It's been three years since the end of the Blip. After the defeat of Thanos everyone expected to begin living their lives again. But a year later Earth was invaded by an alien species called the Others. Part of a group or hive consciousness no on...
The part of the fungi expert is played by real life Washington state mycologist Paul Stamets. If you've heard the name before it's because his name is also used for a character on Star Trek Discovery, supposedly a descendant of the real man. ********************************************************************************************************************************** She's out in the Badlands again. Running, looking behind her constantly. They found her and are tracking her. Everywhere she goes they push up the ground, sometimes behind her, sometimes in front. She has the sudden realization they are herding her towards something or someone. It's a maze and she's the rat but it isn't a prize at the end. It's something terrible, something worse. If she could she would stop but there is no where else to go except where they are herding her. In frustration she starts to cry but she doesn't stop. A sharp spasm of pain cuts through her side, where the wound was. Pressing her hand on it she tries to temper the pain but it doesn't work.
"Jade," said Bucky, touching her head, which was burning. "Jade, wake up."
She didn't respond. Bucky ran to the intercom. "Bruce, you awake? It's Jade. She won't wake up."
"Bring her to the lab, now!" said Bruce, from his room.
He threw on a T-shirt and sweat pants and ran to the lab. Bucky came in moments later carrying an unconscious Jade in his arms. Bruce looked at her, unsure of what was happening. He had taken blood and a tissue sample only a few hours earlier. There were no results yet but this wasn't good. Gingerly pulling her night shirt up he was shocked to see the inflammation had spread across her entire abdomen. Grabbing a thermometer he put it into her armpit and asked Bucky to keep her arm pressed to her side. While he did that he prepared to insert an IV into her good arm. The thermometer beeped 102 degrees Fahrenheit. Fever. Putting a tourniquet on he tapped her vein and inserted the cannula taping it in place, then hooked it up to a bag of saline and placed it onto the pole. "Go get Ma," he said. "I need her to look into Jade's mind and to contact Strange for the lab results."
Bucky ran to Ma's room, banging on her door. She came straight to it and just looked at him then ran past him to the medical lab. Rushing in she looked at Bruce and both saw and felt the worry he felt.
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Touching Jade she attempted to enter her daughter's mind.
"Jade!" she called.
She was in the Badlands but she couldn't see her daughter. Looking down at the ground she saw footprints and started following them running as fast as she could. After a few minutes she saw her daughter and she called again. Jade turned around and saw her mother, her face terrified.
"No!" she yelled. "Go back, it's the queen. She's found me somehow. Ma, leave!"
Suddenly the ground around Jade erupted and a huge mass appeared out of the ground. It undulated in front of Jade and looked like it was ready to devour her. The ground shook behind Ma and she turned. It was Bucky, but it wasn't Bucky and with a flash of understanding she realized it was the Winter Soldier. He looked at her and in a voice devoid of emotion or feeling said he would kill the creature as it was now his mission. He strode towards the mass, pulling a massive gun out of a back holster. Aiming at it he started firing and didn't stop until he had emptied the magazine. He had wounded it but it still threatened Jade. Dropping the gun he reached into sheaths on his thighs, pulling out two long knives and with a roar charged the mass jumping up near the top and slashing at it. In a fury he kept slashing and stabbing. Even though he did damage it was obvious he couldn't kill it and it fought back, finally throwing him to the ground at Ma's feet.
