Back Stabbing Bullet Coming Out of That Gun
It doesn't take long after Lincoln leaves the room and Ward returns, to figure out that he heard their entire conversation. His jaw is set, there's a dangerous look in his eyes. ''She tried to kill me again''. Ward sits next to her, takes her hand. ''My mom tried to kill me again, what kind of a mother does that?'' Daisy cries into his shoulder. ''Should I tell Coulson about Lincoln?'' ''Do you want to?'' ''I don't know. Yes and no, I don't want Coulson to get hurt again. He's had enough agents betray him for one lifetime''. They both ignore the fact that even after everything, she still cares about Coulson.
Simmons comes to check on her every hour, Daisy learns that May has been posted outside her door all day. They're still afraid she might be a target, that the other Shield agents weren't the only ones working with Jiaying. ''You want to hear something funny?'' Ward asks her as she's drifting off to sleep, it's been hours since the explosion, her pain pills are kicking in. ''What?'' ''I think Fitz might have forgiven me''. ''Did you not believe it when Mack told you?'' ''I had to see it for myself''. She smiles, rolls her head to his side of the pillow and kisses his nose.
''You're a good man Grant Ward, how could he not?'' He smiles. ''And if Fitz can find it in him to forgive me''. He trails off, clears his throat. ''Then you think everyone else on the Team can too''. She finishes for him, caressing his jaw. He scoffs the idea off, tells her it's a stupid idea, to forget about it. ''Grant it's okay to hope for things''. ''No, hope gets people killed''. Half of Daisy thinks that John Garrett will never truly leave him alone. He's like a ghost, a rash Ward can't rid of no matter what he does. Ward switches topics, asks if she needs anything.
''You. I need you''. ''I'm here''. She falls asleep on his chest, her plan going into motion as soon as the sun rises. Ward was right, hope does get people killed. When Daisy wakes she finds Coulson and Ward standing over her, for two men that can't stand to be around each other, they look rather realxed. ''What's going on?'' She feels better, her head no longer hurting, leg doesn't feel like someone is cutting it open. Coulson crosses his arms, looks her over. ''Daisy I'm taking you out of the field''. ''Hate to break it to you DC but I don't work for you anymore''. ''That's irrelevant. Your life is in danger and you're out''.
Daisy glances at Ward, who surprisingly has put up no argument. ''Wait hold on, while I've been sleeping you just decided for me that I'm not fit to be in the field?'' ''If you were still my agent, you'd agree with this no problem''. ''DC you have no right or power to do that. If I want to continue with this mission, I will. I don't care if you don't like it''. Coulson sighs, relaxes his posture. ''Daisy your mother just tried to take us out, you got caught in this mess, it won't happen again. This is too personal for you, you're done''.
''And who in the hell made you in charge of me? It's my life, that's my mother''. ''Skye''. Ward is using his gentle soothing voice, she has the urge to smack it off him. ''I know that it's your life, but right now it's in jeopardy and I don't want to lose you. I think we need to let Shield handle this and go back home''. Daisy can't believe what she's hearing. Do they really expect her to just give up? ''I want to talk to you alone''. She tells Ward through clenched teeth. ''The plane will be ready in the morning to take you back. Daisy for what it's worth, I never should have tracked you down to deal with this in the first place. I didn't want you hurt''.
''Just leave DC, please''. He does, and once Daisy is alone she chunks her pillow at her boyfriend. He catches it, tosses it on the floor. ''I don't know who the hell you think you are, but you don't tell me what to do. No one does. She's my mom, my responsibility. Yesterday I was ready to go back home. But not now, not when Jiaying almost got me killed and I found out she's rebuilding the Afterlife. I'm going to find her with or without Shield's help, that includes you too''. Ward expected this, he approaches her slowly.
''You know I will do whatever I have to to keep you safe. Skye your mom set off a bomb, not caring that you were here while she did it. According to Lincoln she was relying on your powers to save you, she had no intention of saving you herself. She doesn't care about you, why waste your time trying to save someone like that?'' ''She's my mom''. ''That doesn't matter, not anymore. She crossed a line, again''. ''Maybe she doesn't matter to you, but to me she does. I'm not just going to abandon her''.
He takes her hands, puts them on his chest. ''Skye we can be home in a few hours, don't you want that?'' Daisy takes a moment to asses him, the wild look in his whiskey eyes, the desperation set in his face. He isn't hiding his panic like he normally would to get her to do something, he really wants her to give this up. How could he do that? ''Grant home will be waiting for us when this is over, it's not over yet. I'm not leaving until Jiaying is dead, or until I do everything in my power to try and talk some sense into her''.
Daisy watches him soak up the information, sees that he doesn't accept it. ''You could die''. She cracks a smile, ''are you doubting my survival skills babe?'' ''Not funny''. She takes his face in her hands. ''I will be fine, you and Coulson need to stop worrying''. The door opens and Simmons is unwrapping a package of gauze. ''Oh, Daisy, I need to change the dressings on your leg''. Ward backs away, and Daisy does not like the look she sees him sporting. He leaves after a few minutes, and for the first time Daisy doesn't look on the securtiy feed. Apparently the one thing that he and Coulson can agree on is thinking they can control her.
''Your friend is an ass''. Daisy growls into the phone, Simmons has just left and Daisy felt the overwhelming desire to call Kebo. He always knows what to say. ''Good to hear from you Quake, I'm fine. You know you and the Director haven't checked in with me since you left, I haven't been worried sick or anything. I'm going to have a stomach ulcer after this, you two better not die or I am going to seriously kill everyone''. ''Popeye I'm sorry, things have been crazy''. ''Is your mom really alive?'' ''Yeah''. ''Damn. You okay?'' ''Not really''.
Kebo sighs, she hears Buddy barking and Kebo yells at him to shut up. ''You better be nice to my dogs Popeye''. ''Daisy, what's going on? What did Ward do now?'' She proceeds to tell him everything that's happened. ''A bomb? Quake what the hell?'' ''I know''. ''Well she's just the best mom in the whole world yeah?'' ''Tell me about it. Grant wants me to come home, says it's too dangerous''. ''Does he not remember you have powers? That you were trained by Melinda May herself?'' ''Right? I don't know, when I'm in danger he goes back to thinking I'm that girl in found in LA again''. ''But you're not''. ''Tell that to him. What do I do Popeye?''
''Well if I were in your shoes I'd tell Coulson and Ward to piss off. I understand that Ward lost you once and all that, but he should understand that this is your mom, you don't really have a choice. Quake if I could, I'd come and tell them myself''. She laughs, ''I know''. ''So rebuilding the Afterlife huh? That sounds pretty nice. You want to play a part in that don't you?'' ''You know me. I failed my people twice, I want to actually do something good for once''. ''I get that. What are you going to do?'' She sighs, tests her leg. ''I have a plan''. ''I figured. How stupid is it?'' ''Pretty stupid, I had to adjust if after I woke up and learned I was in love with a moron''.
''Daisy just be careful okay? And you and I both know deep down Ward is just scared. He never thought he'd ever have a chance with you after everything that happened. When you joined Hydra I'd never seen him so happy, I don't want him to lose that''. ''I agree, I'll be careful''. ''Get home safe okay? And soon, I'm going to shoot myself if I have to clean up dog poop one more time''. She chuckles. ''Thank you Popeye, for everything''. ''You know I'd do anything for you. See you Quake''. ''Bye''. A knock on the door sounds after she puts down her phone. ''Come in''.
''Hey Tremors. How you feeling?'' ''Better, a lot better. How is everyone?'' Mack sits on the end of her bed. ''Good, we're all fine. Just wanted to come check on you''. They talk for a while, eventually Daisy decides to get the ball rolling. ''Is Lincoln around?'' ''Yeah, want me to get him for you?'' ''Please''. He winks at her and leaves, Lincoln enters the room a few minutes later. ''I want in''. She tells him as he stands before her. ''You do?'' ''Yeah. Lincoln I made mistakes before with our people, I want to make those right. Jiaying is rebuilding the Afterlife and I want to help, I need to''. ''She also wants to destroy Shield''. ''And I don't need to be apart of that''.
He nods. ''Alright, I'll let her know. But Daisy are you sure? I mean she did almost kill you, again''. She pushes that down, saves it, lets that simmer in her stomach. ''I'm sure''. ''Okay I'll give her call, let you know what she says''. ''Okay''. Put a check on part one of her plan, the second part is going to be tricky. When Ward is done pouting he comes back around, carrying food and pain pills. ''Hey''. ''Hey''. He sits in the chair by the bed, hands her a glass of water. ''Skye we're leaving in the morning. I know that I can't tell you what to do, and you know given any other ch''- ''Stop''. She takes the pills before responding.
''I understand that you're worried about me, and you're right. After talking to Lincoln I agree with you and Coulson. Jiaying almost murdered me, she doesn't deserve my help''. Thank god her eyes were closed so he couldn't look into them, then he'd know she was lying. He either really does believe her, or he's letting it go. Either way he slips into the bed beside her, wraps both arms around her, kisses her forehead. ''I love you''. She relaxes in his embrace. ''I love you too''. And she always will, no matter what.
Night falls quickly, Ward is dead asleep, she hopes. She slips out of bed as quietly as she can, careful not to rustle the sheets or shift the pillows. Daisy pulls the bag out from the closet, freezes when her foot hits the door. Ward is silent as the dead. A part of her knows he has to be awake because neither of them can sleep without the other. Both wake up when the other person leaves the covers, Daisy holds her breath, pulls out her ICER, weighs it heavy in her hands. "If you use that on me I'm going to be so pissed".
His eyes open and he turns on the side lamp. "What the hell are you doing?" "Grant I have to do this my mom needs me". He sighs, runs a hand over his face. "You know this is wrong". "It's not that"- "That's exactly what it is Skye. That's why you're leaving in the dead of night because you know it is, and you waited until I was asleep so I wouldn't find out. Because you can't stand the fact that even I know this is wrong". Daisy shrugs, "she's my mom. That's the only explanation I have". Ward gets up and puts on his shirt. He's angry, his jaw set. "I'm leaving, you don't have to come with me'''. ''You lied to me''.
The hurt makes her stomach sink. Things weren't supposed to go down like this. "I am not going back home Grant, you can't force me''. He sighs, she's running out of time. "Look are you coming with me or not?" She adjusts the bag on her shoulder, ignores the tears pricking her eyes. In a desperate motion she aims the ICER at his chest and fires. He didn't prepare himself because he never thought he'd have to, not again, not with her.
Lincoln is waiting for her at the end of the hall, smirks when he notices her alone. "Where's Hydra boyfriend?" "Asleep". The walk to the Quinn jet is full of silence, Daisy is already feeling the guilt stabbing her in the chest. Ward is gong to be so mad at her. "Still can't believe you've been working with my mom this whole time". "Why are you surprised? Of course I was, she took me in when no one else would". "I don't know, you don't look like the betraying type". "Neither do you". They don't make much small talk after that. Getting the jet was the easy part, thank god Lincoln knows how to fly one. They are up in the air in no time. "So where's the new Afterlife?" "An abandoned island far from here". Well, that raises a red flag. "An island? That's all I get?" "It's in Hawaii". "Definite improvement from last time". He doesn't share her humor.
Right before Ward came back that night, Lincoln called her and told her Jiaying wants her to join them at the Afterlife. It's not finished, but it's still there. How could she refuse? Ward. God. She really screwed up here, he's going to be so mad. No doubt find her, if anyone could hope to find the Afterlife, she'd bet her life it's him. Daisy rises from the chair, runs to the bathroom and empties her stomach. This is her plan. Get Lincoln on her side. Check. Get out of the Playground by whatever means necessary. Check. Find out if her mother really is a threat. If not, let her go. If so, take her out.
Laying her head on the toliet, skin chilled and eyes wet, she knows this is what she has to do. This is one of the hard calls she had to make. Daisy only hopes that it's the right one, that when she gets back, Ward wil forgive her. He has to. He's all she's got.