Own Nothing
"Coulson, we have an incoming alien craft coming towards us." Skye stated as she ran into his office. "And they are trying to hail us."
"Put them on the monitor." Coulson stepped out from around his desk and straightened his tie. It has been a week since Darcy left and Thor hasn't said a word of where she's been. He did inform him that she was safe and that she will be returning shortly. He was hoping that this would be her, but he was preparing for the worst. "Have Mack and the other prepare incase these aren't friendlies." He told Skye and she left the room as May walked into the room to stand by his side.
He turn on the screen and open the link between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the ship. "You are in private airspace, please state your intent." Coulson stated.
"Jeeze, you leave Earth for one week and its all state your intent for coming home." Darcy replied as she appeared on screen. "I'm here to kick the Kree Stone's ass, how about that for intent?" She stared at him.
"You look well." He stated as he stared at her. He glanced over her appearance, she was wearing a man's shirt and tight pants, both not really her size. "Who's your friends?"
"They're the Guardians of the Galaxy." She replied with a smirk. "I Bonded with two of them."
"Really?" He arched a brow and chanced a glance at May who was amused. "Well Fitz and Skye will be excited to see you."
She frowned and looked worried. "Yea. Me too." She looked back to the pilot who Coulson couldn't see. She looked at Coulson. "Jemma first Coulson. She's priority."
"I." He stopped. "Are you sure you're strong enough?" He asked her.
"I know what I am now." She whispered and bit her lip. She looked afraid, as if she didn't want to tell him. "It isn't good." She avoided his stare. She took a deep breath. "We'll land and I'll get to work." She signed off and the screen went dark.
Coulson looked at May who stared back at him. "How bad can it be?"
"On a scale of Skye to Loki?" May asked him.
"I'd prefer Skye." He told her and he hit the intercom. "They are friendlies, I repeat friendlies, they are coming onto base." He lifted his finger of the button and looked at May. "Keep the others busy, if Darcy is going straight for Jemma, they'll only get in her way. She'll need no distractions."
"You really want to pull them away from her?" She asked him.
"Right now, yeah, I do." He walked out of his office and went to greet the ship. He stared in awe as the ship opened up to reveal five strange looking people. "So you're the Guardians of the Galaxy." He stated as they walked down the ramp of their ship and stood before him. He glance around and didn't see Darcy. "Where is she?"
"She's already in the room." The more human one stated. "You must be Coulson." He stated. "I'm Starlord." He smirked at him. "Show us the way?"
Coulson frowned and searched for Darcy with his link but she had him closed off. "What does she have planned?" He asked Peter.
Peter snorted. "Something stupid I'm sure of it." He tilted his head. "Come on, we're supposed to be there with her, that's the plan."
Coulson gave him another look before nodding and leading him and the others down to the room where they kept the Stone. He opened the door to see Darcy standing there, glowing softly. "Darcy." He whispered.
"Get him out of here." She ordered. And Drax lifted him up and pushed him out the door and closed it. She took a deep breath and stared at the stone. "If this ends badly, run like hell okay."
Peter stepped up a foot behind her. "I have nowhere to run to." He told her.
She snorted and shook her head. "God you suck." She parroted his words back to him and stepped closer to the glass case. She felt her power wash over her, the green light glowing brightly as she let it consume her. The Kree Stone shifted in it's case, slamming against the sides in anger. She reached out with her power and opened the latch. She could feel the darkness of the stone, its pull as it pulled her into itself. In a blink, she was in the darkness, she looked around and she was in the Stone. "Jemma!" She called out. She looked around to see nothing but darkness and silence.
She took a step forward and she tripped and saw an arm and felt sick. She looked around her and suddenly she was in a city of destruction. She pushed herself up and looked around. The city looked familiar but it was hazy like she couldn't place it. "Jemma." She whispered as she moved carefully around the broken city. She searched for the young girl's Song, she could feel it, it was weak but it was still there, it was here. In this city. "Where are you?"
"This is what you created." A voice stated around her. The voice had no gender that she could place, it was almost ominous, and god like if she believed in something like that. But seeing how she was a weapon of mass destruction in a vessel. Gods to pray to didn't matter much to her now. "This destruction is your doing."
"I don't know what you are talking about, I just got here." Darcy replied as she looked around. "Jemma!" She called out. "Jemma Simmons!" She called at the top of her lungs.
"Do you think that you can maintain your image of humanity when you and the others like you were created for destruction such as this?" The voice asked.
Darcy continued to walk as she chose to ignore the voice. "Jemma!" She called. She stopped when she noticed that she was walking but she wasn't really moving. "This is how it's going to work?" She asked the voice. "We're going to have a big philosophical talk about my life choices so you can keep me from Jemma?" She looked around angrily. "Because that's going to piss me off."
"Anger is a human emotion." The voice stated. "You are not."
"Jemma is." She replied. "You took her from us, from me. Why?"
"We needed her." The voice stated. "She is useful."
"Because she is a doctor?" Darcy asked. "Because she works with S.H.I.E.L.D. or because she works closely with Inhumans?"
The voice remained quiet for a moment before answering. "Her fear and anger of the Inhumans has proven useful in her change."
Darcy froze. "You're making her into a weapon, to battle the Inhumans." She clenched her fists. "No." She closed her eyes and found her power inside of her, her light. "I may be an Infinity Stone, but I was raised human, and humans have the most beautiful Songs that I have ever seen. And I won't let you take that from Jemma." The light grew brighter and brighter and Darcy found the green glowing Stone inside of her and clenched it tight as it burned brightly, tearing through the darkness.
She opened her eyes to see Jemma laying down on a table, cables and wires on in her. "Jemma." Darcy whispered as she walked over to her. She waved her hand over the young woman and she was freed of them. She grabbed Jemma's hand as Jemma woke up. "Hey, it's time to go home."
"Darcy." Jemma breathed. "Where are we?" She struggled to keep her eyes open.
"Almost home." She helped her up and held her close to her, she could feel the darkness inside of Jemma. Just waiting to be let out, like a sleeper agent. "I need you to be strong for me Jemma, please."
"Okay." Jemma whispered. She weak as she tried to hold herself up in Darcy's arms, arms wrapped around Darcy's waist.
Darcy smiled lightly down at her as she lowered her face towards hers', lips only an inch apart and she inhaled. Jemma went rigid as her fingers tightened their hold on Darcy's shirt. Her eyes widened before lowering as Darcy started to draw the darkness out of her. Everything faded away from them and they were back in the room at the Playground. Darcy holding Jemma to her as she continue to draw the darkness from her, the Kree Stone was still in its glass case. Darcy's eyes started to glow a darker green as she felt the darkness fully leave Jemma's body and enter her own. She would be able to mold it and control it on her own, she will not let it hurt Jemma ever again.
"Jemma!" Fitz called. "Darcy!" He tried to get into the room, but the Guardians kept him out of it.
Darcy felt the last of the darkness slip away from Jemma and smiled and lifted her head to kiss her lightly on the forehead. "Take her to medical." She told them as Peter grabbed ahold of Jemma to hand her off to one the S.H.I.E.L.D agents. He turned and looked at Darcy who was staring at Skye and Fitz who watched as Hunter carried Jemma out of the room, they turned to look at Darcy, both crying happy tears. She could feel their happiness, but she could also feel their sudden worry and fear too. She tensed when she felt something at her back, she didn't have a second to react before the Stone rush out of its case and engulfed her.
"Darcy!" Peter screamed and rushed forward but Drax and Gamora held him back. "Darcy!"
Skye and Fitz pushed past and raced to join his side and stared in shock as they watched as small cracks in the stone began to form. Soon they were covering the Stone cracking the black stone and making it shift, a green light shining through. "Darcy." Peter breathed. "Come on, you can do it." He stepped forward in anticipation.
A bright light burst through the Stone shattering it into dust, vaporizing it completely. They all had to shield their eyes from the glare but when they opened them, Darcy stood there smiling. "Told you it would work." She whispered meekly. She moved the hand that she held at her chest out towards Peter and he frowned as he stepped towards her. "Half for me and half for you."
"This won't work." He stated as he stared at her.
"I am Groot." Groot stated from the back of the room as he kept everyone else out.
"Groot still believes in me." She whispered.
"Groot's a tree." Peter replied as he stared at her fist that was shining because of part of the Stone. "You plan sucks."
"It's a good plan." She replied. "You take it and you run like hell." She thrusted her hand to him and opened it to reveal half of the Infinity Stone. "Take it Peter." She looked up at him. "He can't use half a stone."
"Can you?" He asked her as he looked up at her, eyes worried.
"I saved Jemma." She whispered.
"What's going on?" Skye asked as she stared between the two of them. "What plan?"
Darcy frowned and looked down at the Stone. "I'm not human."
"We knew that." Fitz stated.
"I'm an infinity Stone." Darcy continued as if he didn't say anything, her voice tired and strained. "And there's someone one out there, Thanos, who wants to the Stones to destroy the universe."
"What?" Skye's voice cracked. "Darcy."
"I'm just a vessel, Darcy Lewis is just a shell created to hide this Stone." She shook her head to keep the tears from falling. "So take the damn Stone, Quill and you run like hell."
"No." He glared at her. "Become stronger, help us defeat him."
An arm came into view and a canister enveloped the Stone. Peter blinked and Gamora took off running. "Gamora! What the hell!" He watched her.
"She at least follows the plan." Darcy mumbled. Peter turned back to looked at her and caught her in time to see her sway into his arms. "I'm just going to rest and everything is going to be okay. You'll see."
"Darcy. Darcy!" He called her name as she closed her eyes, he shook her lightly and he looked over at the other two Songs who were in shock. "Get her!"
Skye nodded and raced after Gamora but Fitz knelt down next to Darcy on her other side and grabbed her hand. "I can't hear her." He whispered and his voice shook. He looked at Peter. "She can't leave us. We just got her home."
Peter stared at him and he knew that this must be Fitz, somehow he knew. He nodded and looked back down at Darcy and lifted her up and carried her out of the room. "Where's medical?"
Gamora raced to the Milano, Drax and Rocket right behind her when she felt the ground shook. "I don't think so." A voice call out. She turned to see the young girl from the room. "Give me back Darcy's heart."
"This is the infinity Stone and it is a weapon. It must be protected." Gamora stated. "Thanos will use it to destroy the universe, including your Terra."
"Here we call it Earth, or Midgard if you're Asgardian." Skye stated as she took a fighting stance, she shook the Playground around them. "And that's my Songs' heart. So I want it back."
Gamora smiled at her. "I like her too, but this was her wish, her plan. She wanted this."
"Oh I believe that." Skye stated. "This has Darcy written all over it."
Drax looked around. "I don't see her written anywhere." He mumbled.
Gamora and Rocket ignored him. "Do you think you can take us all on by yourself?" She asked the girl.
Skye smirked. "I could." And smiled. "But I could just be stalling you so Hunter could hijack your ship. Turns out space ships and Quinn Jets are pretty similar."
Rocket's mouth dropped as he stared at her, he looked up at Gamora who clenched her jaw. "Peter left the ramp open on purpose." He stated.
"Bonds, we're always in each other's heads." Skye smirked and arch a brow. "So, want to hand over that canister?" She stopped shaking the Earth. Gamora looked down at the orb that held the Stone and sighed. She tossed it to the girl who glanced at her with a frown. "How do I know if you didn't switch them on me?" Skye asked her.
Gamora smirked and reached behind her and pulled another out and tossed that one to her. "It must be a Terran thing." She stated.
Skye snorted and held up both canisters and smiled. "Don't wonder off." She waved a one finger salute to them and raced to medical to find Darcy.
Skye ran into medical and raced to the med bed where Fitz and Starlord stood on either side of Darcy. She handed the canister to Fitz who looked at it and handed it to Peter. "Good, now get out of here." He ordered them. He took the other one from Skye to and opened both of them to find the right one. He tossed the empty one over his shoulder. "I don't know what she'll do when she wakes up, but I'm the only one who can touch these things"
"How do you know?" Fitz asked him.
Peter looked at him. "Because I've done it before." He stared down at the broken half of green Stone. "Leave and close the door. Check on your friend there." He nodded to Jemma. "If this works, you'll know it soon enough." He waited until they left the room and the door slid shut before he took the Stone from the canister. He hissed as it burned his skin, he could feel its power crawling into him, burning him alive as he hurried to move it over her chest. "Work dammit." He muttered as he pushed the Stone into her chest, just over her heart. He felt it slip into her skin, the residual burning still in the palm of his hand. He bit his lips as he stared down at her and pulled his hands away when the Stone disappeared into her chest and he waited. "Darcy, come on." He whispered.
She jolted in the bed and he grabbed ahold of her to hold her steady. "Shit." He stated as he could feel her skin burning his. "Come one Darcy." He pleaded with her as he watched as her body jolted around in the medical bed. He ignored the stares from the outside the glass walls of the room. She stilled and her breathing evened out and he let out a shaky breath as he relaxed. He opened a mental link to her to see if he could reach her. "Darcy."
"No." She shot back. She closed the link and cut him off.
He blinked and took a step back and stared down at her in shock. He pulled away from her, but her hand reached out and grabbed his. He looked down at their joined his, her skin still burning his, just lightly. "What the hell is going on?" He asked out loud to no one. He looked up to the concerned faces of the other Songs and nodded grimly. She was back but something was different and he knew that they felt it too. He could tell judging by their faces. He sighed and pulled the chair behind him to him and sat down. "I can wait you out." He told her as he settled into the chair. "So do what you need to do."