His head screamed in refusal as he opened his eyes to a bright light. He knew it wasn't 'the end' because he had seen it. It wasn't bleach white but complete darkness. When his vision came back he recognized the medical equipment from jemma's lab leaving a wave of relief wash over him. "About time racer, its been a good minute."

Daisy was in a chair next to his bed with a welcoming smile. "W-wh-" His memories came back too fast and amplified the pain thundering in his skull.

"Easy, Jemma said your 'separation' left you drained. Its been two full days since that night." She carefully placed a hand on his chest making him realize he was trying to sit up.

His face paled at certain moments of flipping through his mind. "Dios..." The Latino suddenly felt sick to his stomach but kept it down. "Is- is it gone?" He couldn't let himself near anyone if that thing was still inside him.

"We don't know for sure. But, we do have an agent from New York." She saw his eyes snap to her, filled with desperate hope to get rid of any bit of that symbiote left. "He is one of them, a symbiote, but he is different. Like he cleanses the host of these parasites." That was when his expression changed.

She noticed his hands tighten into fists and his knuckles go white. "Is gabe okey?" He didn't make eye contact with her, but she could sense the dread.

"Besides the very few scrapes and cuts, yeah. He's really good." She couldn't stop a snort to fall from her mouth. "He actually refused to go home until you wake up." Carefully daisy reached for his hand, and surprised with how pliant he was, weaved their fingers together. "I'm sorry about what I said the other day. I overstepped a boundary no one should. And i'm sorry for that."

Robbie seemed to relax at the contact and shrugged to her apology. Then something happened that daisy would very concerned about if he wasn't on a lot of pain medicine. A soft smile formed on his lips. "If your that sorry you could buy me a beer when I get out of here." And the killer is when he finally turned those dark amber eyes on her. They were filled with caution and hope. Something she would have never expected from this man.

Daisy smiled brightly and gasped, placing a hand over her heart. "Oh my god, did robbie reyes actually ask me to a date?!" She watched in amusement as his face grew a nice shade of red. They both laughed quietly before returning to the silence. "I would love to go for drinks later, robbie. Besides, you need to tell me all about your journey through space."

There was a knock on the door and it grabbed their attention. It was a tall man, somewhere in his thirties. Brunette hair styled, wearing casual jeans and flannel shirt. "Hey, sorry for the interruption but we should do this as soon as possible." He walked into the room and shook hands with daisy before turning to robbie and holding his hand out.

Robbie didn't like the feeling he was getting around this guy. The rider didn't like it. Odd's aside he took his hand. It was mistake. He instantly recoiled at contact. His hand felt like it was dipped in acid.

"Well, there's your answer." He turned to daisy and shook his head. "There isn't a lot there but its enough to where he's going to feel it." The man moved to the other side of the bed and what happened next got a rise out of robbie. White ooze engulfed the man and he turned into one of the symbiotes.

Robbie instantly tried to push away from the thing but found his back hitting daisy. She grabbed his hand and forced him back down. "Robbie, calm down okey? He is going to get rid of the small pieces okey?" He schooled his panic and steeled his appearance.

When anti-venom placed his hand on robbie's chest, it was the the dam busted wide. Every nerve in his body was set ablaze and he bit down on his lip to stop himself from screaming. Then it shifted, and it felt like the other symbiote was inside. Searching for the other and when it did it felt like a poisonous war inside his body.

Daisy had o jump back when the black came out to try and fight the other. Robbie arced off the bed and screamed as the other just burned he other. Everything seemed to be going as planned until daisy noticed his skin start to burn away.

The other man seemed to know something and shot weds at daisy, only to pull her close and curl in over her. Hellfire was unleashed at such a force that the glass in the room either melted or shattered.

It was quiet and the large mass behind her moved so she could see.

The rider laid there on the bed unconscious. Fire danced off his skull in a low level. She slowly went to his side and noticed how his entire body was nothing but bone and fire, but it was different. The fire felt solid at a certain point when she held his hand.

There was a faint twitch, but she could feel the skeletal hand try and tighten around her whole one. She looked back at the other man to find him back to normal and a confused expression.

"You must have triggered the ghost riders defense mechanism. Its the only way robbie can heal from fatal injuries." He nodded and shook hands with her. "Thank you again. And I promise you are now unknown to everyone, erased from the system."

"And thank you for a new life, and if you run across any more of these please don't hesitate to call." And with that he took his leave.

It took a while before robbie emerged from the fire and returned to consciousness. His first words of, 'remind me to never leave earth again.' and they both shared a good laugh. This was nice. Have a piece of the team back, and something special that may come with robbie.

They are definitely going to need drinks after this.

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THE END

Bonus 3 months later

It was robbie's official initiation into the SHIELD organization. When gabe had graduated and gone off to collage robbie decided it was time for a different pace. He had joined shield on their missions and read the enormous ass book of regulations and rules.

So here he sits, on a bar stool at the local LA bar. Receiving pats on the back as other agents pass by. He was lost in thought though.

Daisy and robbie had gone to this very bar for that drink. They had talked for hours, trading stories from when hr was gone and her space adventure. Something sparked between them that night, and they ended up in this 'close friends, but not too close'. Both too weary to expose themselves to the world again. And they were right to be, they were too scared to hurt the other in bad luck or just how messed up their lives were. But there was something about robbie that made him fit better than the others. So they have been dancing around each other since.

Movement next to him caught his attention and a smile bloomed on his lips. Speak of the devil.... Daisy herself was smiling like Cheshire's cat as she handed him a black box. Inside was his SHIELD agent badge. "Congrats Agent Reyes, you are now an official agent of SHIELD."

He eyed it softy and pushed it to the side before taking a shot of whisky. "So would it be bad if the Director was fraternizing with a lower ranking agent?" That seemed to get her absolute attention.

She sputtered in confusion. "I- uh, well." She stopped and looked him in the eyes and could he how hard it is to ask these things. "Well, I am the director and since we are no longer a legitimate organization. Who cares?"

He, himself seemed surprised with her answer. "Well then, how about we get out of here and I take you to lunch?" Robbie reached and tucked the box away in his jacket, only to pull his keys out.

"Sounds like a plan racer."