Chapter 29: Apologies And The Academy

Panting heavily, Daisy held up her arms and examined the dark bruises littered all over them she had been pushing herself to exhaustion these past few days and this was the result.

"Daisy, how many times have I told you to pace yourself. You're not immune to your own vibrations entirely which I think is a side effect of awakening your powers without the need for terrigen so, you need to be careful" Beast said walking in.

"No, I need to be ready" she said, but for what she didn't know.

"You don't need to be ready for anything Daisy" Another voice said as the professor wheeled himself into the danger rooms.

"Your running from your problems and you're doing that by putting all your time and energy into controlling your powers" he said with a sigh.

"Last time I checked that's a good thing" she said rolling her eyes.

"Yes, when you need help, but you know how to control your powers now and I would call this stalling" he said.

"He's right kid"

"Are you kidding me? Is this some sort of intervention or something?" she snapped glaring at the three.

"No, we're just worried kid. Your running away from your problems now and you can't stay here forever. I mean technically you could cause the professor is a softie and he would let you, but eventually reality is going to catch up and you can't avoid your dad forever so, what's it going to be?" he said

"How do I face him? After everything I said. How could he possibly forgive him and how am I going to forgive him. I still feel it every day the anger towards him and it still hurts every day knowing that A.C. is gone and no matter what I do nothing is going to change that"

"Professor you want to take over from here?" Logan asked turning towards the wiser man.

"No Logan I don't think so. It would be better coming from you" he said.

"Alright then, listen kid Stark will forgive you because that's what dads are supposed to do. I never really had a father and even I know that. Your anger towards him will also diminish over time. It gets easier and as for the loss you feel towards Coulson as long as you pretend to be strong eventually you'll feel strong on your own, just take one day at a time and you'll begin to see that it does get easier as cliché as that sounds"

Releasing a deep breath, she smiled. "I'm ready. To see my dad. Can you take me?" she said looking at Logan questioningly.

"Yea kid, sure" he grinned.

"Oh, but there is one stop I have to make before we see him, ok" she said.

The cemetery was quiet as she made her way through to the familiar grave. A bouquet of Daisies in one hand. "Hey A.C" she said smiling as she set the Daisies down. "I brought some daisies. I'm sure you would appreciate the irony"

Kneeling she pressed her back to the grave and sighed. "You know I'm going to see my dad in a bit, any advice? You always gave great advice, always knew what to say to" she murmured.

"Wish you were here, you were always like my own personal Yoda. Hey! Speaking of which I finally saw Star Wars for the first time, Yea when I was going through a depressing phase after your death I basically was like a dead fish mostly lying in bed all day. Watching a whole bunch of movies. I think I mostly caught up on my movie history. Dad would that. Hey! That's a great idea. I should probably lead with that he would love it. You give great advice, thanks A.C" She said with a smile.

"After that I'm headed to the shield academy. I already sent in my application, thanks for the reference by the way and I promise no more crying well at least not at your grave where you can see me" She said standing up.

"Wish me luck ok. I'll visit soon" touching his tombstone she smiled one last time before heading towards the car.

"Good luck Daisy" A voice said as they leaned against a tree. Watching her run towards Logan's old car.

"So, you ever going to tell her" Barton said sidling up next to Coulson. "Yea when the time is right, but not now. She needs time to let go" he said softly.

"Wow that poor kid, she's going to be really fucked up when she finds out the truth" Barton said.

"Or she could just be happy"

"Whatever floats your boat. By the way when can I tell Tasha your alive?" he said glancing over at Coulson.

"How about when you tell her how you really feel about her" Coulson said a smirk sliding onto his face.

"What!?" Barton exclaimed. "You mean I can never tell her! That's just cruel" he whined.

"Then just tell her how you feel!" Coulson said getting irritated.

"I don't know what you're talking about?" Barton said crossing his arms.

"Then I guess she's never going to know" Coulson said with a shrug.

"That's unfair I am like the only person who knows." Barton whined.

"Not true, Fury and Hill know" Coulson pointed out.

"Yea, but those two are great at keeping secrets and I suck, especially around Tasha" He said with a sigh as the pair watched Daisy drive away.

"Can't I just…"

"Nope" Coulson said cutting him off.

"But that's just so…"

"Nope"

"Argh I hate you" Barton shouted.

Daisy Stood in front of the house hesitant to knock glancing back at Logan he nodded encouragingly so she took a deep breath and knocked three time, waiting for someone to answer the door.

It was silent for a few moments before the door swung home and Tony stood there. A shocked look on his face.

"Daisy?" he said stunned and surprised. "Hey dad, can I come in?" she asked hesitantly worried he would refuse.

"Of course, you can you don't need to ask" He said softly, stepping aside to let her in. Taking a deep breath, she opened her mouth trying to get the words out of what she wanted to say but surprisingly she seemed stuck and she didn't know exactly what she even wanted to say.

"Dad…. About what I said, I'm… I'm sorry. I said all those things and I just kind of lost it and I didn't really mean any of them. I was in so much pain that I couldn't even think straight" she blurted feeling a weight lift off your chest.

"No Daisy, you meant them but that's ok I deserved it and I know bottling all that up for years couldn't have been good for you and I'm sorry for everything that has happened" He said pulling her into a hug.

"We both said some terrible things, but now we can move forwards" he murmured.

"Yea and I'm going to try not to blame you for everything in my life. I'm going to do better" she said.

"Me too Daisy, me too" he said gently.

She stayed with her dad for a few more hours just talking before she told him that she had to leave. "I'm going to the Academy. It's what Coulson wanted and it's what I want" Her dad smiled at her and squeezed her shoulders.

"I know Daisy. I'm not too happy about you going, but I am not going to stop you. I know you need to do this" he said.

Daisy left with Logan shortly after that and made her way towards the academy. Seeing the Gates up ahead she took a deep breath as the car slowed to a stop.

"Well kid, you got everything?" Logan asked cutting the engine.

"Yep, all ready. Take care of yourself" she said Hugging him.

"You too and don't forget to visit" He said as she grabbed her bag and stepped out of the car waving before walking towards the gate. She had already sent in her registration and now she needed to head to the main office to find her schedule and dorm.

Looking around she noticed that the place looked like a wreck and it seemed that they were rebuilding or something. After getting her schedule and dorm number, she headed towards the dorms and noticed glass all over the floor as she walked in her feet crunching.

With her bag over her shoulder she paused when she arrived at her dorm and turned the knob walking in to see a young girl about her age. "Ohh, hello there you must be my new roommate, I'm Jemma Simmons" she said beaming.

"Daisy Johnson" she said shaking the woman's hand. "Hey! I know you." A voice said to Jemma's right.

"That's ridiculous you couldn't possibly know her" Jemma stated.

"Yea I do. I saw her on the news and it was all over the internet at one point. She's Tony starks daughter"

"Oh my god Fitz your right" Jemma squeaked.

"Yea, I uh… hope you don't hold it against me" Daisy said.

"No, no of course not. It's nice to meet you daisy" Jemma said.

"It's nice to meet you to" she said with a smile.

"so, what happened to the academy. Looks like a tornado blew through" she grinned.

"It was Hydra. We're still recovering from what happened." Jemma said.

"Right, evil organization gotcha" she nodded.

"Welcome to the Shield Academy" Fitz said.

As the next few days passed Daisy noticed that people were looking at her oddly and some of them shying away from her. "Okay why are people avoiding me like the plague" she said as she sat next to Jemma in the cafeteria.

"It's probably cause you're a gifted" Fitz said with a shrug.

"Wait, how do you know about that?" She said looking up startled.

"When you filled out your application its required detail for you to put what species you are. You put Inhuman. I guess somebody blabbed and now everyone knows. If you were a mutant you would have to put mutant or risk being expelled if they found out. Your identity is supposed to be secret, but I guess somebody decided to tell the whole school"

"Great" Daisy muttered.

The months passed by after that and everybody avoided her like the plague the only friends she had was Jemma and Fitz and they never even asked her what powers she had and she never told them.

Before she knew it, she was already in summer and she had been at the school for half a year and her 18th birthday passed by without much thought before she got the call from her dad

"You're getting married!" she yelled into the phone.

And here she thought her life couldn't get any crazier.