Chapter 26

"You're a monster"

"Wh-What the hell are you?"

"Y-You freak! Stay the hell away from me!"

Daisy tilted her head when she heard her victims speak their last words. Daisy watched herself kill all these people but she couldn't help but feel numb. Killing these people failed to provoke any emotions. They meant nothing to her. Daisy watched as she plunged a sword through a person's chest and then sliced the other person's neck.

"Please… this isn't you"

Daisy ignored the pleas and coldly slit the girls throat, too much chatter from this one. The bored look in her eyes was enough to scare anyone, even the devil himself.

The hunger to kill was overwhelming and too hard to fight… So why fight it?

Once a killer, always a killer.

"Daisy"

Daisy, who was wearing a metal mask that covered her mouth and nose, and a black leather jacket, turned around at the voice. Her clothes and hair were wet from the rain that was heavily pouring over the streets. Her cold and unattached eyes saw May and Coulson standing there. Her fingers curled around the hilt of her sword as she looked at her new targets. Her heart was beating at a steady rate, and she felt nothing but a desire to kill, to kill anyone who stood in her way.

Surrounding her was a pile of dead bodies, but she didn't care. Who were they to her? They were no-body. It's what made it so easy to kill them. She slowly dragged her sword along the bloodied and wet concrete and made her way to her next target.

"Daisy!"

Calling her name won't help them. It was meaningless, nothing will stop her from killing. Killing made her numb to the pain around her.

"Wake up!"

Wait… what?

Daisy jolted out of her bed to find that everything in her room was shaking. She noticed that there was a familiar presence in the room but she didn't pay any attention to them. She sucked in a deep breath and as she breathed out, the shaking stopped. She wiped away the tears that made her vision blurry and finally took notice of May sitting on the edge of her bed, "M-May?"

May was sleeping when she suddenly felt the room shake, it was barely noticeable but because she was a light sleeper, she instantly woke up. Her body went into full combat mode at the unfamiliar shake but then she remembered that Daisy was back, and the girl had the power to create earthquakes. She jolted out of her bed instantly at the realisation and ran into the girl's room. She flicked the light on to see Daisy tossing and turning in her sleep.

May didn't think it was possible, but her heart shattered even more when she saw how tears were streaming down Daisy's face as she buried her face into her pillow. She ran over to the young girl and gently grabbed onto Daisy's shoulder, "Daisy… you need to wake up" she tried being gentle but the shakes were becoming more violent and she was afraid that Daisy was going to destroy this entire base, "Daisy! Wake up!" she shouted a bit more forcefully.

She took a step back when Daisy jolted up, her hands over her chest and sweat dripping down her forehead. She watched as Daisy's frantic eyes began to register that she was no longer alone, and that she was back in S.H.I.E.L.D. For a second, May was worried that the girl couldn't control her powers but she watched as Daisy closed her eyes and focused on her breathing, after a few seconds the shaking stopped. Okay, so Daisy could control her powers now, that was good.

"M-May?" May sighed and sat on the edge of Daisy's bed as the young agent pulled the blanket off of her body and looked around the room to see if she had done any damage to her room, "Shit… sorry, I forgot about my powers"

"You can control it" May pointed out as Daisy shifted her body so she was now sitting on the edge of the bed.

"When I'm awake" Daisy replied back as she reached over to the bedside tablet to grab her water bottle, but she winced when she felt her torso burn at the movement. May noticed the flash of pain and moved to grab the water for Daisy, "Thanks", Daisy sipped her water before asking, "Did I wake anyone?"

May shook her head, she doubted anyone felt it, she just happened to because she was half-awake, half-asleep, "No", she watched as Daisy's shoulders relaxed and she thought that now was a good chance to talk to Daisy, "Want to talk about it?"

Daisy's immediate response was to say no, but then she remembered what her dream was about. Maybe, she could scare May away with what she dreamt about, "I slaughtered the entire team". May raised an eyebrow at that, but she didn't flinch or show any signs of fear. The dream isn't what worried her, it was the dark and cold tone that Daisy used when she said that, "And I liked it"

No, she didn't like it.

She didn't realise it until now, but those bodies on the ground belonged to her team. At the time, she didn't recognise their faces, nor did she recognise their voice. It was all just white noise. All she saw was a blank face.

"No, you didn't" May wasn't stupid, she may not have communication skills like Coulson or being the most sympathetic, but she knew Daisy. She knew Daisy because she reminded her of a younger version of herself, "You wouldn't have almost quake the entire base down if you liked it". May watched as Daisy showed no signs of talking and she could tell what Daisy was thinking, she was thinking that she was a monster. May sighed and knew that if she wanted Daisy to open up then she was going to be vulnerable and real with her, "I have nightmares too"

That seemed to grab Daisy's attention. Daisy looked up at May with shaky brown eyes. She was obviously surprised, she didn't know why but she thought that nothing phased May. She knew that Katya's death was a weight that May had been carrying around, but other than that she didn't think that anything else affected her.

"After Bahrain… I cried. I cried for what seemed like hours", May remembered breaking down in Coulson's arm, repeating that she had killed the little girl while Coulson had reassured her that it was necessary, "But after that… it was numb. I felt nothing, at least I thought I didn't. After resigning from field operative to an office worker, everything was just… cold and dark"

Daisy couldn't help but relate to everything that May was saying. Right now, she was feeling numb to everything. She felt like her entire body was cold and no amount of fire would be hot enough to melt it away, "What changed?"

May turned her head to see desperation in Daisy's eyes. She knew that Daisy didn't want to become the person in her dreams. She didn't want to become the merciless killer who could slaughter her entire team without batting an eye. Daisy was scared, scared of how numb she was feeling. Daisy was scared of her own emotions, "Coulson… the team… you"

Wait...her? Daisy pointed at herself with confusion and scoffed, "Me? I'm pretty sure I brought more pain into your life"

Was she being serious? Daisy did anything but that. Daisy was a magnet that pulled everyone together, before her, the team was distrusting and wary of each other, especially Mack and Bobbi. But Daisy single handily repaired the relationship between Fitz and Simmons, and even got Mack to trust Coulson. Daisy not only strengthened the team's relationship, but she also taught everyone to trust again. After the HYDRA takeover, trust was not a luxury that they could afford but Daisy… Daisy showed everyone that sometimes, trusting the right person can lead to a life-time of healing.

"Pain? You brought everything but" May's voice was firm and strong, there was no room for argument or protest, "Before you got here, the team was broken. Fitz and Simmons weren't talking to each other, Bobbi and Mack didn't trust anyone and Coulson and I didn't know how to fix it. But then you came along and managed to pull everyone together, you became the magnet of this team"

May could see that Daisy was starting to listen. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a photograph that she had found in the Afterlife and passed it to Daisy. Daisy saw the photograph of Jiaying and smiled when her mother smiled so brightly, "Where'd you get this?" her voice was soft, and May could hear how much she missed her mother.

"I found it amongst the rubble," May said.

Daisy clenched her eyes and let out a shaky breath. Don't fall into the darkness, "I don't want to become a monster", she admitted quietly as she buried her head into her hands in an attempt to stop herself from crying.

Instinctively, May wrapped her arms around Daisy and pulled the crying girl into her chest. This just made Daisy cry even harder, "Let us in", it was cliche and a very out-of-character thing for her to say, but she knew those words were what Daisy needed to hear.

The worst part about waking up in the morning was realising that the nightmare you have been living, wasn't a nightmare, but your reality. That's how Daisy felt every time she woke up. She felt like that ever since the day that she learned what emotions were. But for the first time, she woke up feeling like she was actually alive. Instead of feeling cold, she felt this warmth creeping into her chest.

"You're finally awake"

Daisy's eyes snapped open, and that's when she realised that she was not sleeping on a pillow, she was sleeping on someone's lap. She immediately shot up but gasped in pain as her torso reminded her of the battle that took place a couple of days ago.

"Easy"

Daisy felt warm hands gently help her up… wait a minute. Daisy's head snapped around to see May sitting up with her back leaned against the wall, "Oh my god" she shouted in embarrassment. She did not just fall asleep on May's lap, "I'm so sorry"

May was amused by Daisy's embarrassed state, "Don't be" she reassured as she swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood. She lightly hit her numb legs and told Daisy, "Don't try hiding in your room, I will drag your ass out" she said with a light tone before leaving. Everyone had given Daisy a couple of days to settle in, and during that time she had come out of her room a few times to hang out with the team, but then she would retreat to her comfort zone and hide in her room for a few hour.

Daisy was confused as to why May wasn't more… annoyed at her. She didn't think that May was the type to be okay with intimacy, in fact, she thought that she hated it. It was one of the reasons why she assumed that May and Coulson haven't confessed to each other. It was obvious that they liked each other, but something was holding them back, and she couldn't help but wonder what it was.

Daisy laid in bed for a few more minutes, trying to figure out what mood she was in today. Was she feeling numb? Not as much as yesterday but it was still there. Was she angry? Not at anyone in particular… actually, she wasn't angry at all. Was she sad? Of course she was, when wasn't she sad… but she didn't feel like it was drowning her. So that was a good sign.

She was calm.

And slightly regretful of how she ignored her team.

She wasn't proud of it, but sometimes her team had tried knocking on her door to ask her if she wanted to join them for a movie or a game of pool, but she either pretended to sleep, or locked the door in the bathroom so no-one could come.

Screw it.

She was going to stay in here and hide.

Yep….

May could try to drag her out…

Actually, on second thoughts maybe she'll get up and leave.

Coulson woke up early to go and check up on Daisy, but to his surprise, when he went to her room, he found May leaning against the wall with a sleeping Daisy in her lap. That looked very uncomfortable, but he was pretty certain that this was the first time that May had slept past 5 a.m since he had met her.

He walked up to his office to do some paperwork which involved filing a report for the dead enhanced who Daisy had killed. He continued to work for several hours until he heard someone enter his office. He knew it could only be one person since the person didn't bother knocking, "Agent May, you're late" he joked as he looked up to see May giving him an unamused look.

May walked over to the chair and plopped down on it. She rubbed her neck uncomfortable and said, "You saw?"

"I did, was tempted to take a photo to commemorate this moment" Coulson continued to tease May, it was just too amusing because the older women never showed any signs of intimacy to anyone. Not even to her ex-husband. It was one of the reasons why they divorced, but to see May treating Daisy like a daughter was more than amusing.

"Ha. Ha" May deadpanned while glaring and Coulson.

"On a serious note… is she okay?"

May sucked in a deep breath. The obvious answer was no, but she knew that wasn't what he meant. She knew he wanted to know whether there was a chance that Daisy was going to run away, "I don't think she'll be leaving anytime soon. She said she doesn't want to become a monster"

Coulson leaned back on his chair and began fiddling with his pen as he thought about what Daisy said, "She's scared"

May nodded her head, "Actually… about Daisy, I was thinking that I could take her ou—"

Before May could finish her sentence, a knocking at the door interrupted their conversation. He shared a look with May before telling the people to enter. He knew it was Fitz and Simmons as he heard them bickering at the door. The science twins walked in with a weird look on their face.

"You tell him" Jemma silently shouted as she pushed Fitz up.

"No! You lost the game so you do it!" Fitz shot back as he pushed Jemma up.

"You cheat! You recalibrated the controller so my keys would be all messed up!"

"I did no such thing!"

Jemma and Fitz began bickering which confused Coulson and May. On the upside, it didn't seem urgent since they weren't panicking, but they were acting suspicious, "Fitz! Simmons!" he used his authoritative voice to stop the two from bickering, "You guys are acting more skittish than usual"

Jemma gestured for Fitz to answer but he firmly shook her head. She rolled her eyes and plastered an innocent smile, "Well sir, you see… since today is our day off and Daisy just came back… we, the team, were hoping that you would give us the clearance to leave the base for today"

Th-That's why they came into his office? To ask him to leave the base? He knew that they had something up their sleeves, "The entire team wants to go off base?"

Fitz nodded his head and answered this time, "Yes… oh, including Daisy" he just wanted dot make sure that he knew that this was a team thing.

Okay, that was interesting. He wondered what they were doing but knew that they didn't want to be asked, "You want to take Daisy out. Where to?"

Fitz and Jemma shared a look, knowing that Coulson wouldn't improve where they were going to take her. Jemma saw Fitz stumbling to speak so she stepped in, "We can't tell you that" she realised that she probably shouldn't be saying that to the director and quickly added, "We' haven't been able to welcome her back and want to celebrate that plus, we think it will be a good distraction for her"

Coulson looked at May but May shook her head, saying that she had no say or input in this matter. Coulson felt like this was a bad idea, but he thought that the team deserved it plus, they were all adults, what could possibly go wrong, "Okay. All of you can have the day off and go… wherever you're planning on going"

"Thank you sir, you won't regret" Jemma excitedly said as she ran out of the office.

"Maybe" Fitz added before following his science partner.

"You're going to regret that" May already had a bad feeling about letting the entire team out on a field trip, and it was even worse with Daisy going along.

"I know" Coulson was already regretting his decision.

"Do we trust Bobbi and Mack to be with them?" May questioned, she surprise herself by using the term 'we' when referring to her and Coulson, but it was no secret that they were partners. She was his right hand. If Coulson had doubts, she had doubts.

"They weren't hurt the team" Coulson stated confidently, "Plus, I doubt they're going to be doing anything S.H.I.E.L.D related"

After taking a shower, Daisy looked at her wound in the mirror and saw how it was healing nicely. The cut was completely healed but the burn wound was still taking time to heal since the burn came from another inhuman. She let out a soft sigh when she realised that she hadn't checked in on Ward, she didn't even know if he was okay. She knew that he had broken a few ribs, maybe a leg and an arm.

Yeah, she was going to have to talk to him sooner or later. Ward was still her best friend after all and she knew from personal experience how shitty it was to have your emotions shut off, only to have it switched back on. It was overwhelming and dangerous, she hoped that Ward was okay and not doing anything stupid… like she tried to do. She shuddered at the memory of her trying to shoot herself, that felt like so long ago.

She shook her head and pulled her shirt over her torso before walking over to the chair where she had left her ruined leather jacket. She picked it up and reached into the pocket, taking out a pocket watch that her father had in his pocket.

She plopped down onto her seat and leaned on her elbows as she inspected the pocket watch. There was a button on the top, so she pressed down on it which caused it to flip open. A small smile appeared on her face when she saw an old photo of Jiaying and Calvin smiling. They looked so young and happy.

She leaned on her arm and continued to look at the watch, it was beautiful.

She wondered what they were like, before HYDRA, before her.

Daisy sighed and closed the watch. She kept her head on her arm and closed her eyes. She felt the vibration of the whole base and was able to drown it out until the only thing she heard was her own heartbeat. She felt herself drifting off to sleep, even though she wasn't tired until…

"Daisy! Get your ass ready and down here in 10 minutes! And bring your fake ID with you!" She heard Hunter's intrusive voice interrupt her from her thoughts, "What the hell was going on?"

Daisy did as Hunter said, in case there was a mission however she doubted that it was a mission since no-one on the team trusted her to not kill anyone, and she didn't blame them. After putting on her jacket and the broken watch around her wrist, she walked out of her room to the garage where she saw the entire team gathered and dressed up in casual clothing. All except May and Coulson who were just watching over them like parents who were sending their kids to prom.

"Where are we going?" She asked as she walked over to Simmons.

"We are going to a b-"

Bobbi covered her ex-husband's mouth and said, "To the beach…"

Daisy eyed her team and saw everyone shaking their heads, they were lying. She could tell. She looked at Coulson and May who were also unimpressed by their lying skills, "The beach?" Daisy didn't feel like going to the beach, nor did she feel like going out, "Count me out" she said as she was going to go to her room but before she could Jemma pulled her back.

"Nope…" Jemma said as Bobbi walked over to Daisy to make sure she didn't try to skip out on this outing, "You're coming"

"Just keep walking" Bobbi whispered into her ear as she shoved Daisy into the back of the car.

"Have fun" Coulson shouted at them as Mack took the driver's seat and started the engine.

"I have a bad feeling about this" May said.

"Me too"

Daisy sat shifted uncomfortably as she was forced to sit in the back of the car, but the thing is, she wasn't actually sitting on a seat, she was sitting on the floor because there wasn't enough room in the damn car, "Why the hell do I have to sit here?"

"Because you're the youngest" Mack stated as he drove the bulletproof SUV to the bar.

"I'm also injured" Daisy muttered with annoyance which caused everyone's eyes to widen in shock. They had completely forgotten about that.

"We'll swap seats" Bobbi said as she got ready to move but Daisy shook her head and smiled reassuringly.

"It's fine" Daisy said as she waved her hand to Bobbi, not wanting to make a big deal out of it., She turned around to see Jemma and Fitz looking at her with amusement. She realised that the two of them were dressed… a little too formally. They looked like they were going to go on a date… and why was Fitz wearing a tie?

"Have you guys ever been to a bar before?"

"Of course we have" Jemma couldn't believe what Daisy was implying, "Back in the Academy, Fitz and I were always invited to the coolest parties"

Fitz nodded his head in agreement, "Oh my god, do you remember that one time where we mixed potassium permanganate and mixed it with glycerol to start the fire at the beach"

Jemma laughed as she remembered how everyone cheered for her and Fitz for starting a fire because no-one had any lighter, "Or that time when we were at Amanda's dorm and we mixed a bottle of coke with pool chlorine and it exploded all over the place"

Fitz chuckled at the memory, "Oh yea… I remember that. Amanda was so mad at us"

Daisy couldn't believe what she was hearing. She heard both Hunter and Mack mutter under their breath, instantly regretting bringing the science twins along. Daisy shot Bobbi a galre, "Seriously? You're bringing these nerds to a bar?"

"It wasn't my idea" Bobbi defended herself as she robbed her forehead from all the science talk coming from Fitz and Simmons.

"Who's idea was it?" Daisy asked. Everyone pointed to Hunter and Daisy's face dropped, "Why?"

"Because we wanted to welcome you back" Hunter said, Daisy wasn't buying it and Hunter knew that while everyone was buying his fake courtesy, Daisy wasn't, "And I just need a good beer"

Daisy rolled her eyes and leaned her head against Jemma's knees. Jemma looked at her friend sympathetically and realised that Daisy might not want to go out tonight, she might have wanted to stay in and deal with feelings. But Jemma was worried about the young agent, she was starting to revert back to old habits, "We can turn back now if you want"

"No. Let's just go and drink our problems away" Daisy wasn't going to be the reason why everyone's night is ruined.

"Here, here!" Hunter said as brofisted Daisy.

"That doesn't sound healthy" Mack said, he was a little concerned about bringing a minor to a bar, but he knew that Daisy could probably use a drink.

"But it works" Hunter stated.

"It does" Daisy agreed with the mercenary.

"As a person who took a psychology class, I can say it isn't' Bobbi retorted.

"Oh, here comes the psychobabble talk" Hunter said while rolling his eyes and looking at his ex-wife through the front mirror.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Oh no… Daisy rubbed her forehead as she knew what was going to happen.

"We get it! You went to S.H.I.E.L.D Academy and learnt how to become a manipulative hell beast who is able to get into people's head"

"Hellbeast?" Bobbi shouted in disbelief, "At least I graduated from an academy, didn't you drop out of school?"

"What do you have against high-school dropouts?" Hunter questioned, "Daisy didn't even go to high school"

"Don't you dare bring me into this" Daisy said, not wanting to get in the middle of it. Daisy heard everyone groan when the two began bickering however, she had to admit that she missed this familiarity.

"I bet you didn't miss this when you were gone" Fitz stated as he leaned his head back against the headrest.

Daisy bit the inside of her cheek when she heard the implication under his voice, "I did… I did miss this…". Bobbi and Hunter stopped bickering when they heard Daisy's ambiguous confession.

"We missed you too Tremors" Mack said with a smile on his face as he looked at Daisy from the rear mirror.

"Any ways… which bar are we going to"

Daisy stared at the bar with a deadpan expression. She couldn't believe, out of all bars that Hunter could have chosen from, he had to choose the bar that her ex-boyfriend owned.

"Isn't this the bar where we first found you after HYDRA?" Bobbi asked.

"Yep" Daisy confirmed as she looked around and saw a line of people waiting to get in. She wondered if Hunter knew that this bar was filled with shifty people… shifty people like her and Hunter. She thought it was a good idea to not say anything. Fitz and Simmons looked excited to go to a real bar for their first time and she wanted them to have a good time, "Let's just go in"

Bobbi hit Hunter in the chest as they started walking towards the bar, "What? It was the only place in the area, plus it got really good reviews". Bobbi rolled her eyes and walked with the team to the bar.

"Are you sure this is a bar?" Jemma asked, she thought a bar was more quiet and had less people. But there was a long line and 2 bouncers who were letting people in.

Everyone except Daisy turned to glare at Hunter, "Okay… maybe a fibbed a bit. It was a bar but now it's a nightclub"

Whoa, Miles upgraded this place to a nightclub… okay, that was impressive.

"Look at this damn line" Mack said gesturing to the pool of people.

Daisy looked at the bouncer and smirked when she recognised the guy. The bouncer had kicked her out of the bar a few times for causing a ruckus, but in her defence everyone she fought in the bar deserved it . She heard the group start bickering over whether to stick around or not, while Daisy slowly snuck away from the group and walked to the front of the line.

"Get to the back of the li- Daisy?"

Daisy smirked when she saw the bouncer, "Brett, this is an upgrade" she said gesturing to the long line and the flashing sign.

Brett chuckled and nodded his head, "It is… although I have to say that I'm impressed that you're still alive. How are you not dead?"

Daisy shrugged her shoulders, "I'm like cockroach" she replied which earned her a laugh, "So, if there's no more bar, then where does all the clients go?". Daisy was well aware that Miles bar was known for hosting shifty meetings, typically between gang members or kingpins.

"There's still a V.I.P room on the lower level for that"

"There's a lower level?" Daisy had to laugh at that, she remembered when business was shitty and there was barely even a floor to walk on.

"Alot has changed" Brett replied, he saw a group of… very diverse people walk up to Daisy, "Looking to book a room?"

Daisy turned her head to see Mack standing next to her with his chest puffed out and an intimidating look in his eyes, "Nope, just had a shitty month and want to get forget it"

Brett nodded his head understanding and stepped back to let the diverse group walk through, "What did you do?" Jemma questioned as she followed Daisy into the club.

"She probably just used her…" He immediately stopped himself when he saw Jemma, Bobbi and Daisy eye him, "I'm just going to walk in", he said as he walked into the club.

Mack was standing protectively behind the group, making sure to keep his eyes trained on the FitzSimmons who looked like outsiders in this place. Daisy decided that she should take the lead since she was the most familiar with this place, unlike the rest of the team who were sticking out like a thorn. Daisy guided the group to an empty booth, everyone took a seat and looked at the menu. Mack, Hunter and Bobbi sat on one side while Fitz, Simmons and Daisy sat on the other.

She picked up the menu and instead of actually reading it, she was inspecting it like it was a foreign object. She couldn't believe that Miles had a menu. Wait… what if this wasn't Miles bar anymore? She doubted it since this place was like his baby, plus the club still had his name in it.

"Order whatever you want. Food and Drinks are on me" Daisy said to the group.

"No, we're the ones who brought you out to celebrate your return" Mack said while shaking his head.

"I have 6 months of making up to do, the least I can do is this" Daisy replied, looking and Mack with pleading his eyes. She smiled in victory when he relented and nodded his head.

"I'm alright with that" Hunter said as he grabbed a notepad and began checking everything everyone wanted.

"I want Fried Chicken '' Bobbi said as she looked over Hunter's shoulder to see him checking the fried chicken box.

"Get me some Spam Fries" Daisy was intrigued by this. She used to eat raw spam, straight from the can when she was in HYDRA. So she couldn't help but wonder what it would taste like in fries form.

"Nachos for me" Fitz said.

"I would like the sushi sashimi please" Jemma said with a smile on her face. It's been a long time since she has been out and eating decent food. Not that Coulson's cooking wasn't decent… it was simply repetitive.

"Pepperoni Pizza" Mack said, everyone looked up from the menu to look at him, "What? I'm a simple man"

"Okay, now drinks," Hunter said. Everyone started ordering their drinks. Once Hunter finished checking the list of what everyone wanted, he passed it to the waitress.

Daisy wasn't sure how much time passed, but one minute they were talking and the next, they were laughing and speaking over each other with food scattered all over their table. Daisy was surprised to see that she and Mack were the most sober out of them. Well, Mack was the designated driver and she well… she was sipping her drinks, not chugging it down like the rest of them.

Daisy tried to listen to Simmons and Fitz's conversation, but it sounded like they were speaking another language, "Are they even speaking English?"

Mack scrunched his face up with confusion and discontent when he heard them babbling on about quantum physics. It was like they were able to think and speak faster than usual, which was saying a lot.

"Okay, I can't handle them anymore" Hunter gestured to the babbling and drunk science twins. He gestured for his ex-wife to take his hand and said, "Dance with me"

Bobbi, who was too drunk to think rationally, took his hand and went to the dance floor with them. A few minutes later, Fitz and Simmons walked over to the bar to get more drinks they assumed. Mack was watching them carefully, just incise anything happened to them but now it was only him and Daisy at the table. Mack sipped his soda and leaned back to look at Daisy who was surprisingly the most sober of them, "The whole point of this outing was for you to get drunk, not for the rest of the team" Mack stated as he watched Daisy drink her beer.

Daisy knew that the team had good intentions by bringing her to a bar, well… everyone but Hunter, but she couldn't afford to get drunk, "My mutated genes burns through the alcohol. I need to drink a lot to get buzzed", Daisy said and Mack looked at her sympathetically, "But maybe that's for the best. I need to always be in control"

Mack nodded his head, someone like Daisy couldn't risk being out of control, especially because she was an assassin and had superpowers. He couldn't help but think that a 20 year old girl like her, had way too much responsibility and burden to carry, "How are you dealing with everything?"

Daisy was surprised to hear Mack being genuinely worried about her. She always thought that her and Mack had the most strenuous relationship, but now he was acting like a protective older brother, "Fine… it is what it is you know?"

All of a sudden, Fitz stood up on the table.

"Fitz! Get down!" Mack shouted.

"I want to show everyone a trick that even a monkey can do!" Fitz shouted unsteadily.

"Oh my god…" Daisy buried his face in his palm when people actually started to gather around the table.

"Whoooo, science!" Jemma shouted cheerfully as she began fisting the upwards.

"Who has a lighter?" Fitz asked the crowd.

Yeah… Daisy wasn't going to stick around for this, "Good luck" she said to Mack, leaving him with the science nerds who were actually hyping the crowd up by showing them some weird science tricks.

"Remember the rules" Mack shouted to the youngest agent, "Keep your phone on you at all times. Don't talk to strangers and make sure… she's not listening to me. Why does nobody ever listen to me?"

Daisy maneuverer through the crowd and walked up to the bar. She sat down on the bench and waved someone down to give her a beer. After getting her drink, she turned around to see Bobbi and Hunter dancing to the music, Fitz and Simmons somehow attracting a crowd by performing tricks, even the waitress and the bartenders were intrigued, and Mack looked like a proud dad who was watching his kids doing science tricks even though he understood none of it.. A small smile appeared on her face when she saw how happy the team was, she had missed this, the feeling of family and comradery.

With the Inhumans… it felt like if she made one wrong move, then everyone will turn their backs on her without a second thought. But with S.H.I.E.L.D… with her team, she felt like no matter how many times she messed up, no matter how many times she proves to them that she was not worth saving, that they will still stand by her side and offer her a place to call home.

She allowed herself to be consumed by the positive and hopeful feeling, maybe it was the alcohol that was kicking in, or maybe it was just the mere presence at being back in S.H.I.E.L.D, but she felt the darkness being removed out of her chest.

"Daisy?"

Daisy's eyebrows scrunched up when she heard a familiar voice that she was not expecting. It wasn't Miles… she turned around and saw Lincoln looking at her with confusion in his eyes. The last time she had seen him was 2 months ago at Jiaying's funeral, but after that he had disappeared off the face of the Earth. She was too consumed in her own grief and anger, that she completely forgot about him.

She stood up from her seat and engulfed Lincoln into a tight hug. He instantly wrapped his arms around her and buried his face into her neck. He pulled out of the hug and scanned Daisy with his eyes, making sure that she was okay. He saw a cut on her face and instantly reached up to touch it, "Who did this to you?" he questioned protectively.

Daisy pushed his hand away and simply smiled at him. Lincoln was surprised to see her smiling, 2 months ago he could see the light in Daisy's eyes begin to dim with the death of her mother and the destruction of the Afterlife, "I'll tell you all about it once you tell me what the hell are you doing in Miles Bar?" She and Lincoln came here a few times to get drinks.

Lincoln rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Miles said he was hiring so I took the job"

Daisy's smile dropped when she heard that Lincoln was having some financial struggles, "If you need money why didn't you come to me?" she asked, reached into her pocket and pulled out her debit card, "Take this and start a new life somewhere"

Lincoln would normally be offended, but he couldn't help but laugh. It was the same old Daisy who still tried to protect him as if he was the younger one in this relationship, "I don't need your money", he said as he pushed Daisy's hand down, "I'm not here because I'm tight on cash, I'm here because I'm killing time until I have to leave"

"Leave?" Daisy questioned with worry and fear in her voice. Where was he going? Was he planning on going to outer space? He better not, she will let him go anywhere but there, because she wouldn't be able to reach him or to make sure that he was okay if he was off the goddamn planet.

"I joined Doctors Without Borders and I start in a month"

Daisy wasn't sure how to feel about that. She knew what it was which is why she was so worried about Lincoln. Lincoln was like Jiaying, he was peaceful and hated conflict, "Ummmm, is that safe?"

Lincoln leaned against the bar and thought about it, "Yes and No… I can tell you one thing, it's a hell lot safer than fighting your evil father", he was going to use this opportunity to talk about Daisy and her father. She had told him everything, ranging from Jiaying being her mother to Calvin being her father.

Daisy pursed her lips at that and looked at the beer in her hands, "Yeah… he's not a threat anymore"

"You did it?" He couldn't believe it, he felt like this weight was lifted off of his chest, so why didn't she? She looked like there was an added weight of guilt, "You don't seem happy about it"

Daisy chewed on her lip and simply said, "I just wish there was another way". Lincoln and Ward were the rare two people she could be real with, the two of them were the youngest of the group and the closest. While she was close with Yo-Yo, the older Columbian women was typically off doing her own thing, while she, Lincoln and Ward had an unbreakable bond.

Lincoln started thinking for a few seconds before he suddenly said, "Come with me"

What Lincoln had said didn't register until a few seconds passed and she realised what he was offering, "W-What?"

"My biggest regret isn't… losing the Afterlife, I mean yes I should've been there but… it's letting you go" Daisy's mouth dropped at the confession, she was feeling very confused, "For so long, I've let you go and do you own thing, whether it was joining HYDRA or going on suicidal mission to kill your deranged father"

"I made those choices, not you" Daisy knew that she was one of Lincoln's regrets, but she never wanted him to feel that way.

"You shouldn't have to make those choices. You were young, younger than anyone in the group. I should've showed you a way out of this violence" Lincoln felt like he could have done more for Daisy, that he could have changed the course of her entire life if he wasn't so selfish and focused on himself. Daisy opened her mouth to deny that but Lincoln cut her off, "That's why I'm offering you to come with me. Travel the world with me…"

Daisy smiled at the gesture but knew that she couldn't go with him, "You're literally going to areas of conflict Link…"

"I can quit the program, and we can just go…. I don't know, anywhere you want to" Lincoln looked at her with pleading eyes, she could tell that he meant every word but the thing is… she could never just go and live a normal life.

She put her hands on Lincoln's and shook her head, "I can't", her heart clenched when she saw Lincoln's eyes shatter. She remembered what Mack had said, and the warmth that May and Coulson had brought into her life and said, "I'm always going to be a soldier. That's the difference between me and you, while your hands save lives…. Mine ends them" she wasn't going to keep running away from who she is, she was a trained assassin and no matter where she went, death follows.

"It doesn't have to" Lincoln, forever the optimist, never thought of her as a monster. While she and Ward made self-deprecating jokes about how inhumane they were, Lincoln never saw them that way.

"Maybe not… but I need to stick around and find that out for myself" She looked over to her team and Lincoln followed her eyes.

He saw two… really weird and nerdy looking people talking to a crowd about different chemical reactions, two people dancing and making out on the dance floor, and a big muscular man who looked out of place in this bar, "That's the team?"

Daisy nodded her head, "That's the team" she confirmed.

"They look like a mess"

Daisy let out a chuckle, "Yeah… but their my mess"

Lincoln looked into her eyes and realised that she was actually happy with them. More happy than she'd ever be with him. He sighed and nodded his head, "Okay, but the offer still stands" he said with a smile on his face, "Now, tell me what happened to you after the funeral"

Daisy and Lincoln began talking for the next hour or so.

Mack looked over to Bobbi and Hunter who were now challenging people to a game of darts. Fitz and Simmons had calmed down a bit, but instead of showing everyone magic tricks, they were now on the other side of the bar, making the perfect cocktails for everyone, which was starting to piss of the bartenders since Fitz kept calling everyone stupid while Jemma lectured the bartenders on how to create a balanced cocktail. He turned his head to find Daisy… to see her talking to a young white man who looked too close for comfort.

Oh hell nah.

Mack stood up, leaving the science twins to go and stop this young man from bothering the youngest agent.

Daisy felt a familiar presence coming from behind her, she stopped laughing at what Lincoln said and turned around to see Mack, "Hey Mack" she smiled casually, she was going to admit, she was a little buzzed. She scrunched her brows in confusion when Mack casually pushed himself between her and Lincoln, practically shoving him out of the way, "Everything okay?"

Lincoln stood up from his seat and looked at the muscular man with a hint of intimidation but mostly confused as to what was happening, "Can I help you?" he asked while looking between him and Daisy.

"Yeah, step away kid" Mack said as he sat on the chair that Lincoln was previously sitting on. Daisy was too shocked by Mack's protectiveness.

Lincoln scoffed and then realised that this was one of Daisy's team members. He was ready to start arguing with the guy but he decided to be a nice bloke and not give the man a slight electrocution, "My name's Lincoln. Lincoln Campbell" he said as she wanted to make a good impression on Daisy's friends.

Mack looked at the guys hand and decided to scare this kid off. He stood up, with his chest puffed out and muscles flexing, and shook Lincoln's hand. Lincoln grimaced in pain when he felt the man's grip tighten, "Mack, now run along kid", Lincoln decided that he wasn't going to be bullied by Mack and sent out an electric shot which is only enough to release Mack's grip on him, "What the hell?" Mack shouted as he felt a static shock. He then realised that Lincoln wasn't just some random guy in the bar, he was actually an inhuman.

Lincoln smiled at the guy without a hint of bad blood between them, "Let me reintroduce myself, I'm Lincoln, Daisy's friend"

Daisy smiled and stood up before the two men fought. But before she could say anything, she heard a familiar voice shouting at her scientist friends, "What the hell are you guys doing in my club?"

"Oh no" Mack muttered as he ran over to FitzSimmons who were about to start a fight with the owner.

Daisy already knew that things were going to escalate, so she turned to look at Lincoln, and knew that he was thinking the same thing, "This isn't goodbye" she reassured, knowing that she was going to see him in the future.

Lincoln couldn't help but feel sad despite knowing that this wasn't a goodbye. A small part of him had hoped that Daisy would go with him, it would be alot less lonely and maybe he could help her heal. But he realised that Daisy wouldn't be able to heal if she was with him, "No, it isn't", he pulled Daisy into a tight and said, "If you ever change your mind…"

"I know" Daisy said as she pulled out of the hug and tippy toed on her toes to kiss Lincoln on cheeks, "Be safe"

Lincoln nodded his head and headed out while Daisy watched Lincoln leave the nightclub. She let out a shaky sigh, she didn't know why she felt sad, maybe it was because she felt like she was starting a new chapter in her life and that meant leaving behind her old one. She wiped away the lone tear and turned around to see Hunter and Bobbi were now arguing with a muscular man who accused them of cheating.

She then saw her ex-boyfriend on the verge of punching Fitz in the face but then clearly getting intimidated by Mack's protective presence. She quickly jumped over the bar and walked up to him, "Miles" she called out to her ex.

Miles head snapped around, turning to look at his ex-girlfriend walking over to him. A smile appeared on his face but it immediately dropped because the last time she was here, she and Ward had left a bloodbath of bodies.

Mack turned to look at Daisy with surprise in his eyes, "You know him?"

Daisy didn't want to explain it because she was embarrassed. Miles looked at the big man with confusion and then turned to Daisy, "You know them?"

"Mack, this is Miles my ex and Miles, these are my friends" Daisy introduced with an eyeroll. She could tell that Mick was judging her taste in men but she didn't want to hear it.

"You dated this… undeveloped ape?" Fitz asked sloppily as he tried to point at Miles, but his eyes were seeing double.

"Oh Daisy… you could do so much better" Jemma slurred her words but Daisy couldn't stop the small smile that appeared on her face at Simmons's words.

Miles was obviously offended by her words and shot Daisy an annoyed look, "Who the bloody hell are you guys?" he shouted, why did Daisy keep bringing annoying freaks into his nightclubs, "You know what? I don't care, just get out before you cause of a mess"

"We're not causing a mess" Fitz shouted accusingly at the undeveloped ape.

"We're making it better! You make terrible cocktails!" Jemma shouted with Fitz, "You didn't even balance the ethanol and sugar properly which created an unbalanced alcohol beverage!"

"Oh my god" Mack rubbed his head in embarrassment, who would have guessed that the science twins were this loud and annoying when they were drunk.

"A monkey could do a better job at measuring than you!" Fitz laughed with Jemma as they high-fived, clearly thinking that their insults were a burn.

"Daisy!" Miles shouted as he glared at his ex.

Before Daisy could tell the science twins to shut up and get out, she suddenly heard a brawl break out. She turned her head to see Bobbi flipping a fat man over her shoulder into a table and Hunter kicking someone in the stomach.

"Oh shit" Daisy watched as Bobbi and Hunter started fighting off a horde of men. She watched as Mack tried to break up the fight but managed to get punched in the face. Instead of stopping it, he joined in on the fight.

"They're your friends too?" Miles growled, clearly annoyed with Daisy.

Daisy sheepishly shook her head to deny it, but her eyes widened when she saw someone get punched in the face and was about to crash into Fitz and Simmons. She immediately jumped over the bar table and swiftly kicked the man in the stomach before they could crash into the science twins. She could hear someone running up to her from behind with a knife in his hand, so she quickly grabbed a beer bottle and smashed it over the guy's head which knocked the drunk man out.

Mack, Hunter and Bobbi continued to fight off the men and women who randomly started attacking them and each other while Daisy effectively defended the science twins from getting hit. Fitz passed Simmons a match stick and watched her stand on the bar table, "STOP!", causing everyone to stop temporarily to look at Simmons, she lifted the bottle in the air, "I will show you a magic trick", she lit the matchstick and dropped it into the bottle which cause a fire to erupt in the bottle…. But it died out in matter of seconds, "Not as explosive… interesting the amount of carbon dioxide-"

"Simmons! Get down!" Daisy shouted as she tackled the girl to the floor before she could get hit by a flying bottle. Fitz and Jemma were pouting in the corner with a glaring Daisy, "Both of you! No more pissing people off with your magic tricks or science talk"

"Bu-"

"Shut it!" Daisy shouted in an authoritative voice. She was definitely going to use this against them when they woke up, but now they were too drunk to realise that they could get hurt, "Stay here and don't move"

She saw both Fitz and Simmons pout at that but didn't care as she jumped back over the bar and tried to mitigate the situation, which was odd since she usually the one who instigated the fights. But she knew that there was no time to talk when someone tried to stab her. She kicked the knife out of the man's hand and pulled out her own knife from her boot and pressed it against his neck, "Leave" she growled menacingly. The guy was drunk, but not drunk enough to not be scared of Daisy. He took some of his buddies and ran out.

The fight went on for a few minutes until there were only unconscious bodies on the ground. Miles who was just watching the fight break out and glared at Daisy, "You're bad for business", before going to the back room.

Daisy sighed and went back over to the bar to see the science twins completely pass out. She rolled her eyes and was going to ask Mack to help her but before she could, she heard sirens from outside of the bar and immediately knew they were fucked.

Before the team could leave, police officers came storming in with their guns trained on them and shouted, "Put your hands over your heads"

"Oh fuc-"