Chapter 16

Ward had left and ventured on his own to the clinic after Fitz told him that there was a higher chance of his friend being there. Honestly, no-one wanted to work with Ward so they sent him off to the clinic alone. It was better this way because Fitz had found something. After Ward had left, he went up to the team with his seismometer and said that, "I recalibrated the seismometer to not only detect earthquakes, but to also pick up on any abnormal vibrational activities"

"You think that Daisy is at the theatre" Coulson had a proud smile on his face when he realised that Fitz had spent the last 10 minutes, convincing Ward that the theatre had bigger ground to cover while the clinic was small enough for one person. Ward couldn't be in two places at once, so he simply agreed and relied on the fact that Coulson was a man of his word, and he was genuinely trying to save Daisy.

"Yes sir" Fitz said as he put his tablet down and looked at Jemma who was smiling back at him.

"Okay, everyone, keep in mind that this is a rescue mission for Daisy not a capture or kill" Coulson ordered. Luckily he had given Mack, Hunter and Trip the task of blowing the city up, even if Raina is suspected to be down there, he couldn't trust them to not use lethal force against Daisy if she ended up on the wrong side.

Coulson turned to look a FitzSimmons who were wearing bulletproof vests, "Are you guys sure about this?"

Bobbi looked at Simmons and smirked when she the fear being drowned out by the determination to save her friend in Jemma's eyes.

"Yes sir, Daisy is a member of our team. If she has been brainwashed, then a familiar face can help"

Coulson was proud of how brave FitzSimmons have become. He remembered in the early days, Jemma would be excited yet worried over venturing into the unknown while Fitz didn't even like the idea of doing fieldwork. Now, Jemma was more sceptical and cautious about the unknown while Fitz was more willing to explore the field.

"Okay, let's get our hacker back"


Skye has been completing missions since the age of 12. Ever since her father dropped her off in this facility, she has been training her ass off to become stronger and faster, so no-one could ever touch her again. She rarely saw her father and when she did, she was told not to tell anyone about him.

The first mission that she ever completed would forever be ingrained into her brain. It was a simple mission, kill some random priest. However, training to kill, and actually killing are two very different things. Being 12 years old gave her an advantage, it was easy to play the innocent game, especially when the person was a priest.

She remembered the feeling of the priest's hot blood pouring onto her small hands as she plunged the knife into his neck. Fear mixed with confusion shimmered in his eyes as his blue eyes stared into brown eyes. She remembered the suffocating feeling of his built body collapsing onto her small figure.

That was her first kill.

She remembered going back to the facility with tears running down her face and scrubbing the innocent blood off of her hands. Her father came to see her a week after to celebrate her first mission. He had spoken about how proud he was of her and how no body was going to harm her ever again.

Nobody ever had any expectations for her.

Nobody ever complimented or praised her before.

She realised, that she didn't want to disappoint her father.

After that, Skye trained relentlessly and even harder. She went through all the trials to become an assassin such as being injected with different forms of poison to build up a tolerance towards them. The journey was long and strenuous, she wasn't sure how she survived the age of 14, but she managed.

More time passed and the number of men that Skye had killed, innocent or not, begun to grow beyond measurable units.

People say that killing doesn't get easier, but she begged to differ. The more missions she completed, the easier it was to kill. Maybe it was because she mastered the trick to turning off her emotions when she completed her mission.

For the next couple of years, she spent her time killing people when given an order, or simply killing her fellow HYDRA agents during training. There was a ranking system in HYDRA and in order to survive and dominant the game, you need to be willing to kill anyone and everyone. Skye at the age of 15 managed to climb the leader board to become the best and youngest agent in the assassin division.

But then everything went to hell when she and the other top operatives in HYDRA, were forced to participate in the experiments.

After their grand escape and mass massacre on the guards who were simply following orders, and scientists who were directly involved in their experiments , everyone went their own ways. Except for a group of inhuman who chose to stick together.

Ward, Skye, Yo-Yo, Lincoln, Jiaying, Gordon and several other inhumans who had no place to call home, hid in an abandoned shack, worried that HYDRA would come after them.

Both Skye and Ward were tired of living their lives in fear, so they did the only thing they knew what to do. Kill. But kill for a price.

Skye managed to erase everyone's files from HYDRA's database, keeping everyone's identity safe for the time being. So, when they went to HYDRA where Whitehall was now in charge, they offered him their expertise in return for money.

Skye, who was now named Daisy Johnson by Jiaying who treated her like a daughter due to the sufferings that they had shared over the 2 years, had taken her first job in 2 years which was to assassinate a historian.

2 years of being trapped in a crappy box with nothing else to do but be experimented on by these faceless scientists and training in a shitty room, made her hungry for violence. She found herself killing the historian with ease. Slitting the throat of the historian while he was stuck in his office one night brought back the feeling of normalcy. There were no signs of humanity in her eyes. Nothing but bloodlust. Which was good, because it meant that she no longer felt fear. She hated that feeling, and she would do anything in her power to never feel scared again. Even if it meant killing people to make herself feel powerful.

After collecting the money and giving it to the Inhumans to flee to China and to build a secret community, she went back to HYDRA. It was almost like an addiction at this point. She would use the excuse that she was getting money for the Inhumans… but that was just an excuse.

She was power-hungry. The first time she realised that she was no longer capable of being called a human, was when she had to assassinate a politician during her mission in Siberia. She had snuck into his house on Christmas eve and threw a dagger into his chest. She was certain that the house was empty, his family was supposed to be on vacation. But then… she remembered seeing light brown eyes that were filled with tears staring back at her.. She had killed this little girl's father right in front of her.

However, this wasn't the moment she thought, 'I'm not human'.

Their motto was to never leave a witness alive.

And this kid was a witness.

For a split second, she thought about killing this 7 year-old child… simply because of a mistake. This was when she realized that she wasn't human.

She was a monster.

Just like her father.


Skye's eyes shot open underwater. She made the move to lift her arm up but something was restraining her. Her eyes were filled with pure annoyance at the metal restraints on her arm so she clenched her fist in an attempt to quake the restraints off but something was suppressing her powers.

She tilted her head and blinked underwater for a few seconds. Her open hand slowly curled into a fist and despite the suppression of her powers, a small vibration was released in the water which was enough for her to break not only the restraints, but the bracelet on her wrist that was suppressing her abilities. She broke the restraints with ease and pulled her head over the water as she sat up from the tank.

"Yes! It worked!"

Skye turned her head to look at the man who was jumping up and down in excitement. All the memories came rushing back and the only emotion that she felt was pure anger and hatred. She had never felt this kind of rage before but she was going to utilise it for her advantage. She pulled the breathing mask off and sucked in a deep breath. She then jumped out of the tank but the sudden weight of the metal in her body and the water that was soaked into her black bra and shorts, made her fall onto her knees.

"You're going to need some time to… recalibrate"

Skye looked down at her arms and felt nothing. She no longer felt like her arms were on fire when she used her abilities… in fact, she felt stronger. Maybe it was the adrenaline, but she didn't care. The only thing that she cared about was killing the man in front of her. Skye snarled like a beast and slowly stood up on her unsteady feet.

"Oh… you look mad… I completely understand bu-"

Skye didn't let him finish talking, she may not be able to move properly but she sure as hell can lift up her hand and release a vibrational wave against him that was powerful enough to shatter all the windows in the abandoned shed, but the man didn't move, he simply flickered.. He was a bloody hologram.

"Okay, now that's not very nice"

Skye eyes scanned the area, as if she was a predator scouting for their prey. Calvin smirked, this was the way he liked Daisy. No, not Daisy but Skye. The 20 year-old girl reminded him of the assassin who carried out orders whenever she was told to without question. Skye was now standing up straight, she took a step forward but her body was still readjusting, she needed time to get her speed back. But who needed speed when she had her power? That's all she ever wanted… was to be powerful enough so no-one would ever touch her again… wasn't that what 10 year old Skye wanted?

No, she wasn't Skye anymore… she was Daisy… but what was the difference? It didn't matter which name she went by because either way, she was a killer.

"I've been waiting for this moment since you left the facility. These people weakened you, they made you soft but now… now you have been reborn. You're my baby Skye again"

Skye's brown eyes wasn't focusing on his words, instead she was focusing on her body. She felt like she had stepped into a new person's body.

"Let's see if the Destroyer of World Project is complete. You're currently in a warehouse in the middle of the forest. If you keep travelling east, then you will reach a theatre where Whitehall is currently taking residence in"

Skye's ears perked when she heard Whitehall's name. He was on her kill list.

Calvin smirked when he saw the blood lust being reignited, "If you kill him and anyone else that gets in your way… then we will reunite"

Skye didn't seem to hear the last part about them reuniting. All she heard was to kill Whitehall which was enough for her to get moving. She took a step forward… and then another step until she was comfortable enough to walk without feeling like she was going to collapse. She walked out of the warehouse and breathed in the fresh air. She looked at the sunset then at the trees and made a decision to see if getting her body injected with metal, was worth it. She lifted her hand up and felt the pressure flowing through her shoulders and into her hands.

Now.

Skye let out a shockwave that caused nearly half of the trees to be knocked down . She watched in admiration as the trees toppled over as if it has been hit by a damaging storm. She looked down at her hands and didn't feel any pain, nor were there any bruises. Instead, her veins were flowing with power that she has never experienced before.

She realised something.

She didn't feel anything.

She was numb.

Slowly, Skye turned her head to the theatre that was in the distance. She made her way to the theatre and could feel the vibration of every person in the theatre. She mentally counted over 20 men.

This is easy.

She will kill them all.

Leave no witnesses.

She aimed her hand at the door and meant to release a minor quake, but instead she accidentally release a blast that was strong enough to shatter the windows. She stepped into the room and immediately spotted Whitehall who's head whipped around in shock at the sudden intrusion.

"Who the he-... Agent Johnson?"

All the men aimed their weapons at her but she didn't seem bothered. Her eyes were just focused on one person.

Whitehall.

She remembered the details of what he had done to Jiaying and the pent up rage was overboiling to the point of no return.

"I've been searching for you"

Has he? She didn't care, she took a step forward but stopped when she heard the guns safety switch being clicked off. The issue here was that she wasn't able to control her powers. If she released a quake that was big enough to cause this entire theatre to collapse, then she would be killing herself. She usually wouldn't care, but she wanted to see Whitehall die first.

"Glad to see that you have returned. Now, you can either work for me again or lose your life"

Skye heard nothing. She didn't hear an offer. She just heard an annoying voice. She slowly began clenching her fists which cause everyone's weapon to begin vibrating apart in their hands.

"What the hell?"

"What's happening?"

"What the hell i she?"

The only person who she had eyes on were her target. Whitehall. Everyone else had no face, they were simply blank papers who were getting in her way. She saw the fascination in Whitehall's eyes grown and she knew that she was going to take pleasure in killing him.

One man was brave enough to take a step forward and punched her in the face. She saw the punch coming, but wasn't able to react to it because her reflexes were practically non-existent. But the punch didn't do the damage that the man expected. Her head knocked to the side, she rolled her shoulders and turned her face to look at the man who punched her. The man looked surprised that the girl didn't react.

Instead Skye did something he didn't her to do, she lifted her hand up to the man's stomach and flicked him back with a powerful blast that made him crash into the other men. A moment of fear and hesitation was enough to make Whitehall flinch at the destructive weapon in front of him, "KILL HER!"

All the men came at her at once, forcing Skye to fight back. This was an issue since Skye's body wasn't responding the way she wanted to. However, while she may not be fast enough to dodge all of their attacks, she was definitely strong enough to kill them with her bare hands.

She threw a punch at the faceless man and kicked another one in the stomach. She quickly whipped around in time to see the man pointing a pistol at her head. Her muscle memory kicked in and she quickly grabbed the gun and now turned the nuzzle onto the man, shooting him straight through his forehead without hesitation.

She aims her gun at incoming man and fires her gun however, she misses a few times. She only manage to shoot 2 out of 5. The incoming 3 closed in on her and kicked her in the stomach, causing her to stumble back and hit into another felt the man trap her into his arms, but she easily broke out of it when she released a vibrational pulse throughout her body that caused, the several men who were crowding around her, to fall onto their asses.

She grabbed the gun off of the floor and shot the unconscious bodies in the head numerous times… just in case. Blood splattered onto her barefoot and her hands were covered in cuts and bruises. Her torso was bruised and bleeding. Her face didn't look any better as she failed to dodge literally all of their attacks. Half of her face was covered in blood but that just made her look more deadly.

She let the gun fall out of her hand and turned her bloodlust eyes onto Whitehall who was physically trembling at the women who had just taken out 30 men by herself.

"Y-You're a monster"

Monster… yes.

That's exactly what she was.

She took a step forward, walking over the dead bodies of his men.

"St-Stay back"

Skye's eyes were empty. She looked like she was nothing but a shell of the person she once was. Whitehall turned around to run up the stairs but Daisy lifted her hand up to stop him, but instead she accidentally broke his leg… oops. He yelled out in pain as his leg cracked by an invisible force. Skye walked over to the whimpering man tilted her head.

Kill Whitehall.

Skye grabbed the man by the throat and lifted him up to his knees. He began clawing at her arm to let him go but it wasn't working. She didn't feel pain. She lifted her hand up to his chest and felt the man's heart emitting pulses of vibration every time his heart beat. She tapped into the vibration energy of his heart and began to speed it up.

Whitehall let out a ear-piercing scream as he felt his heart beating at an erratic rate. His heart felt like it was going to explode… well, that was Daisy's intention. Blood began pouring out of Whitehall's ears and eyes.

For the first time since raising from the tank, Daisy spoke, "Jiaying says hi"

Those were the last words Whitehall heard having his heart literally explode in his chest. Skye dropped his body and let out a sigh of annoyance as she looked at the mess around her.

"Daisy!"

Skye turned around to see more faceless agents enter the room. How odd.

Don't leave any witnesses alive.

Skye slowly walked down the stairs as she stared at these newcomers in confusion. Who were they? Oh well, no matter. They will die anyway. She felt something get shot into her arm. She looked down and saw a dart.

Tranquiliser?

Skye lifted her hand and flicked the tranquilliser off of her arm.

"Simmons, give me the bracelet"

"But May… the tranquilisers didn't work on her. What are we going to do?"

"I don't need a gun to take her down"


"Daisy!"

Daisy curled into a small ball as she tried to stop the pain in her head. All the repressed memories of not only her father, but of who she used to be, resurfaced and she felt herself drowning in guilt, anger, fear, betrayal and disgust at herself. She let out a tearful scream as she felt all the emotions that had been bottled up for years.

"Weak"

Daisy's tearful red eyes snapped around, trying to find the source of the voice in the blue mist that was surrounding her. She turned around to see a mirror. She looked at her reflection and saw that this was her… but a younger and more ruthless version of her. This was Skye. The trained assassin of HYDRA who became the Destroyer of Worlds. She slowly stood up and clenched her fist.

"Get out of my head" Daisy growled at herself. She saw the bloodlust in Skye's eyes and hated the way that Skye failed to show any emotions.

"God, is this what I become? A pathetic wimp?"

Daisy clenched her jaw as she lifted her fist and punched the glass, "I'm not you!" she shouted.

Daisy whipped her head around when she felt someone standing behind you and she let out an annoyed huff when she saw herself again, "You are me as I am you. You can't just run from who you are. You can pretend to be a hacker for a goody tissue organisation, but you know deep down that you're just a killer "

God, younger her was a real bitch.

"I'm trying to change" Daisy wasn't lying. After the job in Siberia, she no longer wanted to be the person who killed people aimlessly. She had never felt disgusted with herself before, but when she contemplated killing the kid, she knew she had crossed the line.

Skye let out a mocking laugh as she looked at how pathetic Daisy was, "Change? You?" she pointed at Daisy. Her smile suddenly dropped and a cold mask replaced her features, "You do realise that the second these people find out the real you, they will abandon you, just like our father did"

"Shut up!" Daisy screamed. Images of her time spent with Jemma, Fitz, May and Coulson popped into her head.

Jemma was her first… can she say friend? That she ever made or even had. It was easy to get along with the young scientist. She knew that Jemma was far from naive, but she had this vulnerability and innocence that she was able to retain after being in HYDRA and going through a near-death experience.

Something about Fitz reminded her of Katya in a weird way. Maybe it was because had this innocent look in his eyes that was now tainted by the reality of how cruel the world could be, but despite all, he, much like Simmons, was able to remain good.

May rarely spoke to her and when she did, it was mainly to lecture her about her foot work. She never thought that she would be okay with being lectured by someone else, usually she shot back at them and told them to f-off. But not May.

And then there was Coulson. There was something about him that made her feel warm. She would never admit this out loud, but he made her feel like she belonged. She wondered if her dad was anything like Coulson than maybe, just maybe she wouldn't be as screwed up as she was today.

"It's nauseating just looking at you" Skye's face contorted into disgust as she read the emotions on Daisy's face, "You've become weak, just like the little orphan girl who got rap-"

Daisy had enough, she punched the younger version of herself in the face, causing the young girl to laugh as she got knocked to the ground, "I'm telling you to shut the fuck up!" Daisy cried out as she walked over to the younger version of herself and began strangling her.

"Come on. You can do better than that" Skye taunted as she kicked Daisy in the stomach. Skye disappeared and reappeared behind her, "You're a monster" she whispered in her ear, "Look at yourself"


The first thing that everyone noticed when they walked into the theatre was the pile of dead bodies on the flood. The next thing they noticed was the person standing on the stairs with a dead Whitehall next to them.

"Daisy!" Coulson called out to her, maybe she wasn't mind-controlled. She had taken out all of these HYDRA men and even killed Whitehall, this was her goal from the very beginning. But the second Daisy's head turned to face them, he knew that this wasn't that Daisy that they knew.

Daisy was wearing a black sports bra and black shorts only. Her hair was wet as if she had just gotten out of the shower and her torso, arms and face were covered in blood. She looked like she just fought a brutal war and won.

Jemma flinched when she saw the coldness in Daisy's eyes, there was no sign of warmth or mystery like she had once known. She was completely different, it was as if the life had been sucked out of her.

Bobbi was the first one to fire the I.C.E.R that Fitz had built, into Daisy's arm. Everyone expected Daisy to collapse but instead, Daisy looked at her arm as if a mosquito had just landed on it and flicked the dart off of her arm.

"Was not prepared for that" Coulson muttered as he turned to Fitz and said, "Fitz, whatever you had as backup, now would be a great time"

Right, this was the reason why Fitz was on the field. He quickly opened up his briefcase and pulled out four poles, he passed two to Coulson and said, "If we can get her into the trap than maybe we can resurface her memories and break her out of her brainwashing state"

Coulson looked at the poles in his hands and asked, "What does it do?". He saw a nervous look in Fitz's eyes and asked a bit more harshly, "Get on with it Fitz"

"It uses aspects of the theta brain wave machine" Fitz scratched the back of his ear sheepishly, he knew how much pain Coulson went through when Raina forced him to go through the machine, "Simmons helped modify it so it doesn't cause strain on the mind, it's simply used to break someone out of hypnosis"

Fitz expected Coulson to mad so he flinched back, getting prepared for Coulson's anger but instead their was a smile on his director's face, "Good work Fitz". Fitz looked down at his feet to hide the proud smile from being complimented, "Fitz, now's not the tim-"

"Oh yep, just put the poles symmetrical to mine"

While Fitz and Coulson set up the poles, May and Bobbi were going to need to distract HYDRA Daisy.

"Simmons, give me the bracelet"

"But May… the tranquilisers didn't work on her. What are we going to do?"

"I don't need a gun to take her down"

May had to admit, it was quite unnerving to see Daisy with no expression in her eyes and being covered in blood. She wondered why the girl was dressed like this, what had Calvin done to her? She put the handcuffs in her pocket and looked over at Bobbi. The blonde looked just as nervous as she felt on the inside.

May was the first one to run up to Daisy. She trained enough with Daisy to know her weak points. She waited as Daisy threw the first punch. That was odd, Daisy's movements were slower, was it because of the injuries on her body? No, even if Daisy had these injuries she still wouldn't be this slow.

She easily slipped left and grabbed Daisy's arm to flip her over. That was odd. Daisy was a lot heavier than she remembered. No… something was wrong with Daisy's body, because it looked like Daisy lost weight during the past 2 days, not gained.

Bobbi watched Daisy clumsily jumped up, she looked like she off balance, as if she wasn't used to her body. She shook the thought out of her head and kicked Daisy in the stomach in an attempt to kick her in the area that Coulson and Fitz were trying to trap Daisy, but Daisy used her quake to block the kick.

Right, Bobbi had forgotten that Daisy had powers. This was the first time that Daisy had used it in front of them. Daisy sent a small wave towards Bobbi that caused the agent to fly into the wall. Everyone froze what they were doing to look at Daisy and Bobbi who had just flown into the wall.

"Bobbi!" Jemma quickly scurried over to Bobbi and checked if the girl was okay, "Are you okay?"

Bobbi was luckily conscious, but let's just say that she was going to have bruises on her back tomorrow, "Something tells me that wasn't even 5% of her power"

Jemma looked at Daisy with genuine fear in her eyes. She didn't even want to imagine what Daisy could do with 100% of her power.

"Daisy! Snap out of it!" May shouted as she dodged the sloppy attack from Daisy. The girl was strong, she knew that if she got hit by one of her punches, it would hurt, but she was too slow. It wasn't like the Daisy that she knew… she was like a brainless zombie.

May didn't want to make the mistake of allowing Daisy to quake her into the wall so she closed the distance and pulled out the bracelet. When Daisy threw a slow punch towards May, May put the bracelet onto Daisy while she was grabbing the girl's wrist and twisted Daisy's arm behind her back.

Daisy didn't feel pain, so she put more pressure on her own elbow despite the pain it would have caused, and kicked May in the shin and then in the face. Yep, that hurt. May quickly rolled back before Daisy could knee her.

Daisy took a moment to look around. Everyone around her looked like they were doing something… she didn't like it. Daisy slammed her fist onto the ground and to everyone's surprise, they felt a slight tremor. Everyone kept their balance and looked at Daisy in surprise.

"Fitz!" May was confused, wasn't this thin supposed to absorb the vibration. She watched as Daisy looked down at the bracelet on her wrist. It must have done something because Daisy had tilted her head to the right. May recognised that small head gesture, Daisy would do that whenever May would say something that confused Daisy. She was glad to see that there was a hint of Daisy in there.

"I didn't realise that she was this strong… at least this way her power is suppressed by at least 60%" Fitz justified as she continued to set up his machine.

Daisy visibly looked annoyed now but this device on her wrist. She looked at the first person who was in her vision and it was Jemma and Bobbi. She raised her hand and let out a concussive wave that was powerful enough to knock them off of their feet but not enough to do some serious harm.

"Jemma!" Fitz shouted when he saw his best friend fall.

"I'm okay" Jemma replied. Bobbi helped Jemma up onto her feet and told her to go over to Fitz.

"Damn it Daisy, this isn't you!" Bobbi thought shouting at the girl would help but Daisy didn't seem to pay any attention to her. Daisy tried to take quake the bracelet off but it didn't work.

"She doesn't feel pain" May warned.

"What?" Bobbi has seen Daisy in pain before so this was definitely a new adjustment.

"She strained her elbow and didn't even flinch" May knew when someone felt pain and Daisy, did not.

"Even better" Bobbi muttered. Bobbi took out her batons and pressed a baton that emitted electricity. She charged at Daisy and the two of them went back and forth, it was almost like a dance however, Bobbi was able to get in a few hits.

May joined in and found a way to get Daisy in a chokehold while Bobbi attempted to strike her. Unfortunately, Daisy broke out of the chokehold by releasing a vibrational force field around her that knocked May back. Just as Bobbi was going to strike, Daisy caught the baton with her bare hands and slowly stood up while she glared at Bobbi.

Bobbi has never seen this look in Daisy's eyes and she couldn't help but think that maybe Mack was right… maybe Daisy was too dangerous.

"It's ready" Coulson shouted, he saw Daisy's hand literally burning as she gripped onto the baton and send a push kick into Bobbi's stomach. Damn it, Daisy was like Captain America but the possessed version of him, "Daisy! We're not giving up on you"

Daisy turned her attention away from May and Bobbi and started walking towards Coulson. Daisy stepped right into the trap. Fitz pressed the button down and prayed that this worked. Everyone watched as the lights turned on and created a barrier that trapped her in.

Daisy shook her head as she tried to get out of this bloody nightmare. She knew what hell was but this… this definitely wasn't. She wished that she was in hell because at least that way, she was dead and knew that this person who were attacking the people she grew to care about wasn't really her.

"You know Dad didn't do anything to our brain" Skye said as she was now sitting on a chair. Where the hell did she get that chair? This was her fricken head!

"First of all, don't ever call that man our father" Daisy hated that man more than anything. He was the reason why she became like this… but at the same time she hated herself for allowing herself to become this, "And what the hell do you mean he didn't do anything to our brains. He literally brought us back from the dead numerous times! You think that won't fuck with our brains?"

Daisy could not believe that she was arguing with another version of herself but she had to admit, it was therapeutic… in some aspect. In other aspects she really wanted to kill this version of herself, she wanted to erase her from her memory. But she couldn't, because this was her in the past.

"I'm saying that you're not being brainwashed. This is your doing. That person who is harming your friends is the person who you fear most… it's you"

Daisy looked around as their environment suddenly shifted and she was now back in the laboratory with scientist surrounding her and looking at her as if she was a frog. Daisy began struggling against the restraints, she pulled and pulled until her wrist bled but it didn't work… it never worked.

"You remember the feeling of being trapped" Skye whispered as she watched the older version of herself struggling to get out, "The feeling of flinching every time the guards knock on your cage, knowing full well that you were going to go through another day filled with pain"

Suddenly , Daisy was once again transported into the training room. She watched as the younger version of herself, killed a man that she once called a friend. She couldn't remember his name… but she knew that he was a good man who didn't deserve to die by her hands.

Daisy's vision was blurred by her tears, she couldn't bear to look at herself kill the person who she trained with.

"Can't even watch yourself kill another person?"

"He was a friend" Daisy growled at her own insensitive ass.

"That you killed" Skye said as she walked over to mans dead body and kicked it.

"Hey!" Daisy shouted as she charged over to Skye and shoved her away from his dead body.

"What?" Skye scoffed in amusement, "You're going to mourn him now? Why? Because you can feel things now?"

Daisy clenched her jaw. Yes, she did feel things and if she was going to be honest it bloody sucked. The memory machine that Calvin had put her through made her relive every moment that was forcefully and wilfully forgotten.

"Get out of my bloody head" Daisy shouted, she felt so much anger and rage.

"I'm not in your head!" Skye screamed, they were no longer in the training room, instead they were standing in darkness. It was just Daisy and Skye, "I'm you! I'm the person who you used to be!"

Skye was the person who she had locked away in isolation because she never wanted to be like her again. Skye was ruthless, cold and emotionless. The had a handful of people who she cared about but isolated herself so she didn't feel things again.

Skye was just a heartless killer who wanted to gain power so no-one could ever hurt her.

Skye was the embodiment of everything that Daisy feared about herself.

"Erase your memories of them and you will no longer have to feel pain… you won't have to suffer anymore"


Skye didn't understand who these people were. They were trapping her in this tight space… and for what reason? Skye looked at the 4 poles and walked over to one. She crouched down and tried to reach for it but the barrier shocked her and prevented her from doing so. Interesting.

"Fitz… I don't think your device is working" an older male voice spoke.

"The device is working perfectly fine" Scottish?

"Then why is she still trying to kill us?" Older female.

This was an odd bunch. A lot of diversity in this group.

Skye could tell that everyone's eyes were on her, but she didn't care. She looked down at the bracelet on her wrist and knew that it was suppressing her powers, but it didn't matter because she was still powerful enough to cause an earthquake. She slowly stood up and began clenching her fist as everything around her began shaking. She was slightly annoyed by how long it was taking her to tap into the vibration, but since there was a barrier around her, it meant that she couldn't get out and no-one can get in.

"Everyone! Get down!"

Too late.

Skye released a concussive blast from her body that not only destroyed the poles, but also caused everyone to go flying back against the wall. This was annoying, she had to use all her strength to do that. She was going to need to get rid of this bracelet once she killed these people. She walked over to one of the dead HYDRA's bodies and pulled out a pistol from one of their hostel.

"Daisy!" Skye slowly turned around to see an older man. But she didn't recognise his face. She aimed the gun at the man's head and flipped the safety pin off, "I'm not going to fight you"

Daisy… she wasn't Daisy… she was Skye. Why did these people keep calling her Daisy? She watched as the man dropped the gun in his hand and even went as far to take off his bullet proof vest. What the hell was this man doing? Did he have a death wish?

Daisy's grip on her gun tightened and she got ready to pull the trigger, but just as he finger was going to pull. Something stopped her.


Coulson stretched his limbs as he stepped out of the shower and got changed. It was odd, carving into the walls was a real workout. He looked at his watch and saw that it was 1 am. Everyone had fallen asleep, he can tell because the silence in the playground made it feel empty. He walked out of his office and went downstairs.

"Ah shit" He immediately knew who that voice belonged to. He let out a chuckle as he walked into the kitchen to see Daisy trying to cook scrambled eggs.

"Need some help?"

Daisy whipped her head around in surprise as she turned off the stove, "A.C? Hope I didn't wake you up with the smell of burnt eggs" she pinched her ear sheepishly as Coulson walked over and looked at the eggs. Indeed, it was burnt. He gave her a questioning look, how did she manage to burn eggs?, "I never cooked before… I live in a van remember?"

Right that made sense. He took the pan off of the stove and chucked the eggs into the trash, "Wha- my breakfast" Daisy pouted as she watched her very… burnt eggs being thrown in the trash.

Coulson ignored her and said, "It's 1 am", as he took out eggs from the fridge as well as bacon and mushrooms, "You skipped lunch and dinner"

Daisy moved to sit on the chair so she didn't get in Coulson's way, "You noticed?", she thought that she could blend into the background like the other unnamed agents in the playground.

"I tend to notice when a member of our team skips a meal" Coulson stated as he turned on the gas to the stove.

"A member of your team?" Daisy wasn't a member of his team… she was simply a temporary hacker, "I'm only here te-"

"Temporarily, I know". There was something about Coulson's voice that made Daisy think otherwise, "But until then I'd like to make sure that all my agents are healthy and not starving to death".

Daisy nodded her head, that was fair, "Where'd you learn to cook?"

Coulson knew that Daisy was trying to feel in the silence by talking. He noticed that Daisy didn't like uncomfortable silence and she would feel in the void by asking questions that aren't too personal or confronting, "College days", he thought the two worded answer was enough to explain it but Daisy looked at him with innocent eyes… Oh right, she never went to college, "Cooking food was cheaper than buying food from the cafeteria"

Daisy made a 'o' with her mouth, "Makes sense… "

"Did they provide food for you in HYDRA?" Coulson thought that this was a good way to get to know what life was like in HYDRA for Daisy. He imagined brainwashing classes and military training. He looked at Daisy to see if she was uncomfortable but she didn't seem to be.

"When I was in training they gave us a meal a day"

Coulson raised his eyebrow at that, "A meal a day?"

Daisy nodded her head casually, she didn't see the problem in that. Coulson wondered if that was why Daisy didn't eat much. Maybe her body was just used to not consuming enough nutrients, "But once I was on the field, my S.O would buy me lunch to reward me"

So, they had a similar system to S.H.I.E.L.D where the student was assigned to an S.O, "How old were you when you first went on a mission?"

Coulson thought that he pried to much when he saw a sad look in her eye but Daisy sucked it up and answered, "12 years old. My S.O thought that the element of surprise would be an advantage"

"Your S.O sounds like an ass"

Daisy chuckled at that, "He is" she admitted. Coulson finished cooking the bacon, mushrooms and eggs, and put it neatly onto a plate for her. He passed her a fork and watched her take a bite. He watched as her eyes lit up at the taste of the fluffy eggs, the juicy mushroom and crispy bacon, "Damn A.C, if this Director thing doesn't work out you should become a chef"

A proud smile appeared on his face at the compliment, "I think that's an exaggeration but thank you"

Daisy took another bite, "Mind telling me what drugs you put in here?"

Coulson put the stove away with a smile and walked away, "Goodnight Daisy"

"Sir?... A.C?" But Coulson had already left. What he didn't see was a lone tear that trickled down Daisy's face as she realised that this was the first time that someone has ever cooked for her.


"Daisy! I'm not going to fight you"

"Coulson" May growled out, she slowly began to sit up despite the protest of her ribs. She had awkwardly landed on her side against the stairs, but her own pain didn't matter. She watched as Coulson stood up from his spot and walked behind Daisy. He must be nuts. If both Bobbi and her couldn't take Daisy on, then he definitely couldn't.

She looked over to Bobbi who was slowly standing up, but like May, she was slightly injured from Daisy's attack. May made sure that FitzSimmons were okay, and sighed in relief when they both were slowly sitting up. The only thing they saw was fear in their eyes, and she couldn't blame them, "Bobbi, get FitzSimmons out of here" May ordered as she watched Coulson stand in front of Daisy with a gun to his head.

"Ma-" Bobbi was going to protest but May shot her a look that screamed, don't even think about talking back to me. Bobbi turned her head to see FitzSimmons and saw why May wanted them out of here, they were scared. Bobbi had to admit that she was scared too… she always thought about, what if Daisy was her enemy? But she never imagined Daisy to be this… ruthless and strong. Bobbi reached to the back of her belt and pulled out a pistol that was loaded with real bullets, "We can't save everyone"

May took the gun and nodded her head to Bobbi. Bobbi stood up and ran to FitzSimmons and guided them out of the theatre. May looked at the gun in her hand.

May, through all of the injuries that she had sustained, managed to crawl back against the wall as this 8 year old girl took a step forward and said, "I can take your pain away… all of it"

May felt the gun behind her back and sneakily tightened her grip around it as the little girl continued to walk towards her, "You don't have to do this". May wasn't scared of death… no, she was scared of what this little girl could do if she was left on her own. She looked around the room and saw nothing but a pile of dead bodies that was left behind because of this girl, "Just stop"

She didn't want to do this. She didn't want to kill this little girl.

"I can't" The girl muttered, May saw tears in her eyes and knew that no matter what, the girl wasn't going to stop killing people for the person who was controlling her.

Everything slowed down as May lifted her left hand, aimed the weapon at the girl's stomach and fired a bullet.

May felt her hand trembling as she took the gun and looked up at Daisy.

No.

She wasn't going to kill someone who was manipulated by the system.

This wasn't Daisy.


May woke up at 5 a.m on the dot, and went downstairs to the training room to do some tai chi. She wondered if Daisy was going to be there. She walked into the practice room and didn't see Daisy. Hm, maybe the young girl slept it. It was about time honestly, she wasn't sure if Daisy actually sleeps or not.

May began practicing her tai chi, focusing on her breathing that drowned out the images that tended to haunt her in her sleep. You would think that 20 years and still-ongoing would make you immune to all the crazy shit that was going on, but it didn't. Everything still affected her she just learnt how to adapt and live with it.

She will admit, being with Coulson on this bus with a team that she treated as a family, was definitely beneficial. She continued practicing until she heard someone at the door, she turned to look and wasn't surprised to see Daisy standing at the door way in her baggy pants and sweatshirts.

It never gets old. Seeing Daisy dressed like that forced May to remember that she was only a child.

"Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt"

"You didn't" May said as she continued doing her tai chi. When she saw that Daisy wasn't going to move, she shot Daisy a look that said 'either you go or you stay'. Daisy got the hint and walked into the room and sat down on the couch, "Did you want something?"

May felt like she was being watched by a child. She looked at Daisy who noticeably had bags under her eyes. Daisy pursed her lips and shook her head like a child who was hiding something. May wasn't close enough to push her to talk so instead, May continued doing tai-chi as Daisy watched. She realised that Daisy probably had a nightmare and couldn't sleep, so she came out here for a distraction.

"Why do you do tai-chi?" May looked at the young girl who has been staring at her for the last 10 minutes. If she was being honest, she didn't mind the young girl watching her. She was however, surprised by the question. Usually Daisy didn't ask questions, she just came in here and trained, "I mean… you're a badass at kickboxing, jiu jitsu and krav maga… it just seems like tai chi is a little useless amongst those skill sets"

"It teaches you self-control" May watched as Daisy tilted her head to the left in confusion.

"Why do you need to learn self-control?"

Daisy's question caught May off guard. It sounded like a genuine question, it wasn't taunting or judgmental, "You need to learn how to control you anger, not let it consume you". May was satisfied with her answer when she saw Daisy's eyes fill with understanding.

Daisy laid back down on the couch and said, "You know… I thought that you were a robot"

"I was in the room when you said that"

Daisy's eyes widened, "Oh yeah… sorry about that"

May couldn't help but smile at how absent minded Daisy was. If she wasn't in HYDRA, then she would think that Daisy was simply a carefree person. But she knew better than to think that. She knew that Daisy was carrying a weight that no-one else could see.

"You could learn tai-chi. It may help you relax" May couldn't believe that she was offering to teach Daisy to do tai-chi and neither could Daisy.

It took a few seconds for the offer to register in Daisy's head, "Ohhh, me? No.. I couldn't… no absolutely not my style" Daisy scoffed at the idea of her doing tai-chi. Honestly, the idea itself sounded tempting but learning it from May felt… daunting.

May hid her smile at Daisy stumbling over her words. For someone who trained in HYDRA, she wasn't good with her words. She went back to doing her tai-chi while Daisy watched in silence.


Skye blinked a few times as these memories suddenly came rushing back. She clenched her jaw and ignored the wave emotions that were suddenly flowing back to her… at least she tried to. She pressed her finger against the trigger and tried to fire a bullet… but her finger wouldn't respond to her thoughts.

What the hell was going on?

Why… why did these memories come back to her all of a sudden?

And why did it make her feel the way that she did?

"Daisy… don't let the anger consume you"

Daisy….Daisy… Daisy…. Why did they keep calling her that? Her name was Skye…. She was a trained assassin for HYDRA and participated in the Destroyer of Worlds program to gain power….

She felt something leaking from her eyes… what… what was that? Skye reached up to her check and looked down at her finger to see water… no, tears. She was crying? No, Skye didn't cry.

"Daisy… this isn't you… you're not a monster"

She…. She wasn't a monster?

They didn't know her.. They didn't know what she was capable of. God, why did it feel like someone had a vice grip around her heart. She took a step back but kept her gun trained on the older man who was looking at her with… determination. Why was he so determined?

"It's okay Daisy… you'll be okay"

Something in Skye clicked… no, she wasn't Skye, she was Daisy Johnson… and she didn't participate in the program… no, they subjected her to years of experiments and torture against her will. She didn't care about power, she only cared about one thing and that was protecting her family. Daisy's eyes began to focus on the figures in front of her, "Oh my god"

Tears freely began pouring out of her eyes as she looked at May and Coulson who was staring at her with fear in their eyes. What had she done? She looked around and saw the piles of dead bodies that she had left behind in her wake. D-Did she do this? The fear and shock that she felt wasnt stemming from the fact that she killed these men, it came from the fear that her team could have been amongst the dead bodies.

"Daisy?" Coulson felt his heart shatter when he saw a lone tear fall down Daisy's face as her hands trembled. He knew she was in there and he wasn't going to give up on her.

May was feeling the same way, it's been a long time since she felt her heart bleeding like this for another person. The last time she felt her heart shatter, was when she was in Bahrain. She watched as Daisy took a step back and her hand slightly dropped when realization began to settle in.

This was Daisy.

"It's okay" May took a cautious step forward towards the girl, she was afraid of startling the girl but she needed to make sure that Daisy was unarmed, just incase.

"Don't come near me!" Daisy suddenly shouted. Coulson and May immediately tense when they saw Daisy's grip on gun tighten. They couldn't help but notice the way Daisy's voice sounded hoarse as she tried to stop herself from breaking down in this very moment. Daisy sucked in a shaky breath as she looked to the staircase and saw Whitehall's corpse, "D-Did… Did I do this? Did I hurt you?"

May couldn't stop herself from faltering when she heard Daisy's voice crack. When she stared into Daisy's now brown eyes she saw nothing but self-hatred and guilt. She was all too familiar with that look because she saw those same eyes in the mirror.

"No this wasn't you" Coulson firmly stated. He wasn't lying, he truly didn't blame Daisy for fighting against the team, and if anything, he should be thanking her for taking out these HYDRA agents and Whitehall… even if it looked like a brutal massacre.

"Bullshit!" Daisy screamed, this was her. This was the real her. She had done this.

"Hey!" Daisy's tearful eyes snapped towards May who was now glaring at her with anger. Of course May would be angry… she had just tried to kill her, "Don't blame yourself for this!"

W-What? Daisy was not expecting that… why wasn't May angry at her?

All the repressed memories of her father, the experiments and the memories that she had purposely forgotten because it was too painful to remember, resurfaced and brought back all the feelings that came with it.

She hated herself more than ever… so why were May and Coulson in here, trying to talk to her as if she needed saving? She had hurt them. She not only put their lives in danger, but she also put FitzSimmons and Bobbi's life on the line.

She was tired… tired of everything.

She didn't need to be saved.

She needed to be killed.

God, this was all too much, "Please…" Daisy's voice cracked as she made eye contact with Coulson and May. May saw a look in Daisy's eyes that immediately made her heart skip a beat, "Stop trying to save me… just let me die"

"Daisy!" Coulson's eyes widened as he watched in slow motion, Daisy raising the gun to her head. He lurched forward to stop her but he was too slow and too far away.

And then a loud gunshot could be heard for miles away.

FitzSimmons and Bobbi who were anxiously waiting in the truck, turned their heads around to look at the theatre room where a single and daunting sound of a gun firing echoed.

Daisy felt the gun being knocked out of her hand. She looked up to see May letting out a soft breath as she lowered her hands that were gripping the gun that Bobbi had given her and Coulson sighed in relief.

She just stood there for a few seconds, unable to understand or process what had just happened. Regaining her memories and her consciousness back made her head hurt and she could feel the pain of the cuts and bruises on her body. There was also an added weight on her body that made her feel heavier than usual. She looked down at her arms and saw the marks left behind by the needles that were injected in her body… he had succeeded… he made her into a monster.

Without meaning to, she felt her knees give out but before she could fall face forward, she felt someone catch her. The last thing she saw before being consumed by darkness was May holding onto her and Coulson taking off his blazer to cover her exposed body.