A/N: Sorry for the late update, I forgot what day it was lol. Enjoy reading!

Chapter 19

Daisy couldn't stop the anxiety from gnawing at her chest. She seriously wished that she had had some xanax on her because at least that way, she could feel a little bit more relaxed.

"Are you sure you want to do this? It's not too late to back out" Daisy knew that Coulson was genuinely worried about pushing Daisy back to a place where she never wanted to return to, but she needed to do this. It wouldn't be fair to the team if she acted like she wasn't an ex-hydra agent.

"Don't worry about it A.C, it isn't my first time being interrogated". She watched as Bobbi started to set up the lie detector machine.

"I'm sure this is your first time volunteering"

That was true, never in her 20 year would she think that she would be volunteering to be interrogated. It was a sign of trust on her part, and she really hoped that no-one would betray her.

"Sir" Bobbi nodded her head at Coulson, and the director knew it was his cue to leave. He gave a small yet comforting shoulder squeeze before leaving the room.

The entire team had gathered around the lounge room to watch the interrogation. Daisy had given them permission to do this publicly with the team. Both Bobbi and Mack sat down on the opposite side of Daisy, "Anything you want to say before we begin"

Daisy had already informed them that she wasn't going to answer any questions that could hurt other people. For example, if they asked for the location or names of the other inhumane, she had the right to not answer them, "Just… whatever information that I'm giving you in this room… can't go out to anyone else or else I'll not only kill the person you told… But I'll also kill you"

Bobbi looked over towards the lie detector and saw how Daisy's heart beat remained steady, indicating her threat was very real. Bobbi shared a look with Mack before looking down at the paper of questions that they had, "Okay, let's being"

"Let's start with why you joined S.H.I.E.L.D. With your skills and capabilities, you wouldn't need S.H.I.E.L.D to get to Whitehall. So why get yourself captured?"

That was a good question. She thought about it sighed, there were two reasons that she joined the organisation. Her first reason, that she wasn't going to admit to anyone, was that she was curious as to why Simmons and Bobbi were still apart of this S.H.I.E.L.D organisation that had fallen apart. Her second reason was, "The GH-325 drug"

"GH-325 drug? You mean the stuff that resurrected the director?" Mack questioned. Daisy nodded her head, "How do you know about that?"

Everyone could tell that Daisy was uncomfortable with the question as her eyes suddenly turned dull and her body stiffened, "My father had used the GH-325 drug on me 3 times"

A gloomy tension entered the interrogation and lounge room. May saw in the corner of her eyes, Coulson stiffening at the thought of Daisy being injected with the drug. He remembered the excruciating pain of being resurrected. He couldn't imagine the pain of going through it 3 times.

While everyone in the room went dead silent, Mack maintained his composure and pushed her talk about it, "Why?"

"The night that I was born… I was stillborn" Daisy could tell that everyone was shocked at that, even Mack who was willing himself to not flinch or show any signs of emotions towards her, "I should be dead but my father wanted to play God and used the GH-325 formula on me. The drug rewrote my DNA and I no longer had the genetic code that allowed me to become an Inhuman. That was the first time I was injected GH-325"

Bobbi felt her hands curling into a ball of fists. They have barely begun the interrogation yet, it was already so heavy. Just the thought of Daisy being experimented on since birth was nauseating.

"The second and third time was when I died on the operating table" Daisy said casually, although she still remembered the after effects of being resurrected, she had to dig her nails into her palm to stop herself from going back to that memory of Jiaying rubbing her stomach as she threw up nothing but acid.

"Operating table? Tell me about how you got into the Destroyer of Worlds Program" Mack was trying his best to keep his voice steady and firm, but it was increasingly getting harder.

"In HYDRA, they had different divisions. Similar to S.H.I. except, our ranking isn't determined by records like you guys. Our rankings were dependent on our ability to survive"

Bobbi scrunched her face up in confusion, "Survivability?"

"Survival of the fittest. Newcomers like myself got assigned to an S.O who trained you in a particular division. Each month you would go through a survival test where you have to fight your opponent and kill them"

Mack tilted his head in confusion, "You said you were 10 years old when you entered HYDRA…"

"I was also 10 years old when I first killed a man" Daisy's cold voice and calm demeanour showed that she didn't see anything that was wrong with that, "Killing wasn't the hard part… most of the time I was up against assholes anyways. Each time you won your battle, you moved up a rank and went through a different kind of training"

"What type of training?" Bobbi knew that everyone was curious as to HYDRA's training system was like. So far, Bobbi could already tell that it was a cruel training experience. In S.H.I.E.L.D they had done a similar thing however, it was a simulation rather than a reality. Daisy's reality was killing people on a monthly basis.

Daisy tried to think of the training that she had to undergo. It felt like a lifetime ago but in reality, it had only been around 5 years ago, "I had to build up an immune system to different kinds of poison, had to experience different types of torture chambers, went through a period of time where I temporarily blinded by poison, locked in a room and had to learn how to fight without my eyesight… that was a pain in the ass"

"How can you be okay with everything that they had done to you?" Mack was slowly losing his composure as he heard how nonchalant Daisy was being about the training that she was forced to undergo.

Daisy could hear the judgment in his voice which slightly annoyed her, "While this may seem like a twisted story to tell your kids about HYDRA, it was my reality."

That statement struck a chord in everyone's heart, including Mack's. Mack was now breaking character and decided to just ask her whatever questions were on his mind, "Do you regret it?"

Daisy could tell that she should have shown a little more discontent with how she was trained, but she couldn't find it within herself to care. She did what she had to do to survive and no. She didn't regret surviving. She did things that she wasn't proud of and if she had the chance, she would change it, "What's done is done,'' she stated simply.

"Continue with your story" Bobbi ordered, trying to get them back on track.

"After 5 years of being in HYDRA… we were forced to become Inhumans"

Mack didn't buy that, "Forced? As in you guys didn't volunteer?"

Daisy felt the urge to jump over the metal table and punch Mack in the face for his implications, however she had asked for this and he didn't know the full story. As far as Mack knew, she willingly participated in the Destroyer of World Program to become more powerful. A part of her wished that was true, because at least that way she would have consented to the experiments but she was in the dark for 2 years. It wasn't until she broke out and read the reports of what they were doing to her, that she found out she was designed to be the Destroyer of Worlds.

Bobbi noticed the flash of anger at Mack's words, and she immediately knew that it wasn't voluntary.

"Honestly… some might have been aware and volunteered but as for my people… no"

Everyone picked up on the word my people. They knew that Daisy wasn't the only inhuman that was experimented on. It was nerve racking to think that other HYDRA agents could have inhuman powers and Coulson was willing to bet his money on the fact that not all of them are as kind as Daisy.

"Your people?"

Daisy wasn't going to expose their names or whereabouts, but she thought it was only fair to let them know that she wasn't just loyal to this team, she was also loyal to the other Inhumans, "In HYDRA we lived in specific sector where you practically eat, sleep and train together… you become a family. For us… we were hit with a sleeping gas, thrown into a cage and gassed with this blue mist that turned all of them into stone and later… Inhumans"

"All of them?" Bobbi was good, she understood that every word that Daisy was important to the story.

"I wish that I had turned to stone like the rest of them…" Daisy expressions changed from being neutral about the HYDRA training to a mixed of emotions when thinking about the experiments.

"We know that Calvin rewrote your genetic code… but we don't know how"

"Beats me. All I know is that they used some machine to rewrite my genetic code… sometimes during the procedure I would have an organ failure which lead to me having to go through several surgeries to have an organ transplant" Daisy told them honestly, she wasn't a scientist, she didn't know what tools or machinery they used to make her into an inhuman, "If you're worried about him recreating the experiments he can't… At least he can't create another inhuman. I destroyed everything that was in that lab, including the machine that they used to rewrite my genetic code"

Okay, that was one good news.

"How did you escape?" Mack asked, "Something tells me that Calvin wouldn't have let you escape"

Daisy nodded her head, "He didn't. He found a way to liquify the gas and began injecting it into me in small doses over the course of a few months. During the final treatment, he made a mistake. He underestimated the effects of the anesthesia that had knocked me out, and I saw him for the first time in 2 years… I saw my father standing over me with the final dose". You didn't need to be an expert in body language to see how much this had affected Daisy. Her voice dropped her eyes slightly lowered as she remembered waking up, feeling confused and disoriented.

"Oh my god" Bobbi couldn't even imagine what it would be like to have her father be the head scientist who experimented on her. She turned her head to see how Mack was feeling and knew that he was doing everything in his power to not break his composure.

"I wasn't supposed to see his face so… he erased my memory of him and made me think that I was an orphan which wasn't hard since I already told everyone that I was one" Daisy tried to appear calm about it but honestly, anything that had to do with her father really pissed her off, it brought back too many memories and feelings that she wanted to lock away, "After the final dose, no-one was prepared for me to cause an earthquake in the building. I used that to my advantage practically started a riot to burn down the place. After that, we escaped"

Daisy wanted to keep it brief, there was no point in going into details about how the facility looked like a slaughterhouse after they were done kill all the scientists and guards.

"You escaped yet you went back to HYDRA?" Mack understood everything up to a point. He didn't understand why Daisy chose to go back to the facility that put her through this tortuous path.

"After we escaped, a group of us stuck together. We had no money, no identities and no place to call home. I had erased every one of us from HYDRA's database but… the weird thing about it was that even the head of HYDRA's didn't know about the experiments… it was an unauthorised program that was initiated by my father"

"Still don't get why you went back to HYDRA"

"When I found out that HYDRA wasn't aware of our… inhuman abilities…"

Everything started to click into place, "You went back to HYDRA to earn money to help your people hide" Bobbi suddenly understood why Daisy was so persistent on keeping the money. Bobbi had the feeling that Daisy wasn't greedy for money, because if she was then she wouldn't be living in a van, but she could never put her finger on why Daisy needed the money,

"You're really not loyal to HYDRA?", Not only did things start to fall into place for Bobbi, but Mack was now starting to understand Daisy's intentions.

"No" Daisy knew her loyalties were ambiguous, but never had she claimed to be loyal to HYDRA.

"How many inhumans are there that escaped?"

Daisy cocked an eyebrow, "I don't know, from my sector there were at least 20"

"Ward's one isn't he?" Bobbi knew that Ward was dangerous enough as he is, she couldn't imagine what a problem he would be if he turned out to be an inhuman with destructive powers like Daisy.

Daisy shrugged her shoulders, "Don't waste your time asking me about the others"

Bobbi and Mack shared a look of discontent but they knew the type of person Daisy was from her story. She may not be loyal to an organisation or an idea, but she was loyal to her people, "Okay… we won't ask you about the others but answer one thing… is there anyone younger than you?"

Bobbi knew that Daisy was only 20 years, she was still a kid in everyone's eyes except for FitzSimmons who were more like an older sibling to her.

A sad look gleaned over Daisy's eyes and Bobbi immediately wanted to retract her question, "Not anymore".

"I'm sorry" Bobbi knew that tone, it meant that she must have lost someone close to her. With Daisy's protective nature, she was going to assume that the person who passed away was like a little sister to Daisy.

Daisy sucked in a deep breath and shook her head. She put on a fake smile and said, "This is the first time an interrogator has ever apologised to me".

Both Mack and Bobbi smiled at that, glad that forcing Daisy to confront her past wasn't making her shut down, "This isn't a normal interrogation" Bobbi replied.

Daisy nodded her head. She was being honest, she felt like a weight was lifted off of her chest now that she told the team everything… well almost everything. However, Bobbi wasn't done with her questions, she needed to make sure of something, "One more thing… describe your relationship with your father. I've noticed you've been calling him your dad and not by his first name"

That… was a good pick up on Bobbi's part.

"After going through the tank, I remembered everything… including my relationship with him", this was the one thing that Daisy didn't want to be asked. Her relationship with her father.

"You have a relationship with your father?"

"Unfortunately… yeah" Daisy mumbled, she leaned forward on the metal table and began twiddling with her fingers, "He didn't kidnap me… he offered to take me with him to a place where no-one could hurt me and I did… I chose to go with him"

That was interesting, "What reason did you have to go with him?"

Daisy bit the insides of her cheeks as she recalled the night that she was…. Nope. She wasn't going to go there. She could tell that Mack and Bobbi were confused as to why her heartbeat suddenly skyrocketed but that wasn't their business, it was nobody's business.

"The orphanage was filled with shit nuns who placed me with even shitter people". Daisy wanted to change the topic immediately before they asked any more questions, "Anyways, he took me out of there and moved me to HYDRA. He visited me during those years and… during those times I genuinely saw him as a fatherly figure…"

"Is your relationship with your father going to compromise with our mission?" Mack asked.

Daisy smiled at that, "Yeah… It makes me want to kill him even more", although, deep within her she knew that wasn't true. There was a small part of her that wanted her father back.

The interrogation was over and Bobbi and Mack were packing the equipment in the back room while Daisy went to the lounge room to meet up with the team. A part of her wanted to hide in her room but she was done running. Fitz was right when he said that she was being a hypocrite and running away from her problems.

Bobbi walked over to the door and closed it so she could talk to Mack privately.

"We can't report her to Gonzales" Bobbi quitely stated as she walked over to Mack.

Mack sucked in a deep breath and scratched his forward. He was prepared to relay this information back to the Real S.H.I.E.L.D, but seeing the how Daisy had trusted them enough to allow them to openly interrogate her, he was starting to reconsider, "What choice do we have?" Mack replied as he sat down on a create, "This is our mission"

"I know it is but… Daisy wasn't a part of the equation" Bobbi argument, "Don't get me wrong, I believe in the Real S.H.I.E.L.D but I don't trust Gonzales to know about Daisy's origin"

"You don't want to tell him that Daisy is a secret weapon" Mack also didn't want to tell his boss. If he was being honest, he didn't truly trust Gonzales, but he also didn't trust Coulson who was still making bad calls as a director.

"No, I don't. Daisy is trusting us to keep her secret and I don't want to betray her in a way that will make her never forgive us" Bobbi knew that if she told Gonzales, Daisy would become her enemy without a second thought. She appreciated her relationship with Daisy, and how trusting the young agent has been with her, she wasn't willing to break that bond.

"I agree"

"And I know that you don-... wait what?"

Mack looked up at Bobbi and repeated what he had said before, "I agree with you. We can't let Gonzales know about Daisy being an ex-HYDRA agent, or the secret weapon. It took me this long to see Daisy as a young agent who was manipulated by that psychopath… Gonzales would be worse"

A small yet smug smile stretched across Bobbi's lip, "I'm sorry… did I just hear you say that you like Daisy now?"

Mack rolled his eyes and stood up, "No, that kid is out of her damn mind and she's still dangerous… the only reason why I'm trusting her is because she has that inhibitor on her wrist"

Bobbi scoffed, she knew that wasn't true. Mack acted like a tough guy but he was secretly a softey when it came to kids, "Sure Mack… that's the reason"

"It is" Mack's voice slightly cracked which made Bobbi laugh even harder, "Get out of here, I'm going to report to Gonzales that Daisy is just a mercenary for hire. Nothing more"

Bobbi smiled at Mack and gave him a pat on the shoulder, "The kid's growing on you"

Mack watched as Bobbi left and let out a tired sigh. The little voice in his head that was telling him that Daisy was just a kid… finally won. Mack realised that Daisy didn't just do this to this as an attempt to make amends between him and Coulson, but she was also doing this for the team. She was doing this to show them that she trusted them.

He finally saw what his entire team saw in Daisy… she had a good heart despite being surrounded by darkness her entire life. It was easy to fall into darkness but Daisy… she was was able to maintain that tiny spark of goodness while she was in HYDRA, which proved to him that Daisy was stronger in ways that he didn't imagine.

"We should celebrate" Hunter shouted cheerfully. Everyone turned their heads to look at Hunter like he was crazy for suggesting a celebration after hearing about the twisted things that Daisy had gone through.

"Celebrating my messed up life story… I'm in" Daisy said with a cheerful smile on her face. She was aware of Coulson's concerned stare but she wanted to reassure him and the team that she was okay. The interrogation was actually a relief, she felt like she had nothing else to hide.

"Not everything is about you love" Hunter said as he looked at Daisy. Despite being a lieutenant and mercenary for most of his life, he knew that Daisy had gone through more shit then anyone has and he respected her for coming out of the other end in… a damaged yet good state, "I mean we should celebrate the fact that we finally got rid of Whitehall and destroyed HYDRA. Not everybody can say that"

Bobbi walked into the room and shook her head, "Technically HYDRA isn't destroyed"

Hunter shot her an annoyed look, "Always rain on my parade huh?". Bobbi shrugged her shoulders but couldn't help but smile at her ex-husband, "Look, it's been a hell of a month. I don't even want to recall what happened in the last couple of weeks because it's an absolute mess. We should appreciate the time we have together as a team… plus we need to throw Daisy a welcoming party"

Daisy's eyes widened as everyone turned their heads to look at her, "Oh… no. Let's not celebrate that"

"Fine. We're celebrating my welcoming party because none of you assholes officially welcomed me on the team" Hunter saw that no-one was buying his pitch, he decided to take it a step further, "It'll also be a good way to commemorate Trip"

Coulson looked around the room and saw the tired look in everyone's eyes. He thought about it actually agreed with Hunter for once, the team could use some time to wind down, "Hunter's right, what'd you want to do to celebrate?"

"How about pizza and beers? It used to be tradition for us when we completed a mission" Jemma suggested, it was how the old team celebrated whenever they achieved something. She looked over to Fitz and saw a sad look in his eyes and realised that he was probably feeling the same way she was, nostalgic.

"Sounds good to me," Hunter said as he clapped his hands and walked over to the fridge to pull out a carton of beer.

Mack overheard the conversation from outside and walked in with a smile on his face, "I make a mean pizza. Yo turbo, how about you lend me a hand?". Things between Mack and Fitz have been strained lately but after hearing Daisy speak about her experience in HYDRA, he realised how lonely it must have been, even if she did have her HYDRA family by her side. The interrogation with Daisy forced him to realise that he shouldn't take these type of relationships for granted.

Fitz looked up and turned to Daisy and Jemma who shot him a look that said, why are you looking at us, before going over to Mack.

"A beer for everyone" Hunter started handing out beers to everyone. He sneakily passed one to Daisy and gave her a wink before handing it out to Jemma and Bobbi.

Daisy opened her beer and was about to drink it but before she could, May walked past her and stole the beer out of her hand, "Thank you". She replaced the beer with a can of coke.

"Hey!" Daisy shouted as her hand now had a beverage that wasn't going to get her drunk.

"You're underage" May simply stated as she took a sip of the beer.

"It's been a tough day" Daisy said with a slight pout.

"Not buying it" May said cold heartedly as she walked over to Coulson.

Daisy knew that she should be annoyed at being treated like a child but instead she let out a soft scoff that turned into a smile. She walked over to Jemma and Bobbi who were sitting on the couch.

"Daisy! Join us" Jemma said as she scooted over patted the seat next to her. Daisy plopped down on the couch in between Simmons and Bobbi and looked at the television with confusion.

"What are you guys watching?" Daisy asked as she opened her can of coke.

"See, I know that you haven't had the time to watch any old or new televisions shows because you were trapped in a HYDRA facility by these psychotic men who think that they can treat you like an experimental rat when you're a human being with real feelings and emotions..."

Both Bobbi and Daisy shared a surprised look as they heard Jemma ramble quite venomously, "Simmons". Jemma turned her head to Bobbi and saw Bobbi gesturing for her to take it down a notch.

Jemma's eyes widened and she turned to Daisy to apologize but Daisy had a smile on her face that showed she wasn't offended one bit, "What are we watching?" Daisy repeated her question with an excited glint in her eyes.

"Doctor Who" Jemma said excitedly when she saw Daisy getting excited, "Give me a minute, I'm going to get the entire box set"

Jemma sprung up like a spring and went ran to her room.

"Why am I not surprised she has the entire box set?" Daisy muttered as she sipped her drink.

Bobbi wasn't surprised either. She thought this was a good chance to talk to Daisy, "Hey… I just wanted to say thanks"

"For what?"

"For being so honest and… okay with the interrogation" Bobbi knew that if it was anyone else, they would take advantage of the situation and hold all of their cards close to their chest. But Daisy didn't, she opened up to them and placed all her cards on the table.

Daisy shrugged her shoulder, "If I'm being honest… telling you guys feel like a weight has been lifted off of my chest plus, I can't believe I'm saying this but… I trust you guys. You seem like the goods guys" Daisy muttered honestly.

Bobbi smiled and knew she and Mack made the right decision to not tell Gonzalez about Daisy, "You can trust us"

"I'm back" Jemma shouted as she came back with an actual box filled with Doctor Who dvds. She put a disk in and sat down next to Daisy.

Coulson and May were in their own corner of the room, watching the girls on one side watching Doctor Who, and the boys on the other side making pizza. "I think this is the first time I've seen everyone as a team" Coulson said, the first few weeks were tough because no-one knew who to trust but now, Daisy had showed everyone that she trusted them and everyone responded with opening their hearts and trust to her.

"This is the first time the team is actually together" May responded however, she had to admit it was nice to see everyone bonding and having a good time. It reminded her of the days before the HYDRA takeover when the team used to play sudoku with each other on the BUS.

"Trip would have loved to see this" Coulson muttered. May nodded her head in agreement, Trip's death was wearing everyone down because of how good of a man Trip was but… despite all that, Daisy somehow lifted the mood by her presence.

"He would have… he was always a man of peace" May knew that Trip was the embodiment of S.H.I.E.L.D's fundamental values. It was going to be weird not having him tell them jokes to lift the mood but when it came to this kind of life, it was expected. Every day is a challenge but it was never easy to lose one of you own.

Coulson nodded his head and sipped his beer, "How's Daisy's training coming along?"

Now that was a topic that May was comfortable enough to speak about, "She's improved a lot. Only a week in and she's already back up to full strength and speed. Her throwing knife skills needs a little bit of tweaking but other than that, she's ready to fight if she needs to". Coulson didn't seem too happy about her last sentence, "What's wrong?"

"I think that we should keep her on base as our hacker… we don't know when Calvin is going to strike again,'' the thought of Daisy being kidnapped again and brainwashed made his skin crawl, and he knew that May didn't want to fight Daisy when she was in HYDRA mode.

"I agree with you but… we're down an agent. We only two agents and a half. Bobbi is a specialist, Hunter is a Mercenary and Mack is Mechanic"

"Has she spoken to you about her powers?" Coulson realised that not only was Daisy a trained assassin, she was also an inhuman. He had forgotten that part because Daisy hasn't complained about having her powers restrained.

May shook her head, "Not really… my guess is she doesn't have completely control over her powers which is why she's okay with the inhibitor on her wrist"

Coulson didn't want Daisy denying the inhuman side of her just because she was scared of what she might do, "I don't want her to wear that thing on her wrist forever". He noticed that May didn't express her opinion which was weird but before he got the chance to ask, Mack walked over to them with an uncomfortable expression, "What's wrong? Did you burn the pizza?"

"No sir, actually the pizza is going great… I would actually like to talk to you privately"

Coulson turned his head to look at May who just shrugged her shoulders. He nodded his head and followed Mack to the garage, "Everything okay?"

"Yeah just…" Mack put his hands in his pockets and gathered up the courage to apologise to Coulson, 'I'm sorry for how I have been acting lately… its way out of line"

Coulson has been waiting for Mack's apology. If he was being honest, he didn't like being disrespected and the fact that Mack constantly undermine his authority was getting on his nerves, but he knew that he had given Mack reason not to trust him, "You're right, you have been out of line… but I understand why. These past few weeks… past few months I haven't been the best Director I can be. Carving alien writing on the wall didn't help things and bringing an ex-hydra agent who we knew nothing about, certainly didn't help things"

Mack was surprised to hear Coulson admitting fault. If this was Nick Fury, he would be kicked out off of this team already but instead, Coulson gave him time to cool down and think about his actions, "I'm not used to dealing with this… alien crap, especially with a rock turning people into stone but… bringing Daisy on board was a good call"

Coulson smiled at that and couldn't help by gloat, "I know it was. Mind telling what changed?"

"Her trust in us" Mack answered honestly, "I think that being here might do her some good"

Coulson knew that he was right and he didn't really care if everyone disagreed with him. But the egotistical side of him was proud of Daisy for removing any doubts that the team had about her, but putting herself in a vulnerable position, "Speaking of doing some good… I'm thinking about making you a Field Operative"

Mack was not expecting to be promoted when he came to apologise to Coulson, "An operative? But I'm just the mechanic"

"I've seen you on missions before and have you seen the size of your muscles?"

Mack looked down at his arms and shrugged his shoulders, he worked out a lot to look this buff, "Violence really isn't my thing"

"I know it isn't but you're a literal beast. With Trip gone… I'm going to need someone to step up"

"You're not going to put Daisy on the field?" Mack was a little surprised by that. He had assumed with Daisy on their side and training with May who was her S.O, Coulson was going to use her as an assassin.

"No… things with Daisy and her father are still fresh and I don't want to put her in danger plus… I think she needs to be away from violence for a while"

"Good call" Mack muttered, "Can I have time to think about it?"

"Of course" Coulson wasn't going to force Mack to be on the field, but he would feel alot better if Mack was on the field with the rest of his team.

Both Mack and Coulson returned to the kitchen. Coulson smirked when he saw May sitting on the chair watching the British TV series with the girls.

"Pizza is ready" Mack put the plates of pizza onto the table where the girls were sitting.

"Oh, the 9th Doctor" Fitz said as she sat on a couch with Mack. Everyone sat around the area and watched Doctor Who for the next couple of hours. May was the first to leave. Coulson knew something was bothering her and decided to give her a few minutes alone before approaching her. Everyone packed the food away and did the dishes together. Bobbi and Hunter left together, trying to be as subtle as they could but failing terribly as everyone saw them leave. Mack was next and then FitzSimmons.

Daisy had stayed behind for a bit to put the dishes away. Coulson walked over to her to help her with the dishes, "A.C, shouldn't you be sleeping? It's getting late"

"How old do you think I am?"

Daisy shrugged her shoulders and decided not to answer that since she was pretty sure her guess would only offend him more, "Age is nothing but a number"

Coulson rolled his eyes. He wasn't sure whether he should be happy that Daisy was reverting back to her cheeky self, or be worried that she was not insulting his age, "I came to ask you how you're doing but by your attitude I'm going to assume that you're holding up pretty well"

"I'm great" Daisy said as she put the cup away.

"Do you really mean that?"

Daisy leaned against the counter and looked at Coulson with genuine calmness on her face, "I do… this is the first time in my 20 years where I genuinely feel like I'm not going to burst from not doing anything"

Coulson felt relieved hearing that, he was worried that the interrogation will create a heavy mood and cause Daisy to revert back to her safe space, "Actually, I have a gift for you", he pulled out a S.H.I.E.L.D badge that had Daisy's name on it and said, "I just wanted to say that I'm… really proud of you". He looked up to see a surprised look in her eyes, "I know trust doesn't come easy to you… but you took a giant leap of faith today and you deserve this"

He waited for Daisy's response and immediately panicked when he saw Daisy's eyes begin gloss with water, "W-What's happening?". Did he say something wrong? He saw Daisy looked down at her feet, trying to hide her tears.

Before he could try to remedy the situation Daisy suddenly initiated a hug by throwing her arms around him. After a few seconds of shock, he eventually wrapped his arms around her as he felt his shoulders getting wet from Daisy's tears, "Thank you". He almost missed her mumbling but he heard it.

Colson realised the weight of his words and the timing of it all. He remembered Daisy saying that she had gone through a memory machine and being forced to go through that himself, he knew that the machine didn't just bring back memories, but it also brought the emotions associated with the memories again.

Kid Daisy, wanted nothing more than to make her father proud. It was human nature. When you spend your entire life trying to please someone, only to find out that they are actually your worst nightmare, the pride turns into darkness that naturally weighs you down. Daisy was no different He wondered whether she had a good relationship with her father before the experiments.

Daisy pulled out of the hug and let out a frustrated huff as she wiped the tears away from her face, "Eugh… stupid emotions" she muttered.

Coulson shot her a comforting smile, "If you ever need a shoulder to cry on. I'm always here for you". Daisy was glad that Coulson wasn't being awkward about the hug that she initiated. She didn't know what came over but hearing those words…. I'm proud of you made her heart clench. It was as if she was yearning to hear those words since she was a little kid.

"Sorry… that was weird"

"Must be the GH-325" Coulson usually didn't joke about his experience with TAHITI but he Daisy was probably the only other person who would understand the pain that he went through.

Daisy chuckled at that, "Must be. Dying does weird things to you"

"I only died once, you died 3 times. Must've been a hell of a road trip for you"

"First time was fine, don't remember a thing but the other two times… I'm pretty sure I went to hell" Daisy was half joking… half not.

"Really… I felt nothing. It was like waking up from a deep slumber"

Daisy rolled her eyes, "Okay we get it, you went to heaven". Daisy couldn't believe that she was joking about dying with someone who shared a similar experience with her. It was such a weird thing but she felt a bond with Coulson that made her wonder what it would be like if Coulson was her father instead of Calvin.

Unbeknownst to her, Coulson was thinking a similar thing. If he knew the things that he knew today and had a time machine, he would go to the orphanage that Daisy was in and adopt her immediately to save her from this horrid fate that was awaiting her.

"Get some rest" Coulson said as he passed Daisy her badge.

Daisy grabbed the badge and smiled happily when she felt the weight of the badge in her hand, "Night A.C, make sure you get your beauty sleep"

Coulson walked into the training room where he saw May doing tai-chi. During the interrogation and when he spoke about Daisy's power, something had clicked in her mind that made her stiffin. The only time she became that way was when someone mentioned Bahrain.

"What's going on?" Coulson wasn't one to beat around the bush when it came to his second in command.

May didn't stop her movements, "Nothing"

"You can't lie to me May" Coulson knew her better than anyone, which was saying a lot since she was previously married to someone else. May knew that was true, lying to Coulson would be like lying to herself. It was impossible. Coulson was able to read her like an open book, it was annoying and often got on her nerves. She stopped her movement and turned to look at Coulson with soft eyes. Coulson didn't hesitate to close the distance between them, "What's on your mind?"

"Daisy said that there was a girl younger than her in the facility… what if the little girl I killed was an inhuman from the same facility that Daisy was in? If Daisy was in the same facility as her… then she might know who Katya's sister is"

Coulson was not expecting that. That thought didn't even cross his mind. He knew that May was carrying this burden around with her as if it was a bag of weights on her back, "But that isn't the only thing that's bothering you"

May was hoping that he wouldn't press her for more information but Coulson was Coulson. it didn't matter whether he was carving writings on the walls or just plain old Coulson who was resurrected from the dead, he would always be the man she would confide in without worry, "I killed an Inhuman… what if Daisy thinks that I'm hunting her kind?"

Daisy was sensitive when it came to being inhuman, he and everyone on the team knew that. Ask her about training in HYDRA, she will easily tell you the details without much hesitation, but asking her about her powers or the experiments that happened and 10 thick walls go up, "I can't say for sure how Daisy would react… but I know you May. I know that you did what was necessary and hopefully… Daisy would to"

May let out a soft sigh and rubbed her forehead tiredly. She wasn't going to run away from this. She, better than anyone, knew that keeping this kind of secret where Daisy could potentially hear the story from someone else, was dangerous to her relationship with Daisy.

"Go talk to her" Coulson encouraged, "It's not like Daisy is this… Skye person who you've been looking for. What could go wrong?"

Daisy let out a tired yawn as she walked into the bathroom and pulled out the numbing cream for the scratches on her, "Damn…" she muttered under her breath as tried to rub it on her back but couldn't seem to reach the damn spot. It was times like this she wished that she had the ability to stretch her limbs. It would be very convenient to be able to scratch a spot on her back.

Daisy heard a knock on her bathroom door and quickly tried pulled her shirt down before opening it to see May, "May? I thought you went to bed already". May noticed the numbing cream in Daisy's hand and put her hand out. A moment of confusion washed over Daisy's face until she saw May eyeing the cream, "Oh, you don't have to…"

May shot Daisy a look and she knew better than to argue with the older women. She gave May the cream and uncomfrtobaly lifted her shirt up to show May where the wound was. Daisy could see through the mirror that May was concerned with the amount of scars on Daisy's body. Even May, who has been in this business for more than 20 years, didn't have this many scars.

"Hideous right?"

Daisy's voice snapped May out of her thoughts. She berated herself for staring at Daisy's scars that made Daisy uncomfortable, "No it's not", May sternly said as she gently put the cream on Daisy's back. She heard Daisy gasp when her cold hands touch the wounds, "Sorry"

"It's fine" Daisy said casually as she waited for May to finish it up.

"The wound is healing nicely" May said as she closed the lid and washed her hands.

"Perks of being inhuman" Daisy said as she pulled down her shirt and walked over to her bed that hasn't been touched in a while since she's been sleeping in the bathtub, "So what's up May? Is everything okay?" Daisy could tell that whatever May wanted to talk to her about, wasn't good, "Okay… does this have something to do with the interrogation?"

A normal person wouldn't have picked up on the hint of fear in Daisy's voice, but May did. She realised that she needed to stop being so stiff and cold when it came to Daisy. She noticed during their training that even though Daisy was confident in her abilities, she was scared of doing something wrong. After hearing Daisy's experience with HYDRA, she realised that Daisy was someone who had been abused her entire life and she never confronted that trauma.

May forced her body to relax by sucking in a deep breath but it was hard when she was going to tell Daisy something that could break her trust in her.

"It does but… it's not really about you"

Oh… that was interesting. She felt herself relax at that, "Great, what's up?"

May's silence and nervousness was genuinely making Daisy worried. Usually when May was silent, she was calm and steady like the ocean but when she is angry or protective, she was like a storm that shouldn't be messed with.

"I've encountered an inhuman before I met you" May's confession was not where she thought this conversation was going. She nodded her head and allowed May to tell her whatever made her so nervous, "There was this… rescue mission in Bahrain where a team of S.H.I. agents and a child were being held captive by these mercenaries. When we got to the location, we tried to negotiate with the mercenaries but it was no use. Recklessly, I went into the warehouse with nothing but a gun and no backup. When I entered…. There was a child…"

Daisy's entire body froze… this story sounded familiar… it sounded like the story that Ward had told her… about Katya.

"She had these… powers. She was able to feel people's pain and get rid of them but… by doing so she would cause the death of the person she touched. I watched as she killed all of the mercenaries with one touch… and she was going to come for me to", May paused when she Daisy clench her jaw and buried her head in her hands. She knew it was too late to stop, "I… had killed her…" she managed to choke out.

Daisy suddenly shot off the bed and pushed past May to go to the bathroom. May couldn't help but flinch when she heard Daisy slam the bathroom door in her face. She curled her fingers into a tight fist and sucked in deep breaths as she told herself not to get emotional. Right now, Daisy was the priority.

She wasn't going to leave until she spoke to Daisy and knew where they stand in their relationship. Don't get her wrong, she wanted to run away, it was easier than dealing with the one regret that almost broke her but, it wasn't fair on Daisy and the person who the little girl saw as a sister. She could hear Daisy pacing up and down in the bathroom and was going to wait for Daisy to process the fact that she had killed an inhuman.

A few minutes passed and May was starting to doubt that Daisy was going to come out until she leaves, but she wasn't going to. Instead, she stood up and walked over to the bathroom. She lifted her arm to knock on the door but before she could, a small voice asked her a question, "Why are you telling me this?"

May bit her lip and leaned her back against the door with her arms crossed over her chest, "Before she died in my arms… she told me that she had a message for her older sister". When May was met with silence, she continued. She told Daisy the last message that the little girl had wanted to say.

What May couldn't see on the other side, was Daisy who was curled into a tight ball trying not to let the loud sobs escape her mouth as she heard Katya's message through May. Ward had told her a different story, he had said that Katya had been captured and killed by a hunter who killed anything that resembled an alien or foreign origin. His story was the main reason why no-one used their powers in public, because they were afraid of what happened to Katya, could happen to them.

But now she was hearing another story from May… May who she grew to trust… had killed Katya. Katya was her responsibility and she let her die. This entire time, she thought that Katya had been cruelly killed… but she wasn't.

May had executed a mercy kill… on an 8 year old girl who was being manipulated by HYDRA.

"C-Can… Can you tell me the details?" Daisy's voice cracked and she felt the hot tears rolling down her face as she thought about the young girl who she had failed to protect.

There was a moment of silence and Daisy thought that May didn't want to relive that death but, May suddenly started speaking in a soft and hurt tone. Daisy could immediately tell that May wasn't the hunter that Ward had described.

In fact, May sounded broken over the fact that she had to kill a child in order to protect her team. Daisy ran her finger through her hands and put her other hand over her mouth to stifle the sobs that were escaping her mouth as she heard May repeat the words that she used to tell Katya, you shouldn't lie when you're in pain. It was a simple phrase, but it was a constant saying that she said to Katya when ever the little girl came back from training. Daisy spent the next few minutes sobbing as she listened to May's recount.

Daisy closed her eyes in an attempt to stop the tears from flowing down face. She knew that May thought she was angry with her… and for a few minutes she was hence, why she stormed into the bathroom. However, a few more minutes passed by as Daisy sat on the bathroom tiles and forced herself to think rationally, and she came to realise that she felt relieved.

She was relieved that May had been the one to kill Katya.

If it wasn't for May… Katya would be turned into a killing machine.

The realization hit her like a truck, and she felt this wave of content in the pit of her stomach. She has been having nightmares about Katya for years because she thought that she was murdered in cold blood… but knowing that May was holding the dying girl, in a weird and sadistic way, was comforting.

May on the other side, was pacing up and down anxiously. Daisy had fallen silent after she finished her story and it genuinely concerned her. She considered kicking down the door, just to make sure that Daisy was okay, but that might piss the young agent off more than she already was.

She stopped pacing when she heard the bathroom door open and looked at Daisy who had red eyes from crying and tear-stains on her cheeks. There was blank expression on her face and May knew that she deserved all the anger and hate that Daisy must feel towards her, "Daisy… you have every right to hate me and doubt me because of what I did… because I killed an inhuman child instead of finding another way to save her and my team… but I didn't"

Daisy took a few steps forward and May was prepared for a fight although, if she was being honest, she was going to let Daisy get a few hits in before she defended herself. But something unexpected happened. Daisy suddenly raised her arms and pulled May into a hug.

May's entire body stiffened and froze… was this going to turn into a chokehold?

"Thank you" May heard Daisy mumbled as the young agent buried her head in May's neck. May still was shocked and her arms remained at her sides, "Thank you for saving her… thank you for saving my little sister"

The second that ticked by felt like hours as May's brain tried to comprehend what Daisy had just said. When it finally clicked, May felt a warm tear slipping from her eyes and down her face, "Y-You're…. You're Skye"

May felt Daisy nod her head against her neck and for the first time since Bahrain, she lifted her arms and hugged Daisy back.

This was the first time in 5 years that she had hugged someone.