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[morethan084]

[As soon as she got away from Alexander and back in her room, Daisy's on her MID. Trying to get in contact with everyone this matter pertains to.]

Uh. Do you guys know that Alexander Pierce is here?!

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[cookshisgoose]

[...well, if nothing else, she's glad Daisy learned her lesson and made this one private. Though she can't begin to come up with a reason Daisy is alerting them all about a top brass of SHIELD.]

Yes, I met him. May I ask why you're bringing this to our attention?

[guess who doesn't know about HYDRA still existing?]

[morethan084]

[Daisy can't fault Peggy for not knowing out of all of them, even if she's still a tiny bit frustrated that she has to keep telling people who he is.]

Because he is HYDRA. Was HDRYA until he died anyway.

[cookshisgoose]

[The look on her face should say everything she's thinking. Which is mostly fear and denial.]

No. No, he's SHIELD. Not HYDRA.

[because HYDRA doesn't exist anymore. They were finished off, after Schmidt died.

Right?]

[morethan084]

[Daisy closes her eyes briefly in frustration. It's not like any of them really had a right to trust her, but why would she lie about someone from HYDRA being on here?]

Wish he was, but he isn't. He played everyone. Kind of what HYDRA agents are good at.

[cookshisgoose]

[Daisy isn't the reason Peggy is so flabbergasted. She wouldn't have wanted to believe this coming from Steve.]

We stopped HYDRA. Schmidt died, they crumbled without him--

[she's not saying Daisy's wrong, not really. She's just trying to understand what she missed.]

How?

[morethan084]

[Daisy's expression falls into sympathy. She didn't think about how hard this would be on her.]

Cut off one head, two more shall take its place.

[cookshisgoose]

Yes, I know the line well. But how exactly did they come back? When did this happen?

[She wants details, Daisy. She doesn't actually know how much Daisy even knows, but if she doesn't know a lot, Peggy has a feeling she knows who will. And she's already making a mental note to contact Steve about this later.]

[morethan084]

They never left, they just laid low. A lot of them pretended to be SHIELD agents. We had someone on our team who was one of them.

[So this whole thing was a little personal for her. She knew it was for Peggy as well.]

[cookshisgoose]

[Everything they did, everything they sacrificed-- it was really all for nothing? What burns her the most is what Steve sacrificed. He gave his life, and while he didn't lose it, he had to leave everything he cared about seventy years in the past.

She could easily argue, insist that they wiped HYDRA off the wipe (quite literally, at the time), but she knows Daisy isn't lying. She can see that sting of betrayal, something not so easily faked.

While she's not sure she's ready to accept it completely, she's listened. Now she just needs time.]

Thank you, Daisy. For making us all aware. [At least she wasn't the only one out of the loop on this?]

[morethan084]

He knew he died. He admitted that to me. I think he knows I know something too.

I'm usually a pretty good liar but it's kind of hard to hide that much disgust.

[cookshisgoose]

If he's HYDRA, I would stay away from him as much as possible. Yes, he's in the same boat as us, but that doesn't mean he has to play nice. Especially if he knows we're on to him.

[Don't worry, she won't be able to hide that disgust next time she sees him, either.]

[morethan084]

I think staying away from him is the opposite of a good idea. Especially if, like you said, he decides not to play nice.