A Miracle Starts With a Beat of a Heart

Chapter 32

Daisy woke up to a jolt of the Zephyr. Did they jump again? Were they home? She gasped as her eyes opened, taking in the area around her. She had to remind herself that she was safe inside the healing chamber inside Z1. She didn't know how long she had been asleep, but she could see and feel the significant healing her body had gone through during the short span of time. Additionally, she could feel the vibrations around her come back to her senses as well; however, her powers were telling her there was something unfamiliar outside.

She pressed the button that opened the chamber up before taking her hands up to her face and rubbing the sleep out from her eyes. Daisy roughly got out of the pod, her shoes hitting the ground with a thud.

Daisy continued to check over her body, making sure she was all good and well, while not realizing Sousa was asleep in the chair behind her. The thud of her shoes must've woken him up because he called out to her. "Hey," he surprised her. "What are you doing up?"

Daisy didn't answer as she was in no way expecting Sousa to still be sitting there. She was surprised that he was so willing to do so. Daisy wasn't quite used to this, so she wasn't too sure how to react. "How long have you been here?" She asked.

Sousa looked around the room, also trying to figure out how long he had been asleep. "Well, I guess, uh... when did you go to sleep? Since then."

Why is he always here? Daisy thought to herself. I'm not that important. She shook her head, figuring it wasn't a conversation worth having. At least not yet. She did like Sousa's company and presence. "Did we jump again?" She asked, changing the subject.

Sousa shook his head and shrugged, the tiredness in his eyes making it clear that he was still a little dazed after waking up. "I'm not sure."

The vibrations coming from the outside of the aircraft continued to worry Daisy as panic filled within her. She rushed out of the room and headed towards control. Another thing that surprised Daisy in the few minutes that she had been awake was that as she left, Sousa got up immediately and followed her to her next destination.

When Daisy made it to control, she could see the team was in a stressed state as alarms blared throughout. "I've got damage to nearly all systems," Mack announced.

May approached one of the monitors. "Trying to get a lead on our location."

"What's happening?" Daisy asked, both to alert them of her presence and truly to know what the hell was going on.

"Time drive overloaded," May answered.

"Any chance that's twenty-first century slang for 'worked normally'?" Sousa asked, clearly overwhelmed by the sudden change of pace. Get used to it was what Daisy had wanted to say to him.

"Where are we?" Mack questioned, looking at another monitor.

Daisy approached the cockpit, and what met her eyes shocked her to her core. "Guys?" She announced as she looked upon the bright colors in front of the cockpit window. "Anyone want to fill me in on... that?" The psychedelic colors surrounded the Zephyr as it seemed like they were speeding towards the light at the end of whatever tunnel they were in.

One of the control boxes sparked right where Sousa was standing. He flinched away from it quickly. "I was so much happier asleep."

You and me both. "Where's Coulson?" Daisy asked, having not seen yet.

"Charging," May retorted.

Elena's face popped up on another monitor as it seemed she had been checking things out from the quinjet. "Looks like something just fried the quinjet's flight system," she said.