Chapter 8
Because of I don't update regularly, and I will be starting Uni next week, I ended up joining the chapters and writing roughly... 6000-10000 words per chapter. I'm not sure how much I'll be able to write during this time, but i'll try to be you for readings!
Daisy impatiently bounced her leg up and down as she sat in the interrogation room. Her but was sore from sitting on a metal seat and her wrists were slightly aching from the handcuffs. Bobbi, Bakshi and a hydra agent were in the room with her.
"Can we get on with this? I have things to do" Daisy said and she wasn't kidding. She contemplated fighting her way out but then she remembered that if she broke out, she would have to fight Bobbi in order to maintain her cover.
"What did you tell them?" Bakshi questioned as he slammed the communication screens onto the table.
Daisy looked at the screen and shrugged her shoulder, "Tell who?" she was going to go with the dumb act.
"Don't play dumb with me girl. What did you tell S.H.I.E.L.D?" Daisy has never seen Bakshi this worried before. Oh, maybe Bakshi got in trouble with Whitehall, "Let's start with the painting"
"I already tol-"
Bakshi threw a punch across Daisy's face, "Don't interrupt me!"
"Was that a punch or a slap?" Daisy taunted with a smile on her face. She could tell that the hydra guard thought she was a psychopath while Bobbi was clenching her fist to prevent herself from making a move against Bakshi.
Out of anger he threw another punch… again, and again, and again.
"Sir" Bobbi interrupted his fit of anger, "Punching her won't get her to talk"
Daisy had to admit, her face was starting to sting and it didn't help that there was a metallic taste in her mouth. Her face was definitely going to bruise tomorrow.
A sadistic smile on Bakshi's face suddenly appeared, "You're right Agent Morse". Bakshi walked over to the hydra guard and grabbed the batons but that wasn't all, he pressed a button that released electricity.
Daisy shot Bobbi a sarcastic, thanks for the help, look while Bobbi gave her an apologetic look back, "You know Bakshi, you're going to regret all of this once I get out of these handcuffs"
Bakshi laughed at that and he leaned in closer to Daisy's face, "I'll take my chances," he said as he pushed the baton flowing with electricity into her abs, causing her to grit her teeth, "Now tell me where the painting went?"
"I told you that I coul-"
He once again pushed the baton into her stomach but Daisy refused to give him the satisfaction of letting out a scream. She had much worse, Lincoln's electricity were a lot more powerful than this weak thing.
"Speak the truth"
Daisy smirked at this, "The truth?" she questioned, she saw Bobbi twitch meaning that she was nervous that Daisy was going to expose her, "The truth is you're a little bitch"
That was it. Bakshi had enough, he kicked Daisy in the stomach causing her to fall off her chair and onto the floor. Daisy rolled her eyes as she groaned on the floor. Damn, she preferred to be on the chair taking beatings… when was the last time someone cleaned this place. She couldn't tell whether that was blood or vomit… or both.
Bakshi crouched down and grabbed her faced and whispered, "I now understand why your parents abandoned you and why you've become an orphan"
Something in Daisy's eyes changed. Her smug smile dropped and she was no longer in the mood to play this game with Bakshi. Bobbi noticed how there was a deadly look in her and made a self-note not to ever mention Daisy's parents or the fact that she was an orphan.
The hydra agent's and Bobbi's phone interrupted the interrogation. Bakshi stood up and glared at them for the interruption but he didn't have the chance to yell at them because the hydra agent turned his phone around and showed it to Bakshi.
Bakshi looked at the photo and then looked back at Daisy with confusion, "Y-you're not the traitor" he realised, "Why the hell did you have the communication sheets?"
"I found it in the trash you asshole. Now take the handcuffs off" Daisy sat up and allowed Bakshi to take the handcuffs off. Daisy stood up and rubbed her wrist. Bakshi cleared his throat and slightly loosened his tie when he realised that he had made a mistake, "Who's the traitor?"
Bobbi tossed Daisy her phone for her to look. Oh shit... Jemma.
"You know Bakshi… you should've kept your mouth shut"
Daisy quickly punched Bakshi in the face and slammed his face across the table, knocking him out. The hydra guard took out his gun and aimed it at Daisy but Bobbi intervened. Bobbi took the gun out of his hands and twisted his wrist, causing him to yell in pain. She then kicked the agent in the balls to make him fall onto his knees and threw a solid hook to his face, knocking him out.
Daisy picked up the baton and threw it to Bobbi who caught it.
"Are you okay?" Bobbi asked as she looked at Daisy's face. She could already see the swelling and split lip on her face from Bakshi's punches. Bobbi had to dig her nails into her skin to prevent herself from stopping Bakshi and blowing her cover. A part of her was surprised to see Daisy pop out of nowhere after being gone for a week.
She was almost certain that she wasn't going to see Daisy again. Unlike Jemma however, she didn't really mind because with Daisy out of the way, she would be able to complete her mission without worrying whether Daisy was going to betray them or not. Even though Daisy saved her, the girl had too many secrets and ironically, Bobbi had the feeling she was dangerous.
However, when she realised that Daisy had taken the fall for Jemma and didn't relent once to Bakshi's interrogation, she saw what Jemma saw in Daisy.
Daisy was good.
She finally figured out why she couldn't get a read on Daisy and it was because Daisy didn't even know who she was. Daisy claimed to be greedy for money and someone who can't be trusted, but she just proved to Bobbi that she had a good heart.
"I'm so sorry Daisy..."
Daisy shook her head and waved it off, "Don't be. You do what you gotta do to complete your mission plus, I'm fine" Daisy felt like she's been saying that quite a lot this week, "However, I think Jemma is going to be brainwashed if we don't get to her in time. I assume that you have an escape plan?"
Daisy went over to the guards body to loot his weapon. She stole his gun and put it in her belt. She usually didn't use weapons but she had the feeling that there was going to be a lot of pissed off hydra guards in the building.
"I do. Up to the rooftop" Bobbi confirmed as she watched Daisy grab the hand cuffs that was put on her, and slapped it on Bakshi's wrist behind his back. She made sure it was super tight and super painful for when he woke up.
"Okay, you clear a pathway to the entrance and I'll grab Simmons and meet you there"
Bobbi nodded her head and trusted Daisy's judgement, as if she were a real member of her team. Daisy waited for Bobbi to leave to throw a few punches at Bakshi's face and a solid kick to the stomach, "Asshole" she muttered before leaving the room to go and find Simmons.
Jemma was sitting on the bathroom seat taking a deep breath. She needed to give herself a good pep talk if she was going to go back to the science lab after Daisy was taken away. She silently chastised herself for making such as stupid mistake and the thing is, she wasn't even the one paying the price for her actions.
Daisy was.
Oh god, she hoped Daisy wasn't being brainwashed right now. What would she do if she was? If Daisy was her actual enemy she'd be screwed. Not only would she be screwed, but all of S.H.I.E.L.D. would be. Daisy was not only a great fighter, but she was also a good hacker who was able to hack into their security systems that Fitz built himself. And that says a lot.
She stood up from the toilet and told herself that everything will work out in the end and that she will indefinitely, make it up to Daisy somehow. She opened the door and..
"Oh Christ" Jemma yelped in fear as she jumped back from the intruder.
"Jesus Christ Simmons, what the hell are you doing?" Daisy shouted as she got startled from Jemma being startled. She swear to god that Simmons was making her a bad agent.
"Daisy?" Jemma sighed in relief as she recognised the young agents face. She gasped in surprise when she saw how beaten up Daisy's face looked, "Your face", the doctor in Simmons made her reach out to inspect her face but Daisy gently pushed Simmons hands out of her face.
"Simmons, this is not the time to be hiding in the bathroom" Daisy's tone made Simmons felt like she was missing out on something big… wait, how did Daisy get out of the interrogation room, "You've been compromised"
Jemma's eyes widened, how was she compromised? She knew for a fact that Daisy wouldn't have given her up and nor would Bobbi, so how did they find out?
Daisy knew Jemma was shocked but she really couldn't give a damn. She needed to get Simmons out of here as fast as possible, "Follow me" she said as she pulled the gun from her back pocket and walked out of the bathroom.
She saw 3 guards coming up to them and quickly fired 3 bullets that went straight through their chest. She prayed that they didn't have families… but to be fair they were working for a terrorist organisation so screw them.
Daisy took Jemma's wrist and pulled her down the hallway, towards the rooftop. They almost made their way to the rooftop until they saw other guards blocking their way. Daisy aimed her gun at their legs and fired but nothing came out, "Who the hell doesn't load their gun?"
She let go of Simmons's wrist and started to march up to the agent but before she got there, both guards collapsed and standing behind them was Bobbi.
"Bobbi" Jemma sighed in relief as she ran up to her friend.
"Let's go" Bobbi said as she began to lead the way. They got to the staircase and went up to the rooftop.
Daisy couldn't see anything, but she could sense something in the air. Oh… that was cool. She could feel the aircraft emitting waves of vibration which was a dead give-away of their location.
"Get down!" Bobbi shouted as multiple gunmen began shooting at them. They ran to hide behind different objects to protect themselves from being shot. Bobbi looked around and saw a glint of camouflage, she looked over to Simmons and Daisy and shouted, "Follow me"
Bobbi grabbed a hold of Jemma's hand and pulled her alongside her as they jumped. Jemma let out a scream when she looked down and saw that there was nothing there, but when she landed on something, she let out a sigh of relief.
That was until she saw Daisy still hiding behind a box.
"Daisy" Jemma shouted out to her. Daisy looked back at them, for a split second she contemplated on going with them but then she remembered she had something to do and couldn't come. She shook her head and turned her attention back to the guards.
"Go!" Daisy shouted when she saw the hesitation in Jemma's eyes to leave them. Jemma made a step forward, ready to grab Daisy and drag her with her instead of leaving her in this mess however Bobbi held her back. Not because she didn't want to go save Daisy herself, but because if they stayed any longer, the ship will be revealed.
A hole in the ship opened up, allowing Bobbi and Jemma to jump into the ship and escape the flying bullets.
"Trip" Jemma sighed in relief when she saw a familiar face.
"Hey girl, long time no see" Trip's infamous smile made her feel slightly better already.
"Trip, let's go" Bobbi commanded as she looked out the window and saw Daisy giving her a thumbs up. She couldn't stop feeling guilty about leaving Daisy there but she didn't have a choice.
"Wait!" Jemma shouted causing Trip to look back at her with confusion written on his face, "We can't just leave her there! She'll die!"
Bobbi also didn't want to be the one to leave Daisy behind but the ship was already taking too much damage. She looked at Jemma and shook her head, "You and I both know that she won't go down easy", the thumbs up that Daisy gave to them earlier made her feel like Daisy was telling them that they will see each other again.
Jemma knew she was right but she couldn't help but feel like she dragged into this war between HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. She remembered Daisy saying that she wasn't interested in the conflict and she didn't want to be dragged into this mess. But now she was in the epicentre of everything.
Daisy was now fighting against HYDRA for S.H.I.E.L.D… for her and Bobbi.
Daisy waited for the ship to leave before closing her eyes and waiting for the sound of the bullets to pause. All she needed was a split second. They were already close enough to her so she could easily take them on. She heard one of them reloading their ammo so she instinctively vaulted over the metal box that she was hiding behind, and snatched the gun out of the man's hands.
She quickly grabbed him by the neck and swung him over so he was now being used as a shield from the oncoming bullets from the other three soldiers. Daisy quickly shot the men firing their weapons at her. She got 2 in the head and one in the chest. She dropped the dead body that she was using as a shield and quickly ran over to the door.
Daisy could tell that more men were coming so she quickly broke off the knob so they couldn't get outside. She threw the gun on top of one of the guy's body and looked around to see if anyone was still here.
She could tell that there was nothing in the air and all the cameras around the area had been hacked by her. She walked over to the ledge and saw how far down the drop was.
"Damn it" she muttered under her breath. She's only done this a couple of times and she always ended up with a sprained ankle when she did this. She closed her eyes and walked off the ledge.
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
She was falling faster than she expected… and her body was also moving in a way that she didn't want to. She could feel herself getting closer and closer to the ground.
Now.
She used her quake powers to prevent her body from slamming against the concrete. She let out a sigh of relief when her face was just inches away from the concrete. She stopped using her quake abilities and allowed her body to slump to the floor. She took a few seconds to herself to catch her breath… that was until she saw a rat running out of the dumpster.
"Oh son of a b-"
Grant Ward.
He was no longer a HYDRA agent, nor was he an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. He was just Grant Ward. He couldn't remember the last time that he felt this free. The irony of his situation wasn't lost on him. Yes, he was handcuffed and sitting in the back of a van that was transporting him to his manipulative brother, but he was finally able to breathe fresh air.
After being imprisoned for 6 months with nothing to do but stare at the blank walls and exercise, the only thing he wished for was getting out of S.H.I. . Being imprisoned for so long made him think about a lot of things, like what he was going to do when he got out. He made a mental bucket list on what to do.
One thing that was on his list, was to kill Christian.
Another thing was to find Skye and to make sure that she, along with the rest of the Inhumans who he considered family, were safe.
And the last thing was to kill everyone who was involved in the experiments that took place in hydra. Ward knew that HYDRA was split up into 3 separate factions.
One organisation was hellbent on taking over the world through mass destruction and mind control. This was Bakshi and Whitehall's ultimate goal.
The second organisation was focused on their original goal which was to revive Hive, the original founder of HYDRA. Grant wasn't sure whether this faction of hydra actually existed or not. He had never met anyone who wanted to revive Hive… whoever the hell he was.
And there was the third organisation. The third organisation that he and Daisy were all too familiar with was obsessed with creating an army of Inhumans through experimentation. Ward wished it was as easy as being subjected to terrigenesis and gaining power… however that was far from what happened.
This organisation was, in Ward's opinion, the most sadistic one.
Ward tilted his head until he made cracking sound in his neck. The guards turned to look at him with disgust in their eyes.
The van suddenly stopped.
"What's going on?" One of the guards asked the driver.
"I don't know… something's wrong with the gps… it seems like there's a power outage in this area"
A power outage? How convenient for him. He looked down at the handcuffs on his wrist. S.H.I.E.L.D has definitely upgraded from their normal cuffs. It's been a while since he has done this. He took in a deep breath and conjured all the body heat that he could muster, into his wrist. Slowly, the cuffs began to melt.
"What the hell?" The guards shouted as he watched the cuffs melt off of Ward's wrist. He clumsily aimed his gun at Ward but they all froze when they saw Ward's eyes.
His eyes were glowing dark red.
Ward couldn't leave any traces of him using his powers and he most definitely couldn't leave any witnessed alive. He quickly grabbed the gun out of the guard's hand and fired 4 bullets, each piercing the skull of the guards in the van.
He realised that he forgot the driver.
"It's a shitty day for you guys" He muttered as he picked up the now melted handcuffs. Ward began looting the dead bodies for more ammo for his pistol as well as the key however, he couldn't find the keys. Shit… now he was going to have to use his powers to get out of this van. He put his hand on the van and was going to melt it but luckily for him, someone from the outside unlocked the door for him.
"Always getting yourself into trouble"
Ward couldn't help but smile when he saw the person that was like a brother to him, "Linky, it's been a while". He jumped out of the van and gave Lincoln a bro hug. That's when he noticed the unconscious body on the side of the road. "You knocked him out?"
Lincoln nodded his head as he pulled out of the hug, "Yeah, couldn't kill him though. It would be odd if he died from being electrocuted when there's a power outage"
Ward smirked at that. Lincoln never liked to get his hands dirty however, when push comes to shove, Lincoln would kill someone if it meant protecting his family. He walked over to the unconscious guard and put a bullet through his head.
Lincoln looked away. Despite being a doctor, he didn't like watching people being killed. Especially when they didn't deserve it but was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lincoln gestured for Ward to follow him to his car.
"You know, out of all people to rescue me. You were the last person on my list" Ward commented as he got into the passenger seat of the car.
Lincoln rolled his eyes as started driving, "It's good to see you. By the way, you look like absolute shit".
Ward frowned at that, "It's not like they have mirrors in solitary confinement", he looked into the side mirror and saw the gash on his forehead from when May punch him in the head repeatedly.
Lincoln noticed the scars on Ward's face and could bet his money on Ward having more scars on his body, "I'll bring you to my hospital. Give you a full checkup"
Ward shook his head, "No need. Believe it or not, S.H.I.E.L.D isn't like hydra, they don't let you bleed out from internal injuries. Plus, I need to lay low for a while"
"You could go home" Lincoln suggested.
Ward looked at Lincoln like he was crazy, there was no way that he was going to their secret base when he had S.H.I.E.L.D on his back. Plus, he wasn't a big fan of the Afterlife, it was too quiet for his likimg, "Can't. I have to many watching my back"
"Then go to a secret location and get Gordon to bring you back"
Ward knew that S.H.I.E.L.D wasn't going to stop hunting him. Coulson was stubborn, he wasn't going to let him go that easily which meant that he was going to investigate Ward's entire life story. Unlike Daisy, his life was a lot easier to track considering how his older brother was still alive.
"Can't take that chance" Ward said as looked out the window and saw the scenery. Lincoln nodded his head, there was no point in trying to convince Ward to do anything.
Lincoln turned his head to the back of the seat and pulled out a bag. He put the bag in Ward's lap.
"What's this?" Ward asked as he opened the bag and saw a new pair of clothes and a burner phone.
"Daisy prepared it for you. She was going to be the one to rescue you but apparently she ran into some trouble with hydra"
"In trouble?" Ward questioned protectively, "What trouble? Is she okay?"
"She's fine and I don't know the details" Lincoln reassured, "She wants you to meet up with her at the bar"
Ward knew what bar Daisy was talking about. It was the bar he hated the most because of that arrogant bartender who Daisy had a fling with. Every Time he saw Miles, he felt like burning a hole through his chest.
"You know where to drop me off?" Ward asked as he took off his shirt. He looked at the shirt that Daisy gave him to wear and rolled his eyes when he read the back of the shirt. It said, Asshole. Way to be subtle Daisy. Luckily, Daisy also got him a nice leather jacket. What was with Daisy and leather jackets? He made a self-note to make Daisy try new clothing styles.
"Yea. Daisy already hacked the security cameras at the bus depot so no-one will see you getting out of my car"
Ward nodded his head. Good, he didn't want to drag Lincoln into this Hydra vs S.H.I.E.L.D mess that he was already involved in. He wore his new shirt and jacket. It felt so nice to wear something new.
"So Linky, tell me what you've been up to"
"Mate, wake up"
Ward groaned in frustration at being woken up until he realised that he wasn't in solitude anymore.
"You're drooling on my seat"
"No I'm not" Ward retorted as he discreetly wiped the drool from his mouth and sat up. After catching up with Lincoln, he fell asleep. The seat was a lot more comfortable then the metal bunk beds.
Ward looked out of the window and saw how it was day time. It was a long drive to the bus depot and he already knew that S.H.I.E.L.D was going in one of the buses, or even both. Lincoln gave Ward an earpiece, "Put this in"
Ward did what Lincoln asked him to do and put the earpiece in. He knew that Daisy was going to contact him for instructions. Lincoln grabbed the bag and saw the melted handcuff, "You used your powers?"
Ward nodded his head, "Don't worry. I killed all the witnesses" he said as he loaded his gun encase he got into a sticky situation.
Lincoln nodded his head approvingly. He never judged Ward's line of work, neither did he with Daisy. It was just a matter of how much they risked their lives when doing a job.
"It was good seeing you man" Ward said. He was proud of Lincoln. Instead of being stuck in this shitty cycle that he and Daisy fell into, Lincoln broke out of it and became a doctor like a normal person,
Before Ward got out of the car, Lincoln said, "Leave this life Ward. You and Daisy have sacrificed enough. It's time for you to go home"
Ward looked at Lincoln and saw the concern in his friend's eyes. After betraying his team, the thought of someone being concerned about his general well being was long forgotten. But he couldn't go back, not yet.
"I will… when I can guarantee that no one is hunting us"
Ward walked out of the car and waved Lincoln goodbye as Lincoln drove away. He spotted the first camera and waved to it, knowing full well that Daisy watching. Right on cue, his burner phone started ringing.
He turned on his earpiece, "Skye, it's been a while," he said with a smile. He felt like he hasn't smiled like this in a while.
"Ward" Daisy sighed in relief when she heard her friends voice. She wanted to go after Ward herself, but she had hydra chasing her. She had to lay-low in Miles Bar for the time being, "You look like shit"
"Why does everyone keep saying that?" He truly didn't understand, maybe he face was little pale since he hasn't seen the light of day in a while but other than that, he thought he looked perfectly fine.
"Your nose look crooked"
Ward unconsciously touched his nose. It was probably because May broke his nose… repeatedly, "You can see that?"
"I can see everything"
"Right" Ward muttered under his breath.
"Go to locker 817. There will be a bomber vest in case you run into trouble"
Ward nodded his head as he walked towards the lockers and used the key that Daisy had left in the bag for him to open it. He looked around to see if anyone was around. Ward took off his jacket and quickly put the vest on and then put his jacket back on. He also grabbed his bag that had money and a few weapons there.
"The bomb isn't real right?"
"Press the button and find out"
Ward was speechless, did he do something to piss her off? Actually, she might still be mad that he chose to go with Garrett instead of being a mercenary like her. Which made sense.
"Did I do something wrong?" He asked as he checked which bus he had to catch.
"Hydra has a secret weapon that can bring down buildings and destroy cities" Daisy mocked.
"Was that supposed to be an imitation of me?" Ward did not sound like that. She needed to work on her impression of him.
"You sold me out Ward"
What was she talking about? He had never sold her out to anyone. Ward was very careful with what he said and he kn- Oh wait, "Technically… I didn't sell you out. I just said that to scare them"
"They sent S.H.I.E.L.D agents into HYDRA to find out about this secret weapon"
Ward… was not expecting that. Wow, Coulson was getting more daring. He might've underestimated the director.
"You weren't comp-"
"Of course not" Daisy knew that Simmons or Bobbi were even a little suspicious about her powers, then she would have killed them. She wasn't going to let her feelings get in the way of protecting her inhuman family.
"I'm sorry" Daisy could hear the sincerity in his voice. She wasn't really mad at him, but she was curious as to why he had even hinted that in the first place.
"It's fine. Just get on the bus and meet me here"
Ward nodded his head. He needed to play the nice-guy act so he spotted a single mother with her son and walked over to them and shot them a charming smile.
"Very charming" Daisy rolled her eyes at Ward. She didn't understand why everyone fell for his smile. It wasn't that charming… if anything she found it annoying.
"Jealousy doesn't look good on you" Ward mumbled under his breath as he lifted up the suitcase for the young mom and said, "Need some help with that?
The young mother shook her head and said, "No, we can't possibly trouble you"
Ward shook his head, "Trust me, it's no trouble at all. I promise I don't bite'' he said as he lifted the suitcase, "My name's Zack"
"Out of all names, you chose Zack"
Ward ignored Daisy's comment and shook hands with the woman who introduced herself as Eliza and her son Graham. He made small talk with them as they walked towards the bus. Ward looked to his right and noticed something was off about the guy leaning against the pole. S.H.I.E.L.D was here. He discreetly pulled his jacket back, enough to for the guy to see what he was wearing. He smirked when he saw the guy walk away from his post.
"Good eye" Daisy commented, "Guess being in solitude didn't dampen your observation skills"
Ward felt his ego growing with the compliment. He walked onto the bus and put their suitcases on the shelf on the bus.
"Join us for the ride?"
Ward shook his head, "Prefer the back" he replied coldly as he made his way to the back.
"Cold shoulder" Daisy muttered. She could no longer see Ward but she could hear him.
Ward was going to sit at the far back since it gave him a vantage point. He could see who was coming in and going out. However, he paused when he saw the women that he saw outside, sitting on the bus with a book in her hand.
"Mind if I sit here?" Ward asked.
The blonde women looked at him with an innocent smile and nodded her head, "Go ahead"
Ward looked over to see what she is reading and noticed how she was still on the same page as she was before, "Guess you don't like to fly huh?"
The girl looked at him with confusion written on her face. Ward had to admit, she was a good actress. If he didn't know any better, he might have been fooled by her charms, "Sorry?"
"I never understood why people took the bus when they could just fly"
"Says the man on the bus"
Ward smirked at that, she was good.
"Hey, I recognise that voice" Daisy interrupted.
"Don't have a choice," Ward said, he wasn't going to risk exposing Lincoln, "How about you?"
"Oh I like the scenery. I don't get out much"
"It's Bobbi. Agent Morse" Daisy realised out loud. She really didn't care if Ward knew her real name, he wasn't going to use it against them… at least she didn't think he would.
"Yeah… it must be hard for an Agent to get the day off" Ward was curious as to how the hell Daisy knew about Agent Morse. He was pretty sure Daisy didn't know anyone from S.H.I.E.L.D.
"An Agent?" Bobbi scoffed in amusement, "You must be reading too many books"
Ward smirked at that, "Don't need to read books"
"Why? Too boring for you?"
"I'm sure you can relate" Ward said as he gestured to her book, "You were on page 27 when you were outside, and you're still on page 27. So either you're a really slow reader or you're working with Coulson". Ward knew she got her when he saw her swallow her saliva, "You tell Coulson that I'm impressed, I almost missed you"
He saw her make a move but he shook his head and showed her the dead switch, "You move or even think about following me, and I'll make this entire bus fly"
"Threatening" Daisy knew that Ward was ruthless. The reason why both her and Ward got along so well was because they never judged each other for what the other person did.
"Driver!"
Ward got up and took his own duffle bag from the shelf and walked off the bus, "Mind telling me how you know that agent?" he whispered so no-one suspected that he was talking to someone.
"One of the Agents that your Director Coulson sent" Daisy replied, "I'm surprise you spotted her"
"Yeah, we're going to have a long conversation about who you befriend when we meet" He said as he hopped onto the bus. He completely missed the guy wearing a cowboy hat in the bus.
"Like you can talk" Daisy shot back, "Anyway, I can't monitor you anymore so I'm going to head out. Don't make any more trouble and I'll see you soon"
Ward nodded his head but realised that she couldn't see him, "Alright, bye"
When everyone emptied the bus, Hunter pulled his cowboy hat down and walked towards a van where Bobbi and Trip were waiting for him.
"You got caught almost immediately" Hunter pointed out with a smug smile, much to Bobbi's annoyance. Bobbi ignored him and continued to look outside the window to see where Ward was going.
"Agent May, we got eyes on Ward. He entered a bar" Bobbi reported.
"Wait for backup. We'll be there in 10"
"The silent treatment?" Hunter couldn't believe how petty Bobbi was being with him, "Look, don't be mad just because you're not good at subtlety"
"Subtlety" Bobbi snapped, no-one made her more mad then her ex-husband, "You wore a fricken cowboy hat"
"At least I didn't get caught like you. What'd you do, come on too strong? You were never good at hiding your true colours" Hunter snarked bitterly.
Bobbi scoffed in offence, "My true colours? What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
Trip sunk into his seat and shook his head. He was not going to get himself involved in this quarrel between lovers.
"I bet you were using this HYDRA act of yours to hide who you really are" Hunter didn't know or care for this HYDRA vs S.H.I.E.L.D fiasco, but he knew for a fact that HYDRA were the bad guys and that Bobbi worked undercover for them. Who knows what they did to her… or what she did to other people.
"Are you calling me a Nazi?" Bobbi couldn't believe how arrogant Hunter was being, "I didn't torture or kill anybody for HYDRA"
"No, I bet you just sat and watched people getting brainwashed"
Bobbi was going to retort until she remembered watching Bakshi beat up Daisy for taking the fall for Jemma. Hunter wasn't wrong, she did watch people get brainwashed and killed, those who deserved it, in the name of HYDRA, but she had a mission and that was to gain Coulson's trust and gather intel on HYDRA.
"Enough" May radioed in.
Both Hunter and Bobbi were surprised that May could hear them, "You heard all of that?" Bobbi asked shyly. She was usually a lot more professional but Hunter brought a side to her that nobody else could.
"And me" Trip said as he raised his hand.
"When'd you get in here mate?" Hunter didn't notice Trip who was sitting in the driver's seat.
"I was always here" Trip shook his head, feeling a little dejected from not being recognised.
Ward walked off the bus and breathed the fresh air in. He looked to his right and saw the bar that Daisy was at. He then looked across the street and saw the suspicious cowboy enter the van.
Shit.
How did he miss the cowboy?
He shook his head and ignored it for now. It was too late to do anything now plus, he had a bomb on his chest and they won't risk killing innocent people.
He walked into the bar and was relieved to see that it was empty. The only person there was Miles.
"You're putting me out of business" Miles said with annoyance in his voice as he wiped the beer glass.
"I'm surprised you still have a business at all,'' Ward retorted as took off his jacket and bomb vest before sitting on the table waiting for Daisy. He didn't like Miles one bit, the only reason why he tolerated the asshole was because of Daisy. Daisy and him met at an orphanage.
"You do realise you're in my bar. I can kick you out" Miles said as he put the glass down
Ward smirked at that, Miles didn't know how dangerous Ward was, "How about you come here and try" he taunted.
"Enough" Daisy interrupted them before Miles got his ass beaten by Ward. Ward smiled when he saw how grown up Daisy looked now. The last time they saw each other was 3 years ago when Ward had entered S.H.I.E.L.D academy.
Ward got out of his seat and hugged Daisy who returned the hug. Her and Ward had so much history together. The two of them lead the Inhumans to safety after they broke out of their cages, literally.
Daisy then remembered that she was still pissed at Ward for leaving her to go with Garrett. She pulled out of the hug and kneed him the balls causing Ward to collapse on his knees, "What the hell was that for?" he groaned as he clutched the area where Daisy had kicked him in. He heard Miles laughing from behind the counter and wanted to punch him right in the nose.
"That's for leaving with Garrett" Daisy said as she waved Miles down for a two beers. Miles didn't want to get one for Ward but for Daisy, he will do it. She took a seat on the opposite side of Ward and waited for Ward to compose himself.
"Okay, well deserved" Ward said as he practically climbed onto his seat, "What the hell happened to your face?" he questioned as he reached over to look at the bruises on Daisy's face.
Before Daisy could answer, Miles came over with two beers and slammed it on the table so Ward was no longer able to inspect Daisy's face.
"Aren't you still underage?" Ward asked while shooting Miles a deadly glare.
Daisy raised her eyebrow at him.
Ward decided to turn his attention towards Miles, "You know it's illegal to sell alcohol to a minor"
"You're really going to lecture me on illegal activities. Aren't you a wanted fugitive?"
Ward shrugged his shoulders while Daisy rolled her eyes, "Could you give us a few minutes?"
Miles didn't like leaving Daisy along with this guy but he knew that Daisy could handle herself, "I'll give you 10 minutes" he said as he left the room.
"I can't believe you slept with that douchebag" Ward mumbled as he grabbed his beer and took a sip. He appreciated the way that the cold beer went down his throat. It's been a while since he drank something cold.
"I wouldn't be judging if I were you" Daisy said as she took her beer into her hand but Ward instantly grabbed it and chugged it all down, "What the hell?"
"You're underage Skye"
Daisy was used to Ward being overprotective like this, "Were you followed?"
Ward nodded his head, "We have 10 minutes before my meeting with Bakshi and S.H.I.E.L.D is waiting outside". Ward wished that they had more time to catch up but the life they lived was too chaotic. "How have you been?"
Daisy thought about that questioned. With Ward, she had always answered honestly. He was the only person who she could be 100 percent honest with. He could share her burden just as she could share his.
"I don't know" Daisy answered honestly as she looked down at her hands. Ward looked at Daisy with concern in his eyes, "I messed things up with HYDRA"
Ward was surprised by this. Daisy's motto was literally to lay low and not cause unnecessary trouble, "What happened?"
"You know Agent Simmons?"
Ward was surprised to hear that name come out of Daisy's mouth, "Yeah. We were on the same team together"
"She and the Agent you met infiltrated Hydra"
"Coulson sent Simmons there?" Daisy nodded her head. Coulson must've been desperate to gain some sort of leverage over hydra. Ward couldn't help but feel sorry for his old boss. Normally, people would just give up but not Coulson, "Damn…"
"Yeah. Long story short, I ended up fighting against Bakshi so they could escape"
Ward was taken aback by this information, "You went against Bakshi… which means…"
"They're after me" Daisy stated. She knew that once Whitehall got word about her betrayal, then everyone at HYDRA will be after all. The only reason why they tolerated her bullshit up till no was because she was on their side. If they can't have her, then no-one can. She was too much of a threat.
"So you have HYDRA on your back, and I have S.H.I.E.L.D on mine" Ward couldn't believe the messed up situation that they were in, "What a great pair we are"
Daisy smiled at that. She lifted the empty glass and clinked it with Ward's, "Mind telling me what you did to piss off S.H.I.E.L.D to the point that they are willing to hand you over to you asshole of a brother… I mean other than being HYDRA"
Ward thought about it, what didn't he do to piss them off? The main issues was probably the fact that he tried to kill them, "Well…I would say that either it was me dropping FitzSimmons out of an airplane in a containment pod that almost made them drown to their death and caused one of them to have permanent brain damage… or me trying to kill May and Coulson"
Daisy blinked a few times because that was a mouthful, "Wait, what the hell is a FitzSimmons?"
"Oh right, that's their ship name. Fitz and Simmons. FitzSimmons"
Daisy could not believe that just came out of Ward's mouth, "Ship name?"
Ward nodded his head. He always thought that the two scientist nerds would make a cute pair, "But that's not the point"
"Right, so what do we do?" Daisy asked. She didn't know where to go from here, "I can't go back to the Afterlife with Whitehall chasing me. His literal motto is discovery requires experimentation. He finds the Afterlife then we're back to square one"
Ward thought about what the hell was he going to do now. He was going to meet up with Bakshi so he could strike a deal with him but after hearing Daisy's run in with him, he was starting to think otherwise, "We have two options, either we join forces with Whitehall, or we destroy HYDRA"
Daisy wasn't sure about the option of joining Whitehall. A part of her felt like that would be the easier option since all she needed to do was follow his orders, but something about him reminded her of the scientist that haunted her in her dreams.
So… that was a no.
Destroying HYDRA, sounded like a lot of work and she wouldn't be able to do it alone. There were too many higher ups and leaders in HYDRA who had different agendas.
"What does Whitehall want?" Ward thought out loud, "You've been doing jobs for him. Was there a common theme or anything out of the ordinary?"
Daisy thought about all the jobs, nothing seemed out of the ordinary except for her mission with Bobbi, "There was this one mission where I had to steal a painting with weird carvings in it… Agent Morse and Simmons took it to Coulson for some reason"
"A painting with weird carvings…" Ward began to remember the strange carvings that Garrett began drawing on the walls. It eventually drove his S.O mad. He stood up and walked into the kitchen and took a knife.
'What are you doing?" Daisy asked with confusion. Ward walked back to her with a knife in his hand and began carving in the table, "Oh, Miles is going to kill you"
"He can try" Ward said as he finished carving the patterns, "Was this it?"
Daisy stood up and looked at from Ward perspective, "How do you know this?" she asked as she began inspecting the patterns. It looked like a map but at the same time it didn't.
"Garrett began carving these patterns into the walls"
Okay, this was definitely getting weirder and weirder. Daisy then remembered Coulson mentioning that the painting could lead them to a weapon.
"He wasn't always like that right?" Daisy questioned. Ward shook his head, "Then what triggered it? Think, maybe Garrett had something inside of him that was different. It could be his blood type or his genetics…"
"Blood type" Ward suddenly realised the factor that made Garrett different from others, "We had a mission where we had to destroy this underground basement. Before blowing up the lab, Garrett stole himself some GH-325 and injected it into himself"
"Wait… you found a lab that had GH-325" No, that was impossible. They destroyed everything. Including the drug that brought her back from the brink of death, "What the hell aren't you telling me Ward?"
Ward didn't want Daisy to know about this, he was hoping to hide the fact that there might be some researchers alive so Daisy wouldn't worry. He was willing to take the burden on all by himself but he wasn't going to lie to Daisy, "The lab… I think it belongs to the scientists who were involved in our experiments"
Daisy could not believe what she was hearing right now. She began pacing up and down because this could not be happening, "We killed them all!" she shouted. Ward knew exactly what Daisy was feeling because he felt the exact same way, "Jesus, it's just one problem after another"
"Look Skye, you don't have to worry about it. I'll find anyone and everyone who was involved in the experiments, and I will kill them. I'm not going to drag you into this" Ward said as he tried to calm Daisy down. Daisy had went missing for 2 years and no-one knew what had happened to her. She barely knew what happened to her. All she knew was that she had died… been resurrected, and has also been experimented on. But there were certain details that she had forgotten.
Daisy closed her eyes and took in long and deep breaths, she needed to calm down before she began quaking this entire bar down, "No way are you doing this alone". Ward opened his mouth to protest but Daisy instantly shut him down, "Ward, we work better when we're together. Look at this shit storm that we're in now. We're both in the middle of a damn war"
Ward had to admit that Daisy had a point. There was no way in hell he would've made it out alive if it wasn't for Daisy and even if he did make it out alive, he wouldn't have been able to handle the burden all by himself.
"Okay, so where do we start?"
Daisy thought about, "I only remember the GH-325 drug because the scientist in my nightmares keep saying it… if they put it in my blood, why am I not affected?"
"I don't know… maybe because you've been injected with the GH-325 drug on multiple occasions so you've become immune to the effects of it" Ward hated himself for not realising that Daisy was still alive after he underwent terrigenesis. She had gone missing for 2 years and everyone just assumed that she was dead. "Maybe Garrett is having a negative reaction to this drug because his body hasn't adapted"
That was a good point and it would make sense.
"Okay so this GH-325 drug drove Garrett mad to the point where he begins carving these weird symbols into the wall" Daisy was brainstorming out loud. She realised what she needed, "I need to find a source"
Ward scoffed at that, it was easier said than done, "Skye, I love you and your little brain but where are we going to find a source? It's not like we know anyone who has GH-325 casually injected int-" He paused when he realised that there was actually someone who might be affected, "Coulson"
"Coulson? As in the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D?"
"Yeah, long story short. Coulson died during the Battle of New York but Nick Fury initiated a project to practically inject him with the GH-325 drug which practically revived him"
"Son of a bitch" Daisy could not believe that Nick Fury, the man in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D consented to the use of this drug. Nick Fury was now on her shit list. Anyone who used this drug without knowing the full effects of it should be punished, no matter what their reasons were, "Okay, I guess I have to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D"
Ward raised his eyebrow, "By doing that, you're picking a side"
"No offence but HYDRA is filled with assholes. I think I'm going to place my bet on S.H.I.E.L.D who shares a common goal with me" Daisy said.
Ward nodded his head. He trusted Daisy. He learnt a long time ago that no-one can stop Daisy from doing something once she sets her mind to something, "I trust you Daisy but be careful. It's very easy to get attached to these people"
"Did you get attached?"
Ward looked down at his hands, "I did" he admitted, "They're good people Skye…" Daisy knew how hard it was for Ward.
"Wow, and this entire time I thought that you were a robot" Ward chuckled at the old nickname. When they first met in hydra, Daisy was 90% sure that Ward was a hydra robot.
"If you're going to go to S.H.I.E.L.D, don't work for them as a specialist" Ward said with a stern voice.
"What do you mean?"
"Lincoln told me about your conversation… you promised him that you'd call Gordon"
Goddamn it, did Lincoln have to tell Ward everything? She was slightly annoyed with the bromance between Lincoln and Ward. The two of them used to hate each other back in HYDRA. She remembered hearing them fight every time they saw each other.
"If I don't offer something, they won't let me help"
"You have other skill sets"
Daisy realised what he was saying, "Be a hacker"
Ward knew how impressive Daisy's hacking skills were. She helped him hack into S.H.I.E.L.D and plant his resume there, "Don't go out on the field and fight other people's battles" he knew how protective Daisy was of the people around her. If someone had a problem, she would risk her life to solve it, "Just go there, help S.H.I.E.L.D kill Whitehall and get out. I'll find a way to get Whitehall's trust and get information from the inside. After that, you and I will find out who was behind all of this and kill them"
Daisy knew it was going to be hard on her to not fight. Fighting was in her blood but so was hacking. She could confidently say that she was one of the best hackers however, she knew there were stronger people then her.
"Okay" Daisy promised, she won't work as a specialist for S.H.I.E.L.D, she'll work as a hacker, "So, what are you planning on doing now? You just got your freedom back"
Ward thought about his plan, "Well, first I'm going to pay Christian a little visit" Daisy knew what Ward was going to do to his brother and she had to admit, she was cheering for him. Christian was the one who sold Ward out to hydra. Ward wouldn't be this messed up if it wasn't for his sadistic brother.
"Make sure you give him hell" Sometimes, Daisy thought it was a blessing to not have any blood-relatives or to not know any of them. When she heard stories like Ward's relationship with their family, she couldn't help but imagine what her parents must be like. They must be just as psychopathic as she were or worse.
"As if I'll let him off easy"
Daisy smiled and pulled out her phone and gave it to Ward, "Keep in contact". Ward nodded his head as he took the phone and put it in his jeans. There was no way in hell he was going to lose communication with Daisy when they're both stuck in a war that neither wanted to be apart of.
Daisy turned her head to the doorway and heard 5 people coming up to the bar. She recognised Bakshi's footsteps and smiled, "Guess who's here"
Ward remembered the bruises on the Daisy's face, "He did that to you?". Daisy knew that tone, it was Ward being ready to fight anyone who hurt her.
"This is nothing" Daisy reassured. Ward knew that Daisy had worst but he still didn't like the thought of someone beating his best friend and partner in crime. He clenched his jaw out of anger and his eyes shined with a tint of red, "Calm down Ward, I'm fine"
Ward closed his eyes and shook his head to get rid of the glow in his eyes, "Let me take care of him"
"You need to leave"
"It'll take less than a minute" He growled and Daisy knew that he was being serious. She shrugged her shoulders and took a seat while Ward was standing protectively next to her.
Right on time, Bakshi and his men entered the bar. When he saw Daisy sitting on the chair looking at him and Ward next to her as if he was her bodyguard, he knew something was off.
"Hello Bakshi" Daisy said with a slight sadistic smile as she knew what Ward was going to do to him.