Intake — Chapter Two
She wasn't going to lie, Daisy loved where this led. Staring into Lincoln's eyes, watching the rest of the world fade away. Time was not existent. Nothing else on the Zephyr mattered, all that mattered was Lincoln, and his dreamy blue eyes. The way his warm hands rested on her body, and the small tingles she felt when they kissed. Daisy wasn't sure if it was from his powers, or if it was just her— but she didn't mind either way. His presence was overwhelmingly comforting after such a tense mission. It was just what she needed right now. They both made it out unscathed, and for a minute there she wasn't sure she would. But they were both alive and well.
Unlike Will.
Daisy didn't know what happened on that planet with Fitz and Coulson. All she knew was, when she woke up in the containment pod, Will was nowhere to be found. Fitz and Simmons had gone somewhere else, presumably the lab. Or any other secluded area on the Zephyr. Daisy couldn't even imagine losing someone that close to you would be like. Simmons and Will had nothing but each other on that planet for six months.
That had to be devastating.
It was devastating.
If she lost Lincoln she couldn't imagine what she would do, right now, Lincoln was her world. Her missing piece in the inhuman void. He made her whole. Lincoln was her everything. Her star in her sky, and pun most definitely intended. Daisy honestly couldn't imagine her life without him in this current moment, if he was ever taken away from her she wouldn't be able to function, she wouldn't be able to live through that.
Not now.
Not ever.
It had only been a few minutes since they got back on the Zephyr, a few people had dispersed. But the main gang had stayed. Coulson— Daisy had noticed— had changed. He hadn't uttered a single word since she had woken up in the rising pod, at least... nothing to her knowledge. But then again she was on a completely different planet when she was with Lincoln, so who knows. But it seemed as if a different Coulson walked out of the portal.
She could only guess as to what that meant.
She could only hope that it was finally over.
She could only dream that Grant Ward was finally dead.
It wasn't until Lincoln moved to look behind her until it was that she was brought back to reality. His eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Daisy?" His voice worrying. "Is there a child in there?" Everyone in the cargo hold immediately silenced, now suddenly curious.
Daisy spun around to see where his line of sight led. "Uhh… Yep." She answered, popping the P.
Lincoln looked into her eyes once more, she could tell he got lost in them for a second— just as she did too. He shook his head and his face went from confusion to concerning. "Did you kidnap a child? Where did he even come from?" Lincoln inquired, tensing slightly in her arms.
"No, I did not kidnap a child." Daisy stated with an eye roll. "And if I did— it was a group effort." She subtly glanced at Mack.
"Hey— don't you rope me into this." Mack protested.
Daisy turned around in Lincoln's arms— now leaning back into his cozy embrace— to face Mack. She just didn't want to leave Lincoln just yet.
"What happened to the kid being top priority?" Daisy teased.
Mack shook his head, in amusement, maybe— Daisy didn't know. "That was when I was still unsure about who— what— or when was gonna come out of that thin—" He cut himself off. "You know what? I'm not gonna argue this, we rescued him."
"Still waiting on the answer of where he materialized from," Hunter reminded them.
Everyone was suddenly staring at either her, or the kid in the containment pod. Daisy reluctantly left Lincoln's wrapped hug, her arms and back immediately felt cold with his no longer touching presence. She walked over to one of the crates and picked up the tablet that was laying there. Noting that she had to do intake at some point, as well as give the kid some explanation as to what was happening.
To him.
And currently.
"He's Inhuman. We found him at the castle, he was hiding behind some equipment next to the portal." Daisy explained, pausing briefly as she was making the proper modifications to the containment pod to suit the kid's powers. "My best guess as to where he came from… Hydra was probably keeping him there in a gel-matrix pod along with the rest of the Inhumans. Either, Lash—" She looked up at May for a small second. "Or Dr. Garner spared him. Or, he somehow managed to get away from everyone trying to hurt him, then slip into that room without any of us noticing."
"So what you're saying is that: The kid could be incredibly powerful and took on Lash himself, or he's incredibly stealthy and could evaide a monster that could track Inhumans." Hunter said.
Daisy glared at Hunter from the corner of her eye. "That's not what I said."
"What's his power? Do we know?" May asked.
The new calibrations for the pod had been set.
"From what I could tell, I believe he has sensitive hearing." Daisy said.
"Oh, so he's just a slippery bastard then." Hunter remarked, earning a slap in the arm from Bobbi.
"Hunter." She said firmly.
"What? That's a good thing!" Hunter proclaimed. "It keeps him from getting a bloody hole in his chest."
Bobbi just rolled her eyes then started pushing Hunter out of the room. "We'll give you some space."
Daisy nodded thanks. She held up the tablet to take a picture of the kid's face, that way they could run facial recognition. It took some time to finally get a match, during that time May had left as well, Coulson was just hanging out in the back. But after a few minutes of searching and scanning... she got nothing. No footage from a random street camera, no name, no address, no school listed, no I.D or passport, nothing on any social media. This kid just didn't exist. Mack picked up on the disappointment on her face. "Something wrong, tremors? What did you find?"
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing. There's no trace of this kid anywhere."
Behind her a Coulson sniffled a laugh. "That sounds familiar."
Daisy half turned to him with a growing smirk on her face, understanding the reference.
"I don't get it." Joey said.
When they found her she was a blank slate too. But then again, she did that on purpose, she deleted everything known about her because she wanted to.
And because she was constantly hacking into the government.
But even then, that process was extremely difficult, she highly doubted this kid would be able to pull it off.
"Yeah, it's a long story." Daisy said before walking up to the containment pod, Lincoln was closely behind. Daisy was glad that Lincoln was by her side helping her do intake. He was fitting in nicely at S.H.I.E.L.D Plus this was his job back at afterlife, transitioner, and she could say with some authority that he was the best around.
The kid was curled up in a ball hugging himself and no doubt swimming in the jacket that she found him. He looked up once they came into view through the glass. The fear in his eyes were evident, he was absolutely petrified— and clueless. The tremors in his hands and body remained as well. He was shaking like a leaf in the wind, like a small tree branch in a wild tornado. He scooted back in the cot a small bit when they showed their faces in the glass.
"Hey, it's okay. You're safe here, no more big guys with guns trying to hurt you." Daisy reassured. The shaking in his hands didn't seem to disappear, but the fear in his eyes softened a small amount.
But only a small amount.
Progress.
"We're here to help," Daisy went on. "And for your protection. I know things seem really crazy right now, but you'll be okay. We'll make sure of it. There's something that's going on with you that you don't quite understand yet, greater things are at play. But you're alright, and safe."
She waited a beat.
"This is Lincoln, we're only going to ask a few questions, okay?" Daisy said. The kid hesitantly, and barely nodded. Since this kid didn't exist in the internet world, she would have to do things the old fashioned way. She opened a new inhuman file on the tablet, ready to type in the kid's answers.
"So, what's your name, kid?"
"Luk-Lukian." The kid stuttered.
"That's a pretty cool name." Lincoln said. The kid came close to smiling, but his nerves still overruled him. Daisy typed it in. "How old are you?" Daisy asked.
"Th-Thirteen."
She was a little bit shocked by that answer. He looked nine—ten, with eleven pushing it. He could just be small for his age, or it could be a side effect from the pod. They had no idea how long he was actually in there for, or what the long term side effects were. There was so much they didn't know. Lincoln was most definitely thinking the same thing, judging by the look on his face.
"Hey, do you know what the date is?" Lincoln started to pat down his pockets. "I think I left my phone at home."
Lukian looked a little confused as to why he was asking him, but he answered nonetheless. "I-I th-think it's th-the f-fourth."
Lincoln started rubbing his chin, as if he was thinking. "Of?"
The confusion on Lukian's face grew dramatically. "Ma— M-May?" The way his voice raised made it seem like a question. But he was definitely questioning why he was being asked the date of all things. Lincoln nodded then turned to face her, he whispered behind her ear, that way the kid wouldn't pick up on it.
"He was in there for three months."
Daisy slightly nodded. The good thing was, at least the kid was alive, somehow. The bad thing was, his family probably thought he had been dead/ missing for three months with no idea if he was okay or not. Which did give her an idea on where to find a record of him later. While she was thinking Lincoln asked the next question.
"When's your birthday?"
Lukian's arm tightened around his legs, the tone in his face changed slightly. "November twelfth." He said coldly.
Daisy and Lincoln exchanged a glance, suddenly surprised at the new changed demeanor. She just left it blank for now. "There's only three more questions left." Daisy stated, just letting the kid know. "Where do you live?"
"Queens, mostly." Lukian said.
"Does your family move around a lot?" Daisy questioned.
Lukian looked them straight in the eyes. "You could say that."
Daisy took this in, typing in the kid's answers. This was a special case, he needed to be treated as such, especially with Lukian's new attitude.
"When you woke up, what happened?" Lincoln asked. These types of questions weren't part of the file, but they still needed to know.
"It was all sunshine and rainbows, with ice-cream and unicorns." Lukian replied sarcastically with an eye roll.
Daisy glanced at Lincoln four a second. "Lukian," She said his name warningly, yet no less soft. "We need to know what actually happened, okay kid?"
He nodded ever so slightly. "There— was Umm… There was a— a monster thing that— uh… that looked almost human… but he wasn't. I-I, I didn't get a good look at him, everything w-was still foggy. But uhh— I heard gun— gunshots an— and screaming." Lukian shuttered at the memory. "Then after there— there were bodies wi-with holes in… in them. They were dead." Lukian gulped down probably the massive lump in his throat.
"Lash." Lincoln whispered.
"Really?" Daisy said in a sarcastic, playing tone. She had a small smirk on her face. It disappeared quickly once she thought of the reality of the situation. Andrew almost killed a kid..
But he didn't.
"What was the last thing you remember, before all of that?" Daisy asked in a soft tone.
"Uhh… I-I was walking on the street…" Lukian started, the fear in his eyes returned almost instantly, the shakening somehow increased even more if that was possible. "E-Everything was so loud… and… and there— Uhh…. There— There were men… w-with guns… pointed a-at— at me and— and— a-and— an-and—" It didn't take a genius to tell that the kid was getting distressed thinking about it all. She cut off his rambling.
"Hey, Lukian? Look at me."
He did. His breathing was hitching all over the place as he pulled himself closer, trying to contain the earthquake racking through him— the second one today that officially wasn't from her. Daisy could have swore she saw his hair just shaking as much as he was.
"Just take a deep breath. Calm down. It's over, you're safe." Daisy reminded him, she spoke in a calm, soothing voice. Lukian took a few seconds to do just that. He took in three deep breaths with each one calming him more than the last.
Lincoln waited till the kid regained his composure, to ask again. "Before all of that happened, did you eat any fish?"
"F-Fish?" Lukian echoed then shook his head. "N-No. After baseball practice, me and my friends got tacos."
"Did you by any chance have fish-tacos?" Daisy inquired.
"Nope, I-I hate fish." Lukian stated before remembering something else. "Oh! Umm… well… my— my friend had fish-tacos, and I— Umm.. I lost a bet and had to take a bite. Then— then a few seconds after, the— Uhh.. th-the— the sidewalk, started eating me… And…. And uhh... I-I don't really know what— what happened..." His voice trailing off.
"The whole rock ordeal? That's called terrigenesis." Daisy informed him. "The dumbed down version is: It changes your DNA, and it's irreversible. But it also gives you a little something extra."
Lukian's face was full of confusion and his eyes went wide. She could tell he had a million questions already. "Why does this feel like a sci-fi movie?" He muttered under his breath. "Ca-Can you even change DNA? Is— Is that even possible?"
That question went to show he had at least a background/ interest in some science. He's probably get along with FitzSimmons well.
"It is possible," Lincoln stated. "And it means you're an Inhuman."
"An Inwhaa—?" Lukian's voice was raised several octaves.
"Inhuman." Daisy repeated, slightly amused by his reaction. There was no real easy way to explain this, there was a two percent chance the kid will actually understand what they're saying. "There's a small population of us, most haven't been discovered yet. It isn't until they come into contact with a certain chemical that it awakens part of you. And recently loads of that chemical had been released into the ocean— contaminating the sea life, then contaminating our food."
"Wait-Wait-Wait-Wait-Wait. So— so the— The fish, is what made me all crusty?" Lukian questioned. Daisy nodded, she could basically see the wheels turning in the kid's head. This was a traumatic experience, with loads of questions that follow. It didn't help that he was just a kid, who had been taken captive and put in stasis for three months. He wasn't ready for this. Neither was she when it first happened.
She didn't even know what had happened at first.
Though she came to embrace it, welcome it, do good things, and use it to beat the crap out of bad guys. Obviously he wouldn't be able to do that last part. But she was sure his gift would be put to good use somewhere.
"O-Okay. . ." Lukian squirmed in his seat. "But— But what does it do to-to me? 'Cause I don't... necessarily, feel right."
"Don't worry about that, you'll be fine, those are just the after effects. You'll feel better after some sleep. We've got a decent amount of time before we touch down. For your safety, you will be staying in this box. So for now, just rest." Daisy said.
Lukian looked around at his surroundings. She could tell he wasn't exactly thrilled by this. He didn't have a choice though, with his ability, him walking around the Zephyr with all the noise it was making… it would be catastrophic. If super hearing was actually his power. It was best that he stayed in there for the meantime.
Daisy and Lincoln walked away, leaving the kid to his own thoughts, and to process all that he had just heard. She didn't tell him about the powers part yet. It was better if they took it slow for him, he was a different case then the others. Obviously since he was younger, and since he had actually been taken captive at gunpoint. The others were extracted before that happened. This kid hadn't been so lucky.
Daisy's mind drifted to Simmons and how she was holding up.
Not well she imagined.
Her best guess was that she was in the lab, it was best that she gave her some comfort. There's no universe where that is easy to overcome.
"I'm going to go check on Simmons." Daisy said.
Her instincts served her well. With that being said it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure where FitzSimmons would be. They were sitting on the floor against the holo-table. Simmons was cradled in Fitz's arms, old tears staining her face as well as fresh new ones sliding down. Daisy knocked on the doorway lightly to alert them to her presence.
"Hey."
Jemma instinctively started wiping away her tears with her palm, yet they were just as easily replaced. Daisy crouched down next to Simmons and started rubbing her shoulder. Even if she wasn't ready to talk yet, Daisy just wanted to let her know that she's there for her, just like Fitz was.
Just like Fitz is now, despite everything.
She couldn't even start to think of how difficult this must be for Fitz, having to be there for her, stand by her side, and comfort her over a loss, a loss of a guy who stole his spot in Simmons' heart. And after all the time wasted waiting for those two to be together, they now have to wait even longer.
For a while they just sat there, comforting Simmons. Easing her pain away. Little good it did, it seems as if she had cried out a gallon of tears already, with a gallon more on the way. A large part of Daisy wishes she had met Will, and had got to save him like they did with Simmons. The guy had been stuck there for fourteen years, and survived against all the odds. If anyone deserved to come back and live a normal life, on earth.
It was him.
And FitzSimmons they've had so many obstacles in the road, blocking them from just being together— and this was just a brick wall. A twelve foot tall and six foot deep wall. Fitz crossed the universe for her, only to find she had it for another man on a deserted, desert planet.
If they can get through this; they can get through anything.
—
The sudden shake of the containment pod caused him to wake up with a gasp.
Lukian shot up from the cot, surveying his surroundings immediately. He was almost sure he could hear his heart beating at a million beats per minute, though he was also almost sure he could hear his own breathing at an abnormally loud volume. As much as it disturbed him, he felt as if he could hear the oxygen flowing through his body, through his lungs with a whistle. His insides felt as if someone constantly had a fan blowing on them. All of it gave off an unpleasant feeling, and left him a little bit chilly too.
But that might have been a mixture of that, and his lack of clothes playing in.
All he really had was the jacket the woman gave him, and some white underpants. Which was slightly unervering since he knew for a fact those weren't his. He was given a towel to clean all the slimy— whatever, off of him. Though when the door to the pod had open; it was as if he was wearing earbuds playing white noise playing at full volume, or as if the wind was whistling past his ears at a million miles per hour, yet there was no wind anywhere. Then when the door to the box closed, the sound went away again.
And for that he was extremely thankful.
Everything that was happening was so bizarre. First he started becoming a statue, then he broke out of the statue state and it was like a hurricane was going on in his head, everything was so loud. Then a few minutes later, men with guns— big, heavy guns come and point it all at him, saying they have the Alien threat in their sights.
Alien threat.
Him?
Just some random kid from queens?!
If he was an Alien he was pretty sure he would know about it.
To be honest he didn't even remember what happened next, all of a sudden he woke up... from something. Completely drenched in some orange goop, in an incredibly dark room, people are screaming, firing gunshots. Then this guy… or monster was there blowing holes in people's chests, it was like straight out of a movie.
Only that wasn't a movie, this was real life.
This was real life despite everything telling him otherwise, telling him it's just a crazy dream. Then that woman and her friend, who was like ten times the size of him, came along and broke him out of the nightmare. Then she proceeds to explain a bunch of jibber-jabber about In… somethings-or-other.
The only part he understood from her whole monologue thing, was that the terry-bin crap— was in the fish, and that made him become a rock.
Now he was in a box, a box that was being lowered in a room.
A room that really needed to learn the other colors on the wheel.
The constant, blinding, white gave a whole doctor's office feel. He just hoped it wouldn't smell of gloves and cleaning supplies. Even though his cube was lowered into a room, the doors had decided to stay shut.
Epic.
Lukain got up and tried to pry it open, just in case it was a malfunction. Doors made like that, are often easy to break apart and open. It was like on the subway. Only this door did not seem to be as openable as the doors on a subway were. After a minute of trying he gave up, it was no use, he had arms the size of a pasta noodle.
And the strength of one too.
Lukain sat back down on the cot. As he did he felt a sudden breeze in the air, it was only the air-con being turned on. This little box was very impressive, soundproofing, very strong doors, missile proof, cool little side panel techy thing, air-con, oh— and it can freaking fly!
Very extensive skill set for something that was made to hold someone in like a prison. He had to admit, for a container, the bed wasn't all bad. It was pretty comfortable actually. He's had better sure, but he's most definitely had worse.
After a couple minutes of sitting there and thinking about how dang cool this pod was, eventually the door to the room opened. Unfortunately not the doors to his little room. A man walked in, the same man who got him out of the super secret base/ castle thing, and was ten times the size of him. Lukian couldn't remember what his name was, or the woman's name either for that matter. Everything was just so crazy right now his mind was in knots. He stood up to face the man through the glass. The guy was holding clothes in one hand and a tablet in the other.
Great more questions. Lukian thought.
"Hey, my name's Mack. Daisy tells me yours is, Lukeain?"
"Lukian." He corrected, and it wasn't the first time. Everybody says it wrong.
"Lukian, Sorry." Mack apologized. He held up the clothes before putting them down on the bed. "These, are for you. They will most likely be big on you, it was the smallest thing we could find on such short notice."
"Umm… Thanks. But uhh— what's up with the futuristic pod, and the futuristic room?" Lukian gestured to his surroundings while he spoke.
"It's for your own safety, and others. This whole room though, is yours for the time being. So make yourself comfortable." Mack said with a smile. "Daisy, and Lincoln, will be back soon to give you a rundown of what's going on."
Daisy, Lukian thought. That's what her name was! Lukian just assumed Lincoln was the guy from before with the spiky hair. He only partly remembered them telling him their names.
"The big screen over there will ask you a series of questions. This time more health related."
"Yippee," Lukian said sarcastically in a flat tone. His face was less than amused.
Mack smirked. "Yeah, we're sorry about that. We're just making a file on you, we need to know of any health risks you may have. If you don't know the answer... then don't answer."
Lukian gave a thumbs up to the guy through the glass as he left the room. Once the other door shut, his was finally opened.
The first thing Lukian did was put on the clothes. They were a bit too baggy for his taste, but it was better than walking around naked. The shirt was like a dress on him, he tucked it into his pants baseball style. Next up were the million questions that awaited on the screen. Lukian went through the questions slowly. They weren't ridiculously hard questions, he knew the answer to almost all of them. The questions ranged from: What allergies do you have? To: Have you ever been hospitalized for a serious medical condition?
When the questionnaire was over the screen returned to it's fake lake view. Which only left Lukian feeling a little creeped out.
It gave of the sense that whoever was keeping him here wanted to make him feel as if he was okay, and not in some prison. Which was totally what this place was. Despite the fact that everyone he's met so far was actually pretty nice… they all had guns on hand and all seemed pretty determined to keep him contained for some reason.
What was he going to do?
Destroy the plane?
Hurt someone?
He was a scrawny kid from queens, the worst thing he could do was touch the dangerous red button that sent them into the sun— or something... to that aspect.
He also got the feel that he was being lied to, or left out about something. Which definitely added to his insecurities about this place.
But everything about, well… just everything that was happening was completely insane.
If he wasn't scared out of his mind, then he would probably be over the moon on how nice everything seemed, and how cool that plane looked. Or at least from what he could see from his widowed cage. Everything was extremely high-tech and looked very expensive, which then scared him more as to where did they get all that money?
And who the hell were they?!
He went from one straight up horror movie, to a movie that started out fine then turned into a horror after the first act.
Lukian kept pacing, his mind was too active to sit. Plus he really didn't want to, everything white. His nerves were already bouncing around about everything else, having to worry about dirtying something, is not something he wanted to add to that list. Even though he had only been in here for what? Ten minutes so far without anything to do?
He was already bored up the wazoo.
The least they could do was give him a ball to throw at the wall, they look like they can take a hit. If not at the walls at least up in the air, just to have something to do.
Anything.
But nope, it was just him and his going-insane mind.
If he was stuck in here any longer he was sure he probably would go insane. The one great thing was if he was stuck here forever then it meant he never had to go to school again, unless his captors gave him school work to do. Then he'd be convinced this really was a prison.
After what it felt like hours— but in reality it had barely been fifteen minutes— the door opened again and Daisy and Lincoln came in. Even though it was what he technically wanted, for someone actually to come and tell him what the hell was going on, it scared the crap out of him that someone was actually going to tell him what the hell was going on. He wanted answers, but he was extremely afraid of what those answers may be.
Lukian froze completely as they walked in.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Daisy asked. He only shrugged stiffly, everything still felt extremely strange and foreign in his own body. Though he was slightly surprised that she even asked, only slightly.
"It'll get better." Lincoln said. "Your body is just adjusting."
Lukian nodded despite being entirely confused. Daisy must have picked up on it.
"I know you probably have about a million questions," Lukian nodded again. He definitely had a million at least. But almost all of them he couldn't put into coherent sentences. Daisy went on. "We'll try to explain everything in its simplest form."
Lincoln took over the beginning. "Do you remember earlier, when Daisy said that it also gives you a little something extra?"
Once again, Lukian nodded, not wanting to interrupt.
"Well that something extra is different for everyone. It ranges from vibrations, to electricity, to hearing." Lincoln stated.
Lukian now had a million more. What the hell did that mean?
Lincoln stuck out his hand. "Here, let me show you."
Lukian stiffened when Lincoln's hand shot out in front of him, he gave no effort to take his hand, and had no plans to either. He was completely stuck in his spot.
"Don't worry, he doesn't bite." Daisy said, slightly smirking.
His fear ruled him, he was absolutely terrified as to what Lincoln was going to do if he took his hand. Even if Mr. Lincoln offered him a million dollars just for taking his hand, he wasn't going to do it. Sorry.
Lukian shook his head firmly and kept his distance. He put on a smile to hide his fear. "No thanks, I'm good— thank-you-very-much."
Lincoln smirked, making Lukian feel like he picked the right decision. "Suit yourself." The man said then turned towards his counterpart. "Mil-lady?"
Daisy chuckled and rolled her eyes but took his hand anyways. At first nothing happened and they were just staring at each other— it was really weird, for Lukian at least. Then out of nowhere Daisy started hovering over the floor leaving Lukian absolutely speechless and breathless.
Lukian scurried back a few steps in shock eyes widening at the sight. Something in his ears got louder but he wasn't sure what it was, it was an unfamiliar sound to him.
He suspiciously looked at Lincoln's outstretched arm trying to see if he was just insanely strong, but the guy looked completely relaxed and his arm was almost hanging from Daisy's hand. Then Lukian shifted his eyes to above Daisy trying to see if there were wires hanging from the ceiling.
Nope.
Then what?
Something caught his eye at Daisy's feet, it almost looked like sparks of electricity coming out from the floor. Lukian gaped at the display. It wasn't possible...
Where did the electricity come from?
How the hell was she floating?
What the friggen-hell was happening?!
Lincoln eventually put Daisy down back on the floor, where all normal people should be. Lukian backed up, putting even more distance between them. That was scientifically impossible. If he stuck a finger in an outlet he wasn't gonna freakin' fly! That's just not how things worked!
After a solid minute Lukian regained control of his voice.
"What the—? How— What?"
He was thoroughly confused, and slightly scared if he was being honest. It was evident in his voice.
Lincoln chuckled. "Before you ask, yes, that was me."
"I— I don't— understand… H-How did you—? That's—"
"Inhuman?" Daisy finished.
"Well, I was gonna say hella weird and insane. Bu-But yeah." Slowly he started to put the pieces together. "Wait. So— So when you said vibrations, electricity, hearing, you— you mean like people can control them?"
"Electricity," Daisy pointed to Lincoln, then to herself. "Vibrations."
"I would show you, but basically everything in this room is bolted down." Daisy stated.
Lukian started looking around the room at the furniture. "Why?"
Daisy glanced at Lincoln for a second. "Inhuman powers can be extremely destructive."
Lukian did a miniature double take when she said powers. He knew that they could control aspects of something, but he didn't think it would be actual super powers! The thought excited him. He knew there were people in the world with super powers, like the avengers. But they were saying he had them too.
Or at least he thought they were.
"Wait-Wait, You're saying I have super powers too? Right?" He asked incredulously.
That was. . . . . . no. No, there isn't even a word for that.
Friggen Super Powers!
"And we believe, hearing— might be you." Daisy said. "When we were in the containment pod going up, it was extremely loud right?"
Lukian nodded. "Yeah. Apart from the loudness, that was incredibly awesome."
"Now normally the containment pod would be soundproof in that situation, but there was a crack in the window somewhere. Therefore allowing you to hear everything anyways." Daisy stated.
While the thought of powers, and him actually having them made him over the moon— ecstatic about it. He was only slightly disappointed, like hearing? Seriously? Out of all the powers, that's what he gets stuck with? The breadcrumbs left over on the table power? His disappointment must have been showing on his face. You'd think after thirteen years of having a face you would have mastered controlling it by now. Lukian thought.
"What's wrong?" Lincoln asked.
"Nothing, this is— awesome." Lukian started pacing in the room. "I-I'm just processing all of— this." He waved a head in a circle around his head. It was a lie, wel.. more like a white lie-ish. He was processing though, and this was a lot.
Daisy must have seen through his lie, much to Lukian's surprise. "Trust me, when I say this— no matter what your power is, it's definitely not boring." She reassured him.
"Are you sure you can't also read minds?" Lukian quipped, because she hit his disappointment's bullseye.
"Not— to my knowledge." Daisy smirked.
"And from what I was told, each power is given to fill a role for the time." Lincoln said. "So for whatever reason, your power is needed somewhere, at some point."
Daisy looked at Lincoln, her brows furrowing. "When were you told that?"
"At Afterlife. It's what we were taught."
Lukian raised his hand again. "What's Afterlife? Unless you're saying you died, and then learned some stuff…"
Lincoln chuckled. "No. Afterlife used to be a safe haven for Inhumans before the outbreak."
"Oh," Lukian simply said. "What happened to it?"
"That is…" Daisy started, then took a second to gather the right words. "A lengthy story."
Lukian could tell it definitely wasn't a cool one by the look on her face, it was a painful memory no doubt. He ran a hand through his completely stiff and basically solid hair now. He grimaced when his hand got stuck halfway through. Lincoln noticed.
"You should get washed up and clean the gook off you. There's a washroom in the wall over there." Lincoln pointed to the corner of the room. "The map on the desk will show you which panel to press for the room to show itself."
Lukian took a second to process what he just said. "Wait, you mean like there's a hidden door?" He glanced around the room excitedly. "Cool,"
"Yeah, it is pretty cool." Daisy chuckled. "We'll be back tomorrow. For now, just keep resting. You have a long day ahead of you then."
Lukian nodded as they turned around and started to head out.
"Oh." Daisy lightly backhanded Lincoln's shoulder in realization. "Remind me to tell Fitz about the hole in containment pod two. We have to get it patch up befor—"
Lukian could no longer hear her since the door had shut. Which slightly annoyed him considering that was supposed to be his power. If one thing was for sure, this would either be incredibly boring, as he said. Or incredibly interesting, as Daisy said. If someone was with him, he would bet five bucks on it.
Because looking around at his room it didn't even look like there was a remote to the tv, so his chances were looking pretty good.
