Chapter 10
“How… How could that have been you?” Daisy asked Coulson. She was still in shock. He’d been inside her dream somehow.
“I don’t know…” Coulson told her “I thought it was my brain doing weird things or, I don’t know.”
“But… the Coulson I was talking to knew things I’ve never told anyone.”
“Like about Rose?”
Daisy nodded “Not even Scott knows about her. I have NEVER told him.”
“I would think your first serious romantic relationship, the reason you dropped out of high school and ran away…”
“What is going on?” Daisy asked, taking a step back.
“I don’t know, Daisy, I keep telling you that. You think I know what happened? I don’t even remember the light like last time I died… which is not a sentence one says every day… The things we deal with on a day-to-day basis, we’re getting into even weirder shit than even what I’m used, and I’ve was dealing with this insane BS since before you were born.”
Coulson sighed.
“I had my grave in Tahiti exhumed last week. I watched as they dug out my coffin. It was still sealed, but, obviously, I wasn’t in it. Even me prosthetic hand was gone. You want to try to explain that? Because I sure as hell can’t. So, if you think talking to me like that makes no sense, try being in my shoes…”
“Fury ‘buried’ you when you died the…” Daisy began to say.
“The difference here is I had a witness… May… She went with me. She went through all the steps when I died… This isn’t the same as what happened the first time.”
“so… where does that leave us now.” Daisy asked
“They ran every single test they could think of on me… and some they made up as they went along. Everything they could gather says I’m me… It’s literally the only thing that lets me sleep at night.”
They hear the roar of a car engine going fast.
“I think Scott and his uncle are back.” Coulson said.
“We are not done talking about this.” Daisy said as she headed to the car to meet up with her husband.
“No… we’re not.”
“Where did you go?” She asked Scott as he got out of the car, surprised to see Barty.
“Family history lesson. I’ll explain more later. Found this prick following us. You stormed out before I could ask, anything on the indoor CCTV system?
“Gone.” Daisy said
“gone?” Michael asked, “what was gone.”
“The main control unit for the house’s indoor camera system.” She said “Someone must have grabbed it during the yelling and screaming.”
“I sent my mother a message. She and Skye are moving Gwen and Laura to the hanger. Taking Toni with them.”
“That another one of your secret bunkers?”
“No, it’s literally a hanger. Safest place right now.” Scott said, walking towards Zephyr Zero. “I need to get something from inside, give me a minute.”
“A hanger?” Barry asked Daisy.
“A SHIELD forward deployment facility at Kennedy Airport that’s guarded 24/7 and currently has an in-transit strike team run by an old friend watching the place.”
“Mrs. Riley? I don’t know if you remember me from your son’s wedding, I’m Agent Piper.” The young woman said as she offered her hand.
“Right, yes… Scott said you’d be here.”
“I’m gonna put Toni in the lounge area.” Skye said, “I’ll stay with her, make sure she’s alright.”
Gwen nodded as Skye set off into the far side of the building.
“These the two?” Piper asked as the younger Gwen and Laura got out of the car.
“Yes, my niece and her girlfriend. They ran into Alexander Tisch at my parent’s house.”
“Yowch…” Piper said, cocking her rifle. “That guy doesn’t mess around. I’ll brief my squad and report back to you.”