Uncomfortable reunions
BOOOM!!!
The blast took out the wall, revealing the hidden tunnel down into the Lighthouse.
“Go!” Daisy called out, both over her comm and to Scott and Lincoln.
The three felt their speedster companions zipping past them and followed them down the tunnel.
“First thing’s first.” Daisy said as they regrouped “First priority is ensuring Jessie and Fitz get down to the power core. They know we’re here and we could use as many distractions as possible. Trip breakers, cut cables, anything to get their attention away from us.
“Once that’s done, the absolute priority is Iris. Then May and the Legends.”
“Remember the disks have a limited charge of speed.” Scott said, “Barry and Jay, if it runs below thirty seconds, abort and use what’s left to return to the Zephyr. Jessie, you’re going to need yours to get yourself and Fitz out, so I suggest you don’t use it all prior unless you have to.”
“Everyone good?” Daisy asked “We have thirty minutes before the S.H.I.E.L.D. attack jets arrive. Let’s be out of here ASAP.”
“Jemma, I need some water.” Jas said, watching the video feeds from the teams in the field.
“You keep drinking these we’ll be out and you’ll need to go to the bathroom.”
“Sorry, you try carrying this around for nine months…” Jas said, pointing to her massively expanded torso where her child was. She knew she was late, the baby might even come before the others got back.
“So why do they call this ‘running the back end?”
“From a safe distance we can keep the team apprised of threats and dangers. We’re too far away and they’re in a shielded bunker, so all we can do right now is watch the map and keep an ear out for trouble.”
The two doppelgangers sat quietly for a while.
“How are you feeling” Jemma asked.
“I’m angry. I’m seething in rage. But I signed up for this life. So did my Daisy. We both know the risks. It’s just. I was SO close to having her back.”
“You can have her back right now if you’d like?” A voice said from the rear of the plane.
“Daisy?” Jemma asked “What are you...” she began to ask before the figure steeped out of the darkened corridor leading to the rear ramp. She was wearing a black jump suit.
“Stay back!” Jemma yelled, standing, ICER drawn only to be blasted back across the cabin.
Jas looked up in horror.
“What’s the matter?” Agent Seven said, standing over her “Don’t you have a kiss for your wife?”
“What happened to you?”
“Something wonderful.” Seven said with a creepy smile. “Don’t try to get up, we’re going home.”
“Any luck yet?” Scott asked over the comms.
“We’ve found a back stairs that seem to be empty” Fitz replied “No sign of anyone.
“They might be sticking to the lower levels, closer to the power core.” Daisy “stay alert.”
“Rodger that.”
“How you holding up” Fitz asked Jessie
“Fine, mostly, never held a gun before. Not even one of these stun guns.”
“Takes some getting used to. Jemma and I weren’t exactly field agent material when this… whole adventure started all those years ago. Coulson described it to Daisy when she joined up as ‘a Front row seat to the strangest show on Earth.’ Understatement if I ever heard one.”
Scott, Daisy and Lincoln had arrived in the counterpart of their control room.
They quickly got to work trying to gain access.
“Well, Hydra here must have great tech support the system is completely isolated and locked. This is gonna take time.” Daisy said,
Scott felt a buzz in his pocket. He pulled his phone out to find an automated alert from the plane.
“Guys… someone is trying to steal Zephyr Zero.”
“Can you stop it?”
“Most certainly.” He said, pressing a kill switch button on the control app.
A few moments later, however, the connection went dead.
“I think they just jumped…”