Authors note: Whats this an early update? I'm having internet trouble so I wanted to get this out while the connections good, also Happy holidays ! Remember reviews are like gifts and its the gift-giving season.
Tony was gone, Missing in Action, off planet. her fingers twitched where they sat, one resting on her chest as the other sat on the computers mouse. She clicked into another video, attention on the screen. 'Avengers in Berlin' it said, Berlin, she had sent them there to talk to Randolph about Thor and the Stones, She swallowed hard.
The video showed dark footage f figures fighting in the dark, security footage for the most part and to dark to see much of anything with everyone moving so fast. She caught sight of Steve, a red glow from Wanda and a figure of a man, a yellow glow coming from his helmet.
"Give me your phone" daisy spoke, voice cold and hard. She didn't look at anyone, simply holding her hand out for the device expectantly as she watched the footage in front of her, subtitles explaining the situation. When nobody moved she balled her fist, directing her hand to the closest vacant chair she sent strong vibrations at it causing the chair to shake apart, screws bursting apart until the chair collapsed in a pile on the floor. She relaxed her hand once again holding it out expectantly for a phone.
"Daisy we didn't know about this" Mack said, she turned her eyes on him, fingers tensing, itching to squeeze something.
"Didn't you?" Daisy asked, turning from Mack to Bobbie then Coulson and fury.
"I was aware of the current situation." Fury said after daisy fixed him with a hard look. She didn't hesitate, thrusting her hand foreward and blasting the older man back with a quake. He fell backward from his chair, the pressure pushing him against the wall after he rolled ungracefully across the floor. She could feel the movement around her, how everyone reacted to ehr outburst. Bobbie Mack and coulson had all taken a step forward on instinct, other agents reached for their weapons. Coulson was quick to approach her after fury hit the wall with a thud, Waving the agents off and Ordering her to calm down. Daisy ignored him, she could picture herself throwing Coulson at the wall too but hesitated, feeling a wince of regret at the thought.
"Don't even try" She said instead. She felt her chest tighten, eyes well with tears but she tried to swallow them back. Her voice came out in a gasp when she turned her eyes on him. "After eveything thats happened you would still lie to me" She said, feeling to much, to many emotions conflicting with one another. She tilted her head to the side, disappointment and betrayal playing across her face as she looked to the man she trusted and admired.
"I said I'd help you but My teams safety comes first, keeping this from me was a bad call," she said, voice hardening. "Get me a phone before I really hurt someone."
It was Bobbie who stepped out, pulling a phone from her suit and holding it out to her. Daisy took it wordlessly, opening it and typing the number she knew the best but Before she could hit dial the phone rung, she answered it reluctantly.
"Oh finally" hunter cried, "What the bloody hell happened to everyone." Daisy's brow furrowed in confusion, she put the phone on speaker.
"Where are you?" She asked him, mind focused, she needed the quinjet.
"Oh lovely, no hi Hunter how are you, hows everything going" Hunter replied sarcastically, his tone a little irritated. Daisy didnt have time to deal with him, she rubbed her forehead in frustration and clicked the phone to speaker mode.
"I need to know if this is a secure line, Where are you?" the others came closer, Fury getting to his feet with great effort across the room, two agents helped him though he quickly waved them off.
"yes The lines Secure, I've gone dark" Hunter said.
"Coulson found us, I need you back here right now." Daisy said. "Why have you gone Dark?"
"Coulson found you?" He asked doubtfully, "That sounds like a story" Hunter remarked. "I got to the base and it was empty save for some psychos with seriously high tech weaponry" Bobbie stepped forward.
"What do you mean?" She questioned, concern etched on her face.
"I mean I went looking for Fitz and ran into some plastic looking bastards who didn't stop to ask questions. I hid in the hanger bay for hours before I got a chance to get out."
"Did you look for anyone?" Mack asked,
"Mate I looked, I ran into some baddies and I hid, from what I can gather they were tipped off before the baddies got here and left" hunter informed them "would have been nice to have gotten a warning" he mumbled. The group was silent. "Where are you I've been flying around trying to get a signal" daisy hadn't heard a phone ring and Bobbie wasn't one to ignore hunters calls, not if he's being persistent at least.
"We're underground, cells only receive when you put it in call mode like you just did" Coulson said, answering their unspoken questions. "Hunter return to your takeoff point, we will meet you there." Daisy scoffed, glancing at the older man who gave her a hard look.
"Okay boss I'm twenty minutes out." With that he hung up, Coulson looked around the group. Twenty minutes, Daisy thought, protocol dictated this sort of thing in case the plane was followed so at least Hunter was still on the ball but twenty minutes, a lot could happen in that time and she didnt have a status on her team.
"How are we supposed to contact May if they've gone dark?" Mack asked as Coulson moved towards the computer daisy had previously abandoned.
"There are some old shield channels that are out of use, May will probably leave a message there." He said, pulling up the information he needed. Daisy rolled her eyes, slightly concerned for her old mentor.
"Your out of your mind if you think I'm helping you." Daisy Told him, Coulson spun around.
"Daisy stop it. Your family, The avengers, They can handle themselves, they are the Avengers. Right now we need your help, your old team, family, is missing and chronicoms have taken over the lighthouse." He said, his voice solid and commanding "we didn't tell you about stark because we knew you would take off in a rush, call your family if you need to but we need you here more than they do" his tone left no room for argument But daisys eyes hardened anyway, her jaw basically dropping at his nerve.
"No," She said, shaking her head slightly. "this isnt a You vs them situation, Im not helping you." her tone Started angry but turned slightly soft as she spoke, almost pleading the man to understand. "This isnt about me choosing my family over the mission Coulson, Im not an Agent, not Part of shield, Im here as a favor because i owed it to you to help but you've screwed up yet again" She reminded him, He opened his mouth to speak but Daisy continued.
"When i started this mission i let go of the past and that was after being used as soon as i stepped onto base. I meant it when i said it was a new beginning, if this is how shield was when i joined the first time i would have walked away, so thats what im doing now."
Daisy held his eye before typing the familiar phone number in and waiting, Bobbie moved to say something but Coulson held his hand out to stop her. The air was tense around her as the phone rang, each ring bringing more and more dread, it finally rang out.
"You have reached the avengers' helpline, no one is here to take your call at the moment if this is an emergency please press one, to be redirected to an Avengers' personal line press two, if you are an avenger press three," Jarvis spoke, Daisy hesitantly pressed three, knowing Tony only added the second option to mess with director Ross and shield.
"Voice verification required."
"Daisy Johnson" She spoked into the phone.
"Invalid" she frowned.
"Quake" She tried, knowing her voice was recognized in the system if not as an avenger.
"Invalid" daisy groaned, this wasn't the time for Tonys sense of humor. She gritted her teeth before trying again.
"Mini me" She tried avoiding everyone's eyes.
"Access granted," Jarvis said, "hello miss Johnson how may I assist you"
"Jarvis fantastic, where is everyone?" She asked, taking a few steps away from the group to focus on the phone call.
"Mr Rodgers along with miss Romanoff, Mr Wilson, Dr banner and Miss Maximoff are on their way to Wakanda with the weapons you delivered while Mr Stark is out of range."
"Out of range? can you track him?" she stopped herself from asking more questions as they came to her.
"Mr Stark left the atmosphere of the earth earlier today and has yet to make contact" Jarvis informed her. "Would you like me to patch you through to miss Potts, she as well as several other members of your team have tried to contact you throughout the day."
"Pepper, yeah patch me through, thanks Jarvis."
"Certainly," He said simply before the phone started to ring once again. She felt awkward and uncomfortable with so many eyes on her, Macks eyes kept falling to the floor while Fury and Coulson watched her expectantly.
"Daisy!" Pepper cried in relief as the line collected. "are you okay, is everything alright?"
"Pepper thank god, I'm fine I'm just off base, are you okay?" Daisy asked. Pepper's sigh was deep and broken.
"This is a nightmare, Tony disappeared hours ago, he was on that ship and our call got cut and now I'm fending off reporters" she sighed again, breathing deeply. Daisy didn't know what to do with her hands as she listened to peppers pained voice. "sorry, sorry you called for a reason,"
"No Pepper dont apologies, I'm so sorry" Daisy replied, an ache settling in her chest as she refrained from asking her own questions, needing to make sure her friend was fine before reassuring herself. "I've been dark since I left the base this morning I should have had a phone on me or something" Daisy apologized, feeling stupid.
"Dont do that you were working," pepper told her, her voice tired but insistent. "Did you find Phil?" She asked.
"sort of, he found us, nevermind thats not important right now." Daisy told her, waving it off, "do you need anything, what can i do?"
"Oh Daisy, i dont know" A muffled sob told Daisy pepper wasnt in a good way, but the woman continued, clearing her throat. "But i can help you, the teams been trying to get through to you for hours now," her heart clenched at that, guilt making her stomach sink her eyes went to Mack and crew as a thought hit her.
"did they try contacting shield, May knew-"
"They couldnt get through." Pepper cut her of, phone crackling as she moved, muffling her words. "I havent spoken to them in a while but last i heard shield had gone Dark, Shuri was trying to hack the system but i got pulled away before i could hear anything else." Daisy frowned, surely someone was- no she thought- hunter said they were gone too.
"yeah, were dealing with that, uh Pep" She said hesitantly, walking to the other end of the room, towards the door. "Have you, i mean do you know where James is?" Her voice grew quiet, fearing the worst, Tony was a hero, an Avenger, Bucky wasnt publicly alive let alone a hero to the public, if something had happened to him the chances of any news coverage was-
"Still in wakanda last i heard, he was waiting for the rest of the team to join him." Daisy sighed after the woman cut her off, a slight edge of relief relieving some worry. She nodded to herself, now outside the room she leaned against the wall. Good, thats good. "Oh i'm sorry" Pepper suddenly said, "I should have told you that first, here i am worrying about myself-"
"No, Pepper stop that, you have every right to express your worries, im here to listen i just-" Daisy took a breath, "I needed to hear that." She smiled slightly, hoping it could be heard in her voice how much of a relief it was to hear that James and crew are fine.
"Thank you daisy your a darling" Pepper said, "But look, i'll get the team on the line for you now, I'll get back to trying to get these reporters off my back." Daisy hesitated.
"Just ignore them for now" Daisy tried, Pepper laughed lightly.
"I wish it were that easy, dont worry about it i can handle them."
"Just try take it easy, we will figure something out," daisy offered confidently.
"Thanks" She said, pressing buttons to connect the call. "Im glad your okay Daisy, Be careful"
"Always," The phone disconnected and Daisy had a moment to breath, to register what she knew and to prepare for whats to Come. Shield was MIA, Tony and Peter were MIA and the team was headed to Wakanda where Bucky currently was. The phone rang as she got her thoughts in order, each ring causing her to press further against the wall.
"Hello?" An unfamiliar voice answered, Daisys brows furrowed.
"Hello, um" She cursed herself, swallowing hard, "Hi This is Dai- uh, Quake, This is Quake," She decided, feeling awkward and stupid. "Im looking for the Avengers"
"Pardon me?" The woman said,
"Uh, Shuri?" Daisy asked, hoping that would get her results.
"Quake for Shuri?" The woman repeated.
"Yes, please.' She ran a hand down her face when the woman told her to hold, wondering when Shuri got a receptionist. The minutes ticked by, Daisy waited impatiently, aching to hear a fammiliar voice, after another minute she slid to the floor, scratching at the tiles.
"hello?" A thickly accented voice said urgently. "hello, Daisy?" She let out a relieved sigh and gripped the phone.
"Wanda, hey Yeah its me, whats going on?" she questioned, her tone just as urgent.
"Oh thank god, are you okay, have you heard the news?" Wanda pressed.
"About Tony?" Daisy asked. "yes i was just talking to Pepper." Wanda made a sympathetic sound on the other end. "Im fine is everyone else all right?"
"We're Fine though we have no word on Thor yet" Wanda said, that reminded her
"How did Bruce get back?" Daisy asked.
"Its complicated, I'll tell you everything when you get here, where are you"
"Stuck on a shield base for now, whats going on Wanda?" she swallowed loudly.
"Nothing good, we've had to reboot Vision, somethings coming." Daisy pushed to her feet, fearing the other womans grave tone. How far away was hunter? she wondered as she moved back towards the operation room.
"Vision, the one that helped to defeat ultron?" Daisy asked, she could hear the phone muffle, telling her that the brunette was nodding.
"Yes thats him, The Boys are talking to him now, i was only alerted to your call because Shuri and I were in another room." Wanda said, "I sent her to fetch Barnes."
"Thank you," Daisy said gratefully, heart beating faster at the thought of hearing from him."But i need to know whats going on, lay it out for me, I'll leave as soon as i can, shields problems can wait" Daisy decided, focussing on the problem her family faced.
"What problems?" Wanda questioned.
"Space robots with a vengeance" daisy said, brushing it off.
"Another alien invasion?" Wanda replied, her voice tight.
"Another, No just a few pissed off-" Daisy walked passed everyone to the computer, briefly forgetting the multitude of alien invasions earth had already faced. Okay so there were like two but they also had two separate robot threats which was pretty alien. She started typing in the fammiliar area code of Wakanda. "Wanda, how serious is the threat your facing?"
Her fingers paused over the Keyboard as the woman talked her way out of explaining, instead bringing the phone to the team so that they could properly inform her. Bucky was outside of the palace scouting the perimeter with Okeyo so Daisy would have to wait to reconnect with him until he returned. Her breathing hitched when she was told this but she pushed on. Behind her she could hear an agent inform the team that a jet had landed nearby, Bobby took two agents to go and retrieve Hunter. She itched to follow, wanting her tablet and to take off but she held back, waiting for the right out.
"Daisy, that you?" Sam asked when the phone was put on speaker.
"Hey Sam, yeah its me" Daisy said, forcing strength into her voice "are you guys going to fill me in now or what?" The line went silent, Daisy could picture them trading looks which only made her anxious.
"Where are you?" Steve spoke up.
"At a Shield base on the far side of New York" Daisy supplied, "I have Coulson, Fury and Mack with me, Bobbie and Hunter will be in soon."
"Okay, you may as well put us on speaker," Nat said, "Everyone may as well know" Daisy looked around but put the phone down on the table, speaker on. All eyes which were on her since she had said their names now turned their attention to the phone.
"Okay, you're on speaker."
"Alright, here's the situation," Steve Started. "Twelve hours ago Dr Banner crashed to earth bringing warning of a great threat, before he or Tony could contact the rest of the team they were confronted by some hostile aliens, Dr Strange a... Magician?" Steve said hesitantly.
"Basically" Bruce replied weakly.
"Who Explained the use and purpose of the stones we were investigating, Tony and Spiderman haven't been seen since, we believe them to be on that ship." Daisy blinked.
"On the- you think they're actually in space?" Mack asked.
"From what we can gather, Pepper was Talking to Tony before the ship left the atmosphere, as long as they stay on the ship they could be fine, its got to be breathable or else Tony wouldn't have made it on board." Bruce supplied.
"And the stones?" Fury asked, always one to focus on the 'important parts'.
"The stones are called, Infinity stones, they are apparently the most dangerous things in the universe," Steve explained before Bruce took over.
"Each one holds a specific power, Loki's tesseract was the space stone, Visions stone is for the mind which is how he lives. Dr strange had on that he called a time stone but that was Taken when he was."
"We dont know where any of the others are, Only that they need to be kept away from Thanos."
"Thanos?" Coulson questioned.
"Yes, he's coming for the stones and he's not coming alone, he killed Thor and half the Asgardian race."
"Wait, wait, What do you mean" Daisy question, now on her feet. "Killed, Thors dead?" She asked, concern and confusion clouding her face. "but how, when?"
"Its a really long story" Bruce told her, his tone tired and weary.
"Okay" Daisy said cutting him off before he could go on. "Tell me when i get there." She heard footsteps in the hall signaling Hunter and Bobbies presence. "so Thanos, Thats our threat right?" she aid, redirecting them.
"He's likely bringing an army like nothing weve faced before."
"Im always up for a challenge." the door opened to reveal Hunter, bobby folling close behind. Steve let out a soft laugh at her nonchalant attitude.
"We're locking the border soon so you'll have to give us a heads up when you get close." Nat said.
"Than i better get going" Daisy said, taking a few steps towards the door, "You can fill me in more on the way I'll-"
"Wait!" Coulsn called, pausing daisy steps. She quickly pressed the phone to her ear.
"I'll call you when im in the air" She said, hanging up before her team could reply. She quickly redialled the avengers line and pressed three and recounted the steps to get through to Jarvis.
"Hold on where's she going?" Hunter asked as she did this.
"Nowhere" Fury told him, daisys arm nearly flew out at him, tempted to throw him harder this time.
"Welcome back Hunter" Daisy said. Pressing speaker on the phone. "Im off to Wakanda to fight some aliens while you remain here to clean up Shields mess, Keys" She said, putting her hand out for him to hand them over. Hunter looked from her to coulson and back.
"I've already quaked Fury into that wall and i'm not going to hesitate to do it again." She told him, hand stil outstretched. He dug the keys from his pocket and tossed them to her despite coulsons orders not to.
"Daisy listen."
"Ive listened, no its your turn." She said, voice had as she took several long steps towards him. Despite their height difference daisy still stood tall.
"My family is in Danger and you kept it from me, once upon a time i would have done anything for you and the team but you no longer deserve my protection or my love so no Coulson, i wont stay and i wont listen and because i dont have time i wont tear this base apart." She said, her tone clearly threatening. "But as of now you are not my ally, any history we have is just that, history." She let that sink in before turning away, walking back towards the exit, she looked around at the security cameras and doors.
"Jarvis" Daisy said to the phone.
"Yes Miss Johnson."
"If i dont make it to wakanda in five hours inform the team that Shield is holding me against my will" She instructed the AI, "If they dont hear from me in two assure them that i'm running late and remind them that im capable of escaping a tricky situation on my own"
"Of course" Jarvis said, "Do you need assistance now Miss?"
"No. Thanks jarvis" She said and switched the phone off, tossing it to Bobbie who caught it easily.
"Now, try to stop me again and i will destroy that" Daisy continued, gesturing to coulsons hand. She left with that, recounting her steps towards the exit, she stepped into the elevator only to be joined by three fammiliar figures before the doors shut.
"Were not here to stop you." Mack assured he
"Though im not against you quaking fury" Hunter added honestly.
"I wanted to apologise" Mack said, "i didnt know about your team, neither did bobbie"
"Uh, or me" Hunter added, "Hello" Daisy crossed her arms over her chest, directing her attention to the floor numbers above the door.
"And about everything back at the lighthouse and what we said on the plane" Mack continued, Daisys fists clenched at the reminder.
"Its fine, you wanted me to trust you" She reasoned,
"No, its not like that daisy your not a mission or an asset we meant what we said" Bobbie tried. "We want to be there for you."
"You had a chance to prove that today, you realise that"
"We were given orders" Mack said, Daisy bit her tongue, she didnt even know why she bothered talking, the doors opened and she stepped out, making her way through the shop with the three agents following behind.
"What did you expect?" Bobbie tried, "We're agents we have to-"
"If your going to follow me then do me the decency of not hiding behind the job" Daisy said without breaking her stride.
"You didnt have to be kind or understanding, but you were and i was thankful, all the while you were hiding crucial information from me so whatever you say on the matter is null" they reached the building and she turned on them.
"im not going to listen to excuses from any of you, i dont want to hear apologies either so either take responsibility for your choices or go back to coulson because if you do follow me i cant guarantee your safety." She told them clearly, her voice even as she made them completely aware of what she was capable of. She didnt have time for any of this.
They followed several steps behind when she reached the second flight of stairs.
They were hesitant to speak that was clear to her. They were another flight up before a word was uttered.
"our orders and our promise were completely unrelated" Bobbie started. "it had no impact on what we said, and i know you dont want to hear this but we stil stand by that promise."
"We couldnt tell you Fitzsimmons mistake due to your complicated history, if you knew then the reason for coulsons disappearance would have immediately been discovered and fitzsimmons would-"
"You didnt want me taking out Coulsns missing status on Fitzsimmons, You didnt want me Blaming them for the mess they created because of our history." Daisy rambled. They were on the fifth floor now. "we have been through a lot together yet you all continue to underestimate and manipulate me." Her steps slowed as she saw the door to the roof.
"If you had told me about the problem rather than keeping it from me than i could have found coulson and been back in time to help Tony who is somewhere in space with no way of knowing whether he is alive or dead." Daisy informed them. "Your deciscion may have cost him his life, heck my decision to trust shield AGAIN may have cost him his life and that is something i will never forgive." She turned back to the exist, halfway there. They followed again.
"We didnt think-" They were cut off by a crash as Daisy directed a quake at the nearest window.
"No you didnt" She said simply. She took a breath once she reached the door. "You have all been there for me at some point in time and for that im grateful, but if anything happens to even a single person i care about than i will hold shield personally responsible and you will be hearing from me." She warned them, opening the door.
"I dont like that this is how it is for us, truely i wish i could trust you all but trust is earned and you have a long way to go before we are close to being friends" She meant it, she wished she could trust them, missed having the knowledge that they had her back like they promised only hours ago but they may as well be strangers now. She pressed the button for the ramp to open as she stepped onto the roof.
"Tell coulson not to contact me" Daisy called as she climbed the ramp. They watched her go, lost for words.
It was half an hour before Daisy called back. The team was getting nervous, she sounded irritated when she hung up, hadnt even waited for their reply before cutting the call. She had clearly found coulson and had been safey underground which explained why they couldnt get through to her, if she had been focused on her mission. It didnt explain why shield was dark though Wanda said something about space robots it was hardly an explanation.
They sent some men to fetch Bucky with one of Shuri's cars after Informing Okeyo of the situation, he was on his way back now. Finally the call came in.
"hey, sorry for the wait, im in the air seven hours out if I'm lucky," Daiys said, she pulled up the screen, switching to a video call. Their faces appeared in front of her and she smiled with relief, they looked ruffled and tired but relatively fine.
"Hey, you good?" Sam asked, arms crossed over his chest as he watched her.
"You guys are the ones that have been in combat recently," Daisy said, "I should be asking that."
"One run in with some sub-par aliens doesnt compare to two days with shield" Natasha replied.
"What happened with Thor?" daiys asked, redirecting the conversation away from shield. Natasha held a hand up to stop Bruce from replying.
"We'll get to that, What happened you look shaken" She said, Daisy looked around the room. Wanda, Steve, Bruce, Sam, Nat, Shuri and T'challa all waited for her answer.
"I may have Severed ties with shield" Daisy said a little guiltily. They waited for her to continue. "We found Coulson who was never really missing, turns out shield was facing an alien threat that they didnt mention because fitsimmons was responsible for causing it and they didnt think i could be objective."
"What happened?" Steve pressed.
"They hid the news from me, i was working on fixing their problem while they hid the truth from me." Daisy said "Long story short i threatened coulson, broke a window, Quaked Fury and told them i was done, and im serious i wont stop you from helping them but i dont want any part in it."
Natasha nodded, "When you say quaked?"
"He fell from his chair and hit a wall, he might have a headache but otherwise he's probably fine" Daisy confirmed. Natasha nodded again. The doors opened then and her heart lept in her chest as Bucky stepped into the room.
"Oh thank god" he said upon seeing her, she smiled. "Hey Doll You alright?"
"Im better now" She decided.
"Yeah, were still here" Sam said, breaking their eye contact, Bucky glared at him and sent Daisy an appologetic look.
"Sam im glad your okay but screw off" Daisy told him gently, he raised his hands innocently and laughed. "Sorry," Daisy added to the team, "uh where were we"
"Bruce" Natasha said, encouraging the man to step up, "Start at the beginning" She said softly. Bruce looked like he hadn't slept, bags under his eyes and grey streaks in his hair she hadnt noticed before.
"After i joined Thor in asgard he left to return to his mission, he wasnt gone long and when he returned he discovered that Loki had disguised himself as their father afte faking his own death and was curently ruling the planet."
"What?" Daisy said in astonishment. "how, that must have been hell i mean-" Bruce pulled a face.
"It was actually pretty relaxed, instead of the heavy handed ruler we thought he'd be when he invaded earth he just cut back his responsibilities, left the realms in his care to fend for himself and spent his days in a robe watching plays of himself." Bruce explained. While he was there he had bumped into 'Odin' on a few occasions, the god had been hesitant at first but quickly grew interested in Bruce's mission even directing him to the correct readings. Discovering it was loki was more than a shock.
"We went looking for the real odin on earth and bumped into Dr Strange along the way, he helped us find Odin but we were to late, he died and with his death Thors sister was released."
"I didn't know he had a sister" Daisy mumbled, Not that she knew much about him in the first place but she assumed it would have come up by now.
"Odin locked her up for being crazy" Bruce summarized "We tried to escape but she followed, next thing i know five years had passed and i had spent the whole time as hulk." Daisy didnt know what to say to that. how?, what?, She stayed silent. "time worked differently on the planet we landed on, I arrived five years before Loki and Thor yet only hours had passed on earth.
"Thor saved me and together he and i along with Loki and an Asgardian known as Valkerie resued the Asgardians and defeated hela, granted the planet was destroyed it was effective to kill her. We were on our way back to earth when the ship was attacked by Thanos. his tone turned sad. "Hulk tried to fight him but he was to strong, half the Asgardians were sent off on a different ship while the others were killed where they stood, Thanos was winning against me when i was taken away by the Bifrost."
"So we dont know that thors dead, i mean did you see-" Bruce was shaking his head, her hopes dwindled.
"Thors strong, even against the hulk, But Thanos" He shook his head, "Last i saw him he could barely stand, Thanos almost-" he cut himself off. "He's gone"
The group was silent after that.
When someone finally spoke the team turned their attention on them. The man was unfamiliar though daisy Recognised him, especially when he spoke in that british accent.
"Im sorry to interrupt but i believe we have a problem." He told the team.
"Whats wrong?" Steve asked, his tone turning business-like.
"There has been multiple detections of masses approaching the outer atmosphere." Vision said. "Despite the hesitance, i believe it is time to consider getting some rest."
"How long?" Steve asked.
"six hours if possible" Visions replied,
"not sleep vis" Wanda said, "How long till we can identify the masses?"
"Oh, yes of course" Vision said. "seven or eight hours though is they turn out to be hostile we wont have long to organize a defense after identifying the threat"
"How long will it take to set up defenses?" Bucky asked, turning to T'challa and Shuri.
"the defenses are set and our warrior are already on call, it will take only a call to summon them, i will even call in our brothers to assist."
"they can be ready in an hour" Shuri added, Deciding her brother hadnt done a good enough job at answering the question.
The group turned back to Vision who nodded. "i can keep an eye on everything while you all get some rest." he assured them.
"Daisy?" Nat asked,
"Go, i'll call when im close." She promised. They were hesitant to leave but knew better than to grab the rest when they needed it. Bucky remained alone in the room once everyone else had left, he took a seat and looked up at her, she wanted to tell him to go sleep but was to happy to see him to say anything.
"Hey," he smiled. "you need sleep to" she rolled her eyes.
"look whos talking" she replied, noting the tiredness in his eyes. "when is the last time you slept?"
"I had a nap a couple of ours ago actually." He told her confidently. A door opened behind him and he turned slightly in his seat to see who it was. Shuri came in holding a device Like Daisys Tablet, she made a motion towards Daisys Screen. The video went dark and she almost panicked but the image was quick to return, from a different angle now as she looked up at Shuri.
"You had us worried for a while" The girl told her, Daisy felt guilty that she made them worry. "But im glad you are well." She smiled.
"You need sleep, Take this with you" Shuri Said, Daisy worried that their call was about to be cut but the view changed again and she was suddenly looking up at Bucky who wore a grateful expression.
"Thanks Princess"
"Go on then" The girl urged, practically pushing him from the room by the way the image bumped and the sound muffled.
Once back in his room Bucky was able to prop the table up so that they could see each other easily. He sat on the bed and rubbed his eyes absently, he really hadnt slept much, after he and Shuri Had parted Ways earlier he had laid in the same position for twenty minutes before he finally managed to sleep, he was soo woken by nightmares and was unable to get back to sleep after that, fear and worry keeping him on edge. He had found Okeyo in the halls and they talked a while until his team arrived. After they had explained everything to him and the others he accepted Okeyo's invitation to check the borders since they had no news on Daisy and nothing to do but wait.
"You should sleep buck" Daisy said softly.
"We've got Six hours" Bucky reminded her. "And you have auto pilot, If im sleeping your sleeping" He gave her a look and she tilted her head to the side, shifting in her chair to get comfortable. She slouched down slightly and slung her legs over the side, crossing her arms over her chest and turning to him.
"So, what happened with your mission?" he asked after a moment. She remembered that he hadnt been in the room when she told the team the situation and chewed the inside of her lip. She shrugged.
"Found coulson, he was hiding out with fury" She told him. "Shields facing an alien robot threat but they brought in on themselves so they can handle it." Bucky smiled.
"their two favorite things" he said. She nodded with a sad smile, they'd never learn would they.
"Hey, you okay?" Bucky asked, noticing her expression. "Did something happen?" She didnt want to worry him, but-
"Yeah, i cut ties with Shield, I'll explain it all later" She said waving off his questions. "But i am done trusting them."
He wanted to know more, ask why, had something happened but he recognized that she didnt want to get into it so he just nodded and Said okay, she smiled at that and thanked him. He had been so desperate to see her and make sure she was okay but now that she was in front of him all his questions faded and he was happy to sit there, knowing she was o her way to him.
Daisy felt the same, her energy burned out from earlier leaving her relieved and tired. It was nearly two in the morning and she was incredibly drained, once she had seen her team her adrenaline had faded and now with Bucky in front her she felt confidant that they were all safe, that they would all be fine. Their eyes drifted closed after trading tales from the last few days back and forth. Bucky told her about his goats and how they had escaped into the palace and Daisy told him how she had gone through shield files and sent anything related to the team back to Tony who immediately replaced all the files with rediculous copies, they went quiet of the reminder of their friend.
"We'll get him back" Bucky told her confidently, she nodded sadly so bucky pressed her on what the files had been changed to, She was partway through recounting what she remembered from the new 'Avenegrs dating Profiles' when her voice drifted, words coming slower as she slowly drifted into sleep.
He followed soon after, comforted by the fact that he could see her, should he wake up he wouldnt worry so much.
The world was dark and cold, her skin prickled painfully as she came to her senses, an echoey voice surrounded her as her vision cleared but she couldnt locate its source.
She wanted to call out but hesitated, unaware of her location. Her surroundings came into focus slowly but everything remained in a dark haze, she squinted to get a better look but it made no difference. It took a lot of effort to get to her feet, she felt similar to the way she had after getting her powers, like bees were buzzing painfully under her skin, she looked to her arms and saw bruises running up to her shoulder, that made sense she supposed, no wonder she was in pain. She took a step looking at the rocky terrain around her, it looked like a bomb had been dropped here, leaving an empty crater in its place but she wouldnt be alive if that were true.
The walls were high and far away, something massive had landed her, along the top of the crater she could see debris, trees and boulders, one wall was rocky, misshapen rocks wedged into the wall with force had cracked the wall and now water leaked out onto the dirt leaving a stream to ren around more debris, trees and rocks.
She turned her eyes the other way, vision blurry from the movement and took a stumbled step in the other direction. She couldnt remember how she got here, where she had been before. A deep, slow laugh echoed in her ear, she spun around, that voice.
Something moved a few feet away, she took a step towards it, a person, they struggled to drag themselves foreward and Daisy sped up.
"Hey" She tried, her voice hoarse, her through aching, she paused to swallow, trying to soothe the pain but it only made it worse. Daisy turned her eyes upwards, The sky was dark, dust or smoke cause the area to look hazy, blocking out the stars though there were no trees to black her view, She stumbled, unaware that she was still moving.
Her feet slipped from beneath her and she fell to the ground, she broke the fall with her hands but they immediately buckled beneath her she tried to scream in pain as it shot through her but the sound was broken. She felt broken.
She lay there, curled in on herself as she waited for the pain to subside, tears streaming Down her face, or, she thought they were, she couldnt tell.
The figure moved, she noticed only when he was close to her, when she opened her eyes to find where the scraping sound was coming from. He was on his feet, searching, for who, she was the only one there.
It tool all the energy she could muster but she managed to get back to her feet and draw his attention if he aw her he didn't acknowledge her, he was covered in dust and wounds shallow wounds, missing an eye and dragging an axe behind him. She couldnt place him, his face was fammiliar but her mind was slow and his name wouldn't come, she swallowed. Looking to the ground to refocus, when she looked up again the man was several eet away, crouched over a man in blue, he tried to help him to stand but he didnt react. Daisy stumbled over slowly, a feeling of urgency slowly building, she knew him.
"Fun isnt something one considers when balancing the universe." That echoey Voice said, stronger and clearer now. Daisy continued forward almost desperately, turning around as she moved, feeling as though someone was behind her. She heard more voices come into focus, the men in front of her she thought, it had to be. Something was missing though she didnt know what, what did she know she wondered uselessly, cursing her own mind for not helping her.
She fell just short of the two men, crawling the rest of the way even as her arms resisted, screamed at her to stop. She made it and thier eyes turned on her. Steve and Thor, she remembered, they looked broken too, what was it that happened here.
"Daisy?" Steve said, Thats me she though, she couldn't speak but she nodded, he gave her a sad look and winced, she noticed a red mark on his stomach but she couldnt understand why.
"This isnt your fault" he told her. Her brows furrowed, of course, it wasnt her fault, why would he say that. She heard a distant scream like a hollow echo in her mind, heard a crashing, felt the ground shake beneath her. A cold empty feeling settled in her chest as she remembered something, causing her to gasp in pain, fear, and regret.
The echo spoke again "This does put a smile on my face" There was a loud Snap And the world went Dark.