Personal Difficulties
“The others told me about you.” Seven said “How you’re the first. How you’re crazy as all fuck and how you’re supposed to be stuck on another planet…”
“Most of that is true…” She, it, came closer, right in Seven’s face. Seven could see the disgusting undulations within the skin of what had been Jiayang Johnson.
“I guess after a few thousand years trapped on a barren rock, maybe I am a little… out there…” she said, staring into Seven’s eyes “Who wouldn’t be.”
“How..? Why..?”
“Our dear friend Mysiri. She brought me back to this world and gave me this new body. So much better than the table scraps they were sending. I’m not sure if I was ever female before. She also modified it so it would be the perfect host.”
She held out her hand next to Seven’s head and released her parasites. They flew into Seven and took control.
Seven stopped fighting. She stopped resisting.
“Agent Seven reporting for duty.” She said, flatly.
“Untie her” Rogers ordered.
The soldiers from outside stepped in and unlocked the restraints on Seven.
“Report, number Seven.” The president ordered.
“Approximately ten days ago…” she said as she began to tell him everything.
“We need to get searching.” Daisy said “Where does Morse like to hang out?”
“Fury is going to want to debrief the both of you.” Coulson told them “I don’t know how things might work in your world, and I know these people are probably important to you if you’ve gone to this great a length to get them back, I’d really appreciate it if you two wait here for now until the Director gets here”
“Fine…” Daisy said.
The other Daisy, the one who lived on this Earth, started heading for the door “If it’s OK with you, sir, I’m gonna take Ally back to Scott’s parent’s house. If things are gonna go down, I want my daughter in a safe place.”
Scott and Daisy were lead into a conference room to await Fury’s arrival, the local Scott staying both to keep them company and out of curiosity.
“So, what’s things like for your Earth?” the other Scott asked
“Well, we could go over the details with you but then we’d be here all day. And we’re kinda in a hurry.”
“Can you at least give me something?”
Scott turned and looked out the window, “well… Tower over there, why does it have a U on it?”
“It’s for the Ultimates. They used to work out of there till well…”
“Cap and Iron Man went at it?”
“How’d you know?”
“As someone once said, ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same.’ Only on our Earth, we called them “The Avengers.”
“That’s actually quite catchy…”
“Pretty sure that’s why Fury went with it.”
Fitz and Jemma had worked their way to the Hudson River shoreline and were walking down along side it.
“I guess we’re finally going to be able to go home soon.” Fitz said “Coulson, May and the others are probably worried sick.”
“I’m not sure about Coulson being bothered.” Jemma said
“Not like you to think like that…”
“You didn’t see what we’ve gone through the past year. I slit a man’s throat, Fitz…”
“Right… I keep forgetting.”
“Ever since he came back from Tahiti, he’s been so wrapped in whatever he’s working on I’m not sure he even realizes we’re gone. When he came out of the office and came with us to see Scott, it felt like a miracle.”
“Now did he say left or right past the elevator bank?” Scott wondered to himself. He had to go to the restroom and had gotten himself turned around.
“We can’t keep this up.” He heard a voice say “He’s going to find out eventually.”
“It doesn’t matter when he finds out.” A second voice said from behind a nearby closed door. “It doesn’t matter if he finds out. Scott’s an idiot.”
Scott barged into the room “I’m sorry who’s…?”
“Oh shit…” the local Daisy screamed.
“Walk away Riley…” Lincoln Campbell said.
“Hey, sorry” The other Scott said “It was left then right, downstairs is diff…” He looked into the room his counterpart was staring into.
There was his wife, his Daisy… in the arms of Lincoln.
“Daisy…? What’s… I…” He said in disbelief.
“Scott… I sorry. I’m really sorry…”She said “
“How long?”
“I well…”
“I SAID HOW LONG?”
“Three years…” Daisy admitted.
“Is she even mine?” her husband demanded “Is Ally my daughter?”
“I... I don’t know.”
“Of course you know who she belongs to.” Lincoln said, putting one hand on her shoulder and the other on her waist.
“GET…YOUR…SLIMY…HANDS…OFF…MY…WIFE…”
“Make me.”
Scott had enough of how this Lincoln was talking to his counterpart and slammed him into the wall with his telekinesis.
“Right now, you’re dealing with me.” Scott said.
“So what… It doesn’t change anything” the man said
Scott just applied more force.
“She doesn’t love you, you loser” Lincoln choked out from the pressure of Scott’s powers.
“No…no…no…” The local Daisy cried as her counterpart arrived, followed by Coulson.
“Scott, what the hell are you doing?” His girlfriend demanded. She yanked his arm down and this caused him to release Lincoln.
“sir, your beloved adopted daughter is cheating on me with HIM!” The local Scott said, pointing
“Daisy? Is this true?” Coulson asked
“…yes…” she said, with her head down “I’ve been sleeping with him…”
The two interdimensional travels stepped out of the room to get out of the way as the yelling started.
“I’m sorry about our little first impression.” Nick Fury said “Two shocks in less than an hour. So… what can you two tell me about Madam Hydra?”
“Well, we first encountered her a few days ago. She kidnapped two people we were traveling with, and we’ve come to the conclusion, based on evidence provided by still others in our little party, that she is working with someone named Mysiri, who might be an alien.”
“This day just keeps getting better and better.” Fury said “Aliens, brainwashing, travel between dimensions and my best agent is having an affair. What are you gonna tell me next? The Jolly Green Giant is gonna tap dance down Broadway…”