Chapter 21: Helplessness And A Homeless Man
The next morning came all too soon and all she wanted to do was stay in her room for the rest of the day undisturbed, but as it was she was worried that Agent Romanoff would drag her out of bed and she really didn't want to incure the womans wrath.
Taking a shower and getting ready for the day she walked out and saw AC already at the table eating a piece of toast.
"What's up AC? Where's the crazy ninja assassin lady?" She said looking around to see if the red head would suddenly pop out.
"She's waiting for you outside." Coulson said taking another bite of toast.
"Great, she's a punctual crazy ninja assassin lady" she said swiping the last piece of toast off his plate before walking out.
"Hey" he yelled.
"Your late" Natasha said when she walked out. "You didn't exactly give me a set time, sue me" She said.
"I don't need that smart mouth attitude of your's here" Natasha said giving her the'death glare.
"Yea, she gets that from her dad" Coulson said walking out.
Natasha crouched down and gently picked it up before tossing it right at Daisy. "Think fast" she said as the rock sailed through the air and hit Daisy in the chest. "Hey!" Daisy yelled.
"I told you to think fast" Natasha shrugged.
"What exactly am I supposed to do with a rock? ooh let me guess you want me to build a fire" she said clapping her hands and jumping up and down excitedly.
"I thought I told you..."
"Yea, yea" she said waving her hand. "like my dad I don't have a filter, deal with it"
"Just pick up the damn rock" Natasha said losing her patience.
Grabbing it with her right hand she held it out towards Natasha. "happy now?" she said rolling her eyes.
"Your powers deal with vibrations Daisy. you have the power to control and create vibrations which is what causes the earthquakes and the shockwaves" she said.
"So, what your saying is that I am going to have a really amazing sex life one day" she grinned.
"Daisy!" Natasha snapped losing her patience.
"What? I'm only kidding" A pause. "Mostly" she mumbled.
"Now please pay attention I want you to focus on that rock. I want you to feel the vibrations moving through it and when you can feel the rock you should be able to move it"
"Okay, sounds simple enough. Easy peasy" she said. Glancing down at the rock she furrowed her eyes, squinting her eyes and then looked up.
"Nothings happening"
"Well, that is your first lesson. Come see me when your finished with that"
"Wait! Agent Romanoff. How the hell are you even qualified to teach me you dont have powers and this damn rock isn't moving" she yelled.
"You don't need to have powers to teach someone how to use them Daisy" Coulson said raising an eyebrow before going back inside.
"Okay, feel the rock, move the rock. Come Daisy you've got this" she whispered Plopping on the ground and holding the rock out in front of her.
Thirty minutes passed and then an hour, and then another. Growling, she contemplated throwing the rock when a voice spoke up.
"Your trying to hard" Turning she saw AC leaning against the wall with a smile on his face.
"Any time you've used your powers before there had never been deep concentration behind it. All of that power had just flowed out of you without even a thought. Yes you were afraid, terrified even and thats what magnified your powers"
"Whats your point?" she said.
"Use that fear. your still afraid of the monster inside. Use that to find the power within you"
"You sound like a fortune cookie AC" she laughed.
Hearing his footsteps as he walked away. She glanced down at the rock and closed her eyes.
Letting her mind go blank,she zoned out. Feeling the warmth of the rock in her palm and remembering what she had felt from the first moment she had used her powers.
The umbridled rage and the fear. No, it was neither of those. It wasn't rage and it wasn't fear. It was the feel of being helpless, the feeling of losing control.
A tingle in her hand startled her and she looked down only to see the rock quivering in her hand.
"I did it" she breathed. "Oh my god. I did it!" she screamed. Rushing into the house.
"Agent Romanoff! In your face I did it!" she screamed. Seeing the two of them sitting on the couch, watching tv.
"Congratulations, I was almost worried there. I didn't think you were going to do it. Looks like I owe you 50 bucks Coulson"
"Wait, you guys betted on me" She said looking back and forth between the two.
" I never doubted you for a second" Coulson said smiling.
"Well, thats why your my favorite... Shhh don't tell Agent Romanoff" she hissed.
"hahah very funny" Natasha said.
"I'm going to the restroom" she said. Walking passed the two older the door behind her she let a breath escape her lips. Turning on the faucet she reached out to splash water on her face when she froze.
The water was twisting and vibrating around her fingers. Gasping she held her hand out towards the water and watched it bend away from her. A smile escaped her lips as she moved the water up and back towards the faucet.
"Water bending" she whispered. "Cool" It wasn't really water bending, it was mostly just her controling the water by vibrating it, but it was still cool.
Shutting off the water she walked into the dining room area and saw Coulson standing with Natasha and a row of wine glasses were layed out before them.
"You guys planning on getting drunk or something cause if you are I'm down for that. We probably shouldn't tell my dad though" she grinned.
"No daisy, I'm going to play a note for you and your going to follow it" Natasha said.
"Sounds fun"
Natasha placed her fingers on the glass and begun rubbing them around the rim. A soft melody coming from the glass.
Holding out her hand she gently she concentrated like before and the glass had only sung for a second before exploding.
"Woops" she said as water went everywhere. "Let's try again this time a little more softer. You have a very destructive power" Natasha said.
"Thank you captain obvious" She said holding out her hand and feeling the power beneath her finger tips. The glass slowly began making a soft humming sound as she began to move on from glass to glass until they all exploded.
"Good, you did a lot better this time" Natasha said smiling.
"wow thats the first time I've seen her smile" Daisy said. Nudging coulson who was trying not to crack a smile.
The sound of a ringing phone broke her from her thoughts and she turned to see Natasha answering her phone. "Agent Romanoff" There was silence for a minute before, "What!?... yes we're on our way now sir" she said hanging up.
"Coulson we have to go" she said turning to him.
"What?... what about Daisy's training?" Coulson asked.
"She can stay here for now. Fury is calling us in for the avengers program. It's just been activated."
"Wait! I don't want to stay here by myself" Daisy said.
"I'm sorry Dasiy, but your a flight risk. We'll be back soon" she said.
"AC... whatever happens, just don't do anything stupid okay" she said hugging him.
"Promise" Coulson said.
"Keep practicing on your powers" he said as both of the older agents left, leaving Daisy all alone.
This would probably be the portion of the evening where Daisy would have thrown a party if there was any people around to actually invite that it, but here she was stuck in the middle of fricken knowwhere.
The next day or so consisted of her practicing her powers and watching the news before she decided to head outside finally and get some fresh air.
Walking down the stepping stone path she froze when she heard a rustling from the bushes. A squirrel? a raccoon? Walking closer she reached out towards the bushes when a man jumped out silver claws swinging towards her.
"Ahhhhh don't kill me weird, hairy, homeless man" she screamed throwing her arms up to protect herself.
He stopped inches before her head and frowned. "Your not who I thought you were" he said gruffly and she watched as the sliver claws began sliding back into his knuckles.
"Gross" she said scrunching up her nose. "Sorry kid I thought you were stryker" he said.
"No, my names Daisy"she said.
"An unfortunate name" he said before pausing. "Logan, my names Logan"