The Guardians

journey

If you asked him, this would be the least expected thing to happen on his time off. But in the early morning, driving, there is no better cure for the energy pulsing through him. They have been on the road for a good four hours now and daisy was passed out in the passenger side.

He has yet to turn back to normal, and it was starting to get annoying. He came back to the real world when daisy sat up in the seat and tried stretching. "Morning racer."

All she gets in return is a grunt. "We are almost there." 

Shaking her head in her disappointment she looked outside. It was beautiful. There were driving through a redwood forest and the morning sun was breaching through the trees. The dew evaporating left behind a mist hovering over the fores floor and only made the rays of sun more profound. "It looks beautiful here. No tall buildings or suburbs, just endless trees and road." She looked over to see the rider subtly look around. "Can you pull over for a second, I need to stretch my legs."

An irritated grumble came from robbie but he ended up doing to in the anyway. So when they came to a stop she got out and noticed robbie staying where he was seated. "Robbie, come on. I know you have the power stone, but I also know how much you hate to sit still for too long. Lets go for a walk before we get to work on this whole issue."

The thought seemed to roll around in that skull of his before he reluctantly stepped out. It kind of felt weird with his new height to daisy. "You sure I wont start a forest fire?" He leaned on the door and crossed his arms over his chest. 

She rolled her eyes and grabbed his arm. He seemed surprised she would do that seeing that the night before he tried killing her. "Stop wallowing in your self pity and lets go for a walk, you need it." She tugged and he became pliant.

Only to pull away soon after he continued to follow her deeper into the woods. He seemed cautions not to touch anything it was kind of cute to watch. "Sorry if I seem. . .withdrawn. Its gotten louder up here." He pointed a sharp claw to his head. 

"Truth be told robbie, you look more badass than before." They came to a stop in a spacious clearing and  she sat on a rock. "Actually hang on a second." She took out her phone and took a picture. "There you go."

He came closer to see the thing the stone had made him into. Hard to say, but he did feel chills run down his spine. It wasn't until he looked away that he realized daisy was starring. "Um. .you okey?" 

The sunlight had made the dark crystals light up, it looked beautiful in its own way. Her face heated up when she realized robbie was asking if she was okey. "Sorry, just remembered I have a shit load of paperwork to do after all this." Nice. "So, you've been busy recently. Not a word after we patched you up and sent you on your way. Only more reports of the Ghost Rider activity." She patted the space next to her but he stayed standing.

"I had to restore the peace, things had gotten out of hand while I was gone. I had my own work to do. As did you." He shifted his weight and looked up to the orange sky. "I know where you went daisy. And all that happened after. And I am only sorry that I wasn't able to be there to help you." 

She fidgeted on the spot. Traveling into the future and having a power implant ripped from her brain was something to never look back on. "Well, we all have our battle scars. What about you? Got any new ones as well?" He did tense after that but she was just answered with another shrug.

"Just returned to that war I told you about before. Nothing new." A buzzing drew their attention and it was daisy's phone.

"Hey C, hows it going?" She got up and put the phone on speaker,

"Just waiting on you guys. Where are you now?"

"Close, a good ten minutes. Three if I hurry." Robbie answered. She could hear the amusement in his voice.

Daisy heard coulson snort on the end. "Not that badly hot shot. Alright, see you soon." 

There was silence before a hot breath was release from robbie, and he started walking back to the car. So, without a word, daisy followed. "But I did get your note before you came back. The one you left in my bunk." He missed a step but quickly recovered, she couldn't stop the laugh. If there was an equivalent of a ghost rider blushing, robbies fire sparked blue.

Too flustered to say anything daisy took the lead. "And thank you for understanding my issue with relationships. But I wouldn't mind something with you." It seemed to be getting to robbie too much because he stopped to stare at her. 

"You, want to be more than friend with me?" Yup, absolutely gobsmacked. 

She smiled and carefully weaved her fingers with robbies clawed hand. "Says the guy who left the love letter?"

He physically smacked himself. "It was a goodbye letter, and I just wished you good luck." 

"Right, because I remember Gabe telling me you don't do that for anyone." She pulled out her phone and pulled up a picture of the note before clearing her throat. "Dear, daisy. I don't know when I will come back so you know the drill. Its all I ask for is gabe to be safe. I also wanted to remind you that you shouldn't let your past loses drag you through the mud. I know what it feels like to lose family and friends. I wish you luck on future missions and to be safe. From one stubborn person to another, don't run in to get yourself killed. If you do I'll bring you back myself to yell at you." Robbie was quiet and seemed smaller the entire time she read out the note. "I think its sweet of you robbie."

He grumbled but kept holding her hand the entire walk to the car. Before they separated to get in he tugged on her arm and she crashed into his chest. A breath away. "If I overstep the line you have the right to kick my ass." He slowly leaned down and captured her lips.

It was weird but daisy ignored to bare teeth, and a strange warmth flooded her. Of coarse some would say it was because it was attraction, but it felt different. The fire writhing around his head turned to a soft blue. 

When they  pulled away she smiled up at him playfully. "See, no monster would ever show these kind of things robbie." She hugged him tightly.

He felt calm when she embraced him, and it took a second for the wires to connect. But he carefully hugged her back. 

"Alright." She pulled back with that soft smile and wiped away a tear she didn't noticed before. "We should get back before they get worried."

The rider actually laughed a little and daisy nearly freaked out. So there they were again, on their way to the rondevu point. Rejuvenated with new energy. Robbie didn't feel like he was boiling over, if anything. It feels like someone took him off the burner.

................To be continued