Avengers and Inhumans

Steve would never have admitted it, but he was a bit nervous, meeting the mystery team again. There was something in that girl, who collapsed the whole building on itself, that fascinated him. Maybe it was that she was clearly the leader of the other team, meaning she had to carry the same burden he did every time they stepped on the field. Or maybe it was just that she could collapse a whole building on itself.
Tony tried to look her up. Daisy Johnson. But either it wasn’t her real name, or she somehow managed to erase herself, because not a single data existed on the internet about her. This, and her comment about making sure about that the call was untraceable gave Stark the theory that she was a high class hacker too. One more interesting thing about this girl.
They arrived a few short hours later, all five of them. They introduced themselves, one by one. The red haired girl was called Alisha. She seemed dangerous, unlike the other girl, the one called Mariléne. She had a slight French accent and despite the fact her skin was red and her eyes yellow, she seemed ridiculously innocent. The telepathic guy was called Jayce. He seemed on edge, like something was really bothering him. The other guy, with the slight beard, introduced himself as Joey. He was very friendly, and seemed to be fascinated by the fact he was surrounded by the Avengers.
“It is a pleasure to meet you all.” Steve said, looking at them one by one. “Do you know us or…?”
“We know who you are” Daisy assured him with a slight smile on her lips. “Can we get on with the case?”
“Not just yet.” Natasha said, analyzing the visitors with her eyes. “You are SHIELD, you probably know everything about us and our powers. We however, only know about the two of you. If we are going to trust you with our backs…”
“We will need to know your powers.” Steve nodded. “Assuming you all have one.”
“We don’t have time for this.” Jayce blurted. “We need to go.”
“We are not going anywhere until we know what you are capable of.” Clint said.
The team looked at Daisy in unison. She seemed to consider her options, then nodded. “That seems reasonable.” She agreed.
“I will start.” Alisha said, stepping forward with a confident expression on her face. “I can multiply myself. Like this.” she added, and suddenly, her eyes turned white, and the next moment a clone appeared right next to her. Then another one and another one. She was literally stepping out of her own body. Soon the only thing that distinguished her from the clones was her bright white eyes.
“The only problem with my power…” the clone on the right started.
“…Is that I can’t…” continued the one next to her.
“…control my main body…” the next one in the chain followed up.
“…when I create clones.” Finished the sentence on the left, and she morphed into one body again.
“That is horrifying.” Stark said surprised. “But awesome.”
“Her codename is Echo.” Daisy added.
Joey decided to follow up.
“They call me Meltdown, because, well, I melt things. And then I shape them. Daisy, would you mind….?
The woman nodded, stepped back, and before anyone could do anything about it, she grabbed her gun and shot at Joey twice.
All the Avengers acted instinctively, grabbing their weapons. Steve had his shield in his hand instantly, but then they saw it wasn’t necessary. There were two melted bullets on the guy, who was smiling like an idiot. “I’m bulletproof. Cool huh?”
“Alright Frodo, stay away from my suit.” Stark noted.
“I’m not sure I could melt titanium. I have never tried, to be honest.” Joey answered, earning a distrustful look from Stark.
“How do you know what my suits are made of?”
“Moving on” Daisy interrupted “Mariléne, what do you think about going next?
“If I have to.” She answered shyly. She stepped forward, and scanned her surroundings. Then she looked at Daisy. “But how…?”
“Hit Captain Rogers.” Daisy decided after a little hesitation, with a smile starting on her face. “In his shield, of course.”
“I’m not sure that is a good idea.” Steve said. He was absolutely sure it wasn’t.
“Come on Cap, let’s see it!” Clint said, taunting. “Unless you are afraid of getting hit by a girl.”
“I promise her powers won’t destroy your shield nor hurt you if that’s what you are afraid of.” Daisy stated.
Steve waited for a moment, then nodded. He wasn’t afraid of getting hurt, but in his opinion, this wasn’t the place or the time to play games.
He stepped back, holding his shield on his arm, standing behind it in a reinforced defensive position. Please don’t blow it up. Or melt it. He thought, while waiting behind the shield.
Mariléne stepped ahead. “I’m sorry Captain.” She said, and hit the shield with all her might.
The vibranium absorbed the hit and protected Steve, but not the ones around him. All the avengers got hit back by the shockwave, falling on their backs. Steve put his shield on his back, looking at the other team. Daisy stood before them. Her hands outstretched. She obviously protected them from the shockwave. Not the Avengers though.
“Please don’t do that. Like, every again.” Stark said, as climbed back on his feet.
“I tried to hold back.” The girl admitted. It was hard to tell because of her skin-color, but it looked like she was blushing. “I’m sorry.”
“What’s your codename, Hulk two?” Clint asked, getting back on his feet with a groan.
“Red Hulk would actually be a good codename.” Mariléne wondered out loud, which almost made Steve smile. “But no, I’m called Ruby. I chose it because I think they are pretty.”
Steve was impressed. He wouldn’t have wanted to receive a punch like that without a vibranium shield.
“God, I love that shield.” Daisy said, smirking. “But, I think you are all familiar with Jayce’s power, right?”
“I can create a telepathic link between people. Like a channel, only it can’t be hacked. And since we are on the subject, I can probably also protect people from other telepaths, or at least I think so, I have only met one yet, and we were kind of evenly matched.” His face twitched, when he mentioned the other telepath. “I haven’t explored how deep I can make a telepathic connection, but I think pretty deep, although it takes practice to be able to use the channels I create. They call me Helmet in the field. It’s lame, I know. I swear I didn’t pick it.”
“Also, he is a highly trained agent. His powers are not very good for attacking, but he is still a very important member.” Daisy added.
“Obviously.” Steve said, eyeing Jayce. “You can’t read minds then, right?”
“Only if I link my mind to yours, but then you can read mine too, and I don’t like that idea. My bro… I mean the other telepath I met could invade your mind, though. His powers are the opposite of mine.”
“You mean your brother?” Natasha asked.
Jayce didn’t answer immediately, but then nodded. “He is also our current target.”
“But he is a…”
“Bad guy, I know, okay? Just let’s get on with it.”
“Wait. There are still some things left to discuss.” Daisy looked at Jayce with a sad expression on her face. “But after that, we will get your brother, I promise.” She turned to face Steve, looking into his eyes. “I would like to request that if we manage to capture Lucas Bernard, give his custody to us. You don’t have the resources or the ways to deal with him. I guarantee that he will never be a problem again if you agree.”
Steve considered it. The telepath they wanted to catch was dangerous, and they were tracking him for months now. He was the leader of an underground organization. Normally, he would never have agreed to this. But he looked at this Jayce guy, the brother of Lucas, and realized they can’t say no to this. He looked at his team, who nodded with approval.
“I can understand your feel of wanting to aid your brother, even after the terrible deeds he has done.” Thor said. It was the first time he spoke up, until now, he just silently watched the situation.
“Thank you.” Jayce said honestly.
“It’s a deal.” Steve decided. “Let’s go catch us a telepath.”

Daisy looked at the Captain, and she decided she will let him handle this one. She will doubt his decisions and second them, if she didn’t like them, but he had a lot more experience than she had, and this was an Avengers mission originally, so she thought it was only fair to let him lead it. Also, she was more than aware that the Avengers wouldn’t ust take commands from her anyway.
The Captain caught her look, and understood. He nodded.
They were standing at the entrance of the building in which the telepath had set up his headquarters.
“He is in the upper floor. Daisy and I will handle him, with Jayce coming with us to protect our minds. We can’t take more than two because then we would risk Jayce’s powers weaken. Everyone else serves as distraction and also assigned with the task to clear out the building. These are criminals inside. Thor, you are with Mariléne, don’t hold yourselves back. Crash everything you can. Joey and Natasha, I’ll pair you two. Joey, your job is making sure Natasha doesn’t get shot, while Natasha takes care that you don’t get your ass handed to you.”
“Yes sir.” Joey nodded, looking at Natasha with insecurity.
“Clint, you are in charge of the stairs. You wait at the top and shoot everyone who tries to come up. Alisha’s main body will be with you, protect it. Alisha, you scatter yourself on the floors, cover as much ground as you can, try to shut off their ways of communicating with each other. Stark, you never listen to me anyway, but try to keep them from entering the upper floor as much as you can. Is everyone on board with the plan?”
He wasn’t asking everyone, and Daisy knew that. His eyes were directed at her. She nodded. She liked this plan. Couldn’t have done a better job herself.
“That should be enough to keep us from getting surrounded.” She said.
Steve nodded, and looked at Stark and Thor.
“Can we get a lift to the upper window then?”

Daisy broke the window in with a blast, and was inside in a moment, with the Captain and Jayce at her heels.
There was no telepathic channel between them now. Jayce used all his powers to close their minds, he couldn’t risk opening it.
The upper floor consisted of one large room, with windows on both ends. There were about two guards in the room, but the Captain took them out before they could even react. Hit one with his shield, then punched the other one into oblivion.
“Well, if it isn’t my little brother.” Lucas was standing at the other end, looking out of the window. By his reaction, it was obvious he was expecting them. Didn’t even bother to turn around.
“We are twins, Lucas, I’m not your little brother.” Jayce said angrily. “You will come with us.
There is no need to try to resist or call for help. You are outmatched.”
“Oh I know that. You have quite the armada, little brother. And it seems you still have this lovely lady beside you, Daisy, was it?” He finally turned around looking at her. “It will almost be a shame to kill her. Such a waste, that pretty face.”
“No-one is killing anyone.” The Captain said, grasping his shield. “You are coming with us.”
“Oh I don’t think so. You see, I sensed that you were coming long before. I already have a plan to escape, and I’m not the slightest bit afraid of you. You were always a failure, Jayce. We both know that.”
“You are not going anywhere.” Daisy said, and the building slightly trembled under her. Nobody talks to her team like that. Nobody.
“And who will stop me?” Lucas asked, straightening his tie. Then he seemed to realize something, and laughed out loud. “Oh, you think that my little brother can protect your minds. I hate to break it to you, but he isn’t the only one who practiced using his abilities. And while he mainly uses it connect people’s mind, I use mine to attack them. His shield is not strong enough anymore. Not against me, anyhow.”
Daisy tensed up, looking at Jayce.
“He is trying to make you feel insecure. Don’t trust him. You can do this, I believe in you.”
“I… can’t.” He said, his eyes opened widely. He stepped back, as the realization hit him. “He really is stronger than me.” He looked at Daisy panicked. “We need to go.”
“You are not going anywhere.” Lucas interrupted, and stepped closer, Daisy immediately could feel a spike in her mind, nagging her thoughts out. She reacted instinctively, sending a shockwave in his direction. He flew back, crashing into the wall, and with what looked like a painful landing, he ended up on his ass.
“You bitch!” He said, and he spat up a good amount of blood. “Why didn’t it work?”
“Because I’m the one Jayce practices with.” She realized smiling. “Because no-one else lets him, I allow him to enter into my mind to help him master his abilities. I haven’t realized it before, but being able to let someone in my mind also means being able to close others out. Including you, it seems.” She turned around, looking at the Captain, who had blood running from his nose, and had a painful expression on his face. ”Cap, you need to go. He can’t enter my or Jayce’s mind, but can enter yours. Go, now!”
She turned back to distract Lucas, using a shockwave to pin him to the wall. “Try anything and you get splashed.” She threatened, meaning every word. “And don’t try anything. I feel as much as a tickle in my mind, and you fly.”
“New deal.” Lucas interrupted, smiling with bloody teeth. “You let me leave or the famous Captain America has his mind blown up in his head.”
“You can’t do that.” Daisy said, doubting.
“I can, and will.” He answered.
“Daisy…” Jayce said insecurely.
Daisy glanced back, just to see the Captain on the floor clutching his head in his hands. She then looked at Jayce. He was kneeling next to the Captain, his eyes pleading, as if saying: please don’t kill my brother. Please.
She made a mistake. She didn’t kill him. Instead, she let him go, and stepped back.
“You are free to go.” Daisy signaled with her hand to Jayce to get the Captain out of here.
“Oh I don’t think so.” Lucas said, getting up. “You obviously won’t kill me. And let’s be honest, I won’t kill the Captain. They are called Avengers for a reason. But you see, Caterpillars don’t quite sound as scary. I mean seriously, you sound like botanists.” He chuckled. “And I won’t kill my little brother either, but you, on the other hand, I can kill you.”
“You can try.” She said angrily.
“I don’t have to.”
And with that, he looked at his watch. “Nice timing, by the way.” He added.
Daisy felt it immediately. The bomb. The shockwave, the explosion, in the middle of the room. She used all her powers without realizing to push it back, to save everyone including herself. She contained the blast.
“Thought you were going to do that.” Lucas said with a smirk. “Your powers are instinctive, you proved that when we first met and you stopped a bullet before you even realized I shot you. So I needed you occupied.” And with that, he took out a gun. “You see, you are a problem. You are too strong and way too damn stubborn than what I’m comfortable with. And I don’t like problems.” And with that, he fired the gun.