Darcy stared after Jane and Selvig who were again heading off to the hospital in search of Thor.

Darcy had decided not to go with them, though truthfully she wasn't sure what to do instead.

She knew she needed to figure out why she was stuck in this stupid time loop or better yet how to get out of it.

She looked around the room and her eyes landed on her desk.

I wonder how many pop tarts Thor can eat?" she thought.

Yes that was something she could do.

Darcy grabbed her bag and headed across the street to buy another box of pop tarts.

Phil stood looking out over the crater, trying to decide the best way to figure out if one of the locals down there was his soulmate, It mostly seemed to be couples, but he wasn't really sure.

He heard Sitwell's car pull up next to his, but didn't turn until he heard him walk up next to him.

"What happened to the car?" Sitwell asked and Phil followed his gaze to the front of his car.

He hadn't quite managed to avoid the fence this morning, but at least it was still drivable.

"I fell asleep." Phil said, but decline to explain any more. "I'm putting you in charge here, while I take some agents to go collect Dr. Fosters research."

"Alright." Sitwell nodded, though Phil could see in his eyes that Sitwell wondered if he should be driving.

Darcy watched as Thor dug into his food. He had still ordered three platefuls of food after eating both boxes of pop tarts.

"Maybe start with how you got inside that cloud." Jane voice interrupted Darcy's thoughts.

"And how you could eat two entire boxes of Pop-Tarts and still be this

hungry." Darcy said.

Jane shot her a withering look as Thor downs the whole cup of coffee in one go, but Darcy ignored it.

She watched Thor looked down at the mug in his hand thoughtfully.

"This drink. I like it." he said.

This time she was prepared and reached over and grabbed it out of his hand.

"Yeah it's a great drink," she told him. "But no need to smash the cup."

Thor looked at her in surprise and a little bit of confusion, while Jane and Selvig just looked confused.

"I'll get you another." she got up and headed for the counter and Thor went back to devouring his food.

She heard one of the people at the counter was talking about Satellite crash, but ignored it because she really didn't care.

"Izzy, could I get another coffee?" she asked.

"Sure." Izzy said and a moment later had handed her a fresh cup.

"Thanks."

"Here you go." Darcy said as she sat down again.

"Thank you." he said taking it.

"I have got to get a picture of this." she said pulling her phone out. "Smile!"

Thor paused in his eating long enough to smile for her.

She snapped the photo and then turned her attention to her phone.

Now she wouldn't have to worry about their plan later, she thought as she saved the picture.

"Hey Coulson," Barton greeted. "What's up?"

"Where are you?" Phil asked.

"Watching Foster's lab from across the street." Baton told him. "Have you come to join me?"

"Yes," Phil said. "Is Ms. Foster in her lab?"

"No, she's a few blocks away at Isabela's Diner. They have that guy they took to the hospital the other night with them." Barton said. He can eat two whole boxes of pop tarts and still be hungry apparently."

"Two?" Phil asked before he could stop himself.

"Yep." Barton said.

Phil was almost sure that it had only been one, but if it had why had that changed? Why and how had his soulmate changed that?

He supposed that it meant she was not any of the people at the crater.

He shook his head.

"Alright, meet me there in two minutes." Phil said.

"Yes, sir." Barton said and hung up.

Two minutes later Phil pulled his car up behind Dr. Foster's lab and saw Agent Barton waiting in the shade.

"What do you want me to do?" Barton asked and Phil could tell Barton was eyeing the car.

"You can help pack things up." Phil told him, then addressing the other agents as well. "We are just appropriating all equipment and atmospheric data. Anything else is to be left. Get to work."

Phil headed back to his car to get his check book out.

It wouldn't do to forget that again.

"So what did you do the poor car?" Barton asked.

"Hit a fence." Phil said not looking up. "Aren't you suppose to be helping?"

"Alright, I'm going." Barton said. "But your going to have to tell me how you hit the fence later."

As soon as Phil had the check written and in the front pocket of suit coat he started helping as well and made sure everything was going smoothly.

When he saw things where almost packed up he glanced out the window and saw Dr. Jane Foster running toward the lab, Dr. Selvig and Ms Lewis behind her.

"What the hell is going on here?!" she demanded.

"Ms. Foster, I'm Agent Coulson, with SHIELD." Phil explained as he approached.

"Is that supposed to mean something to me?" Foster asked. "you can't do this!"

"Jane." Selvig said moving quickly forward to take Foster by the arm and

Phil held in a sigh as he watched them. It was really wasn't much fun getting yelled at repeatedly, but it wasn't her fault she couldn't remember this happening before.

He glanced over at Ms. Lewis who he found was watching him and he gave her a polite smile.

Could she have been the one to change the amount of pop tarts? he wondered. she didn't seem to show any sign of having already been through this day, but he wasn't really sure.

"Let it go?! This is my life!" she said as she moved through her lab.

"We're here investigating a security threat." Phil told her as he pushed his thoughts to one side and moved to walk beside her. "We need to appropriate your equipment and all your atmospheric data."

"By appropriate do you mean "steal?" Foster asked the accusation clear as she glared at him and then tried to grab some of her stuff out of the back of one of the vans, the agent standing her blocking her from doing so.

"Here, this should more than compensate you for your trouble." He told her as he pulled the check out and handed it to her.

She simply took it and tossed it to the ground without even sparing it a glance, just like she had the first day.

"I can't just buy replacements at RadioShack!" She told him. "I made most of that equipment myself!"

"Then I'm sure you can do it again." Phil said.

"And I'm sure I can sue you for violating my constitutional rights!" Foster snapped at him clearly angry, but it wasn't like he hadn't faced this kind of thing before.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Foster, but we are the good guys." He told her.

"So are we!" Foster shouted a note of desperation in her voice. "I'm on the verge of understanding something extraordinary."

She held up her notebook for him to see.

"Everything I know about this phenomenon is in this lab and in this book," He nodded his head at one of the approaching agents. "and you can't just take this away- Hey!" She cut off as the agent grabbed the book right out of her hand and she lunged at him trying to get it back.

Phil didn't even bother trying to stop her and left it to Selvig.

"Jane!" Selvig exclaimed pulling her off the man. "Easy! Easy. Jane..."

His agents closed up the van.

"Thank you for your cooperation." Phil said with a nod as he then turned and headed for his car. knowing Barton was going to bug him about how he had managed to hit a fence.

"They took your laptop, too." Darcy pointed out again.

She thought about suggesting the library, but decided to let him come up with it on his own.

"I can go to the library." he said.

"I'll take you." Jane said standing up and Selvig stood as well and they both headed for the stairs.

"I'll just stay here." Darcy said to empty air.

It was the third time she had been thru this day and still and she had yet to find out why it was happening.

Maybe she should trying asking Selvig when he got back, but that still left some time to kill in between.

She pulled out her phone and started scrolling though cat memes on tumbler, well she thought about what she could do.

She figured if she was siting on the edge of the roof she wouldn't fall asleep.

After a little bit she decide to take a walk and maybe get something to eat while she was at it.

After arranging transportation for Professor Randolph he had decided to head back into town to see if he would have any luck finding his soulmate and get a bite to eat well he was at it.

He got out of his car and headed up main street, looking for a place to eat.

"Hey," someone called from behind him and he turned more at the sound then because he thought they were talking to him. "Secret agent man."

So apparently they were talking to him.

He watched as Ms. Lewis paused to catch her breath, having had run to catch up with him.

"Secret agent man?" he questioned.

"Couldn't remember your name." she said waving it aside.

"It's Coulson." he supplied watching her.

"If you say so." she said. "What are you doing anyway? Have you come to steal more peoples things?"

"Borrow." Phil corrected. "And no, I came to get something to eat."

"I stand by what I said." Ms. Lewis told him.

"Was there something you needed, Ms Lewis?" Phil asked.

"For one don't call me Ms Lewis." she said. "It's Darcy and I was hoping maybe I could get my iPod back."

"Your iPod?" Phil asked.

"Yes," Darcy said. "It was taken along with all of Jane's science stuff, but it has nothing to do with science."

"I'm sorry Ms. Lewis, but it's in our system and I can't give it back to you until it's been looked over and filed properly."

"It's Darcy." she said glaring at him slightly.

"Sorry." he said. "Now if you'll excuse me."

He gave her a slight nod and turned and continued up the street.

He had just spotted a small burger joint and was about to open the door when he heard running and Darcy was again beside him.

He glanced at her as he entered the restaurant and was slightly surprised when she followed him in.

"Two?" the hostess at the front desk asked.

"Mmm-Hmm." Darcy said nodding her head at her.

So apparently Darcy had invited herself along. Phil noted, but he didn't object. This might after all be a good time to find out for sure if there was any chance she was the one he was looking for.

"Right this way." the hostess lead them to a table by the window.

"Ann will be your server this afternoon." she told them as she set menus down in front of them. "Enjoy your meal."

"Was there something else you wanted, Ms. Lewis?" he asked as the hostess walked away.

"Darcy." she said.

"Is there something else you wanted, Darcy?" he corrected himself

"Thank you." she said smiling. "That wasn't so hard, now was it secret agent man?"

Just then Ann arrived and he turned his attention to her.

"Welcome to Rick's burger shack. My name is Ann." She greeted. "Can I get you something to drink?"

"Yes,"Phil said glancing briefly at the menu in front of him. "I'll have a cream soda."

"And for you miss?" Ann asked.

"Uh," Darcy said. "I think I will just have water."

"I'll be right back with your drinks." she told them.

"You want me to call you Darcy, yet you keep calling me secret agent man?" he asked as he picked up his menu.

"Yep." She said as she too pick up her menu and began flipping through it. "Because who calls people by just their last name? Agent Coulson is to formal and I don't know your first name. Plus secret agent man sounds cool."

Alright he thought as he turned his full attention to the menu, honestly a little thrown by her.

A little bit later their waitress returned with their drinks.

"Are you ready to order?" she asked.

Phil glanced at Darcy as she set down her menu, before turning back to Ann.

"I'll have a bacon cheese burger with fries on the side." he told her.

"And for you miss?" she asked turning to Darcy.

"Um." she said glancing down at her menu. "I'll have a cheese burger and also could a I get a strawberry shake?"

"Certainly." Ann said. "Would you like that with fries or tater tots?"

"Fries." Darcy said.

"Your food will be here shortly." Ann said taking their menus and leaving.

"So was there something else you wanted, Darcy?" Phil asked again as she had yet to answer.

"Nothing besides my iPod." She said. "Because the only radio station you can get here is KFRM, Which is all agriculture, all the time and I would rather keep my sanity then listen to that, thank you very much."

"I already told you I couldn't get you your iPod back." Phil pointed out.

"Oh," She said. "You want to know why I followed you in here if I didn't want anything else."

Well she was perceptive. he thought.

"I just have nothing better to do." She said after a moment. "And I thought hey why not bug the jack-booted thug who stole my iPod."

Jack-booted thug? Phil half wondered if Darcy was where Dr. Selvig had gotten the term from.

"I'm not a jack-booted thug, Darcy." He said.

"Keep telling yourself that." She said with a bright smile.

He looked up as the waitress returned with their food.

After she had settled there food in front of them she asked.

"Can I get you anything else?"

"No, thank you." Phil said.

"So, if perchance you are not a jack-booted thug." Darcy said once Ann had left. "What is your job?"

Phil thought about it for am moment as he ate some of his food, before deciding it didn't really matter if he told her a little more about SHIELD. For one he didn't think it was likely she was his soulmate so she would not remember this come tomorrow and on the small chance that she was, it was stuff she would find out anyway.

"SHIELD is an extra-governmental military counter-terrorism and intelligence agency, it's our job to maintain both national and global security." he explained.

"And how does Jane's science stuff threaten security?" Darcy asked. "Because I'm pretty sure she's no terrorist."

"That's what I'm here to find out." Phil said. "Though no I don't think she is a terrorist either."

"So what does SHIELD stand for?" Darcy asked through a mouthful of food. "I mean it is an acronym right?"

Phil smiled slightly at that.

"Yes it is." he said. "It stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division."

"That's a mouthful." she said as she took a sip of her shake. "Go figure you just call it SHIELD."

"Yes." he agreed.

"So what kind of security threats have you dealt with?" she asked after they had eaten in silence for a moment.

"That would be classified information." Phil said.

"Of course it is." Darcy said dipping one of her fries in her shake before eating it. "So what kind of TV shows do you watch or is that classified too?"

"It's not classified." Phil said smiling slightly. "I don't have much time to watch TV, but I have managed to keep up on Supernanny as well as Pawn Stars."

"Can't say I've ever watched either of those." Darcy said. "But Supernanny is a British show right?"

"Yes it is." Phil said. "What TV shows do you watch?

"I like Doctor who." Darcy said as she took a bite of her burger. "Part two of the next season comes out sometime next month."

"Have you watched any of the classic Doctor who?" Phil asked.

"Nope," she said. "It's hard to get a hold of these days, But I have watched all of the new. Nine is my favorite."

"I haven't watched any of the new." Phil admitted as he took a bite of his burger.

"Now that's something you've got to fix." Darcy said pointing her finger at him, before picking up her shake and taking a gulp. "Oh that's cold."

Phil smiled as he watched her shove a handful of fries in her mouth.

"So you said you couldn't get it back to me until it's been looked over and filed properly, right?" Darcy said after a little while.

It took Phil a second to figure out what she was talking about.

"Yes." he agreed.

"How long do you think that will take?" she asked.

"I don't know." he told her after he had swallowed the last bite of his burger.

"That's not a very helpful answer." she told him.

"I know." Phil said. "But I do not have a better one at this time."

She pushed her empty plate to one side and pulled her shake closer.

"So I should ask you again tomorrow?" Darcy asked.

"If you must." Phil said finishing off his fries.

"Oh definitely." she said.

Phil watched as she proceeded to gulp down the rest of the shake.

"Ow." She said putting her hand on her head.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

"Just a slight brain freeze." she told him.

Just then the waitress came back.

"Are you all done or is there anything else I can get you?" she asked.

"We are good thank you." Phil said. "Could I please get the check?"

"Of course." Ann said, smiling.

"Um, could we get that split?" Darcy asked.

"Of course." Ann said. "I'll be right back."

"Thanks." Darcy grinned.

A moment later she returned and after they had both payed, they left.

"Well I will see to you tomorrow about my iPod." Darcy told him as they reached his car.

"I can't say that it will do you much good." Phil said as he opened his car door.

"I know." she said, smiling at him. "I'll see you later."

With that Darcy waved and headed off down the street.

Phil watched her go for a moment before turning and climbing into his car.

He may not have found his soulmate, but at lest he was sure now that Darcy wasn't her. He would just have to try again tomorrow.

Darcy pushed the door to the lab opened and headed inside. Glancing around she saw that Selvig was not back just yet.

Well she thought as she sat down on one of the few comfy chairs, that had been fun if kind of pointless, though she had decided that just maybe the secret agent guy wasn't such a bad dude after all.

She still had no idea why her day was repeating and Jane just wasn't taking her seriously.

Maybe Selvig would, she thought. The only way to know would be to ask.

She pulled out her phone and started working on Thor's fake ID while she waited for him to get back.

It was only a few minutes later that she heard the door open and looked up as Selvig entered.

"Where is Jane?" he asked as he glanced around.

"I'm not sure." Darcy said.

She knew Jane was helping Thor, but she didn't know exactly were Jane was so it wasn't really a lie.

Selvig nodded, seated himself at one of the now empty tables and opened his book.

After a moment Darcy moved to join him.

"So have you ever heard of someone reliving their day?" she asked.

Selvig looked up at her in surprise.

"Of course." he said.

"Really?" she asked leaning forward in her chair.

"Yes." Selvig said. "Haven't you read about Soulmates connections?"

"No." Darcy said frowning slightly.

What did soulmates have to do with reliving your day?

Just because she hadn't ever read about them, didn't mean she hadn't heard all about soulmate connections. Her Mom and Dad were soulmates after all and everyone had soulmates.

"Reliving your day is one of the soulmate connections." Selvig explained. "It is one of the uncommon ones though, so if you didn't read about the different soulmate connections, it is understandable that you had not heard of it."

"So I'm reliving my day because of my soulmate connection?" Darcy asked. "How does that even work?"

"The first day you are in the same vicinity of your soulmate, your whole day will keep restating until you find one another." Selvig said.

"But how do I even find him?" Darcy asked. "Because he could be like some random guy I passed on the street."

"Well," Selvig said. "He is the only other person who is reliving the day with you. Also he is the only one besides you who can effect change on the day, so if something different happens that you did not cause. Well then you know it was your soulmate."

"Okay," Darcy said frowning.

She was half wondering if Selvig was pulling her leg, but then that didn't seem like something he would do. Just to be on the safe side she pulled out her phone and looked it up.

Sure enough, there where ten different soulmate connections one could have, three of which could happen two different ways. They were all divided into three categories of common, less common and uncommon.

She recognized most of the common ones and even one of the less common, she had had a friend who had had the age of how old they would be when they met there soulmate.

She put her phone down with a sigh, At lest now she knew why she was reliving her day.

The problem was that she couldn't think of one thing that had been different that wasn't caused by her.

Puente Antiguo was not a large town, after all it only had a population of 2,175, but she had know idea how to go about finding one guy, short of running around and yelling until she got his attention, of course by then he would probably just think she was crazy so she should only use that as a last resort.

Wait what if it was one of those agent dudes? She kind of figured it wasn't the one she had just had lunch with, but that didn't mean it wasn't one of the other jack-booted thugs.

"Darcy." Selvig said.

"Yes?" she asked looking up.

"If you've relived this day before, how come you don't know where Jane it?"

"Because I don't know her exact location." Darcy said. "There is a message from her on you phone probably, but she should be back." Darcy glanced at the clock on the wall. "In about half an hour, give or take."

"I don't think they are going to stay away from the bars." Barton commented as they watched Dr. Selvig and the man he called Donald Blake walk away.

"What is it?" Barton asked when he saw the frown on Phil's face.

"Dr. Selvig showed up sooner then he did the first day." Phil said.

"What." Barton said confused for a moment. "Oh right the whole soulmate thing."

Phil had told him again about how he was reliving his day when he had explained to Barton about how he had hit the fence that morning.

"So I guess that means your soulmate is Dr. Foster or Ms. Lewis?" Barton asked.

I don't think so." Phil said. Dr. Foster has shown no sign of being aware of the fact that we were going to take her things until it happens."

"And she does seem the kind of person who would put up a fight if she had warning." Barton agreed. "What about Lewis?"

"I talked to her and she doesn't seem aware either." Phil said. "There has to be someone I'm missing."

"Well have fun with that." Barton said grinning as he walked away