It had been months since Emily had been given the hallucinogen formula and each day she was getting back to her old self, which made Jemma and Skye very happy, it also included the team. They all had been worried about her because she had been so distant from them after she was dosed, she'd only been that distant when she first had joined the team and it concerned them that she was struggling with being around them. Jemma and Skye of course practically forced her to stay around them, in fear of what would happen if they left her alone; after all they were her mothers and they wanted to make sure that she got back to being herself.
Ward helped as much as he could with Emily, he felt that he was the reason she had to take the formula since they had both gone in to the Hydra base; he knew if he could have gone alone she wouldn't have needed to take the formula. Emily of course tried her hardest to make him see that it was either her or him and she was willing to be the person that they gave the formula to; they both didn't want the other to feel responsible and she reminded him that he was the one who got her out of there and that that was more important than her having to deal with the hallucinations. During the time where Emily was still seeing hallucinations Ward, Jemma, and Skye spent the night in Emily's room, one to keep her from hurting herself, and two to make sure that she didn't set the base on fire or flood it.
When Emily was finally stopped seeing hallucinations they allowed her more time on her own knowing that she was no longer going to hurt herself; the sessions with Andrew was also helping her through those times, but they still worried and would sometimes watch her through the video feeds. Emily didn't always understand why Jemma and Skye were so worried about her, but she also knew how much they cared and loved her and that trumped everything else going on. Emily was still able to work some missions depending on if she needed to be separated from Skye or Jemma during it; Coulson understood Skye and Jemma's worry and wanted to make it easier on them as well as on Emily who needed them at some points during a mission where she thought she saw someone.
But once Emily finally stopped seeing the people she was allowed to do missions without Jemma or Skye having to be by her side, which for Emily was sometimes a happy moment. Skye and Jemma understood that she was able to be on her own and no matter how much they wanted to protect her they had to let her do things her way sometimes in order to keep everything balanced. Ward of course when she wasn't with Jemma or Skye was the one by her side and he made sure he was the one by her side at those times. Emily of course knew that he only meant well, but every once in a while she was frustrated by the fact that he thought he needed to protect her.
"Grant I'm fine." Emily said as she and Grant entered the bus from the street, the latest mission had them gathering intel on the area.
"You fell out a window trying to catch the guy who was supposed to be giving us intel." Ward said as he led her into the lab where Jemma was waiting.
"He pushed me and I only fell a few feet."
"Don't care. Jemma, Emily fell out a window."
"How many feet?" Jemma asked as she pulled Emily over to a chair to check her over.
"About 15." Ward replied.
"It wasn't that much. And I'm fine." Emily said frustrated.
"Love just let me check you over and then you can be on your way." Jemma said as she began her assessment.
"All right, but I swear I'm fine mum."
"I know, but you know I worry."
"I do. Fine do all the tests you want."
"Thank you."
"Why is Jemma checking Emily over?" Skye said as she entered the room.
"She fell out a window when we were getting intel." Ward said.
"I didn't fall out the window, I was pushed and it wasn't even that high." Emily said stubbornly.
"15 feet."
"Dude stop that. They'll never let me leave if you keep it up."
"You swear you're not hurt." Skye asked.
"I swear mom. I'm just a little sore that's it. I didn't break anything. I'm fine." Emily said practically pleading with Skye so that Skye didn't forbid her from leaving and going on missions.
"You're all set, but here's some ibuprofen. If you start to feel worse come see me. Okay?" Jemma said as she handed Emily a couple pills.
"Okay mum." Emily said as she took the pills and hopped down from the chair and headed to the door.
"Don't forget you have training with Bobbi later today."
"I know mum."
"Hey Emily, come play battleship with me." Ward said as he followed Emily out.
"So I can beat you again." Emily said with a huge grin on her face.
"I'm sure I'll beat you this time."
"Whatever. Let's play." Emily said full of confidence, she and Ward headed to the living area of the bus to play.
"Relax Jem she knows it's important to train." Skye said pulling Jemma into a hug.
"I know I just worry about her." Jemma sighed.
"I know, she knows, and be happy that she still wants us around her. Last week she was threatening that if we didn't stop watching her like a hawk she was going to Coulson to have him assign us to a different area until we left her alone. She's a big girl, yes we are her mothers, but she is her own person."
"You're right. She's almost an adult and doesn't need us being hawks, but I just want her to be okay."
"And she will be, but I think if we push her to much with the watching her like a hawk she'll pull away from us permanently. And you and I both don't want that."
Jemma nodded and buried her face against Skye's neck, Skye just held her close knowing that she was having a hard time letting Emily be her own person. Yes, Emily still needed them some times, but she needed space to grow in to the woman they knew she would be.
"Come on let's go get some dinner started, you know the others won't do it." Skye said taking Jemma's hand in hers and led her upstairs to the kitchen area. Ward and Emily both were deep in thought when they passed them in the living area which seemed funny due to the fact that they were playing a children's game. Jemma grabbed some fish out of the frig and started the mini grill while Skye gathered the makings of a salad; each moved in sync with one another like they'd done it a million times, which was kind of funny due to the fact that they normally didn't cook the food.
"For being a kid's game those two seemed very deep in thought." Skye said with the laugh.
"They both are very competitive. Remember how upset Ward got if you beat him." Jemma replied.
"True."
"Emily's just as competitive, when we were first training her to use her gift she was determined to beat whoever she went against."
"Remember when she set Bobbi's baton on fire."
"Bobbi was furious."
"It was pretty funny though."
"She got second degree burns from that."
"Yeah, but Emily put the fire out almost as quickly as it started."
"Skye it took her half an hour to put it out."
"And she had been trying to start the fire as soon as Bobbi pulled out the baton."
"That doesn't matter, I knew we should have kept a fire extinguisher in the training area." Jemma said as Skye laughed a little before kissing her to keep her from going on. "You sure know how to end a conversation."
"Babe I would love to continue to stop the conversation that way, but we need to finish with dinner before we get bombarded by the others wondering where the food is." Skye said as she turned back to the counter to cut up the tomatoes and cucumber.
Shortly after Skye and Jemma finished with dinner the rest of the team showed up in the dining area, everyone talking about different things and multiple conversations going on at once. Emily and Ward helped Skye and Jemma bring the food from the kitchen to the dinner table, setting everything down and taking seats themselves.
"You all did a good job today." Coulson stated before grabbing the salad. 'Thanks' were heard all around as everyone began to fill their plates with food; everyone was enjoying the meal when the bus was suddenly hit by a small missile. May immediately got up and headed to the cockpit while the others gathered around the holotable to see what was going on.
"Skye pull up a satellite image of our location." Coulson said as Skye started to type on to the holotable's keyboard.
"The missiles are coming from a jet behind us. Here." Skye said as she pointed out the small jet behind them.
"I'll go tell May. Maybe I can help with maneuvers." Emily said as she got a nod from Coulson and headed to the cockpit.
"Who do you think it is?" Bobbi asked.
"I don't know, but we have to lose them before we can go back to the base." Coulson replied. "Head to the cargo hold and get strapped in."
And with that everyone other than Emily who was going to help May in the cockpit headed to the cargo hold, strapped themselves in, and waited for May to give the okay that they had lost the tail.
In the cockpit…
"What do you need me to do?" Emily asked as she strapped in next to May.
"Grab the stick. We're going to turn off the engines and then when they've past us we'll turn the engines back on and be behind them. And then we'll shoot them down." May said as she started to hit and turn certain switches and buttons.
"All right."
"Ready?"
"Yep."
"Here…we…go."
May quickly turned off the engines making the plane suddenly drop out of the sky, then just as quickly she turned them back on; the plane following them had gone passed them and now they were behind it.
"Turn on the missiles and lock on your target." May said as Emily did as she was told.
"Got it." Emily replied when she was locked on target.
"Fire."
May saw the writing on the side of the plane and knew it was a Hydra jet and she watched as the missile hit its' target and the jet exploded in to a bunch of pieces.
"Good shot." May said as she looked over to see Emily in panic mode, she knew that killing another person must have triggered something in her, "Hold on Emily." May said as she went over loud speaker to the cargo hold. "Jemma, Skye please come to the cockpit Emily needs you." She turned off the speaker and put the plane on autopilot so that she could turn her attention to Emily until Jemma or Skye got there. "Emily, look at me. You did the right thing. It's okay. You saved us. Don't think for a second that what you did was wrong. You need to take a deep breathe. Breathe in and out."
Soon Jemma and Skye were in the cockpit pulling Emily from the pilot seat and into the living area, May stayed in the cockpit and was visited by Coulson. May told Colson that Emily had to blow up the jet tailing them and that it was Hydra; he understood, but was worried about Emily and her wellbeing.
"She'll be okay Coulson. She just needs some time. The hallucinogen really did a number on her. It will be easier for her in the future, she won't have the same response." May said as she turned the plane back to her piloting.
"I'm worried she'll hesitate the next time she needs to kill someone." Coulson said as he took a seat next to May.
"Will work through it. She just needs some time."
"All right."
In the living area Jemma, Skye, and Emily were all curled up on the couch holding on to each other; Jemma whispered words of comfort, while Skye whispered that she did the right thing. Emily just held on to the both of them worried that she would never get over having to kill another person ever.
"It's okay love. We love you so much. It's going to be okay." Jemma said as she held Emily.
"You did the right thing baby. You saved us. Don't think it for a second was the wrong decision. You saved us by shooting that jet down. You did the right thing." Skye said as she held Emily from the other side.
"I'm scared that I'll be like them." Emily admitted.
"Oh love, you will never be like them. You have only killed when someone was being threatened or hurt. You will never have to worry about becoming one of them." Jemma said holding Emily a little tighter.
"You only protect people baby and for that you will never become like them. You are nothing like them. You're strong, caring, and loving; they are none of those things." Skye added as Emily started to cry. She kissed the back of her head as she wrapped her arms around her a little tighter.
"It's okay. It's going to be okay." Jemma whispered against Emily's forehead.
It took a few days for Emily to feel better about the incident and with Jemma and Skye helping her through she was soon back to her confident self. Bobbi that day had decided to move their training back a day and Emily was glad, when they had gotten back to the base all she wanted to do was spend that time with Jemma and Skye. And when Bobbi and Emily finally did do their training it was an awesome sight to see, Bobbi worked hard with Emily on combat and it was fun to watch them go back and forth. They each had their own way of fighting and each was getting hits in, but was also getting hit; Jemma, Skye, and Ward watched from the side of the training area in awe of the amazing fight.
The few days after that fight Emily and Bobbi walked a like they were a little sore from the fight which Coulson was a little worried about, since they were two of his best combat agents he didn't want them to be too hurt that they wouldn't be able to do their jobs. But he was glad that Emily was able to put aside the feelings of guilt over killing those Hydra agents and train to her full ability. Jemma and Skye both had convinced her that she wasn't the bad guy in this and that her killing those agents saved many more lives than those she had ever killed. Ward even helped her through it, telling stories of when he felt the same way and how he was able to get over it.
"Meeting in the briefing room in ten." Coulson said over the PA system letting the team know that they were needed.
Jemma, Skye, Ward, and Emily were in the kitchen playing a game of monopoly which Emily and Ward both were in the lead; when they heard the announcement they stopped the game leaving it on the table while they all headed to the briefing room.
"I wonder what kind of mission this one will be." Emily said as she and the others were heading to the briefing room.
"Hopefully an easy one. I was in the lead." Ward replied.
"No you weren't. I was beating you."
"No you weren't. I was winning."
"No way."
"Yes."
"All right you two, quit fighting. You both were tied." Skye said ending the back and forth.
"Fine. But when we get back we are finishing that game." Ward said.
"Totally." Emily added.
"Come on you two." Jemma said leading the way through the door into the briefing room.
"Good everyone's here. We have a new mission; Talbot and a few of his men have been taken down in Iraq at one of the local tribe member's compound. We have been asked to go in and get them out safely. Here is the blue prints of the compound." Coulson stated as he brought up the blue prints on the holotable. "Once we get there Skye, you and Bobbi will enter from this side with Jemma and Mack behind you. Hunter you and May will enter here. Emily and Ward, you two will enter here. Fitz you and I will be over seeing everything from the bus. We will have hostiles on each floor, which you are to eliminate if it comes to it. Everyone understand?"
'Yes, sir.' Came from everyone. Coulson ended the meeting and everyone headed to the bus after gathering their gear; Jemma and Mack headed to grab some medical bags which held pain meds as well as gauze and bandages.
Everyone knew their job and they were going to do it to the best of their abilities; Coulson and Fitz set everything up for them to go over before they got to their destination, which everyone inside went over very thoroughly. Jemma did a once over on everyone to make sure they were ready to go back into the field; she didn't want anyone going in if they were unprepared. She took her time going over everyone, partly in fear of what would happen if she didn't, making sure that everyone was physically and mentally healthy before she let them prepare to get ready to go when they landed.
"All right, sir everyone is all good." Jemma said as she and the rest of the team were finished gearing up and grabbing weapons.
"Good." Coulson said as they had just landed and were getting prepared to head out. "Everyone be on guard we don't know what we'll be up against. Keep your coms on at all times. Let's go."
Everyone split up into their groups and headed to their specified locations waiting for the cue to head in and see if they could get to Talbot and his men. Ward and Emily were the first to reach some of Talbot's men, the ones who were being tested on; Ward untied the men from the tables, while Emily transferred the information from the main computer and hacked into the rest of the system to put a trojan horse file to delete all files if they were to open the file from all of the connected systems. Elsewhere, Skye and Bobbi were handling their own men and computers, while Jemma and Mack helped Talbot's men that they come across as the worked their way through the compound.
May and Hunter met up with Ward and Emily and were taking down more of the major players as they got further into the compound and soon they found Talbot and his second in command, Major Lee Oliver who both seemed to only have minor injuries and not as much torture as the other men which concerned Coulson when he was told.
"You." Talbot when he saw Emily. "They wanted to know about you."
"What?" Ward asked, "What did they want to know about Emily?"
"They wanted to know who she was and how to stop her." Major Oliver said vehemently at Emily. "I told them all that I could about you which isn't much." Standing up he pushed Emily away from him, but was stopped from moving any further by Ward who had a tight grip on his arm.
"You stay the hell away from her." Ward demanded. "I know what you do to children and you're lucky you haven't been charged, because I would have no problem with telling whoever I have to about you. You wouldn't last a day in prison and I'd make sure of it."
"You wouldn't. We work for the same side."
"We might work for the same side, but you some much as look at her wrong and I will end you. I don't care of the repercussions."
"He's right Major. I will personally have you charged if you even think of touching her in any way." Talbot said as Hunter helped him stand up.
"Come on Emily." Ward said as he headed for another room that held a different computer that Emily hadn't taken information from away from Major Oliver.
"Hey we heard yelling is everything okay?" Jemma said as she and Skye entered the room near where Emily and Ward were at the computer.
"Yes, Major Oliver and I had a few words, but he is nothing to worry about now." Ward said roughly through gritted teeth.
"I've already had choice words with him before." Jemma said as Emily stopped working on the computer to take Jemma's hands in hers.
"It's okay Mum. Grant took care of it." Emily said softly giving Jemma's hands a squeeze before going back to downloading more information.
"Thank you Ward."
"No problem he shouldn't give her anymore trouble." Ward replied.
"Good." Jemma said as she kissed the side of Emily's head as she continued to watch her work on the computer.
"Did you get the information from the other computer?" Skye asked pointing to another computer in the room.
"Yes. All the computer's we've come across I have received all their files and put in the trojan horse." Emily said as she finished up on the computer she was currently at.
"Good. We'll be heading out soon."
"We're heading out now. We've rescued all Talbot's men and have done all that we can here." May said as she entered the room.
"Look out!" Jemma shouted as she pushed May out of the way of a bullet.
"Jemma!" Skye shouted as she rushed to Jemma's side, she rolled her over to find blood.
"Mum!" Emily called as she started to head toward Jemma.
"Emily get the shooter." May yelled over the commotion that Skye, Hunter, and Bobbi were making as they tried to help Jemma.
"Where did that come from?" Ward asked as he looked around.
"There." Emily said as she headed in the direction of where the bullet came from, Ward quickly followed.
Shortly Emily was face to face with the man who had shot Jemma and she could only stare at him as she faced him, she recognized the man in front of her.
"Jamie?" Emily asked as she looked at the man in front of her.
"Emily?" Jaime said.
"What are you doing here? Why did you shoot at us?"
"I was hired to take out whoever entered the building to rescue the military they had captured."
"So now you kill people for money?"
"I need to pay for my place and food somehow."
"Emily? Is he the shooter?" Ward asked as he entered the room that Emily and Jamie were in.
"Yes. Grant this is Jamie. He trained with me at 'the institution'." Emily answered Ward.
"How can you work those people? We were trained to be the only solution. Why are you working with others? Why did you rescue those people? They are not to be trusted. They're the ones who made us into these people." Jamie asked.
"I work with these people because they are my family. I work with them because we save people, more people than we ever rescued. I rescued them because it was my job."
"Yeah well it's my job to get rid of those who rescued them."
"Jamie please don't do this."
"I have been given a job, just like you. We follow our orders."
"Jamie you don't have to follow these orders, please I don't want to have to fight you."
"I don't know how to not follow orders Emily. It's all I know."
"I know, but you can join us. We can work together again. This team they're good people they save people."
"I'm sorry Emily."
Jamie ran at Emily, but she blew him back with a wind gust; Jamie stopped for a moment confused, but it didn't last long before he ran at her again. This time Ward grabbed him right before he collided with Emily and twisted him over his back.
"Don't even think of hurting her!" Ward yelled as he twisted Jamie's arm, but Jamie twisted back and swiftly kicked Ward's leg and Ward fell to the ground.
"I'm sorry Emily." Jamie said as he pulled his weapon out and pointed it at Emily, but Emily set the gun on fire causing Jamie to drop it. "How did you do that?"
"Jamie please I don't want to hurt you just stop trying to hurt us." Emily said with tears in her eyes, she had had a crush on Jamie when they were in 'the institution' together and having to fight against him hurt her.
"I just know how to follow orders Emily. It was all I was ever good at."
"You were good at other things too Jamie. Remember when we wrote those songs together? And danced to them? You were good at everything that you did. You protected those who needed it, even from the ones in charge of us. You are more than following orders. Please Jamie don't do this. I can't save you if you fight us. They have become my family, they can be yours too, but you need to surrender."
"Emily I can't do that."
"Please Jamie. Do you remember when we worked together at that gala? You had to save my butt from that man, we were sent to take care of, after he drugged my drink. You took care of me and finished the job. We spent the night at the hotel after we escaped before the government came to get us out. We talked about what it would have been like to have a family, to have something to belong too; I've found it and you can join us, but if you fight us I can't help you." Emily said as she held her hands out to Jamie who looked like he was listening to what she had to say.
"I remember it was our last mission just the two of us. We talked all night while we waited. You were so beautiful in your dress and after that guy ruined it I would have done anything to keep you safe forever. But then Oliver came and I knew what he wanted, I didn't protect you from him and I hated myself for that." Jamie said as he lowered his arms.
"That wasn't your fault Jamie. He was to blame for what he did. This family I found they've protected me from him. The woman you accidentally shot punched him in the face for me. Grant threatened him with bodily harm if he even came near me. You can still protect me, as my partner, and help me protect others; this team can give you that family, I can give you that family."
"I would really like that." Jamie said holding his hands up in surrender.
"Good, because I would like that too." Emily said as she watched Ward cuff Jamie who let him. "We have to search you, okay?"
"I understand."
"Grant you should also use the detector."
"Yep. I'm on it. Hold still." Ward said as he pulled the detector out of his pocket and scanned Jamie's body for any electronics or devices that could be used against them. "He's clean."
"Jamie follow me. May? How's mum doing?" Emily said as she started to lead the way back to the others.
"She's doing okay. We need your medical training till we can get her back to the base." May said over the coms.
"Ward and I are coming with an extra." Emily said as she quickened her pace back to the others and they quickly reached their destination.
Jemma was wounded in the shoulder and the others were doing their best to help her, but she was worried about Emily and wouldn't let them treat her without Emily.
"Mum. I'm here. Let's get her back to the bus. I'll take the bullet out there." Emily said as she approached Jemma's side and took her hand in hers.
"Ward take the extra to the cage." May said, "Until Coulson, Emily, and I have a word with him."
"Okay. Come this way. We'll meet you guys at the bus." Ward said as he led Jamie ahead of the others back to the bus.
"Emily?" Jemma mumbled.
"I'm right here mum. I'm going to take care of you. Let's go." Emily said as she and the others followed Ward back to the bus.
(Coulson's office)
Later that day, after Jemma was all patched up, Emily entered with Ward and Skye; May and Coulson were already waiting for them. Coulson motioned for them to sit, while they started debrief on what exactly they were planning on doing with Jamie who was sitting in a private room where he was being watched by Mack, Bobbi, and Hunter.
"So tell us about the guy who shot Jemma." Coulson said not sure why they were even talking about him and not handing him over to Talbot and his men.
"Jamie was in the institute with me. He just needs guidance, he was one of the best agents." Emily said hoping that they wouldn't pass judgement on Jamie without knowing where he was coming from.
"He tried to kill us." May stated.
"He was following orders it was what we were made to do."
"You aren't like him." Skye said a little angry that Emily was defending the guy who shot Jemma.
"Yes I am. I follow orders even if I don't like them. I do the job, nothing more nothing less, it's what we were made to do. Follow orders without asking questions. We do the same thing here except for greater good of others. I was doing the same thing he was before I met you guys. Following orders, orders I was given when they let us out; save people without worrying about yourself, if you die you better make it worth it. That's what I've been doing ever since we were released, not caring if something happens to me, but what would happen to others. I love this family, but before this I only knew how to do one thing…save people even if I was to get hurt in doing so." Emily said wanting them to realize that if they gave Jamie a chance like she had been given he could to could help them the way that she had.
"How do you know that he'll stay on our side if not given a better opportunity?" Coulson asked.
"Because the one thing he's always tried to do was be someone that I could believe in, someone I could love."
"Do you love him?" Ward asked not that surprised, since he heard everything that we talked about back at the base.
"I did….I do…I always have. We had so many plans of what we'd do if we got out of 'the institution'. But he got in trouble threatening and nearly killing Major Oliver, they locked him up and I had no way of getting to him. A few weeks later we were released and I never got to see him until now." Emily said softly.
"He tried to kill Lee?" Skye said as she wrapped an arm around Emily, she could tell just how much Jamie meant to her.
"Yes. They sent him to some secret jail area. We tried to escape before they were able to capture us, but Nathan one of the other kids told them where to find us. We were separated and I never saw him after that."
"I want to talk to him before we make any decisions." Coulson said as he stood, "I want you with me, Emily. Ward, May I want you to watch from here. Skye go back to Jemma, while we sort this out."
"I want to be with you guys when you talk to him. I want to know the man my daughter's in love with." Skye said as she led the way out of the office and to the private room where Mack, Bobbi, and Hunter were watching Jamie.
"All right, let's go." Coulson said as he followed Skye with Emily who was a little behind Skye.
(In the private room)
Bobbi was sitting at the table with Jamie, while Hunter and Mack stood by the door just in case Jamie tried to make a run for it, but when Skye, Emily, and Coulson entered everyone stood up straight including Jamie.
"Emily?" Jamie said softly as Emily moved closer to him and he pulled her into a hug. "I've missed you."
"I missed you too." Emily said just as softly, hugging him back.
"Bobbi, Mack, Hunter you may leave, try to get some rest." Coulson said as he took a seat at the table, Skye and Ward both stood in the background; close enough to fight if needed.
"Yes sir." Came from them as they left.
"Jamie, this is Director Coulson." Emily said as she introduced Coulson.
"Sir." Jamie said as he pulled out a chair for Emily to sit before he sat himself.
"I would like to know a little bit about what you have been doing before and since 'the institution' was shut down." Coulson stated.
"Well before 'the institution' was shut down I trained with Emily and others, we worked on missions inside and outside of the States. And since it closed I have been working for different companies and people to complete missions given to me. Before we were let loose I was held in a cell where I was beaten each day until the program was shut down."
"Why were you in the cell and hurt for it?"
"I tried to protect Emily from Major Lee Oliver. She had confided in me that he was sexually assaulting her and I wanted to kill him for hurting her."
"Why just him? I know that they didn't treat any of you very well."
"He was the cruelest of them all and I…I love Emily and hearing about what he was doing to her, I wasn't going to stand by and not do anything to protect her. I would do anything for her, even though we were separated she still means everything to me. We had it all planned out, get out of there, find a home, have a family. But then she told me about Lee and I…tried to kill him."
"Jamie it wasn't your fault." Emily said taking his hand in hers.
"I couldn't protect you." Jamie said his voice soft and tight, like he was trying to hold in the way he felt.
"Jemma and Skye have reminded me over and over, it wasn't our fault; Lee was the one who did those things. Things that should have never have happened, he is to blame and trying to blame yourself won't get you anywhere."
"I'm sorry I shot at you guys. I was following orders and I want you to know that it's not an excuse, so whatever you want to do to me will be fine. You have given Emily something that I couldn't…a family, protection and I am grateful for that."
"You are willing to do anything for her?" Coulson asked wanting to make sure that Jamie really was willing to be put in a cell just so that he could be with Emily.
"Yes. I love her and I always have, since we were young. I am willing to be put in jail or handed over to the government to be able to have seen Emily again, to be in her presence." Jamie confessed.
"I think I've heard enough. I am willing to give you a chance, but you cross us and I will do everything in my power to take you down. Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir."
"Ward will you show Jamie around and his room will be next to Emily's."
"Thank you sir."
"Yes, sir." Ward said as he led Jamie out of the room.
(The hallway leading away from the private room)
"Jamie, I want you to understand you do anything to hurt Emily and you will regret it. She is like my little sister and I will do anything to protect her and make her happy. Do you understand?" Ward said to Jamie as he walked him down the halls, showing him all the different areas.
"I understand. But I also want you to know, I will do the same." Jamie stated as he walked along side of Ward.
"Good. You can call me Grant or Ward if it's easier."
"Thank you Grant. I would like to visit Emily's other mother, Jemma. I want to apologize for shooting her. And the other woman who I was really aiming for."
"I'll take you the infirmary and introduce you to Jemma after I take you to see your room."
"Okay."
Jamie followed Ward until they reached the end of the hallway, Emily's room was right to their left and the door next to it was going to be Jamie's room.
"Here's your room. Emily's is this one." Ward said as he pointed to the different rooms. "Over here is Jemma and Skye's room and my room is next to theirs."
(Infirmary)
"So Coulson is letting him stay?" Jemma asked Emily and Skye who were sitting on each side of her.
"Yes, but if he makes one wrong move he will be handled." Skye says as she kissed Jemma's forehead.
"He won't do that." Emily said leaning against Jemma's side, letting Jemma hold her close.
"Because he loves you." Jemma says noticing the look that Jamie is giving Emily as he and Ward enter the infirmary.
"Yes."
"Ma'am I'm sorry that I shot you." Jamie said as he stood by the foot of the bed.
"Please call me Jemma." Jemma's said holding out a hand for Jamie to shake, which he does with a smile on his face.
"Yes Ma'am…Jemma."
"You show him where everything is?" Skye asked.
"Yep. How are you doing Jemma?" Ward asked Jemma.
"I'm doing better." Jemma replies.
"Good."
"I'm glad you're going to be okay. Sorry again." Jamie said as he bowed his head in shame that he had shot her.
"Jamie it's okay. I believe we will be good friends. Especially if you care and love Emily as much as we do." Jemma stated.
"I really do."
"Good."
It didn't take long for Jemma to forgive Jamie after all he was a lot like Emily, especially when it came to emotions and how to let them out. Jemma took time to help Jamie through it and Emily did her best to help him along the way; Skye and Ward even help as much as they could after all he was just a kid at heart. They showed him how a family treated each other and loved each other through everything.