Carol stood up slowly and she saw Damien on the ground, clearly hurt. Her eyes soften as she realized that he took more of the damage than her. Carol leaned down and rested her hand on his cheek and he woke up and groaned "You're okay.. Good" He muttered and she smiled as she helped him up and he turns in a circle, taking in his surroundings. When Carol turned around and sees a life-size poster, she shoots an energy blast towards it, causing the head to fall off and the neck to erupt in flames. Damien went towards it and whistled "Good as dead.. Good one Vers"
"Vers to Star Force Command. Do you read me?" Carol spoke into her com but there was nothing Damien spoke into his com "Marveel to Yon-Rogg.. Come in, we're okay"
Carol begins to walk through an aisle, looking at the movies on the shelf. Damien looked towards her and the movies "I wonder what these are" He muttered and he tried again with his com
"Hello? Do you copy?"
Carol stopped, picks up a movie and reads the summary. She becomes intrigued with something outside, grabbing Damien's hand and walks towards it. Carol wipes dust off of her shoulders and was dusting off Damien before walking towards a car and knocking on its window and the man jumped
"Hi, I'm Vers. Pre Star Force. My partner here is Marveel and he is a member of Star Force. Is this C-53? Do you understand me? Is my universal translator working?"
"Yeah, I understand you." The officer muttered, confused. Damien narrowed his eyes "Great.. Well at least we don't have to make weird facial expressions or movements. Hello, I'm Marveel"
"Oh, good. Are you in charge of security for this district?" Carol asked and Damien looked around "You sir, I give credit as only one man protecting this whole district? Good job" Damien said as the man smiled a bit and he shook his head "Sort of. The movie theatre has its own guy."
"Where can I find communications equipment?" Carol questioned and the man pointed to a Radio Shack and Damien nodded "Cool, Thanks"
Carol was tinkering with her communications equipment with parts from Radio Shack and a payphone. She turns on her communicator and calls Yon-Rogg. Damien was also in the booth as he leaned on one end while Carol leaned on the other. Soon they heard Yon-Rogg
"Vers. Marveel, Verify, CTC39" They heard his voice and it was Damien who spoke "GRX31600"
"We're fine thanks for asking, what happened? Is everyone okay?" Carol questioned and they heard Yon-Rogg sighing
"Skrull ambush. I thought we'd lost you two. Did you find Soh-Larr?"
"It wasn't Soh-Larr. Talos simmed him, even knew his code." Carol muttered and Damien shook his head "Talos would have done it to us too"
"That's impossible. That code was buried in his unconscious." Yon-Rogg muttered and Carol shook her head "The Skrulls messed with my mind.. Both of ours. The machine that they used, I think it was how they extracted Soh-Larr's code."
"Vers, Marveel, where are you?"
"We're on the planet C-53. The Skrulls are looking for two women named Lawson and Abbie" Damien muttered as he crossed his arms and Yon-Rogg sounded confused "Who?"
"They're... who we see..." Carol whispered as she saw the look on Damien's face as he looked down.
"They're what? Vers. Vers, what?"
"Lawson is a scientist while Abbie was a agent. They think that they cracked the code on light speed tech. We have to get to them before they do, or else they'll be able to invade new galaxies." Carol said and Damien looked at her "We need to protect Abbie, she will be in danger"
"No. You've been caught once already. How far to C-53?" He questioned Bron-Char who answered "Closest jump point is 22 hours."
"Vers and Marveel. Hold your position until we get there, keep your comms online so that we can contact you." Yon-Rogg ordered and Damien narrowed his eyes while sighing. Carol nodded
"No, what if they get a hold of it before..." Carol muttered and Damien shook his head 'We need to get to Abbie and Lawson first' He mouthed as the line cut off and Carol and Damien looked at each other for a moment
"We can't stay here and just wait.. We need to find them" Damien said and Carol nodded "I won't fight you on that" She said and he was about to open his mouth to say something until there was a knock on the glass door of the booth and they both turned to see an African-American man knocking on the glass and Damien scowled.. Oh great, more trouble.
Damien and Carol stepped out of the booth and the man spoke " Excuse me guys, do you know anything about a lady and man who went through the roof of that Blockbuster over there? Witness says they were dressed for laser tag." He said and Damien looked down at his outfit and couldn't help but grin a bit, he thought he looked very good in the uniform.
"Oh. Yeah, I think they went that way" Carol said as she intertwined her fingers with Damien and began to walk off but Fury stopped them "Ah. My name is Agent Fury and I'd like to ask you some questions. Maybe give you the 4-1-1 on late night drop-bys. Could I see some identification, please?" He asked and Damien scowled "Really?"
"Vers. Pre-Star Force. We don't carry identification on metal cards." She said and Damien nodded "I'm Marveel"
Carol tried to walk off again with Damien, and Fury stops them
"Vers. Marveel.. Star Force. How long are you planning on being in town?"
"Not long, I have a girlfriend I need to return to anyways and possibly save a relationship with her so.. It would be nice to leave right away" He muttered and Carol nodded "Oh, We'll be out of your hair as soon as we track down the Skrulls which are infiltrating your planet." She said and Damien squeezed her hand "Speaking of which, we need to get going before the Skrulls get us"
"Skrulls?" Fury questioned and Carol nodded "
Shape-shifters. They can transform into any lifeform down to the DNA. Oh boy, you guys don't have a clue do you." She said as she looked at Damien "Jeez.. Earth is so weird" She said and Damien chuckled "We'll be out soon enough" He said as he began walking with Carol again but Fury stopped them
"Oh, oh, oh, oh. Hold on. How do we know that you're not one of those... shapeshifters?" He pointed at them and Damien actually started laughing "If we were the shapeshifters, you would know." He said and Carol even chuckled
"Congratulations Agent Fury. You have finally asked a relevant question."
"Oh! Congratulations to you Star Force Lady and Man. You're under arrest." He said as he was getting ready to arrest them but they stopped once Carol and Damien saw one of the Skrulls from the beach on a nearby rooftop and Damien shot an energy blast at them. Carol then runs towards the building, with Damien running behind and Fury grabs his gun and runs towards the car. The Skrull runs across the rooftop, jumping over pipes while Fury runs along the footpath at the front of the building. The Skrull runs up the stairs, towards a train and transforms into an old lady who exits the train in front of him. Carol jumps up to the platform and runs into the same old lady. Damien using his powers to blast himself onto the ship .Carol chases the train down the platform and jumps on top of it. Fury sees Carol and Damien hanging onto the train and turns the car around to pursue it. Damien made it up first and helped Carol up. Carol and Damien then walked through the train, observing all the passenges before seeing the old lady.
Carol then punched her, causing a fight before being pulled off the lady by a group of passengers. Damien ran after her and his first glowed golden as he punched her back but another group held him back. The lady escapes before changing into one of the men and walking into the next carriage and jumping onto the roof. Carol and Damien followed the man onto the roof and continues to fight him. Fury's car continues to follow the train track, barely avoiding the carnage being thrown off the roof by Carol and the Skrull and at one point the Skrull tried to knock Damien off the train but he hung off the edge. Until Carol helped him up
They saw the Skrull got away and Damien huffed as they jumped off the train and nearby building.
After going through some files.. Well trying to. Damien and Carol ended up near the café and reading map. They needed to find out where Pegasus was and find Lawson and Abbie.
They heard a bike, and it was quiet soon as Carol learned on Damien as they looked at the map and soon they heard the man on the bike "Nice scuba suits" They heard the man say and he rev the bike and Carol looked at the man before going at the map with Damien
"Line up honey, heh? Got a smile for me? Sir, does your girlfriend have expressions?" He said and Damien looked up with an annoyed expression "She's not my girlfriend, and she could smile and talk to anyone who she pleases to. Leave her alone or I'll punch your teeth in, got it?"
The biker then enters the shop. Carol then looks towards the bike again and nudging Damien before they looked at the dummies and took some clothes from a nearby store and leaving on the bike. Damien driving with Carol wrapping her arms around his waist.
They made it to a bar and inside. Carol looks around, remembering the vision from the Skrull interrogation of her, Damien and Maria inside the bar. Carol looked around and saw the visions of Carol playing an arcade game, drinking with Maria and singing karaoke with her and Damien. She stopped ofr a moment when she saw the vision of Damien leaning on the wall and Carol making her way towards him as he hooked his fingers around the belt of her jeans and pulled her closer and their noses brushed together and they both smiled.
Carol frowned at the memory, she didn't know if she was imagining them being together.. Or trying to be together. She didn't know if Damien and her had a past at all.. She actually saw it when Skrulls were going through her head but never mentioned it to Damien. Carol and Damien walked over to a wall covered in pictures of Air Force fighter jets, before fixating on one with the Pegasus logo on the tail. While Carol and Damien are looking at the photos, the bartender walks past them
"What can I get ya?" The Bartender asked and Carol looked over at him "Where was this photograph taken?"
"At an airport?" The Bartender said and Damien crossed his arms "Where's Pegasus? We need to find it"
"That's classified. Not unlike the file I started on you." Fury questioned as he walked through the back door and Damien was tense before Carol looked over at the Bartender who looked confused as he walked away.
"But I see you changed it up a bit since then. Grunge is a good look for you two" Fury said as Damien grinned as he looked down at the blue jeans, white shirt and brown leather jacket. Carol looked at Fury, impressed "Did you have a rough day Agent Fury?"
"It's cool. You know, space invasion, big car chase, got to watch an alien autopsy. Typical 9 to 5.. I can't wait to tell my daughter" He grinned and Damien smiled at that "You have a daughter?"
"I've adopted her, she was from a case. I love her like she's my own" He said proudly and Damien smiled at that "Children are a beautiful thing" He said and Fury looked at him "Do you two have kids?" He questioned. Carol and Damien looked at each other before shaking his head "We aren't together.. None of us have children" He said and Carol looked at Fury
"So you saw one?"
"I was never one to believe in aliens. But I can't unsee that." Fury said as Damien smirked "Welcome to the universe.. There's many races and worlds that are worth exploring"
"This is gonna get a little awkward but I gotta ask." Carol asked and Fury looked at them "You think I'm one of those green things." He said and Damien shrugged "Gotta know, just in case" He said and Fury looked at them with an impressed look "You are looking at 100 percent red-blooded Earthman"
"I'm afraid I'm gonna need proof." Carol said as she grabbed a chair, Fury grabbed a chair as well and they sat. Damien grabbed a chair and sat next to Fury, Fury gave a confused look and Damien grinned "In case you happen to be a Skrull, I can take you down easily"
"Oh please, you can't take me down easily" Fury said and Damien chuckled "Sir, you are talking to a man whose fist could glow golden and has energy coming out. We can debate this all day, but we don't have time" He said. Fury looked at the man, clearly impressed with Damien and actually starting to like him.
"We talking cheek swab or urine sample." Fury asked and Damien scowled "Nah, we don't need that"
"The DNA would match." Carol pointed out and Fury tapped his chin "Well my AOL password." Fury said and Damien shook his finger "No can do either, that won't help at all"
"Skrulls can only assume recent memories of their host bodies." Carol said and Fury's eyes widen "Oh oh! You wanna get personal."
"Where were you born?" Carol asked and Fury looked at Damien who shrugged "We need information, you need to provide it" He said and Fury sighed "Huntsville, Alabama. But technically I don't remember that part." He said and Damien nodded "We won't born here on earth but you know that already"
"Name of your first pet." Carol said and Damien shook his head "Carol or Minn-Erva didn't let me have any pets." He said and Carol gave him a look while Damien chuckled and Fury laughed a bit and he nodded "Mr. Snuffers."
"Mr. Snuffers?" Carol asked, laughing a bit and Damien grinned from ear to ear at Fury who shook his head "I know, I don't need to be reminded about it"
"First job?" Damien asked and Fury leaned back in his chair "Soldier, straight out of high school. Got the ranks of full breed Colonel." He said and Damien nodded "Then what?"
"Spy." Fury said and Carol gave him a look "Where?"
"It was the Cold War, we were everywhere. Uh... Belfast, Bucharest, Belgrade, Budapest." Fury said Carol sighed "Now?"
"Been riding a desk for the past few years, trying to figure out where our future enemies are coming from. My boss, she believes in me a lot. Never occurred to me that they'd be coming from above."
"Name a detail so bizarre a Skrull could never fabricate it." Carol said and Fury sighed "If toast is cut diagonally, I can't eat it. You didn't need that did you?" He asked when he saw Damien and Carol smiling at each other
"No. No, I didn't. But I enjoyed it."
"Ok. Your turn. Prove you're not a Skrull" He said as Carol looked at Fury before using her photon blasts to break a jukebox. Fury looked over at Damien whose eyes were golden and energy was flowing around him
"And how is that supposed to prove to me that you're not a Skrull?" He questioned the two, Damien's eyes widen as he was clearly amused "A Skrull can't do that! If I was a Skrull I would be pranking Carol every time I get" He said and Carol giggled at him and she looked over at Fury
"A Skrull can't do that. So a full-bred colonel turned spy turned SHIELD agent must have pretty high-security clearance. Where's Pegasus?"
Author's Note:
Another Chapter!
So Carol and Damien did have a past together! But who knows how far it was and if it was even serious. We will see a chapter where they will talk about their relationship. Because I'm pretty sure they have some kind of feelings but they won't act on it. Because There's Minn-Erva and I will tell you, that woman in the previous chapter will be an important person so keep that in mind. But I love Carol and Dam's bond, it's special and one of my favorite relationships that I've wrote. Peter Quill and Anthea being second because of everything they went through as well.
Damien is the opposite of Carol, he follows orders from Kree with no questions asked and shows no empathy when going on missions. But I will say that Carol makes Damien feel when he's on missions. I think that's why Yon-Rogg has delayed Carol into being an actual mission for a while. So they could control Carol and make sure that Damien shows no mercy.
This story will have twists and turns so be prepared for anything!
Yeah, I need to proof read my stories a lot but I've been busy with life that I don't have much time to read it again. So very sorry for mistakes and all!
Leave reviews and until next time!