I just kinda read it, and I was, like, 'Ah.' My wife's pregnant. (LAUGHS) Tonight on 20/20 ` Dr Jared ` still living with dying. The fact that Elise exists is the reason that I exist. We meet the new girl in his life. They kinda egged me on to drink from this really tall shot glass. Daisy says the boys called it the 'bitch cup.' A 14-year-old girl... They would yell 'liar' or the S word. Or they would call me the W word. ...and a high school football star has a town taking sides. Also, the stars of TV's new hit, The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. You will not find us; you will never see our faces... DOOR SLAMS Hey. What up? Kia ora. I'm Sonia Wilson. Now, we often become pretty close to the people we do stories on, but this guy ` well, you could say Dr Jared Noel has become one of the 20/20 team. Reporter Emma Keeling first met Jared three years ago. He was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer at 28 and wanted to warn others about the disease. This year marks Jared's fifth living with cancer. He's had 23 CT scans, 81 rounds of chemo and numerous surgeries. And now he's become a dad. Tonight we return to see Jared, the man who's taught us how to love, laugh and live. GUITAR STRUMS UPBEAT GUITAR MUSIC In some ways, the fact that Elise exists is the reason that I exist. You're thinking Beatrix Potter? Yeah. Possibly. The duck's quite nice as well. Yeah. Possibly. The duck's quite nice as well. Oh God. Dr Jared Noel was the first story I did for 20/20. And Peter was there too. Say hello, Peter. We didn't think we'd see him again, but we've gone back and done a story on him every year because the odds were he'd be dead by now. Yet, Jared Noel is still showing us how to live. Three years ago, Jared didn't think he had three years left. How far ahead do you look? How far ahead do you look? Between three and six months. He's outlived all predictions, had more chemotherapy than most could take. We were there for round 30. And again for number 49. How many days has chemo taken from you? Well, if you were to do the maths,... (SIGHS) 49 rounds ` I mean, I take five days off work with each round, so I guess five times 49 is... 240... BOTH LAUGH BOTH LAUGH Oh, I can't do it. (LAUGHS) Five times 50 is 250. (LAUGHS) Our second story on Jared aired in November 2012, when we shared what I thought would be our last meal together. But... ROCK MUSIC Here we are, going to see our friend again. Our whole career could just be filming stories on Jared and Hannah. Yeah. Yeah. That'd be cool. Yeah. That'd be cool. Could be worse people. Exactly. And I put together a damn fine barbecue. And I put together a damn fine barbecue. Yeah. Excellent, um, home-made pasta. That's right. That's right. It's what we keep waiting for! That's right. It's what we keep waiting for! (LAUGHS) We got back in touch last year when we heard that Hannah had gone through IVF and was pregnant. I was with a friend in a cafe, and` and I sort of got the text. She said she couldn't ring me cos she knew she'd start crying. She was pregnant, you know, and it was just a bit surreal. I just kinda read it and was, like, 'Ah. My wife's pregnant.' How hard was the decision to try for a baby? I think the thing that clinched it for us was there's a real sense that, um, we would never regret having a child, but we would quite possibly regret not having one. When they made the decision, Jared's cancer was stable. But about three months into the pregnancy, new disease took hold. They did a CT scan, and it basically showed that the tumour at the back of my abdomen started growing rapidly and wasn't responding to chemotherapy any more. Radiotherapy was followed by another scan, and this time it was the worst possible news. I text Hannah, and I said, 'Oh, you need to cancel our plans for tonight. 'Um, some bad news. I'll tell you when I get home. My liver looked like Swiss cheese. It was then that it was, like, 'Oh,' you know, 'um, it's sketchy now.' It could actually be a challenge to be there for the birth. And yet even though you were in that dark place, that's when you chose the baby's name? Yeah. The day after we got the bad news, we both took that off work. We had a number of names at the back of our head for Elise, and, um, that was the day that we decided to give her the name that we did. And I think that was` It was quite therapeutic in its own way. Um, it just sorta felt like it was significant and it was the right thing to do. UPBEAT MUSIC Estimated at the moment about 1.6 kilos. > Sounds really big to me. Sounds really big to me. ALL LAUGH They tend to double from 31 weeks, but you're not quite 31 weeks yet. > I know! What are you looking forward most to about becoming a mum? Oh, so many things. I think it's just, 'This is the man I love, and, um, and we're having a baby.' And, Jared, are you looking forward to the baby, you know, having particular features of yours? Good legs run in Jared's family, so hoping she'll have the Noel family legs. (LAUGHS) As long as they're not as hairy as yours, they'll be all right. > That's right, yeah. They're less hairy when I'm on chemo. There's that sense of humour ` one of the many things I love about the Noels. Their hospitality is another. Oh, gosh, you miss things. I really` I did this morning ` I said to Jared, 'It's like five or six weeks till blue cheese.' LAUGHTER I love crispy sausages. Apparently, uh, colon cancer risk, but... not such an issue for me any more. not such an issue for me any more. (LAUGHS) He looks well, but Jared's now too sick to work as a doctor. Knowing what I do know about how disease tends to progress, um, the way that it does, I think it's highly unlikely that I'll be going back to work. It's got pretty aggressive now. He's still not sure he'll be alive for the birth. To give himself a chance, Jared needs a drug called Avastin, which isn't publicly funded. And it costs around $6000 per round. And that's a lot of money. And this treatment doesn't change outcome. It purely delays it. It's not a curative treatment. It's just prolonging what will still happen. I don't see, if it's not changing my outcome, why it should be spent on me. But what changed was the fact that all of a sudden, um, whether or not I'd be at the birth was hanging. POIGNANT MUSIC One of Hannah's bridesmaids set up a page on the fundraising site Givealittle. We thought this would take a few months to raise the sort of money that we were looking to raise. Um... < And it took...? < And it took...? And it just kept going. We just kept going refresh, refresh, refresh. And it was literally like watching a telethon. The money kept going up. And we were actually at a friend's place for the evening, and, um, we were in the car on the way home when it ticked over to $60,000. And we just got bombarded with all of these texts and messages and... They raised the money in seven hours, but it didn't stop there. Obviously we're so grateful. But, you know, you say 'thank you' for a box of chocolates. It seems, uh, that it doesn't do it justice when you say 'thank you' for $169,000, you know. Um, and, I mean, it was a humbling experience, and it was almost embarrassingly so. BRIGHT MUSIC I don't think it matters. I don't think it matters. All right. Little bit of wonkiness is OK? How much did you want this baby for Hannah? I wanted it a lot for Hannah. I mean, I wanted it for myself as well, but it was a chance to... perhaps at least fix a little bit of the future that we had lost together with the diagnosis. Um, because that was always sort of in our long-term plans, to have a family, and with the diagnosis, that was ripped away from both of us. You know, it wasn't just me. Jared accepted his death long ago. Maybe down a smidge? He chooses to focus on life and others, with the odd troublesome caterpillar thrown in. Just across a little bit? Oh, the pressure. (LAUGHS) Perfect. Yeah, I think that's good. Hopefully the birth of his baby girl is easier. (GASPS) (GASPS) Don't do that. Hold on to that, cos we're gonna put that on. We lost a leg. Hold on to that, cos we're gonna put that on. We lost a leg. (LAUGHS) > This is the surgical part, is it? We're there. We're done. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. > UPBEAT MUSIC Oh. I do believe you're taking over. That's all right. Sneaky, eh? Sneaky, eh? < (LAUGHS) < I don't want any arguments, kids. It's Christmas. For the last few weeks, Jared's been back on chemo, which now includes Avastin. He still doesn't know if it will keep him alive until his daughter arrives. < Jared, is this Christmas holding extra significance for you? Given with the latest developments in my health, you know, I think there is every possibility that this will be my last Christmas. But, you know, it's making the most of it and that you'd be happy for it to be your last one, if it was. Mm. This was a gift from Jared's mum, um, at my baby shower, and, um, I guess it's a significant fact that this is the first time we've had a baby on the tree and baby on the way, so that's, um, that's pretty cool. The best present was to come. Two weeks later, they found out the treatment was working. There was a real sense of, um,... um,... relief, and... I mean, as we sort of tracked closer and closer to the due date as well, there was a real sense of, 'Oh, yeah, I'm gonna make it.' Coming up ` we get to meet Elise with her proud dad. ROCK MUSIC We're almost at Jared and Hannah's house, and we're pretty excited, because we're about to meet the baby they never thought they'd have. I mean, God, we didn't he was going to last a year, and now, suddenly, there he is ` a dad. Yeah. In saying that, it's Jared. Nothing surprises me. Yeah. In saying that, it's Jared. Nothing surprises me. (LAUGHS) That's true. KNOCK AT DOOR RELAXED MUSIC Howdy. Howdy. Hello! Howdy. Hello! Hello. I brought friends. Oh! Oh! Otherwise known as presents. Congratulations. Thank you. Come in. Oh, hi, Pete. Hello. Mwah. Congratulations. Mwah. Congratulations. Happy New Year. Mwah. Congratulations. Happy New Year. Yeah, same to you. Welcome to the third member of our family. Welcome to the third member of our family. Hi! Hang on, who does she look like? Hang on, who does she look like? I think she looks like you. Hang on, who does she look like? I think she looks like you. (LAUGHS) Elise Alexandra Grace Noel, born 17th January. Jared was bragging on Twitter that this fatherhood thing was a piece of cake. It was easy. So far it hasn't been too bad, has it? I think, um, it helps that I'm not working at the moment. I think, um, it helps that I'm not working at the moment. (LAUGHS) But, definitely, she seems to settle on me better than Hannah. We think it's cos Hannah smells like food. True. True. So, uh... I always get restless around the fridge. I always get restless around the fridge. Yeah. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) Yeah. She's just going through that really` opening eyes and just fixating on your face and staring at you. What goes through my head is, like, you know, 'I remember this right now really well, and I really enjoy this moment, 'but, you know, unless I'm around in four or five years' time, you're never gonna remember me. 'This is a moment that you're not gonna remember me.' And I sort of imagine that maybe she would remember me. Um, and that's kinda hard. (SNEEZES) (SNEEZES) Ooh, bless you. One of the side effects of chemo is I get numbness in the ends of my fingers. And so doing up domes is a little bit harder than it used to be. And you helped deliver Elise? Yeah, I did, sort of about five minutes out, before the baby popped out. The obstetrician asked if I wanted to help deliver, and so he brought the head out, and I brought the rest of her out. And then handed her to Hannah. So, yep, got straight in, and so that's kinda cool ` to say that I at least helped deliver my daughter. Yeah. What was it like to hold her for the first time? Slimy. (LAUGHS) Um, you know,... (CHUCKLES) in that particular moment, it was... (LAUGHS) It was, um` Because I was actually helping, I was very much in, sort of, doctor mode, and sort of handed her over and cut the cord, and I think it's when I sort of stripped off the gowns and everything like that and sat next to Hannah, which was, you know, one or two minutes later, and saw her and heard her cry and that kinda stuff. You know, um, yeah, it was` it was a good moment. Slimy. I can't believe you said 'slimy'. Slimy. I can't believe you said 'slimy'. (LAUGHS) I haven't ever been to a clean and tidy birth in my life, so this wasn't any different from any other. (LAUGHS) UPBEAT MUSIC Hannah, this time must be extra special, cos there was a stage last year we weren't even sure that Jared would be here right now. Yeah. I know. I mean, I'm trying not to take that for granted. It is a really special time, and it's just such a joy to see her with him, you know? I just love watching that, you know, handing her to him, the burping and the nappies, and, um, realising that, yeah, it might not have been, and, um, I'm feeling really really blessed. Jared's going to put a photo book together so his baby girl doesn't forget who her dad is. # You can tell everybody. Go ahead and tell everybody. I don't want her to have any, kind of, grand and lofty ideas about who I was. I just want her to know who I was. I want her to understand where I came from, what motivates me to be me, the things that make a person a person. I want her to get a feel for that, because that's the stuff that she won't know instinctively, with me not being around. And I want her to understand that and, um, know that, you know, um, whatever the next life might bring, I will always be there, looking out for her and` and loving her and that sort of thing. That's what I want her to know. Mm. UPBEAT MUSIC Hannah, no matter what happens in the future, you've got a little bit of Jared. I know. (CHUCKLES) Um... Yeah. And that's huge. Um... And it's frightening, um,... (LAUGHS) because the responsibility, I think, of caring for this child for the next 20 years, um, I think weighs a little bit more heavily on me than it does on` on Jared, but, um,... (SIGHS) it's really special, and there'll be` it` whatever happens, a daily reminder of, um, who he is and who he was, and, um, you'll see little glimpses of, um, of him in her every day, so that's really, um, really special. And, um,... yeah. I mean, I think there's a real genuine thing in saying that if Hannah was not pregnant when I had this relapse, I, um, wouldn't have considered pursuing the Avastin treatment. Had` Had I not pursued the Avastin treatment, there's every possibility that I would not be alive today, um, in that space of time. So in some ways the fact that Elise exists is the reason that I exist. You know, and I think that's kinda cool in its own little way as well. Jared doesn't know how long he's got, but he keeps surprising us. So instead of saying goodbye again, I want to finish this story the way he ends all his blog posts... What a gorgeous little girl she is too. Uh, Jared is still blogging about his journey, so if you want to follow it, we'll post a link up on our Facebook page. Next up on 20/20 ` it has shades of NZ's Roast Busters story ` young girls, older boys and alcohol. A small town in America split down the middle. She's the face that you almost never see ` the teenage victim shedding anonymity to speak about what happened to her... I really wish more girls would tell their story. ...and what she says is happening to young girls all over the country. I just kinda read it, and I was, Welcome back. A drunk 14-year-old girl partying with older boys. Yep, sounds a bit like the Roast Busters scandal, right? Well, this case is in America, and it's tearing a town in half. The question ` when is sex consensual? The story? Well, it centres around a cheerleader and football star. It's made national headlines, and it's got America asking, 'What's happening with our kids?' Today Daisy Coleman is the face of the latest alcohol-fuelled teen sex scandal. 14-year-old Daisy Coleman... The sexual assault charges... A high school sexual assault case is making headlines once again. She's the face that you almost never see ` the teenage victim shedding anonymity to speak about what happened to her... I really wish more girls would tell their story. ...and what she says is happening to young girls all over the country. You had a lot of young people that made a lot of bad decisions, and they ended up getting caught. Her story's set in Maryville, Missouri ` an all-American town where football is king and its players royalty. On these plains the fairy tale is that the corn-fed football champs date the cute cheerleaders. But not for Daisy. At 14, a beaming and back-then blonde cheerleader moved to Maryville. She had already survived one tragedy when she was 9 ` a car accident that killed her father, a physician. For Daisy, her three brothers and veterinarian mum, Melinda, the move to Maryville, with its cows and cornfields, was meant to be a fresh start. So, when you moved to Maryville, what was it like? Maryville was great. We were anonymous. We were... starting over afresh. We didn't have to be the tragic family. We were... just us. But that fresh start and anonymity would soon end so bitterly. Trouble began harmlessly enough on a frigid January evening ` a sleepover with her friend Paige, who was in the 8th grade. She just came over. We started watching scary movies. They also started drinking. Daisy says it was one of the first times she and 13-year-old Paige had consumed alcohol. I was in high school and everyone was already doing it, so I was like, 'Oh, I might as well try this.' Weeks before, Daisy had already begun texting with a high school senior ` a tall and broad-shouldered defensive end named Matthew Barnett. He was in the cool crowd of athletes, along with her oldest brother, Charlie. Here they are together at prom. But Charlie wasn't exactly pleased with all that flirty texting. I told him. I was like, 'Don't text my sister.' You told him to stop texting your sister? You told him to stop texting your sister? Yeah. And I told her to stop. And I was like, 'Listen, he's a senior. You're a freshman. 'You're my little sister. He hangs out with me. That's so messed up. You can't be talking to him.' And she's like, 'OK, OK, OK.' Well, she didn't listen. She's a teenage kid. He was really popular. He was a senior football player. He was friends with everyone. And he asked to hang out, so we snuck out of my house around 1. And he drove us to his house. And he had to sneak us through his basement window. At the house, some of the town's most popular teens and athletes ` Barnett, grandson of a former long-time Missouri State Representative; junior Jordan Zech, a standout wrestler; a senior whose family owned the biggest restaurant in town; a junior star running back; and a 15-year-old. Those were the guys I was with every single day. You could trust them like brothers, and you hoped that you could've trusted them with your sister. and you hoped that you could've trusted them with your sister. Yeah. I hoped. They kinda egged me on to drink from this really tall shot glass. Daisy says the boys called it the Bitch Cup, and she drank from it. Everything after that was just black. And that's all I remember. Paige says she does remember what happened next. They just automatically separated us. And another guy took me into a different room, and, um,... sexually assaulted me. And we went back out into the living room, and we had to wait until Matt was done. And he opened the door and I went in there, and she was` couldn't talk at all. And they were trying to get her to stand up, and they realised that she wasn't going to be able to, so one of them went through the window and then they proceeded to drag her out of the window. In police reports, Barnett admits having sex with Daisy but insists it was consensual. The biggest question was, was she incapacitated by her drunkenness? That would soon become a critical legal detail. Barnett claims she was buzzed when they had sex but didn't get truly drunk until after they had sex. One boy told police that she drank five to 10 shots of vodka in less than 15 minutes after having sex with Barnett. And that same boy shot a short iPhone video of Daisy and Barnett 'dry humping'. Less than an hour after they had arrived, Paige says the boys dragged Daisy to the car. She was crying. On their way to Daisy's house, Barnett and the boy who had sex with Paige chucked their used condoms out the window. They just started panicking a lot, saying, 'How are we gonna get her dropped off without her brothers waking up? Without them hearing us?' And so they brought us back to the house and dropped her off and then just put her in the yard, and they told me to go back inside and that, 'She'd be fine. She just had to sober up.' Paige sneaked back inside, leaving Daisy outside with the boys. All the while, Melinda thought her daughter was safely asleep in bed all night. It was 5am when Daisy was discovered. And the dog started barking, which woke Mom up, and my youngest brother. And they went to the door, and she was coming towards the porch. And she had just sweatpants and a T-shirt on. It was 22 degrees. Her hair was wet and frozen. And I could see that she had frostbite on her feet. And then I was woken up to, 'Charlie, wake up. Wake up, Charlie. There's something wrong.' And that's when I got out of bed and came upstairs, and that's probably when my life changed. Daisy had been abandoned on the lawn for almost three hours wearing no shoes or socks. It was terrifying, and I couldn't understand why she was outside. We pulled her in and wrapped her in blankets and started warming her up. Melinda says she thought maybe Daisy had been sleepwalking. But when she put Daisy in the bathtub to warm her up, she noticed marks on her body. I asked her if she was hurting, and she, kind of, said yes and started crying, and that's when I was... pretty certain that something had happened. She said, 'Something's seriously wrong. I need you to find her phone.' So my brother and I went in the yard and found the phone, started reading these messages from 'Matty'. When you read that text message that said Matty on the phone, and you saw your sister, did you instantly know what happened? I instantly knew there was something going on. I-I` The last message on there was, 'I'll be there in a minute.' And I was` I was so mad. I called the police, and they came out. And then I took her into the emergency room. The doctors said that she had been raped. And we were both crying. I think that's when it really hit us. It was definitely my worst fears. I... As a mom, I just` it just hurts so much, and you want to take the pain away. And I think I knew what she was gonna go through. The night that began with the girls watching horror movies quickly became a real-life nightmare for them both. And for Daisy, a very public one. They would yell liar or the S-word. We thought it was bad then; it got even worse. Next ` a suicide attempt, and one final bombshell. I think it's a just result. It's the right result. Daisy Coleman doesn't remember much about the night that changed her life. She remembers sneaking out of her house to meet a group of older boys, that brimming shot glass, but what came after, including, she says, losing her virginity to senior Matt Barnett ` that is a blank. A blood-alcohol test of Daisy taken seven hours after the encounter showed her still nearly twice the legal limit. But her mother is convinced she knows what happened. There's no way that it could have been consensual with... with her being that drunk. At the hospital, a doctor's report cited alleged or suspected sexual assault. At first, authorities seemed to agree. We were able to pretty quickly put together names of people that we needed to talk to, and subsequently some folks were detained, and ultimately charges were filed. Barnett was charged with sexual assault ` a felony ` and endangering the welfare of a child ` a misdemeanour ` for leaving Daisy on her lawn in 21-degree weather. That's not all. There was a video taken. We were told that immediately after they did that, that they deleted it. And when that phone was forensically examined, there was nothing on the phone. I had a couple good friends tell me about it. They had seen it first-hand, and they instantly text me and told me. Charlie Coleman is Daisy's oldest brother. Was the girl in that video saying anything? Was she saying, 'No'? They just said that it started with my sister and Matt kissing with their pants off. Whatever happened, that small farming community of Maryville was now reeling. For Melinda, a terrifying realisation that the boys she thought could have been her daughter's protectors may have been her tormentors. I trusted 'em. I thought they were good kids. They were always at my house. I'd made 'em chilli and Ro-Tel. They'd watch the playoffs on the big screen. You know, I really thought these boys not only would not hurt my daughter; I thought they would have protected my daughter if she did something stupid like this and snuck out and drank. Some of your friends even turned on you guys, and your brothers. Mm-hm. I had a buddy inform me that there was a twitter chain going on about couple of guys waiting for me out in the parking lot after school. Melinda says she watched her daughter's life unravel. Daisy was suspended from the cheerleading team after admitting to drinking and was bullied at school. People would generally just yell stuff. Like, they would yell, 'Liar' or the S-word, or they would call me the W-word. Sometimes, if I took her to Walmart or the grocery store, start having an anxiety attack, and I'd have to take her home. Daisy's friend Paige, the 13-year-old with her that night, says her personality also changed after the incident. I don't really go out any more. Um... I just don't like being around a lot of people. And... I don't do very much any more. Paige's 15-year-old assailant's case was handled in juvenile court, and those records are sealed. But soon after the incident, Melinda says she heard speculation that the charges against Barnett, the grandson of a former Missouri State Representative, would be dropped. I thought with all the evidence we had that there was no way that was even a possibility. And sure enough, that felony charge was dismissed. I was just in disbelief. I tried for weeks to contact the prosecuting attorney and find out what had happened. 'What's going on? Why'd you drop the charges?' I was really upset. I felt like... I lost a lot of faith in the justice system, especially in Maryville. Prosecutor Robert Rice said there wasn't enough evidence. And with that, Melinda says the town turned on her daughter and sided with the popular high school football player. The stuff on Facebook and twitter was just unbelievable, so horrible. Saying stuff like, 'Why don't you slit your wrists?' And she nearly did kill herself using pills. At one point she tried to take her own life. I saw the bathroom was closed. So I knocked on the door, and there was no answer. And I just had this, like, weird feeling come over me, like, 'Oh no, not this, not this. 'Please don't let` don't let it be what it looks like.' So I kicked in the door and she was just, like, laying there unconscious. So... Melinda had seen enough. She moved her family out of Maryville 40 miles away. But the family's troubles followed them. Eight months after leaving town, another blow ` the house they were trying to sell burned down. An insurance company called it an electrical fire. And all the while, Daisy's depression deepened. I began self-harming, and I was very suicidal. And I really started to hate myself and who I was, and I felt like I was just an ugly person. I got to the point that I had her with me every single minute. It was almost like having an infant again. She was in such a dark place. Daisy was down but wouldn't be silenced. She went on a national media campaign. I felt really weak, worn down, just like I wasn't worth anything. I thank you, both of you. I know this is difficult. He has a lot more guilt in this than they're admitting, and I think they need to let him pay at least some price and some punishment so he can learn. ALL CHANT: Justice for Daisy! Justice for Daisy! And she ignited a firestorm back home. Supporters held daisies and lit candles to represent the alleged victim. The local prosecutor bowed to public pressure, bringing in an outside prosecutor to take a fresh look at the case. And after a 10-week investigation, yesterday the final word. Today Mr Barnett plead guilty to endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree. And what that means in this particular case is that it is a conviction. It will remain on his record, and it will never go away. That was for leaving Daisy on her lawn in the cold. But the prosecutor said there was no evidence for sexual assault charges. There was insufficient evidence to go forward on a sexual assault. Prosecutors can only bring charges if they can actually prove the elements of that charge. In this case, prosecutors felt like they had insufficient evidence to prove the charge of sexual assault. As for that innuendo about political favouritism, Barnett's lawyers say there never was any. Mr Barnett truly regrets the actions to which he has plead guilty. Barnett pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour charge. How did that make you feel? Of course I'm sad and disappointed. But it's better than nothing. But for Daisy, things may never be resolved. As recently as last Monday she tried to take her own life again. And tonight she's recovering in a psychiatric hospital. She has struggled, but her message for other girls hasn't wavered. I really wish more girls would tell their story, because I have heard multiple stories from multiple people. They've come to me, and they've told me their story, and they've told me that they're not brave enough to go through and tell someone about it. And I really wish they would, because they deserve justice just as much as anyone else does. Next up on 20/20 ` the magic of Marvel comes to TV2. We're in Hollywood, talking to the stars of the 'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'. We've been called in to investigate an 084. We all know what that means. Yes, we do. It means we don't know what that means. (CRACKS KNUCKLES) What's next? Welcome back.. While fans of Marvel Comics got their first look at the new series Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Sunday, 20/20's Hannah Ockelford has been in Hollywood to get the low-down from the stars on what to expect from TV2's smash new hit. You will not find us, you will never see our faces, but rest assured, we will rise against those who shield us from the truth and nothing, nothing can stop us in the` CLANK! Hey. What up? DRAMATIC MUSIC They are elite and covert. What exactly am I signing up for? What exactly am I signing up for? Like I said, front row seats at the craziest show on earth. Brett Dalton and Chloe Bennet, aka Agent Ward and Skye, are amongst a group of secret agents whose identity is as mysterious as the show itself. A sneak peak only revealed to the press just moments before this interview. So we've just seen it. Um, why so much hype? I think with Joss' name on it, and Marvel's fan base is so fantastic and so loyal to anything Marvel ` or anything Joss, for that matter ` so I think it kinda has to do with all that. I think we really wanted to keep the secrets secret, cos there's a lot of things. I mean, for instance, what's that guy doing still alive? Agent Coulson was killed in action before the battle in New York. Got the full report. Welcome to Level Seven. That guy is big-shot Agent Phil Coulson. Sorry, that corner was really dark and I couldn't help myself. I think there's a bulb out. I think, like, we wanted to, like, keep those things for as long as we possibly could, cos the payoff is just better when everybody sees it. BANG! SMASH! He's brought the agents of Shield together to battle the world's super villains. CLANG! BOOM! In your own lives, do you guys go out and, sort of, expect the impossible? I think just in this career we do. I think just in this career we do. I do that with, like, most of my Friday, Saturday nights. I just go out and, like, rescue people from burning buildings. Yeah. He's got a great mask and` Yeah. He's got a great mask and` I'm just that kinda guy. No, no, no, watch it. That's the night-night gun. It's on my stuff and it doesn't work and there's no way we're calling it the night-night gun. Agents Fitz and Simmons are played by Ian De Caestecker and Elizabeth Henstridge. ... 0.1 microliters of dendrotoxin. I'm not Hermione. I can't create instant paralysis with that. There's a bond between them that never has to be mentioned. It's always there, but they never sit down and talk about it. Yeah, they're either an old married couple or brother-sister. That kind of dynamic where they bicker, but you can say anything to each other and, you know, the next second it's forgotten about and you're, kind of, laughing and joking again. MACHINE BEEPS MACHINE BEEPS So, shall we work or just continue to` I'm saying I said there would come a moment when we would regret the decision to go in the field. I didn't think that would happen in week one. I didn't think that would happen in week one. (GROANS QUIETLY) So there's that sort of geeky bond thing going on between you two. They've got real insecurities about going on the field. I don't think they've ever been in environments like this where there's actual real danger in front of them. We've been called in to investigate an 084. We all know what that means. Yes, we do. It means we don't know what that means. Coulson and the team protect the ordinary people from extraordinary events. Former ER star Ming-Na Wen plays Agent Melinda May. (GRUNTS) Have you had to learn a few things, because you're a weapons expert and a bit of a fighter on the show? Yeah, yeah. We did get weapons training. And, you know, we've been training with some stunt coordinators and martial artists to really, kinda, hone in and learn some stunt fighting. (CRACKS KNUCKLES) What's next? Full of superheroes, super villains, and, of course, super powers, this is definitely a show for all you fantasy fans. WHOOSH! CRASH! Something tells me that wasn't the off button. If you guys were allowed to be given a super power, what one would you choose for yourself? I have one that I think about all the time. And I'm mad that I don't have it, like it could happen. I just want to be able to think to be somewhere and then just be there. Uh, I wish I could guess people's password for Wi-Fi. LAUGHTER But in many ways the real hero of this show is its creator, the notable screenwriter and producer Joss Whedon. I think the electrostatic field's, kinda, activated some... thing. He's so good with comedic timing and has a really good balance of drama and comedy. I don't think Thor's technically a gun. I don't think Thor's technically a gun. Oh, you haven't been near his arms. And I just love the fact that these characters that Marvel has created in their universe are characters that we can all relate to. Well, there's been a lot of hype, so I'm sure it will live up to it. Well, there's been a lot of hype, so I'm sure it will live up to it. Well, I certainly hope we do. You're expendable to Shield. They sent you in here with nothing. 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