𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚀𝚞𝚊𝚔𝚎 - 𝙰 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝

Chapter 5

(italic words are when in a speech something is being underlined by the speaker)

*2 Years Before*
Jemma was walking fast, looking for Daisy. She had a weird expression on her face, a mix between happiness and despair. In one hand she was holding a vial, with a black liquid in it, and in the other a gun. She reached Daisy, working on something with her laptop, alone in the room. Jemma get closer to her with heavy steps, so that she could hear her coming. When Daisy saw she was there, Jemma showed her the two things she was holding.
"Is this what I think it is?"
Jemma nodded. "I finally found it. This should eliminate the parasite, and this is a sort of Icer, lethal for us, but it should paralyse him at least until the anti-parasite has totally worked. Today I finished all the samples I had, and the ones I didn't use are too old, so these are the best options we have"

"Okay... who knows about this, did you tell anyone?" Daisy asked.

"You already know, just me, you and Deke, as you asked"

Daisy nodded. "Now the next step..."

"...is telling Coulson. Yeah. How do we do that?"

"I guess we'll just... tell him, right?"

"I guess so"

Daisy stood up and they both went to Deke, to show them the two things Jemma had.

"Wow, after all this time I'm finally seeing this" Deke was staring at the vial.

"Chill, that's just the anti-parasite, it has nothing to do with the real parasite"

"Right, right, I know, but it's just fascinating. I mean, you guys have been talking about this for a long time now, and it feels weird to have it in my hands"

"Hey you were the one who gave me the idea" Daisy replied.

"I didn't give you this idea" said Deke while shaking the vial.

"Oh gosh, don't move that!" nearly screamed Jemma. She took the vial from his hand and gave him a 'watch out' glance.

"Who's gonna tell Coulson?" Deke asked still looking at the vial.

"We are all going to tell him, together"

"Oh okay... I thought Daisy should go..." he replied.

Daisy squinted. "Why this now?"

"Just a thought! We're doing this for you!"

"For me? Is that all you have to say? We all worked on these ..." Daisy couldn't finish the sentence.

"Well, actually, I was the one who really worked on these, you know" Jemma replied proud of herself.

They both gave her a glance.

"Ohh, okay, we all worked on this, yeah!" she said sarcastically. "But now enough, alright?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry Nana"

Daisy laughed. "Nana?"

"Yeah, Nana and Bobo!" Deke said, and Daisy still laughed.

While they were walking Jemma wanted to talk privately one second to Daisy.

"Are you completely sure you want to do this?"

"Why would I not be? You don't know how much I've been thinking of this. It's not just about me, don't you understand? It's... for our team"

"Really? But... what about Sousa?"

"What? I'm not following. How does Sousa fit in all this?"

"Oh, umh, no nothing, don't worry"

When the three of them were close to Coulson, he noticed the black vial and the gun.

"What are those?" He asked.

Daisy took a deep breath after closing her eyes and then talked. "It's kind of difficult to say, you'll think that I've gone nuts or something..."

"Actually, it's very simple to say" told him Jemma. Coulson had a questioning look.

"Let me talk, Jemma, you said that before, this is on me" Daisy took another deep breath. "Umh...how can I say this, since the moment we time-travelled the first time, I've been wondering about how many lives could be saved"

"We can't save everyone, Daisy"

"Yeah but...let me finish. Jemma says that we will find Fitz thanks to time travel and... Coulson, you died several times!"

"You didn't answer my question"

"I was getting there. Well, those are an anti-parasite and the other one is a big Icer. I asked Jemma some time ago if she could develop those. I didn't tell you but let me explain why ..."

"I know what you're doing. The anti-parasite, the fact that you didn't tell me, the time-travel speech. They all lead to one person. How couldn't I remember" Coulson replied.

"So?" Daisy said, nearly crying, remembering what she had been through in the past.

"Are you okay Daisy? Why are you telling me this now? I thought you moved on"

"I'm telling you this now cause Jemma today came to me and showed me those. And, what can I say, yeah happy pills work 'til you use them, and I try not to always use them, but..."

"You're still taking them" he replied worried.

"Sometimes" Daisy said with a low voice. "So, what do you say?"

"Messing up with time is not the better solution. And, the day before he died... I remember his words, he told me that there was nothing he had to offer you that you wanted or needed, and so I thought..."

"That's because he went to face Hive! He messed with his head! Lincoln wasn't swayed but since Hive is like a drug he made him think I was addicted to him, but you said it, I was in withdrawal!" Daisy stared to cry while talking. "Please Coulson, I needed help back then and you couldn't do anything, and now that I finally found a way you're telling me no..."

"What about the fact that we can't change the future? You remember, the vision?"

Jemma was ready to answer that question. "I've been working on that problem and made some theories. We believed that the future couldn't be changed, and that's true. But now, we can't consider that as the future, that's the past. But past can be changed, we just don't know if it will create a loop, or a multiverse, there are different theories. If we save Lincoln but the us of the past think he's dead, history will repeat itself. Maybe we already saved him other times and we are really living in a loop, but right now that's not true cause I've made some tests and I'm sure we are not in a time loop. In other words, the vision is not a problem"

"And about the 'every inhuman has a purpose'?"

"Oh Coulson, we've already thought of everything, every single detail on the mission, the plan, everything"

After some moments of intense staring and silence, he took a deep breath. "Okay then, let's do it"

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