Chapter 27
Ward sat in the bar with a beer in his hand. His leg was healing and so was his arm, but being stuck down in the middle of Colombia meant that the only thing he could do was think. Think about what he had done since taking the drug… the images of him killing Kara plagued his mind. The two of them were in love well…. She thought that he was in love with her, but he wasn't.
He was using her.
That wasn't his regret.
His biggest regret wasn't even destroying the Afterlife.
It was what had done to Daisy. Daisy… and Jiaying. Gordon filled him on everything that he had missed.
Jiaying was Daisy's mother… and he had killed her.
He had killed Jiaying.
He was a monster…
Someone came up to him from behind, but he couldn't find it within him to care. He continued drinking his beer, until he felt numb. Numb of everything around him. He was tired… so bloody tired of feeling these emotions. It was why he had taken the drug in the first place. He hated being in control… he hated feeling like he had to be in control all the damn time. He was in pain.
"How long are you going to hide?"
A familiar voice that he hasn't heard since his HYDRA days, interrupted his drinking session. He turned around to see a Chinese mixed with Filipino man looking at him with a blank expression.
Ward huffed in annoyance and stuck up his middle finger at the agent, "Fuck off Giyera, I'm not in the mood". Giyera was a HYDRA operative, who was actually loyal to the organisation. The man had been a part of the military division, much like he was. The two of them were competing for the top spot in their division however, all of that went to shit once the experiments started.
Giyera walked to the seat next to Ward and sat down with elegance. It made Ward want to knock him out of his seat, but he thought that would be immature of him, "I heard about the Afterlife"
Ward really didn't need this guy to come here and rub it in his face that he destroyed the only safe haven for Inhumans. He didn't need to be reminded of the fact that he caused the distraction for Calvin to go and kill Daisy's mother.
"If you ask me, it's good that it's gone"
Ward's eyes flared up when he heard that but he knew better then to burn a hole through this man's chest, "I suggest you shut the hell up" he growled venomously.
"Jiaying's notion of peace is what got her killed in the first place", Ward's grip around his beer bottle tightened and it was only a second away from shattering in his hands, "If the Inhumans were like us… if they knew how to protect themselves instead of being hellbent on bringing peace then the Afterlife would have been a powerful place where not an even a mere human, could kill one of us"
Ward found himself actually listening to Giyera's opinion and to an extent, he couldn't help but think how true that was. If all the Inhumans were trained the way that he, Giyera and Daisy did, then none of this would have happened. No one would fear someone as weak as a human, 'I doubt you came all this way to give me a TED talk"
Giyera chucked at that, "We used to be rivals in HYDRA but I think we'd work better as a team now that we're no longer competing against each other"
Ward was surprised to hear the offer. He knew from his personal point of view, that he was willing to kill Giyera in the ring if it came down to it, "You want me to join HYDRA?... again?"
Giyera nodded his head, "Believe it or not, I respect you"
Ward felt a swell of pride when he heard that. He thought about it, but knew that if he joined HYDRA, then Daisy would be pissed, and she was already pissed at him, "I can't join" he replied coolly. He'd be lying if he said that he didn't want to join.
"I think you can" Giyera knew exactly what to say to make Ward join their cause, "Gordon has already agreed in fact, he's off doing a mission for me right now"
Ward's eyes shot up at that. Gordon… his mentor re-joined HYDRA? Gordon hated HYDRA even more then he hated humans. It didn't make any sense for him to join them, "Bullshit, Gordon hates HYDRA"
Giyera nodded his head understandingly, "He does… but I'm not speaking about the HYDRA that you know of, I'm speaking about…. Ever heard of Project Distant Star Return?"
"Stupid name so no" Ward said.
"You should learn about your history a little more"
Ward raised an eyebrow, his interest was starting to peak by the seconds. This was a hell lot more interesting than S.H.I.E.L.D. He was starting to feel bad for Daisy who was restricted by rules and regulations.
"Long ago, an early Inhuman named Alveus was created to become the leader of all Inhumans however, he was banished into the monolith by humans which sent him to another planet named Maveth" Gideon said, knowing that this would intrigue the inhuman,
"His followers believed that he didn't deserve to be trapped, hence the creation of HYDRA"
Oh yeah, this was definitely interesting, and he bet that the other Inhumans would be interested to hear this. He smirked when he heard that there was an Inhuman Leader trapped in this other world, "You're a part of the original HYDRA, wanting to find Hive" he realised.
"We are… so will you join me in finding our leader?"
Coulson had his arm crossed over his chest as he looked at the face of the man who he had assumed was dead. So this was it was like for everyone to see him again. One minute, your dead, and the next, you're not. Although… he was different, because had actually died unlike Gonzales who he only assumed had died.
However, much to his surprise, Gonzales's face wasn't the only one that appeared on the screen. Agent Anne Weaver, the head of the science division and another High Ranking S.H.I.E.L.D officer, appeared on his screen.
"Imagine my surprise when Agent Morse and Agent Mack informed me about this meeting"
Coulson wasn't pleased with Gonzales but he kept his voice steady and firm, "Imagine my surprise when I found out that Agent Morse and Agent Mack were sent to infiltrate my team" he replied with bitterness in his voice. May smirked when she heard that Coulson wasn't going to be the nice-guy that everyone expect him to be.
"In my defence, I didn't know if you could be trusted. Sorry for having trust issues after the HYDRA takeover"
"Like wise, which is why I hope you can understand why I'm so pissed about you having two agents infiltrate my team" Coulson wasn't going to let that go, he was lucky that it was Bobbi and Mack and that they were genuinely good people who kept Daisy's inhuman abilities a secret.
"I'm a reasonable man Phil Coulson. I understand that my actions may have severed your trust in me however, I hope that you're also a reasonable man. Agent Morse told me that you don't want a power struggle, and nor do I"
Okay, there was some good news in this pile of shit that was suddenly dumped on them. Maybe Gonzales wasn't the biggest threat that he had to worry about, he might even a person who he could learn to work with, "What's your proposal?"
"For one, I'd like to have a meeting face-to- face. I would like to see the kind of man that faced death and came back from it"
"We can arrange that" Coulson knew that there was a reason why he wanted to come to the base, probably because of Nick Fury's toolbox that contained all the secrets to rebuilding the organisation.
"I'd also like Nick Fury's tool box"
There it was, "Sorry Gonzales, I can't do that", he couldn't just give it to someone who he didn't trust, especially not when Nick Fury himself entrusted the powerful yet small object to him, "Plus, it seems like this is a one-way deal"
Gonzales visibly didn't like that Coulson wasn't accepting his terms of conditions, but he was a smart man. Coulson was the director of S.H.I.E.L.D and has been for over an entire year, it would be worrying if Coulson handed over the tool box too easily, "What's your condition?"
Coulson had discussed this with Bobbi and Mack, he knew that they ran off a democratic system and that they were distrusting of how much power he held, so he was going to be a bigger man and prove to them that this wasn't the S.H.I.E.L.D that they once knew, "I'm aware that you guys have concerns about me, and fair enough but you guys don't know me. You don't know what I've done to rebuild this organisation and I'm also aware that I don't know the struggles you went through to fight HYDRA off to protect your base"
Gonzales leaned back into his chair as he listened to Coulson speak, the man was good at speeches and he had to admit, that he was slowly starting to respect the man. He trusted his agents judgement and knew that Coulson wasn't someone he could underestimate, after all he did rebuild the organisation all on his own, "What are you proposing?"
"One S.H.I.E.L.D. One Organisation" Coulson stated confidently, if Gonzales didn't agree to his conditions, then there was going to be an inevitable power struggle and no-one wanted a fight, "I will continued to act as the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D however, I will run it under your advisement"
Gonzales pondered on that, he wasn't against the idea if he was being honest, "Give us a moment to discuss", he said before muting himself and his other confidants. Coulson watched as Gonzales spoke to the other S.H.I.E.L.D officials. He was starting to feel like the nerd at the party while all the cool kids talked. He looked back at May who was glaring at Gonzales for putting them on mute. A few minutes later, Gonzales unmuted the chat and let out a soft hum, "We agree with your terms"
Coulson felt like he could breathe out the air that he didn't realise he was holding in. There wasn't going to be another meaningless, war, which was more than he could ask for, "Good, now I think it's only fair for me to know where your location is based since you know where I am"
"I'll be sending you the coordinates"
Coulson smiled at that, but their meeting was interrupted when the office's tablet started to ring. May picked up the tablet and walked out of the office, "We'll meet soon"
"I'm looking forward to it, Director Coulson"
Coulson hung up on the chat and turned to look at May who walked back in with an annoyed expression. He knew that whatever she was going to say was bad news, "Oh no… what did the team do?"
Daisy couldn't believe that she was in a bloody holding cell right now. She turned her head to see that Simmons was sleeping on Fitz's lap, while Bobbi was sleeping on Hunter's shoulder. She could see the disgust in Mack's eyes when he saw the couples passed out on the bench. He was going to kill them all when they wake up.
"You know, never during my 10 years of working with HYDRA, have I been caught" Daisy complained. She's never been caught by the cops before. Yes, she's been in a cell and in handcuffs before, but that was because she wanted to be caught to find the enemies base.
"This isn't my fault, blame the drunks!" Mack shouted equally as stressed. Being in a police station, when he was black man with big muscles that created an intimidating image, didn't help his case at all.
"When Hunter has an idea, usually it's a bad one!" Daisy quietly shouted when she saw the police officers come back into their office. She eyed the police officers who looked at Mack with suspicious eyes, great, they had racists police officers. It was getting better and better.
"Both of you, mind explaining to me what had happened?" A white police officer asked as he walked up to the cell and saw that the other's friends were knocked out.
"I don't know officer" Daisy said casually as she put her arm through the gaps of the cell and looked at the police officer with an intimidating look in her eyes that made the officer flinch, "How about you come a little closer and I'll tell you all about it"
Jesus Christ, Mack could not believe that Daisy was intimidating an officer right now. She didn't know that these officers were the enforcers of the law right? You know what? She probably did but she didn't care. Mack pulled Daisy away from the gates and let out a chuckle, "She's going through that age", he could tell that the officer wasn't buying it.
"What exactly is your… relationship with each other?"
Daisy opened her mouth to say none of his business but Mack pushed the young assassin behind him and put on a friendliest smile that he could muster, "They're my siblings", both Daisy and the officer shot him a disbelief, "Never heard of adoption"
"Right… Do you have any form of ID on you?"
Mack nodded his head and pulled out his wallet where his ID was and gave it to the officer who went to check out if this was a first time offence for the man. Daisy leaned against the metal bars and watched as a few brutes that instigated the fight, were shoved into the cell with them. The men caught her eye and snarled at her, "What are you looking at bitch?"
Mack whipped his head around when he heard the crude insult being hurled at his fake-foster sister, "Hey! Watch your mouth!" Mack growled as he took a step towards the man who's breath smelt like a dying wet dog.
"Why don't you make me?" The drunk man shouted as he tried to throw a punch at Mack but before he could, Mack caught his punch and slightly bent back the man's wrist to make him yelp in pain, "Pl-please let go!"
"Apologise to my sister first!"
Daisy knew that he had to keep this act up, but Mack didn't need to call her, his sister. Oh god, why the hell did she feel happy at him calling her that? Was she that desperate for his approval and brotherly love? No, she didn't care about anyone's opinions… oh, who was she kidding. Yes, she did.
"I'm so-sorry"
Mack let go of the man's hand and returned his attention to Daisy who was looking at her to see if she was okay, but instead of seeing anger he saw amusement in her eyes and he realised what he just said, "Don't"
"I wasn't going to say anything… Big Bro" Daisy teased with her tongue poking out of her teeth. Mack couldn't help but crack a smile, he turned back to the officer when he called his name. The man returned the ID back to Mack and told him to wait for a bit, "We need to get out of here" she whispered to Mack.
Mack nodded his head, sooner or later they were going to figure out that these ID's were fake, "You have a plan?"
"Depends, are you okay with having your entire existence erased?"
"No" Mack still had family he cared about, he couldn't just disappear off the face of the earth and Daisy knew that, which is why didn't have a plan.
"Then no", if it was just her in here alone, then she could have easily escaped and erased any evidence that she was here, but since she knew that Mack and the rest of them possibly had family, she couldn't do that.
"You were going to erase us from the system" Mack realised as he sat down on the floor while keeping his eyes trained on the other inmates. He didn't trust them to not make another move, "How many times have you done that? Erase yourself from existence?" he asked curiously.
Daisy looked down at her fingers and put up two fingers.
"Twice? I know about the second time, but the first?"
"I had to erase my existence from the orphanage" Daisy explained, that was a tough one since the nuns kept a physical copy of everything, they were very sceptical, about technology, claiming it to be the devil's work.
"So what is your real name?"
Daisy bit the insides of her cheeks and looked at the police officers who were filling out paperwork. She sighed and new that Mack was going to laugh, but she felt comfortable enough to tell him, "MarySuePoots" she blurted out way too quickly that it made it sound like one word.
A huge smile appeared on Mack's face, "I'm sorry…. Can you repeat that?"
Daisy shot him a glare and growled, "Don't forget I still have my powers"
Nope, that did nothing to wipe of the stupid grin on Mack's face, "Mary Sue Poots?" he restated and started laughing.
"Screw you" Daisy muttered as she looked back at the police officers, trying to devise a plan. Mack tried to catch his breath but he couldn't. While Mack was laughing in the back, Daisy saw something glimmer in an officer's pocket and knew that it was a phone. If she could get that phone, she can send a message to Coulson… however, the guy's phone is going to self-destruct if she did it… meh. She didn't care.
She looked at the brute men who looked like they were waiting for a reason to start a fight with someone. She was pretty sure that he was ready to fight even his own friend if he had to. She walked over to the guy and sat down next to him, when Mack saw what she was doing he instantly tense up but Daisy eyed him, saying that she had a plan.
"What the hell do you want?"
"I usually don't get involved in other people's business… but you seem like the top dog around here"
Tip #1: A man's ego is also their weakness.
The man sucked in his stomach and pointed his chest out, "I am… what's it to you?"
"Well… I heard one of your men saying that you're nothing but a little bitch because you couldn't beat the sleeping stick figure over there " Daisy whispered softly, just so he could hear. She watched as the man's turned redder than a brought tomato, "Are you really going to let him talk about you like that?"
The man shot up and walked over to his matter, "I always knew you were a backstabbing cu—"
"Language" Daisy said as she quickly rolled away from the men who were starting a brawl. She stood up and waited by the door, "Officer!" she called out to the cops. The police officer's eyes widened and they immediately ran into the room and began unlocking the cell.
"Stand away from the cell!" Daisy and Mack put their hands up in the air, so the officers could see that they weren't the threat.
Daisy watched as the white man came in and knew she needed to make her move. She watched as the brute man shoved the police officer back, so Daisy quickly ran behind the officer, slipped her hand into his pocet and pulled out the phone. But she underestimated the force of the push, and felt the officer's elbow digging into her burn wound, and they both came crashing to the ground.
"Tremors!" Mack ran over to Daisy and helped up on her feet, the officer turned around and shot them a glare for getting in their way but ignored them as there was a brawl happening.
With the police distracted Daisy quickly turned around and pressed a 10 digit number into the key pad and let it ring. When she saw that the brawl was dying as the men were now being detained in handcuffs, she hanged up the phone and walked up to the police officer, "Sorry for getting in your way" she apologised coolly as she slipped the phone back into his pocket.
The officer ignored her and took the brutes out of the cell before locking them back up.
"What the hell was that?" Mack shouted, he saw Daisy unintentionally raised her hands to her torso, "Are you hurt?"
"Calm down Big Mack" Daisy said casually as she slid down the cell and sat on the floor with Mack following, "I just sent a distress call to Coulson"
"You have a plan for every situation don't you?" Mack was impressed with Daisy's ability to adapt to any situation.
"I've been trained to do it my entire life" Daisy replied back coolly.
Mack sighed and began thinking about this trust that he was building with Daisy and he knew that he couldn't hide his secret anymore. He knew that he was supposed to wait for Coulson's approval, but how was he supposed to keep lying to Daisy when they were becoming closer.
"I've been lying to you and the team"
Daisy stopped tapping her finger against her knee and turned to look at Mack with a worried expression on her face. She wondered if this had anything to do with Mack's daughter, if it did then she didn't know why Mack had such a guilty expression plastered on his face, so she was going to assume not. She kept her mouth shut and allowed Mack to get the words out of the mouth. The next few minutes, he spent explaining to her about the real S.H.I.E.L.D and how he was actually sent to infiltrate Coulson's team. He then went on to explain how he was sorry for lying to her.
Mack felt like a weight was lifted off of his chest, but when he turned to look at Daisy, the young girl had a blank expression on her face, he wasn't sure if this was her being pissed, or her trying to comprehend everything that had just been said.
"What did you tell them about me?"
"That you're an Assassin who did a few jobs for HYDRA and now works for Coulson"
He wanted to explain to Daisy that he didn't tell Gonzales about her inhuman origins because he trusted her and hoped that she could trust him back, but he knew that he would be doing it for his own sake rather than for Daisy.
He watched as Daisy's face remained blank, and before he could ask her about her thoughts, someone walked into the police station. Both Mack and Daisy's head snapped towards the door where they saw Coulson and May standing in the doorway. Daisy didn't realise how relieved she felt when she saw them.
"Who are you?" The white police officer asked as he walked over to the people who walked into their office.
"Us?" Coulson asked back as he reached into his pocket and showed him a badge, "I'm with the FBI, and you have my kids locked up"
Daisy hook, jabbed and crossed the punching bag. She was in more control of her emotions, but she still felt the need to hit something. She doubted that she was feeling angry, she knew anger and this wasn't it. Daisy was feeling something else… she was feeling calm but wary. She knew she trusted Bobbi and Mack, even she had her doubts about them since the two always seemed distant, but at least she knows why.
She had to remind herself that she didn't have the right to be angry, she was working for HYDRA after all, yet they seemed to accept her. She didn't want to create unnecessary drama with them and it's not like they outwardly betrayed her… maybe Fitz and Simmons, but not her.
"Another nightmare?"
Daisy heard Mack's voice coming from the hallway, but she decided to ignore him and throw punches at the bags at full strength. Fitz had fixed the watch so now the inhibitors were working, which was actually a relief. Now she could work out without holding back. Controlling her powers was one thing, but being able to turn it off and on like a switch had its perks since she didn't need to be in control all the time.
"Are you ignoring me?"
Daisy was planning on ignoring him, but she knew that was petty and unnecessary. She wasn't even mad at Mack, she just didn't want to deal with the drama. She knew that having two S.H.I.E.L.D organisations, both perceiving the other to be a threat was dangerous.
"I know it wasn't the best time to tell you but I just needed to get it off my chest"
Daisy heard the guilt dripping in his voice, and that was enough for her to know that Mack didn't mean any harm. She couldn't imagine how hard it must have been for him to lie for an entire year. He must have been prepared for the consequence, he had an entire year to think about it. She stopped punching and turned to look at Mack who was hovering in front of the door way like a… giant lost puppy, "Telling me when we're stuck in a prison cell is not the ideal way to tell someone that you're an undercover spy"
Mack didn't hear any malice or anger in her voice, which was a good sign right? He slipped his hands into his pockets and walked over to her, "I'd admit… not my best plan of action"
Daisy smiled at him and knew that she wasn't going to hold anything against him, "Well… it could have been a lot worse, you could have told me that you were HYDRA"
Mack chuckled at that, "Yeah…"
Daisy saw that Mack was still feeling guilty and decided that they could both vent in the best way that she can think of, "Want to spar?"
Mack plopped down onto the couch, breathing heavily after getting his ass kicked by the younger agent. Daisy walked over to the fridge and got two cold bottles of water and walked over to the couch next to Mack, "You improved" Daisy said while giving him the water bottle.
Mack shot her a glare, "I don't need to be mocked", the amount of times that Daisy managed to flip him over and throw lethal strikes, made him glad that Daisy was on their side and not HDYRA's, "Did you get all your anger out?"
Daisy had to admit, she did. Mack was like a boxing bag… but she couldn't use her full strength in case she broke a rib or two, "Actually I did, it's nice sparring with someone who can't land a punch", she cheekily teased.
Mack couldn't believe that Daisy was rubbing it in his face that she was better than him, "Oh… you're going to regret that"
"Am I?" Daisy felt care-free when she was able to spar and talk to Mack like this, with no hidden agendas or anything to hide. She realised that she was tired of hiding who she was, she just wanted to be Daisy Johnson.
"Show some respect, I'm a higher ranking officer than you Agent Mary Sue Poots" Mack shot up from the couch when he saw Daisy lift her hand up in an attempt to throw the water bottle at his head. Daisy jumped over the couch and began chasing Mack down into the meeting room where Coulson and May were discussing something that seemed important.
They immediately froze in their spot. Mack cleared his throat, trying to appear as though he hadn't been chased by a 20 year old girl who was upset over him using the embarrassingly funny name while Daisy casually waved her hand at the two agents.
"You both seem to be in a good mood" Coulson couldn't help but feel his mood being lifted when he saw Daisy's infectious smile. He had forgotten how much he missed having Daisy around.
"Especially considering how you guys almost spent the night in a cell" May's tone made both Daisy and Mack unconsciously stiffin. They both felt like they were being scolded by their mum. Well, Jiaying never scolded Daisy… she never got the chance too.
Oh fuck, nope.
Not going down that lane.
"Blame Hunter" Daisy automatically through the older agent under the bus. She would do anything to protect her team, whether it was from HYDRA or even Inhumans, but from May? Nope, she would gladly sacrifice one of them in order to save her own skin.
"Yeah, the guy started the fight and suggested we go there", Mack was also not ready to face May's wraith, he had heard stories… and he did not want to be on the other end of it. Daisy nodded her head in agreement and May found it hard to keep her stoic expression when Daisy and Mack were acting so chummy, especially Daisy who was crying in her arms a couple nights ago.
"Anyways A.C, what's with the long faces?" Daisy asked while gesturing to the frown that was on his face before she and Mack interrupted them.
Coulson opened his mouth to speak, getting ready to tell her that another team of S.H.I.E.L.D will be coming to their base in a couple of days, but before he could, everyone heard a faint beeping noise.
"Wh-Wh-"
"Be quiet!" May hissed at Mack whose voice was hindering the noise.
Daisy turned the inhibitor off so she could feel the vibration of the object… wait a minute, "It's a bomb" Daisy muttered causing everyone's eyes to snap towards her. Before Daisy could explain herself, she quickly flipped the table and shouted, "Get down!"
Instinctively, everyone hid behind the table that Daisy had just flipped, just in time. A loud explosion that was enough to shake the entire facility, caused everyone to flinch. Loud, heavy footsteps came marched into the base through the hole that they just created and Daisy got ready to quake them away but Mack recognised one of the voices of the men and put his hand over Daisy's watch to turn on the inhibitor, causing the young inhuman to glare at him but he sent a look back that said to trust him.
Mack slowly raised from his spot with his hands in the air, "I'm unarmed" he shouted.
"Agent Alphonoso Mack" The Agent leading the operations pushed his men out of his way and cautiously walked to the respected Agent.
"Agent Tomas Calderon, what the hell is going on?" Mack shouted as he saw the S.H.I.E.L.D agents surrounding his team with their guns loaded and pointed at their heads. He could see burning anger in both Coulson and May's eyes, but Daisy's eyes were cold, she looked like she was on the verge of killing all of these guys and he couldn't let that happen.
Calderon gestured to his men to cuff the other agents, "Sorry Mack, we should have given you a notice" he apologised with sincerity as he passed the man a gun. Mack looked down at the gun with confusion, he wasn't going to shoot his damn team.
"Gonzales and I had a deal" Coulson stated as the S.H.I.E.L.D agents put his hands in handcuffs.
He looked over to May who muttered to Daisy, "Play along", which was good. Coulson watched as the tension from Daisy's body left, meaning that she wasn't going to make a move, not yet anyways.
"You did until you broke the deal!" Calderon shouted as he walked over to Coulson with menace in his voice. He turned his head when he saw a young kid who he was going to assume was the assassin that Mack and Bobbi had reported in, "You're younger than I imagined"
Daisy raised an eyebrow, "Your dumber than I thought" she didn't know the guy, but he was stupid for thinking that these metal handcuffs could restrain an assassin like her. The man just smirked in her face.
Before Calderon could say another word, Agent Morse and Hunter came storming in with their guns trained on the intruder who had interrupted their slumber, but Bobbi's hand faltere when she recognised the agent, "Agent Calderon?"
"Agent Morse" Calderon looked over to Hunter who was still pointing his gun at them Bobbi knew that Hunter might accidentally set of a series of unnecessary events if he fired a bullet so she quickly disarmed Hunter and knocked him out. She knew he was going to be pissed about it when he woke up but right now, she needed to deal with the situation at hand.
"Sorry Hunter"
Bobbi flinched when she remembered that Hunter was not only going to be suffering from a hangover, but also from a headache from her knocking him out with her elbow. She watched as both May and Coulson looked at her as if she had just betrayed them, and she didn't blame them. She swears to make it up to them when she figures out what the hell is going on. However, the most odd reaction to all of this was Daisy who looked completely unphased by the entire ordeal, she realised that Mack or Coulson must have told the young agent the truth. She saw a red light beaming from Daisy's watch which meant that her powers were being suppressed. Good, it would be bad if Daisy exposed her superpowers to them.
"Good to have you back Agent Morse" Calderon said as he walked over to Hunter and gestured to his men to handcuff him.
"Mind telling me what the hell is going on?" Bobbi asked as she unloaded the gun and put it into her back pocket, "Gonzales gave orders to stay on base, stating that Director Coulson and him have agreed to a set of terms"
"Yeah well, the director over there broke a term of the contract"
Coulson looked over at May who was shooting piercing daggers into the back of everyone's head. Yeah, she wasn't buying any of this. She was betting that Gonzales just wanted to start a war and take Nick Fury's toolbox.
Bobbi sighed and new that wasn't possible. She was with the entire team last night and Coulson had his meeting with Gonzales during the same time. There was no time for him to plan, but she knew she couldn't openly defend Coulson or her team here. She looked over to Mack who was staring at her, waiting for orders from her.
"Okay. Hold them downstairs in the vaults for now" Bobbi ordered, the men nodded their heads and dragged everyone down to the vaults, including the unconscious Hunter. She knew she needed to talk to Mack privately, but that was going to be hard with all the agents around here. She needed to go and make sure that Fitz and Simmons were okay too, the two of them could sleep through a goddamn storm.
"Clear the area. Don't use lethal force against anyone who resists. We are all on the same side" Mack ordered the remaining men. They nodded their heads to their superior and walked off to clear the base of any threat.
Daisy walked over to the walls and saw the tally marks on it. It was similar to the ones that she scraped into her walls back in HYDRA. She wondered who was in this cell before her.
"Ward"
Coulson's voice interrupted her thoughts. She turned around and saw Coulson sitting on a wooden chair, Hunter lying unconsciously on the mattress, while May was leaning on the wall, her composure told the S.H.I.E.L.D agents that she was as calm as a cucumber, but Daisy saw the slight veins popping out of the older Agent's neck.
"Fitting that the two of us ended up in the vault" Daisy stated sarcastically as she sat on the mattress that Ward probably sat on. She leaned her head back against the wall and turned off her inhibitor so she could sense how many people were on the base. Both May and Coulson knew what she was doing and remained silent, letting the young girl concentrate.
"Everyone's accounted for. FitzSimmons are in the lab room with Bobbi and other armed men" Daisy said as she opened her eyes, "So… what's the plan?"
"First, we need to know why Gonzales betrayed us" Coulson stated, something was off about this. Gonzales was definitely not HYDRA and he seemed okay with the idea of him being part of the committee that advised him. What the hell happened between now and then?
"Oh… bloody hell my head", Daisy eyed Hunter who was starting to wake up from being knocked up. He slowly sat up and looked around, "Did I drink too much last night or did Bobbi knock me out?"
"Both" Daisy said.
"That bloody hellbeast!" Hunter shouted as he walked over to the wall, not seeing that there was a barrier.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you"
But Coulson's warning was a little too late as Hunter walked straight into the barrier and fell back on his ass. Daisy couldn't help but snort at how stupid he looked, which earned her a glare, "What the bloody hell are you laughing at? In case you haven't realised, we're trapped here!"
"Meh" Daisy wasn't worried about being trapped. Not by S.H.I.E.L.D or anyone. Not anymore.
"Hunter, calm down" Coulson didn't like the tone that the mercenary was using. He knew that Hunter was pissed but he had no right to take it out on them.
"Calm down? Bobbi and Mack just betrayed us!"
Daisy didn't believe that. She could see the doubt in Coulson and May's eyes but knew that it was because of the HYDRA takeover. She personally wasn't affected by the takeover, so this situation didn't bother her. Now, if she was being betrayed by Bobbi and Mack who she genuinely thought were the bad guys, then she'd be pised.
"We don't know what's going on," Coulson stated. He needed to keep his head clear.
"Why don't you just use your pow-"
May instantly threw a punch across Hunter's face, stopping him from talking, "There's security cameras and audio" she growled as she shoved him into the wall.
Hunter was ready to snap in May, but he realised that he almost spilled Daisy's secret to the traitors… that was if Bobbi hadn't informed Gonzales yet. He nodded his head and said, "I'm sorry" to Daisy. Knowing that the young girl didn't feel comfortable with anyone but them knowing about her powers.
Just in time, Bobbi came walking down with two agents by her side.
"Bobbi! You blood traitor!" Hunter shouted as he banged against the wall.
Daisy saw Bobbi flinch at Hunter cursing at her but Bobbi kept her composure.
"Director Coulson, Gonzales would like to speak to you" Bobbi's voice remained cool and collected, it reminded Daisy of the tone she used when they were in HYDRA. She gestured for the Agent to drop the barrier, allowing Coulson to walk out. Daisy looked over to May who gave her a slight nod.
Daisy secretly clenched her fists, causing the security camera to malfunction. No-one seemed to notice except May. Bobbi looked at them apologetically before guiding her director who was fuming, back into his office.
Daisy sighed in relief when all of them left.
"Daisy, can you quake the barrier?" May asked as she watched the young girl clench and unclench her fists.
"Don't know, guess we'll find out" Daisy raised her hand and fired a test quake. The second the vibrations released from her arms, it bounced right back at her which caused her to fly into the wall.
"Daisy!" May instantly dropped down next to the young agent who looked more annoyed than hurt.
"Is this what it's like to be hit by my powers?" Daisy groaned as May helped her back up onto her own two feet.
"Yeah… how about we don't try that again?" Hunter said, slightly fearful that the bundle of vibration will be redirected into him.
Daisy curled her fingers around her hips and began to think of what to do next. She had an idea, a potentially stupid idea, but still an idea. Without saying anything, Daisy walked over to the barrier and placed her hands on the barrier.
"What the hell is she doing this time?" Hunter questioned, pointing at Daisy.
"Be quiet" May growled as she took a step back with Hunter.
Daisy closed her eyes and began concentrating on flowing the power into her hands. She tuned everything out, the sounds of May and Hunter, the sounds of the agents upstairs, and the sounds of every buzzing technology in this place. Daisy had to make sure to not go overboard, because if she did then this entire base would shake, alerting the other SHIELD that they had a powered individual in their hands.
Daisy felt sweat dripping down her face as she continued to rip a tear into the barrier. She let out a slight grunt of pain when she felt her head hurting from using exerting this much pressure into one spot. Something began trickling down her nose, and she knew it was enough to worry May since she the older agent moved towards her. But Daisy ignored her and continued to emit the vibration… until she found a tear. She slipped her fingers through and began opening it, large enough for May and Hunter to get out, "Now!" she shouted.
Hunter didn't waste anytime, he crouched underbeathe Daisy's arm and walked out. May was a little more hesitant, but she knew she didn't have any time to waste seeing how Daisy was struggling to keep the gap open.
Once May got out Daisy let go of the barrier and collapsed into her back. Her breathing was heavy, as if she had just ran a marathon. May's eyes widened when she saw Daisy still stuck in the vault with her nose bleeding.
"I'm fine" Daisy said as she caught her breath and stood up in her own feet.
"Your nose"
Daisy lifted her hand up to wipe the liquid, and saw blood, "I usually use my powers in short intervals" she explained so May didn't worry too much, "Go to A.C, I'll be fine"
May clenched her jaw, "I'm coming back for you"
Daisy knew that she would. She plopped down on the mattress and watched as Hunter and May ran to get Coulson out of here. She sighed and closed her eyes as she began to think about what she would do if Coulson gets thrown out of his position.
If Coulson isn't the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D then she was no longer a S.H.I.E.L.D agent.