The room was completely white. The sheets, the walls, the TV. Peyton honestly didn't mind. As she watched the news, that's all she heard- the news. No one's thoughts raised through her mind like they were her own and even though she had only experienced that for a few hours, it was relieving. She looked up upon a door opening and in walked Daisy.
"Hey, how are you doing?" she asked, handing the small girl a plate of breakfast. Peyton had spent the night in the room and she hadn't realized how hungry she was until she smelt the eggs and bacon.
"Good... What happens now? Can you help me?" she asked. Daisy nodded.
"I can. Are you ready?" she asked. Peyton nodded and Daisy stood, ready to lead her out.
"Be prepared to walk out into the buzz, there are a lot of hard working people out there whose minds are probably running rampid." she said. The teenager just nodded, tucking a curly strand of brown hair behind her ear and following her mentor closely as they made their way into the noise.
They made their way into another room and as soon as the door shut, the noises stopped.
"So, does this room block out my powers somehow as well?" she asked. Daisy shook her head.
"No, it doesn't do anything to them. Did you stop hearing everybody?" she asked. Peyton nodded.
"Yeah."
"That makes since, you probably have to be in the same vicinity as someone to hear their thoughts. It's probably similar to actual conversation." she said.
"I can't hear you, though," Peyton said.
"That's because I'm blocking you out. It's easy since you can't control your powers, if you could i'm sure you could break through," she explained.
"Oh... so what are we going to do?" she asked.
"First, you need to learn to control who you can hear and when you can hear them, a few agents are headed down so you won't be too overwhelmed, it will just be a couple of us and you will have to try to block us all out. Then we'll try and get you to focus on one person rather than all of us." Daisy said. Peyton nodded. At that moment a buff looking African American walked in along with a petite looking woman with short hair, and a young slightly fit man.
"Peyton these are Agents Mack, Fitz, and Simmons. Normally I might have some other random agents in here but you're special so you get to hang with my friends." Daisy smirked.
"Nice to meet you, Daisy has told us so much about you." Simmons said with a large smile on her face. Peyton blushed, smiling slightly.
"Nice to meet you too." she said. She couldn't hear any of them.
"We're all going to let our guards down but we'll try not to be too loud." Daisy told her. She nodded and suddenly her ears were flooded with noise.
"Okay, now focus on your own thoughts, try and block us all out."
Peyton let her eyes fall shut as she tried to ignore the voices banging around in her skull. Her brain wasn't supposed to do this. She was smart and loved to think and imagine and she didn't appreciate the invasion of her mind, it was hers. So she pushed it all out until it was silent. She opened her eyes to find they stayed silent.
"I can't hear you anymore." she said and wow that was quick. She expected that to be harder.
"Good. Now, why don't you try focusing in on my thoughts." Daisy said. Peyton shrugged and let her eyes fall shut again. She should probably learn to use her powers without having to close her eyes, but for now, it helped.
Come on, Peyton. Come on.
She picked up instantly on Daisy's outward thoughts and then delved into the ones she wasn't purposefully putting forward.
I can't believe Peyton is inhuman. This is going to be a whole new level for her. I wonder if she'll work on the new team. That doesn't really matter right now, though.
What new team?
Daisy gasped and Peyton opened her eyes.
"Nice job, Pey, you just sent a thought to me!" she exclaimed.
"I did? That happened?" Peyton asked. Her mentor nodded vigorously in excitement.
"You're picking this up really quickly." she said.
"Thanks!" she was beginning to get excited.
"Now, I have some ideas for your new powers that I was discussing with Jemma yesterday- sorry- Simmons, but you can call her Jemma- and I want to try some things."
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"She doesn't just have the power to read minds she has full Psionic Manipulation!" it was later, Peyton was napping back in the power dampening room, and Jemma and Daisy had just rushed into the lab where Coulson was introducing Peter and Tony to some people with projects he thought they might be interested in.
"What does that mean?" Tony turned to the girl in the lab coat assuming by 'she' she was talking about his daughter.
"It means she can manipulate, read, and control brain waves. We don't know what the full extent of that is yet as we haven't gotten to test everything but the possibilities are endless. So far we know she has telepathy,cognition empathy, and aura perception, but who knows what else she could do." the young woman explained.
"Tony, this is Agent Jemma Simmons, she's a biochemist and a Doctor here at SHIELD." Coulson explained before Tony could ask more about his daughter. Jemma held out her hand.
"Nice to meet you, sir." she said. He took it.
"You too. I'm Tony, this is Peter- now tell me more about what's going on with Peyton." he said, looking at the two female agents.
"Basically, we discovered pretty quickly that Peyton's powers go beyond reading minds. She can communicate with others through telepathy, as well as sense what others are feeling, and see others auras." Daisy said.
"That's so cool! How does she see them?" Peter asked.
"Colors, I guess, we don't know completely how everything works yet, that will come with time." Daisy explained to him.
"So what now? Is she doing okay?" Tony asked.
"You can come see her, she's a quick learner, she's already got a pretty good hold on things. Of course it will take time and training to learn how to fully control it, but I think we can manage." Daisy explained as they walked.
"Well, she is a Stark. Tony once mastered Thermonuclear Astrophysics in one night." Coulson rolled his eyes but a fond smile sat on his lips.
"Oh, I'm not surprised, I've known Peyton for a few years, she's very smart," Daisy replied.
"I can't imagine she likes not being in control of her mind so that has to help." Peter suggested. They arrived at a room and Daisy opened the door, walked through another small room, and opened a door. Peyton was laying in the bed watching TV. She looked up at them and smiled.
"Hey crew." she greeted. Peter sat next to her on the bed.
"How are you?" he asked.
"I'm awesome, I'm actually getting kind of excited about all this!" she said. Tony looked relieved, her nervousness made him worry for her, but she seemed to be doing okay now.
"Dude, we're super twins!" he exclaimed. They high fived and Daisy chuckled.
"Well, since we're all here, I have a proposal," she said.
"Is this about that team you mentioned earlier?" Peyton asked wearily. Daisy nodded.
"Mack, who you met earlier, and I are trying to start a team of Inhumans. I think you would be a great addition. You don't seem extremely rattled about getting powers and you already have some control over them." Daisy said. Peyton bit her lower lip, thinking about what to say, but Tony saved her.
"No way, she's fifteen years old. A minor. She is not working for SHIELD." he insisted.
"That's understandable, but maybe she could train with us, do small missions, and when she's older she can become an official member." Coulson suggested. Tony opened his mouth- probably to protest more- but Peyton beat him to the punch.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not really interested. Not right now anyways. My life is already weird enough, I'd like to try and be somewhat normal if at all possible." she said. Daisy looked disappointed but she covered it up and nodded.
"I understand. Just let me know if you change your mind."