Still nightmare central here in Vixen, but soon, the heroes will have a way to fight back...
"Please tell me you know what's going on," Rayshaun said to Vixen as the two of them could be found in the Secret Warriors medical wing.
Daisy laid in a bed in front of them, wires attached to her monitoring every little movement she made. It had been a typical early morning rise for Rayshaun until he heard a scream from Daisy's room, and upon entering he had discovered her twisting and thrashing violently. So violently that it took both Vixen and him in order to restrain her and bring her to the medical wing.
"I've never seen anything like this back home," Vixen answered as she walked up to Daisy and gently pulled open one of her eyelids, and to her surprise found a very bloodshot eye.
"That does not look good," Rayshaun noted as he as well walked up to Daisy and took note of her bloodshot eye, "Maybe we should contact your father?" Rayshaun asked Vixen.
"He can't interfere anymore in this quest," Vixen said in a serious tone.
"I know, but maybe he can tell us why Imperious attacked Air Force One, and why this happened to Daisy the following night. Call me paranoid, but I think these two events are related." Rayshaun said in a concerned tone, which earned a scared look from Vixen.
"I'll contact my father right away," Vixen said in a serious manner as she pressed the button on her holographic wrist communicator and opened a communication line.
After a few seconds, her holographic display showed her father sitting behind his desk at the capital.
"Vixen," Crusader said in a surprised tone, "I must admit, you are contacting me sooner than expected, is everything alright?" Crusader asked his daughter.
His concerns were only amplified when Vixen explained Imperious's attack on Air Force One, and what had happened to Daisy.
"This is not good at all," Crusader said as he rubbed his chin in contemplation, "I can explain both the attack and what's happening to your friend–"
"Please tell us in as much detail as possible." Rayshaun requested in a desperate tone, which earned a head nod from Crusader.
"While Imperious has invaded countless worlds, he does not always invade them the same way. However one factor is always consistent, he always will target high ranking officials, by taking them out, he causes panic, and chaos–"
"But we stopped the attack on Air Force One thanks to the weapons you gifted us," Rayshaun informed Crusader.
"Which is a good thing, you might have pushed back his invasion timeline... or you might have accelerated it..." Crusader said in a nervous tone, "I believe what's currently happening to Daisy is a form of retaliation. She led the counterattack, and now she's being punished for it. Imperious has a very dangerous ability to not only invade dreams but to create nightmares so convincing, that you don't even know your dreaming–"
"That does not sound good," Rayshaun said in a nervous tone,
"Assemble the rest of the Secret Warriors, and contact me again once they arrive, until they arrive, I will try and devise a plan to pull Daisy out of whatever hell Imperious has put her in," Crusader said as the hologram was turned off.
SG's eyes slowly fluttered open as she regained consciousness. Her head hurt a bit and moved one hand to clutch it. But she felt her hand only move a short distance and heard a strange sound of rattling metal.
"H-Huh? W-What?" SG groaned.
She gasped as she looked over to her hand and saw it was cuffed then saw that her other hand and legs were cuffed as well. But her eyes went wide as she found herself in the air as the cuffs were linked to chains that stretched out her arms and legs. She growled as she tried to pull at the chains.
"Come on! Come on!" SG hissed, straining against the chains.
She then heard a voice chuckling.
"Who's there?!" SG called out.
The only response was chuckling and footsteps. After a few moments, she saw a familiar figure appear before her, smiling.
"Wraith," SG gasped.
"Hello little rodent," Wraith chuckled.
"What do you want?" SG hissed.
Wraith said then snapped his fingers. The chains suddenly surged with electricity and SG screamed from the shock. But then after a few seconds, it stopped. SG gasped and coughed. Her eyes went wide and narrowed as she looked at Wraith.
"I...I'm having a nightmare...that's it...this isn't real," SG stammered.
Wraith smirked then snapped his fingers again. The chains surged with the same energy for several seconds. SG screamed again and shook. Then the shocks ended.
"Does that feel real?" Wraith chuckled.
SG gasped and coughed. Wraith snapped his fingers again, the shocks lasted longer as did SG's screaming. Then it ended again.
"What do you want?!" SG said.
Wraith snapped his fingers again. The shocks increased in intensity as did SG's shaking and screaming. Then it stopped again.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" SG screamed.
Wraith suddenly levitated and put his hand on her chin, raising it up for them to stare directly into one another's eyes. SG gasped from the tremors she still felt.
"Your screams," Wraith whispered.
He pulled his hand away and snapped his fingers. The electricity surged again as SG screamed louder than before.
(SG's room)
Doreen's father hurried into her room and found his daughter convulsing on the bed. He grabbed his phone and dialed a number.
"Doreen needs help! I don't know where you all are stationed at, but my daughter needs help!" He cried out in panic.
Kamala groaned as she slowly woke up. She sat up and clutched her head.
"Ohh, what happened?" Kamala grunted.
She looked around and saw she was on an empty street which she saw led to a small town.
"Why?...Why am I here? Where is here?" Kamala groaned in pain and confusion.
She picked herself up and headed to the town. She looked around but didn't see anyone.
"Hello?! Is anyone here?! Hello?!" Kamala called out.
Kamala stretched herself to stand several feet taller, to have a different vantage point.
"Hey! There's one!" A gruff voice called out.
Kamala turned around to see a group of men with guns running at her.
"H-Hey! Wait! I'm not a bad guy! I'm Ms. Marvel! You know: an Inhuman heroine?!" Kamala called out in panic.
"Ha! She was dumb enough to spill it!" One of the men laughed and raised his gun.
Kamala gasped and stretched over a building as the men took aim. She barely got her legs on the other side of the building when she heard them fire.
"W-Why are you doing this?!" Kamala cried out.
"Follow her!" One called out.
"Get the freak!" Another said.
"F-Freak?" Kamala whimpered.
She heard the men yell all kinds of absurdities and hateful remarks as they ran after her.
"B-Because...I'm...Inhuman?" Kamala sobbed.
"There!" One man yelled as he turned a corner of the building and raised his gun. Kamala gasped as she used her legs like springs and jumped out of the way.
"Bring 'em up!" Another man yelled.
"Throw 'em!" Another screamed.
Kamala saw something out of the corner of her eye. She gasped and screamed as a net entangled her whilst the men who threw it took hold of the different sides to try to keep her from escaping. They laughed and screamed at her, continuing to remark with hateful sayings.
"HELP!" Kamala cried out.
From on top of a building, Wraith watched and chuckled.
To Be Continued...