While in England at the old monolith castle Lash escaped by help of Agent Simmons— he goes on to kill all the Inhumans in HYDRA's possession. Apart from the one Inhuman Lash end up omitting... or better yet, an inhuman is spared at the hand's of Andrew.

An inhuman who has the same destructive— yet creative potential as Agent Johnson.


Turbine Addition

The One That Got Away — Maveth — Chapter One

The air was stale, and moldy. It was eerily quiet. The corridor ahead was nothing but darkness. And to top it all off, the entire place was covered in Hydra agents, and she was on the hunt for her monster ex-husband.

Agent May cautiously took many steps forward, one foot in front of the other, with a flashlight shining the way ahead. There were no hitches in her breathing, her pulse was steady and strong, yet on the inside, whether she'd admit it or not. Melinda May was scared. Scared of what she will find, or who she will find.

Lash, or Andrew.

A murderer, or the man she fell in love with.

But the problem was, there wasn't much of a difference anymore. Whether it was Lash who was taking over, or Andrew who let him.

May was all alone. Completely separated from the rest of her team, no back up coming, or someone to support her, she was working on her own authority. She'd probably get in trouble for this later, but she had to find Andrew— Lash. If anyone could contain him, it's her. Too much was at stake here, he could hurt more people— kill more people, more inhumans. Inhumans who have the right to be alive, the right to have powers, to be treated as anyone else, and who don't deserve to die for something that was completely out of their hands. Thankfully there was no trail of bodies with holes in their chests.

Yet.

That yet gave her hope.

There was a faint beeping sound coming from up ahead. May approached carefully, it could be anything. It could be a bomb, who knows. If it is a bomb it was important that she disarms it immediately, if not then it was over. The whole team would either be dead, or trapped on an alien planet with It. The beeping got louder as she turned into the room. There was now a dripping sound of something, not water, something denser.

May could only wish it was a bomb.

But no.

It was so much worse.

Worse than anything she could have imagined.

Gel-matrix pods for Inhumans… only the pods themselves were completely destroyed and as for anyone in them, they were dead. May shined her flashlight on a fallen guard, they were dead as well. The sight itself sent a shiver down her spine, it was like a scene out of a horror movie. Not that she hasn't seen worse, or watched movies. The source of the dripping sound was the gel in the pods, each one a hole burned through. May couldn't believe what she was seeing. It was a nightmare. She turned to the left to see an arm on the ground, completely drenched in the gel from the pods, and blood.

"Oh, god." May breathed.

Now May doesn't say those words often, but it definitely fits the current situation.

She knew exactly who did this. Who could do this.

She had to regroup with the others. There was nothing left she could do. The Inhumans were dead, Lash was on the loose, somewhere. The best thing she could do right now is head back and wait for Coulson and Fitz to come back. May gulped down the lump in her throat as she turned around to go out the door she came in, completely unaware of the gel footprints on the ground.

There was no Andrew anymore, it was Lash.

Andrew couldn't do this.

Not the Andrew she knew.

As she was about to turn the corner, May saw light bouncing off the wall ahead of her. She stopped in her tracks and took a moment to listen, trying to place the person, whoever they may be.

Three—

Two—

One…

Agent May quickly turned the corner catching the Hydra goon off guard and shooting him in the chest. It was best that she got moving, preferably fast. Other Hydra agents would have heard the gunshot and will be on the way. May found her way back to the control center, the place of where the stones were, and where everyone was. She was approaching the room when she heard a snippet of Daisy talking.

"—Isn't the end of the mission. There are a dozen Inhumans in this compound that we can't leave behind."

"Yes, you can." May intertwined. "They're dead. Lash or Andrew— honestly, I'm not sure there's a difference anymore… he killed them all."

Everyone exchanged glances around the room, except for Simmons, who looked down. No doubt feeling the guilt for all of the deaths. Despite her actions that led to their deaths, there was nothing she could have done. Lash would have gotten to the Inhumans no matter what, as heartbreaking as it was for May, it was inevitable.

"Simmons," May called out. The young woman glanced up at May with glossy eyes.

"It's not your fault." May stated.

It wasn't.

It was Andrew's.


Daisy couldn't wrap her head around it all. First, Simmons gets eaten by a rock, then finally they get her back after six months and as it turns out she was on an alien planet. After they get her back home she decides she has to go back due to not being the only person there. FitzSimmons get captured by Hydra and want to send them back through the portal to the alien planet to bring back some alien thing, and it happens to be in the same castle Hydra was keeping their inhumans locked up.

Fitz gets sent through the portal with Ward and somehow Coulson tags along as well, Simmons escapes capture and releases Dr. Garner who happens to be on the premises, oh and it just happens to be Dr. Garner— May's ex— is an inhuman who kills other Inhumans. Dr. Garner murders all Inhumans held here on the premises, and then now they are waiting around rocks for their friends to come back through, with— or without an alien god that drives people crazy.

How do you even begin process all that?

Then again, it wasn't the worst thing she had to process in the last year or so. Hell, her lifelong search for family ended up with her getting super powers. Honestly anything was possible at this point. If one thing is for sure S.H.I.E.L.D was, and definitely is, the craziest show on earth.

And beyond apparently.

There was a loud explosion causing the ground to shake, startling them all. At least it wasn't her for once though. But Daisy could feel the after effects of the explosion, the rumbling in the ground, the ringing from the vibrations. She absorbed a portion of it just in case It decided to come through instead. The bees stuck inside her got excited from the new vibrations, they got more aggressive. It was better to be prepared, and having ammo to fight an ancient HYDRA god that made people crazy was more than reason enough.

"What's that?" Simmons questioned.

"I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess Hydra." Bobbi responded.

There were footsteps coming from behind Simmons and Bobbi, Daisy raised her guard just in case it wasn't friendlies. She moved the bees to congregate in her arms— ready to be unleashed. It made her arms tremble slightly, her bones buzzed. But once Daisy realized it was only Hunter and Joey she migrated the bees back to their spread out positions, if she didn't she probably would fracture her arms again. She couldn't have the vibrations in a single concentrated spot too long or that will happen.

"We reinforced the barricades, but it won't take them long to break through." Joey said as he and Hunter Handed out guns. There was another loud rumble, more ringing. This time she didn't absorb anything, if she did it would be too much.

"No way they're taking us again." Bobbi said.

"We can't destroy it before Fitz and Coulson return, not when we're this close." Simmons agued.

Lincoln stepped forward, no doubt about to voice his thoughts about leaving their friends behind again. "What if the creature comes through instead?"

Yep.

As much as she loved Lincoln, and he had a very, very good point— she was not leaving Coulson and Fitz behind.

"We'll be waiting for them with these." Hunter stated, showing his assault rifle.

That didn't seem to satisfy Lincoln though. "And what if we can't kill it?" He inquired.

"Can't speak for everyone, but I'll probably run."

"Get everyone through the tunnel and back up to Zephyr one." Mack ordered. "I'm going to stay here until the last possible second for Coulson, Fitz, and will." Daisy glanced at the portal, debating that decision. It was risky, suicidal, reckless, and not fair at all. She did not like this plan one bit. "Now, if HYDRA or that Alien thing gets inside here, you light this castle and compound up with every missile on that plane."

Daisy couldn't have stressed suicidal enough. This plan was ridiculous and insane, there was a hundred percent no doubt a better plan. Any other plan was better than this.

"What? No, I'm not leaving you here."

"Or Bobbi and I can cover a couple of the barricaded entrances, buy us enough time for the portal to open." Hunter suggested.

"Yeah, I'm down with that plan. If hydra tries to get through the barricades, I can—"

"Hey!" Mack yelled, stopping everyone, including Daisy with finishing her sentence. "What part of That's an order do you not understand? Coulson put me in charge to make the hard call, and that's what I'm doing. We can't afford to lose our best agents in one fell swoop— Not here, not tonight!"

Everyone exchanged glances, knowing what the upcoming future may bring. "Now, if I don't get out…" Mack started up again.

Not happening, Daisy thought. She wasn't gonna let that happen.

"May's the new director. That's what Coulson would want."

Mack was willing to sacrifice his own life, so then Hydra wouldn't win, and so the rest of the team could make it out safely to fight another day. But there was no way in hell Daisy wasn't going to let him do it alone, and she had one damn good reason why. Because there's a chance that they all make it out unscathed and fine, yes, but there's also a chance they may not, and It may come through the portal instead of their friends. And if that was the case, then she would be needed to fight that thing before the whole place went Kaplowie. Plus she also now had all these pent up vibrations and she couldn't let them out in the zephyr.

"Okay. But a few things first— I'm staying with you, because, 'A,' I can keep the portal open if something goes wrong. And, 'B,' I'm your partner." Daisy stated. "I have many more reasons up my sleeve if you're gonna fight me on this."

Another loud explosion caused everyone to be on their toes again.

Mack sighed. "Daisy stays!" He yelled. "Everyone else, get the hell out of here!"

Everyone did as they were ordered, except for Lincoln. He hesitated before leaving and glanced back at Daisy. For a moment the rest of the world faded away, it was just her and Lincoln. Him and his baby blue eyes. Daisy sighed once reality took over again.

She gave him a reassuring look saying: It will be fine, no matter the outcome.

Despite every muscle, every part of his brain, every instinct telling him to stay, Lincoln left anyway, he did as he was told, and for that Daisy was thankful.

Daisy and Mack looked at eachother, ready for what came ahead. There was another rumble, a few things got knocked over. It wouldn't be a surprise if that was the one where HYDRA broke through, the ringing on that one was the loudest.

"I'm going to go check the barricades." Daisy said. They couldn't have HYDRA getting in here, if they did her and Mack would be toast before the portal even opens.

"Three minutes to go." Mack reminded her. Daisy nodded.

There was no way she was letting HYDRA get in here. She sprinted down the corridor heading to the closest barricade and added a little something extra, more crates. Daisy released some of her power against the door to make it tighter. She did the same to the two others.

The seconds were counting down fast, less than a minute to go until the portal reopened, Daisy guessed.

She didn't have the best concept of time at points, but she can estimate. HYDRA once again caused the whole room to rumble. Despite being a natural disaster that can caused earthquakes she still couldn't stand properly in more, this rumble almost knocked Daisy to the ground as she ran back into the room. The ringing lasted longer and was louder, it seemed they were using more explosives each time.

"Tell me that was you." Mack joked despite knowing full well who was the cause of all the ruckus.

"That's just them getting closer." Daisy stated.

"Okay, Tremors, let's hope this works."

She checked the clock, twenty seconds left until the portal opened.

This better work.

Because she didn't know what she'd do if it didn't.

Then again if it didn't work, she'd be dead… which then solves that problem.

It was the longest twenty seconds of her life, but eventually it came down to,

Three—

Two—

One—

Zero.

The whole room started to tremble, she could feel every aspect of it. Only some of it was being absorbed by her gauntlets, but not enough. Everything in the room— and their vibrational frequency was bumped up to a hundred. The sound itself pounded through her skull.

As the machine powered up more it started to overload her senses again, giving off that deafening sound, a result of all the shaking. Daisy grabbed her forehead as she cringed at the sound. It was vibrating its way into her head, causing a massive migraine. She involuntarily absorbed some of the vibrations making her feel like a water balloon with too much water and kept getting chucked, only it wouldn't pop open. Every bone in her body was trembling from the force that was being held captive in her.

"Forgot about this part!" Daisy raised her voice as if Mack could hear it all too.

"Get out of here, I can handle everything." Mack ordered.

Daisy got some sort of handle on the deafening sound, powering it through it all. Even though the whole room was shaking already she slowly released some of the pent up vibrations in her making the water balloon less full, it eased her pain a little bit. But only a little bit. Her head still felt as if it was being wacked like pi?ata at a kid's party.

"I'm not leaving. I'll be fine."

Finally the five rocks started to liquidate to create a pond— or the portal to another world. The world where her friends, and out-right worst enemy is stuck on, with an ancient mythical alien creature that could kill them all. Daisy thought she saw something in the portal, she wasn't sure what, maybe it was just sand. But something.

"One minute left. We don't have much time." Mack said. Daisy ran over to the two guns laying on the crate on the other side of the room. "You may have to hold this thing open." He said.

She wasn't sure if she was going to be able to do that but she wasn't giving up on Coulson.

Daisy handed Mack one of the guns. "In case you-know-what shows up instead of our peeps."

"Anything other than our people comes out, we give May the high sign and blow it to hell." Mack stated. "Same if HYDRA gets in here."

Unknown to Daisy there was a small gasp that came from the other side of the room. Mack glanced at Daisy to check if he was just hearing things. "Did you hear that?"

"What, the loud, deafening ringing sound?" Daisy questioned. "Yeah."

Mack shook his head. "No, this was something else— almost a…"

Mack and Daisy exchanged glances. Mack didn't need to finish his sentence.

If someone was in here, and they could hear their conversations and it was better not to tip them off. But it might be too late for that. After a second Daisy nodded and took point, while Mack stood over the portal. Mack directed her to where the sound originated from with his gun. Daisy hid her body behind a piece of technology equipment for only a moment, right before revealing herself to the unknown variable, with a gun pointed at their face.

Only it wasn't a hidden Hydra agent like she was expecting.

No.

It was the complete opposite.

It was a kid.

No older than eleven, moppy blonde hair, teal eyes, drenched in the orange goop from the gel-matrix pods. He was in nothing but a white undergarment, and there was a chained bracelet on his right wrist. He was shaking profusely out of fear, like a tree in the mists of a tornado. The kid held his trembling arms up in front of his face, blocking it from the barrel of Daisy's assault rifle. Immediately Daisy put the gun down.

She couldn't believe it, she was as shocked as the kid was.

How in the world did he get here? Or was he always here and they just didn't notice?

She knelt down to his level. Hopefully then he will let his guard down, like she did.

"Hey, it's alright. You're safe. I'm not gonna hurt you." Daisy spoke in a soft calming tone.

It didn't ease the kid's shaking but he did put his arms down. It was progress.

"I'm Daisy," She then pointed to the direction of the portal. "And over there is my partner, Mack. We're gonna get you out of here, Okay?"

The kid nodded ever so slightly.

They'll do proper introductions later, but right now they had bigger problems. Much bigger problems.

Daisy held out her hand to pull him up, at first his hand just slipped through her fingers due to the slime he was drenched in. And it didn't held that Daisy was still shaking herself from all the vibrations.

The gel must be from the gel-matrix pod. Daisy thought. He's Inhuman.

The second try got him up to his feet. She led him over to Mack who was staring into the portal, ready for anything, his muscles tense, and a grim expression on his face. But when he glanced up his whole demeanor changed.

"What the—" He started. His eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Where the hell did he come from?"

"He's inhuman, he was in one of the pods." Daisy said, glancing at the portal, Mack, then the kid again.

He was hugging his ribs, his whole body trembling more than she was. Then it dawned on her. He wasn't shaking out of fear, he was shaking because he was cold. Which made sense he was covered in goop and had no clothes on. She looked around for a blanket or something, anything.

Luckily there seemed to be a jacket hanging out on one of the crates to the left. She had no clue who's it was and where it came from, but she didn't care, it will do.

"But Lash—"

"I know." Daisy cut Mack off as she handed the kid the jacket.

Mack shook his head. "Whatever, it doesn't matter. You have to get him out of here." He ordered. "He's priority one now."

The ringing was starting to become too much, she was pretty sure her nose was bleeding. Soon, if Daisy wasn't careful her bones would start cracking, she could feel them vibrating under the pressure. Her head felt lighter, yet heavier at the same time. She still wasn't leaving though.

"I'm not leaving you behind!"

"Daisy it's too much for you anyways. Get the kid to safety. I have a containment pod waiting, stay there until I give the order."

Daisy stayed her ground, she wasn't leaving Mack behind. There was a chance they all made it out of this, but if she leaves— that chance goes to hell. Her whole body started to sway— her trembling limbs couldn't hold her anymore. The ringing in her head intensified, the pounding in her head grew, the rumbling in the room increased.

It was all too much for her to handle.

"We're out of time."

Is what Daisy said right before collapsing to the ground...


...luckily for her, Mack caught her before she did. He glanced at the countdown clock, there was fifteen seconds left and he was all on his own now with an unconscious Daisy to protect as well as the mysterious kid. Mack slung Daisy over his shoulders like a fireman-carry.

"Get behind me, slippery." Mack ordered the kid, he raised his gun defensively towards the portal. The kid swiftly got behind Mack when the portal started making noises, less than a second later Fitz came bursting though.

"Fitz!" Mack exclaimed lowering his guard. The kid on the other hand took a step back from the portal completely mortified that a person just emerged from it, he raised his hands defensively in front of him.

"Mack..."

Fitz had a face full of relief, then a face full of confusion once he noticed the boy. Coulson came through the portal as well, right before the rocks turned to solid again and the rumbling in the room came to a stop. Coulson did not look as relieved, his face was grim and serious.

"Wha— Who's the kid?" Coulson asked, just as surprised as everyone else, despite whatever he had just done to fill his mood.

"Honestly? Don't know. Where's Will?" Mack questioned.

His answer was shown in Fitz's face. He was looking down and his hands were subtly shaking, eventually he shook his head.

"Alright," Mack said somberly. "Come on. We gotta get out of here." Mack said. He adjusted Daisy over his shoulder and headed for the exit. The trio made sure the boy was in the middle of the group if they incountered HYDRA, thankfully they didn't.

Mack activated his com as he set Daisy down in the containment pod. "Do it, May! Now!"

Fitz was the last one to run in, he slapped the containment pods controls on the outside, closing the doors and activating the thrusters.

The kid was obviously extremely curious, and absolutely prettified as to what was happening. Right before the doors fully closed there was a faint whistling sound coming from above, the missile. The kid immediately tensed and put his hands over his ears as if the faint sound was hurting him. Thankfully the doors closed right before the missiles touched down decimating the castle, and leaving it in ruins. The windows of the pod fill up with smoke.

Only a few seconds did it take for the containment pod to lift off the ground. The rumbling caused Daisy to stir with a groan, Coulson helped her sit up.

"Open the door. I'm bringing them in." Mack said over coms.

As they were being shot up in the air, it was extremely windy inside the pod, which wasn't right. There must be a crack in the window or something. A leak somewhere. Everyone's clothes and hair was blowing everywhere. There was like a miniature tornado occurring in the containment pod. They would have to fix that once they get back to base.

The kid tightened his hands around his head and was whimpering. It was only fair, they were being shot up directly into the sky— he had no knowledge or any explanation as to what was going on, and was in a pod that was most definitely not built for five.

Daisy, who was now fully awake, was observing the distressed kid. "I guess we know what his power is."

Mack assumed super hearing, or something to that aspect. Apart from the wind, you barely could hear the thrusters on the outside— the pod was designed to be soundproof, and explosion proof as they just proved.

The speed of the pod slowed down as they approached the Zephyr, but the wind didn't die down until they were fully docked, even then there was a slight breeze. Daisy gently padded the kid's arm, slightly rubbing it to ease his worries, somehow that only seemed to scare him more. The kid was absolutely frightened to death.

"You have to stay here for now, alright?"

The kid nodded hesitatingly, still holding his hands up to his ears, and still shaking like a leaf in the wind.

Daisy was the first to exit, then Mack, then slowly Fitz, and lastly Coulson. Everyone had a look of relief and happiness on their faces, everyone except for Fitz and Simmons. Mack only partly knew what Will meant to Simmons, but he did know that she cared about him, enough to want to go back to that planet to save him, enough that this will hit her hard.