Chapter 18

Daisy laid in her tub as she tried to think of what to do. The couple of days that she had asked for… has passed. She was on her final day and so far, she made no progress with anyone. She had spoken to Bobbi from time to time but no-one else. She heard that Simmons was still in the city, and she was blowing it up today. Fitz and Mack were still dealing with Trip's death and Hunter… well, she felt like he was the last person who she owed an apology to but he might be the easiest.

She had been training with May and she could feel her body getting back to shape. Training with May was a lot more fun and welcoming than training with Ivanoff. Well, to an extent. May still kicked her ass and began forcing Daisy to read the S.H.I.E.L.D handbook that taught people about certain morals.

She decided that she was going to stop being a little coward, face her problem. She stood up from the tub and walked out of her room. She sneaked downstairs and peaked into the kitchen and sighed in relief when she saw no-one down there. She walked over to the fridge and saw a pack of fridge… she did say that she was going to talk to the team… he never said anything about being sober.

She grabbed a bottle and popped the lid open by slamming it on the table.

"Aren't you underage?"

"Oh son of a bi-" Daisy jumped when she turned around and saw Hunter with a beer in his own hand, "What are you doing?"

"What am I doing? What are you doing?". Daisy tried to hide the beer behind her beer Hunter was confused, wasn't she supposed to be the secret weapon? She seemed like a teenage kid who was caught sneaking out, "Don't worry, I'm not going to nark on you"

Right… Daisy knew that. She walked over to the table and sat… this was already very awkward, "I…" she started speaking but immediately felt awkward so she began chugging the beer in her hand.

"Jesus", damn, this girl could drink. He watched her chug that beer down a little too quickly. He was slightly impressed, slightly concerned. Should he be letting a kid like her be drinking? But to be fair, she was old enough to make her own decision. Plus, it wasn't like he didn't drink before the age of 21.

Daisy finished her bottle and threw it away, she was disappointed by how weak the beer was and knew it wasn't even enough to get her slightly buzzed but it was going to have to do for now.

Hunter could tell that Daisy was trying to say something but couldn't find the words to say it, so he decided to be the better man and imitate the conversation, "Bobbi tells me alot about you"

Daisy was surprised by that, "Really?". Daisy looked at him suspiciously, what was he trying to get at? Daisy may not be at her full strength in terms of her physical capabilities, but the tank didn't make her any dumber. She knew when someone suspected her of something,

Hunter didn't understand his ex-wife's admiration for Daisy but he couldn't help but wonder if it was because she was in on whatever Bobbi and Mack had going on in secret. Hunter sat on the opposite side of Daisy so he could get a read on girl, "Let's cut to the chase, are you in on it?"

Daisy had no idea what Hunter was talking about, "In on what?"

"In on… whatever ruse Bobbi and Mack have going on"

Daisy still didn't know what he was talking about, "Ummmm… no. You do realise that I met Bobbi in HYDRA and Mack practically hates my guts"

That was a good point, he leaned back against his chair and looked at Daisy, "Okay then… I don't understand why she's so attached to you. She spent the last couple of days defending you against Mack and I genuinely can't understand why". There was no doubt in Hunter's mind that Bobbi and Mack were working on something together, but what he couldn't figure out was how Daisy fit into the picture. Bobbi didn't see Daisy as a threat while Mack did.

"I don't understand either" Daisy answered honestly, she genuinely couldn't grasp her head around why these people cared for her. She was a lost cause yet everyone seemed to be taking a chance on her… and she felt like she needed to repay them for their kindness.

Hunter was trying to figure Daisy out, but it wasn't easy. He hasn't seen her fight, but he had seen the aftermath of what happened in the theatre room. The dead soldiers with bullet holes in their heads and the blood pouring out of the dead corpse of Whitehall, the man who they had been chasing for months. It was concerning to see how a young girl like Daisy, could do such a thing, "I heard that you were the secret weapon of HYDRA that has superpowers… is it true?"

Daisy knew that he was testing her and weirdly enough, she didn't feel uncomfortable. She looked at the beer bottle in Hunter's hand. She may have the suppression bracelet on, but it wasn't enough to stop her from using a bit of her powers. If she was being completely honest, it was a lot easier to control when she didn't feel overwhelmed with the vibrational frequencies in the room. It was quieter, and easier to concentrate on her target.

She lifted her hand up and slowly clenched her fist. Hunter looked down at his beer bottle and felt it shaking, he quickly put the beer bottle onto the tablet before it shattered, "Holy shit… you really do have superpowers"

Daisy rolled her eyes as she twisted the bracelet around her wrist, "You really doubted me?"

Hunter shrugged his shoulders, "Don't know, I've heard a lot about you but haven't seen any of it in action… other than your hacking skills of course". That was fair, Daisy stood up and began cleaning the glasses with her bare hands but Hunter immediately pushed her hand away, "Are you trying to cut yourself?"

"What?"

Hunter walked over to the cupboard, picked up a small sweeper and cleaned shattered glass on the table, "I can see the recklessness"

"Reckless? How? I was just cleaning glass"

"With your bare hands"

"I used to do handstands on broken glass" As punishment for being too weak or crying her eyes out, Ivanoff would make her do a handstand on the shattered glass so she could get used to the feeling of being slashed.

Hunter looked at her with a mortified expression, "Why the hell would you do that?"

"Punishment for crying? I don't know, my S.O was an asshole"

Hunter threw the glass in the bin and looked into Daisy's eyes to see if she was being serious or not. The scary thing was, he could tell that Daisy said that we no signs of anger, as if it was a naturally occurring thing, "How old were you?"

"12"

Hunter felt himself getting riled up, he may be an asshole but he drew a line when it came to kids, "You realise that's fucked up right?"

"Did you not have to go through similar training?"

"No" Hunter was absolutely disgusted with the idea. He might not have been brought up being coddled and protected from the harsh world, but 12 year old him was probably living the paradise life in comparison to Daisy.

"Then how'd you become a mercenary?"

Hunter was surprised by the genuine curiosity in Daisy's eyes. He knows that he has been calling her a kid, but he only said that because she was younger than him, not because he actually saw her as a kid. The stories that he heard about her made him think that she was arrogant, but for once in his life, his opinion on her was wrong. She actually looked like a child who was filled with curiosity.

"Used to be the leuintent of the Special Air Force of the British Armed Forces"

"You used to be the leuintent of a squadron?" A huge mocking smile appeared on Daisy's face at the thought of drinking mercenary having a rank high enough to control a group of men with guns.

Hunter couldn't believe that he was being mocked by a kid, "I wasn't always a mercenary. What'd you think I did before all of this?"

Daisy shrugged her shoulders with a mischievous smile, "I don't know.. A professional drinker"

"Ha ha" Hunter rolled his eyes as he grabbed another beer for Daisy and himself. He probably wasn't the best influence but he already knew that Daisy wasn't someone he should treat as a kid, "Anyways, after an operation, I became a mercenary. Actually… I was hired to be a low-operative HYDRA agent"

Daisy was now intrigued, "You did a job for HYDRA?"

"I'm not proud of it" Hunter admitted, "Honestly… I don't know how you did it for so long. After that one mission, I was out. The guy I worked with was a complete psychopath"

Looking back at it now, she didn't really think that anything was weird or messed up about the situation that she was in, "I was a psychopath… still am… when given a mission we were taught not to question it. It's as simple as that"

Hunter nodded his head, he could understand that. Sometimes, things in the army were like that. When a superior officer told him to do questionable things, he had to follow orders because it was his job, it was one of the reasons why he left in the first place, "Following orders was never my thing which is why I became a mercenary in the first place"

"Aren't you a S.H.I.E.L.D agent?"

"Decided to stick around since Coulson doesn't seem like a bad boss…"

That was true, if Daisy had to choose between HYDRA and Coulson, she would choose to work for the man who put the trust of his team on the line for her, "You sure it's Coulson? Or is it Bobbi?"

Hunter's eyes widened at the cheeky jab, "Bobbi? What does she have to do with anything?"

"I mean… you guys literally banged the second you guys came back from a mission" Hunter's face turned red and Daisy was pretty sure Hunter's eyes were about to fall out due to embarrassment, "It's literally no secret that you guys have feelings for each other"

"Yeah well… having a relationship with a demonic hell beast isn't easy"

"Demonic hell beast?"

"She's manipulative and a liar"

"It's part of her job to lie" Daisy felt the need to justify Bobbi, she understood how this job could tear relationships apart… not that she ever experienced it since she didn't have friends or relationships that stemmed out of HYDRA or S.H.I.E.L.D.

"But she's lying even now…" Hunter wasn't going to give up on this, he knew his ex-wife better than anyone, "Anyways, back to you. Why'd you leave your hiding place?"

"Why does everyone think that I've been hiding?". Seriously, was it that obvious? Man, she was getting rusty, she needed to go back out on missions and relearn how to make herself blend into the walls, "I've been trying to make amends to everyone for trying to kill them"

"Everyone hates you"

"Hey!" Daisy was ready to defend herself but when she saw Hunter smiling like a cocky asshole she realised that he was just joking.

"I'm just joking…" Hunter's smile began to falter, "Everyone's been dealing with Trip's death"

Of course. Daisy knew that, which is why she spent most of her time in her room. She didn't want to add more fuel to the flames, "I know that he was your friend… I'm sorry"

Hunter took in a deep breath, "Losing someone is never easy, especially someone as good as Trip". Daisy couldn't relate, most people who she have lost were either killed by her own hands or killed during training, but none of them were even half as good as Trip, "Anyways, if it makes you feel any better I shot May with an I.C.E.R"

Whoa, what? That was news to her, "You did what now?", she thought he was kidding but by his scrunched up face that remembered being shot back by May in the cargo ship, Daisy knew he wasn't lying, "Were you brainwashed? Or had a death wish?"

"Neither, I was selfish". Yeah, that wasn't surprising. She remembered hearing Bobbi ranting about how selfish and unreasonable Hunter was being, "My point is, the team is pretty forgiving… May shot me back and all is well"

May wasn't her problem, she and Coulson were literally the only people on this base that would talk to her… well now Bobbi, but it took Bobbi a while to process everything. She wasn't sure how May and Coulson came to the conclusion that she was worth saving, "My biggest worry is Mack. He hated me before he found out about what I am"

"Just be honest with the guy. He doesn't like things that he doesn't understand which is one of the reasons why he is having a hard time dealing with all of this… alien crap"

That was true. Daisy finished her beer off before tossing in the trash, "Thanks for the pep talk"

"Anytime" Hunter said, and he meant it. He was starting to like the kid.

Daisy walked back and forth outside of the lab where Fitz was. The alcohol in her system already left her body, probably due to the alien blood running through her veins. So there goes her liquid courage. Was she always this pathetic? Did her father do something to her brain to make her weaker?

No, he wanted her to be stronger, to be a killing machine that he could control. She guessed that she still hasn't managed to lock all her emotions away like before.

"Daisy?". Daisy stopped pacing in front of the lab and saw Fitz standing in front of her with tools in his hands, "Wh-What are you doing here?"

Daisy could see the confusion on Fitz's face, it was like he was seeing a ghost. She didn't blame him, the last time they saw each other was in the theatre room where she tried to kill everyone, "Oh… just looking around…"

"You're a terrible liar" Fitz pushed pass Daisy and walked into his lab, gesturing for Daisy to follow him.

"I am not" She defended herself but it didn't sound too convincing, she followed Fitz into the lab and saw different kinds of weapons and gloves. He looked like he was preparing for war, which she isn't surprised about. Finding out that she was a weapon and having Trip die, made him feel scared, "Are you okay?"

Fitz dropped all of the tools in his hands and looked up to see Daisy looking down at the weapons on his desk, "Fine" he muttered before sweeping the weapons from the desk and putting it away from Daisy.

Daisy shot him a weird look, she wasn't going to destroy it. She looked into Fitz's eyes and saw something that made her heart drop into her stomach… fear. She could tell my Fitz's straightened back and frantic voice eyes that he was on the defense which was good since it meant he didn't trust her completely.

She didn't trust herself, "Fitz… I know you probably hate me because I lied to you and tried to kill you… and I'm sorry but… I need to ask you for a favor"

Fitz looked sceptical about the request that Daisy was going to ask. She was in no position to ask for a favour but he nodded his head and said, "Depends on what it is"

"Ummm… you're good at creating weapons but… have you ever created a kill switch?"

The question threw Fitz's off his defence, "Wh-What?". Out of all the things that he thought she was going to ask, that was not one of them. He tried to figure out what Daisy was trying to get at but couldn't decipher her eyes.

"A kill switch… something that gets implanted into your brain and kills you instantly…"

"I know what a kill switch is" Fitz said, "What I don't get is why you want one"

Daisy thought it was pretty obvious, "It's for me"

"I know it's for you but why?"

Did Fitz still not get what she was trying to do?

"To kill me…"

Fitz's eyes widened when he realizes that Daisy didn't want him to create a kill switch for someone else, but she wanted one for herself, "W-What are you talking about?". Daisy began to wonder if Fitz sustained another head injury. Fitz saw the confusion on Daisy's face and quickly added, "Let me get this straight… you want me to design a kill switch and implant it into your brain?"

"Yes…" Was this a trick question?

"What the bloody hell is wrong with you?"

Daisy stepped back when she saw veins protruding out of Fitz's neck in anger, "Why are you yelling at me?" she shouted back just as loud as he did.

"Because you're a bloody idiot"

That was uncalled for, "Rude and not true" she muttered under her breath, "Why are you getting so angry with me? I thought you'd be happy"

"Why would I be happy about designing a kill switch?"

Daisy blinked in confusion, "Because it's a safety measure… you can kill me with one push of a button" she said a little too enthusiastically.

"No" Fitz looked appalled by the thought of killing.

"Yes" Daisy was confused as to why Fitz looked appalled by her idea.

"No!" Fitz shouted, "You think I don't know what you are doing?"

Okay, Fitz's attitude was really confusing her. Was he mad at her because of the kill switch idea? Or was he mad at her for another reason?, "I just told you what I'm doing…"

"You're doing exactly what you told me not to do!"

Daisy tried to remember what she told Fitz but honestly, these past few weeks felt like a blur, "What exactly did I say to you?"

Fitz's eyes softened and he sucked in a deep breath to stop himself from shouting, "You told me not to run away… yet that's exactly what you're doing. You're hiding in your room, you don't come to team meetings or any team activities, this is the first time in days since anyone other than Coulson and May has seen you"

Fitz's reasoning for being so mad at her was confusing her, he was supposed to be mad at her because she had tried to kill them all, not mad at her because she's been avoiding everyone, " Fitz… I tried to kill you"

"So what? You thought we'd turn our backs on you?" Fitz was genuinely offended by Daisy's lack of trust for him and the team, he could understand Mack, since the two of them didn't get along, but he thought that he and Daisy were getting closer, he thought that she trusted him, "We're a team! Even if you haven't been here for that long, you should have trusted us just like we trusted you"

What was Daisy supposed to say? Yes, she did think they turn their backs on her. She felt herself getting riled up by Fitz's accusations, "You speak about trust as if it goes both ways when we both know that's not how it works. I trusted my father and he turned me into a bloody monster!"

Fitz picked up on the self loathing tone in Daisy's voice when she called herself a monster. It confused him because he didn't see a monster, he saw a broken girl who was abused for her entire life, "You're not a monster" he said gently.

Daisy rolled her eyes and let out an annoyed huff, "You saw what I'm capable of. Your ICERS had no effect on me. When I was in that state of mind, I felt no pain except an urge to kill. I have these bloody powers that I can't control which makes me a freak. How am I not monster?"

Fitz gulped a lump in his throat when he realised that Daisy wasn't avoiding the team because she was running away… well, she was running away, but not for the reasons that he thought. She was running away because she didn't trust herself.

"You're not a monster… you're just different" Fitz saw Daisy roll her eyes at that, "There's nothing wrong with that"

Daisy opened her mouth to retort that but then she realised that Fitz wasn't just talk about her, he was talking about himself. She closed get mouth and put her arm around her chest, "For the record, if I didn't trust you guys I would have killed you". Fitz thought she was joking until he saw a dark look in Daisy's eyes, "No one can know about my powers… it's a rule that I have. If anyone witnesses my powers, I kill them"

Fitz clenched his jaw at the casual tone Daisy was using, but then he remembered that he wasn't scared of Daisy, "I'm not scared of you" he said confidently. Daisy wasn't too sure about that, but when she saw the confident look in Fitz's eyes, she found herself believing him. Fitz walked over to the weapon he was creating and showed it to Daisy, "It's a non-lethal weapon. The dendrotoxin is slightly higher in concentration which is dangerous for a normal human but strong enough for an inhuman"

"A kill switch would be easier"

Fitz shook his head, "We're not HYDRA". His firm voice made Daisy smile. Despite everything that HYDRA had done to him, including causing the death of Trip, Fitz still wasn't going to stop down to their level, "And you're not either. Now, you're a S.H.I.E.L.D agent"

Daisy was going to correct him and saw that it was only temporary until Whitehall was dead… But she realised that he was already dead and she was still here, trying to make amends to the tea, "I'm glad you're not HYDRA… It would've been a real pain in the ass if they had an engineer like you" she admitted as he sat down on the chair that had no back support.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm glad that you were brainwashed"

"Ummm… you're welcome?" Daisy couldn't hide the amusement in her voice, it was the first time that she had been thanked for being brainwashed.

"I mean… I'm glad that you're not like Ward"

Daisy knew what he meant. Ward wasn't brainwashed, he was too blinded by his loyalty and arrogance to see that the S.H.I.E.L.D team would have been a safer bet than HYDRA. A moment of silence went by before Daisy pointed at the gloves and asked, "What's that?"

"They're something that I'm working on…". He said ambiguous, "Which reminds me, whenever you're free, I'd like to test your powers… if you don't mind"

"Test my powers?" Daisy looked at her bracelet and then back at Fitz, "Even with the bracelet, I can barely keep it under control"

"I know which is why I'd like to get a better understanding of your powers that way, we can design better equipment that gives you better control over it"

"W-Why… Why are you doing this for me?" Daisy had never had anyone do something like this for her, it was a small gesture that made her feel like she had someone who cared for her because of who she was, not because of her powers.

Fitz looked down at the gloves and scratched the back of his head, "Because you're my team mate" he mumbled under his breath.

Daisy felt embarrassed at his confession but couldn't help but smile as she felt her heart swell with acceptance. She let out a cough to cover up her smile and pretend to gag, "Ew, don't tell me this is going to become a thing"

Fitz felt just as disgusted as she was, "Definitely not. I'd rather you be brainwashed and attempt to kill me again before I have to be nice to you"

Daisy let out a laugh at his humour, "Hey!"

Fitz shrugged his shoulders and smiled good naturedly, "You brought this upon yourself when you asked me to help you with a secret project and meddled in my relationship with Jemma". Fitz will forget the self-confidence boost that Daisy had given him. He didn't realise that he needed someone to believe in his engineering skills until he worked with Daisy. He knew that Mack had contributed, but even Mack was hesitant in giving Fitz hard tasks that would be too challenging for him.

"How is your relationship with Simmons?"

Fitz looked up at her and smiled, for the first time since Daisy had came onto the base, she saw Fitz smile at the mention of Jemma without any signs of sadness or anger, 'Good… At least I think they are. We're talking again but… after Trip…"

Daisy nodded her head, "Both of you have been burying yourself in your work", it was a coping mechanism that she was too familiar, "I'm sorry about Trip"

"Yeah… me too" Daisy saw the sadness in Fitz's eyes, "I know Calvin's your father and all… but when we find him.."

"I'll kill him" Daisy said with no hesitation. She thought that Fitz would disagree with her but she saw Fitz nodded his head. He may be better that HYDRA, but he never claimed to be a hero. He knew that some people in this world were better of dead. Daisy decided to change to topic, "So… about that kill switch"

"Get out!"

Daisy decided that saving Mack for last was going to be her safest bet. So instead, she got permission from Coulson and May to go down to the temple. They were hesitant about letting her go, but she managed to convince them by saying that she knew more about Inhumans than any scientist. If she was able to get into the table and look around, maybe she can find clues about Calvin. They decided that it was okay as long as Daisy wore a has mat suit.

Daisy, like the rebellious person that she was, pretended to go and put a hazmat suit on, but she instantly took it off and went down to the underground city without a care in the world. She was going to assume that whatever mind controlled Mack, couldn't control her since she was inhuman, like Raina.

Daisy walked past several men who were clearing the site of rubble and crossing big x's along the wall. They were shooting her with weird glasses as she walked around the city with no equipment on her.

"What are you doing down here with no potection?"

Daisy didn't need to turn around to recognise who the british voice belonged to, "Simmons… nice suit". Daisy felt the most comfortable with Jemma. Despite not seeing her for a week, she knew that Jemma was secretly leaving snacks at her doors.

"Daisy, you can't be down here" Jemma scolded her right off the bat, as expected of Simmons, "Wait, is there something wrong? Are you feeling sick, nausea, headaches, dizzy?"

"Whoa Simmons, slow down", if there was thing that Daisy could count on it was Jemma's ability ramble, "I just came down to get some fresh air"

Yep… that was a terrible lie that even Simmons instantly picked up on, "Y-You… wanted to get some fresh air… so you came down to an underground city that is about to be flooded?"

"Okay… no. I actually wanted to check out this underground city that can apparently create inhumans" Daisy said with a fake smile, "Plus, whatever toxin that is down here won't affect me. I'm inhuman remember?"

"Right", Jemma knew that. She had been studying Raina's and Daisy's DNA for the last couple of days to get a better understanding on it. The inner scientist within her wanted to ask Daisy a million questions but she knew better than to bombard Daisy with questions, especially after everything that she has been through, "We're currently placing the bombs in place"

Jemma guided Daisy through the city and showed her around, "This is so weird" Daisy muttered as she looked around the temple. Jemma nodded her head in agreement, "So this is where you've been spending most of your time?"

"It's not the ideal place for a vacation but it's a good distraction"

That was fair and very true. A few seconds of silence went by as they walked through the city, "Hey Simmons… I just wanted to apologise to you". Daisy found Simmons the easiest person to apologise to, maybe it was because Jemma was her first friend… still sounded weird when she thought about the concept of having a friend.

Jemma stopped walking and grabbed Daisy by the arm to stop the young agent from moving forward, "Wait, why are you apologising to me?"

"For trying to kill you… twice. Once in theatre room and two in the lab"

"Oh no" Jemma shook her head, "That's not your fault at all plus, you did us a favor by getting rid of HYDRA"

"And almost getting rid of you"

"Key word is almost" Jemma pointed out optimistically which made Daisy rolled her eyes, "I know you've been blaming yourself for being brainwashed but it isn't your fault. Your… lunatic of a father did something to your brain"

Daisy bit the side of her cheek, she knew that she was going to need to tell everyone what happened eventually, and she had a plan, but right now she wanted to ignore the memories that came with her father.

Daisy was going to rebuke her statement but before she did, Jemma suddenly engulfed her into a hug which caused Daisy to stiffen, both because she was being hugged and two, the suit was Simmons was in, made her feel uncomfortable, "Oooo..kay, what's happening?". Jemma pulled out of the hug. Daisy was surprised to see tears in her eyes and thought that she did something wrong, "Okay those are tears… did I hurt you? Are you hurt? Are you dying? Oh my god… are you dying"

Jemma laughed and wiped the tears away from her eyes and said, "No… I'm just happy that you're okay and now actually HYDRA". Well… technically she was HYDRA but the minor details don't count, "If I'm being honest... There was a moment of doubt where I thought that you wouldn't come back to us…"

Daisy nodded her head, accepting the fact that there was doubt. She'd be crazy not to, "As you should"

"No Daisy… I shouldn't have" Jemma was mad at herself for doubting Daisy's loyalties or ability to come back from… whatever state of mind she was in , "You're one of my best friends and I should have believed in you"

Daisy couldn't help but snort at the term best friend. She had never heard that term being used with her, "Me? Best Friend? The Destroyer of Worlds? Literally a walking earthquake?"

Did Daisy miss what she had just said? She just told Daisy that she had doubts about her and Daisy was focusing on the best friend aspect of everything, "Yes… but that's not the point…"

"Me your best friend.." Daisy thought that sentence was too comical, she never thought of herself as best friend material. Now that she thought about it, she felt a swell of happiness at being called Jemma's best friend. It was an odd feeling… being happy over something so little.

Jemma looked at Daisy, was calling her Daisy her best friend too much? Maybe she should've stuck to team member, that would make Daisy feel more comfortable.

"Simmons" Daisy smiled at her, a genuine smile which reassured Jemma that Daisy wasn't offended or hurt, "It's natural for you to have doubt in me, in fact I encourage you not to trust me"

Jemma shook her head, "No, if the roles were reversed you wouldn't doubt me, just like you didn't doubt Coulson when he tried to kill you"

Daisy wanted this argument to end, there was no point in arguing with this team to stop trusting her, it will just lead up to pent up anger and her self-hatred to burst, "All is forgiven. The snacks you bought me made up for it" she said as she started walking again.

Jemma began leading the way and said, "Oh good, you liked the snacks. Which one is your favourite?"

"Tim Tams" Daisy answered immediately, "Never had chocolate like that before… actually I never had chocolate before"

Jemma gasped in absolute horror, "Tim Tams is an australian snack and… hold on, you never had chocolate before I gave it to you?"

Daisy nodded her head, "It's not like HYDRA provided us kids with chocolate cakes in milk shakes"

"You never had a milkshake?" Jemma looked at her with pity.

"Nope"

"Oh… we're going to need to go on a shopping spree and get you more chocolate, milkshakes… ice cream"

"Oh, I've eaten ice-cream before" Daisy suddenly missed living in her van. She could pop down to the ice-cream truck and get a fresh, cold cone.

"Favourite flavour?"

"I'm basic. Vanilla all the way"

Jemma shook her head at that, "You need to explore your options". The two began talking about food and snacks for a solid 5 minutes until they arrived at their destination. Jemma and Daisy stepped in front of the circular room. THey had both forgotten why they were down here, it was just to easy to talk to each other casually. They were comfortable with each other enough to talk about different kinds of snacks when they were in an underground city that were possibly built by aliens.

"That's where Raina and Trip were", she pointed to the room where she had found Trip in pieces. Daisy was ready to walk in but she picked up on Simmons hesitate to go anywhere near that god forsaken place.

"You don't have to go in" Daisy reassured with soft eyes, she knew that she and Simmons needed to talk but right now, she was more interested in this city that Calvin managed to find.

Simmons shook her head. Admittedly, she felt her heart thumping out of her chest. Ever since finding Trip in there, all broken up and in pieces, she hasn't been able to go back in there… but maybe with Daisy by her side, she could, "I'm okay"

Daisy knew that she wasn't, okay, but she wasn't going to say no to the scientist. Plus, Simmons did have authority over her so she could easily tell Daisy to stay back. Daisy walked into the circular room that had a rising table and shards of the obelisk on it. She moved her hand to pick up the shard but Simmons immediately slapped her hand, "Ouch! Simmons!'

"Don't pick up foreign objects!" Jemma chastised with anger burning in her eyes, "This shard is a piece of the obelisk. It's what killed Trip and turned him into stone!"

Daisy heard Jemma's voice crack, she couldn't imagine what it was like for Simmons to have to pick up the pieces of her dead friend. She put her hand away and looked at Simmons with sympathetic eyes. She realised that while she was dealing with her own self-hatred, so was Simmons, "It isn't your fault"

"But it is!" Jemma suddenly shouted. Daisy knew that Jemma was hurting but she had never seen the young scientist this angry before, "I've always been curious about alien artifacts like the carvings on the walls and the secret temples but I always ignore the dangers that come with powers"

"That's not on you"

"Yes it is!" Daisy felt like there was something else going on underneath everything, "Donnie Gill. Deathlok and now you"

Daisy was confused as to why she was being mentioned. Jemma didn't play a role in her creation, "Wait me?"

Jemma let out a tired sigh and began scratching her hand nervously, "Of course I didn't have a hand in whatever messed up experiments that were being performed on you… but I'm a scientist. Scientist like me who are driven by their curiosity only creates chaos and destruction… just like Calvin"

"You did not just compare yourself to my father"

"Think about it Daisy. If I was in HYDRA then I could very well have been one of the scientists who worked for the Destroyer of World Program". Oh.. that was a weird thought. She imagined what it would be like if Simmons had performed an experiment on her and then she started laughing, "Daisy! This is not a laughing matter!"

Daisy couldn't help it. The fact that Jemma thought she was capable of participating in the experiments was amusing to her, "Simmons, no offence but you would have been killed on the first day once you realised that we were being forced to participate in". Jemma opened her mouth to argue against that but Daisy gave her a look that made her close her mouth, "Simmons, if you survived for even a week in that hellhole, then I would gladly allow you to perform experiments on me"

"Wh-What?"

"The scientist who carried out the experiments only saw me as an experimental mice who didn't have the right to be called human" Jemma couldn't help but cringe at that statement, she could never understand how someone can look at another human being in the eyes, "If you were there… you'd be the first scientist to treat me like a human… in fact, you are the first scientist to treat me like a human"

Jemma wondered what kind of torturous life Daisy must have lived in that hell of a place. She had only been in HYDRA for a few months and she was a mindless staff, Daisy was the in epi-centre of the experiments and disaster, "I think I would've died in the first week"

Daisy chuckled at that, "I think so," she said as she crouched down to look at something on the floor, "Hey Simmons… you cleared this place right"

"Of course I did" Jemma stated confidently. She cleared this area herself, she didn't want anyone around Trio's remains.

"I don't think you did…"

Jemma scoffed with clear offence in her voice, "Daisy, this isn't my first time in the field…" She walked over to where Daisy was crouching and spotted a spike… that looked like it belonged to an echidna, "Ummm, that wasn't there before"

Daisy watched as Simmons took out a seal bag from her pocket and carefully picked the spike up and put it into the bag, "It's okay Simmons, some go on a murderous rampage, others forget to collect evidence"

"No, it's impossible"

"We all make mistakes". Jemma's denial game was strong.

"No!" Jemma spoke with a little more force which made Daisy look at her weirdly, "I mean this wasn't here before"

Daisy still thought that Jemma was in denial but when she saw the confident and confused look in Jemma's eyes she realised something, "You said that Raina was an inhuman… maybe her powers are to shoot spikes out of her hands". Jemma didn't seem amused, "or not…"

"She's still here"

Daisy raised her eyebrows up and was about to tell Jemma that there was no way that Raina has been hiding in this hole for an entire week, until she heard someone scream, "Oh shit". Both Daisy and Jemma shared a look before bolting out of the circular room and ran towards the sound of the scream.

Jemma crouched down when she saw a scientist with blood pouring out of his neck, "Fascinating. A clean laceration right across his neck"

Daisy cringed when she saw Jemma inspecting the now dead body. Daisy was going to say something but before she did, she could hear something moving towards them... she quickly realised what was happening, "Simmons!". She quickly pushed Jemma out of the way and used her body as a shield against the sharp claws that she felt slicing her back. She scrambled to stand up and instinctively raised her arm to release a quake to fling Raina, who looked like she had spikes protruding from her skin into the wall, but nothing other than a small vibration that made Raina slightly trip, came out.

"Oh son of a bitch" Daisy muttered under her breath at how weak her powers were. She suddenly heard several gunshots go off next to her ear and flinched. She saw Simmons with a gun in her hand, "A little warning"

"Sorry" Simmons said as she dropped the gun now that she saw Raina going up the lift. There was no way for her to get to Raina so she turned her attention back on Daisy.

"Nice shot" Daisy said as she walked over to where Raina once was and saw blood on the concrete. Jemma walked over and gathered more blood samples.

"Are you okay?" Jemma noticed a tear in Daisy's jacket on her back. She gently put her hand on it and instantly felt something stick, "Oh my god, you're bleeding"

"Ouch! Quit being so pockey" Daisy shouted as she felt Jemma touch her wounds.

"We need to get back to base" Simmons said as she dragged Daisy to another lift that led to the base.

Daisy was sitting on the table while Simmons was stitching up the wounds on her back, "These wounds are quite fascinating". Jemma said as she inspected the claw like marks on Daisy's back.

"Hey! Focus on stitching me up" Daisy was slightly annoyed by the fact that Raina had scratched her back. She fidgeted with the bracelet around her wrist and silently cursed the fact that this was blocking her powers and making her feel sick, but of course the benefits outweighed the bad.

"I'm sorry but by inspecting your wounds, I can get a visual on what Raina's powers are" Simmons said as she gently measured the width and length of the wound.

Daisy thought back on it, "The obelisk didn't just give her powers… it completely transformed her into a procupine"

Jemma hummed in agreement, "Yes it's quite remarkable. Have you ever seen anything like that?"

Daisy was about to shake her head until she remembered Gordon who used to have blue eyes before his transformation. He was now blind and able to sense other inhumans around the globe as well as the ability to teleport, "Once" she admitted, she knew it was dangerous to talk about the other inhumans but she wasn't going to give Simmons any more information than that, "But it wasn't a full body transformation like Raina"

Jemma absorbed that small but vital information, she knew that there was a chance that Daisy wasn't the only one who was experimented on, but she and the rest of the team decided not to question her about it until she was in mentally safe place, "So… what exactly is the process like? To become an inhuman I mean". Jemma was afraid that she pushed Daisy into an uncomfortable zone when she saw Daisy's back stiffin, but she realised that it wasn't because of the question, but probably the memories that came with it, "I'm so sorry Daisy… you don't have to answer that"

Daisy shook her head and forced her body to relax. Honestly, she would love to avoid questions like these, but it wasn't fair to the team were being nothing but kind to her. Everyone was putting their trust in her yet she hasn't shown any signs of trust towards them. She let out a soft sigh when she realised what she needed to do tonight, "No it's fine. If i"m being honest, I don't really know what the process is like"

Jemma pulled her gloves off and stood in front of Daisy with confusion in her eyes, "Aren't you…"

"I am but… unlike the others who naturally had the DNA… I didn't" Daisy wondered who her mother was. As far as she knew, her mother was an inhuman however, she had abandoned her on the streets when trying to get her away from Calvin. She already knew that she wanted to meet her mum and say thank you because god knows what would have happened if she had grown up with Calvin playing the role of her father, "For a normal inhuman, you go through a process called terrigenesis"

"Terrigenesis… the process of which the mist would act like a key and activate the inhuman gene, basically changing a person's fundamental biology"

Daisy nodded her head, that sounded like an easier way that just saying you get weird powers that are hard to control, "Sure. After that you go into a cocoon like state and then break out of it like a deformed butterfly"

Jemma could hear the bitterness in Daisy's voice. Before Jemma could press on with the questions, there was a knock on the door, "Simmons? Daisy?"

"One sec"

Jemma passed Daisy a S.H.I.E.L.D jumper, "For a secret organisation, you're not that secretive". Jemma had to admit that was true. She's been meaning to talk to Coulson about that but there was never a good time.

Jemma walked over to the door and opened it, letting Coulson, "Are you okay?" Coulson's question was directed to both of the girls.

"Right as rain" Jemma said with a perky smile. Coulson was surprised to see a bright smile on her face. If he was being honest, he noticed that everyone on the base seemed to be in a better mood… well everyone except Mack who he still wasn't on speaking terms with.

"And you?" Seeing how Daisy was sitting on the med bay and there were bloodied bandages in the bin, he was prepared for a lie to escape Daisy's mouth.

"Just as Simmons says, right as rain" Daisy said with a smile of her own. He tried to shoot her a stern look but this was the first time in a while that Daisy had a genuine smile on her face. He was going to assume that everyone's good moods were because of Daisy. May had told him that Daisy was going to make amends with everyone by the end of the week. Coulson had bet that wasn't actually going to do it, but it seemed like he was going to lose that bet.

"She has 3 lacerations on her back but luckily, they aren't deep shows no signs of poison or infection"

"Nark" Daisy shot Jemma a glare but Jemma ignored her.

"Mind giving me a debrief on what happened?" Coulson asked with an amused smile at how his agents were getting along. It was odd, he wondered if this what it was like to run a foster home where a newcomer comes and gets along with the other kids.

"Simmons would love to do that" Daisy said as she pushed Jemma towards Coulson, "I have to go and talk to the Big Mack now so… wish me luck"

"Wait!" Jemma pulled her back, "Come back before you go to bed, I need to put numbing cream on your wounds"

"Can't you just give me painkillers?"

"Absolutely not" Jemma laughed at the idea of giving Daisy any drugs of the sort, especially when she found a half empty bottle in her van, "I found bottles of xanax and heavy painkillers in your van. Do you know what that does to you body when you overuse it? You could have overdose"

"Could have but I didn't. Plus, I only used it because of my bones but now that practicallyI'm made out of metal, I don't need to use it as often" Daisy saw that Jemma was shaking her head like a disapproving doctor, she looked over to Coulson but he wasn't going to intervene, he wasn't a doctor, "Fine! But when I come back, we're going to talk about you invading my van"

Coulson and Jemma watched as Daisy stormed out of the room and towards the garage where Mack undoubtedly was, "She's going to be okay right?" Coulson was not asking Jemma.

"Yeah… of course" Jemma's high pitched voice was a dead give-away. He really needed to train her to lie better.

This was the last person on the team that Daisy needed to make amends to however, she wasn't actually planning on making amends with Mack. Something told her that Mack didn't see her as a kid, but saw her as exactly what she was, a secret weapon created by HYDRA. It was a good thing, because his reaction to her origins was how she expected everyone's reaction to be, but everyone was weirdly okay with it. She wondered if it was because they were S.H.I.E.L.D and used to supernatural crap like this happening.

Daisy crept into the garage and saw Mack installing something into the little robotic car that resembled Coulson's car, Lola. She really wanted to see Coulson's car for herself but knew that it will happen in due time.

"Hey" Mack looked up from his workstation to look at her. She could tell that he wasn't surprised from her appearance after week of hiding in her room. He then ignored her and immersed himself back into his work. Right… Daisy walked over to her van. She frowned when she saw a broken window and how empty it looked on the inside without her computers in it. She ignored the broken glass and decided to pester Fitz and Simmons to fix it, after she dealt with this talk.

She sat down on the edge of her van and opened her mouth to talk but Mack beat her to the punch, "Heard you've been going around the base making amends to the team"

Daisy scrunched her face in confusion, "How?", she didn't realise how chatty this team was.

"Tubro has become more straightforward and chattier since working with you", Fitz had came into the garage to tell him to be a little nicer to Daisy. He didn't understand why Fitz was acting like an older brother to Daisy. If it was Simmons he would understand but Daisy? Mack has known Daisy for the same amount of time yet he didn't see how Fitz could trust her in a matter of days.

"Is that a bad thing?" Daisy thought Fitz was just naturally like that. She had seen him being timid and quiet in the corner of the room, but once he opened his mouth, pure sarcasm and rudeness came out of his mouth. It genuinely amused her because she knew that Fitz was a nice guy, especially when he interacted with Mack, but when it came to her, he would constantly tease her, like an older sibling. She wondered if this was what it would be like to have a functional family.

"No" Mack admitted as he wiped the grease off of his hands, "It's good. Turbo didn't open up to anyone, not even to me. Whatever you guys spoke about must have personal"

Daisy was confused as to the civilised conversation that Mack was initiating with her. She was expecting him to ignore her while she rambled on about… whatever came to her mind, "It was"

Mack sighed and turned around to look at Daisy, "I don't dislike you Daisy". Mack saw Daisy's eyes slightly widened at his statement, "It's just that I don't trust you"

Daisy nodded her head, "Good". Now it was Mack's turn to be surprised, "No-one on this team should trust me, especially not Coulson who is the director of this entire organisation. By trusting me, he is taking a huge risk that neither he, or S.H.I.E.L.D can afford"

Mack crossed his arms over his chest as he tried to find any signs of manipulation in Daisy's posture or tone. He was glad that Daisy was self-aware of the problem that she had caused by being here, but he couldn't help the tiny voice in his had that told him to stop being so harsh towards this kid, "I'm glad that you're aware, so why are you sticking around after all of this? Besides us knowing about your secret powers you have no reason to be here"

Daisy was glad that someone on the team was being rational and asking these types of questions. She hated answering, but she knew that being sarcastic and lying would only dig her a deeper hole, "Because Coulson is taking a chance on me… and I don't plan on taking advantage of that or betraying his trust"

Mack tried to find a hint of dishonest in her voice but saw none. He noticed that there was a light in Daisy's eyes that she hadn't had before… she had loyalty.

"You're already taking advantage of it" Mack stated, it was no secret to the team that Daisy was being treated like the golden child. She was allowed to roam the base, skip team meeting and even stay cooped up in her room with her electronics, doing god knows what, for several days.

"I know" Daisy was aware of what she was doing, which is why she had left mack to be the last person she wanted to talk to, "Honestly… I'm not here to make amends with you"

Daisy watched as Mack's massive muscles tense, as if he was preparing for a fight. She had to stop herself from rolling her eyes at him, "Then why are you here?"

"I'm here to ask you to be my interrogator"

Mack's eyebrows scrunched up and his entire body slightly relaxed as he realised that the girl wasn't going to fight him, "You want me to be your what now?"

"My interrogator. You're the only one on this team who is rational enough to ask me questions without considering my feelings. Everyone else will be cautious or be too lenient because they see me as a kid… but not you"

This almost seemed too good to be true. Daisy was giving him permission to interrogate her, but he couldn't figure out why. Daisy was trained by HYDRA, even if she didn't want to work for them, she would always embed certain aspects of the terrorist organisation such as her bargaining skills, "You wouldn't give something up unless you get something in return. So what is it that you want?"

Daisy knew what she wanted from this, it wasn't easy because it was Mack, but she had to at least try to fix the damage she had unintentionally caused, "I overheard your… conversation with Coulson and you're right. Because of Coulson's subjectivity towards me… he would never initiate the interrogation and you would never trust me or him" Daisy could tell that she was getting through to Mack, "I don't want to be the reason why you and Coulson are fighting"

Mack's entire body stiffened when he heard how delicate Daisy's voice sounded. He clenched his jaw as he remembered his baby girl mumbling similar words whenever he fought with his ex-wife. He closed his eyes and shook his head as he rid himself of the tiny voice in his head that was yelling at him to take a leap of faith and trust Daisy, "You realise that by doing this, you will be hooked up to a lie detector"

Now it was Daisy's turn to stiffen, "It's not going to electrocute me if I lie?"

Mack seemed surprised by the implication, "No… did HYDRA do that?"

Daisy nodded her head, "They would hook us up and put us through simulations where we had to lie. Failure to lie equals electrocution", Daisy could tell that Mick seems disgusted by the training she had to go through to become an assassin, "Using a lying detector won't work on me but if it makes you feel better, then go ahead and use it"

Mack uncrossed his arms over his chest and put his hands into his pockets to show that he was more relaxed, "You said that you heard the conversation between Coulsons and I… which means you overheard the things that I said about you". He couldn't help but give in when he heard his subconscious to do the right thing and apologise to Daisy for saying things about her that weren't true.

"I did… and you were right"

Daisy tried to play it off as if it didn't hurt, but Mack could tell that it did affect her. It was times like this, when he witnessed a more vulnerable side of Daisy, that he realised that she wasn't just a secret weapon, she was so much more than that, "No… I wasn't. Since Day 1, I've been treating you unfairly, and that's because of my personal bias however, you have proved yourself to not be loyal to HYDRA, which is good enough for me. The reason why I didn't want you on the team, was because I thought you were going to hurt them but… now I see that you've actually been helping everyone"

Mack wasn't blind, he saw how Daisy somehow managed to get FitzSimmons to start talking again. He even saw Daisy bonding with Bobbi which was odd since Bobbi was usually the more closed off. May was especially a surprise for him. He thought that May would be on his side about this entire Daisy situation, but instead Daisy managed to capture May's heart along with Coulson and the rest of the team.

Daisy wanted to deny it, but she thought she might as well take it. It was the closest thing to a compliment that she was going to get from Mack.

"So… I'm assuming that's a yes on being my interrogator"

Mack did have a lot of questions. He nodded his head and said, "Yes… but don't expect me to go easy on you just because you're a kid"

Daisy scoffed at that, "Don't see me as a kid… see me as the Destroyer of Worlds"