A Miracle Starts With a Beat of a Heart

Chapter 24

They were now in a weird stage where Sarge was complying with them, but it still felt like there was still something he was hiding from them. They decided to send May in there to interrogate him once again, and he seemed to open up a little more. He, too, was filled with rage, and he knew that the sword was the only thing to kill Izel.

Daisy was in charge of the control center. They had found Izel's temple, and they were setting out a plan for a mission. "Once we land in the jungle, we'll secure Z1, use it as a base of operations, we go in stealth," she announced. 

"So how do we get Mack and Yoyo out if we can't even get closed to her?" Piper asked. 

"Now, we can," Fitz brought up. 

Jemma handed Daisy a flat, rectangular device. "This sends a sonic frequency through the body that will prevent you from being possessed."

"How many do we have?" Daisy asked

"We're working on-"

"I've got this," Deke said, pulling up a case while holding Nadia in his arms since he had been watching her while Daisy was in charge.

Daisy noticed that Nadia was wearing a onesie that she had never seen before. It was plain white with an image of a lemon on it. Daisy tilted her head as she got a better look at it. "Where did you... you know what? Not important right now. What do you got?"

Deke opened the case and turned it around to reveal many devices that were created. 

"Wow."

Jemma seemed much more confused than impressed. "When did you..."

"If I had another day or two, I could've had them in rose gold," Deke said. 

"No, this is plenty," Fitz said, clearly impressed with Deke's work. "You're like a wizard."

Deke chuckled, adjusting Nadia in his hold. "Well, I picked up a few tricks in the private sector."

"This is really great," Daisy complimented him. Even Fitzsimmons were smiling at the devices. All three of them seemed to be pretty proud of what Deke had accomplished.

"Okay," Piper started. "So, Izel can't jump into us, but we have other problems. Those shrike things. They get into any of us, we're goners."

"That's why we've reached a solution," Jemma said. She walked over to the large monitors and pulled up an analysis of the sword. "Sarge gave us his stockpile of daggers. We've melted them down to make bullets."

"Yeah, the bullets are designed to fragment, so they stay embedded in the shrike," Fitz explained. 

"It's the only way to kill them."

"And Izel? Will it stop her?" Piper questioned. 

Fitz let out a sigh. "We don't know. Sarge has the sword, so he's our best hope."

"Alright," Daisy began. "We have our plan. Everyone knows what they're supposed to do. Get to work!" Deke packed up his case as he started to head out. "Deke, wait!" Daisy called out. "I think I would like to be the one to feed Nadia before I go into the jungle."

"Oh, sure thing," Deke said, handing the infant back to her mother. Nadia giggled slightly as she was in her mom's arms. "She was perfectly well-behaved and caused no trouble at all."

"That's a good thing to hear," Daisy said, tickling Nadia's belly, coaxing small laughs from her. "By the way, this onesie. Where'd you get it?"

"Just think of it as a complimentary item from the Deke Shaw Tech Company," Deke replied.