Chapter Two
Ward woke up in a containment room. He realized he was on the floor and he had a pounding headache. He slowly looked around and noticed there was a bed and table with a booth. There was also a door that probably led to a bathroom. He realized there were octagon shapes on the walls and the walls were pure white. Ward sighed and closed his eyes shut. It's Shield. Great. Then all of his memories flooded back to him. I saw Skye and had an actual conversation with her. And then I breathed in the dust. Ward looked down at his hands. Did I really do that?
"What is going on?! How did Ward become an Inhuman?!" Hunter demanded to know. "Doesn't he have enough power already?!"
"Daisy was distracting him very well," Simmons explained calmly. "And I was trying to get a plan going when-"
"When I freaked out and thought Ward was going to shoot Daisy so I grabbed the bottle of dust and threw it at him," Fitz admitted, clearly ashamed. "It was my fault."
"You were just scared," Simmons comforted and put a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay."
"How did Hydra get in anyway?!" Skye asked and looked at Coulson who looked at Rosalind.
"They put a tracker on me," Rosalind sighed. "I didn't know one of my good friends was Hydra, and when I last saw him he hugged me good bye, placing a tracker on me."
Skye glared at her. "How could you let this happen!-"
"Daisy!" Coulson scolded. "It wasn't her fault. The point is, we took out all of the Hydra agents and managed to capture Ward."
"Can someone explain to me why we haven't shot him yet?!" Hunter yelled and pointed at the tablet that showed Ward in the containment room.
Everyone looked at Coulson who looked at Skye.
"What do you think?" He asked at last.
Skye looked at him, surprised. "Me? Seriously? You're putting this responsibility, onto me."
She looked at the tablet that showed Ward. Well he does have great powers. It would be wrong to put him down now that he is Inhuman. "Well he's Inhuman now," Skye said at last. "And that means he's my kind now, he's like me. I know this sounds super weird and twisted, but I'm not sure if I can kill Ward."
"WHAT?!" Hunter yelled.
"Hunter he's Inhuman now," Skye said. "That means he has a destiny."
"Oh stop talking nonsense!" Hunter yelled.
"Do you think I like talking nonsense?!" Skye yelled back. "I hate Ward! I'd be happy to put him down! But I have a responsibility to every Inhuman out there! I have to keep them safe and train them to control their powers and help us! Ward's Inhuman now!"
"Enough!" Coulson yelled. Everyone become silent and looked at Coulson. Rosalind and Lincoln stood there, very confused. Then he turned to Skye. "I would like to have a moment alone with Daisy."
Everyone sighed, some agents exchanging glances, and left the room. Coulson turned to Skye and held the tablet in his hands. "Do you really think you can even talk to Ward without killing him? And what happens if he kills you? He's dedicated to Hydra."
Skye looked at Coulson for a long time, thinking. "He'll be too scared to do anything," she said at last. "That's how everyone is when they first get their gift. Then he'll realize how to control it. And by then I will have influenced enough on him and he will be good again."
"How come you didn't have hope for him ages ago?" Coulson asked and looked at Skye curiously.
"Because he wasn't Inhuman then," Skye replied. "Now he's one of me. And even if I hate him, he's my responsibility now."
Coulson sighed and looked at her. "We could just kill him-"
"I don't want to be my mother," Skye finished. "She killed Inhumans. And I'm supposed to not be like her."
Coulson nodded. "I understand. But I want you to feel safe around him first."
The door slowly opened to the containment room. Ward looked up to see Skye. To his surprise, she walked right in and closed the door behind her. Huh. No fear there. Ward got off the booth and walked over to her, keeping his distance. Skye stared at him with a nasty glare for a long time.
"What is she doing?" Hunter asked as him and the team watched Skye glare at Ward on the tablet.
"She's warning him that if he gets too close she will bite," Bobbi replied.
Ward stared back at her with an unreadable look.
"What's happened to me?" He finally asked, breaking the silence.
"You're an Inhuman," Skye answered. "You're like me."
Ward looked at her as amusement flew across his face. "I'm like you? Wait, wait, wait, let me get this straight. Did you just say I'm like you?" He asked and pointed from him to her.
Skye looked at him ridiculously.
Ward scoffed. "Remember all that time ago when I said that you and I aren't that different? And you denied it and said I was a monster. Well now I'm like you. See, I was right all along."
"Enough!" Skye ordered as Ward looked at her, taken back. "The point is, you're Inhuman now and you have to learn how to control your powers."
Ward stared at her as she talked. She looks so pretty just standing there. I seriously just want to run up to her and hug her and hold her and kiss her and have her be mine and-
"Ward!" Skye yelled.
Ward slowly looked up at Skye. "Yes ma'am?"
Skye glared at him. "You have very strong powers that you can't control right now."
"Oh really?" Ward asked. "Then how come I'm not burning stuff down right now?"
"It can switch on randomly at any time," Skye answered. "For me, it was when I got nervous or scared. Then I learned to control it. You need to learn to control yours too."
"This is ridiculous," Hunter said and dropped the tablet. "We should just shoot him."
"Respect Daisy's judgement!" Mack defended. "This is hard for me to watch too, since Ward has hurt everyone on our team, but we need to trust Daisy."
"Well what do we do until it turns on?" Ward asked.
Skye sighed. "We wait."
"We just have to wait?" Ward replied. "That sounds boring. Can I at least try to turn in on?"
"No," Skye replied flatly. "You never want to try to turn your powers on when they're fresh. First of all you can't control them, and second of all they usually turn on on their own pretty quickly."
Ward sighed, already moving on to the next thing. He looked at Skye. "I haven't seen you in a while, you look good."
"Ward-"
"Want to, you know, actually have a real conversation?" Ward asked playfully.
Skye sighed and rolled her eyes. "Ward-"
Ward slowly stood up. "Honestly, I've missed you. I wish you could've had redemption for me."
He began to slowly walk towards her. She backed up.
The team watched them while holding their breath.
"What's he doing?!" Simmons asked nervously.
"You shouldn't have let her go in there!" Lincoln yelled and looked at Coulson.
Coulson looked at the tablet. Come on Skye.
"Ward," Skye warned. "Watch it."
"I really have missed you," Ward told her as he got even closer to her.
He got up close to her as she looked up at him. Her eyes began to glisten with tears. Ward was striking up some painful memories.
"I have," Ward confirmed. "I hope you can know that."
He reached forward and gently put his hands on her neck. The feel of his warm hands gave Skye tingles. Emotional pain shot through her body as good memories of her and Ward came soaring through her mind. She remembered loving him, caring for him, worrying about him. The flashbacks hurt so badly. She put out her hands and raised her leg. She stomped the floor with her foot and pushed her hands forward, sending out seismic waves. They made Ward bounce up and hit the floor, knocking him out. Skye gasped and looked away, breathing hard. She realized she was tearing up and sighed. She blinked away the tears and exited the room. She ran into Lincoln.
"Hey are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah," Skye said and sighed.
"Are you sure?" Lincoln asked and wrapped his arm around her.
"I said I'm fine!" Skye exclaimed and escaped his grasp.
She rounded the corner and went to Coulson's office.
"Daisy are you sure you can handle him?" Coulson asked.
Skye nodded. "As long as he doesn't bring up the past."
"Well that's exactly what he's gonna do," Coulson replied. "Because he realized it's your weakness."
"Well he can talk about the past all he wants as long as he doesn't mind getting knocked out by me all the time," Skye answered.
Coulson smiled at Skye's statement. "Okay. I'm trusting you on this. We will move him to a training facility. You will go train him there. Okay?"
"Yes sir," Skye answered.
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