I Wonder How My Child Will Fare With Wars & Bombs & Thieves
Daisy watches from the windows as they take off, the ATCU headquaters slowly sink into oblivion. Kebo had planted bombs all over the area before Shield arrived, and for good measure she flexes her fingers and the building vanishes into a cloud of smoke. Ward and Kebo have put Quinn in the interrogation room a few minutes ago and are waiting for him to wake up.
''He was wearing a tracker, it's been destroyed and his phone has been disabled Director''. ''Nice work Kebo''. ''Thank you Sir''. Daisy turns to find Coulson looking upon the exchange between Ward and Kebo with disgust on his face. Must be the Director thing. ''Daisy, all good?'' She glances at her phone, waits until the blue lines are filled and ready before she nods. ''The ATCU's accounts have all been taken care of, thier organization has been erased. They were never here''. ''Impressive''. Coulson praises, she winks at him.
''Skye''. Ward calls to her, she makes her way to where him and Kebo are standing. ''What?'' Grant says nothing, just pulls her to him and kisses her forehead. She melts into his embrace, runs her nose across his neck before planting a small kiss on his skin. ''You look really hot in this''. She whispers in his ear, he laughs and takes off his jacket. ''Ugh get a room''. ''Shut up Popeye you should be used to this right now''. He ignores them and plays Candy Crush on his phone.
''I'm talking to Quinn too''. She tells Ward as soon as the man in question wakes up, she can see him on the moitor as he lifts his head from the steel table, blinks slowly. ''Okay''. Daisy can feel the familiar dark shadow dance and sliver into her spine, she hates Ian Quinn. And he will die, today, by her hand. She tries to block the memory out but she can't, she's not perfect at it like Ward is.
*
''What did you do to him?'' She can feel when the bullet hits her skin, ice floods her. Skye has never felt pain like this before. She looks to Quinn, not believing he's actually done this. But he has. And he's walking up to her with the gun again and she can't breathe.
Quinn takes her in his arms like he has the god given right, and puts another shot in her stomach. Skye can feel every single inch of pain flowing and pulling at her. It's red and white and there's blood everywhere. Her blood. Oh god. And then he leaves her there on the dirty ground to die, like she isn't anything, not a human being, just nothing. It is then when Skye understands the cruelty of humanity at it's finest.
They will do anything to accomplish a goal. Even kill an innocent.
Skye lays there, growing cold and numb. The pain has passed, which she takes as a bad sign. She heard somewhere that your life is supposed to flash through your eyes when you're dying. That doesn't happen. Instead Skye lingers on all the things she won't do. She will never meet her parents, will never marry, never have children. Never become the Shield agent Ward believes she can be.
She finds herself stopping at Ward. His smooth clean face, those cheekbones she imagines on rare occasion running her fingers along. There's potential there somewhere, for her and him to become something. But now, now that future seems lost. He's too locked down and she's too, well, dying.
Darkness is taking over, Skye thinks she should panic, but it never comes. Instead she recites the prayer the nuns taught her all those years ago, surprising even herself that she remembers it. Her eyes are getting heavy. The last thing she feels is hands on her face.
*
''Skye? Baby you okay?'' Daisy comes back to the present with Ward's arms around her, his eyes searching her face. She clears her throat, ''you need to teach me how you block things out so well''. He gives her a sad smile, crushes her tightly to his chest. His hand joins hers in the center of her belly, Ward links their fingers together and squeezes. Daisy knows he still feels guilty about her being shot, but it was Garrett not Ward who loaded the gun. Who gave the stupid billionare the order to take her out.
''You want to go first?'' He asks her when they reach the door to the interrogation room. ''No, you can. Warm him up for me''. He kisses her lightly before walking in, leaves the door unlocked. Kebo wanders down a few minutes later, he knows her entirely too well, so she doesn't have to say a word for him to know she's not okay. ''You hungry? That annoying kid with the shirt I need to steal is making food''. Daisy cracks a smile, ''I'm good. I'm sure I can find that shirt online for you''. He winks, ''I'd appreciate it''.
He joins her at the wall, leaning against it, pulls out a knife and runs it back and forth across his knuckles. ''What started as a simple mission turned into a dead mom and some rich dumb ass trying to kill Ward. Didn't go exactly as planned huh?'' He nudges his elbow with hers and she sighs. ''Nothing about this went as planned Popeye''. ''You must be dying inside yeah? You know if I could I'd take your place''. Daisy lays her head on his shoulder. ''I just want this to be over''.
''Well once this idiot is dead, it will be. I bet we'll be home tonight''. ''I hope so''. ''Buddy and Peanut miss you and the Director''. She smiles, ''I miss them too. They're going to love Hydra junior''. ''Thought of any names yet?'' ''We have one, it's for a girl though. Don't have a boy name picked out''. ''Are you going to leave me hanging? I'd like to know the name of my god child''. ''Ellie Rose for a girl''. Daisy suddenly has tears in her eyes.
Kebo does too and he chokes out, ''that's so beautiful''. ''I know. Rose was Ward's sister's name''. ''I didn't know he had a sister''. ''He claims she disappeared, but I think he knows where she is''. They are interrupted by a groan from the other room, it's a painful sound and Daisy thinks she hears a bone snap. ''So when are you joining the party?'' ''In a minute, waiting for Ward to make him pee himself''. ''I give it five minutes''. ''Three''. ''Loser buys drinks''. ''I can't drink you moron''. ''Oh, right. If I lose I'll buy you dinner''. ''Deal''.
''So you and Shield seem to be on good terms''. Daisy shrugs, ''I guess''. ''They seem peachy with Ward. Thought they all hated him''. ''I think the fact that he's the father of my child made them softer around him. It's nice to see, the biggest regret Ward carries around is what he did to Shield, to our team. I think he's finally moving past it, this trip was good for him. I don't know if Shiled will ever fully forgive him, but whatever they're doing is a start''. ''I'm glad. He was a different man then''. Daisy nods in agreeement.
Daisy checks her watch and sighs. ''Screw this I'm going in''. ''Good luck''. There's anger in her bloodstream, her hands spread out before her and she throws open the door, iron and steel in her bones. Ward spares her a glance, backs up and offers her a smile. ''It's not really me you should be worried about''. Ian Quinn looks up from the blood on the table and freezes. Daisy can see the tiny spark of fear in his eyes and she feeds off of it. Good. He should be afraid.
''Long time no see''. She saunters into the room like she owns the place, sits in the chair directly across from him. Quinn hasn't changed much, still young and care free like he has the world at his feet. Same smug aura he's always carried around. Daisy feels the need to punch it off his face. So she does. Throws back her fist like May taught her and lands it in his jaw perfectly. Just the right amount of pressure to draw blood.
He spits on the floor before facing her again. ''Here to prove to me your not that same innocent weak little girl I shot in my basement? Hate to break it to you sweetheart but I really don't care. I followed orders, don't regret them''. ''You're going to''. Quinn cocks his head to the side at the change in her tone. She picked it up from Ward, it's cold and hard, almost bored. But boderline dangerous. It's all rough edges and she loves how Quinn reacts to it. Sees him shrink in his chair, just a tad.
''Did he tell you why he's offering five million dollars for your head?'' ''Nope. We're working on it''. Ward answers behind her. ''You know I thought you'd be happy that I was trying to kill him. He betrayed Shield, followed that crazy son of a bitch who was just trying to save himself in the end. Didn't expect Shield to defend him''. ''Things change Quinn''. His eyes roam over her, the smile he gives her makes her want to vomit. ''They do, don't they? You're all rough and stone like the Calvary now. Glad I could be of assistance, help you find yourself''.
''Ward did you hit him in the head?'' ''No''. Daisy feels him come up behind her. ''Look Ward what can I say? I have a lot of money, you were a loose end. That's it''. ''Loose end? Garrett gave you what you wanted''. Ian folds his hand cuffed hands onto the table. ''And who said this had anything to do with John Garrett?'' Daisy and Ward share a glance. ''Look Quinn we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Pick one''. Daisy says, Ward moves away from her and closer to Ian.
He turns his eyes to Daisy, ''I'd rather be trapped in here with you than him''. Daisy laughs. He doesn't think she can hurt him. That she's here for show, that she isn't capable of inflicting pain. ''Ward, turn off the camera''.
Honestly Daisy doesn't do as much damage as she could have. They need him alive for information. And Daisy doesn't torture people, she isn't going to let Ian Quinn change her into something she's not. Grant and her leave the room, her hands hurt. ''I'll tell Coulson we need more time''. Ward leaves her and Kebo in the hallway. ''Well that didn't sound good''. ''I just flung him around a litte bit, didn't even get up from the chair''. ''That's boring''. Daisy rolls her eyes and wanders after Grant.
She takes a turn and goes to the kitchen, downs almost half a box of cereal before Coulson finds her. ''He didn't give you anything?'' ''Nope''. ''Do you feel better?'' ''Yup''. And she does, if that's wrong on some level Daisy doesn't care. Quinn got what was coming to him, and once Ward finds out why he was targeting him, game over. Coulson takes a handful of cereal and sits beside her. ''I didn't expect him to be tough, at all''. ''Me either. Ward is going back in there so I doubt it will be much longer''. ''You have any theories on why Quinn is doing this?'' ''Not one''.
Daisy thinks Garrett might be involved somehow, that he gave Quinn some last order in case something went wrong. But Ward was his protege, he wounldn't want to cross him off. Right? It takes half an hour for Ward to come back to her, and to all of Shield's surprise, his has Quinn with him. ''Ward what are you doing?'' Grant is wearing a dangerous expression, Daisy can see the blood on his hands. He says nothing, just walks to the cargo bay, dragging Quinn along. They all follow, Ward stops at the entrance to the plane.
''Skye you might want to back up''. He tells her, Kebo pulls her a safer distance, knowing Ward's plan. With one hand he holds Quinn, and the other reaches for the button to release the hatch, he presses it. ''Grant!'' With a speed that's impossible, Ward has a firm hold on a steel bar, he's safe, he's holding on. Quinn however is slipping from the Specialist's grasp. Over the roar of the wind Daisy thinks she can hear him screaming. It only lasts for a few moments before Quinn is not connected to Ward at all, he's about to tumble out of the plane when Kebo leaves Daisy's side and grabs him.
Grant closes the door, looks back to make sure Skye is okay, and then looks down at Quinn. Who is now on the ground, crying. ''Are you insane? You pull something like that again on my plane I'll shoot you''. Coulson cries, straightening his shirt. No one comments, too focused on the man prostrate on the floor. ''I'll tell you! I'll tell you! The former leaders of the ATCU were hunting you, your file landed on my desk and it was too good to pass up''. Ward starts laughing, goes as far to clap Quinn on the shoulder. ''Did you really think you could kill me?''
Quinn doesn't answer, the plane is silent until his own laughter sounds. ''Something funny Richy Rich?'' Kebo asks, kicking the man in the side. ''Ward I thought John Garrett trained you to be smart. It's not smart to leave a tracker on a prisoner''. Kebo recieves a glare meant to kill and he back pedals. ''Ward you searched him yourself! I got the tracker''. Quinn's laughter dies down. ''You didn't check the one under my skin''. As if on cue May comes out of the cock pit, yells that have jets headed their way. ''You're lap dog is an idiot''.
Kebo looks outraged, ''why does everyone always call me a lap dog?'' ''They could refer to you as Ward's bitch''. Daisy comments as she pulls out her phone. ''True''. Daisy doubles the plane's defense, but much to her dismay the jets are too close. Grant appears by her side, takes her elbow. The plane rocks, Ward keeps them from falling. ''Coulson we've got a strike team trying to board the plane!'' Daisy yells, frantically looking at her phone. ''Ward if they blow up my plane I'm going to kill you!''
Grant rushes her to the kitchen, Kebo in tow. ''Grant now is not the time for you to be the over protective boyfriend, I'm not going to do anything stupid. I can't fight I know that''. Ward pulls out his gun, ''I know. Kebo stay with her until I come and get you''. Grant glances at the love of his life, she's trying to hide her panic from him. ''I'll be fine baby. I promise''. He kisses her cheek and goes back to the cargo bay.
It's quiet until May comes down, joins her and Kebo against the counters. ''Shouldn't you be down there with Coulson?'' May gets in position as the sound of a plane docking hits them. ''You're more important. Besides both Ward and Bobbi are down there, I'm not worried''. Daisy can hear when the men come down the stairs, Kebo and May take defensive positions in front of her, blocking the ex-Shield agent from view. Daisy has a bad feeling in her gut. She knew the whole mission went to well, Quinn even asked Ward if he really thought it'd be too easy.
Gun shots go off, Daisy hears the cracking of broken bones. A man appraoches the kitchen slowly, gun up. But he never gets to use it, his skin is set ablaze. There's no sign of Ward as the fight continues. Daisy knows he'll be fine, he's Grant Ward for god sake. But what no one counted on, and they really should have, was that Quinn had a trick up his sleeve. Suddenly the plane falls silent, it's quiet long enough to make her anxious. Kebo shares this as well, and goes to check it out.
''May what do you think is going on?'' ''Nothing good''. The Calvary cocks her gun as a shadow passes over them. It's Coulson. Daisy breathes a sigh of relief. It's short lived however when a man appears behind the Director of Shield, Daisy knows him. He's Inhuman. He's telekinetic, Lincoln warned her about him when she first started trying to rebuild the Afterlife, told her to not include him or search for him. ''Coulson?'' ''May don't move''. The knife from beside Daisy slowly drifts in thin air, heading straight for Coulson's chest.
''No!'' Daisy lifts her hands, May jumps in front of Coulson, a gun is fired. Daisy isn't sure who's going to make it off this plane alive anymore.