Chapter 21

The first thing that Daisy noticed when she began to regain her consciousness was how her entire body was aching as if she had a 3 month boot camp with May and on top of that, she had a splitting headache as if she was coming down from a high. She looked up and saw a bright light that was shining in her face and groaned.

"Feeling like you have just been hit by a truck?"

Daisy turned her head to see Simmons sitting on a chair with an annoyed look on her face. She realised that she was in the medbay… again. She was starting to think that maybe she should take residence down here instead of upstairs, "Something like that" she mumbled as she tried to sit up. Simmons couldn't stand to watch Daisy struggling to sit up so she got up and reached for the cup of water by Daisy's side to give to her, "Thanks"

Once Daisy finished drinking the water, Simmons immediately slapped Daisy on arm numerous times, "What the hell were you thinking?"

"Ouch! Simmons! Stop!" Daisy shouted as she pushed Simmons violent hands away from her, "Speak with your words not with your fists!"

"Don't give me that bullcrap!" Jemma shouted as she stopped slapping Daisy and instead put her hands on her hips and glared daggers into Daisy's soul, "You shot yourself with a prototype gun"

Oh shit, Daisy lurched forwards, suddenly remembering the asgardian and the kree, "Where the hell are those alien psychopaths?" She had a bone to pick with them too. She realised that her powers were once again neutralised and saw a new bracelet on her wrist.

"Coulson and May managed to convince Lady Sif that you were safer here than in Asgard"

Daisy nodded her head, she wondered how they managed to do that. The asgardian seemed hell bent on executing her on her kind, "Sorry…" Daisy muttered, "For dragging you guys into my mess once again"

Daisy thought that Simmons was going to accept her apology but before she knew it Jemma began hitting her again, "That's not what you should be apologising for!". Daisy was not going to stick around to get hit my Jemma so she jumped out of bed, no longer feeling her entire body hurting from the drug, "Get back here and apologise for shooting yourself"

Jemma shouted as she chased Daisy down the hallway and into the living room where Daisy saw her other team members cleaning up the mess that she had created, "How are you feeling?" Bobbi asked with concern. When she heard Daisy had shot herself, she thought that Daisy had shot herself with a real bullet but found out that it was just a stronger ICER that was dangerous for humans but not inhumans.. At least not until Daisy used it.

"I think I'm in more pain than I was before Simmons hit me" Daisy said as she stepped into the living room, she heard her feet crush the glass beneath her feet, "Sorry about the mess"

"If you're sorry you can clean this up all by yourself" Hunter said as he passed the broom to her.

"Remember the favor you owe me this morning?" Hunter's smug smile dropped and he went back to cleaning with the broom.

Daisy picked up a sweeper and casually helped the team clean up, "Fitz, your ICER works great by the way. Knocked me out almost immediately"

"You still shouldn't have done that" Fitz scolded as he threw shards of glass into the bin.

"Yeah, what the hell were you thinking?" Mack suddenly asked with surprise Daisy and the rest of the team. She knew that her and Mack were starting to get along, but she didn't realise that he cared about her shooting herself or not.

"I was thinking that I didn't want to tear this entire place down with my powers" Daisy didn't understand the big deal, "And it's not like I died"

"You don't know that" Fitz said, "It was reckless and stupid. If I hadn't changed the dosage this morning, than it would have killed you"

Daisy did not consider that… wait, were they actually mad at her for shooting herself? She did it to save them? To save everyone on this damn base who were at risk because she couldn't control her powers, "What was I supposed to do? I can't control it"

"Then learn" Mack instantly shot back, "Shooting yourself is stupid and suicidal. Let's be real, you didn't know or care about whether that gun killed you or not"

Daisy was genuinely stunned by everyone's anger towards her and she knew it was born out of concern, which was even more confusing. Shouldn't they be shunning her or talking about how they need protection from her?

"I mean… in the moment no"

"They're right Daisy" Bobbi said as she put the sweeper down and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Why does this feel like an intervention?" Daisy muttered as she saw her team members all sharing the same look as each other.

"Because it is", Daisy turned her head around to see Coulson and May walking towards them with their arms crossed over their chest, "How are you feeling?" Coulson asked.

"Good… great in fact" Daisy said with a reassuring smile on her face but it wasn't enough to convince them.

"Everyone, gather around"

Everyone dropped their sweeper and brooms to walk towards Coulson and May who were standing leading them to the meeting room. Daisy took a seat on the couch with Hunter, Jemma and Fitz while everyone else remained standing.

"Today made me realise something…"

"That Daisy's borderline suicidal" Bobbi quipped in.

"Seriously?" Daisy shot Bobbi a look of annoyance.

"I told you she can be a hell beast" Hunter muttered as he sipped his beer.

"No… I mean, yes but no. I realised that we are ill-prepared for any new threats right now, whether it be alien or HYDRA" Coulson stated and everyone agreed with him, "Right now, we have 2 official field Agents. Agent Morse and Agent May. Currently, Mack and Hunter can only hold themselves up in a fight against HYDRA, but against alien threats or Inhumans, they will get their ass handed back to them"

"Hey!" Hunter shouted in offence.

"Come on! I trained at S.H.I.E.L.D too" Mack defended himself.

"In the mechanic division" Hunter replied.

"It's better than you. Did you even graduate from school?" Mack shot back.

"Enough" May grabbed their attention and reeled them back in.

"As for Fitz, Simmons, both of you are exceptional at your jobs however, when it comes to basic self-defence, you both lack it" Both Fitz and Simmons frowned at that, it's true but he didn't need to expose them like that, "Which is why I want to assign all of you, except Daisy, to train under Bobbi and May"

Everyone's eyes widened at that, including Daisy who wasn't even involved in this. Daisy couldn't help but point and laugh at her friends who were now going to suffer the same fate as her, "Ha! Sucks to be you!"

"You're not off the hook" Coulson cut her laughter with a stern look.

"Oh no" Daisy knew that she wasn't going to like whatever Coulson was going to say next.

"While everyone else train how to fight, you're going to learn how to control your powers"

That was easier said than done, "Bu-"

"No buts" Coulson wasn't going to let Daisy get off the hook anymore. Her shooting herself was the final straw, "You are more dangerous as you are now, without any control of your powers. Once you get control of your powers, it will be your choice whether you want to wear that bracelet or not"

Daisy looked down at the bracelet and knew what he was saying was true. She couldn't where this forever, and who knows when someone might take of this bracelet or accidentally break it like that kree dude, "Okay fine, but I can't learn here on the base. It's too risky"

"I agree" Coulson said as he gestured for May to turn on the tv. Once the screen turned on, a display of a nice looking cottage that was double story. Oooo, there was a lake too, "Which is why I decided to take training to an isolated area"

"Where is that?" Bobbi asked, she had never seen this place on S.H.I.E.L.D's records before.

"Undisclosed place. You'll find out once you get there" Coulson said, "Everyone pack your bags and be on the bus at 6 tomorrow sharp or we'll be leaving without you"

Everyone left the room with excitement at being out in the open, with fresh air to breathe and an actual lake. It beats training in an enclosed room underground.

Daisy remained on the couch because she knew that Coulson and May wanted to talk to her, "I'm starting to feel like this is becoming a regular thing"

"If you don't want to be in trouble, then stop trying to shoot yourself" May spat angrily.

"It was only once… okay, twice" She way trying to find a way to save herself from this situation but it was no use , Coulson was too stubborn and May was still concerned.

"Whenever you get scared, you do something reckless like trying to kill yourself" Coulson stated, when he had found out what Daisy had done, his immedate thought was that he failed her. He pushed her to this point. He should have forced Daisy to learn how to control her powers, not encourage her to suppress it.

Daisy opened her mouth to retort that statement. She had tried to kill herself once, and that was because of the theta brain wave machine that messed with head. This time was different, she had done it to protect her team and she trusted Fitz's equipment.

"Don't defend yourself by saying that it was different,'' yep, May definitely had the power to read her mind, "We both know that you didn't know what that would do to you, nor did you care"

"I'm not suicidal" Daisy muttered as she rubbed her forehead tiredly.

Coulson's eyes softened when he saw the tired look on Daisy's face, "Then why'd you do it?"

Daisy looked down at her hands and began fiddling with her thumbs. She began nervously shaking her leg as she contemplated on telling them the truth or not. Telling them the truth would mean being vulnerable… Oh, what the hell, she's been vulnerable too many times, at this point, she trusted that they won't make fun of her like the nuns in the orphanage, "Ever since I got my powers… I was never able to control it. The only way that I could minimise the earthquakes was… by redirecting it into me which allowed me to focus on the pain hence.."

"The bruises on your arm" May mumbled in realisation.

"Yeah… and I know it sounds bad and you're going to think that it's self harm but it isn't" Daisy knew that they wanted her to elaborate to them, "I didn't redirect it back into me because I wanted to feel pain. I did it because I understand that if I lose control, whether it's because of a nightmare or because I'm being threatened, for even a second, then I could cause entire cities to crumble which can kill and injure thousands of people"

"You rather hurt yourself then hurt others" May stated, she understood where Daisy was coming from, but if she was being honest, it scared her. She already knew how far Daisy would go to save everyone, one day she might actually do it and she needed reassurance that Daisy won't hurt herself when they're not around.

"I understand where you're coming from but that's not good enough for me Daisy" Coulson listened to Daisy's words and could hear how scared she was of being exactly what her father created her to do but her fear is what makes her dangerous, not to the people around her but to her self, "Yes, you can cause earthquakes that can potentially destroy cities, but you can also use your powers to save the people you care about, like with Bobbi and Jemma"

"That's if I can control it" Daisy didn't have any faith in herself, and that was okay because May and Coulsons were going to keep believing in her even when she doesn't.

"You can", there was not a single drop of doubt leaking from May's voice, "I may not be an expert on Inhumans, but I can tell that your powers are fueled by emotions. Control your emotions, control your powers"

Daisy was confused by their faith in her, "It's not as simple as that," she stated, "Even if my emotions are under control, I can hear and feel every vibration in the room. It gets too loud and overwhelming. The only time that I don't feel any of that is when I wear this bracelet. It feels peaceful and calm"

"We'll figure it out together" Coulson reassured as he took a seat next to Daisy, "You don't have to do this alone. Not anymore. Now you have us, your team and family"

Coulson put his arm around Daisy's shoulder and pulled her into a side hug. Daisy closed her eyes and allowed him to hug here. If she was being honest, she was getting used to these hugs and she kind of liked it. It made her feel safe. She looked up at May who was looking at them with a small smile on her face, "Come on May" Daisy gestures for May join in on the hug but May strongly shook her head.

"Not a chance" May's smile dropped and she tried her best to intimidate her but knew she failed when Daisy jumped off the couch and tried to pull her into a hug. May couldn't believe that she was doing this… but she actually was running away from Daisy, "Stop it right now!"

Daisy scoffed, "Just one hug...Come on"

May shook her head, "It's an order from your S.O"

"As the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D, I retract that order" Coulson said with a cheeky smile as he watched May hide behind the kitchen counter while Daisy tried to climb the table to tackle May.

Coulson knew that he had a lot of things to deal with for example; he had the inhuman threat with Raina and Calvin, he still had a lot of work to do with rebuilding S.H.I.E.L.D and he needed to focus on eliminating HYDRA completely but, the only thought on his mind was this, right here, was his family.

It was 6 a.m and everyone was on the bus. Everyone else had fallen back asleep except for Daisy who was used to waking up early. Daisy was sitting in the co-pilot seat next to May and staring out of the window while listening to music.

May usually didn't like company because it was too distracting but with Daisy, she felt a sense of calm, as if she had been doing this her whole life. After 2 hours, she landed the plane and turned her head to see Daisy sleeping peacefully. She felt bad for waking her up, especially because she knew that Daisy had nightmares on a regular basis, but she didn't have a choice, "Daisy" she gently shook Daisy by the shoulder which caused the young agent to jolt up from the seat, "Hey it's okay, you're safe"

Daisy pulled her earphones out and looked around… this wasn't her bathroom. Oh yeah, she was on the plane. She let out a yawn and looked up to May, "Sorry about dozing off"

"You deserve the rest" May replied as she left to wake up the rest of the team. Daisy followed her to the centre of the BUS and picked up her small bag, "Is that all you have? We might be here for a while?"

"Perks of living life on the run" Daisy said.

Even though Daisy didn't mean for it sound sad, it did, at least it did to May, "You're not on the run anymore", she knew that it was useless statement, but she felt like Daisy needed the reassurance that she was safe her, that this wasn't temporary anymore, it was permanent. Daisy smiled and went to wait for everyone to wake up. Once everyone was up, May opened the doors to the cabin.

The second that Daisy stepped off of the bus, her eyes widened at how beautiful the scenery was. There was a beautiful looking cabin that was located in front of the lake and fresh green trees. She wished that she could just stand here forever and embrace the scenery.

Coulson had already arrived and set everything up. He brought the equipment that everyone was going to need.

"Is this a bootcamp or a vacation?" Hunter asked with a bright smile on his face as he looked around the area.

"I think this is going to be fun...for me. I get to train and kick your asses all day" Bobbi said as she followed Hunter towards the cabin.

"You think we're just going to let you kick out asses? Hell nah" Mack muttered as he followed his members.

"This is quite exciting isn't it?" Jemma asked Fitz and Daisy who she was walking with.

"You guys do realise that you will be training with the Calvary?" Daisy knew from her personal experience that underestimating May's ability to train you, was a bad move.

"Oh… it can't be that bad" Jemma said as she waved her hand in the air, not knowing what was going to come.

"Plus, we-we're not training to be field operatives like Mack and Hunter.. We're just learning some self-defence" Fitz added in.

That was fair and very true. Fitz and Jemma didn't need to know how to fight off a horde of men, they just need to learn how to defend themselves if a gun was pointed at their head or someone was threatening them with a knife. The basics.

When the team entered the cabin, the smell of mac and cheese immediately filled everyone's nostrils and made their stomach's rumbles.

"A.C, not that I'm complaining but this doesn't feel like boot camp" Daisy said as she sat down on the dining tablet where everyone sat down to grab a bowl of mac and cheese.

"I thought… why not treat you guys to something nice before putting you all through hell" Coulson's tone made everyone smile. There was underlying threat hidden under his calm and happy exterior.

Everyone started talking to each other while May and Coulson took their food to eat outside. They sat on the swing chair and looked out at the trees, "So, what's the game plan here? We're not equipped to teach an inhuman on how to control their powers"

Coulson knew that, "I know… which is why I asked Daisy what she needed", he thought that the best game plan was asking Daisy for what she wanted and what she was comfortable with, "And she told me… that she wants to bring a few inhumans here to help her"

May's eyes widened at his sudden revelation, "She wants to bring her inhuman friends here? To our safehouse?"

"Reckless idea, I know. But she spoke to one of them and they are willing to help her out" Coulson didn't know who these friends will be who they were like, but if Daisy trusted them that was enough.

"How are they going to find us?" Daisy didn't even know their location.

Coulson shrugged his shoulders, "She didn't disclose any details. Guess she wants to protect the inhumans from us", he was a little hurt that Daisy didn't trust them to that extent yet.

"Or maybe she's protecting us from them," May said as she took a bite from the mac and cheese.

"Could be" Coulson replied, "Either way, I've decided to put Daisy in isolation"

May was surprised by his decision. Being in isolation means that she won't have contact with the team for the entire month or had thought that he was going to put Daisy with the rest of the team, at least that way she would have the team's support if she was feeling down about not being able to use her powers. Last night, when everyone was lecturing Daisy on being reckless, she felt like a proud mum… is that what a proud mum feels like? Seeing all her members treating Daisy like their younger sibling instead of a person with a disease.

"Is that a good idea?"

Coulson wasn't too sure about this either, especially since her didn't know how long they were going to stay here. He was planning a month or two at most. Daisy wasn't going to master her powers in only a few days, and the rest of the team was going to need enough time to have their training be embedded into their muscles.

"I spoke to her and she prefers being isolated. She says that her inhuman friends doesn't like being around other people and her powers were too dangerous to be around any… regular people"

"Regular people? She said that?"

"No, she said non-freaks. I was trying to paraphrase" Coulson replied.

Coulson and May continued chatting for a while, until they finished their bowls. They walked back in to find the team laughing and talking to each other like a family. Coulson and May shared a proud look and was disappointed that they had to break it up, "Okay team, it's time to get to work. May will show you to your rooms and get you prepped for training"

Everyone went to grab their bags but Jemma saw Daisy grabbing her bag and walking the opposite way to them, "Daisy, it's this way" she said with a perky smile.

Daisy was hoping that she could sneak out of the cabin without anyone seeing her, but that plan epically failed and now everyone's attention was on her, "Right… ummm… actually I'm not staying here with you… I'm going into isolation"

"Isolation?" Bobbi questioned.

"Well… not really isolation" Daisy knew that Lincoln and Gordon didn't want to be around people like… well just around people in general, "Long story short, I'm actually getting some training from a few inhumans.."

"Wait… other inhumans? Like the ones who were with you in HYDRA?" Mack asked.

"And they're coming here?" Fitz asked as he pointed to the cabin.

"Yes… but they don't like people so A.C agreed to put me on the other side of the retreat where I'll be isolated for as long as we need to"

"So you won't be here with us?" Fitz questioned worriedly. Daisy nodded her head.

Jemma looked concerned for her safety and wellbeing, especially after Daisy had shot herself with the ICER, "How will we know if you're okay? We'll be here for a month or two"

"She's still on the retreat" May reassured everyone, she had her own reservations about Daisy being alone in a cabin, but she had to trust Daisy to be alone.

"And there will also be a communication feed so if Daisy ever gets into any trouble or needs medical treatment, she can easily contact us"

"If you ask me, it's better for her" Hunter spoke as he leaned against the doorway. Everyone turned to look at Hunter with surprise, "We'll only be a distraction, she'd be to busy worrying about our safety to learn how to control her powers"

"Whoa Hunter, didn't think you actually thought about things" Daisy teased the older man who shot her glare.

"Oi! When you come back, I want a rematch" Hunter wanted his money back.

"A month of training isn't going to be enough for you to catch up" Daisy shot back confidently, although it was going to be interesting to see how much everyone improves.

"We'll see about that," Hunter said but then he realised that he probably couldn't beat Daisy without her blindfold, "With the blindfold…"

"Whatever makes you feel better" Daisy replied.

Everyone smiled and nodded their heads. It was true, the only way she can learn how to get ahold of her powers was if she was surrounded by other inhumans who wouldn't be phased or hurt by their powers.

"Okay, but before you leave Simmons and I made you a little something" Fitz rummaged through his bag and pulled out a silver case. He opened it to reveal black watch.

"Whoa" Daisy muttered as she took it out of his hands and inspected it, "A watch?". It was out of the blue and an odd gift to give to an inhuman assassin.

"It's actually a suppressor under the guise of a watch. There are different functions on it for example, you can activate and deactivate the suppressor by clicking on side button, you can also monitor your heart rate by swiping on the left...OH, there thi-"

"Fitz, just give her the manual" Jemma said as she stopped Fitz from babbling on about the watch they created together.

"Right" Fitz walked over to Daisy and pressed a button that turned the bracelet off while Jemma replaced it with the watch.

"Thanks guy, I'll put this to good use" She said as she smiled at how stylish it looked. No-one would know that this actually suppresses her powers, feels bad for the next person who tries to rob her and takes the watch off.

"Oh, I'm going to miss you" Jemma said as she pulled Daisy into a hug.

"Oh yep… only gone for a month Simmons" Daisy said as she patted the girl's back.

She pulled out and said her goodbyes to the rest of the team before leaving with Coulson. Coulson took the bus to fly her on the other side. When they arrived at the cabin, Daisy had to admit that this place was a little less welcoming as there were also fences around the area. She followed Coulson into the cabin and placed her bag on the couch, "S.H.I.E.L.D owns their own retreat?"

"Yes and No. Technically this cabin was used by Captain America after he defrosted and the Hulk"

Daisy couldn't help but smile when she heard the excited tone in his voice as he spoke about the avengers, "Have you ever met them?" she didn't know much about them, but they didn't seem too very good at their jobs… especially if HYDRA was still a threat and aliens like the Kree came to earth without alerting one of them.

"Not only have I met them, but I also died for them"

Daisy frowned at that, oh right, she had forgotten that he was hit by Loki's staff, but she had assumed that he was a bystander, "They're not really good at their jobs are they?"

Coulson raised his eyebrow at that, this is the first time he met an anti-avenger… well, not the first time. Lots of people didn't like them, but that was mainly because the Avengers stopped their evil plans from happening, "They are when it comes to the bigger threat"

"But the smaller threats like HYDRA doesn't matter?" Daisy asked, there was no malice in her voice, it was just a simple question. She knew that Coulson was a fan of them, but she couldn't help but dislike them for one simple reason; Coulson died on their watch.

"That's why we have S.H.I.E.L.D" Coulson replied enthusiastically. Daisy wasn't sure what the world would be like if someone like Coulson didn't exist, He was single handedly taking the responsibility to protect the people from threats that miss the eye of the avengers.

"Anyways, you and the team don't have to worry about me" Daisy reassured as she sat on the rusty old chair that had dust covering on it. She blew the table and instantly coughed when the dust flew in her mouth.

Coulson wasn't too sure about that, "It's hard not to. Everyone on the team cares about you"

"I know…" Daisy mumbled as she took her bracelet off and put the watch on, "I care about them too" she admitted softly. Coulson knew that, if she didn't then she wouldn't be here right now.

Coulson walked over to the cupboard and began showing the stocks of packaged food that he had bought for her and then the fridge that was filled with drinks and frozen food, "If you ever need anything you can contact me"

"Jeeeze Coulson, I could live out here for an entire year" She joked as she saw the amount of food stocked in the cabin.

Coulson nodded his head, he knew that Daisy was waiting for him to leave, but he was feeling anxious, "So, do I get to meet your inhuman friends?"

"Sorry but, one of them hates humans and the other needs to learn how to stop trusting people" Daisy said as she thought of how different Gordon and Lincoln were.

"So what's the training process going to be like? Is it dangerous?"

"A.C… you can leave now" Daisy wasn't going to answer that because she knew that Coulson wasn't going to be pleased with the way that Gordon was going to teach her how to control her powers.

Gordon was a hard ass but he did it because he cared about her and the other Inhumans. Plus, he was one of the oldest Inhumans, next to Jiaying.

"Are you sure beca-"

"Yes" Daisy had to stand up and physically push Coulson out of the door to get him to leave. He gave her final hug goodbye before leaving on the BUS to go back to the others. She let out a soft sigh… this was the first time in a long time that she felt alone. She was so used to feeling this way, that she had forgotten how much it sucked, but it was necessary. She walked over to the couch and shouted, "Gordon!"

A few seconds past and Daisy saw something blue surrounding her. She looked behind her and saw Gordon standing with a smiling Lincoln, "Hey Beautiful" Gordon said with a smug smile on his face.

It's been so long since she had seen the older man. She walked around the couch and hugged Gordon and then Lincoln before letting them go, "You haven't aged a day"

Gordon knew her comment was directed at him, "Of course not. China has some great skin care routine"

Daisy was pretty sure if Gordon still had his eyes, he would have winked at her.

"You look good" Lincoln commented as he sat on one of the seats while Daisy leaned on the couch, "You look happy"

"Honestly… I am" Daisy admitted as she looked at Lincoln who was looking at her proudly, "These people… it's hard not to get attached to them"

"I'd love to meet them" Lincoln wanted to know who made Daisy this happy, the only time she had seen her smile was when she was speaking to Katya. But when she spoke to Katya, it was forced happiness in an attempt to reassure the little girl that everything was going to be okay.

"No way pretty boy" Gordon shook his head adamantly, "You talk to much. You'd probably spill all our secret to them in a heartbeat"

Lincoln took offense to that, "No I wouldn't"

"I'm sorry, didn't I have to track down that girl who you slept with and have her killed because she was going to expose your powers to the world?" Gordon replied back.

"Gordon's right and considering how I was the one who had to kill her, I'm going to make the call and say no. You can't meet them, not yet"

Lincoln looked down at his hands with guilt as he remembered the night that he had called Gordon to help him. Gordon was the best tracker in the world. The second he could visualise your face, he can find you. And Daisy was the best killer he knew, she made the death look like an accident. If there was one thing he hated, it was that he had made Daisy kill an innocent person, at the age of 18.

Despite Daisy being the youngest, she along with Ward, Jiaying and Gordon, were the most respected. Whenever one of them got into trouble, Daisy would drop everything in a heartbeat and come to rescue their asses.

"I hate it when you two are together, you always gang up on me" Lincoln joked with a smile as he leaned back in his chair.

"Anyway, did you find Yo-Yo?"

Lincoln nodded his head, "Yeah but… she refuses to come back to the Afterlife. She claims to have some shit to deal with in Columbia"

Daisy shook her head. She kept track of Yo-Yo and knew that the older woman was using her powers to help her family and friends. One day, she is going to get caught and Daisy would be the one who will have to clean up the price,"And things in the Afterlife?"

Gordon walked over to the kitchen and started making himself some coffee, "Everyone's scared with Calvin on the loose, some chose to leave and go into hiding with their own families while others stayed to fight"

Daisy rubbed her forehead and sighed, she was afraid that was going to happen. There was both an advantage and disadvantage to that. Advantage, her father won't be able to find all of them at once. Disadvantage, there was strength in numbers and most of the inhumans in the Afterlife weren't fighters.

"Where the hell is Ward? I haven't been able to get a hold of him for weeks" Daisy growled, she was both annoyed and worried about him.

"I don't know" Gordon muttered, "I tried to find the bastard but he's purposely preventing me from tracking him"

"What the hell is he doing?" Daisy didn't know what Ward's plans were, but she was pissed that he just left Lincoln for some random girl, "I swear to god, he better not have slept with her. He sleeps with everyone"

"Wouldn't be surprised" Lincoln said, he, like Daisy and Gordon was annoyed by Ward's behaviour. This wouldn't be the first time he did this, he kept doing questionable things like joining his old S.O to join S.H.I.E.L.D.

"I'm not too worried about Ward. He can take care of himself" Gordon said as he picked up the mugs and gave one to Daisy and one to Lincoln who gratefully took the coffee out of their hands, "I'm more worried about you. Joining this S.H.I. organisations who not only deal with alien threats like us, but also know of your powers? Why not just kill them all?"

"Because they're not like HYDRA or the people that Lincoln casually sleeps around with" Lincoln threw his hands up in the air, clearly offended but realised that she had a point and just sipped his coffee, "They had numerous chances to kill me but instead, they saved me"

"Saved you?" Lincoln's eyebrows scrunched with worry, "I didn't think that you needed saving"

"Yeah… I didn't either" she replied as she looked down at her drink.

"We trust your judgement" Gordon said firmly, "But if things go south…"

"I'll kill them myself" Her voice was filled with confidence and reassurance although, on the inside, she could feel herself breaking at the thought of harming one of her own.

Gordon smiled when he heard the coldness in Daisy's voice. Good, she wasn't too soft. People like Lincoln he didn't trust to be with people but Daisy was smarter than him, she did what she had to do for the safety of her people, "Good, now before we get into the reasons why you summoned me. I need to consult something with you"

Daisy wasn't aware that there was anything to consult, "What's up?"

"Recently, I encountered a new inhuman who goes by the name Raina", yep, that name definitely rings a bell. She was the porcupine bitch who scratched her back, "We've been holding her in the box since she seemed too emotionally unstable but now, she's gotten better. I want to offer her to stay"

Daisy shook her head, "That's a bad idea. That crazy chick is with Calvin"

"We're aware of that" Lincoln was the one who was treating her medically, she seemed a bit pricky, pun intended, but she also seemed lost, "But Calvin manipulated her. He wanted her to go in and activate the temple, he was apparently hoping that the temple had a more… impactful effect"

"He thought the city would release the mist into the world?" Daisy questioned.

Lincoln nodded his head, "But something happened and the obelisk got destroyed"

"Yeah, a good man died" Daisy said as she remembered how Trip had been nice to her. She wasn't hung up on his death, but she knew what he meant to the team.

"Even so, we do not judge people on their past" Gordon said as he turned his face to look at Daisy.

Even though he had no eyes, she could tell that he was staring into her soul, "Look, you're asking for my opinion and I say no. She's too much of a risk. But if you, Lincoln and Jiaying say she's okay, then let her stay. But the second she acts suspicious, you come to me and I'll slit her throat myself. We can't risk a mistake with Calvin on the loose"

Gordon nodded his head at that, it was fair. This was why Daisy was respected, she never tried to impose her own opinions onto anyone and she openly listened to what everyone wanted and did her best to help them. Of course, there were the ungrateful people who hated her, but most of them were aware of Daisy's efforts to protect them.

"Okay, now for the reason why we are here" Gordon put his cup down and walked over to Daisy and snatched her wrist, "What the hell is this thing on your wrist?"

"It suppresses my powers"

"You said they don't fear you, yet they put this… device on you, to control you?"

Lincoln stood up and looked at the watch around Daisy's wrist, "This is impressive"

"Impressive? It's disgusting" Gordon growled. He was a proud inhuman. He was proud of who he was and what he could do however, that was also an issue as it fueled his hatred for humans.

"I chose to wear this" She snatched her arm back.

"They're trying to control you because they fear you"

"Fear me? Yes" There was no doubt about it, if Simmons or Fitz or even Coulson or May had a destructive power like her that they couldn't control, then she would be scared as hell of them and for them, "But control me? No. They want me to learn about my powers which is why we are here. If it wasn't for them I would have never asked for your help"

"You want our help?" This was the first time hearing Daisy ask for help.

"Unlike you, I didn't go through the necessary training needed to control these powers"

"Training? Gordon beat the shit of out of us until we learnt how to control it" Lincoln said as he pointed at the person who was like a mentor to him. Gordon was practically the teacher of the other inhumans. Since he was the oldest and most skilled at using his skills, the others learnt from him.

"Shut up electric boy" Gordon began circling Daisy and nodded his head, "I've been wanting to train you for a long time but being on the run doesn't help things. I must warn you… my methods are… unethical and quite harsh"

Daisy nodded her head, she didn't expect any difference. She had heard stories from the other inhumans about how scared of Gordon they were, "Unethical? My entire life revolves around that"

Gordon smirked at that, "Okay then, let's begin"

6 months later…

Coulson tiredly rubbed his eyes as he read the biopsy report that Jemma had sent in. A few days ago, a report came in saying that a women who looked like a hybrid between human and porcupine came in. When he went to investigate, he was shocked to see Raina's body lying in the alley way.

The second that he saw Raina's dead body, he knew, deep within his guts that Daisy had something to do with it, although, he didn't want to believe it.

He lost contact with her over 2 months ago. The last message she sent was that she needed more time to practice and get a hold of her power and she'll return once she was ready. But, when he went to the retreat to visit her, she was gone. All of her stuff was there, and there were no signs of a struggle, but Daisy was gone, as if she had vanished into thin air.

He had watched a security tape and found that some guy with teleportation powers, took Daisy away but he could tell that the man wasn't a hostile because Daisy had spoken to him and the other young boy as if they were friends.

He has been searching for her ever since then, but 6 months has passed and there were still no signs of her. Well, no signs other than the blood trail she was leaving behind. It was easy to find the connection between her and the dead bodies.

Firstly, the five victims died in a similar way to Whitehall. Either they had a heart attack and their heart stopped beating or they went into cardiac arrest. Secondly, the five victims that she had killed, including Raina, were powered individuals who were known for working with HYDRA.

If Coulson was being honest, he didn't care for the power individual's deaths. They all committed mass massacres, killed innocent children, or simply tortured people for fun. He was more worried about the path that Daisy was on. S.H.I.E.L.D's policy was to capture and not kill, yet it looked like Daisy was ruthlessly assassinating these people with no witnesses or evidence behind.

Everyone was going crazy, thinking that Daisy was once again brainwashed but Coulson reassured everyone that-that wasn't the case. Because if it was, then Daisy wouldn't be killing enhanced people who worked with Calvin, she would be trying to recruit them for him.

"Thinking about Daisy?", May questioned as she walked into Coulson's office.

"When am I not?". That was true, not a day goes by where Daisy didn't intrude his thoughts. He was constantly wondering where she was, whether she was out there all along, what if she was injured and bleeding to death? Too many thoughts crossed his mind when he thought of the young agent who he forced to go on this path, "I just don't understand… what happened to make her go on this… personal killing spree"

May looked down at her feet and nodded her head. Coulson wasn't the only one who had a hard time wrapping his head around this. She and the rest of the team were starting to question Daisy's loyalties, "At least she's not killing innocent people. Everyone she's killed thus far, had committed some sort of crime that deserves the death penalty"

The only reason why the team still trusted Daisy, was because everyone she hunted had committed a crime that deserved the death penalty. I'd be a different story if she was killing innocent people on the streets, but this was more personal and strategic.

"So what? We just let her be an executioner?" Coulson wasn't going to let Daisy go further down this path and neither was May.

May knew that Coulson's paranoia was getting to him. He was acting like a father towards Daisy and she couldn't blame him. She felt this surge of protectiveness over Daisy too. The young girl was like magnet pulling everyone out of the darkness and bringing out the light however, by doing that she dragged herself into the dark and tried to carry the burden. Whatever Daisy was doing, she was doing for not only herself, but for them and the her Inhuman family, she was carrying the burden so they don't have to, "Let her? Absolutely not. But you have to understand that we pushed her on this path by forcing her to learn how to control her powers"

Coulson knew that May was right, Daisy was on this path because of them. They had pressured her to learn how to control her powers because of their own fears, not because of Daisy. He realised how selfish it was of him to ask her to do this, "Why do you think she's doing this?"

May had more than enough time to think of different scenarios that would push Daisy onto this path and she could only think of one thing, "Because something bad happened. Something that was bad enough to make her snap"

"There are only two things that she cares about, us and them" Coulson knew that for a fact.

"Something must have happened with the Inhumans. Maybe Calvin found them and… I don't know, killed one of her people"

That would actually explain a lot. Coulson was hoping for another reason but that seemed the most plausible. He wondered if she was working with the other Inhumans to execute the HYDRA enhanced. The main thing that he was worried about, was what if one of the Inhumans decided that S.H.I.E.L.D was the enemy because of their history with S.H.I.E.L.D's old policy under Nick Fury.

If there was a war between Inhumans and S.H.I.E.L.D which side would she take. He knew that he wasn't the only one who was thinking that. The entire team were wondering where Daisy's loyalties lie, "What if things gets worse? And she moves on from killing HYDRA enhanced to killing S.H.I.E.L.D personnel's who treated anything that was different like a rodent"

"If they're treating anyone, human, inhuman or alien like a rodent, then they're not S.H.I.E.L.D. They're monsters and sometimes, monsters like them need to be put down". May knows without a doubt, that she had killed people who didn't deserve to die, but she always justified it by saying that it was for a good cause, even if she didn't believe it. "Look, I know you're worried about her, but you need to trust that Daisy is more than capable of keeping herself grounded. Even though she was in HYDRA since the age of 10, she was able to maintain her morals and save Bobbi and Jemma before she met us. Yes, she is going on a killing spree but she hasn't gone too far off the deep end, there's still time to stop her from going down that road"

Coulson nodded his head, she had a point, "You're right".

He was going to put all of his trust in Daisy and wait for her to come back. He wasn't going to say this out loud, even though he was pretty sure that the entire team was also feeling the same way, but he was afraid that Daisy was going to choose the Inhumans over them. Which would be understandable if she chose to leave S.H.I.E.L.D. to go with them, then he would have to accept it but it didn't mean it wouldn't hurt. He just hoped that a war between them never happens, because he wouldn't know what to do if Daisy chose to fight by their side.

An alert on his tablet pulled him away from his thoughts, "A good distraction" he said as he read the report. He walked over to his tablet and pressed the button that alerted everyone that there was a mission and to gather in the meeting room.