Own Nothing
"Did you see Claire?" Darcy asked as she got ready for bed that night, it was already one thirty in the morning and Owen was still out on his drills.
"Yeah, she caught me while I was on my way to check on the other paddocks with the ACU team before dinner." He sighed through the new head set. "She's happy to be back, and she wanted to talk but I don't have the time."
"Do you think she wants to get back together?" Darcy asked as she brushed her teeth. "Because I think you're taken or something. By Batman." She smiled into the mirror.
"Damn you're possessive." He replied.
"Well it took you forever to make a move." She snorted as she flipped the light off and walked back into her bedroom and sat on the bed. "I'm staking my claim. We have children now Mr. Grady."
He chuckled on the other line. "If she does make a move, I'll let her know that I'm taken, but I suspect that once she's on ER that I won't see much of her at all."
Darcy hummed as she looked through her tablet as she tucked herself into the covers. "I can schedule some time between the two of you if you want." She smiled.
"Get off your tablet woman." He ordered. "You have to get up early."
She rolled her eyes and set it to the side to charge and turned off her light as she snuggled into her pillows. "Let me know when you get in okay?"
"I will, now go to sleep."
"Night." She unhooked the headset from her ear and set it on her night stand to charge and closed her eyes to go to sleep.
"Good morning everyone." Darcy smiled as she walked onto the beach an hour after her run with Blue. She stood there with her cup of coffee and the light breeze behind her as Claire Dearing and the S.H.I.E.L.D team started to near the Quinn Jet. "Fine day for a field trip isn't it?" She smiled at them.
"God you're so cheerful in the mornings." Tanner groaned as he walked up behind her with his own cup of coffee. He sipped it and glared at her. "It's not even eight."
"I've been awake for hours." Darcy smiled at him as she nudged him. "Taylor staying with Dad today?" She winked at him.
He nodded as Director Coulson looked over at the two of them. "Yea, helping Dr. Malcolm with the office." He replied with a shrugged. "She wants the next visit." He walked up the ramp into the Quinn Jet and took a seat next to Skye.
"Tanner and Taylor look the same." Simmons stated as she watched him.
"It's weird isn't it?" Darcy asked her with a sly smile as she walked in after him, Claire following her, soon the whole team was on. They prepped the jet and they were off. Lance flew them across the Islands and the ocean to the other Island nearby where the landing pad for ER awaited them. Darcy unbuckled her seat belt and walked up to the cockpit and watched over Lance's shoulder as he brought the Jet down on the landing pad slowly before he checked everything as he started to turned the Jet's power off. "Pretty cool." Darcy smiled at him as she sipped her coffee.
"You've ain't seen nothing Love." Lance smiled up at her.
"That's my line." She winked at him as she stepped back as he lowered the ramp and she walked down it. "Let's go kids." She called out for them as she walked out to meet Martinez on the landing pad. "Hey Alan." She shook his hand.
"Miss Darcy, welcome." Alan Martinez smiled at her and looked back at the S.H.I.E.L.D team. "Welcome to you all. Right this way." He turned and led them away from the pad and into a building. "Now we're not set up like the other Island, but Mr. Stark has almost everything ready. We need someone to run the main office and I need some more men for security." He explained as he led them down the steps through the control room where two men working on the computers. "Steve and Paul, my tech guys." He waved to them as they passed through. The two guys waved their hands in response but kept their eyes on the screens. He took them down to the main floor.
He took them to a door to the side and punched in a code. "This is one of the entrances to the underground bunker." He opened the door and led them down the stairs. "There's an elevator at another entrance and a service lift at another one." He explained as he walked them down to the bottom floor several flights down. "Mr. Stark had the bunker set up with labs, ranges, and rooms for people to stay here." He walked them through each room and answered every question from Skye, Coulson and Simmons about the labs and ranges. He showed them everything they needed to see in the bunker.
Darcy and Tanner stood at the back of the group and smiled as the S.H.I.E.L.D team got their questions answered by Alan as Claire stood there in silence and listened. Darcy watched her from the corner of her eye with interest as she sipped her now cold coffee with a grimace. She looked down at her cup with a glare and over at Tanner who nodded and held up his cup in solace and a smile. Darcy turned back to the group as they walked to the elevator entrance to make their way back up top to the main floor. "So what do you think?" Darcy asked them as they rode the elevator up, she leaned against one of the walls.
Skye smiled over at her. "It could work, we'd need to make a few changes to make it comfortable for them but." She looked over at Coulson who nodded at her as he thought it over. "It could work."
Darcy smiled as the elevator doors opened to the main floor and they exited out into the back of the hotel when Darcy's phone started to go off. She pulled it out of her pocket and looked at it before answering. "Tony?" She blinked. "What's wrong?" She asked as she walked a bit away from the group as Tanner took over speaking to them about things. "What?" Darcy asked in a whisper, her eyes wide as she leaned against the wall. "Are you sure?" She pushed off from the wall to walk over to the water fountain to rinse out her coffee cup and filled it a little bit with water to drink. "Yeah, pick me up on your way out, I'll be ready." She hung up and walked over to the group shaking. "Sorry."
"What's up?" Tanner asked her. "Is everything okay?" He looked worried as he watched her hand shakily bring her cup to her mouth.
"They found Dr. Wu." Darcy Replied. "They're suiting up to go get him, I have to get back to the Park to get ready, and I'm going too."
"In case he created any new dinosaurs." Tanner stated in a whisper and Darcy nodded.
"You take your time here, I assume the Avengers still don't know you're alive?" Darcy asked Coulson.
"Correct, Hunter can give you a ride back to the Park if you'd like?" He offered.
"No, I'm good, Tony left a suit here for me, in case I ever need one, I'll just take that." She smiled at him before turning to Claire. "Alan will show you your office and apartment later, just let me know if you need anything, or let Tanner know before he leaves. And he'll set everything up to get you moved over here."
Claire smiled at her. "Thank you."
"No problem." Darcy returned the smile. "I'll see you guys later." She waved and walked away through the halls.
Half an hour later she landed on the landing pad of the Park and waited for the suit to move apart before stepping out, she took the coffee cup from the awaiting hand of Owen who stood there impressed before she turned around to the suit. The suit moved back into place and stood there. "F.R.I.D.A.Y go back and stay and watch mode."
"Yes Miss." The suit stated and lifted off and flew back across the sky.
"That's weird." Owen stated as he watched after it.
"Only if you make it weird." Darcy replied as she walked past him to the door. "Come on, they'll be here soon."
"Who?" He asked as he followed her down the stairs to the ground floor, they walked out the jeeps and got into one. She got into the driver's seat and him in the passenger seat. "Who's coming?"
"The Avengers." She replied as she started her jeep and pulled out and drove to the cottage. "I have to suit up. We're going after Wu." She stated as she drove through the Park to their place. She pushed down on the gas pedal to push the jeep faster down the dirt road to get their faster.
"I didn't know that you went with them on missions." He looked at her.
"Only sometimes." She replied quietly. "I'm Tony's assistant officially, was." She sighed. "But I'm trained in combat and a range of weapons, and Dr. Foster, Thor's girlfriend. I was her intern for like four years at first. Been through like two alien invasions with her and like five almost kidnappings, so I had to learn. So Natasha, the Black Widow taught me how to protect myself, Steve, Captain America taught me how to box. It was a family thing." She shrugged. "Then S.H.I.E.L.D fell because of HYDRA and I became a target, I knew too much, a lynchpin connected too many powerful people, I was moved into the Avengers facility and taken from Foster and moved to Tony." She looked at Owen who was watching her. "So sometimes I go on missions, as backup, sometimes I go as a bodyguard for Pepper and Tony. It's fun." She smiled as she pulled up to the cottage. "Other times, I get to shoot things, sometimes I get to wear pretty dresses." She winked at him as she got out of the jeep and walked into the cottage.
He paused before he followed her. "You know, I feel like that once I have you figured out, you surprise me with something new." He stated as he leaned against the door to the bedroom as he watched her lift up some floor boards to pull out a small box. "Like that."
She smiled wickedly up at him. "When you get scared Mr. Grady let me know." She opened the box and pulled out a few guns and a suit. She took the suit and went into the bathroom to change. Owen smirked at the closed door as he walked over to the bed where she placed the gun and looked down at them, he ran his fingers over them in admiration before looking up when the bathroom door opened. Darcy stood there in full black leather tactical suit, similar to the Black Widow's, her hair pulled back in a tight French braid with two strands out curving around her face. "The guns are synched to my palm prints, they won't fire for anyone else." She stated as she walked over and holster them to herself. "Keeps the bad guys from using them against me." She whispered to him.
"Oh yeah?" he replied in a whispered. "I like the suit." He traced a finger over it when his finger hit a certain spot it zapped it. "Damn it." He cursed.
"Electricity in case I get jumped from behind or someone tries to grab me." She explained with a smile. "It's a nice suit, I know." She tilted her head up at him.
He sucked on his sore finger as he stared down at her with a playful glare. "Yeah well, we'll see how nice your suit is on the floor later when you get back."
She laughed. "I can't wait." She checked the time. "I should go, they'll be here soon."
"Let's go then." He nodded.
They stood at the landing pad as the Avenger's Quinn Jet landed softly and the ramp opened up for Darcy. "You'll be safe won't you?" Owen asked her.
"I don't know." She replied. "Just take care of Blue and watch after our eggs for me. And make sure T-N-T takes care of themselves." She looked up at him. "Don't tell Dad where I went."
"You want me to lie to your Dad?" Owen asked her and she nodded. "Fine, but I want another kiss." He smirked down at her.
She rolled her eyes. "This isn't goodbye Mr. Grady."
"I know it isn't, have a good day at work honey." He winked at her and she snorted. "What can't I wish my Raptor Wife a good day at work?" He asked her.
"No ring." She whispered as she reach up and kissed him.
"Well maybe when you get back." He teased as he deepened the kiss before she could reply. He pulled apart. "No, get to work. I'll protect your Park."
"We'll have words when I get back Owen." She threatened him as she raced the jet.
He waved at her as the ramp closed behind her.
Darcy sighed as she sat down and ignored the smirks from everyone. "Shut up."
"So you Alpha'd the Alpha?" Tony asked her from the pilot seat.
She glared up at him. "Who...? Dad." She groaned because that was the only person she had said that too. "You two are like best friends, you should have slumber parties."
"We should, but he doesn't want to leave the Island now that he's here." Tony stated with a frown. "Something about Reptilian Grandchildren."
Darcy smiled. "They're going to be so cute when they hatch, I just know it."
Everyone stopped and stared at her in silence for a few minutes as Darcy smiled before she started to laugh. "Guys, we're making new Raptors. Calm down, there are three of them right now and we have Blue who is all grown up."
"She's the one that you took the picture with?" Tony asked as he flew the jet.
Darcy nodded. "She's the Beta. She loves me." She pulled out her phone and showed the picture of her and Blue from a few months ago to show the others. "You guys should come visit sometimes. Hang out. Relax." She smiled at Wanda who looked at the picture with interest. "It'll be fun."
"We'll see Darcy. We have a crazed dinosaur scientist on our hands right now." Steve stated from across from her.
They landed near the HYDRA base where Wu was hiding out. "Why is it always HYDRA?" Darcy asked. "Why can't it be a third party that just wants to spend money making weaponized dinosaurs?" She looked over at Sam who shrugged.
"I don't know girl." He smirked at her. "Maybe it's because HYDRA has all the resources?"
"Look alive." Tony stated as he suited up in his Iron man Mark 47. "We could have anything come at us."
"Pray that it isn't another Indominus Rex." Darcy whispered. As she pulled out her gun and moved forward with the team as they made their way further into the base. They snuck into the base and split into three smaller teams and each took out a part of the base, Darcy, Tony and Natasha heading for Wu and the labs when they were ambushed.
Darcy woke up in a paddock and she could hear clanging of claws and metal and she felt sick to her stomach. "Shit." She muttered.
"Shit is right Dr. Lewis-Malcolm." Dr. Wu spoke from above her. "Though it is a pleasure to finally meet you."
She turned around and looked up at the Asian man and glared up at him. "Where is Iron Man and Widow?" She asked him.
"They were taken elsewhere, I only wanted you." He stated as he glanced around the paddock. "They most likely will be getting free from their holdings very soon and will be coming for you and you other team mates are causing a lot of destruction to my patronage's home base."
"It's our pleasure." She replied. "Let me out."
"I understand that you recreated new Raptors." He kept on talking over her.
She sighed as she looked around the paddock, it was similar build to Owen's Raptor paddock back at the Island. "So you're going to show me yours?"
He smiled down at her. "Yes." He pressed a button and a gate opened and Darcy's heat jumped as three Raptors jumped out. They were not as big as Blue, but still, three Raptors were still just as scary as one Raptor. Darcy turned to face them, palms out like Owen, she steady her heart like she always did with Blue and stared them down. She Alpha'd Blue, a Raptor she had no relation with. She could at least stall for time with these three. "Are you really going to try and challenge for dominance against three Raptors who had hardly no human contact?" Wu asked from above.
Darcy ignored him as she gave each of them a stare. "Stay." She stated, her voice raised, as she directed her tone to one of the Raptors. "Hold. Hold." She slowly reached down to her belt and pulled out a clicker that she always kept with her. Owen gave it to her to help with training Blue and she used it in their runs in the morning, she hoped it would help here. She held it up and clicked it a few times. Their eyes darted up to it. "Hold." She repeated and clicked it again. They looked over at her and made a clicking noise in their throat, a non-threatening noise that Darcy knew from Blue. She had their attention. She just had to keep it until Tony or someone came for her. "Good girls."
"How are you doing this?" Wu asked.
"Because I'm the Alpha." Darcy replied never taking her eyes off the Raptors. "And they know that now. They sense it." She stared at them, they stared at her in the eyes, tilting their heads at her, tailing swinging back and forth in a relaxing manner. "And we're walking." She walked slowly to the side and they followed her and she clicked the clicker twice. "Good girls." She stated evenly.
There was a blast from above and Darcy flinched slightly and the Raptors hissed at the blast as they circled around their new Alpha to protect her. She looked around at her new pack and was amazed at it before she looked up to see Iron Man and Widow holding Wu over the railing. "You okay there kid?" Tony asked her.
"Yeah." She looked at her pack. "I think I'm bringing a few kids home though."
"Are they kennel trained at least?" He asked her.
She smiled as she gently pet one on the neck and listened to it give off a purr like growl at it looked over at her. "What should we call you three then?" She asked them. The other two nuzzled into her shoulders and back and she smiled up at Widow who was watching with interest.
Owen looked down at the Raptor Paddock in shock, he did not expect to find three new small Raptors in it when Darcy called and told him to come over and bring Blue. "So, I'm guessing the mission was a success?" He asked her as he walked over to stand by her on the cat walk. They stared down and watch as Blue played with her new foster sisters. "You got Wu, all of his research, the people he sold to and three new Raptors."
She nodded as she smiled. "He said that they hardly had any human contact. But they just bonded to me. Instantly." She looked over at Owen. "I can't figure out why. Is it because I already had Blue imprinted on me?"
"Pheromones." He stated. "They could smell another Raptor on you and could trust you. They knew you were an Alpha, because you were marked by one by another Raptor."
Darcy gave him a looked. "You're shitting me Grady."
He smirked at the Raptors before turning to her. "Yeah, I am." He pushed a falling strand of hair from her face. "Look I don't know why they picked you, but we have three new Raptors, and three more going to hatch soon. That's seven Raptors." He gave her a grim look. "That's a huge pack, and they might over take us."
"Some outlook you go there." She whispered.
"I'm just saying that maybe." He shrugged and looked at her with a twinkle in his eye. "We really need to start to step up this united front thing with the kids."
She nodded slowly and she leaned back from the railing and rocked on her heels. She was tired, really, really tired and was still in her tact suit and it was hot outside. Where was he going with this? "Okay?"
"So I was talking with your Dad." He scratched his five O'clock shadow. She liked his scruff, it was nice. Wait. What was he talking about again? She blinked and looked at him.
He stuffed his hands in his pockets and turned to face her, all relaxed like they were having a normal conversation. "I think he's going to leave the Island in a few days, head back home."
Oh, oh that. That's what they're talking about. "Okay." She blinked and nodded. "Yeah. He needs to get back to Sarah. And to work. It's been great having him here and thank god for no dinosaurs getting out. Awesome even." She smiled and she looked back down at the Raptors playing with each other in the Paddock, Blue really seem to enjoy having actual Raptors to play with.
He smirked and nodded. "Darcy."
"Yeah." She yawned. Man this day is really starting to get to her. Maybe she should get to bed early tonight. She wondered if the S.H.I.E.L.D team even made it back in tonight. She turned to Owen who was staring down at her. "What's up?"
"Stop thinking." He whispered.
"Okay." She replied.
He pulled out a box and opened it. "Your Dad said I had to ask you before he left."
Darcy stared at the ring for a minute in silence before looking up at him. "You said you going to do this when I left."
"Yeah I did." He replied. "It was my Mom's. The only thing I have of hers'." He took the ring out and held it out to her. "Darcy, will you be my Raptor wife?"
She blinked and nodded. "Yes." She whispered as he slipped the ring on her finger. She smiled up at him and kissed him. She heard chirping and she pulled away to look down at Blue and the new Raptors. "I know, I'm happy too!" She smiled down at them and laughed. She looked up at Owen and kissed him lightly on the lips. "I believe you made the promise of getting me out of this suit."
"You're so bossy."
Darcy laid in bed that night while Owen slept soundly next to her, Blue staying the night with her new sisters. Darcy smiled over at Owen as he slept on his side, his arm wrapped around her waist hand over her own. Darcy held up her left hand and stared at her new ring and smiled at it. Something had been bothering her all night, something Wu said. About the Raptors. How did he know about them, there wasn't any news feeds about them, she hasn't released anything, she frowned and rolled over and grabbed her tablet and opened it. "F.R.I.D.A.Y."
"Yes Miss Lewis." The AI whispered into the bedroom quietly.
"Initiated nightcrawler protocol. We have a spy." Darcy whispered.
"Yes Miss. Shall I start in the Control room and in the labs?"
"Yes and work your way out." Darcy wiped away a tear. "Let me know if you find anything."
"Shall I inform Tanner or Taylor as well? Or Lowery?"
"No. Just me, Look into everyone. Everyone." Darcy wiped more tears from her eyes.
"Shall I check into Dr. Ian Malcolm and Owen Grady as well?"
Darcy looked over her shoulder to see the sleepy Owen and looked back at the tablet. "I trust Owen and I don't believe either of them would do it. But I have to check everyone. So yes. Everyone. Wu had information on us."
"Yes Miss Lewis." The AI sighed off and Darcy set the tablet back on the night stand and laid back down on the bed and cried herself back to sleep. She never noticed that Owen was really awake.
