Protecting the World from Monsters

Spoilers: 3x10 Mid-Season Finale

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Daisy sat in her tiny bunk on Zephyr One starring at the document holding her DNA, she couldn't understand why her mother wanted with it. A knock on the door was followed by the door sliding open, Lincoln sat down across from her and she saw his eyes divert to the document. He gently took it from her and stared at it, analyzing it for a reason she was partially unsure if she wanted an answer for.

"Your mother ran these results on everyone that transitioned, she used to say it was to keep history from repeating itself." He put it on the bed and met her eyes. "That thing we're tracking, he came from what your mother was trying to prevent. Two Inhumans, who have gone through Terrigenesis are forbidden from having children because the combined power has one of two effects, or so I've studied in the medical history text."

She nodded, "all powerful Inhuman, but what does compatibility have to do with it?"

"Compatible mates," he shrugged. "Something's different with them, the children they give birth to are completely human. The genes that makes us who were are disappear, cancel each other out." He picked up the document and she watched his expression as he read the results. "Seems your markers are present to indicate you found your mate, activated before your transition. Rarely is it seen after transition because as you saw in Afterlife, people resided there waiting and sometimes are never chosen so they don't undergo these tests."

Daisy felt confused, "how would they activate?"

"It's complex, all we know is that an exchange of bodily fluid is enough for your body to recognize."

"So sex, well that narrows the field considerably." She made the offhanded comment, not caring that he knew her sex life. It wasn't like they hadn't slept together a few times already.

Lincoln shook his head and chuckled, "it can be anything from innocent as kissing with a saliva exchange, a blood transfusion, or sex. It opens up the field considerably if you think about it."

"If I ever meet him again, will we know it?"

"I've never met a compatible match Daisy, all I know is from word of mouth and studying medical text. Legend says that they know each other, their hearts know each other and the loss of one destroys the other." He gave her a smile and squeezed her arm. "It's just legend though, myths for children to fall asleep on."

Accepting the document back from him, Daisy put it with the others. Reaching for her tablet, she brought up their flight path and the location they were headed. Russia had been where Fitz and Simmons had concluded the cave would be based on geography and historical maps that survived since the beginning or Inhuman recording. They'd located the cave as Orda Cave, an underwater crystal cave and they'd be taking diving equipment to get what they needed. Mack insisted on going, he'd been cave diving before and knew they'd need him. She wondered what an underwater cave would hold.

"Guys." Mack's voice radiated from the door and both looked up. "Let's pack up, we'll be there in under thirty."


The trek to the cave was not as bad as Daisy thought it would be, they were slow in their movements so not to alert the people around. A scan of the area showed no one around or in the cave, so they were safe. Mack helped her and Lincoln suit up and get their air tanks ready, she was thankful she'd used one before on a previous mission the year before. The dive was beautiful; the water was freezing but she took in everything she could. Mack moved a light along the walls and it wasn't hard to see what humans saw a natural rock were actual ruins of an Inhuman civilization.

Lincoln ran his hand along the rocks and Daisy watched as Mack pointed towards a flat surface, the drop on the other side indicated a large space. It likely had once been an open space, either a room or something else entirely. She moved over with Lincoln behind her, they shined their lights down to see an endless drop but Lincoln put up his hand and pointed to the flat rock, they looked down to see a grove in it. She ran her finger along it and then removed her knife, chipping away at the softened stone.

It gave way and they both saw it was a grove for something, a key which they didn't have. Daisy felt like they'd come all the way for nothing. Lincoln removed something from a pressurized container and she saw it was some type of crystal but not a Terrigen crystal. She looked at him and he finally spoke through their comms, they'd tried not to in order to conserve oxygen.

"One of the elders gave it to me, said if we were fighting the one banished then we would need it." He put the crystal in the grove and they watched as the hole below them began to glow, obviously adapted from Kree technology.

A large sound was heard and they looked around to see bubbles all around them, Mack shook his head as he pointed above him. "We need to go, now!"


They started to swim but they more they swam, the more Daisy felt like she was being pulled down. It didn't take long to figure out why as the water level dropped, they were sinking with the water level and down onto the rock. The water completely drained after what seemed like hours but occurred in only minutes, clearly the water was meant to hide something significant. The water disappeared from the hole and they saw the pedestal in the middle of what was an ornate room. Daisy swam to the middle and beckoned her friends, they just stared at her.

"We'll ride down with the water."

Lincoln grabbed the crystal from the slot before following her, Mack with them and they were able to touch down with the water against the stone of the room. Daisy grinned as she saw the pedestal, on top sat an ornate holder with several crystals. Reaching out, she moved to take one but Lincoln stopped her, shaking his head.

"Makes us weak, powerless remember. Mack needs to grab it."

She looked to Mack and he gave her a nod, "I got this for you Tremors." He reached out and took one of the crystals out of the holder and immediately they heard the rumble. Water began to seep in and he grabbed a second, bagging both as they prepared to go again as the water rose. Daisy grabbed his arm and held up five fingers, indicating they needed the remaining five. Mack nodded and grabbed the remaining three just as the water encased them, all three pushed up to swim to the surface.


On Zephyr One, Daisy sat by the exam table as Simmons started examining the crystals. She'd refused to dive, citing her time in the medpod at the bottom the ocean. She looked to Daisy and the Inhuman couldn't help smiling, it felt amazing knowing they had a way to beat the creature. By taking all the remaining crystals, HYDRA couldn't get their hands on them and prevent them from saving Ward.

The elation wore off as Simmons grinned, shaking her head. "What is it Jemma?"

"It's amazing, the composition is Quartz with Terrigen locked inside. From what I can determine they are not naturally made so it means that someone created these crystals."

"Why would they make Inhumans weak though?"

Jemma looked up at her, "Terrigen transforms you but the Quartz seems to act against the Terrigen. Theoretically it could mean that the Quartz interacts with the macromolecules in your DNA to make them inert. A positive and negative cancellation effect basically." She held out one and nodded.

Daisy took the crystal in hand and immediately felt the rush of weakness through her. She only wanted to sleep, she felt tired and her mind was instantly heavy. She put it down and instantly she felt power in her hands, the vibrations of the room came into play and being back in tune with those things around her made her feel more centered. "It works; it makes you subdued."

"I could create a round similar to the Terrigen shots the ATCU used, but I would have to destroy one of the crystals to do so."

Knowing they'd need as much ammo as they could get when going against the creature she nodded. "How many do you think you can make from it?"

"Well one Terrigen crystal produces five rounds so considering these are twice the length, likely a whole cartridge."

Leaving Simmons to review with Fitz what they would need to do via the video comms, Daisy returned to her bunk and laid down. She closed her eyes and thought about Ward, wondering what he must be feeling trapped inside the thing. When they managed to save him, she knew she'd look into his eyes and forgive him. The experience he was undergoing was more punishment then any of them could ever give him, he had endured death by Coulson's hand and was encased in the harshest prison to ever exist.


A/N: So they have the crystals but what's next...

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