Chapter 37: Different Worlds

Daisy couldn't sleep tossing and turning in her bed all she could think about was Ward and it wasn't like she liked him, but nine years had passed and she had really believed all those years ago that she would never see him again and yet here they both were.

Throwing the blankets off herself she sat up annoyed. How could this not bother Ward because seriously she herself was a little freaked out. He acted like it was completely normal to run into someone that you once met nine years ago and only spoke to for five minutes.

Stomping out of bed she made her way quietly down the hall and headed towards where they were keeping Ward now. They had changed the place they were keeping him which was now in an underground basement at the very bottom of shield with a hologram wall to hide him.

Slipping into the door she walked down the steps and picked up the tablet pressing a few keys before the wall became see through and she sat in the only chair available. Ward had his back to her so she assumed he was sleeping as she watched him. It wasn't like she was a stalker or anything, but Ward did look completely innocent when he slept at least from what she could see of his back.

She shouldn't be here she knew that, but she couldn't sleep and she couldn't stop thinking about Ward and she knew there was some part of her that was searching for that boy, the one with the infectious grin. She had yet to find him though.

"Are you going to sit there all night watching me sleep?" A voice suddenly asked causing her to jump. Raising her head, she saw Ward staring right at her.

"I couldn't sleep" she mumbled. "So, you came down here to do what? Exactly" he said.

"I don't know. I just wanted to see if the boy I knew was still there, but he's really gone, Isn't he? You really are different" she said softy.

"you tell me I've changed, but your forgetting that you have as well. People change Daisy. We're not those same kids we were all those years ago. You need to stop living in the past" he said sitting up.

"You killed my mom" she said.

"Yea I did. Does that make you hate me? Do you want to kill me?" he said standing up and pausing at the barrier.

"I never thought you were capable of murder."

"Bullshit Daisy! You knew, you always knew. You just couldn't admit the truth to yourself. The day I met you I told you that I set my house on fire. I was always capable of murder I just needed the right push"

A tear slid down Daisy's cheek and she brushed it away softly. "And then 3 years later you went back to finish the job" she whispered.

"Why are you here Daisy?" he murmured softly.

"You could have killed me, but you let me live. Maybe I'm delusional and Maybe you were just shocked to see me alive, but everything you've done since then has shown me that there is some part of you that won't hurt me" she said.

"You think I'm incapable of hurting you? Why would I care about some girl that I met once years ago and barely even said five words to and then I proceeded to kill that girl's mom. I'm a bad guy Daisy. If you were smart you would head up those steps and leave." He said.

Walking towards Ward her legs were trembling as she placed her forehead against the barrier and closed her eyes. "if you were a bad guy you wouldn't be telling me to leave, you would be relishing in my pain and you wouldn't be trying to tell me to stay away from you" she breathed.

"I am so conflicted and I don't know what to do. I hate you, God I hate you so much, but I also want to help you." Pulling away she took a deep breath.

"Somebody that I knew once told me a few years back that he was assigned to kill an agent of the red room, but he didn't because he saw that she could be good. He didn't have feelings towards her and he didn't even know her, but he still saw a small light in her and as much as he wanted to complete his mission he would never forgive himself if he didn't try to help her"

"Is that what I am to you Daisy? A pet project, did you ever think that if you start spending all this time with me one might begin to think that you were falling for me" he grinned not taking what he said actually serious.

"Impossible, I could never fall in love with you." And with that she turned on her heels and walked out. He had murdered her mom. Falling in love with him? That was a joke and she'd like to think she was stronger than that. Falling in love with the bad guy was out of the question.

Turning to leave she paused when Ward spoke again. "You and I come from different worlds Daisy. Did you ever stop to wonder that the reason we were drawn back together was not so that you could save me but because we were destined to destroy each other? In the end when all is said and done only one of us is making it out alive" His words chilled her but she shook her head and chose to ignore it as she walked out.

She couldn't sleep for the rest of the night and the rest of the week consisted of her actively avoiding seeking out Ward she couldn't face that man she hated him so much, but that same boy from nine years ago flashed in her mind and every time that happened she found herself wanting to see that boy again. She wondered if he still even existed.

Lying in bed it was a night much like the one from when she had talked to Ward. She was staring at the ceiling, trying to sleep but ever since Ward had gotten here she hadn't been getting much sleep. She was just about to doze off when a loud explosion happened starting her awake.

Sitting up fast she looked around the room disoriented before reaching for her gun on the nightstand and getting up. Rushing out of the room she could see the chaos instantly, followed by the sound of gunfire. They were under attack.

"Hydra" she hissed gritting her teeth and then another thought occurred to her. "Ward" she whispered. Shoving passed all the shield agents she began running to the section where they were keeping Ward, throwing open the door she ran down the steps and froze in her tracks. The prison that they were keep Ward was empty, he was gone.

Letting out a shout she twisted on her heels and ran back up the steps. Rushing out into the hallway the smell of smoke reached her nose and she took off knowing that only Ward could have caused the fire.

The crackling sound of fire reached her ears and she froze as Ward turned slowly to face her the fire slowly dying out when he realized it was her. Lifting her gun, she pointed it at him her hands shaking, an image flashed before her mind an image of a nearly 18-year-old boy staring back at her and she hesitated.

"Ward, don't…. don't do this" she said. Trying to keep her voice calm.

"You still think I am be saved well let me prove to you that your wrong" he said walked towards her a gun in his hand.

"You won't hurt me. I know you won't" she said.

"And that right there, flowers is your mistake" Lifting the gun he shot and a scream tore from her throat as the bullet hit her thigh her leg instantly collapsing as she fell.

Scrambling backwards she hit the wall and clutched at her bleeding leg as he walked slowly towards her kneeling down. Touching her cheek gently he spoke. "I warned you. I tried to tell you that there was nothing left to save, but you didn't listen and now I think I'll spare your life so you can watch the world burn and no that you could have saved it but did nothing" Squeezing her leg she winced as he stood up and walked away, A single tear sliding down her cheek.

Standing in her room a few days later. Her backpack was slung over her shoulder and she closed the door gently it was late at night and everyone else was sleeping. No one would even know that she was gone until the morning. Taking a deep breath, she walked out not planning on being back for a while.

Arriving at Coulson's grave that they still hadn't taken down because everyone still thought he was dead, minus Barton, Fury, Hill and herself of course also everyone on the team.

She walked up to the grave slowly and took a deep breath. "Hey A.C. I know your still alive and all but what I'm about to do you're not going to like very much and I wish I could tell wat it was but not now so, I settled for second best and came to your grave. You always did give the best advice when you weren't speaking" she said taking a deep breath.

"I should have told you that I knew Ward but I couldn't and now things have spiraled out of control and I know what I have to do to fix it" kneeling she closed her eyes and placed her hand on the tomb stone.

"I have to kill him. I have to kill Ward. I think I've known it all along but I didn't realize it until he destroyed one of the only things that I cherished most in this world. My memory of the day I met him" she trailed off and took a deep breath.

"That day was the greatest day of my life because not only did I find out my dad was Tony Stark. I also made a friend for the first time even if it was just a fleeting moment, but he ruined it. He destroyed a sacred day when he shot me. I thought the one reason I could never hurt him was because he couldn't hurt me. I thought we were connected by that day, but that's a lie and now I have to kill him. I know you wouldn't approve and that's why I didn't tell you. Its time, this ends now" she said standing up.

She didn't look back as she walked away there was somewhere she needed to go first.

The X mansion was just as she remembered it. She hadn't been here in years and she hadn't seen Logan in years. Over the years she had been busy and things had kept her away, but she wasn't here for a reunion. She needed the professors help.

Walking towards the gate she held both hands out towards the ground and released a series of vibrations. The momentum so strong that they sent her flying right over the fence. Landing on her feet she walked towards the mansion that hadn't changed at all since the last time she saw it.

Moving up the steps the door began shaking until it burst open and she walked in and looked around the whole room began shaking but she was only doing that to draw the professor out even though she knew that he knew that she was already here.

"What the hell is going on?" A voice yelled as Logan came running out before freezing in his tracks. "Daisy?" he whispered his eyes wide in shock.

"Logan get out of my way. I need to talk to the professor" she said through gritted teeth.

"Daisy? What the hell are you doing? Stop this shaking now before you bring the whole place down" he said getting annoyed.

"I'm not going to ask you again! Get the hell out of my…."

"Enough!" A voice said startling the pair only to realize it was the professor.

"Daisy if you would please stop the room from shaking we can talk in my office" he said turning his wheel chair and heading towards his office.

Following him into the office she closed the door behind her and crossed her arms. "Do you know why I'm here?"

"Yes, Daisy and what you're about to do isn't the answer. You'll regret this for the rest of your life if you do this"

"Right? And you know this because…. You have no idea what I'm going through. I thought I could help Ward, but I was wrong. There is no helping him, he's gone he has been for a long time" she said.

"You think I don't know what you're going through your wrong. I once had a similar predicament like your own. A dear friend of mine betrayed me and we have been fighting ever since, but despite everything that I have been through to save Erik and to stop him one thing has never changed that is that I still care about him. I will always care about him" he said.

"You know the one thing that's different about our situations you knew that man for more than a day. I know Ward for less than an hour and I thought we had a connection and I thought I knew Ward, but how can you really know someone after only a single moment" she scoffed.

"A single moment has the power to change everything Daisy. In that moment, you saw the real Ward even if it was only for a few minutes"

"That was nine years ago and after everything that's happened I don't think the real Ward exists anymore, he died and now you're going to tell me how to find him. I know that Cerebro can find anyone."

"You say you hate him for everything that's happened and for everything that he's done, but that's not true. You don't blame him Daisy, you blame him yourself. The one you hate is yourself"

"No, it's not my fault. I didn't do anything" she yelled. The windows beginning to rattle.

"Yes, but you still blame yourself because you could have saved him that day. You saw Garrett you let Ward walk away and you let Garrett take him. You could have stopped everything, but you didn't. There was nothing you could have done Daisy. You were only fifteen and you couldn't have possibly known what was going to happen."

"Stop it" she choked feeling the tears gather in her eyes.

"Your mom's death, Tripp getting shot, Ward becoming an inhuman. You couldn't have stopped any of that"

"Stay out of my head" she yelled grabbing her head the tears streaming down her cheeks.

"It's not your fault Daisy"

"Yes, yes, it is. All of it! It's all my fault!" she sobbed falling to her knees and letting the tears flow freely.

"Everything that's happened is because of me, so many people got hurt and so many people keep getting hurt and I couldn't do it. I hesitated when is should have killed him, but now I'm going to make it right." She said standing up.

"Don't stand in my way professor. I'm going to end it. I have to kill him and you're going to help me. Tell me where he is."

"Daisy…."

"No!" she yelled cutting him off. "I'm not playing around! And I'm not listening to anything you have to say, just help me please"

"Daisy, this will be the one thing that you regret for the rest of your life, but I can't stop you" he said rolling out of the office and heading towards the sublevel where Cerebro was.

Leaving the X-mansion she looked back before turning around to take a deep breath. She had a limited time and no clue how long Ward would stay put where he was.

Arriving at what looked to be an abandoned building but was really a front for hydra. She slipped into the side door in the back of the building and slowly crept down the hall, avoiding all detection and risk of being caught.

She hadn't actually thought this through, but her objective was clear enough. Making her way up the side stairwell she turned the door slowly and gently pulled the door open and slipped through.

Voices reached her ears and she froze one of the voices sounded like Wards.

"We're leaving the base already?"

"We can't risk Shield finding us again. We're going to need to move around awhile until it's safe. You'll take the first plane out of here and I'll meet you in a few days. Be ready to leave now. Gather everything you need." The footsteps walked away and she slowly walked across to the other end of the hall.

Garrett had mentioned a plane and the only place they could possibly keep a plane was the roof and that's where she was headed.

Creeping up the next flight of stairs she pushed them open and walked out onto the roof where a large jet was being fueled. The hanger door was already open when she snuck on and hid in-between two large boxes that were on the floor.

Closing her eyes for a moment she pulled out her gun and checked the round. She had a full round. She didn't know yet whether she was going to shoot him or use her powers to crush his skull yet, but she did know that she was going to kill him.

Her heart was racing as the minutes ticked by and soon she could hear the sound of footsteps heading up the hanger door. "We're ready to take off sir" one of the hydra agents said.

"Good, everything's ready" A voice said. A voice that sounded distinctly like Wards.

Putting her hand over her mouth to muffle her breathing she closed her eyes and tried to calm her racing heart. She could hear the hanger doors closing as the jet began taking off, rising into the air and getting further away.

Her nerves were beginning to get the better of her and she wondered if she was even capable of doing this or if she was just going to end up chickening out. She could make out the silhouette of Ward who had his back to her, not that he could see her anyway since she was smooshed between two boxes.

The flight went for about two hours with her contemplating whether she should make a move or not before finally deciding that she couldn't sit here anymore.

Getting up slowly she held her hand out and released a string of vibrations right into Wards back, sending him flying forwards as he crashed into the wall.

"Jesus Christ!" he shouted, trying to gain his bearings.

Looking up he turned and his eyes widened. "You, why am I not surprised?" he said getting up slowly and she could see the flames crawling up his arms.

"You shouldn't have come and now you're going to regret it" throwing a blast of fire at her she jumped to the side and released another set of vibrations which he dodged and the vibrations ended up hitting the wall causing the whole plane to shake ferociously.

"You might want to be careful, you know cause we're in a god damn plane now wouldn't want it to crash." Ward said sarcastically.

"You told me that you couldn't be saved and that I would regret trying to save you and your right I haven't come to save you. I've come to kill you." Daisy said gritting her teeth.

"Well at least you're not completely dumb" he said.

Glaring at him she strode towards him and swung her fist which he caught easily before twisting her around. Slamming her foot into his he released her and she turned swinging her elbow into his face.

Twisting her foot, she kicked him in the chest, knocking him into the wall. Panting slightly, he swung his fist and she felt his fist connect with her face. Bringing her fist back she swung it and he caught it inches before it connected with her face, pulling her towards his chest as he twisted her arm upwards.

"You're an idiot, you know that." He hissed bringing her face closer to his.

"Actually, I think I have you right where I want you. Little tidbit, you should never let an inhuman get too close to you."

Using her free hand, a series of vibrations burst from them and sent him flying into the front of the plane his back slamming into the console as the whole plane suddenly took a serious nose dive and Daisy found herself falling forwards her whole body sliding across the floor.

Trying to gain her bearings she saw Ward coming out of the cock pit and she released another set of vibrations this time he dodged and the vibrations hit the controls causing the whole control panel to malfunction.

"We're going down" One of the Hydra agents yelled as he tried to get control of the plane.

"You idiot! Look at what you've done genius" Ward yelled the whole plane was spiraling now, Daisy grabbed onto the side and hung on as one of the men yelled. "Brace for impact"

The plane hit the ground and daisy felt her head slam into the side and for a second everything blacked out and it was quiet. Raising her head, she slowly got to her feet as did Ward and she turned and noticed that the whole front end of the plane was destroyed, leaving only Ward and herself.

"Are you an idiot?" he snapped as he glared at her.

"No, are you?" she sneered.

"Well I'm not the one who crashed the plane, am I. FYI using your powers inside a plane is probably not the smartest thing to do"

"Go to hell!" She yelled getting up and wincing as she made her way to the hanger door to get the hell off the plane.

Stumbling out into the snow, she froze. "Where the hell are we?" she asked looking around.

"You got on a plane without knowing where it was headed. Real smart Flowers" he said.

"Actually, I was just trying to kill you. Wasn't really worried about the destination thank you very much" She scoffed.

"Well to answer your question I have no idea where we are."

"You're kidding me right. Your ragging on me for not knowing where we are, but you don't even know yourself" she yelled at him throwing her hands up

"Hey, I never asked you to get on the plane."

"Yea? Well now it looks like we're stuck together, in the middle of nowhere. That is just great." She said sarcastically.

A sigh escaped Wards lips and he dropped his head.

"My god, we're going to kill each other" he muttered as the snow fell gently from the sky.