A/N: I've never written any Agents of Shield stories, but I've read a lot of good ones. Eventually this will become a crossover with the Avengers. I do not own Agents of Shield. Hope you all enjoy! :)
Daisy woke up on the verge of tears. Nightmares again. The memory of stone crawling up her body and suffocating her plagued her memories. Daisy was having horrible dreams ever since her transformation years ago. Letting out a huff of breath, she threw her blankets aside and sat up in bed. The clock on her nightstand told her it was 6:47. It was still early. She wouldn't be assigned to a mission for at least an hour, which thankfully left her enough time to shower. Daisy trudged over to her closet and picked out some clothes. Everything she owned was black, so it wasn't too hard to decide what to wear. Then she hopped in the shower, the water getting so hot that it turned her skin pink. She didn't take too long, after all, she has a job to do. After getting out and dressing, Daisy was about to put on her shoes when she heard a knock on her door. She quickly grabbed her gun out of her nightstand drawer and pointed it at the entrance.
"It's open," she shouted. Daisy was sure she knew who was there, but you could never be too careful in this business. The door slowly opened and Ward stepped in. Daisy noticed he was holding a file.
"Seriously?" he said and Daisy holstered her gun on her hip.
"What do you want Ward?" she asked.
"We have a job to do," Ward stated, handing over the file. Daisy took it from his hands and read the headline, Project Blizzard. She flipped open the file as she turned around, walked over to her bed, and sat down. While she was reading about this new mission, Ward stepped further into the room, arms crossed. After a couple minutes, Daisy looked up.
"So, are you in?" he asked.
"How much is the pay?" she inquired, handing him back the folder. There was no point in taking a job if she couldn't live off of the payment.
"It's enough," he was quick to answer. Daisy still had a lot of questions, but she knew it would be worth it. Jobs were getting harder to come by these days. She pulled on her combat boots and stood up, walking pass Ward and out of her apartment.
"Let's go," she told him and he shook his head, following her down to the street. Daisy's van was parked in the alley next to her home. Just as she was about to head over to it, Ward grasped her arm, stopping her.
"We are going to HQ. We can walk," he said. Daisy twisted her arm, grabbed Ward's wrist, and pulled his arm behind his back.
"Don't touch me," she sneered, then started walking toward HQ with Ward trailing a few paces behind. They were only a block away when Ward strode up to Daisy and broke the silence.
"All you have to do is get in, find Donnie Gill, and make him come with us. One way or another. Got it?" he stated.
Daisy rolled her eyes. "I read the file Ward; I know what I'm doing"
The two came up to the tall building that hosts the laboratories. After sharing a glance, they walked in. The receptionist looked up from behind his desk as they they walked by, but didn't say a word. Once at the elevators, both Daisy and Ward scanned their thumbprints on a small glass panel. The small screen beeped then the doors opened. When they stepped out of the elevator, they were surprised to see the hallway lined with agents.
"Hail Hydra!" they all exclaimed. Daisy gave them a nod in acknowledgement before continuing down to her employers office. Ward was still trailing behind Daisy, but he was close enough to make her want to shiver. She squared her shoulders and took a breath before pushing open the double doors and entering the office. A large wooden desk sat in front of a set of windows and an agent was positioned on either side of it. A man was standing behind the desk staring out at the city when he wave his hand, signaling for the agents to leave. Daisy walked up to the desk and dropped the file on it as the man turned around.
"Go to the jet, I will get the men," Bakshi said. He started to walk out of his office when Daisy grabbed his arm.
"I want double," she added. "He's got powers. I want double."
"If you succeed, you will have what you desire," informed Bakshi. He yanked his arm out of her grip and continued out of the office. Ward and Daisy followed him, but soon took a different hallway and headed to the armory to gear up, then to the roof.
Kenneth walked around the corner into the labs. He immediately walked up to his coworker.
"Mr. Turgeon, hello! I was thinking of going over to Salties," his coworker stated. "Happy hour and karaoke could be a load of-"
"Uh, Ms. Simmons," Kenneth stated.
"Call me Jemma," she said.
"Jemma," he repeated. "You are wanted upstairs for questioning."
"Is this regarding my analysis-"
"It's a security matter," he interrupted. Jemma froze and a look of worry swept across her face as she suspected that her cover was blown. "Uh, yes. These men will escort you," he explained as two armed guards walked into the labs. He looked back at Jemma. "What did you do?" he asked.
"Nothing. I haven't done anything."
"Well, then I'm sure you have nothing to worry about."
One of the guards spoke up, "Ma'am, come with us." Jemma glanced at Kenneth before the guards led her to the elevators which took them to floor 25. Jemma was then led to a conference room where a man stood at the end of the table holding a folder.
"Ms. Simmons," Bakshi said. "Have a seat." He then looked at the guards. "Leave us. Stay close... In case there are consequences." Bakshi walked up to where Jemma was sitting and dropped the file in front of her. "You've been lying to us, Ms. Simmons. Not long ago, you were a level 5 Shield agent."
Jemma quickly spoke up, "Yes, before Shield's fall. I was candid about my work history."
"You left things out," Bakshi explained.
"If I did, it wasn't intentional-" she stuttered.
"Stop... lying," Bakshi retorted. "You've been doing cellular analysis for Project Blizzard, yet didn't inform your supervisor that you knew the subject." He pulled out a newspaper from the file which had a photo of Jemma at a Shield Academy with Donnie Gill. Fear ran through Jemma's veins as she stared at the photo before explaining.
"I didn't realize it was Gill until yesterday, when I saw a photo in Kenneth's file. I-I would have said something-"
"Yet you didn't. What else are you hiding?"
"I didn't want to corrupt my analysis; analysis which I'd done before I knew who it was. I-I barely knew him."
"You saved his life."
"Only because I happened to be at the academy giving a le- a lecture."
"You seem nervous," implied Bakshi.
Jemma scoffed, "Because I am. I was escorted here by armed guards. I'm well aware of who I work for."
"Hmm. Let's discuss your previous employer. Why did you join Shield in the first place?"
"I was a 17-year-old girl with two PhDs and a million questions. Shield had the resources to help me answer them, now they don't and Hydra does."
"So your loyalties are with us?"
"My loyalties are with science. So long as Hydra allows me to do the work I want to be doing, then yes, my loyalties are with Hydra"
"Well, loyalties can be tested," Bakshi says as he picks up the folder and walks out of the room.
Jemma took in a shaky breath after realizing her cover was still intact. She knew she was a terrible liar, but was happy that she kept it together. After a couple of minutes the guards came back and directed Jemma out of the room and down a series of hallways. She noticed quickly that they were not heading towards the labs. Jemma started to hear a clicking noise as she walked down the hallway, which she soon recognized as guns being loaded. She turned the corner and noticed Bakshi standing with six armed guards. He turned around and looked at her.
"Ms. Simmons. Do you have anything warmer?" he asked. After noticing her confused look he stated, "I'll grab you something before we leave."
"Leave?" Jemma questioned. "Where to?"
"We've found Donnie Gill. We've tried bringing him into the fold before. Now we have a second chance. With you, a friendly, honest face. Maybe we'll have better luck."
Jemma looked at the guards who were gearing up, then back at Bakshi. "He's dangerous, isn't he?" she asked.
"Don't worry," he said. "We'll have your back every step of the way." Bakshi grabbed a jacket from one of the guards and handed it to Simmons. "Suit up. It's going to get cold."
A/N: If you haven't noticed, Daisy's side of the story won't be canon, but everything else should be (I think?) I introduced Simmons using a direct scene from the show because I needed to show how Bakshi didn't trust her, but that will be the only direct scene from the show that I plan on using. Please review and send me any ideas you have for the story!
