''Who is this woman?'' Ward yelled over the gunfire in front of the tombstone that was shielding his body, he tapped his shoulder lightly and brought the same hand back only to find a lot of fresh, red blood on it. The stinging pain radiated through his shoulder and the rest of the body, though it was not as bad because huge amounts of adrenaline were coursing through his veins.

''Long story!'' Daisy yelled from his right side, also hiding behind a bigger tombstone, she wanted to use her powers, but at the same time she knew that she'd only bring more confusion towards herself from the-already-confused Ward.

He nodded, pretending to be satisfied with her answer. ''We have to run, Skye.'' He yelled as the sound of gunshots got closer, he peeked through the corner of the stone and saw that the figure of the woman was getting nearer within every word they spoke. Daisy nodded in agreement, and motioned towards a bunch of trees in front of them.

''Should be enough cover for us to run without getting shot again!'' She exclaimed through the ear blasting sounds. One after another, Aida's shots kept missing. Daisy was up on her feet when the shooting subsided, she quickly leaned to her right side to sneak a look at what was going on. ''Now!'' Daisy yelled, giving more that a louder signal that indicated for Ward to run whilst Aida was reloading her gun with annoyed and angry groans. As soon as Ward left his spot, his hand against his shoulder, Daisy took off after him, leaving Aida behind.

Before they managed to round the corner of the grave site, Daisy turned her heard back only to find two men dressed in black dragging Aida gently into a rich looking dark car with tinted windows. ''They must be working for her.'' She whispered to herself in disgust and followed after injured Ward. His shirt was dark red and the blood didn't stop oozing out of him.

They made it into a dimly light alley and Ward slumped against the wall in pain, snapping his head to the side, he saw his flesh ripping off of his wounded shoulder. Daisy knelt down in front of him and flinched at the gruesome site that she was looking at. ''Are you okay?'' The words came out of her dry lips before she could even process saying it, Daisy would've never thought she cared enough for Ward to ask him such question. To care. She didn't think she cared enough. But again, he took that bullet for her.

Ward nodded, slightly dazed at everything that had happened, ''Since yesterday...'' He began and stopped in deep though to think of what to say next, ''You've been acting weird, so weird that I can't even process anything anymore. You leave the house-the house where we have lived together for years and refuse to talk to me, then the next thing I know when I find you is that we're being shot at.'' Ward explained, almost yelling, but he managed to contain his emotions in tact. He was beyond confused-scared even.

''I think there's something I should know, Skye, and I think it's a good time for you to start telling me now.'' Ward said with a confident nod, Daisy wasn't sure what to think of it, he'd probably assume whatever she said would be false because it was really hard to believe. She, herself even knew it was stupid, but this wasn't real. This was all programming. But how could she explain it all to some programmed being?

Ward was not real. Nothing around her was. The only people that were real were her family and friends...the ones plugged into the actual machine.

With a sigh, Daisy began talking, ''You won't believe me if I tell you.'' She said with a shallow breath and searched for any kind of confusion on Ward's face.

He furrowed his brows, ''Try me.'' His face was laced with curiosity and the expected confusion.

Daisy sighed again and rolled her eyes while getting closer to him, ''You'll think I'm an idiot and possibly a person who needs mental help.'' She said and placed her shaky hands on top of his shoulder before squeezing tightly, making him flinch in pain.

''Oh come on, you've been acting weird since yesterday, it's a bit too late for me to think that you need mental help only now.'' Ward said and bit his tongue in order not to let out a sound as he felt her hands on top of him, pushing in the bullet deeper into his wound, though it did help in stopping the bleeding.

She rolled her eyes at his attempt to be humorous and held back the urge to smack him right there and then, but he was injured enough, and of course, she didn't blame him this time. Anyone would be confused under those circumstances, nobody would believe her that this all wasn't real.

''I said try me and tell me.'' Ward said, breaking the silence between them.

''Fine.'' Daisy bit back, and gritted her teeth, ''Nothing here is damn real. I'm looking for my friends and family that have been put here by an android-the same woman who tried to kill us.'' She tried emphasizing her words whilst speaking, just in attempts to prove to Ward that she was not lying.

Ward shook his head in confusion, completely ignoring his stinging shoulder, ''Put here?'' He questioned and Daisy simply replied with a nod. By the look that sat on his face, it was obvious that Ward was finding it hard to believe her.

''Listen,'' Daisy said, grabbing his attention instantly, ''You're dead in the real world-where I come from and I have no idea what Aida put me with you, I don't even know why you're calling me Skye, but it's clear that she wants to mess with my head whilst I'm here. No,'' She said, stopping herself in her little explanation that didn't even make sense to her.

With wide eyes, she looked at Ward's, which were still filled with love for her, ''Aida had made a copy of me long before I was here.'' Daisy said with her eyes wide, ''That's why I ended up with you, I mean I'm not sure why with you, but here. I ended up here out of all the many other places where I could have ended up in.''

All of this still didn't fully make sense to her, but she was slowly getting it. Piece by piece, she would solve this...

But first, to get everyone back, she needed to find Simmons, who was still the only one here-expect for Aida- who knew about this all. Knew that this was not real. Just programming.

''We should go to the hospital.'' Daisy suggested, eager to change the topic. Changing the topic wasn't the only thing that made her say that, she cared for Ward, because he was different. He was different in a way she had always imagined and hopped him to be.

Ward shook his head, surprising her, ''I'd be too much to explain,'' He stopped, and that again surprised Daisy, ''Plus, I would prefer going back home to get some happiness there, and maybe, we could fish this thing out.'' He pointed at his gnarly looking shoulder while attempting to stand up.

Daisy stepped forwards and reached out for him, helping him get up. ''How far are we?'' She asked and looked at his bleeding shoulder.

''Far.'' Ward replied and waved with his uninjured arm for the taxi, the taxi pulled over in front of them, the driver that smelled of smoke looked at Ward's shoulder before minding his own business.

Without any extra traffic, the ride back wasn't as long as they had expected. The both of them made their way up the stairs right after Ward paid the cab driver. He slipped the key in and unlocked the door, revealing the same, cozy apartment where Daisy had first woken up.

She closed the door behind them just as Ward sat on the black leather sofa, it was the brightest spot in the house which allowed them to see where the bullet was. Simmons would have had it all figured out, and it was more than one reason for Daisy to get her back as soon as she could.

''I can do it myself.'' Ward said, tilting his eyebrows up when he saw her just staring at the wound blankly. Daisy nodded, thinking that his idea was indeed better. ''There's a clean knife on the kitchen counter.'' He said and pointed towards the kitchen, Daisy grabbed the shiny, sharp knife and brought it back into the lounge area.

Ward stretched his arm out, waiting to receive the knife, Daisy hesitated but soon gave it to him.

He took a damn bullet for you. He doesn't want to hurt you. He does NOT want to kill you.

She quickly reminded herself that in her mind and as soon as she re-opened her eyes Daisy saw a bullet rolling on the floor beneath Ward's shoes. He was holding his shoulder in pain that made almost all of his body ache, Daisy went back into the kitchen right after grabbing a soft, white towel from one of the chairs, she placed it under the tap and brought it back to him.

Ward hissed when she pressed the wet towel to his shoulder, ''Are you gonna tell me more?'' He questioned and debated in his mind whether she was crazy or not.

Daisy shook her head, ''Not now, first, I need to find the Simmons, then we could both explain it to you if you're still willing to listen.'' She said and Ward simply nodded.

''I'm always willing to listen.'' He replied before letting out a groan when he felt the towel digging deeper into his bloodied wound.

''I need a drink.'' Daisy said out of nowhere and stood up, leaving him alone. She made her way into the nicely furnished kitchen and turned on the tap, placing the clear glass under it. A fresh smelling newspaper attracted her attention.

They even have newspapers in the framework?

Daisy asked herself in her mind, thinking of the many ways it could be useful. She wondered what news were shared in the framework, was it far different from the real world?

The front page was covered in big, bright blue letters.

-Malibu

LA

-Nightingale plaza-20:00

-South Pasadena-14:00

-City hall-17:00

-A

-Park (Griffith)-12:00

-I

-N

-Getty center-11:00

With one last look at the first page of the newspaper, Daisy stopped scanning it for useful information and went back to help Ward, though her mind was still filled with ways of finding Simmons.

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