Reunions and Truths
“My Jemma is a creature of habit. If we’re lucky she should be coming this way any second.” Skye said. The group was huddled behind gravestones in a cemetery on the outskirts of Washington.
“My in-laws died three years ago in a fire.” She continued “Jemma has visited them every day since at 11 AM, weather and work permitting of course. Be ready when she shows up.”
The group had arrived at the cemetery in the pre-dawn hours and hid the car in the groundskeeper’s equipment shed, tying the man up.
“Here she comes” Skye whispered.
A jeep was rolling up the road, being driven by a guard with Skye’s Jemma in the passenger seat. The man helped her out and proceeded to stand next the jeep while the pregnant woman walked towards her parent’s grave.
“Hello mother. Hello Father. “She said towards the stone “Skye is still missing, and I’m very worried about her.”
As she was talking to the grave, her escort stood motionless until he felt a tapping on his shoulder.
“Excuse me?” A voice asked.
The guard turned only to be met with a rifle butt crashing into the side of his head, knocking him out.
“Grab his gun, his wallet and anything of value.” Scott told Fitz as he held the gun towards the unconscious man. He flashed a thumbs up to Skye, who ran out from behind a tree towards the woman she loved.
“JEMMA!” She yelled.
“Oh… Hello Skye.” Her wife smiled towards her. “It’s good to see you again. I’m so glad you’re all right”
“No time to explain” Skye said, grabbing her wife’s hand “We need to go, NOW”
“Skye, don’t you want to say hello to my parents?” she asked stiffly. “You always say hello.”
“We don’t have time for this. We need to leave. Jemma, why are you acting this way?” Skye started to cry again.
“Skye, when was the last time you had a ration bar?” her wife asked. She reached into her bag and took out a foil wrapped bar and offered it to her.
“I don’t know, a few days? Why does that matter?” Skye asked, angrily, slapping the bar away. “We need to leave NOW! The SSR, they’re coming for us!”
With that, her wife’s demeanor changed instantly. She drew Skye in and gave her a long, hard kiss.
“Jemma?” Skye asked after the other girl backed away
“Oh my sweet, sweet Skye.” she said, smiling “I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time. You’re all mine again at last.”
“So she’s my duplicate from another earth? Another reality?” Dr Jemma Simmons of the SSR said, looking at Agent Jemma Simmons of SHIELD. In their few minutes together, the SHIELD agents had quickly taken to calling Skye’s wife by her title to distinguish between the two. The doctor was sitting at a funny angle on her wife’s lap in the passenger seat, careful not to bruise her belly.
“This seems almost unreal.” She said, looking both at her doppelganger and that of her wife, scrunched into the now even more crowded car with another face she recognized.
“Is that Leopold..?” She asked.
“Please, it’s just Fitz”
“So who are you?” She asked of Scott.
“Nobody of any real importance right now other the guy driving who’s leg your heel is digging into.”
She quickly moved her foot with an “Oops, sorry.”
“honey, what’s going on.” Skye asked “People are acting weird. They seem all stiff.”
“And to the cave she has returned…” Dr. Simmons whispered before speaking louder “I’ll explain everything once we get there.”
“Oh, one thing, Dr. Simmons” Scott said “Can I ask you something?”
“Sure, I guess Mr. Nobody of any real…”
“It’s Scott. My name’s Scott.”
“Ok, Scott. Ask away”
“How’s you and Skye’s sex life?” He asked. The three agents in the back seat were in silent hysterics, Skye was embarrassed and Simmons was mortified before Scott added “Skye, what did I say yesterday?”
“I was getting a bit nosey about his relationship with the other me.” She told her shocked wife “He did warn me he’d do that if he ever met you.”
“And I make good on my threats…” He said with a smile.
“Oh…” Dr Simmons said before turning to the back seat. “So you two aren’t..?”
“No.” came the reply from the two women. Fitz and Jemma then held up their hands together, showing her their wedding rings.
“OHH…” Simmons said. “Well then, what about you..?” She asked Daisy
“It’s Daisy. And… It’s complicated.”
“It is indeed” Simmons muttered under her breath.
They were driving towards an address Dr. Simmons had given them. They spent the time explaining who they were and what had transpired over the last three days to her.
The team arrived at what looked like an abandoned warehouse complex way out in the middle of nowhere.
“Drive inside building 2, we’ll be safe there.” Dr Simmons said.
Scott stopped the car and they all climbed out.
“HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!” a familiar sounding voice yelled
“May…” the agents said almost in unison. As if on cue, dozens of armed men appeared as if out of nowhere.
And standing at the forefront… was Melinda May.
“Chimera…” Skye muttered.
“Dr. Simmons, this is a serious breach in protocol.” May said, not realizing she was talking to the wrong woman.
“I’m over here, Melinda.” Dr. Simmons said.
The older woman did a double take before walking over to the pregnant woman.
“As I was saying, showing up unannounced, let alone with company was a serious risk.” He scowl turned into a smile “But it is good to see you again, Jemma.”
“Jemma?” Skye asked her wife “What the fuck is going on?”
Simmons looked at Skye. She walked up close to her and took her hands.
“Skye, you are the love of my life. I want to re-enforce that. I LOVE YOU. You are my everything. You give me meaning. The day you asked me to be your bride was the moment I realized what my life was for, why God put me on this Earth. EVERYTHING I’ve done, I’ve done for you. I’ve hated having to lie to you all this time…” She bit her lip but continued.
“I’m… a double agent. A spy. A mole. My allegiances are with CHIMERA, they always have been. I’ve been working for them this whole time, before you even met me.”