The Before [Prequel- Part 1]

Fear Anomalies

(A/N- Alright, snorlabxja and Darkness_is_safety kinda hit the nail on the head with their predictions for this chapter. Well, actually this chapter AND the next one as well. That's all I'm gonna say. So, um, good job guys! 😁)

~~~Catherine's pov~~~

"It's our fears come to life."

That sentence made a lot of sense, considering what had been happening around here recently.

Let me explain.

After Loki explained the current situation to me, we joined up with the team to assess the damages.

As it turns out, the result of three monoliths exploding wasn't exactly what we had theorized. And trust me, we definitely hadn't taken a full-blown forest appearing on one of the lower levels of the Lighthouse into consideration at all.

Yeah, you read that right. A forest somehow replaced a level of an underground base. A forest with a sky and hundred-foot-tall trees!

Don't ask me how it's possible. I really don't know.

And on top of that, when Daisy and Deke had gone to the supply pantry to grab some stuff for Yo-Yo, they were attacked by a Kree soldier. Only, it wasn't a Kree soldier.

As soon as Daisy shot it with her gun, it turned into vapor and disappeared.

Fitz had been running tests on the now decimated level of the Lighthouse where the bomb had been set off, and his theory was, "It's our fears come to life."

Because that makes total sense.

After a moment of perplexed silence, May finally decided to clarify. "What the hell are you talking about, Fitz? What fear?"

"I'm still trying to piece it all together. But here. Watch this." He pressed a button on the keyboard connected to the large monitor and a grainy image of... Dr. Garner appeared. Well, actually Lash.

"It's low quality, 'cause it was all I could salvage from the drone I sent down there." Fitz continued as everyone stared at the screen.

May was the most shell-shocked out of everyone, seeing as how Dr. Garner was her ex-husband. "This can't be."

Phil looked at the young Scottish scientist, needing a further explanation. "Fitz?"

"I think that when the monoliths exploded, they tore open something that I can only describe as a fear dimension. And it's leaking out." He pressed another button on the console and a new image filled the screen.