Three Wheels, no breaks
“Oh Sweet Jesus will this nonsense ever stop?!?” Scott yelled, standing over the remains of the shattered machine.
“I materialized here and the machine and I were about 20 feet up.” Lincoln explained “I caught on that catwalk and it just fell to the ground in a million bits.”
The three started to dig through the wreckage.
Scott held up a small box.
“I think this is the substitute for the Tesseract on the original.” He said “Fitz said when he inspected the second machine, he found this inside it. We should hang on to this.”
“Motherboard looks fine.” Scott said, kneeling down in front of the machine.
He pulled a large chuck out and carried it to a nearby table.
“Maybe if we find the memory module we can find the code to take you home” Daisy said to Lincoln.
“Do we waste a jump right now, though?” Scott asked “We could bring him with us, he could be useful.”
“Nine people on the Zephyr?” She asked. “That’s kinda cramped already.”
“Well it can’t be that bad. Zephyr One is pretty big.” Lincoln said
“It’s not Zephyr One” Scott explained from the floor “It’s a custom built transport, I just nicknamed ‘Zephyr Zero’”
“Either way, we can’t just leave you here, it wouldn’t be right” Daisy told him.
“He’s going to be OK with having me along?” Lincoln asked Daisy quietly “I sense hostility…”
“He’ll be fine.” She said.
“Here we go.” Scott called “I got it.”
He handed Daisy the necessary parts.
“You guys get this back upstairs. I’m gonna try something, be along in a minute.”
“So… all we need to do is plug this into a monitor and it should give us the information we need.” Daisy said with the cobble together computer laid out on the desk.
She handed him a cable. “Do your thing”
He released an electric charge and the equipment blinked to life.
“It’s working…It’s Working!” Lincoln yelled as the pile of junk booted up, showing the codes for the worlds it had been to. He and Daisy embraced in joy.
Then, suddenly, in the heat of the moment, they kissed.
“Hey guys; so I think I got the right part to get the cloak on the car fixed…” Scott said, walking into the room. He turned around and stormed out.
“Oh God…” Daisy said, pulling away from Lincoln. She immediately began to run after Scott. “Write those numbers down.” She told Lincoln. She stopped for a second looking out the window before chasing after Scott.
“Scott!” Daisy called “Wait! Please!”
“Go away.” He said angrily, still walking away back towards the hanger “Leave me alone. Go make smoochy smoochy with your boyfriend some more.”
“Scott, please…”
He stopped and turned towards her. His face said it all. He was PISSED
“You know, I could tell I was just the second choice. The backup plan. ‘Well, he’s cute and he’s nice I’ll give him a shot... Oh, wait a second, look, we found Lincoln again! Let’s go right back to where we were, screw everything that’s happened with the guy I’ve been with’. I tried being the better man, welcome him with open arms and this is what it gets me. I’m still second best.”
“I…” She tried to say but he continued.
“I mean, he’s a doctor, he’s ripped. You both miss each other. What the hell have I got in comparison?”
“Me…” she said “You’ve got me. Yeah, I miss our Lincoln, but he was never my actual boyfriend.”
She reached out and grabbed his hand
“Scott… You’re my boyfriend. Right here. Right now. The only man I love is you.”
Scott looked at her unbelieving.
“OK, well, for one thing, Lincoln and I never really got past second base. Meanwhile, you and I have had sex how many times in the past few days?”
“I didn’t know…” he said
“And how many miles did you carry me that night to get me to a doctor when I was bleeding?”
“I don’t remember, it’s all a blur.”
“I checked. It was 17 miles without stopping, over rough terrain. You carried me for seven hours. You stayed by my side till they had me patched up. You saved my life, how in the world could I say no to you asking me out?”
“Daisy…I…” He started to say before she put her finger over his lips.
“I don’t know what came over me when I kissed him,” She said “and I’m sorry I did it and I’m sorry for hurting you. He’s not the Lincoln we knew and I don’t love him. I love you.”
She stepped forward to him and they kissed.
“I’m sorry I got mad.” He told her
“You had every reason to be mad at me.” Daisy said “Here I was worried about you hurting me and I go and stab you in the back.”
She looked up into his eyes “I’m sorry. Can you forgive me?”
He just nodded.
“I love you” she said again.
“And I suddenly feel even worse about how we were treating Seven.” Scott said.
Daisy chuckled slightly “come on, you need to see this.” Pulling him by the hand.
She led Scott back into the director’s office.
“Scott… I’m sorry man” Lincoln said “I keep forgetting… That was completely out of line me…”
“I’m sorry two, I’ve tried to keep it in check, but I’ve been subconsciously a jerk about this situation. I… I felt threatened. I felt inadequate.”
Scott turned to Daisy
“Batshit crazy as it’s been, this has been the best week of my life. Because I’ve spent it with you. I didn’t want to lose you so quickly. I’ve never been this happy.”
Scott turned back to Lincoln.
“I’m sorry you had to watch that. I know how gut wrenching it can feel, to see the woman you love in the arms of someone else.”
“If I ever get back, I’m gonna have to apologize to the other you.” Lincoln said.
“Let’s hope we can give you that chance.” Scott said, offering his hand in friendship.
“Let’s not hope, let’s do.” Lincoln said, shaking it
“So, what did I need to see?” Scott asked Daisy
“That.” Daisy said, pointing out into the storm.
“You’re going to need to be more specific.”
“In the distance.” She said “On the Capitol building. There’s a light.”