pleadingly hoping that they could fix this, what they had done. Lash let out a single nod, and she released a breath she had been holding. "I am the only one who can" he boomed, his voice rumbling.
"Great, so you're going to get on that right" he said clapping his hands together and waiting. "You both will help me. Hive is planning on getting an army together, one that he can control, but I can keep you from getting brainwashed like the others"
Before she could even question what he was talking about, his hand glowing bright blue shot out and connected with her chest, feeling a burning pain enter her chest, she fell backwards and let out a cry of pain, as her body writhed on the floor in agony.
Ward falling next to her after the same had been done to him. The agony only lasted a few more second, before daisy blinked slowly, pushing herself up and to her feet, Ward doing the same.
Reaching out he grabbed her face softly, his thumb running over her cheek, as he examined her and made sure she was ok "Well that sucked" he said, breathlessly and laughing quietly to himself. Grabbing her arms, he pulled her up with him and glanced at Lash. "So were doing this, together, all three of us are going to take on Hive⦠well ok" he said, grinning cheekily despite the situation they found themselves in.
Taking a deep breath, she nodded. She wasn't exactly comfortable working with either of them, but right now she didn't have a choice. "How are we going to find Hive?" she asked not even sure how far he had gotten since there last encounter.
"I know how to find him, I'll know where he is" Lash grumbled, but didn't say anymore after that. This guy was about as talkative as Ward, but at least he had intelligent things to say.
Making their way back towards civilization, Ward had his hand on her back, she could feel the warmth radiating from his hand, causing her to blush. Ever since Lash had almost strangled her Ward had been acting weird, almost keeping her close to him.
Pushing her way past the greenery. She stepped out, just taking a step onto the gravel that came from the road. When a click caused her to freeze in her tracks.
Raising her head slowly, she looked up cautiously and found herself staring into the barrel of a gun. Looking past it, she saw shield agents swarming the area, and among them stood her team, looking at her with mixtures of emotions crossing their faces.
Betrayal was the one most prominent on their faces. Ward and Lash standing next to her, it was almost like something you would see in a movie, a shootout waiting to happen.
Seeing her team standing there was the worst, the looks flickering over her face, that she couldn't put into words. Her mouth going dry.
Ward grabbed her hand gently, squeezing it in soft comfort, but he couldn't save her from this. She didn't even know why he would want to. They weren't friends, and they weren't even on the same side, and yet feeling this comfort was nice, and helped to quell the nerves in her stomach.
At the end, it was Ward who ended up breaking the deafening silence. "Bet you didn't see this one coming, did you?" he said, trying to make the situation light, when nothing could calm the raging storm now brewing inside her.
This was an ambush, and they now knew the truth, by siding with Ward and working with him, she had ultimately betrayed Shield.
