Chapter 1: Into the rabbit hole
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It had been weeks since Robbie had disappeared when he sacrificed himself to drag his uncle to hell. But he had found a way home, finally. A portal opened in the middle of shield base but when he stepped through all he saw was people running from Coulson and Mack. Sirens went off and the place was destroyed. He went up to the two in confusion. "What the hell is going on? Why is everyone running?" He got an instant felling when he looked into there eyes, they had no soul. Caught off guard Mack punched him in the face knocking him out cold. He awakes in a dark room with a massive pain in his head, and he feels cold. "HEY! ANYONE HEAR ME? LET ME OUT!" He tries moving but he was strapped down to a vertical bed. A metal door opens and he sees Radcliffe and Aida walk in.
"Well, well, well.. Seems we have another for our framework. Aida, if you would so kindly prepare the cranial apparatus."
Aida walks over to computers that were placed next to him. Robbie was so confused and frantic. "What have you done? Why are you doing this?" They remained quiet and he tried to get the rider to help but nothing. He used all his given strength to try and break the straps.
Radcliffe inspected robbie. "Aida, give him some epinephrine to ease the transition."
"Excuse me transition? What are you doing to me, where are the others?" She injected him in the neck with a substance that started to blur his vision. Aida approached him with something and placed it on his head. "¡Aléjate de mí!" Radcliffe gets in robbies face as he started to be drawn in.
"Meet you on the other side, or maybe not."
Robbie felt something pulling at him. As he fell deeper he blacks out. What feels like an instant later he wakes up in a familiar room.
A few days had passed sense the androids attacked shield. Daisy and simmons were on the zephyr preparing to go into the framework. Simmons and daisy were sitting on the beds when she was explaining to piper the rules. "Remember, do not take us out by force doing so will fry out brains. Daisy, be careful with our other selves, we have mystery lives on the other side that can put us in unfamiliar positions. " Daisy gives her a worried look. "Remember the meeting point, find each other and pull every one out." They laid back and piper put the contraption on them and they were pulled into the framework.
Daisy's eyes slowly eased open and found herself in a warm bed. In a dark room that had a familiar concrete walls. She was in one of the rooms at the shield base. She felt a warm breath on her bare back that gave her goosebumps. She lifted the sheets slowly not moving and she saw an arm around her waste, and it had a darker skin tone, but not too far off. She looked around and saw a handgun on the nightstand. She rushed out of bed and pulled the gun, flipped the light switch, and pointed . His face was buried in the pillow but she saw his 'well' built body, muscular and defined and black hair forming almost a short cut mow-hawk. The guy moaned and showed his face squinting from the light. "Daisy? What are you doing?" It was Robbie reyes. She didn't recognize him at first without all the cloths and jacket. But something was different, he had a scar over his left eye and what was supposed to be a pupal and eye color was constant fire in his eye. Glowing a dark orange and it scared her. Why was she sleeping with him? He never returned to the real world that she knows of, so he might just be a program.
"Daisy? Did you have another nightmare?" He saw her holding the gun and his heart raced. "Daisy, calm down, its me, robbie. Calm down." He gets up and walks over to her wearing only his boxers.
Her heart jumped at the awkwardness in seeing him like that, she pulls the hammer back out of pure shock. "Please put some pants on." He nods and does so.
"Daisy, put down the gun, and calm down." Daisy drops the gun and took a deep breath.
"I thought you were gone when you left and sent your uncle to hell." He looked so confused.
"Daisy, that happened a year ago, whats wrong?" A hard knock on the door alarmed them and they dressed up in uniforms. Robbie opens the door and an agent solutes him.
"Agent Mace?"
"Director Reyes, We have found a inhuman reprogramming facility. Whats your orders?"
"Gather extraction team three. We will meet you in the docks." He turned to daisy and held her arms tight causing her heart to jump. Why is he acting like this, and why did the agent call him director? Daisy mindlessly followed him letting her legs carry her. An agent walks up to daisy with a tablet stopping the two.
"Excuse me director Reyes, director Johnson. I need your signatures to get in old shield files for past agents." Robbie signed and passed it to daisy and she did the same. They resumed there way to the hanger when they pass a room filled with people and children. Daisy stops and asked, "What is this?"
Robbie came up behind her and held her shoulders tight. "These are all the potentials that hydra were after. Are you okey?" He went in front of her and put his rough callused hands to her cheeks looking at her worryingly. She had never seen this side of him before, she didn't know why but she felt comfortable, safe with him even. "You don't have to go if your feeling bad."
She shook her head. "Sorry I'm just.. memory gap."
"Have you not taken your pills? Daisy, you need those or you lose memory." Robbie took her hand and they walked to a armory room and got mission suits on. Robbies suit had the symbol from his jacket imprinted on it. Robbie tossed daisy her guns and he wrapped chains around his chest. The doors opened behind daisy and yo-yo walks in. Overjoyed daisy hugs her.
"Oooo, its good to see a familiar face."
"You saw me last night." She looked at robbie. "¿Está listo el diablo para la misión?"
He shook his head almost grinning. "Don't know, how about you daisy?"
"Saving inhumans from hydra? Hell yeah." She went with it and grabbed a laptop and followed them to the hanger where there was only one jet. She took a seat and looked threw her computer to catch her up. Her heart sank when she saw the truth. Hydra won the first time they attacked only there protest was successful when a inhuman child killed hundreds of people. Society became afraid of inhumans, shield was forced underground then mace stepped down. Then the two strongest remaining shield operatives stepped up, robbie and herself. She looked up simmons and saw words that stopped her heart deceased in combat, she had died fighting for shield. Out of straight fear she had to check the others. Coulson was a teacher, Fitz was the leading hydra scientist, madam hydra aka Aida, May was first in command for hydra special opps, and mack was a common citizen.
Robbie was briefing the other agents on the mission and the layout of the building. Daisy stood next to yoyo itching to ask. "So, what happened to his left eye?" Yoyo gave her a serious look.
"Daisy, you were there."
"Sorry, medicine again." Yoyo gave her a suspicious look then gave in.
"It was just three weeks ago when he went on a recon mission with others to take down hydra. It was a trap and when everyone was inside madam hydra herself faced off with the rider. She had done something monstrous to herself with that wretched book. Turning herself real made her equal to him, and when he held her off to let the others escape she was able to force the rider back in. She pulled some sort of dagger, straight into his head through his eye. She let one of the soldiers take him back to the base if one stayed. When they removed the dagger he was able to heal most of the damaged tissue back, but of course it left a scar. Ever since then he seems to struggle with the rider."
"It seems he's been through so much."
"The both of you have. Although it surprise me how you two manage a relationship during all of this caos." That sent a chill to daisy. There together?
Robbie finished and sat next to daisy and he looked stressed. "Hey, look. What happened yesterday, i'm... sorry. You were trying to help and I pushed you away. I guess i'm still not used to this whole relationship even though its been what? Five months?" Daisy was still confused on what to do, this is weirder than being paired with a fake ward. But she stuck with it and let what would happen go.
She put her hand on his knee and joked. "Don't stop there." Robbie had this instant confusion on his face. A not so distant and unfamiliar memory of him telling gabe and daisy how he got stuck with the rider. Daisy shook him out of the trans like state. "Robbie whats the matter? Is it him?" He shook his head.
"It felt like a memory resurfacing, but I never told you and gabe about the rider on the same day." Daisys heart raced. The only way a memory trigger could happen is if there is someone on the other side. It is him, the real robbie. Daisys eyes widened and sparked to life and she pulled him out of the chair into a corner.
"Finally I can tell you, robbie this isn't the real world. We are in a computer simulation." Robbie looked so confused.
"Daisy this is ridiculous we are turning around and getting you checked out." Daisy looked him straight in the eyes.
"Robbie, you of all people shouldn't turn down the possibility of a different world. Remember when you and two other men were pulled from a different dimension?"
Robbie had flashbacks. "Coulson and Fitz?"
Daisy lit up. "Yes!, yes. Look we need to find the others..." One of the agents cut her off.
"Excuse me directors, were here."
The jet made a rough landing and the door opened and there were buildings all lined up. Robbie came over and whispered to her. "We will deal with this later. First we handle this now its time to save some kids."
Robbie returned to a serious state and slid daggers in his boots and led the soldiers out. The building was full of empty rooms but they saw a doorway with a glowing light. Daisy walked in first and saw children being brain washed by hydra. Robbie crushed the projector and computer. There was another trap releasing terrogen gas into the room. The soldiers and robbie pulled up a mask so they wouldn't breath it in. Robbie tossed one to daisy and she put one on. Dark concrete grew all around the children and broke into pieces.
Robbie ordered his men, "Stay calm their just children, they are going to be scared."
Robbie took off his mask and took a knee at one of the little girls crying. She almost looked like robbie. "Hey its okey were here to help you, your safe now." She went to touch a stuffed animal that had fallen out of her lap and it caught fire. She started to freak out when her hands were on fire.
"Whats happening to me?" Her voice shook and her eyes glistened. Robbie took off his glove and held his hand out.
"Don't worry, i'm like you." He made fire come from the palm of his hand. She put her soft delicate hand in his and he helped her up. He faced all the kids. "Were here to take you somewhere safe and away from hydra. There is a plane outside for those who want to go." All the kids stood and the oldest one took rings.
"How do we know we can trust you?" Daisy used her powers to blow out the wall, and robbie used fire to burn a desk.
Daisy confronted the older kid. "We are like you, and anymore questions?" All the kids ran out with two solider escorting them. Except for one young boy in the back. All of the sudden hydra agents rushed in surrounding them including madam hydra again. Robbie felt so mad and the rider was clawing for a chance to kill her. Aida walked to the child.
"Your compliance will be rewarded." The kid became mindless and held his arm out to a shield agent. He started to drain him of life. Robbie walked closer and he could feel the kid absorbing his life force, killing him.
"Kid stop this you don't know what your doing." Daisy tried explaining.
Aida ordered, "Kill them and your freedom will be granted kill director daisy."
The rider drew the line and when the kid went to touch daisy he took control, and drove a dagger threw the boys chest. Daisy panicked at what robbie did. Deep inside there was a piece of him that enjoyed it. "Robbie No!"
Aida looked at robbie in pleasure."Look who is the murderer now, Director of shield kills innocent defenseless child."
The rider retreats back and he caught the kid as he fell. "No,No,No this cant be happening." He saw blood on his hands and started shaking. Robbie was in shock and couldn't move. Daisy used her powers to knock all the hydra agents out. She grabbed robbies shoulder and pulled him, mindlessly walking, to the plane. They took off quickly.
Daisy went to robbies side. "Are you okey?"
"No, I just killed an innocent child. I did what my purpose was against. How am I supposed to be okey?"
"But the rider did it I saw it."
"No daisy, that was me. I killed that kid to protect you. I should have found a different way." He buried his face in his hands.
"You just said so your self you stopped him from killing someone." Robbie stood up and paced fighting with the thought. He slams his fist into the wall of the jet yelling then heard a small voice.
"Excuse me sir? I..I. want to say thank you for helping us back there. I know you tried." It was the girl robbie first helped. Fire sparked on her hand and she grabbed his. "I forgive you." He squatted down to her level pushing her loose hair behind her ear.
"I'm afraid its not that easy chica. Mi fuego arde con el mal." (My fire burns with evil.)
"Se lo que eres, el jinete fantasma. Mi madre me hablo del diablo dentro de ti. Eso no te hace un hombre malo." (I know what you are sir, the ghost rider. My mother told me of the devil inside you. That doesn't make you a bad man.) Robbie put his other hand on the girls shoulder.
"I will try and keep that in mind little spitfire." Robbie stands up and buckles the girl into a seat. Daisy smiled seeing this new caring side.
"Careful, your dad instincts are showing." She teases as she punches his arm.
"Probably from looking after... gabe." His happiness retreated deep down and was replaced by sorrow and depression once again. Daisy let him have some space but something seemed to eat at him slowly. Just as the jet landed in the hanger robbie gave orders to the soldiers.
"Take the kids to the labs and see to it they are conferrable and find out their powers. The young hispanic girl is a pyrokinetic." He walks off quickly and daisy follows. She instantly remembers the rondevu point with jemma. She follows robbie back to their room and sees him in a panic.
"Robbie are you okey, is there something wrong?" At first he nods and tried to calm his breathing.
"Its him, there is something wrong with the both of 'us'." He started pacing then rushes to the bathroom sink and spits blood. He clenches his teeth hard and tried yelling but it was muffled.
"O my god robbie, stay calm, try and stop him." She tried putting her hands on his shoulders to support him but he pushed her away. A giant crack came from his chest and he collapsed to the ground yelling in pain. She tore off his mission vest and saw a glowing fire beneath his skin where his heart was. "Robbie you need serious help. NURSE! Hold on robbie don't die." He started uncontrollably shaking and black blood ran from his scared eye.
A nurse ran in and to his side. Daisy had this weird compulsion to hold his hand, so she did. He tried speaking but his chest would only allow short phrases.
"Its because..I killed...an innocent child." Shorty after he blacks out but daisy freaks out. The nurse reads his pulse.
"Hes still alive but I suggest we keep a close eye on him." Daisy nods and watches as two doctors carry him to the medical bay. Daisy takes a deep breath trying to relax and decides to look around to fill the void of information. The twos relationship. She saw pictures of the two of them on the wall and dresser. There was a picture of them kissing in front of a fountain in a park. She felt this weird belonging to him, she had never thought about him in the way the framework self did. She liked it. She saw another picture of them on top of a mountain looking down. She went to his side of the bed and looked in his dresser finding a small notebook.
-2017 14, 8 Today I had a weird vision, almost a memory, but not. It was of me fighting a guy in a firework store or storage apartment. That never happened.
-2017 30, 8 It happened again, a vision of a false past. I was racing away from two men I have never seen before, and crashed Lucy into one of our jets. The only reason I am writing these is because 'he' thinks its important. # Daisy's powers are taking a toll on her. Today her memories were scrambled, she forgot about our mission we were due for in a few minutes. I fear it might be worse than it seems.
*loss of memory / * Episodes where she forgets to breath
-2017 14, 9 I was right to be worried, it happened again. We finally had a kind doctor by a strangely familiar name. Dr Simmons, she was a true doctor and the only one we can trust to protect the secrets of her patients. She gave daisy a brain scan and it was what I feared, Parkinson disease.
-2017 cant tell- There is so much pain. My head feels like it was split in half. She..Madam hydra killed gabe and nearly me. That bitch is going to pay. Daisy isn't getting any better either. I knew 'he' knew death follows me.
A tear runs down her cheek and a dark pit fills her chest. She was dying, and feels awful for mentioning gabe earlier. Aida killed gabe, robbies last living relative. She kept snooping and looked in the dresser. Their was something off about robbies dresser, it was smaller inside than it appeared from the outside. She ran her fingers along the edge of the insides bottom and found a gap. She carefully lifted and her heart stopped when she saw nothing but a small red velvet box. She took it carefully in her hand and opened it, and it was exactly what she thought. A beautiful titanium band with black diamonds. She covered her mouth and couldn't move. She heard noise behind her and panicked. She put it back and made it look like she never touched his stuff. She turned around and saw simmons.
