My Name Is...

Chapter 4

I wake up in the white box. Something feels off. I can't hear. Not in the way I'm use to. I can hear with my ears, but I can't hear in my other way. My gift isn't working. My telepathy feels fuzzy almost like a radio with a signal that isn't coming in.

I look out to see a white room. A lady is looking at a tablet that does who knows what. She turns her head to see I'm awake.

"Hello," she says. Her voice is surprisingly light, soft and soothing. There's no way she can be an agent. "My name is Jemma Simmons. I've been taking care of you since you arrived."

She's still smiling. She seems nice, but I don't quite trust her. She's part of S.H.I.E.L.D.

My head hurts slightly. I put my hand on my head to feel something metal.

What?!?? What is this?!?? What did they do to me?!?!

I freak out.

"No. No. No," Jemma says in a quiet and easy voice. "It's ok. It's ok."

She motions for someone I can't see. A man that appears to be about her age walks into the room. I stay still, because I don't know what he's going to do. I can feel my eyes widen even more. I just look at him for a moment. I look from him to Jemma. I don't trust her, but I trust her more than anyone else here.

"It's ok," she says. "This is Agent Fitz. He made the device that's on your head. He can tell you what it is better than I can."

This guy created this... this... whatever this thing is? Not cool man!

"Hey," he starts. His voice isn't a soft as Jenna's, but it isn't rough. He's very calm. "The device on your head was designed to keep your telepathy under control. When you came here, your powers became out of control. This calmed you down so you wouldn't hurt yourself."

They know! They know about what I am!

Simmons' POV

Poor thing. She's scared to death.

Quinn, as she calls herself, has been panicking since she came here. We knew she was telepathic, but even the containment module wasn't designed to hold someone quite this powerful. Fitz and I are working to calibrate it to be able to contain her powers.

I don't feel like she's dangerous to us for say, but she doesn't trust us right now. Agent Coulson wants her help, but I think once she knows the mission, she may turn against us...