Chapter 20
A few weeks passed by and everything was going back to normal. Well, as normal as it can for a bunch of S.H.I.E.L.D agents. Daisy's relationship with the team was growing stronger every day.
She no longer perceived them to be co-workers or a means to an end, she saw them as her family, one of her people who she would go to hell and back for.
She's never going to openly admit it but… she cared for everyone here, including Hunter. Everyone played a family role, May and Coulson acted like the parents of the herd, Bobbi and Mack were the older siblings while FitzSimmons were the older brother and sister who were close to her age. Hunter was the drunk uncle in the equation.
There was a small part of Daisy that was scared, scared of how easy it was to fit in with the team. The fear could be used as fuel to run away before things become complicated… but it was too late. She was already attached.
There was something unique about this dysfunctional family, when it came to her Inhuman Family she believed that the only way to protect them was to separate herself from the inhuman herd however, with S.H.I.E.L.D, she didn't feel that way.
Don't get her wrong, she did at first.
After her brainwashing fiasco, she felt like a threat to the team and wanted to run away but didn't because it was better to be locked like a cage animal then running around on the loose.
But now… she felt completely opposite. She felt like she had been accepted into a family of dysfunctional people. I mean, look at the family she was with. There was the Dorky director, the twin scientist, a mechanic, a professional spy, a specialist, a mercenary and a ex-Hydra Assassin.
Everyone had their own demons.
And Daisy was no different.
Ever since May had her talk with Daisy, she felt the weight that she had been dragging around with her, has been lifted off of her back. She and Daisy had a long talk about the little girl that May had killed. Daisy told her that at first, she was angry because she had heard a different version of the story, but after sometime of rational thinking, she realised that May did her a favour.
Daisy had reassured May that killing Katya was the only way to save her because if she went back to the facility, she'd be used as a killing machine. There was still that sense of guilt gnawing at her chest for not being able to find another way, but hearing Daisy says that she did the right thing, the person who she had been looking for ever since Bahrain, was alleviating.
Daisy had explained to May that she used the name Skye when she was in the facility and that no-one else knows about it. May wasn't going to tell the team except for Coulson. Daisy was okay with that, but no-one else.
For these past few weeks, May has been waking up without the help of her nightmares. Everyone on the base has noticed the change in May's demeanour but no-one said anything. Everyone thought it had something to do with Coulson, all except Daisy who also felt a weight had been lifted off of her chest.
May had informed Daisy that if she didn't want her as her S.O, then she will talk to Coulson but Daisy quickly denied the offer and sheepishly revealed that she liked training with her.
Although… May was pretty sure Daisy regretted that confession.
She had been training Daisy to the bone to get her back to where she once was and what was crazy about it, was Daisy was already back to her old self. Now, May was teaching her some judo, which is a new skill that Daisy was picking up quite nicely, as well as teaching the young girl some self-control through tai-chi. Daisy hated the idea at first, my she was slowly warming up to it.
May walked downstairs into the gym room to find the entire team circling Daisy and Hunter who were both dressed in their workout clothes.
"Bullshit. Just because you trained as an assassin doesn't mean you can kick my ass with your eyes closed"
Daisy scoffed at that, "Weren't you listening to my interrogation? I had to kill people when blinded!"
"That's just a story you tell to intimidate us" Hunter didn't believe that this girl could kick his ass with her eyes closed, maybe with her eyes opened, yes, but she was underestimating him.
"What's going on?" May asked Bobbi.
"Hunter and Daisy got into an argument over who was the better mercenary and Daisy said she could easily kick his ass with her eyes closed hence.." She gestured to the two bickering mercenaries.
"You really going to fight the kid?" Mack asked although, if he was being honest, he was looking forward to see this fight.
"Someone's going to teach her a lesson" Hunter said with a smug smile causing everyone else to roll their eyes, "Let's make a deal, if I can beat you in 5 minutes you have to do inventory for a month and… owe me $500"
"$500? Why?"
"For the emotional damage you've caused"
"Whatever. But if I can survive you for 5 minutes, I want $500 and...you have to read and be able to recite the S.H.I.E.L.D handbook by the end of the month"
"What the hell does the handbook have anything to do with this?"
"I find it unfair that I have to read and recite the entire handbook on the code of ethics, when you don't have to. You're a newbie to" Daisy was just being petty at this point, she didn't really care, she just wanted someone else to suffer with her.
"That's because you have questionable ethics!" Hunter retorted, he didn't like reading books, it was never his strong suit in school.
"What? You're afraid of losing?" Daisy taunted.
"To an over-confident brat like you? As if"
Daisy glared at him, "Why did Bobbi even marry you?"
"Please don't bring that up" Bobbi muttered as she rubbed her forehead.
"Oi!" Hunter shouted in offence, "I'm a great guy to be married to"
"Don't act like you've two haven't been sleeping together for the two months" Mack growled in disgust.
"How do you know that?" A horrified expression appeared on Bobbi's face.
"Very thin walls" Jemma added in with a similar expression to Mack.
Bobbi's eyes widened in horror, "No…"
"Yes actually… remind me to install soundproof walls" Fitz said while scratching his red ear.
"Oh my god" Bobbi buried her face in embarrassment as a red blush crept upon her cheeks.
"Next time, turn your comms off before doing it in the car" May said before walking over to the mat so she can get a better view of Daisy's and Hunter's fight.
"I hate myself"
Mack put his hand on his partner's shoulder and just shook his head.
"Okay.. ew" Daisy really didn't want to hear about Bobbi and Hunter's sex life, "Let's just get on with it"
Jemma walked over to Daisy and blinded folded her, blocking Daisy from seeing anything but darkness.
"Are you ready?" Fitz asked as he grabbed the stopwatch and looked over to Hunter who now had his fists raised and standing the balls of his feet. Daisy raised her hand gave Fitz's the thumbs up, "Go!" he pressed the timer.
Daisy waited for a few seconds, trying to adjust to using her ears as her main source of sense. She took a few deep breaths and tried to cancel out the noise of everyone's breathing until she heard Hunter's. The second that Hunter took a step forward, she could feel the mat beneath her feet move, even if it was just slightly. She visualised Hunter's movement and knew that he was going to throw a jab to her face, just to test the distance.
She took a step back but she knew that Hunter wasn't going to give her a chance to breathe. She could hear the ruffle of his shirt and his foot in the mat, as he twisted his body to throw a hook to her ribs.
She was quick enough to move back in time but she immediately threw a counter kick into Hunter's ribs which caused him to yelp in pain. She heard the rest of the team getting excited over the match, but she paid no attention to them.
"Okay, I'm not going to go easy on you"
Daisy would have scoffed but right now she was in fight mode. When she got like this, she was serious. Despite the blindfold over her eyes, Hunter could tell that she was serious, so he was going to get serious too. He clenched his fist and got into a defensive position, he knew Daisy wasn't going to throw the first strike so he took another step forward and threw a fake left jab followed with a strong right cross.
Daisy lifted her hand up to block the jab but realised that it was fake and Hunter was probably going to follow it up with a cross. It was too late to block the punch but, she was able to duck under the hook and counter with a jab to the stomach.
She heard Hunter stumble back as she straightened her back and continued to listen to Hunter's footsteps that was circling around her. She could tell that he was taking lighter steps now but that wasn't enough, she could still feel his movement through the mat.
Hunter was now standing behind her and as expected, he tried to kick her in the back. She twisted on the balls on her feet so she was now standing sideways, making Hunter completely miss her and become imbalanced. Daisy took this opportunity to sweep Hunter's leg. When she heard a loud thump that indicated Hunter fell on his back, she stood back up and went into her defensive position.
"Man… you're getting your ass kicked" Mack pointed out and Bobbi nodded her head in agreement which earned them a glare from Hunter.
May was looking at Daisy proudly while the science twins looked like an excited bunch of puppies who were cheering for giving Daisy and Hunter crowd like reactions.
Daisy heard Hunter flip back onto his feet and immediately started throwing punches. She managed to parry and dodge all of them but she had to admit, she was impressed with how Hunter was able to maintain his speed and strength. When she was training in HYDRA, most of them got after throwing heavy punches because they had underestimated her abilities.
She continued to parry and dodge however, with her focusing on the sound of Hunter's breathing and the punches he was furiously throwing, she had forgotten about Hunter's legs. She realised a little too late when Hunter threw a jab, cross, uppercut, that she managed to slap away and doge, but then a solid push kick hit her stomach, causing her to fall back. But Daisy used that momentum to roll back and get back up on her feet as if the kick had just given her a little push to help her do a backwards roll.
"Oh come on" Hunter muttered when he saw Daisy get back on her feet. He thought he had gotten her with that kick but nope, she sprung back up like a spring.
"30 seconds left" Fitz shouted.
"Oh screw it" Hunter was just going to go all out.
May watched as Hunter charged in with no defensive position and immediately knew who was going to win this fight.
Hunter's footsteps got heavier as he charged with the intention of throwing powerful punches. She could hear the fists go past her ear which made her flinch, if she got punched in the face it was going to hurt like a bitch.
"10 seconds"
Daisy used this opportunity to take Hunter out. She knew that the close distance between them was going to make it hard for her to throw in a strike so instead she lowered her defence in order to put Hunter into a headlock before hip tossing him to the ground. They both fell down with a thump but Daisy was on top of him. For a few seconds, they were scrambling as Hunter tried to get Daisy off of him, while Daisy was trying to find an opening, this would have been a lot easier if she had her eyes but she didn't. She finally found what she was looking for and quickly put Hunter into an arm bar.
"Done!" Fitz shouted just as Hunter tapped on the matt when he felt his arm on the verge of breaking.
Daisy immediately lets go of his arm and rolled back to stand up. She took the blindfold off and smirked when she saw Hunter panting and sweating on the mat with Mack looming over him with a disappointed look, "Learnt that from May" Daisy said as she looked over to her S.O who was looking at her proudly.
"Bloody hell May! Why'd you teach her Judo? She almost broke my arm off" Hunter shouted as he stood up and massaged his arm.
"Get over it" May said as she passed Daisy a towel to wipe her sweat off.
"That was phenomenal" Jemma didn't like violence, but this was just a friendly spar between two team members. It was quite exciting and thrilling.
"Yeah… how'd you do that anyway? You were blind folded" Fitz was curious as to how someone could fight when they were blind.
"A combination of muscle memory and learning how to focus on your hearing" Daisy said.
"Bullshit, you cheated" Hunter shouted as he got back up on his feet and charged towards Daisy, although it was threatening at all.
Daisy scoffed at the accusation, "How did I cheat? I was blindfolded"
"I don't know… your bloody powers" Hunter knew he had loss and was willing to pay the price, but his ego was hurt.
"I'm wearing the suppressor" Daisy said as she shoved her wrist that had the bracelet on her wrist.
"We both know that the bracelet is faulty!"
"Hey!" Fitz shouted when he heard Hunter saying that the bracelet is faulty, "The bracelet is not faulty, it's doing its job"
"Really mate? Then how come I lost when she was blind folded?"
"Because she's stronger?" Bobbi defended Daisy.
"And faster" Mack added in.
"And better than you" May's final statement cause everyone to crack into a smile except for Hunter who was feeling ganged up on.
"I can design a new bracelet for you or even a gauntlet that allows you to control your powers better, if we can gain an understanding on how your powers work" Fitz has been trying to convince Daisy to let him test out her powers so he can design something new for her but Daisy refused to. If she was being honest, she was afraid of taking the bracelet off. What if she lost control on the base and accidentally quake this entire place down? Not to mention that she was stronger now since her bones didn't ache when using her abilities.
"Nice try Fitz" Daisy patted his shoulder before walking over to the fridge to grab a bottle of water. Fitz shared a look with Simmons who also wanted to study Daisy's biological features, but of course she would only do it with Daisy's permission.
"Damn, did I miss the fight?" Everyone turned their heads to see Coulson with a tablet in his hands with a disappointed expression.
"I kicked her ass sir" Hunter lied to see if Coulson would buy it.
"No you didn't" Coulson said, causing everyone to laugh at Hunter, "Anyways, I'm glad we're all here. We have a new mission"
Everyone gathered around while May walked over to Coulson who passed her the tablet so she could catch up to speed, "A blue dot operative in Portugal phoned in and he claimed to have detained a middle age women is wielding a sword and has lost her memory"
"I wasn't aware that S.H.I.E.L.D helped people with amnesia" Daisy said as she sipped her cold drinking.
"We don't however… this person is a special case. When I got the call this morning, I made a little trip to Portugal to find…." Coulson said with a smile as he walked out of the room and brought someone who was dressed up in medieval armour and had a sword on her back.
"Lady Sif?" Both Fitz and Simmons spoke at the same time when they saw the familiar Asgardian who they had met on an earlier mission.
Daisy looked at the science twins and then at Bobbi, "Who is this?"
Before Bobbi could answer, Coulson beat her to the chase, "Lady Sif is one of the best warriors of Asgard. She helped us capture a fugitive named Lorelei"
"Did I now?" Sif tilted her head in confusion as this man claimed that she had helped him capture a fugitive, "I do not know who this Lorelei person is… but that name provokes a deep rage within the pits of my stomach"
Daisy could not be the only one who was confused by this warrior women. The way she spoke was too formal, she looked like she had a stick up her ass… but who was she to judge, "So she's an alien?"
Both Bobbi and Mack looked at Daisy who sounded discontent. The two of them had spoken about bringing Daisy on board with this new S.H.I.E.L.D stuff, but she was too loyal to Coulson. It wasn't like Bobbi and Mack didn't trust Coulson, it was just that Coulson was dangerous, he was running this entire operation by himself with no higher power to regulate him. It exactly like Nicky Fury who's secrets caused this HYDRA outbreak to take everyone unprepared.
The new S.H.I.E.L.D was a democracy, it wasn't just one person in power, but it was all the head leaders of the divisions.
"She is" May said as she shot Daisy a weird look, "Is that going to problem?". Coulson was also confused by Daisy's question, she didn't seem xenophobia.
Daisy shook her head, "Nope. Just curious", despite her reply everyone could tell that there was something bothering her. Coulson decided he was going to bring it up with her later.
"Daisy, I was hoping that you could find anything that could help us find out what happened before Lady Sif lost her memory"
Daisy put aside whatever reservations she had about alien creatures and nodded her head. She led the team to the meeting room where she picked up a tablet and began searching on the web. She was able to find what she needed in a matter of seconds, "Oh, you got to love twitter".
"What is this twitter that the young girl speaks of?" Sif asked Coulson.
Coulson thought about how to answer that and looked around for help but everyone focused on something else, not wanting to explain to this Asgardian what the social media platform was, "It's… tough to explain"
Luckily, Sif didn't press for more answers as Daisy pressed play on the video, showing Lady Sif fight a man who was wielding… what looked like a tiny mace.
"Is that a mace?" Fitz asked as he squinted his eyes to get a closer look on what the man was holding. He wondered how a basic mace was able to withstand Lady Sif's sword.
"Appears so" Jemma muttered as she too, tried to get a better look at the mace.
"I don't remember any of this" Sif commented as she watched herself kick a man in the stomach.
"He's a decent fighter, able to hold his own against you" Bobbi pointed out. Lady Sif shot her look that says, what is that supposed to mean?, and Bobbi quickly added, "Considering how you're an Asgardian and all"
"Could be another Asgardian" May said, "Explains his strength"
"Great, more aliens" Daisy muttered which earned her a concerned look from both May and Coulson. Yep, there was definitely something going on with her.
Everyone watched as the man hit Lady Sif with his mace, right in the stomach, and then proceeded to throw her off the porch.
"A magical mace" Fitz said with a glint of excitement.
"That's amazing, it seems like the mace erased your memory" Jemma's enthusiasm was matching Fitz's.
"Okay, so we know that Lady Sif here, came down to Earth to collect this guy… but what is this guy after?" Mack asked as gestured to the man who appeared to be another Asgardian.
Everyone looked at Lady Sif who matched the same confused look on their face.
"Fitz, Simmons, I want you guys to analyse the video, frame by frame to figure out if you can find anything that you have missed. Lady Sif, you stay with FitzSimmons to see if anything jog your memory. Everyone else, suit up. I need all hands on deck which means, everyone meet at the bus in 30 minutes. Is that okay with everyone?"
Everyone replied with a yes sir or a nod before scattering to do their respective jobs. Daisy was about to leave to her room so she could trace the location of the video but before she could, Coulson pulled her back, "Can we have a word with you?"
Daisy knew that Coulson and May knew something was wrong with her, it was impossible to hide things from them. Maybe they had this secret superpower to read her mind… not everyone's minds, just hers, "Sure", there was no point in trying to talk her way out of this.
Once May and Coulson were in a private space, May asked, "What's wrong?", in a stern yet concerned tone.
Daisy would be lying if she said she didn't think about lying, it was her natural instincts to do so, "I just thought that we were done with this… alien crap or at least I hope so", May and Coulson continued to stare at her, waiting for more information. Daisy let out a sigh and continued, "The GH-325 drug was obviously from an alien source and that's what turned me into this… inhuman freak"
"Hey! You're not a freak" May hated when Daisy called herself that. She hated how the girl couldn't accept that being inhuman, didn't make her a freak or monster. Daisy wished that she could believe May's words, but she couldn't. Not when she had the power to literally tear a continent apart.
"May's right. You're not" Coulson felt the same way as May which is why he wanted Daisy to learn how to control her powers better. That way, she would be able to embrace that part of her and stop self-deprecating herself, "I get why you hate this GH-325 serum because believe me, I hated it to, but because of this alien drug we're both able to be here. Without it, I would have died from Loki's sceptre, and you wouldn't even have the chance to live your life"
Okay… that was fair and true, but in her defence. All those times that she had been resurrected, she didn't want to be… okay, well-being resurrected as a baby was fine but not the other two times, "Look, I can deal with HYDRA, my psychotic father and even the inhumans because I have been trained to deal with this my entire life… but aliens, as in… actual aliens from different worlds is a whole other level"
Coulson forgot that Daisy wasn't accustomed to alien threats. She was used to dealing with human threats or even inhuman threats, but not someone who wasn't from Earth. Every S.H.I.E.L.D agent were taught in the academy to become comfortable with alien technology or other kinds of aliens, but not Daisy. If anything, she was probably taught to kill aliens, no matter who or where they were from.
"What are the fundamental values of S.H.I.E.L.D?" May suddenly asked which earned her confused looks.
"You're seriously ask-"
"Answer it now" May's stern voice cut Daisy off which surprised both Coulson and Daisy.
Daisy rolled her eyes and said, "Compassion, Loyalty and Heart"
"Compassion, Loyalty and Heart for all, is what makes us S.H.I.E.L.D. It's what makes us stronger than HYDRA and your father, and these alien threats" Daisy could hear the emotion in May's voice, it was filled with passion and the belief that they can take on any threats, as long as they are together, "You've been fighting a war for so long, all by yourself. You fought the head of HYDRA alone, you protected your inhuman family alone, and now you're taking on the burden of killing your own father, alone. But the thing is, you're not alone. Not anymore. Your father and any alien crap that we have to deal with, will be dealt with as a team"
Both Coulson and Daisy were stunned by May's speech. Daisy didn't realise it until May said it… but she was scared. She was scared of dealing with an alien threat because she wasn't sure how to handle it by herself. Her father was easy, she would find him and kill him, on her own. But aliens? What was she going to do? Build a spaceship and fly to another planet?
"I thought I was supposed to be the one with the inspirational speech" Coulson joked with a smirk on his face. He knew that if anyone would understand Daisy, it would be May because the two of them were more alike than one would think.
"Yeah, she spoke more in a minute than she had in a month" Daisy joined in with her own smile on her face.
May shot both of them glares, "Shut up and get back to work", she muttered with annoyance.
Daisy chuckled at that but before leaving, she quickly said, "Thank you… I don't really know what S.H.I.E.L.D means to me yet but.. I think I'm getting there"
Coulson and May watched Daisy leave to go to the computers, "Don't say it" May growled. She could practically feel Coulson gloating beside her.
"What?" Coulson played the innocent act, "All I was going to say is… you're good with her. Ever since your talk with her… you seem happier and more talkative"
May knew that was true and she hated it, "I said don't say it,'' she immediately stormed off to escape Coulson's gloating.
Everyone was on the bus, making their way to Portugal. Daisy followed May and Coulson into the tech room where Fitz, Simmons and Lady Sif were, "FitzSimmons, what do you have for us?"
"Well, we found a couple of other videos of the fight and we've been analysing them frame by frame and we were able to find something quite remarkable…" Simmons pressed play on the video, showing them a zoomed in version of the fight where Lady Sif slashed the stomach of the other man. Simmons paused it and allowed Fitz to finish the rest of their discovery.
"So, H-He's wearing something mechanical, and she nailed it"
"And that's not even the best bit"
"Be careful, your nerdiness is showing" Daisy said as she listened to both Fitz and Simmons getting excited of this alien stuff. She was surprised by how well they were handling everything but to be fair, they were probably as used to it as Coulson and May were.
Both Fitz and Simmons shot her a glare before playing a different video of Lady Sif slicing the man's stomach. Daisy squinted her eyes as she tried to get a better look at the image, "Is that blood? Blue… blood?"
Odd, that blue blood almost looked like the GH-325 serum… but yet again, she didn't know what she was talking about so she didn't bother asking.
"I hope so" Jemma said with a smile on her face.
'Well, we won't be able to find anything here" Fitz started with a hopeful look in his eyes.
"Oh you're kidding me" Daisy knew exactly what Fitz was doing.
"Fitz is right. I want you to go down with Mack and Hunter to handle the forensics" Fitz nodded his head with a smile while Jemma frowned, honestly she wanted to do some field work. She had been stuck in the lab for too long, "Daisy, I need you and Bobbi to talk to witnesses in the area see if we can track down where this guy went"
Coulson was trying to get comfortable with Daisy being on the field. With Mack agreeing to be a field operative, he felt reassured that Fitz was safe with Hunter by their side as well. But Bobbi alone, without a partner wasn't okay.
"Sir… how about me? I know that I'm a biochemist but I've been cooped up in the lab for so long and I could use a little stretch"
Daisy had to hide her smile from Coulson. She knew that Jemma just wanted to explore the streets of Portugal, "I don't do talking and Simmons talk too much"
Coulson stopped himself from laughing and nodded his head, "Okay, Simmons you can join. We arrive in 10 minutes"
Daisy sat on the bench with sunglasses and a donut in her hand, "Oh my god this is heaven" she said as she bit into the sugary donut that was filled with custard. She looked around and saw Bobbi and Simmons talking to witnesses while she just relaxed. She was a hacker and an assassin. She didn't politely ask people on the sidewalk whether they saw someone bleeding blue blood.
She grabbed them by the neck and threatened them to tell them any information that they have on the bleeding blue man. She peacefully ate her donut and waved at Bobbi and Jemma, "How's it going?"
"We have a lead. How's the donut?" Bobbi asked tiredly as she plopped down next to Daisy. Daisy passed it to Bobbi to try and her eyes widened, "Oh my god"
"I know" Daisy said as she passed the donut to Simmons to try.
"I can taste the caster sugar that is mixed with the lukewarm milk and deep fried in vegetable oil"
"You got all of that from a bite?" Daisy asked as she took the last bite and threw it in the bin.
"Cooking is like chemistry" Jemma replied.
Daisy tried to think of retort but couldn't because that was actually true. After a few seconds of joining the scenery, Bobbi stood up and gestured for the younger ones to follow her, "Okay, time to go"
Daisy let out a groan, she didn't want to move from her comfortable spot but knew that she wasn't here for a vacation… not that she's ever been on a vacation. They walked into a fancy looking building that was crawling with people dressed in fancy clothing.
"Our lead is a hotel? Are you sure your Portuguese is right?" Daisy questioned sceptically earning herself a sharp glare from Bobbi.
"It's not a hotel, it's a clinic"
"This is one fancy clinic" Daisy has never seen a clinic like this before.
Jemma walked over to the janitor and asked him if he could point them to someone who speaks English in Portuguese. The janitor left to go and find someone for them.
"You know… I'm starting to feel like the odd one out" Daisy muttered as she scanned the place with her eyes to make sure there weren't any threats.
"It's mandatory to learn multiple languages if you're a spy" Bobbi said as she pulled out a tablet from her side bag.
Makes sense, Daisy looked at Jemma for an explanation, "Some of the best textbooks were written in foreign languages"
"Of course" Daisy muttered, she shouldn't have expected any less from a science nerd like Simmons.
"Hi, how can I help you?" The nurse asked the young agents.
"Hi, yes. We're looking for anyone who may have been injured in the incident at the pier or may have seen this man" Bobbi raised her tablet with a picture displaying the man holding a small mace and turned it towards the nurse looking women.
"Hmm… no, he does not look familiar to me. As far as the injuries, I can ask around. The nurse who was working earlier took ill, so we are short staffed. It may take a while"
"We're not going anywhere" Daisy reassured with a smile but her reply sounded like a threat. Something caught Daisy's attention, a woman came out of a room looking confused and disoriented. She heard a nurse calling the disoriented woman by her name, but she seemed confused, "We have a doctor here, can she take a look at her?" Daisy asked as she pushed a confused Simmons towards the disoriented lady.
Jemma shot her a glare but knelt down and began asking the women questions in Portuguese. After a few minutes, Jemma walked back and said, "She's displaying similar symptoms to Lady Sif"
That was interesting, "It means this mace man might have been here" Bobbi said.
"Or still could be"
"Hey Jemma, are you there?" Fitz's voice crackled on the comms.
Jemma lifted her hand up to her ear and replied, "What's up Fitz? Found anything on your end?"
"We did actually, I'm sending you the samples right now"
Jemma reached inside Bobbi's bag to pull out a tablet, "I got it" she said as she began doing her sciency thing while Bobbi and Daisy peeked over her shoulder, "That's odd…"
"What is odd?" Daisy asked, she was staring at the same thing Jemma was but didn't find anything weird about it.
"It's liquid nitrogen… it seems that he was carrying a supply and Sif must have damaged it"
"Fitz, get Coulson on the line" Bobbi ordered.
"Agent Morse, found anything?"
"We have evidence that he's at the clinic" Bobbi replied
"Oh, and the surgical equipment is powered by nitrogen" Jemma added in the extra information.
"Do you want us to engage sir?"
Bobbi could tell that Coulson was contemplating the decision to send her and Daisy in, "Daisy, are you up for it?"
"Don't worry sir, I'm not just a hacker remember" Daisy said with a smile on her face.
"Trust me, I do. Hunter wouldn't stop crying about how you cheated. Okay, engage with the mace man. Simmons, make sure you stay out of the line of fire"
"Yes sir" Jemma wasn't offended with Coulson worrying about her safety. She knew that she would only get in the way if she went with Bobbi and Daisy.
"Simmons, stay here and make sure the lady is okay" Bobbi ordered.
"Let's catch ourselves and alien"
Both Bobbi and Daisy made their way down to the power supply room and heard a hissing noise coming from inside. They shared a look and instantly knew someone was in there. Bobbi walked inside the room with her batons in her hand while Daisy entered with an ICER. She was going to have to get used to using a drug inducing weapon rather than a real weapon.
"What in the blue man hell is this?" Daisy muttered as she watched the man inhaled the nitrogen as if his life depended on it, and began changing pink, to a normal skinned human, "Okay… so he's a chameleon"
"Who the hell are you?" The mace man shouted as slammed the tank of nitrogen onto the ground and focused his attention onto the two agents.
Daisy was ready to come up with a snarky remark but Bobbi quickly stopped her by saying, "We're not here to hurt you. We just have some questions for you"
Daisy rolled her eyes at how Bobbi was trying to talk her way out of a fight with a literal skin-changing alien.
"Go to hell" The mace man growled.
"Been there, can't say I'm a fan" Daisy said.
Bobbi slowly walked towards him, which was a bad idea because the mace man through punch at her which Bobbi swiftly dodged it and attempted to hit him with her metal batons, but the mace man was able to block it with his bare arms which surprised both her and Daisy. Daisy was trying to find an opening but the space was too tight and she might accidentally hit Bobbi instead. She watched as Bobbi did a spin kick right into his stomach which caused the kree to fly back and hit the wall.
Just to be safe, she shot the mace man in the stomach with the gun. This was her first time using an ICER and she had to admit, it felt like using a real gun… just less lethal and more boring.
"Thanks for the help" Bobbi said sarcastically as she walked over to the unconscious man.
"You had it handled" Daisy replied, she knew she didn't do much and Bobbi wasn't really mad at her… if she was then she will buy her a donut with Hunter's money.
Bobbi bent down to put the handcuffs around his wrist but Daisy saw the man's fingers twitch ever so slightly and her eyes widened, "Bobbi!" Daisy quickly grabbed Bobbi by the collar and pulled the agent back just in time to miss the powerful punch that the man just threw.
"Thanks for the save" Bobbi muttered as she got back onto her feet.
"You know… you should really upgrade these ICERS. They didn't work on me nor did they work on this weird dude" Daisy growled in frustration.
"I'm not the scientist or engineer, take it up with the science twins" Bobbi shot back with an equal amount of frustration of almost sustaining a concussion.
The man charged at Daisy with his mace raised in his hand and ready to swing it against her skull but Daisy was faster. She was able to dodge all of his attacks with ease. Even Hunter was faster than this guy.
"Don't let it hit you or you'll lose your memory"
"Wouldn't be the first time" Daisy muttered as she ducked under the man's arm and manage to kick the mace out of his hand. The man looked surprised that the mace was gone, but he quickly regained his composure and instead of throwing punches, he decided to use his super strength to throw Daisy across the room and into the wall.
"Daisy!" Bobbi shouted, she looked over to the young agents who luckily, wasn't unconscious.
"I'm fine" Daisy coughed out as she slowly got back onto her feet and patted the dust on her jacket away, "Son of a bitch has super strength"
Bobbi saw the man eyeing the mace on the floor. A millisecond passed as the man lurched forward to grab it but Bobbi threw her baton at the mace, causing the weapon to move before the man can grab it.
With the man now laying on the floor completely defenseless, Daisy quickly jumped onto his back and pulled out a knife from her boot and put it up against his throat, "Move and I'll slit your throat faster than you can grab that mace"
The man completely froze when he heard the malicious and cold threat that came out of Daisy's mouth. Daisy nodded her head to Bobbi who walked over to the mace man and put the handcuffs onto his wrist, behind his back, "You okay?" Bobbi asked Daisy.
"A little bruised but it's fine" Daisy said as she helped Bobbi lift the man up onto his two feet, "You my weird blue friend, is going to time out". The man muttered something under his breath that sounded like a foreign language as Bobbi dragged him out.
Daisy walked over to mace and bent down to inspect it, she reached out to grab it but before she could, "Daisy! What did I say about touching foreign objects?"
Daisy pouted when she heard the British scientist scold her, "Don't touch foreign objects without a glove" she mumbled.
"Exactly! Now let's get this back to base" Jemma said as she slapped the gloves on and put the mace into a forensic bag
"Simmons, I'm fine" Daisy said as Jemma got her hand-held x-ray machine and started scanning Daisy for any injuries.
"You got thrown into a wall by a super powered alien" Jemma said as she turned Daisy around to scan her back now.
Daisy shot Bobbi a deadly look, "Why'd you have to tell Coulson?"
When Coulson had asked if everything went smoothly, Bobbi mentioned how Daisy was thrown into the wall by the super power alien and immediately got concerned looks from both Coulson and May.
"Because you could be injured and knowing you, you wouldn't say anything until it's too late"
Hmph, she had a point. After Simmons was done she put the scanned down and went to her tablet. She let out a relieved sigh, "Everything seems fine… I'm surprised that you didn't break your back"
"Wait… if my skeleton is reinforced by metal does that mean I never have to deal with a broken bones?" Daisy asked, if there was one thing that was more painful than being resurrected, it was having and hearing her bone snap once the adrenaline went away.
"If someone let me study their biology then I could find out" Jemma had to try. She not only wanted to study Daisy's biological features to help Daisy understand how her inhuman abilities worked, but she also wanted to make sure that whatever Calvin had done over the years, didn't give Daisy a terminal disease.
Daisy shook her head and patted the young scientists shoulder, "Nice try Simmons,'' she said before leaving with Bobbi to go to watch the interrogation.
"It didn't work? Fitz came in on his swing chair.
"Nope, she's quite adamant about it which is understandable considering her history with scientist" Jemma said as she walked over to Fitz who was inspecting the mace.
"Th-that… that's true" Fitz couldn't find an argument to counteract that, "But don't you think that there's something else going on?"
"Probably… she thinks her powers make her a freak"
Fitz frowned at that because to an extent, he could understand that. When you have something that makes you stand out or different, like a brain injury or supernatural powers, you tend to feel like a freak or out of place. Fitz knew that feeling all too well, "Yeah… I get that"
Jemma heard the underlying message under his tone and knew that if anyone on this team could relate to Daisy, it would be Fitz, "Fitz… I'd like to apologise again for leaving you"
Fitz's head shot up when he heard the guilt dripping with guilt, "Wh-What? No… we already spoke about this. Forgive and forget"
Jemma shook her head, "That's not good enough. I know this isn't good enough… but I promise not to leave your side again"
Fitz had to look down and scratch his head to hide the blush creeping up at his face, "Oh it's okay… ummm.. L-let's figure this out"
Jemma chuckled when she heard Fitz stumbling on his words and redirecting their attention to the mace.
May and Bobbi trained their weapons on the kree who was standing in the middle of the room with no form of security. This… Vin-Tak guy had claimed that only he could restore Lady Sif's memories with the mace which can only be activate by his DNA, "The truncheon only works in my hands"
"Why not just cut his hand off to activate the mace?" Daisy suggested as she looked at the weapon that Coulson was holding, she felt both Bobbi and May glaring at her but she didn't care, "What? It's not like we need his body"
"I agree with this young warrior" Lady Sif said as she gave a nod to Daisy's direction.
Daisy smiled at being complimented for her violent remark.
"Don't encourage her" Daisy smirked when she heard May quietly scold Lady Sif. Only May would scold an Asgardian warrior.
The Kree man slowly began walking towards Coulson and Daisy felt her entire body tensing, "There's a dial on the bottom of the handle…" he lied. Daisy realised too late that he was stalling. He kicked the weapon out of Coulson's hand, caught the mace and hit Lady Sif in the stomach. Daisy got ready to throw a knife the guy's head while both May and Bobbi got ready to fire, but the man instantly dropped the mace and put his hands up in the air as a sign of surrender, "Sorry, but I rather keep my hands attached to my arms"
"Are you back with us?" Coulson directed his question to Lady Sif who's grip on the sword tightened.
"Yes, my memories have returned" Lady Sif spoke with anger yet elegance as she took a step towards the kree and punched him straight across the face, hard.
"Ouch… " Daisy winced when she saw him getting hit. She did not want to get punched by the Asgardian.
"I was sent to Earth by Odin when Heimdall saw a Kree landed on your world"
"Odin… Heimdall… these are all mythological names…" Daisy pointed out even though no-one was listening to her.
"I know enough about Kree's history to know not to trust a word that you say" Lady Sif continued to speak as she raised her sword and point it at the Kree's neck although Vin-Tak didn't seem phased by her.
"If you know about Kree's history… then maybe you've heard the tale of terrigenesis"
Everyone in the room froze, especially Daisy who's eyes widened and her grip around the hilt of her knives tightened. Everyone except Daisy shared a look of concern and confusion.
"Of course. Ancient Kree descending on planets, altering the inhabitants to fight their wars" Lady Sif learnt this when she was nothing but a child.
"Earth was one of it"
May slowly moved towards Daisy who she could tell was starting to lose control of her emotions. She could already tell that this conversation was going to cause Daisy to do something reckless.
"You created cannon fodders" May growled in disgust. She didn't need him to finish the story because she already knew the connection between him and Daisy as well as the other inhumans.
"We needed Killers"
"So what? You just come down to earth and start experimenting on innocent people?" Bobbi was just as disgusted as May. After hearing Daisy's story, that was already haunting and disturbing enough without the specific details, she knew that anything to do with creating soldiers was never okay, not even if it is necessary for war.
"One vicious faction among the Kree genetically modified other creatures' DNA. These modifications can be activated with Terrigen crystals" Vin-Tak continued although, his body tensed as he felt the tension in the room suddenly get thicker.
"We know these tortured experiments failed" Lady Sif argued.
Daisy held back her scoff. She could feel Coulson looking in her direction, trying to tell her to keep calm but her eyes were focused on this Kree man who were part of the race who started this. She knew it was stupid to blame him for his ancestors wrong doing, so she won't act irrationally right now, but the second he says or does something that sounds like a threat to her or her people which included both the inhumans and her S.H.I.E.L.D members, then she was going to slit his throat without a second thought.
"Not here on Earth. Here, we had to shut it down because the faction had built a city that could activate terrigneris through the diviners. When I saw the ancient signal that had been triggered, I knew it was the diviner and an inhuman must have been created. If the Kree found out that their experiments were successful… then they will start it all over again"
"Doesn't explain why you are here" Coulson tried to keep his voice nice and calm, but it was hard when he knew that his people was the reason for the experiments performed on Daisy. A swell of protectiveness was boiling through his blood as he looked at the kree who he was sensing was a danger to not only his team, but now Daisy.
"These transformed beings are… abominations"
Daisy looked just about ready to throw a knife into the man's head. Calling her a freak was one thing, but calling her and her people abominations, as if they had brought this upon themselves, was pissing her off. May immediately reached out and grabbed Daisy's wrist, she quietly muttered, "Control"
"I came down here to get rid of any evidence of the experiments being a success by finding the remaining diviners as well as…"
"Executing these abominations" Daisy spoke with nothing but venom in her voice. When looking into her eyes, they could see nothing but a burning rage and hunger that was ready to kill the man who was posing as a threat.
"Yes"
Daisy smirked at that, she was looking for a reason to kill him and she just found one. She wondered how he would react he found out that all the diviners that he was looking for, had already been used to create hundreds of inhumans who worked for HYDRA.
"Has anyone been transformed by these experiments that you know of?" Lady Sif asked Coulson.
Daisy knew Coulson wasn't going to tell Lady Sif about her, but she also knew that he couldn't lie about the temple, "Yes. Only one"
"Have you put them down?"
Daisy didn't like the tone that Lady Sif just used and neither did the rest of the team, "Put them down? As if what? They're wounded animals?" Daisy shouted at the Asgardian, taking an aggressive step forward which earned her a sceptical look from both the Kree and Asgardian.
"These creatures are dangerous… they are designed to kill" Lady Sif shot back, not afraid of this little girl who she assumed she could kill with a swing of a sword.
"They're not different from you" Daisy replied defiantly with her head held high, "If anything, I'd think that you're the threat that needs to be put down"
"Enough!" Coulson shouted as he stepped in between Daisy and Lady Sif who were now glaring at each other with nothing but contempt.
"No" The kree spoke up as he looked at Lady Sif, "The Asgardian is right. These creatures are weapons and dangerous… they need to be eliminated"
"And you wondered why I was sceptical about aliens" Daisy directed her anger to Coulson who shot her an innocent and guilty look.
"They're not always like this" He defending him but it really wasn't helping his case. He turned his attention back to the Asgardian and Kree who know had a hold on his mace, "Sorry but I can't let you go around executing innocent people"
"Son of Cole, you are not listening. These people ar-"
"Innocent. Until they commit a crime, we have to assume that they are innocent" Coulson cut Lady Sif off. Lady Sif shot Coulson a pleading look, she didn't want to fight her old friend.
"I'm tired of talking" The Kree raised his hand and was about to hit Coulson in the chest with his mace but Daisy saw what he was doing and quickly pushed Coulson back and raised her arm. The mace directly hit the bracelet on her wrist, which caused a massive wave of vibration to be release that caused the Kree as well as Daisy, to fling back into the walls.
"Daisy!" Coulson went over to Daisy while both May and Bobbi took a step in front of Daisy to block the two alien warriors from attacking them, "Are you okay?"
Daisy nodded her head and grabbed Coulson's hand to stand up. The second that she stood up… a familiar feeling began to settle within the pits of her stomach as her ears and body began tingling with a weird sensation.
Suddenly, the pots hanging on the hooks began shaking, the floor beneath them became unsteady and the glasses on the table shattered into a million pieces. Daisy looked at her wrist and noticed that the bracelet was gone…"Oh shit" she panicked.
"What is doing this?" Lady Sif shouted for an explanation as she tried to keep herself steady. She looked pass May and Bobbi who were looking back at Daisy with concern filled in her eyes and realize that Daisy was one of the subjects of these experiments, "Hand her over! I'll take her to Asgard and it'll be safer for all of you's!"
Daisy's ears perked up at that. She'd be lying if she said that didn't sound like a bad offer.. But she would also be lying if she said that she wasn't scared. She never felt this… powerful before. The bones in her body didn't feel like it was on the verge of breaking down if she released a concussive wave but at the same time… she couldn't control it. The vibration was following through her entire body as if it was an endless supply of electricity that just continued to course throughout her body.
"So you can lock her up and execute her?" Bobbi spat.
"Not a chance" May growled as she tried to steady herself from the shaking ground.
"Daisy…" Coulson's warning voice told her that if she didn't stop the earthquake, then she was going to bring this entire base down with her.
"I...I-I can't control it" Daisy stuttered as she tried to clench her fists in an attempt to hold a reign on her powers but it just kept pouring out, she could feel it getting stronger and stronger.
"The weapon has been activated"
"She is not a weapon!" Coulson shouted defensively. Daisy looked at her team member's faces and saw nothing but trust and anger in their eyes. Anger that these people were trying to cage Daisy as if she was a weapon who needed to be put under control. She knew that she didn't deserve it their kindness but she had no time to dwell on that, right now she needed to think of a way to stop this shaking before she killed everyone.
"Look at her, she can't even control her powers!" The kree shouted as he took a step forward, "She needs to be put down before she kills someone"
Well… that was a little too late because she has killed a lot of people already.
"That sounds an awful lot like killing to me"
Daisy turned her head to look at Fitz who was standing in the doorway with a protective expression on his face. They made eye contact with each other and Fitz could see the fear in her eyes, it was similar to the look that she had when she was captured by Calvin.
May and Coulson nodded to each other, she quickly passed Coulson the gun and grabbed Daisy by the arm to run out of the hallway.
Both Coulson and Bobbi moved in front of the door, ready to fight the Asgardian and Kree on if it means protecting Daisy, "If you want her, you're going to have to get through us" Bobbi said.
"Sif, think about what you're doing. You have your memories back, you know we're friends. If that means anything to you, then please stop this" For a second, it looked like Coulson had gotten through to her but before he knew it, the Kree was yelling something, and proceeded to throw Coulson into the table, allowing the Asgardian to escape and go after Daisy.
"Shit" Bobbi muttered under her breath as she shot the Kree numerous times in the stomach, but the only thing that did was stun him for a few seconds.
"Need a little back up love?" Bobbi turned her head to see Hunter and Mack running up to her. Hunter threw her the batons.
"Thanks" She muttered, "We need to finish this quickly, Sif is after Daisy"
May was half dragging Daisy down the hallway with Fitz following them but they froze in front of the science lab when they heard a flying object shoot right passed their heads. Daisy turned her head to see a Lady's Sif's head stuck into the wall.
"Jesus Christ" Daisy muttered.
"Daisy, I need you to control your breathing. Just like we practiced"
Daisy tried to listen to her S.O, but the vibrational noise was too much. Everything around her was vibrating at a certain frequency and her body natural reacted to it by tapping into the vibration and making it worse, "I-I can't… I'm putting everyone at risk…"
Mays heart dropped to the bottom of her stomach when she heard the Daiy's voice's crack with fear at hurting those she cared about.
"Hand her over Agent May… I promise no harm will come to the girl"
May scoffed at that and got ready to fight the Asgardian warrior, "She stays here"
Daisy looked between May and the Asgardian and knew that even with May's strength and fighting capabilities, she was going to get hurt and Daisy wasn't going to let anyone get her because of her. She suddenly remembered Fitz mentioning something… about a more powerful ICER that he was building for inhumans.
Her head snapped towards Fitz's desk that had different weapons on it and she immediately ran towards it. Fitz realised what she was doing too late, "You can't use that! It's still a prototype"
"Daisy! Don't!"
Daisy ignored both Fitz and Simmons shouts for her to put the gun down but she ignored it. The second she got her hands on it, she aimed it on her arm and pressed the trigger.
The effects were immediate.
She felt a temporary surge of pain in her arm, as if she had been shot, and felt her body growing weaker by the second.
Before May and Lady Sif clashed, the earthquakes stopped. May's head snapped towards the lab room where she saw an unconscious Daisy laying on Simmons lap who had tears in her eyes as well as Fitz who picked up the gun, "What the hell happened?" May growled as she knelt down next to Daisy and checked for a pulse. She felt her heart skipped a beat when she felt nothing for a split second, but then she felt it beating at a normal rate.
"She bloody shot herself because of you!" Fitz shouted at the Asgardian. His eyes were burning with anger, anger that neither May, nor Jemma had ever seen before.
Lady Sif tilted her head in confusion, "W-Why would she do that?"
"Because she didn't want to hurt us" May replied with malice in her voice as she moved to pick up Daisy to carry her to the med bay.