As soon as he heard her sounding so weak and lost, Fitz felt his heart break into millions of peaces which scattered across his whole body. It felt like cuts were being made all across his chest when he heard the confusion in her voice again.

''Where am I?'' Jemma asked, sounding as scared as she could get, ''Where's Daisy?''

Fitz almost let out a laugh of relief once Jemma mentioned the name of their teammate.

She remembered Daisy, meaning she should remember me! Fitz thought to himself and took a step towards the room, he knew that the doctors were required to do some tests on her but he just couldn't take it anymore, he waited for her to wake up way too long. ''Jemma?'' He silently said, making himself present in her room.

She finally turned to the side upon hearing the voice she knew very well. ''Fitz.'' Jemma breathed out and closed her eyes again in relief. Her mind relaxed once she realized she was in the medical room's at the playground. The team found her. She's escaped her nightmare.

Fitz pulled a chair from under one of the tables and placed it beside her bed gently, she turned to him with a smile on her face which spread comfort across the room. Her lips parted and her features suddenly became hard, ''Daisy is fine.'' Fitz stated, already knowing what she was going to ask. Jemma let out a shaky bread and laid back comfortably on her pillows.

''Where is she?'' Jemma asked, she just couldn't let her concern go.

Fitz placed his warm hand on hers, she reacted to it by smiling again and that smile...he loved it so much. He slowly brought her weak hand up to his lips and kissed it gently before setting it back down. ''She's being questioned, but it doesn't matter now. We gotta worry about you.'' Fitz explained with a smile, though he knew that whatever Daisy was being questioned for wasn't good.

The biochemist just couldn't let her best friend out of her mind, ''Questioned for what?'' She asked and sent a worried glance at Fitz. He took a deep breath, slowly debating in his mind whether he should tell her that one of her torturers might be allowed to leave this base freely. Lying wasn't worth it, especially not to her.

''Dave, he uh...'' Fitz stammered, not being able to finish his sentence, his hand collided with his forehead as he wished that she had never asked that question. Jemma glanced at him, sudden anger filled her mind, she thought it was an emotion she would never have to feel, ''Dave what?'' She asked, her voice shook at the slightest mention of his name.

''They might let him go. I swear Mace is doing a big mistake.'' Fitz explained, matching the anger Jemma was feeling, ''I wish that I could just knock some sense into him.'' He exclaimed, though he didn't completely lose control.

''Let him go?'' Jemma asked and Fitz nodded. She couldn't believe it, after everything Brett, Rick and Dave had done to them, one of them might be let go to freedom. But then again, realization hit her that Dave wasn't as bad as Brett was. He didn't chose to hit her or cause any pain to her back in their secret hideout. She remembered him slowly unbuttoning her shirt, which disgusted her, but it didn't cause her any pain. ''Why?'' Jemma suddenly asked, she wanted to know why he was being questioned badly. What has he done to deserve another chance?

''Mace said that he helped his team track down Brett and Rick when they were running away. Dave said he was glad that his 'teammates' have been caught. Mace also mentioned that Dave looked extremely scared after helping them track down Brett and the other guy.'' Fitz explained and wished Mace provided him with more information. He slowly shook his head from side to side and gently stoked Jemma's hand.

XXXXX

''Well, Daisy Johnson, I'm truly sorry that you might feel like questioning him isn't the right choice, but as the director, I'm following the rules and hearing out everyone's side of the story.'' Mace's tone was steady and very professional and Daisy instantly knew he would never feel like family to any of them. If Coulson was still the director, he wouldn't care about the damn rules if someone hurt one of his agents and Daisy knew that. ''Now,'' He began, bringing her out of her thoughts of hatred, ''I need you to tell me everything you know, everything you saw and remember, that everything you say can change the final decision.'' He explained, earning a nod from her, though it did seem to be kind of disapproving.

''We were in my van when I first saw Brett, the other guy, Rick pulled Simmons out of the passenger seat and threatened her, I remember him kicking her and then he got her up and threatened her with a gun when I was about to use my powers.'' Daisy said, it hurt her with every memory she recalled, what hurt even more was that she had to say it out loud to someone she didn't even trust.

''Did they say what they wanted in the first place?'' Mace asked, allowing confusion to take over his facial features. He relaxed in his chair when the tension began to build up in the room.

Daisy shook her head, ''No. But he told me after. The damn bastard was torturing Simmons for the darkhold, I knew nothing about it, I didn't know what it was or what it does, I knew only one thing, it wasn't good and if given to the wrong person, it would be bad.'' She explained, earning a nod from Mace who seemed to believe her side of the story so far, which wasn't a lie at all. He continued to ask further questions about how it all happened until it finally came to the point.

''Did Brett hurt Simmons?'' He asked with a serious tone, Daisy nodded. ''What about Rick, did he do anything?'' Mace asked again, though she did mention him hurting Simmons, he still needed that approval as it was a part of his duty, Daisy nodded again, confirming his statement. ''How about Dave?''

A look of disgust appeared on Daisy's face as she once again recalled what she has told Mace. An image of Dave unbuttoning Jemma's shirt was stuck in her head, the way he looked at her that day made Daisy sick to her stomach. ''I already told you, he did hurt her in a way in which he could damn damage her. Simmons was being assaulted by him right in front of me!'' She yelled, making Mace slightly flinch since he didn't expect that tone from Daisy.

''But he didn't assault her physically?'' Mace asked, his sharp gaze landed directly on Daisy's brown eyes. No matter how much she didn't want to do it, she nodded with hesitation, avoiding contact with his eyes.

''But that doesn't mean anything!'' Daisy yelled, ''He assaulted her in other way and you would be damn stupid if you didn't understand.''

Mace motioned for her to calm down, ''Miss Johnson, I do understand but Dave claims to have done that because he didn't want to hurt her. We already took him through the lie detection test, he's clean, whatever he has told me was all true.'' Mace announced, making Daisy's heart beat faster and faster within each second.

''So what did he say?'' She asked, greatly eager to find out why Dave acted this way instead of physically hurting Simmons.

Mace sighed and took a deep breath, ''I'm not supposed to be telling anyone this but I suppose you do deserve an explanation as to why that has happened. Keep in mind that whatever I'm about to tell you has been confirmed by the lie detector.'' He explained before getting to the main part that Daisy cared most about, ''He said that Brett was forcing him to do things. Dave told us that Brett has gone completely mad because of the darkhold and that Rick has opened it too, though it didn't affect him as much.'' Mace said, stopping to take another breath as his stern voice couldn't hold as much information in one breath.

''So?'' Daisy questioningly said, narrowing her eyes slightly.

''Dave was being forced to do all those things, he chose to make Simmons talk another way instead of hurting her. Think about it, he didn't go all the way, he was using the lightest way possible, I mean he didn't beat her or anything, not according to the lie detector. He's done all these things to protect himself and protect Simmons and you at the same time, he could have easily chosen to follow Brett's actions and beat Simmons, though he didn't. He helped us track Rick and Brett when they attempted to escape and when we finally did catch them with Dave's help he was happy and thanked us.'' Mace explained, he seemed concerned for the guy whilst Daisy had no words.

She finally understood, but that didn't mean she will still forgive Dave for what he has done. Violating Simmons like that wasn't the best choice according to Daisy.

''We decided to let him go.'' Mace announced, ''Dave said Brett was using him for years and that he can't be more thankful to SHIELD.''

Daisy stayed silent for a few moments before another load of questions formed inside her mind, ''Why didn't he just refuse and leave? He could have just left Brett to do his own dirty jobs!'' She exclaimed, not even thinking about what Brett could have possibly done to Dave to make him stay.

''Again, this has been confirmed by the lie detector so don't think I'm taking his side.'' Mace said before explaining the rest, he honestly didn't want to be on the bad side of the inhuman, ''Dave said he's been captive for years, he was homeless and Brett saw this as a perfect opportunity to kidnap him since nobody would come looking for him. Eventually, Dave was beaten so much through all of the years that Brett managed to make him believe everything that he did and said. '' He said, narrowing his eyes at Daisy to finally see if she has understood everything.

Daisy nodded slowly, understanding how terrible it must have been to go from nothing to still nothing and worse. She felt sudden sadness for Dave, but that still couldn't completely fix the little amount of hatred she still felt for him. ''I'm gonna go see Simmons now...'' She quietly said, earning a nod from Mace.


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