Humans intrigued Vision. The way they functioned, what caused them to feel emotion, how they reacted to emotion, it was fascinating to watch. Vision had enough people skills to feel the anxiety level on the plane.
The Avengers had suited up and were now flying to the other online base. Steve had decided to answer the questions about the base before continuing to investigate the Inhumans. In truth everyone was hoping the base would hold the answers, or at least a lead, as the Inhuman search had gone cold.
They were unsure of what to expect, and how the trip would affect who they trusted. They landed in a field, uneasy because the base had not responded to their signal, and walked to the diner which housed the entrance to the base. The door to the diner had been blown off. The place appeared to have housed a grenade that exploded and the walls were blackened. The booth that hid the door had been thrown outside and the door was left exposed.
"F.R.I.D.A.Y., what are we looking at?" Tony asked his A.I.
"Handheld explosives used about an hour and a half ago," she replied.
They stepped inside, weapons raised as they walked down the steps. The base was empty, parts of the walls scorched by explosives, bullet impressions on walls, their casings on the floor. The glass in the meeting rooms had been shattered and the lab raided.
"What happened?" Wanda asked.
"Someone attacked," said Natasha. She looked at Steve. "You think it was Fury?"
"He said he'd take care of it," Steve said doubtfully. "I don't know, Nat. Let's go through the personal rooms see if we can find anything. Stark, salvage anything you can from the lab. Sam, Rhodey go through the kitchen, lounge, and gym. Vision, keep watch, and Nat and Wanda come with me to go through the bedrooms. Keep your guard up, someone could still be here."
"Whatever you say old man," Tony said, leaving for the lab.
The others left too.
The personal rooms held mostly clothes, with few personal possessions or interesting leads. What they did find was a picture, they assumed of the team who occupied the base. Daisy was in the picture and so was Phil Coulson.
"The picture's probably old," Natasha said she pointed. "That there is Melinda May, at S.H.I.E.L.D. we called her the Cavelry. She hasn't been in the field in years after an incident in Bahrain. Whoever lived here probably knew Coulson before he died."
"Maybe Daisy is some sort of family member," Wanda suggested. Steve picked up a phone laying under rubble on the floor.
As he opened it a Scottish accent rang out. "Happy Birthday Jemma, say hello to your parents for me, we'll see you when you when you get back."
The audio shuffled as the phone changed hands on the recording.
"Simmons," said a girls voice with an American accent. "We'll try to save you some cake, but Mack might eat it all."
She laughed.
Someone else joined the conversation. "Come on Tremors," said a man's voice, "Everyone knows you'd be the one to eat it."
"I believe what everyone is trying to say," it was Coulson's voice, "Is that we miss you Jemma, and we'll be waiting for you to come home."
The phone went dead. The room was silent.
"This person must really have known Coulson to keep that recording for so long," Natasha said.
"Yeah," said Steve. "It's probably old, but let's look into the names anyway."
"Jemma Simmons, I believe, was a scientist at S.H.I.E.L.D.. Top of her class, her teachers were very proud, I heard all about her many PHD's. Mack, I don't know, I might need a last name, and the girl, I thought she might be Daisy, but Tremors, that's an unusual name," Natasha said.
"Maybe it's a nickname," Wanda suggested.
"Its old, so it might not be relevant to the situation," Steve said. "Okay let's regroup, see if anyone found anything interesting."
They regrouped in the lab where Tony was absorbed in his work. Vision reported that it was a ghost town outside. The other group hadn't found anything except some soda in the fridge which they were now enjoying.
"What now?" Sam asked. "We gonna look for aliens, or find out why these people left in such a hurry?"
"Stark, what'd you find?" Steve asked.
"Well, I found a couple things actually," Tony said, not turning around.
"Care to elaborate?" Natasha asked.
"There is the same firewall on the computers so I can't get anything from there, but there is a lot of paperwork about a big rock thing called a "Monolith, that unless my eyes deceive me is a portal?" Tony said the last part like a question, "Also a lot about Inhumans, some stuff on orange goop, and they made some kind of containment unit, we probably should steal that."
"Inhumans?" Steve asked.
"Yeah, they've got records about some guy who can become metal, one who conducts electricity, and our dear friend Daisy," Tony replied.
"What's her power?" Natasha asked.
Tony looked up. "Vibrations, she makes earthquakes."
