In the Event…
Chapter 5
The heat and pain coursing threw her body were what woke Daisy from the latest round of sexually explicit dreams. She could still feel the ghosting of his hands on her body and the feel of his lips pressed to her own. Most of all she remembered the amber of his eyes and the lust that shined out of them. It was however the tremors that threatened to bring down the base that where what woke the others. Wave after wave of pulsing tremors that seamed to be in time with her rapidly beating heart sent any object that was not bolted down inside of the containment pod flying across the room. The growing ach between her legs and in all of the personal spots that only a man had ever brought to life in her before felt as if they were on fire one moment and frozen the next. She rubbed her chest and pulled at her nipples hoping for some relief but all this did was pool the need down in her belly and cause her to shift her left hand between her legs as her right hand continued to play with her breasts. As Daisy brought herself to an orgasm, Jemma ran into the room with yet another dose of the 'Stop Gap' and injected her as quickly as she could.
Daisy curled in on herself and started to cry as the 'Stop Gap' started to work and the pulsing tremors started to come to an end. She was not to sure how much more of this she could take. Why was he not hear? The others said that they would help her, that she would have what she needed, who she needed. But still he was not hear. Maybe he no longer cared for her like he had once said he did. Maybe that was why he had left her all alone in her time of need. Maybe this was his way of punishing her for everything she had done to him in the past.
"Oh sweetie, I know it hurts but you just have to hold on a little bit longer. I promise Ward is on his way. Kara said that she told him what was going on and he said he was coming." Jemma could only hope that what she told her friend was indeed the truth as with them now hitting the 48-hour mark things were rapidly deteriorating in Daisy's ability to hold herself and her gifts under control. The burst capillaries on her arms and the bust vessel in her right eye were proof that the physical stresses were going to win out in the end if Ward didn't get hear soon. As it was Daisy was now burning threw even the new 'Stop Gap' in three to four hours and the strain on her heart had Jemma very worried that Daisy might end up having a heart attack before the end of this.
"Where is he. Does he not care anymore? Did I push him to far?"
"No! I swear if he didn't care he would not be coming, he's just far away. Kara said he was in New Zealand. It takes time to get hear even by quin jet." Jemma wanted to hug and hold Daisy more in that moment, when she looked so broken and alone, then she ever had anyone in her life. Jemma also knew that any remote level of control that Daisy had would have disappeared the moment she felt anyone's hands on her. "Why don't I give you another sedative. Hopefully by the time you wake up again he will be hear." Jemma sighed in frustration when the only response she got from the other woman was her out stretched arm so that she could administer the drugs. It pained her to see the silent tears rolling down Daisy's face and for what had to be the hundredth time in the last two days she cursed whom ever it was that had set up the Ghost Wind trap in the old Hydra base.
"Sir I know what your saying but she can't stay hear. If she shakes the base like that again it's going to bring the ceiling down on our heads. I am already reading stress fractures in the surrounding mountain that were not present before and unlike in the past these are not small fractures. We are talking some as wide as two feet and as long as twenty. I know it's not her fault but if this is what is happening when she doesn't have her partner hear, I can only imagine what things will be like once Ward does get hear. Noise complaints will be the lest of our problems. I just think for everyone's safety it might be better if we were to move her off base. Maybe somewhere like the Retreat. I added that bedroom like you suggested after the incident with Hunter and the air force. I even think it would give Daisy and Ward some much needed privacy. After all this is going to be awkward for everyone what with him being back hear. And if Mack and Hunter are anything to go by then this is not likely going to be resolved in a few hours. I think Hunter and Bobbie are still dealing with things right now and its been two days." Coulson was not happy about the report that Fitz was giving him as it would mean that once Ward did make it hear that he and Daisy would likely be indisposed for up to four or five days.
"Sir, Fitz is correct in his assessment that this is not going to be resolved quickly. I have been doing further blood analysis of Daisy and of the chemicals found the administering device that were recovered from the Hydra base. From what I can tell this is not your normal sort of Ghost Wind toxin. This new formula seams to get stronger the longer that it remains in the body and as I stated before with the double dose that Daisy initially received it is causing her to burn threw the 'Stop Gap' almost as fast as I can make more even though it is the new concentration formula that we just created. I would recommend that we move her now while she is resting again and inform Ward of the change in venue. We could easily stock the cabin to accommodate them for a weeks stay and we could even have a clocked quin jet stationed close to the cabin in case of emergency's, after all I am not sure how Daisy's gifts will affect Ward if she were to loose control during the middle of things." The last thing Jemma wanted to think about was what might go on between Ward and Daisy while in the cabin but as a doctor she had to be concerned for both parties involved even if she didn't like them.
"Very well. Do what you must and have Agent Palamas contact Ward with the change of location. I also want you to stay with her until he arrives. Just make sure that you take as much 'Stop Gap' with you as you can and keep giving it to her even if she doesn't want it." With that both agents left to do what they needed to so that Daisy could be transported as quickly as possible. May was not going to like this at all. Coulson knew that having Daisy moved to the Retreat would mean that when this was all over with it would give Ward the perfect opportunity to disappear again and chances were that if that were to happen they would never find him again after. Coulson also knew that May had been looking forward to the opportunity of putting Ward away for good this time.
A half hour latter Simmons, Mack and Lincoln had Daisy in one of the travel pods and onto a quin jet with all of the supplies that they might need to wait out a week, and set off to the Retreat.
Grant had been surprised when he had gotten the text from Kara telling him that she would be at the Retreat instead of the main base. In a way he was grateful as it would mean that he could make a smooth get a way when he was done helping out his friend. If what he knew about the Retreat were true, then he was fairly certain that the cabin had a lake as well. That would be rather helpful if he had one of his inhuman episodes. After changing the direction of the plain to match the new heading he set the alarm to let him know when he was close it his destination and closed his eyes hoping to get some shut eye before he arrived.
In no time at all the alarm alerted him to the fact that he was five minute out and that there was a second quin jet already on location. After setting down in the clearing not that far from the cabin, Grant grabbed his bag of clothes, guns and toiletries that he had picked up at the pharmacy along with the largest box of condoms that he could find in his size and disembarked the plain. As he made his way towards the cabin he was surprised to see Simmons with another man that he had never met before waiting on the porch.
"Oh Ward, thank god your hear." Grant stopped walking when he heard Simmons. Never in a million years would he have ever thought that he would hear a grateful tone directed at him come out of the mouth of one of his old team. "Now a few things to note. She's been hit with a double dose of the toxin and it looks like they change the formula some so be prepared for the fact that this is going to take longer then normal to fix. Also you'll need to be aware of the fact that she is already experiencing some of the physical damage from having to wait so long for your arrival. Small things like bruising on her arms and try not to be to surprised by the blood vessel that burst in her right eye. Those should start healing up once things get under way. Lastly before you go in do you need any contraceptives or did you get some yourself?" Simmons had grabbed his arm when he had stopped advancing on the cabin and pulled him the rest of the way towards the door. Grant just nodded in response to the contraceptives and with one last calming breath he opened the door.
The sight on the other side however what not at all what he had expected. The cabin had been stripped of everything but a table, two chairs and a bed in the middle of the a-joining room. It was however the person on the bed that had him pausing mid stride into the cabin and doing a quick 180 back out the door.
"WHAT THE HELL! I thought I was helping Kara not SKYE?!"
"Daisy"
"What?!"
"She's going by Daisy now. And I thought that Kara told you about what was going on?" the un known man commented as Grant started to pace up and down the porch.
"Does it really matter." Simmons cried out. "I mean you always had feelings for her and right now she needs you more then she had ever needed anyone in her life. Ward we don't have time for you to come to terms with this. We are already fast approaching 60 hours since she was exposed and if this goes on much longer she is going to have lasting nerve damage. I can't keep giving her the new 'Stop Gap' she's burning threw it to fast now." Simmons was scared, he could hear it in her voice. Grant grabbed hold of the wooden railing and looked out over the water as he tried to find his center. He could feel himself slipping and that was the last thing he needed for Simmons or this new guy to see as they would lock him away for sure when this was all done. From the gasp that he heard from Simmons and the brief glance at his hands he could tell that he had failed in his attempt to control himself.
"Kara never mentioned you being an inhuman." Grant looked to the new guy and raised an eye brow in his direction as if to ask how he might know that bit of information. "Sorry I guess I should introduce myself. Names Lincoln, I'm the guy you helped rescue in the arctic. Also if it were Kara that had been infected then we would not have needed to call on you as she and I are dating now."
"Good for you two. As for this," Grant waived his flaming hand. "This is a newer development that Kara would not have known about." Turning his back to them he closed his eyes and focused on the meditative breathing that Kebo had taught him to calm himself so his powers would stop flaring. When he turned back around he could see that he was being observed by the others, however their reactions to what he had just done were as opposite as he could have hoped for. While Simmons looked wary of him again Lincoln was smiling at him.
"How long ago did your change happen?" Lincoln asked calmly.
"Why do you want to know?"
Lincoln's fingers started to spark and his smile grew at Grants widened eyes. "I was a transition-er in Afterlife before it was destroyed. Your gift, Pro-kinetics, I've worked with it before." This caused Grant to study the other man more closely and nothing in the other man gave him reason to be concerned.
"Seven months now. Happened in Russia. If what you said is true, then I could have used a guy like you back then. If not for all the snow that is readily available for a guy with my powers to jump into when things got out of control or the lakes I lived beside in Australia and then again in New Zealand, well" Grant paused for a moment. "At least no one got hurt."
"You have amazing control for a guy who has not finished his transition. If you get a chance during all of this maybe I could bring our portable transition unit hear and we could work on you a bit. Should help with the over heating you feel most of the time." Grant just chuckled and nodded at just how accurate Lincoln was with how he felt on the best of days. "But right now we need you to get in there. Jemma's right in saying that Daisy is not going to make it much longer and if it were not for the material that is lining the inside of this cabin you would be feeling the tremors that she is giving off miles from hear."
Looking back at the cabin Grant tried to look at this as logically as he could. Maybe this could work in his favor. He had always regretted how things had ended between him and his rookie. Perhaps if he helped her out of this then she would be more inclined to hear him out. Perhaps they could start to build an understanding between them that in time could grow into something healthier then they had before. With new resolve Grant grabbed up his bag and walked into the cabin. Slowly he made his way towards the bed and after slipping off his shoes and coat he claimed onto the bed beside the woman that he had never stopped caring about no matter how hard he tried.
In story word count: 2655
So there you have it. Next chapter will bring on the smut and the angst and with hope the love. How do you all think that Daisy will react to Grant once her cognitive reasoning starts to return. Let me know what you think.
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