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Chapter 14

Clint and Natasha watched Daisy closely for a week, but she never did anything. The girl's mission completely left her mind as she hung around the house, bored, but in a good way. Meanwhile even Tony was getting suspicious, because Daisy hated just sitting around, and so he invited the other Avengers over for a dinner party. Maybe that would be enough to break Daisy out of her funk so that she could figure out her new life plans, whatever they would be.

Natasha was just glad she'd be able to watch Daisy from across a table rather than the apartment across the street. Granted she doubted the girl would make any move with so many witnesses, but it was still easier. At least it didn't crane her neck so much.

Daisy was thrilled when her father announced that all the Avengers, 'yes even Rodgers' would be there. A part of her feared for Steve's life once Tony saw the two of them together again, and then another part of her realized that was a ridiculous thing to fear. Steve would be fine. Daisy was going to kill him after all.

There would be no need for subtly in this one. Daisy had to be caught for her crimes, and not just because Hydra said she should be. Daisy's own innate sense of justice would call her to be punished for the death of those she loved, though the pain within her would surely be punishment enough.

The day before, Daisy went to the target range, just to get some practice in. Dad, Nat, Steve, Clint, Dad, Nat, Steve, Clint, Dad, Nat, Steve, Clint- Daisy repeated the order she had to kill them in with each round she let off into the paper target. They'd probably all be too shocked to fight, but one way or another she had to be quick. No time to fight the Avengers. They trusted her enough to come into a room with her, and she just had to take advantage of that trust.

Natasha arrived first, going right into Daisy's room to give her a smothering hug before helping the girl clip her necklace. The two women shared a secret smile when J.A.R.V.I.S announced that Captain Rodgers had arrived, and Daisy set out to greet him.

They met with a kiss, that lasted long enough for Tony to come from his room. "J.A.R.V.I.S, remind me the combined firepower of all my suits."

J.A.R.V.I.S rattled off a number comparable to a nuclear bomb, and Steve pulled away from Daisy, bright red. "I understand, sir."

Daisy actually wanted to kill her father for a moment, but since Clint hadn't arrived yet, she couldn't. Crazy how nothing could ever go in her favor, could it?

"Good then, let's sit down. Barton is just coming up the elevator and Pepper should only be a few more minutes. She's discovered the dress she wanted to wear doesn't exactly fit around the kid."

Oh good. Daisy didn't want her mother to have to see this. Pepper would be a complete trainwreck no matter what, but she'd be better not having to see it. Daisy wished she didn't have to see it, but she had to do it.

Daisy followed the others to the table, sitting herself between her dad and Steve. Natasha sat across from them, and Daisy ran over in her head exactly the movements she'd have to make to take them all out before a fight broke out. By the time Clint strolled in and took his place besides Natasha, Daisy knew exactly what she had to do.

The only thing was doing it. She reached towards her leg where the gun was holstered, but found herself stalling. Daisy couldn't bear to lose them. Daisy had to comply. She didn't want them dead. She had to kill them. It was all so confusing, and looking at them, the people she loved Daisy hesitated.

But then she heard Pepper moving towards them, and knew she did not have time. She had to do it. She had to. She had. She…

Daisy whipped the gun out, from beneath the table, firing at Natasha. The gun clicked, but nothing happened. Well, nothing besides Clint reaching across the table and stabbing a needle into her arm. The last thing Daisy noticed before the world went dark was Natasha holding the gun's clip in her hands.

"What the Hell did you do!" Tony screamed, catching Daisy as she slumped unconscious in his arms. He had absolutely no idea what just happened. Clint had come in and then… and then Daisy had tried to shoot Natasha, who'd already stolen her clip, and Clint had tranquilized Daisy and… "What did you do to my daughter?"

Natasha looked up at Tony, trying to keep her raging emotions back. She'd taken the clip the moment she'd realized Daisy had a gun under her dress, but she'd hoped she was wrong and the gun would remain hidden. She hadn't been wrong though, only about Daisy's target. Apparently she didn't just want to kill her dad, but all of the Avengers. "I stopped her from becoming a killer. Tony, you didn't have a heart attack, you were poisoned, by Daisy."

"That's insane! Daisy loves her father," Steve jumped in to defend his girlfriend, still sitting in shock. Everything had happened so quickly he could barely understand what he saw. Yet his senses told him Daisy had just tried to kill Natasha, and that was insane as well.

"Exactly," Clint answered, his voice steady and calm, while inside he shook. How could this have happened? How could this have happened to Daisy? Was it because he'd signed off on her recruitment papers? Because he'd been stupid enough to let Loki control him? "We think she's being controlled, like Loki did to me. None of us believe she would want us dead, but the evidence it hard to ignore.

Of course the evidence was hard to ignore, but Tony sure as hell wanted to. "You're wrong. She would never do that. Daisy was devastated when she thought I was going to die she… Daisy would never want that."

"And that's why we think Daisy is no longer in control," Natasha didn't know how to be comforting, especially not when she herself was so afraid for Daisy. The girl was like her stupid kid sister… her stupid kid sister who'd been brainwashed to kill her. "If we get her back to S.H.I.E.L.D we can get some answers. Please Tony, we want to help her, but you have to trust us."

Tony did trust them. Maybe not S.H.I.E.L.D itself, but he trusted his teammates. Still, the idea of letting Daisy out of his arms was worse than the idea of her killing him. "Okay, but I want to know who the Hell did this to her, and then they better start digging a grave."