In the Event…
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Chapter 2
First thing May did once Joey had left Director Coulson's office was to page both Agent Bobbie Morris and Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez to Coulson's office. She needed to inform both women of the situation that they were even now being called upon to help resolve. Once both women where present May jumped right into the explanation of what was going on so that they could have as much time to prepare themselves as possible.
"I am sure that your well aware that there has been a Ghost Wind Incident. You are both listed as the affected persons preferred partners and as such it is my duty to confirm your willingness to aid in this delicate situation. As of 14:50 Est Agents Hunter, Mackenzie and Johnson were infected with the pre mentioned toxin. They will be arriving hear on base in just over an hour." May could see that Bobbie was not as concerned about the fact that she would be called upon to help out her ex. It was however Elena's confused look that had May reiterating to her what she had told Joey about the Ghost Wind and what the toxin did to its victims. "Elena can I assume from your reaction that you were unaware that Agent Mackenzie had listed you on his 7A form?"
"Yes mam, I mean I have no problems with helping to aid Mack with… this, but ah… I mean ah…"
"I know this is not how you and Mack had planed to take your new relationship to the next level but the only way to wipe out the toxin from his system is to give in to the needs to copulate." Bobbie stated to brake the awkward silent that had descended upon the room.
"Really?!"
"You and I both know that even with everything that is going on inside Mack right now he will be as respectful of your needs as well. He would never do anything to hurt you." Bobbie smiled at the slender and somewhat petite woman standing next to her.
"Well he and I will just have to see how things go and talk about our future together when this had all been resolved." Elena stated strongly while trying to contain an excited smile. "Agent May can we ah… be excused from duties for the rest of the day. I mean I ah… would like to get… freshened up as it were before… well…"
"Certainly. We have also assigned you both guest quarters for the duration of the Ghost Wind as they are more… spacious then your regular accommodations and much more privet." May turned to walk out of Coulson's office before she stopped. "And Morris I expect you and Hunter to use the assigned room. I suspect Mack would appreciate not having to sterilize the inside of the SUV's again."
"Yes mam." Bobbie chuckled at the exiting comment and left to get ready for her 'date' with her ex.
An hour latter 'Back End' was in the hanger and Agents Simmons was directing the rest of the medical staff with getting Mack, Hunter and Daisy down into the main base. May cornered Coulson as he was coming down the ramp and with out saying a word handed him Daisy's 7A form. Coulson was mildly confused as to the serious look that May was directing at him until he saw who the young Inhuman's preferred partner was.
"Oh no, of all the people."
"I doubt she's even thought to update this form since she became a member of the team."
"Pleas tell me you haven't contacted Ward yet." Coulson could tell this would not end well.
"No, that would require finding him first. We stopped looking for Ward six months after he left Agent Palamas with us. And when he failed to pop up on any of our radars…" She finished with a frown. May could only hope that what ever Ward was up to these days would not come back to haunt them.
"Simmons get Daisy down to the med lab. There has been a complication. As for you two," Coulson turned to look at the other two men "I am assuming that Agent May has everything arranged for you both."
"Agent Hunter, Agent Morris is waiting for you in guest sweat 6. Agent Mackenzie, Miss Rodriguez is waiting for you in guest sweat 1." May directed the men to where they needed to go before turning back to Coulson. "What do we want to do about Daisy. You know as well as I what the Ghost Wind Protocol states about trying to supply a substitute to the preferred partner if it is for any other reason then that the pre mentioned person having had perished."
"I know the rules May. I was there when Hill and Fury made them. But you can't tell me that Daisy would still want him to help her threw this. Besides with how high a dose of the toxin that she got Simmons is saying that if we don't get this dealt with in the next 72 hours that it will cause both physical and mental damage. Protocol states that we are legally require to present the situation to the preferred partner before we can even think about suggesting an alternate unless they can not be found with in 36 hours of initial infection. But know this May she is even now starting to loose some of her reasoning and cognitive decision making skills. This is going to get bad before the end." Coulson could not believe that this was the situation that they were now faced with.
The last time that he had seen any complications during a Ghost Wind incident had been when Agent Romanoff herself had been infected and her form had listed Agent Barton as her preferred partner. At the time however Barton had had been in the middle of an undercover opp. that he had not been able to brake his cover for. Agent Romanoff had been forced to endure the affects of the Ghost Wind for over 140 hours before Barton had been able to make it back to the closest S.H.I.E.L.D. base so that he could help her. If not for her Red Room training Coulson had his doubts that Romanoff would have made it threw the experience. The longest that any other normally affected person had survived the Ghost Wind toxin before succumbing to the mental and physical stresses of it, had been a maximum of 100 hours.
"I've got the techs working on finding him already. I don't like this any more then you do but legally at this time our hands are tied. Otherwise I would call in Lincoln and be done with it."
"We may still want to do that as a back up plan. Right now I have to get down to the lab so that I can let Simmons know what is going on." Coulson made a mental note to make sure that everyone on the base would now have to mandatory update their 7A forms every 6 months so that something like this would never happen again.
"Jemma I thought you said that you could fix this." Daisy half cried into her pillow as Simmons took a second blood sample. "you said I would have what I needed once we got home. You said," but before she could continue Coulson cut off her rant as he walked into the medical lab.
"Daisy there has been a complication. We are trying to get a hold of your preferred partner but your going to have to be patient. Simmons can you give her more of the 'Stop Gap' and then maybe a sedative so that she could sleep for a time. It should help pass the time as painlessly as possible while we try to get him hear."
"Of course Sir. I think I could safely give her enough 'Stop Gap' to last for the next 12 hours. Hopefully that will give you more then enough time to contact her partner." Simmons set about getting Daisy settled on one of the wider medical beds so that she could sleep threw most of this time. This was not how she would have wanted this to go and from the results of Daisy's blood work while in flight, Jemma could already tell that Daisy was in for a rough ride. The high levels of the Ghost Wind toxin that were at present coursing threw the young Inhuman's veins were already accelerating her heart rate and temperatures much higher then she would have thought possible this early on in the process.
"Now Daisy I want you to rest as much as possible. It will help in alleviating some of the affects of the toxin." Simmons could see that with the third dose of the 'Stop Gap' that it was already helping to put Daisy into such a relaxed state that she only needed a half dose of the sedative to put the young woman under. As she was falling asleep Daisy could hear Simmons ask Coulson whom Daisy's preferred partner was and why it was going to take so long to get that person to the base.
"Simmons I want to be clear that the last time she filled out the 7A form was when she first joined our team and at present we need to locate the requested person before we can even inform them of the problem. That is why I want you to keep her as calm, comfortable, and preferably sedated as possible until our legal time requirement is met to find them."
"Sir. Who did Daisy request?" Simmons asked already fearing that she knew the answer.
"Ward." Simmons groaned as he confirmed what she had feared.
'Grant' Daisy thought in a daze. 'Would he even help me' before she could think anymore the sedative kicked in and she slipped into the blackness of unconsciousness.
"How long before we can offer her an alternate?" Simmons hoped it was not that long of a wait.
"Legally, 36 hours from time of initial exposure."
"But Sir…" that was way to long. Simmons could already tell that Daisy was feeling some of the more unpleasant side affects from not having her partner to help her out now.
"Agent Simmons you and I both know full well what the Ghost Wind Protocol states about preferred partners and possible alternates and why it is also so important that legally only the preferred partner is the one that can help the affected during this time. You can already tell that this is affecting Daisy more then would normally be expected." The incident in the med bay of 'Back End' with her offering herself to every male med staff agent had reached his ears in gossip speed time.
"Yes sir." Simmons had read up on the protocol when Mack and the others had confirmed that they indeed had it. The rules in such a situation were very precise and it was made plainly clear that any deviation in fallowing the protocol would result in legal action as doing so would in essence be permitting the affected person to be put into a rape situation. With the cognitive reasoning and decision making processes portions of the brain being affected at this time, none of the actions that occurred could be viewed as consensual by the affected person.
"I doubt that we will find Ward in the next 36 hours as we have previously ben un successful in finding him in the last 10 months. More what we need is to pass the legal required time frame so that we can get an alternate in hear for her."
"Yes Sir. I understand Sir. And if I could suggest, I recommend calling in Lincoln. I suspect that he would be more then willing to assist her in this time. I also suspect that Daisy would feel far more comfortable with him then with Ward."
"I'll take it under advisement, but I also suspected much the same as well." And with that Coulson left the scientist alone so that she could continue monitoring her patient.
In story word count: 2030
I know I said that Ward would be in this chapter but it didn't work out that way. Pleas be patient with me as he will be in hear soon.
Note: I HAVE NO BETA. So any and all errors are my own and if it looks like I have chosen the wrong word that is because I always had an issues of determining the different their and there or too, two and to's when it comes to the English language. (dumb dyslexia)
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