Different Worlds

After that day, Daisy was kept prisoner for about a month, before J’onn decided she could be an agent. The only condition was that Daisy had to share information. Though she hated the idea of sharing personal information, Daisy knew she needed to earn their trust.

“This is your final test. So far, you have passed with flying colors. This last one is an interrogation. Now, it can go 2 ways. You explain about your past with a lie detector test or, with your permission, I enter your mind and everything I see is not shared with anyone unless you want to share it yourself. I will be back in a few minutes to hear your answer.” J’onn stood from his chair and walked out of the interrogation room, leaving Daisy in her thoughts.

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“I can’t believe you're actually going with this. J’onn, what if she turns on us? She could be Cadmus!” Alex exclaimed once the door was closed. The martian just put a hand up to silence her. Kara was watching Daisy, listening to her steady heartbeat.

“Alex I get it, that’s why I gave her the choice. She either tells you about her past, or I enter her mind. Afterward, I want both you and Kara to watch her. She will most likely need a new life, and Kara is the best person to do so.” J’onn glanced over at Kara, who silently watched the prisoner.

Alex, knowing he was right, sighed and nodded slowly. And with that J’onn had gone back inside to the room. “Have you made up your mind, Ms. Johnson?”

Opening her eyes, Daisy nodded and nervously fumbled with her fingers. “It’s better for you to see what my past is. I figured the last time you tried, something was blocking you. I can probably control whatever could be attacking you if I stay calm enough. Before we start, can I get like a small ball of metal? Feeling the vibrations of something in my hands helps me.” The prisoner spoke softly, much to everyone's shock.

Nodding, J’onn looked at the one-way window and used telepathy to Alex to inform Winn to bring a piece of metal. “It will be here shortly. One of my agents is getting it now. Tell me, can you use your powers to detect people around you, like a radar?” he asked, genuinely curious.

“If I focus enough without any distractions, I can figure out their footsteps and if necessary, find out how to damage their bones from the leg up. It’s a skill I recently learned.” Daisy shrugged, putting a strand of her hair behind her ear. Winn then entered, a metal ball in his hands. He placed the metal ball gently in front of her and smiled nervously. Daisy concluded he was the tech nerd of the group, reminding her of FitzSimmons. Once he exited, Daisy grabbed the ball and relaxed as she felt her own vibrations going back and forth.

“I’m ready.” Nodding, J’onn placed his hands on top of Daisy’s and felt the vibrations that she felt. His eyes glow red and they enter Daisy’s mind.

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“They’ve been like that for hours. This usually doesn’t take that long.” Alex paced back and forth, growing impatient. It had been 5 hours since either of them moved, and no one knew what to do. Alex had been so stressed, it took a call from Maggie to calm her nerves, now she was just impatient. Winn had stayed on his computer, occasionally leaving to grab food for the others. James had stopped by to see why Kara hadn’t been at work today and left with a good excuse for the new boss.

Kara was a different story.

She has been patiently sitting on the floor, waiting for them to finish. The Kryptonian had her eyes closed as she listened to Alex’s heartbeat. Then her hearing had shifted to an unfamiliar heartbeat, but it felt calming and safe. So for the past 5 hours, Kara had meditated, the heartbeat soothing her nerves.

All of a sudden, the building shook slightly and Kara and Alex jolted to action. They looked at the interrogation room and saw Daisy with tears in her eyes, holding 2 parts of the metal ball in her hands. J’onn had a sad look on his face. Gently, he placed his hand on top of her shoulder, giving a reassuring squeeze. “You have been through more hardships than anyone I’ve ever met. How you manage to move forward, even if it means leaving your friends behind, is remarkable.”

“You sound like him,” Daisy said softly, a small smile on her lips.

“From what I’ve seen, he’s a great man.” J’onn smiled slightly before he stood up. He looked at the one-sided window, nodding to Alex. entering the room, Alex and Kara walked behind him, waiting. “Agent Danvers here will be your supervisor, while at the DEO she will be in charge of you. If you want a normal life besides being an agent, Supergirl here can help you. Agent Schott will help you create a life here. Do you have any questions?”

“A few. First of all, your tech guy, is his algorithm top-notch? He could use the extra help in computers, and I’m a little rusty.” Daisy shrugged before slightly wincing. It disappeared before any of them could figure out why. “Second, everything that you just saw, can you not put it in any database? I want to stay a ghost, even on another earth.” She shifted slightly and Kara resisted the urge to comfort her.

“Very well. Welcome to the DEO, agent Johnson.” They shook hands before he walked off. Alex and Kara stood in the interrogation room, waiting for Daisy to speak. It didn’t take long.

“I’m guessing you think I might betray you guys? Don’t worry, I’ve had my fair share of betrayal. And besides your organization is kinda like mine.” Daisy stretched casually, like what she said was the most normal thing ever. Alex glared before sighing, uncrossing her arms.

“Since you're gonna be here and most likely gonna look for a job outside the DEO, we might as well introduce ourselves. I’m Alex and this is my sister, Kara.” The Kryptonian waved and offered a small smile, something that caught the older Danvers's attention. Daisy stared at both of them, before nodding.

“Names Daisy. I’m guessing you train me and your sister here will help find something normal. Or as normal as it is on this earth.” She said casually, looking up at both of them. Alex and Kara shared a look before looking back at Daisy. Then, Alex’s phone rang. Picking it up and not looking at the caller ID, she answered.

“Danvers.”

“Hey, Danvers.” Alex’s face instantly lit up and she looked at her sister before quickly leaving the room, leaving the Kryptonian alone with the new agent. 

“So skirt, what do you do when you aren’t saving people around here?” Daisy asked, leaning back on her chair as her brown eyes stared at shy blue ones. The girl of steel blushed and shook her head slightly, sitting on the other chair.

“I’m a reporter for a Media company.”

“Oh, so you save people with words as well. How noble,” she smirked, watching in amusement as Kara shifted in her seat slightly. It was quite adorable to see someone else feel uncomfortable. ‘It’s nice to know someone can be like this. I remember being like that when I first met--’ she stopped her train of thought and shook her head, looking back at Kara. The Kryptonian looked at Daisy, noting how she had closed herself off for a little bit before coming out of it.

“So Danvers,” Daisy started, smirking as Kara blushed, “when do we begin?”

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Two weeks later, Daisy is settled in and became hacking partners with Winn, close friends with Alex, Vasquez--that reminded her fairly of piper-- Kara, and Maggie, and already had a close father-daughter relationship with J’onn. She kept her work life and social life to a minimum. The agent stayed at the DEO, with an alien named Mon-El and during her first week, taught him a lesson on not to mess with her. Even with him having powers similar to Kara, Daisy beat him easily. That’s when Kara finally admitted to herself that she had a crush on Daisy. At the beginning of her third week, Daisy was getting interviewed for a job.

Kara had helped her get a job as the new I.T. person at Catco Worldwide media. She would have been interviewed by the infamous and terrifying Cat Grant, but Daisy was being interviewed by the new boss-- bosses actually-- Lena Luthor and James Olson. Daisy wasn’t scared, kinda nervous because she wants to make a new life. Something that she hasn’t really done. SHIELD had always been working in the shadows. Then HYDRA ruined that by making themselves known, and everyone was considered a fugitive. 

Ridding of the thought, Daisy stood in the elevator calmly waiting for her destination to arrive. ‘Why is this taking so long?’ As if on cue, the doors opened and she quickly removed any emotion from her face, like she was taught. Kara was talking to Lena and James, not noticing that Daisy was nearing the office.

“Kara,” Lena interrupted smiling the reporter’s rambling, “your friend is here.” the reporter quickly stopped talking and turned around, smiling widely, her nose crinkling in the most adorable way. Daisy’s gaze softened slightly and the Luthor heiress noticed and smirked. Lena didn’t say anything and turned her gaze to her best friend.

“Kara, can you get me and James our usual from Noonan’s? Ms.Teschmacher is doing an errand for me.” She said sweetly, glancing at James as he shrugged, knowing what she was doing.

“Um, alright. I’ll see you later, Daisy.” The blonde waved and went towards the elevator before it closed completely. Daisy sighed softly and sat in the guest chair, as James sat in the chair opposite of her and Lena stood behind James, crossing her arms. 

“So you're the new recruit at the DEO. Kara’s talked a lot about you, Ms. Johnson.” Lena smirked as she stared intensely at Daisy. But Daisy didn’t back down, she stared back with the same intensity, her face showing little to no emotion at all. James was impressed. The few people he knew that could do that were Lena-- in her moments-- Alex, Maggie, and J’onn.

“J’onn told me you're from another earth. Do you know Barry?” James asked, staring at Daisy with curiosity. The woman rolled her eyes and leaned back, tearing her eyes from the fierce stare. ‘Who is this Barry guy?’

“I’m from a different earth. So no, I don’t know whoever this Barry is.” she said, staring at both bosses calmly. James and Lena shared a look and James shrugged. The Luthor heiress smirks and steps forward.

“Ms. Johnson, if you would please follow me. Kara is usually right about people, let’s see if she is correct once more.” The Luthor said, not waiting for Daisy to follow. James watched as both women walked away. Even with the training, he’s had at the DEO, James couldn’t hear Daisy’s footsteps. He was getting good at noticing footsteps and the only difficult one was Alex. ‘Just how much training has Daisy had?’

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“Thank you for your time, Ms. Johnson. You will hear from Ms. Teschmacher, James, or myself within a few days to let you know if you got the job.” Lena said calmly, Daisy walking beside her as she looked for any and all exits.

“I look forward to hearing from you, Ms. Luthor.” Daisy winked at Lena and entered the elevator. Once the doors closed, Lena smiled and entered the office, where James went over papers.

“How’d it go?” James asked without looking up. The Luthor heiress sat down in the chair Daisy was in and thought for a minute before she smiled. 

“I can see why Kara likes her so much in such a short time. She doesn’t seem like one to hurt any of us. And the fact that Alex herself already has grown to like her, it means something. This is her result of what you wanted to know. Now the decision to give her the job is now up to you.” She said, taking out the results of what Daisy had to do. “I’m going to check on Sam. Later, Olson.” the Luthor heiress turned and walked out, waving behind her.

James chuckled and looked over the results. ‘These are better than when Winn did this for me. Looks like we have another hacktivist in our hands.’ 

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Daisy gracefully moved around Alex as the superior agent gave a right uppercut to her face. The agents sparred every day and it felt refreshing. For Daisy, it had been a long time since she had sparred with a superior. Alex was a good agent, but Daisy figured she had only been an agent for a couple of years. 

Alex, on the other hand, was happy. She only ever had J’onn to spar with, and seeing another person-- even if she was part alien at least-- was refreshing enough. How Daisy was an alien was a mystery to everyone but J’onn, and it intrigued the older Danvers to find out what she was. The only thing that bothered Alex, was the fact that she could sense something going on between her and little alien sister.

As they continued sparring, Daisy noticed a flash of blonde, blue and red in her peripheral vision. She quickly avoided a cross jab to the face and turned to Kara, who had silently entered the room. Daisy stood, her back to Alex, as she stared at the shy and quiet Kara Danvers, giving the older Danvers an advantage. Or so she thought.

Alex ran forward and was about to low sweep at Daisy’s feet, but Daisy--without turning around-- flipped over Alex and grabbed her arm, twisting it and buckling her legs, causing the superior agent to fall and be pinned to the floor. Alex was growling and trying to get Daisy off of her, but the ‘rookie’ didn’t budge. “Goddammit, Daisy. How did you know how to do that?”

“I did have a teacher before. She would’ve taught you a thing or two.” The young agent smirked and got off of Alex. She winked at Kara as she passed her and went over to where her water bottle was. The younger Danvers blushed beet red as she tried to forget the graceful move as she walked over to her sister and helped her up. The older Danvers looked at Kara before looking at Daisy’s retreating figure.

“I’m going to take a nap. Farewell, Danvers sisters.” She waved behind her lazily, not looking at them. Alex had a look in her eyes as she stared at her younger sister, as Kara stared at Daisy’s disappearing figure, a faint blush on her cheeks. The younger Danvers knew her sister was staring at her, so she just walked over to the bench and took her cape off and tied her blonde hair in a high ponytail. 

“Are we sparring or not, Alex?” Kara asked, completely avoiding her sister’s gaze as she walked to the center of the room. She heard Alex snicker a laugh as she typed a few things on the screen. The room began to glow a light green color and Kara felt her powers decrease and Alex waited until she adjusted to the lack of power. She hated it but knew at some point her powers would fail her and she would have to rely on her own skills.

“Let’s see what you’ve got supergirl.”

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Daisy sat on her mattress in one of the bunks the DEO had, staring at the tablet Winn gave her. She had her old laptop and phone with her, fortunately-- as well as her suit FitzSimmons made for her and the gauntlets-- so she could still see everyone’s faces. Daisy barely slept, which was normal considering all she’s been through. Lincoln’s death still hit her hard, Ward’s betrayal lingered, Bobbi and Hunter leaving, being infected by Hive, having to leave the others to protect them. But the worst part is not being able to see them anymore now that she was on another earth. 

Only person-- or alien-- she could trust here was J’onn. He reminded her of Coulson and May in a way. It was comforting, especially when she figured out that he cared deeply for everyone as well. Winn reminded her of Fitz from when they first met, Alex reminded her of Jemma before she left. And Kara painfully reminded Daisy of Lincoln. It seemed like they have similar ghosts haunting them, but manage to smile through them. Both with dirty blonde hair, electric blue eyes, though Kara’s would shine sometimes green or become a darker blue. 

Daisy knew she liked girls. Hell, she liked Jemma for a while. Ridding of the thoughts, Daisy hacked into the DEOs cameras and saw Alex sparring with Kara. The Kryptonian-- something Daisy had learned-- had sloppy form, but Alex was teaching her basics, so it made sense. The former SHIELD agent had to admit that she liked being around the bubbly Kara Danvers, it helped with all of the ghosts she has to deal with. It was like Kara was an actual ray of sunshine, that everyone wanted to be around. She quickly understood why Alex was so protective of the young alien.

A knock at the door interrupted her thoughts. Shutting off the tablet, she turned and saw J’onn stand there, with Winn slightly behind him. “J’onn, Winn.” Daisy acknowledged them, sitting up properly.

“Daisy, we’d like to see how your powers work. What are the limits you can take, and what DNA is in your blood? I would ask for Alex, but she’s busy at the moment.” The martian said, crossing his arms. Winn was typing a few things on his tablet as he stood behind the intimidating alien.

Daisy thought for a moment. It was smart to give them what she already knew, but with Winn there, even if he was a nice guy, she can’t trust him just yet. After a few moments, she came with a decision. “Fine. Do you know a place that is secluded? Especially somewhere far from the city. You don’t want the facility or the city to be in shambles. I still don’t exactly know how far my powers can go.”

J’onn nodded, understanding. “Very well. Agent Schott, prepare what you need.”

“Uh, right.” The young man stated. He nervously fumbled away from J’onn after waving at Daisy. Once Winn was gone, Daisy relaxed and leaned against the bed, closing her eyes.“J’onn, is there something you have on your mind?”

After a moment, J’onn moved from his spot and sat on the edge of her bed. “Being half-alien.” He started, watching the young agent closely. She still had her eyes closed and

seemed relaxed, but J’onn knew. Daisy was tense, listening closely to every word he’s saying. “Your DNA, it was human before, then something activated your power. That is the one thing I don’t understand.”

There were a few moments of silence before Daisy sighed and opened her eyes. You could see the sadness in her eyes, ghosts haunting her every move. “There exists a small percentage of the population with a dormant alien gene mixed into their DNA. There’s a chemical compound that activates this gene, giving them unnatural abilities. This chemical compound called Terrigen was released into our ecosystem about a year ago now.” She said before freezing. These were the exact words she said to a former agent, Joey. How she missed her friends.

J’onn noticed this but said nothing, much to her gratitude. “The gene is passed down, no generation is skipped. We call ourselves Inhumans. So in a way, I’m part alien.” She finished, fumbling the blanket in her hands. When she began speaking, she had absentmindedly grabbed the blanket, giving her some comfort. She looked up, meeting J’onns calm gaze. He seemed to understand, much to Daisy’s shock. Not many people understood. She wasn’t fully alien, just with a bit of extra power. She just needed to make sure it doesn’t happen on this earth, it’s enough with one earth.

“There are these gauntlets that help me focus my power more and do less damage to my body. During the time when I ran from SHIELD in the beginning, I did a dumb move and not used the gauntlets for a while. My bones began to shatter and I became immune to the medicine that they were developing in the lab. I got sloppy, with both staying under the radar and getting out of a situation without them being so close.” Daisy paused, now looking away from J’onn. She felt another presence but didn’t acknowledge it.

“I wanted to be free of everything. Suffering, pain, losing everyone close to me. Being betrayed. I was always left alone, it was nothing new until I joined his team.” She said,  moving her gaze away from J’onn.“Daisy, I can’t imagine what you are going through. Coming to another earth. There must be a threat in your world. Breaches don’t just open like that.”

“There is a threat. I was facing it before the breach opened. J’onn, I can’t get close to everyone here.” Daisy said, her voice soft as she looked everywhere else but J’onn.

The martian tilted his head, staring at the young agent. “Daisy,” he said with authority, and Daisy had no choice but to look at the alien, “it helps to have allies in an unknown area, especially when you enter from another universe. We cannot choose where we end up most of the time, but it helps to adjust and looking for a way to go back.”

Daisy looked away then, guilt and dread slowly consuming her. “I can’t go back. And I can’t stay here forever. Wherever I go…” she trailed off, not finishing her sentence. Daisy doesn’t anyone else to die for her, because of her.

“Daisy--”

“No J’onn.” Her voice was stronger now. She needed to tell someone at least about it. Even if J’onn has seen her mind, there were a few things she doesn’t want anyone to know. Like how she betrayed her friends, killed her lover, and just ran away from everyone.

“If it comes down saving your agents lives over mine, you take that chance. I can’t have more lives at stake because of me.”

“Why are you telling me this?” J’onn was confused. He had read everything in her mind, and yet, she was saying something that he didn’t know.

“I didn’t want you to see a few things. If you knew everything, and what was said about my past, you wouldn’t want here.”

“Why are you saying this?”

“Because… Wherever I go, death follows.”