Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter!
I'm actually kind of embarrassed to tell you the answer to the last chapter's question because you all thought I play violin! No, I do not; I am a percussionist. I have played the xylophone and marimba since I was very young and was in a city-wide ensemble when I was in fifth grade. Anyway I know that was kind of random but here's the next chapter!
Chapter Fifteen
Daisy's POV
"So..." Mack said, swiping up on the tablet he held, causing the computer screens to be illuminated with the photo of the inside of a church. "...all we need is to see if there was something in here that can tell us why, or how they all survived terrigenesis and came out with all the same powers."
It has been three days since we woke Sara up. Since I was better and the team was fully back to normal, we were investigating more into the teleporters; Gordon's followers. They had teleported away as the Kree were attacking me and we don't know where they are. We weren't concerned earlier because they weren't acting up, but we want to contain them as best we can.
"I'll go," I said to Mack. Everyone looked at me like I had three heads. I shrugged. "What? It's just an investigation."
"Yeah, where you could get hurt," Fitz said.
I rolled my eyes. "Are you serious?! Look, I'm perfectly fine now. Give me a chance. Plus..." I spread my hands out, showing my palms. "...I can't get hurt from any terrigen crystals there might be."
"Neither can I," Yo-Yo added, straightening her stance and crossing her arms. She tipped her chin at Mack. "Let us go. We're the most capable on the team for this op."
Mack glared at me for a moment. Then he shook his head. "You're right."
"So, where is this church?" I asked.
"Cloverdale, California; a small town on the coast near the ship we were on during the Afterlife attacks," Mack explained. He looked up at Davis. "You good to fly them out there?"
Davis nodded. "I'll get a quinjet started," he told him, heading toward the hangar.
"Don't let him inside unless you're sure it's safe," Mack told me once Davis was out of sight.
I nodded. "Got it. We'll go suit up."
"Wheels down in five," Davis shouted to us from the cockpit.
"You ready for this?" Yo-Yo asked me.
I touched my upper lip with my tongue. "I am. But the universe really seems to be against me right now." I smirked.
She chuckled. "You know that's not true. You're the most powerful Inhuman in the world. That's not something to sneeze at."
My smile faded a little. "It's a blessing and a curse."
Once we landed, Yo-Yo and I hopped outside and began to approach the church. It looked like a regular old church until we saw the hole.
On the west wall of the church, a huge hole made it easy for us to see inside. The edges of it were black with ashes and burn marks.
"What happened here?" I thought out loud.
Yo-Yo wiped some of the ash onto her finger and rubbed it in between her thumb. "This is ash. Do you think something burned it?"
"It's brick," I told her. "There's no way..."
We went inside through this giant hole and looked around the church. It was abandoned, and for good reason. The pews were knocked on their sides, the pulpit was charred, the choir loft had fallen down.
"Did Gordon do this when you killed him?" Yo-Yo wanted to know.
"I wasn't there," I said. "I was..." I thought about my mother trying to kill me. I took a deep breath. "...I was not in that room when it happened."
"Maybe his powers were somehow released when he was killed. They probably came here and burnt this church down."
"But that wouldn't explain why they all got powers. And why did it specifically come to this church?"
Yo-Yo shook her head. "All questions I don't have answers to."
We investigated the entire church and came up with one item: a tiny sliver of a terrigen crystal.
"Do you think it's possible that when Inhumans die, they release terrigen?" Yo-Yo asked me.
I shook my head. "Not from what I learned at Afterlife. This is truly a puzzle."
"It is, isn't it?" came a male voice.
I spun around to see none other than Cloak standing in the hole in the wall. He was alone, luckily.
"You," I muttered with clenched teeth, squeezing my hands into white-knuckled fists.
He stepped down from the hole and approached us. I stepped protectively in front of Yo-Yo.
"I have to admit," he said. "I was impressed when I found out you escaped the Kree."
"Yeah, and I'm not planning on having to do that again," I snapped.
He put his hands up in defense. "Now, come on, I wouldn't do that to you."
I tilted my head to the side. "You've been one to sabotage me."
He clicked his tongue. "Fair enough."
I held up my hand, threatening to quake him. "How about you tell us what you know?"
"Now, why would I do that?!"
"Because we can know how to capture you," Yo-Yo told him. She smirked and pointed at me with her thumb. "You can't hurt her."
"I know, I know. I'm not planning on hurting any of you."
"Then what do you want and why are you here?" I demanded.
He crossed his arms and tipped his chin up. "Because I can't have you knowing too much about us."
I scoffed. "You hardly know anything about your powers. So stop bluffing and let us take you in."
He put his hands into the "stop" position. "I can't let you do that."
I sighed. "I'd hoped to make this easy, but..."
I quaked his against the wall and he groaned, rubbing his head. I approached him and in one punch to the face, he was knocked out cold.
"Well that was easy," Yo-Yo said, smirking.
"There's probably more where he came from," I told her. I handed her the tiny piece of crystal. "Take this and go to the quinjet. Don't let Davis get near it and be very careful not to let it break. I'm going to take care of Cloak and the rest of them, if they come. I'll be right behind you."
"Got it," she said, stepping out of the hole in the wall. "But what if you have to fight them alone?!"
"What other choice do we have? I'm the only one they can't teleport."
She pursed her lips and glared at me. "Please be careful, Daisy."
I nodded. "I will be. I promise."
Once she was out of sight, I stepped forward. "Come and get him!" I was trying to lure them out so we could capture all of them.
Three men appeared suddenly, one trying to grab Cloak.
"Not so fast!" I snapped, kicking him in the shin. As he bent over in pain, the two others grabbed my arms and tried to teleport me. I quaked one into a pew and threw a punch at the other's face. Two more people appeared and continued to try and attack me, but I managed to knock them all out. That was, until Cloak woke back up.
I was busy pummeling one of the teleporters when I felt hands wrap around my neck. I panicked for a moment, unable to breathe. I quickly kicked my assailant in the kneecaps and he doubled over, releasing me. I gasped for air and was grateful for relief.
"You've got this," came a familiar voice. There he was, putting his hand on my shoulder. It was Coulson.
I smiled at him. "I really do miss you, Coulson."
"I know you do."
And with that, every teleporter was knocked out by my hand.
"Ugh," I groaned as I dragged Cloak to the quinjet. He was at least twice my size and wasn't easy to carry. When I finally got there, Yo-Yo rushed outside to help me.
"Did they come?" she asked, grabbing his legs as I held his arms.
"Yes," I replied, still panting. We laid Cloak on the floor and Yo-Yo bent down, handcuffing him.
She looked up at me. "How many?"
I wiped some sweat from my forehead and leaned against the wall. "About half of the whole crew, so maybe twenty-five-ish, give or take."
"We already contacted the Lighthouse," Davis told us. "They're bringing the Zepher so we can finally put these puppies away for good."
I fidgeted with my gauntlets. "In the Fridge?"
He nodded, smug. "Yep. They've caused us so much trouble..." His fists were clenched.
"But wait..." I stood up straight. "That was only half of them."
Yo-Yo's eyes widened at the same time as mine. We said in unison, "So there are more in there."
Before anyone could say anything, I darted out of the quinjet and sprinted to the church. Sure enough, all of the teleporters were now there, in a line, as if ready for battle.
"We won't let you get away now," a woman told me.
I smirked, raising my arms. "You so sure about that?" I quaked the line from left to right, knocking them down. "It's like you intentionally made this easy for me!" I bantered.
Two big men approached me and one managed to throw a punch at my jaw. It hurt, but I spun around and kicked him in the groin, making him fall backward in pain. I punched the other one in the stomach, but he recovered quickly and grabbed my shoulder-pulling me toward him- then landing his knee to my stomach. The wind was knocked out of me and I coughed up some blood. My head felt very light at that moment but then I felt that same, warm hand on my back.
"Come on, Daisy," Coulson whispered reassuringly. "Don't let them hurt you."
"You're right," I said to him. I threw a strong punch at my assailant's jaw and he was knocked to the side. To finish him off, I quaked him against the wall.
Now that they were all down, I brought my fingers up to touch my lip. It was bleeding.
Crap, I thought, Simmons is going to be a worrywart about this.
"Daisy?! You okay?" Yo-Yo asked as she and Davis stepped through the hole in the wall.
"Yep," I replied, breathing heavily. "Is the Zepher almost here?"
My question was answered as I watched the massive plane land in the open field. A few moments later, May, Mack, and Piper came out to help us.
"How did you manage to do this?!" Mack asked Yo-Yo in awe as he bent down to pick one of the teleporters up.
"Don't ask me," she replied. "This was all Daisy."
The three agents looked at me in surprise, and I smiled from embarrassment. I shrugged. "I'm the only one immune, so they're like civilians to me."
After quite a while, we managed to get all the teleporters on the Zepher.
"How'd it go?" Jemma asked me as I entered the cockpit area.
"We got 'em all," I responded.
She knitted her eyebrows and visually examined my face. "Did they hurt you?"
I smirked. "No need to worry yourself. This ain't my first rodeo, Simmons."
She chuckled, crossing her arms. "I suppose you're right."
I went to sit down and strapped myself into the chair. "I'm just excited to see the Fridge."
Jemma took her spot next to me. "It won't be too much of a spectacle; remember, Ward and Garrett completely raided the place."
I raised one eyebrow. "Fitz has it all ready for the containment, right?"
She nodded. "Yep. And Piper and Davis have shot each of the teleporters with an ICER at least once, so they'll be out for a while."
"I really wish I would've brought ICERs with me in the quinjet. But then again, I didn't think there'd be any combat in a run-down church."
"Life is just full of surprises," she muttered.
When we got to the Fridge, I was not disappointed. The place was bigger than anything I'd ever seen.
"100 stories," Fitz told me from his seat across from us.
I smirked. "I can't believe I never got to come here when S.H.I.E.L.D. was, you know, real."
One by one, we managed to get the teleporters inside while Fitz installed the containment mechanism. Then, we shut the place up and were on our way.
My past was behind me, and I sure as heck wasn't going back.
I hope you all liked this chapter! Honestly, now that Daisy is better, I can end this story right here. It's called "From Weak to Strong", and now she's strong again. I'm also getting less and less views as this story progresses, so I'm not sure if I'm losing you all. Don't get me wrong, if you all want more, I'm willing to do so. But now we're now at the end of chapter 15 and I'm not sure what to do next. I'll take suggestions for a new story if you want, preferably medical-related.
Thank you all for being here this whole time. This has been an awesome journey and I can't believe how much support I've gotten. I'm so happy to be able to unleash my full nerd-self through this website and be able to discuss my thoughts with people who have similar interests. I love you all and wish you safety and good health.
Thank you,
-Daisies and Roses
