A/N: Hey everyone. This chapter's a little short, but I hope you like it nevertheless. I'm trying to work on there not being long breaks in between chapters on this story like I've had in so many others. Lol.
I guess there was some good in him all along, and I hope that Skye comes back to you.
Ward wasn't sure what to think regarding all this talk of other dimensions, but one thing he was sure of was that he'd never be the same without Skye in his life. He kept hoping that the other woman, Daisy, would reveal that she had been Skye all this time and this was just part of a plan to get herself involved with Shield without explaining her Hydra ties. But Ward could see the truth in her eyes and knew that once Daisy left him, his Skye wouldn't be coming back. And yet, here she is now; safe, sound, and resting peacefully in the Shield containment module. He was at a loss for words. It was like something out of a dream.
"How?" That was the only word Ward could get out.
"Long story. Let's just say it's a miracle," Radcliffe answers.
"When will she wake up?"
"In another 40 minutes or so," Strange answers. "I must warn you, Mr. Ward, that some of Daisy's memories and experiences will be mixed in with Skye's due to Daisy's consciousness briefly taking over hers'."
"How much of it will be there?" Ward asks getting closer to the containment module's window.
"Unknown. We'll have to wait for her to wake up first." Ward felt his heart sink. The look in Daisy's eyes when he touched her was still fresh in his mind. Living in a world without Skye was one thing, but living in a world where she was afraid of and maybe hated him? That's something Ward wasn't sure he could handle.
We'll cross that bridge when we get to it, he thinks. For now, just be glad she's all right.
"This module. Are you sure it can contain her Inhuman powers?" Ward asks.
"With 100% certainty," Strange answers.
"I just thought of something," Radcliffe says. "Even if this module can keep her from tearing the building apart, won't the hundreds of people above us still feel the ridiculously strong tremors her powers will generate when she wakes up thus causing mass panic? You couldn't have thought to have dropped her off miles away from civilians?"
"You need not worry about that, Doctor. Everything has been handled. Now then, Mr. Ward, when Skye does wake up, I will do everything I can to help her learn to control her powers."
"Are you Inhuman?" Ward asks.
"No, but I know a thing or two about people with powers from my time in the other world. I will require your assistance, however, as Skye trusts you."
"Of course. I'd do anything to help her." Ward grabs a nearby chair and pulls it up to the module's window. He sits down and just stares at Skye's resting body. "Getting her to trust me is gonna be difficult though when she learns I'm with Shield and what became of Hydra."
"Just what kind of agent was she?" Radcliffe asks.
"Skye was…well she wasn't a sadist like Madame Hydra or The Doctor, but she still followed orders without question. She was also something of a cynic where work was involved. Being Agent May's protege didn't help her outlook on life either. She was an orphan and not a self-made one like I attempted to be. Her parents just disappeared. She got on Hydra's radar trying to hack their mainframe to find out about them and she should've been killed for that. From what I've heard, Daniel Whitehall insisted she be made part of Hydra instead giving her the one thing she'd been trying to find for 25 years."
"What was that?" Radcliffe asks.
"Family and purpose. Breaking those bonds won't be easy when she wakes up. "
"Speaking of her parents, in the other world, she actually found them," Radcliffe reveals.
"Really? What were they like?"
"I don't know. There wasn't a whole lot about them written in the files I read, but it sounded like it didn't end well. Figured you'd want to know incase Skye gets Daisy's memories of them too. Oh and Whitehall tried killing her mom. She's definitely gonna be pissed if she remembers that."
"Are there any other surprises I need to be made aware of?" The exasperated Ward asks.
"Um, no. I think that about covers it."
Miles away from Shield Headquarters sits a quarantined field. Beneath the field lies hundreds upon hundreds of murdered Shield agents. The ground in one particular section appeared like it had been disturbed not long ago and had since been refilled. A hand suddenly breaks through the ground and someone pulls themselves out from under the dirt.
"Holy shit," Jemma coughs as she finishes pulling herself up. She shields her eyes from the light of the sun with one hand and grabs his throbbing head with the other. "Easy, Jemma. Calm down," she whispers to herself and opens her eyes back up. She pulls part of her shirt down and doesn't see any bullet holes from where she had been shot.
"I'm-I'm alive." She says. "I'm alive?" She repeats in disbelief. "This isn't possible-ahhhh!" She screams as her head feels like it's on fire.
If I ever see you again, I will kill you.
No way to prove it. You won't know until they kill you. There's no way to know until they kill you!
Fitz would never hurt an innocent woman.
I couldn't find the courage to tell you, so please, let me show you.
NOOOOO!
The images stop and Jemma falls back into the grass. Her heart feeling like it's ready to burst out of her chest.
"What-what the Hell was that...what the Hell was that?"
To Be Continued…
