1949 Los Angeles

"Guys, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore" Agent Piper glanced from side to side as the Zephyr came through the clouds.
"Hey, that's the Hollywood sign!" Deke Shaw beamed, "I read about that in-"
"Hang on" Director Mack interrupted him. "We've got work to do. Things didn't exactly go well for us in the thirties, so now we've got our work cut out for us"
"We're already here" Daisy Johnson was impatient, "We need to find Peggy Carter and make sure she's safe"
"Agreed" Mack nodded, "but, we've got other issues at stake"
"Like those Terminators" Yo-Yo Rodriguez filled in
"Right" Mack swiped his finger across the electronic tablet, "Later on, SHIELD will be more operational, but right now, it's still in the planning stages"
"SHIELD was formed shortly after World War II as a successor to the Strategic Scientific Reserve, an Allied deep science agency which fought against the Nazi-sponsored special weapons division HYDRA during the war." LMD Coulson noted
"Good job, sir" Jemma smiled wanly. Nobody had heard from Fitz yet. The team could see that it was eating away at Simmons.
Also quiet was May. She stared at LMD Coulson, still unsure on how to deal with him. Logically, she knew that he wasn't the man she loved, but on another level, here he seemed to be, sitting alongside them.
"Would a kind word help?" Enoch, the Chronicom anthropologist offered
May nodded quietly. What could hurt?
"Perhaps we should be – blessed as it were – lucky- no- grateful, yes," he thought aloud, "grateful that we have all of our team members intact, after that last fight"
"Sure" May exhaled
Meanwhile, Deke had put down the laptop computer he'd been poring over, and reached over to Daisy's ear.
"Ow! Why'd you pinch me?" Daisy shouted. She stared at Deke

"This - um- it said to" Deke looked back at the screen and then at her.
"Said? – What are you looking at?" she snatched the laptop from him.
"It's a page- uh site thing" he stumbled over his words.
"It's erotic acupressure" she frowned.
"What's that?"
"Let's just say the lemons were more appreciated" she sighed.
"Really?" he grinned
Daisy groaned in disgust. She closed the site and handed him back the laptop. The danger was over. The earth hadn't been torn asunder. Unfortunately, the aftermath of the battle had left its scars on everyone. FitzSimmons was apart from each other, Mack and Yo-Yo had patched up, but things were still tense. May had lost the man she'd loved, seemingly twice. Coulson- Daisy didn't want to think about Phil Coulson. Not not. Not after what had happened.
Daisy turned away from Deke. She didn't feel like dealing with whatever he thought was romantic. She'd lost Lincoln already. Why deal with anything more?
"Did you know there's a point on the earlobe that-" Deke prattled on, reading another webpage.
"Nobody cares, Deke!" she turned on him.
"Oh-" he looked crushed. Even his beard seemed sad. He'd grown it out during their mission in the 1930s. Now, he just looked scruffy and sad.
Daisy looked away from him. She knew what he was getting at. Everybody knew how he felt. He was a regular Captain Obvious.
Not now. She didn't want to deal with it now. There was too much work to be done.
So much work.
Mack continued, "Now that we know that the Chronicoms have this- face stealing technology, any male that we meet could be one of them in disguise. The most likely target, as we know, is Peggy Carter, founder of SHIELD"
"The founders of the new agency were Chester Phillips, the director of the SSR, Howard Stark, an industrialist of great wealth and a scientific genius, and Margaret "Peggy" Carter, the former partner of the American war hero Steve Rogers, better known as Captain America" LMD Coulson explained, "I like Cap" he grinned, "A lot"
"What?" Piper frowned in confusion at the LMD.
"The Chronicoms might try to disguise themselves as Howard Stark, for example" LMD Coulson postulated.
"That's a good point" Mack agreed, "Team, we've got to be more careful here. We can't have anymore mistakes like last time" he glanced around the Zephyr, pausing on Deke, and then on Daisy"
"I'll work harder, I promise" Deke looked embarrassed.
"It was all of us" Daisy shook her head, "by the time we realized that those cops were the – things – it was too late"
"That's all the more reason that we've got to work together on this" Mack sighed, "no more one-up-man-ship"
"Yes, sir" Yo Yo gave a mock salute. Her new arms looked more human now.
"I'm serious" Mack's gaze softened, "I can't bear to lose anyone. You guys are like my family"
"Thanks, honestly" Jemma smiled. She didn't dare let the team know just how much they were like a family, let alone how that family would be added to, sooner than anyone had hoped. She let her hand pass absently over her stomach.
"I can't go out there, because segregation hasn't happened yet" Mack looked dejected, "so for now, we'll need two agents who can handle this mission" he glanced around the Zepher. "Jemma" he began, "I need you here, in case Fitz or someone makes contact. Piper, I can send you out with Daisy, to scout around, look for Director Carter" he gazed at LMD Coulson for a moment, "we don't need another mishap like at the bar a decade ago"
"I could go" Deke put down the laptop and raised his hand, like a child at school, "Daisy and I didn't do so badly" he looked around for agreement, "right?"
"True" Mack began, "I think two women might be more unsuspecting, though"
"From what I read, women were invisible in this time" Daisy quipped
"Deke" Jemma began, "Maybe you should stay here, work on things on the science front"
"Alright" Deke sighed and looked away
"We'll be back soon enough" Daisy bent over so she was facing him, "Don't worry"
"I'm not worried" he pouted, "I just want- I – want you to be safe"
"She can take care of herself" Piper grinned, "and probably me, too"
Piper and Daisy were kitted out in time-appropriate clothing, and the Zephyr's doors opened.
Nobody was prepared for what lay for them outside