Author's notes:

I do not own Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Arrow, or Flash

"You have to go now, we will come back for you when it's safe."

"Coulson, Coulson! WAIT! DON'T DO THIS!"

"Daisy, if we don't they will kill you, they will come for you and kill you. It's over now. We WILL come back for you, I promise. Wait for us."

"COULSON!"

"Goodbye Daisy."

Daisy woke up with a special kind of hangover, which was surprising, considering she was pretty sure she didn't drink. She groaned and sat up, her ears were ringing and she felt dizzy in the head. Everything was fuzzy and dark, shapes blending into each other like a Van Gogh painting, and there was that one shining light that felt like it would burn her eyes out. She could kind of recognize the moon in it, but it was more of a swimming unrecognizable shape of light rather than, well, a moon.

She took a big breath and tried to calm down, waiting for her vision to settle. It took some time, but soon enough she was able to make out her surroundings.

She was sitting on the pavement, and that at least explained why it was so damn uncomfortable. Pavements aren't comfortable in any universe. The surrounding buildings looked like they could fall to pieces any minute, so she guessed she was at an abandoned part of a town. Or maybe the whole town was abandoned. At least that also meant that nobody was around, thank god, so that was a plus. Or maybe they just ran away when they saw her fall through a freaking portal.

Speaking of portals, where was she?

Her memory was all jumbled up. She remembered Coulson pushing her through a gateway of some sort, a portal between the universes or something like that. She remembered him telling her that this is the only way. They had an inhuman that could find her wherever she was.

But sending her to another earth? Seriously?

It is true that she was wanted by the whole government. By all governments actually. There was an attack on the UN and they thought it was her. She was even wanted by the Avengers.

She didn't know what she did to be hated so much, all she knew was that they wanted to find her, they wanted to kill her. Not the Avengers, there was another group. Another group with an inhuman. And until her enemies were defeated, until her name was cleared, she had to leave. Leave not just her friends and family, the only family she had ever known, but her whole universe, just to end up… well, here. Wherever here was.

She let her head fall back on the pavement. Jumping between universes were not fun. All her bones ached, and the world would not stop spinning, and oh my god, would someone please stop that goddamn ringing in her head.

Suddenly, just to spite her, a portal opened above her, but before she could start hoping, two bags fell through, an envelope, and then it closed again.

The bags, of course, landed right on her stomach.

Daisy groaned and pushed the bags off her, grabbing the envelope and opening it with shaky hands. She recognized Coulson's handwriting.

Dear Daisy

I am sorry we had to send you away like this, alone, but we will come back for you. I promise. Until then, try to remember who you are. An agent of SHIELD. An inhuman. A hacker. You don't need us, and you certainly don't need anyone or anything else to be the kickass woman you are.

But still, we sent you some things to help you get by. When we next open this portal, we will be here to get you home.

With love, Coulson and the team.

She felt tears falling from her eyes. So this was it for now? They sent her some stuff and a letter and left her here, all alone?

She could have fought. She could have stood up to them. She could have… She would have rather fought and died than… than to be abandoned, without family, all alone once again.

For one moment, Daisy felt utterly, and completely lost. Alone.

She looked at the letter again, crumpling it in her hands with anger. They abandoned her. They left her. They knew that she had been abandoned many times before, and yet, they did it too. They left her alone. Why? Why did they do that to her? How could they?

And then, only then, she realized it. Coulson is right. She is an agent of SHIELD. She is an inhuman. She is a hacker. They didn't abandon her, they trusted her that she could do this. That she could survive this.

She fought back the tears, took a big breath, and stoop up. She has stared into the eyes of death many times, and yet, she was still breathing. This will not break her. She was stronger than this, and she knew that. Instead of suffering like a little girl, she should start doing something. Anything. Like they trusted she would.

She opened the bags. The first bag contained money, in cash. Nothing else, just a bag full of money. That could be useful if they used the same currency here. This much could buy her a home and help her pay for everything for years to come, or even more.

The other bag had her stuff in it. She didn't have much, since she was used to living on the road, but what she had was here, in the bag. Plus her uniform and… OH MY GOD IS THAT A NEW LAPTOP? She honest to god chuckled as she took out the laptop. It was Fitz' handiwork, no doubt. IT took all her willpower not to open it up right away, to put it right back into the bag.

There was also a phone, Fitz again, and… a ball? She took it into her hands, looked at it, shook it a few times, but no matter how she looked at it, it was just a ball made of metal.

"Well, okay then." She said, frowning and putting the ball back too, zipping the bag back up. She had time to figure it out later. First things first, she had to find somewhere to sleep, and tomorrow, she could take care of everything else.

She seemed to be at the outskirts of a city, but she was between buildings, not even seeing the lights, so she had no idea which way to start walking.

She put the bags behind a dumpster, just in case, and crouched down.

Her powers propelled her into the air, and she landed gracefully on the top of the building, like she had done a hundred times while she was going rogue.

In the distance, she saw skyscrapers lit up like Christmas trees, a sight that reminded her of the big cities in her own world. Well at least this world seemed similar to hers, there weren't any flying cars and stuff, which would have been really cool, but her hacker abilities relied on her knowing systems, and she wasn't eager to learn everything again.

She returned to her bags, and headed straight towards the city.

Oliver was not having a good day. He was trying to make a funding for the army veterans in the city happen, but the city council was fighting him at every step.

He was actually relieved when he could finally walk into the foundry. He flopped down into a chair with a groan, putting his head into his hands. It didn't help that he hasn't really slept for days because there was a new drug dealer in town, trying to sell some new version of vertigo, but they always seemed to be a step too late, couldn't bust the drug deals.

"For what it's worth Oliver, I really appreciate what you are doing." Diggle said, putting his hand on Oliver's shoulder. "I know firsthand what war can do to people."

"I know that, that's why I'm doing it." Oliver answered with a faint smile.

"Maybe you should rest today. We can take care of the city for one night." Diggle assured him.

"Damn right we can." Rene shouted from the other side of the room. "Ain't that why you've been training us boss? Even if Curtis went on that vacation, there are still like, four of us."

Oliver looked up, and shook his head. "Not tonight. We are really close to the identity of the new Count. I want to be here if or when he shows."

"Uhm guys" Felicity whirled around in her chair "sorry to interrupt but we have a problem. Like a big problem. A universe big problem. Actually, multiple universes problem…"

"Felicity" Oliver looked at the blonde hacker with a serious face. "From the beginning."

"Yeah right, sorry." She whirled back towards her computer, the team coming to stand behind her, looking at the screens. "So you know Cisco gave us specs so we can monitor universe crossings in Star city."

"No."

"Ain't never heard of that."

"Not really."

"Universe crossings?"

"Later Dinah." Oliver said, and turned back towards Felicity. "What happened? Did someone cross over?"

"It sure seems like it." Felicity pressed enter, and a red dot appeared on the screen that was showing the map of one of the abandoned parts of the Glades. "Should we call team Flash or…"

"Let's see what we are dealing with first" Oliver said, and picked up his bow. "Dinah, you come with me for backup, the others stay here and wait for the count to show its face."

Oliver parked his bike with a turn, Dinah doing the same next to him. He hopped off, looking around.

"You sure this is the place Felicity?"

"Hundred percent. More than hundred actually. Wait is that even possible?"

"Well, whoever crossed over here is long gone." Dinah said, looking around. "Or maybe they are invisible."

Oliver lifted his finger up, demanding silence. For a moment neither of them said anything. Then Oliver pointed at the ground. There were cracks in two concentrated places. A few meters to the left the same thing, same size, same width between the cracks.

"What did you find?" Felicity asked anxiously.

"Cracks in the ground." Dinah answered.

"Wait here." Oliver ordered, and shot an arrow towards the top of the closest building, swinging up.

"Did you find anything?" Dinah asked in the comms once he made it up.

"The same cracks up here, but only one pair," Oliver answered. "I think we are dealing with a metahuman. They jumped up here because they didn't know where they were. It's safe to assume they are heading for the city."

"Did you figure that out from a few cracks in the ground?" Rene asked, unbelieving.

"I figured that out because that's exactly what I would do if I jumped to another universe," Oliver explained, "we are going to try to figure out which way they went, going by the fastest ways towards the city from this point."

He descended from the building and hopped on his bike, starting the engines. "Let's find ourselves a meta."

Daisy heard the engines just in time to be able to hide behind a pillar, just before two bikes turned the corner and appeared in the street, racing past her. She didn't dare move before they disappeared again. Something in her gut told her she didn't want to get caught. And because of her instincts being pretty solid, she decided to take a slower route to town, just to be safe.

Finding a hotel room wasn't hard, even though it was the middle of the night. Daisy searched for one that looked comfortable but wasn't very flashy, but still safe enough. She rented a corner room with a balcony that provided great chance for escaping, should it come to that.

First, she needed to get some sleep, to calm down and wrap her head around… well, everything. Tomorrow, she could start planning. She needed to find out as much as she could about this world, and about the city she was in. She didn't want nor need any unexpected surprises.

But for now, she needed to sleep.

However, it was surprisingly hard for her to fall asleep, even with how tired she felt. But lying in the bed, nothing felt right nor safe. It was as if her whole world was turning around her, and all she wanted was to curl up and hide, to forget.

She felt so alone, more abandoned than she ever felt before. She wasn't sure why. She was used to the feeling of being abandoned, that feeling is what made her who she is today.

And yet, this time it was different. Maybe because now she had something to lose. And it hurt. It hurt so damn much. It kind of reminded her of the moment when she realized Ward was Hydra. When he betrayed her.

That night, when she finally fell asleep, her dreams were filled with terror.