Rated T? Dark Themes and Violence might change at a later date.
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To avoid confusion when I refer to my AU version of Daisy, it will be in italics. Let me know if there is a better way to do this.
Mack had just finished their checkup with Elena, catching up to Coulson who was starting up Lola. He quickly jumps into shotgun and secures his seat belt, taking a brief moment to catch his breath while Coulson began backing out of the quinjet.
Mack turned to Coulson as the quinjet activated its cloak asking, "Where exactly are we going?"
Coulson smirked reaching in between the seats grabbing a tablet and handing it to Mack. Putting Lola out of park and slowly driving out of the parking garage before replying, "Did some digging and found a pretty good lead." gesturing towards the tablet as they exited the parking garage.
Mack now curious turned it on revealing a few documents, briefly reading them over before gasping in shock, "Alisha Whitley but isn't sh-"
Coulson briefly nodding taking a slight turn before stating, "Yeah, she's dead well at least according to Daisy. We were never able to find a body but I found a lease to a one bedroom apartment in her name a few miles down. Even better says she has a 1962 Chevrolet Corvette registered."
Mack raised his head in recognition, "The exact car that was reported leaving the scene..."
Coulson nodded, "Yeah so either Alisha is alive or Daisy using her identity as a cover. Either way we will get some answers." briefly looking towards Mack who is still unsure about this but reluctantly nodded his head asking, "How long is it?"
He shrugged, "About 15 minutes, I would go faster but I don't want to draw any unneeded attention."
Mack smirked, "Good call..." looking down at the tablet again before asking, "How did you get all of this info so quickly?"
Coulson chuckled, "I mean when your checkup with Elena last almost an hour and a half, I had plenty of time."
Mack wide eyed before briefly looking at his wristwatch, "I was only in their for like 15 minut-"
Coulson smirked, "Did you forget to change your time zones again?"
Mack shrugged, "No I didn't, wh-" cutting himself off after realizing his mistake fixing his watch mumbling, "God I hate that..."
Meanwhile
Daisy sat down on the couch sipping the last of her beer, trying to process everything that she had just learned from her copy... well more like distorted copy as its not just physically and emotionally but also in their personality. She can snap out in anger but those moments are very uncommon unlike the Daisy sitting next to her, she had so much anger and rage... it seemed like even the slightest thing could cause her to burst. Daisy is having a hard time imagining what she must have gone through, the betrayal... the anger of the ones you loved backstabbing you, wondering if that is how she made her family at Shield feel.
Thinking about them makes her realize that Daisy never mentioned anything regarding Hive but if it was a deliberate exclusion or not. Even the thought of Hive brings back awful memories but maybe that is what she needs... someone that understands what its like to live like this. Taking one long deep breath before turning towards Daisy asking "What about Hive?"
Daisy tilted her head in confusion asking, "The creature on Maveth?"
Daisy was shocked by her confusion but nodded yes causing Daisy to shake her head answering, "When we raided the Hydra castle, we managed to destroy the portal before it could escape..."
Daisy lowered her head muttering, "Oh..."
Daisy shrugged, "Yea... when I arrived here and learned that this world was almost identical with mine, I studied up on the major differences between them... Hive being one of them." pausing after realizing Daisy was clearly uneasy about the subject. Daisy weakly smiled putting a arm around Daisy, softly pulling her into an hug who recoiled at the sudden action but didn't fight it instead slowly accepting it.
Daisy chuckled, "I always find hugs to be the best kind of treatment..." briefly pausing taking a deep breath before continuing, "The amount of times people say I know what you are going through half the time don't even know a quarter of the problem... We may both be Daisy Johnson but I can't even begin to imagine what you endured with Hive and you couldn't imagine what I had to endure with SHIELD. We are alternative versions of the same person with way too many differences to count but there is one thing I do know is constant..." quickly leaving the hug to look at Daisy directly who had a few tears trailing down her face, "We are survivors, no matter the who what where and why... we don't go down without a fight. Even down to the last breath, we stand up for what we are fighting for and that is what makes us Daisy Johnson..."
Daisy started wiping away the tears before punching Daisy lightly in the arm laughing, "OK Ms. Steve Rogers... where you learn how to give a speech like that?"
Daisy chuckled, "The wisp gave me a few good pointers but I had taught myself a good amount for the afterlife hub."
Daisy raised an eyebrow as she still didn't know much about this wisp, "The wisp talks to you?"
Daisy shrugged her shoulders, "Yeah its complicated..."
The peaked Daisy's curiosity asking, "Well I am all ears."
They stared at each other for a moment before Daisy sighed in defeat, "Alright well-" but stopping after feeling some unwanted vibrations approaching the door. 2 males and both Daisy's flinched realizing who they were jumping off the couch into defensive position. Daisy stood next to her copy clearly worried asking, "What do we do?"
Daisy stood there thinking of possible escape methods before jumping slightly in realization, "Follow my lead."
Daisy just stood there unsure of what she had in mind, "How long will it take?"
She shook her head stating, "Not long, stand close to me."
Daisy nodded stepping closer to Daisy who held her hand towards the wall before unleashing her vibration force on the wall, it wasn't doing any damage but it was leaving red marks on the wall until it formed a circle. As the circle was completed the apartment door was kicked in, flying off its hinges with Coulson and Mack following the sound of heavy vibrations
Daisy was biting her tongue clearly nervous, "What are we waiting for?"
Daisy smirked, "For the perfect moment..."
A few seconds later Coulson and Mack walked into the living room pistols drawn but almost dropped them in complete shock. In front of them stood the girl they had been chasing for 6 months... the girl that they consider family, to bring back home. Then another girl that had the exact same body build and face minus the eyes and instead of the black and short hair style, it was long and smooth crimson that hanged way off her shoulders
Both of them held their jaws open stuttering trying to form words but Daisy had other plans raising her hand stating, "Sorry hate to just bail but..." pausing, tilting her head towards Daisy with her eyes now glowing before continuing, "We got places to be, things to do." raising two fingers suddenly causing a giant wall of fire to separate the pairs with the circle on the wall morphing into a blazing orange portal.
Daisy gestured for Daisy to follow, who was still shocked by what happened but quickly snapping out of it blitzing towards the portal. They stood in front of the portal with Daisy giving Daisy a nod answering her silent question. They took a deep breath before simultaneously jumping through the portal, causing it and the wall of fire to disappear leaving the two senior field agents stunned and confused in the smoky apartment as to what just happened.
It took them a few minutes for the fire to disappear with Daisy landing face down in grass, raising her head off the ground but her hair and grass dangled in her eyes. Blowing it upwards before chuckling, "Well... that was weird."
Daisy chuckled offering her a hand, "Yea it takes some getting used too."
Daisy rolled her eyes giving Daisy her hand slowly getting back on her feet muttering, "Thanks."
Daisy smiled, "No problem."
Briefly shaking her head, Daisy began to look around trying to find out where they were, however quickly realizing they were outside the apartment. Turning towards Daisy who was checking around the perimeter asking, "Ummm weren't we suppose to teleport away from Coulson?"
Daisy nodded as she finished checking that the coast was clear answering, "Normally yes but can't leave without something."
Daisy opened her mouth to ask about it looking towards the apartment building but Daisy continued to talk stating, "No its not in there, just needed to make sure the coast was clear." raising her hand and aiming towards the road but nothing was happening. Just as Daisy was about to ask, a red 1962 Chevrolet Corvette quickly pulls up parking in front of them leaving a blaze of fire behind. Now being able to see the car up close, its 100% Lola except it had a sticker named "Rider" on the front and back.
Daisy chuckled as she walked towards the driver seat, "Yeah she is a beauty but right now we need to get going... you know before Coulson and Mack exit the apartment."
Daisy sighed taking a deep breath before quickly jumping in shotgun followed shortly behind by Daisy. As Daisy got her seat belt on she turned over to Daisy and asked, "Where exactly are we going?"
She smiled, "I bought a few other properties under other aliases, should allow us to remain under SHIELD's radar for a while."
Daisy sighed still holding some doubts about all of this but reluctantly nodding before asking, "OK how long of a drive?"
Daisy briefly thought about it now revving up the car before answering, "Just a few seconds... Might want to hold on to something..."
Daisy raised an eyebrow in confusion before turning into shock when Daisy floored it while facing the apartment building. She threw her arms up protecting her face but right before they crashed into the wall it changed into a wall of fire. Lowering her hands in shock, looked around seeing they were now surround in flames. But before she could ask what happened, the flames had vanished leaving both of them in a completely different area. Looking around she realizes they were now parked in a completely different part of Californa, turning towards her copy who was smiling at her reaction asking, "How did we do that?"
She chuckled, "The wisp... never got to explain it before we got interrupted."
Daisy raised her hand to stop her, "Yeah, but for right now it can wait... Between the alcohol, the teleporting and everything you told me so far... my head feels like its gonna explode."
Daisy sighed looking up seeing that it was getting late nodding, "Yeah has been a long day... Follow me..." exiting the car and supporting Daisy as they walked inside the apartment building.
Slowly making their way inside the apartment that looks almost identical to the other one, Daisy guided Daisy towards the bedroom before gently laying her down.
Daisy smiled, "Get some rest... Your going to need it." slowly making her way towards the door.
Daisy on the verge of passing out quickly muttered, "Where are you going?"
Daisy snickered, "I have a few errands to run, should be back soon." and turns around to leave but stops adding, "There some drinks and snacks in the kitchen if you need anything." gently closing the door behind her.
The demonic voice echoed in her head, "So where we heading?"
Daisy smiled grabbing her phone out and looking at a map stating, "We still have a few more cells to hit in this area, one of them being a watchdog stronghold so that should be fun."
The voiced laughed, "Great... well what are we waiting for?"
Daisy laughed putting her phone into her back pocket before using her powers to make a portal to one of cells. As she stepped through the portal it slowly began to dim and shrink until vanishing leaving only a small and brief ember on the floor.
Elsewhere...
"Daisy is in Los Angeles." Jemma stated directly towards May currently inside a sound proof room so May's team wouldn't hear.
Jemma continued pointing to the tablet she was holding, "LA Police just released a incident report confirming Daisy's presence among other things..." briefly pausing still trying to understand it but shrugged it off for now continuing, "and I just received Yo-Yo's check in report early which means Coulson and Mack are there too, no doubt trying to track Daisy down."
May standing tall and with her arms crossed replied, "Sounds right."
Jemma upset continued, "You know it is, because according to logs, you called Coulson back to H.Q. for resupply yourself. Why, if not to give him that intel in person, knowing it's against the Director's orders?"
May slightly shook her head answering, "I didn't send them. I don't have the authority. They acted on their own."
Jemma shook her head placing the tablet down, "You knew I found out... Why not tell me? I have daily lie detection."
May muttered, "That's why." but Jemma continued, "And now I have to report it, which means now I either look like I'm incompetent or colluding with you."
May rolled her eyes, "Wouldn't want you falling out of favor with the director."
Jemma paused releasing a sigh of disbelief, "Okay. I get it. It's abundantly clear you're uncomfortable with my new position -" May cutting in, "I just want to know how comfortable you are with it. You actually trust this guy? Our team split up to lead departments, given different colors. 'Cause we're experts? No. I think the Director broke up the band on purpose."
Jemma clearly annoyed by this spat out, "Of course he did." Realizing what she did Jemma takes a sigh of breath before stating, "As soon as Talbot gave the location of this base to the president, things changed. I knew we'd be divided, undermined, kept in the dark, so I have been clawing for as much power as I can possibly grab to keep a modicum of control over any of this."
Briefly pausing to take a look around the room as May absorbed that information, Jemma quickly grabbed the tablet before standing directly next to May muttering, "I don't trust the new Director, but he trusts me, so now, in order to keep that trust, I must take the appropriate action to address this break in protocol." Tapping a few buttons on the tablet before stating, "I'm sending you and your strike team to take Coulson and Mack out of the field, by force, if necessary. Clean up whatever mess he's in... That's an order."
May still trying to process of all that, just bluntly answers, "Yes, ma'am."
Meanwhile...
Coulson and Mack slowly walked outside the apartment utterly stunned over what they saw, trying to make any sort of sense out of it. Before they enter Lola their attention gets drawn towards pavement. There were tire track marks but they were burnt into road, went all the way through onto grass that was blackened and stopped right in front of the building.
Before either of them can access the situation further, the shield agents standing by the quinjet call in, "Sir, we have a problem."
Coulson sighed before saying, "We are currently in the middle of something."
It took a few seconds for a response, "But sir... its Quake, I wasn't aware she now has red hair."
Eye's widen in shocked the picture of the 2 Daisy's briefly flashing in their heads with Mack asking, "Location?"
"I just sent it to you."
Now making their way towards Lola with Mack pulling up the location. Quickly hopping into the seats and buckling in, Coulson throws Lola in reverse turning over to Mack asking, "How far is it?"
"30-45 minutes."
Coulson thinking it over before nodding, "Alright, might want to hang on to something though..." pressing a few buttons on the radio causing her to slowly begin floating up before flooring it causing them to soar towards the designation.
Sooooo what you guys think? Next chapter we are going to get some Rider Daisy and Shield interaction, maybe a few new plot points? Wanted to apologize for the lack of updates on all my stories but its just that time of the year with Holidays. I had a great time with my family and friends but I am happy to finally get back on my own schedule. Expect updates for my other stories very soon!
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