Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

Chapter 1 | The Intruder

POV Skye/Daisy

"Daisy, someone has broken into the base. Go to the cells and check there," May said angrily over the radio. I did as I was told and walked along the dark stone corridors.

Armed with a pistol, I went into the prison block and went from cell to cell. Just before the last cell, I felt a hit on the back of my head. However, I couldn't find the figure that hit me after I turned around. I sent a shockwave down the hall but nothing moved.

Just as I was about to leave, I saw a small flame at the end of the hallway. It seemed like it came from a single source. The person shook their hand until the flame went out again. I ran after the figure and after a while I caught her in a dead end. It was dark and I could only see the rough contours of the person who had crouched in a corner. But you could see that she was very small.

I slowly walked towards her, gun raised. "I don't want to hurt you okay? I'll turn on the light now and until then you'll stand with your hands up and your head against the wall, got it?!" I admonished her. I waited a few seconds to give her time to react before turning on the light.I saw a little girl standing against the wall with her hands up. "I'll come to you now. I'm sorry, but I have to handcuff you," I said as well. Shortly after I finished speaking, I saw her collapse.

She crouched on the ground, flames, clods of earth, small fountains of water and streams of air rose alternately from her hands and she cried. She was shaking and trying to control her body's various reactions by shaking her hands. I knew immediately who she was. In other words, what it is. An inhuman.

"Hey everything will be alright. Nothing will happen to you." I tried to calm her down. I discharged my gun, holstered it, and continued walking toward her. "W-What is h-happening to m-me?" she said in panic. She started banging her head against the stone wall. "Shhh, it's fine. I can help you," I said calmly. I was about to help her up and get her to safety when I heard May."On the floor. Hands behind your head" she yelled at them. She stood up quickly and I felt the floor begin to shake. "Daisy?" May asked me confused, but I just shook my head. I pushed the girl down the aisle into one of the cells. There I slammed the door and locked it.I heard her start crying and May bang on the door. "Open the door Daisy!" she yelled through the door. "I'll take care of her. give me 10 minutes I've got it under control!" I said. I heard May exhale irritably, but said nothing.

Then I turned back to her and noticed that the trembling stopped. "Hey, I'm Daisy. What's your name, little one?" I asked her. "W-I n-don't know" I honestly didn't expect that. I sat down on the bed next to her, albeit at the other end. "Then think of one," I said with a smile."I-I don't n-know who I-I am," she said with a hint of anger and sadness in her voice. I felt the ground begin to tremble again and a flame, albeit a small one, rose from her hands.

As she tried to put out the flame, a spark fell on the bedspread and burned a small hole in it. "S-sorry, I-I...I," she tried to explain. "Hey, that's not bad. How old are you?" I asked, covering the hole with my hand. She looked down at her hands. "9 ... maybe 10" she said and shrugged her shoulders as if it were normal not to know how old you are let alone what your name.

I followed her gaze and saw her hands. They were covered with large burn blisters, dirt and drops of water. "Um okay, how about I get someone to take care of your hands and then explain what's happening to you?" "No no no !" She said, jumping up and running to the door. She unlocked it, opened it, and almost stumbled through.

"Stop, please!" I yelled after her. "So much for I-have-this-under-control!" May called out to me as she ran after the fleeing girl. I also hurried after her and tried to prevent May from continuing. "May, please I-" but I was cut off. "Get it under control. I've heard that before." she said irritably and walked on. We didn't see the girl anymore so we split up.