Spirit in the Skye | OTA

[morethan084]

Who: Daisy Johnson (Skye in this case) and YOU
Where: Various
When: February 9th-11th
Rating: PG-13 (Mentions of blood and gunshot wound injuries.)
Summary: Daisy 'wakes up' in Wonderland going by the name Skye is recovering from a severe injury. She's also aged back to 25 years old and has long hair again.
The Story:

CLOSED TO JEMMA AND FITZ

[Skye woke up to that growingly familiar burning sensation of pain that radiated throughout her abdomen, which she’s been dealing with ever since she got shot three weeks ago. She was getting ready to call Simmons back in to give her more pain meds when she realizes how different this bed feels, and the familiar tugging on her arm from the IV was gone when she brought a hand up to her face.

Opening her eyes panic instantly sets in when she finds herself in a completely unfamiliar room and all of the annoying equipment she had been hooked up to was gone.”]

Jemma?

[No answers, and she’s clearly the only one in this room with no windows. Mind racing with a billion scenarios as to where she could be and how she got here, Skye gets out of the bed slightly hunched over but hurrying over to the door. Pressing her ear against the door she doesn’t hear anything and risks carefully opening the door to look outside. Yeah, none of this was familiar. This wasn’t the bus and she has nothing with her to protect herself with, but she fears she would just be a sitting duck if she stays in her room. Even if walking around right now was proving to be way more difficult than she wishes it was. In fact she doesn’t get very far before the hallway is tilting and she’s collapsing to the floor.]

OTA

Diner

[Skye isn’t really feeling like herself, but, she should try to eat something. Even if eating recently has been a struggle. Finding a diner on the floor above where she had come out of, Skye walks in looking like death warmed over. Taking a seat at one of the booths, Skye reads over the menu although most of it didn’t look very appealing to her right now.]

Garden

[Skye had overheard someone saying there were dinosaurs outside, but despite even waking up in this place, Skye found that hard to believe without checking it out for herself.

They weren’t joking.]

How high am I right now?

[She’s speaking to herself, but, if someone overhears her hopefully they can convince her that they’re seeing it too.]

Wildcard

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Comments

[morethan084]

[Of course Skye notices the way she dodges the question, but she doesn’t push it for now.]

I think they’re herbivores. So, hopefully, nothing happens.

[At least from what she remembers from Jurassic Park.]

[redheadpepper]

I mean, sure, but they could still squash us like grapes if they got spooked or something...

[ Has Pepper seen Jurassic Park? Who knows. She's not always the greatest at pop culture. Just then, a rustling in the greenery nearby reveals a smaller, more slender dinosaur poking around, only about ten feet away from them. Pepper sucks in a breath. ]

What about that one?

[morethan084]

I mean, I don’t think it could trample is.

[It wasn’t that much taller than them, probably a baby.

Regardless...]

I’m going to go back inside where they can’t eat me.

[Yeah right.]

[redheadpepper]

That... might be a good idea. Though I'm not sure how much safer it is inside.

[ Pepper is taking a few steps back, hands up as though trying to placate the dinosaur - whatever it is. It eventually scampers back into the bushes and she breathes again. ]

What - what's your name? I'm Pepper.

[morethan084]

[Skye just gives Pepper a look when she says out loud what she had been thinking.

Walking slowly back towards the door, Skye looks over at Pepper and then it seems to hit her.]

Wait. Pepper Potts?

[redheadpepper]

Yeah, that's me.

[ Pepper is unfazed by the recognition. She just offers a small smile to the other woman, almost self-deprecating. She doesn't seem to be familiar with Killian, so there's probably no harm in it. ]

[morethan084]

[She isn’t as familiar with her work, but she at least knows she works for Tony.

Speaking of...]

When you said us, did you mean you and Tony Stark?

[redheadpepper]

Tony was there, yeah. Do you know if he's here?

[ If Tony's here, Pepper can't imagine he wouldn't announce himself in the most public way possible. Especially if there are dinosaurs wandering around. ]

[morethan084]

No, I haven't seen him.

[Thank god. I don't think her body could handle the amount of fan girling she would go through if he was.

Thanking the person who held the door for them, Skye tries to figure out where to go next. Bed is probably the smart thing to do, but she feels way too vulnerable to be stuck in a room right now. Especially when she isn't on the bus.]

Have you been anywhere else in here?

[redheadpepper]

[ That sort of sinks Pepper's stomach. Tony is the only one who might - might - be able to fix this Extremis mess inside her. If he's not here - what is she going to do?

Keep calm, Pepper, you've got this. ]

Um. The kitchen. That's pretty big.

[morethan084]

[There were more people around than before, a lot of them look as confused as the two of them. Something she's noticed though...]

Where's the security in this place? I mean, they bring a bunch of hostages here and I've yet to see one guy keeping tabs on any of us.

[redheadpepper]

Speaking as someone who was recently a hostage, I have to agree. I don't know why we're not restrained at least.

[ Not that there's much that could keep Pepper restrained at the moment. She glances up, as if looking for security cameras. ]

Hang on. Stand back a minute.

[ She probably shouldn't be doing this, but someone ought to test it. Test this place. There's a gilt mirror in the hallway, so she reaches out, taking a deep breath. Her skin begins to glow from within, a bright orange, and the gilt begins to heat. And heat, and heat, and melt.

Pepper glances around, expecting someone to descend on them, or an alarm to go off, or... something. ]

[morethan084]

[Skye does stay put, unsure if Pepper had seen something or someone. What she wasn't expecting is for Pepper to do anything remotely like that. Eyes wide in surprise, Skye looks around to see if anyone notices and tries to stop them. Nothing. People are a little scared, if anything.]

What the hell was that?

[redheadpepper]

[ Pepper looks pained for a moment, and shakes her head. ]

Something bad. But clearly, whoever took us doesn't care if we destroy the furniture. And the kitchen is well-stocked. You can get anything.

[morethan084]

[The last thing on her mind right now was food. Especially after Pepper’s display of whatever the hell that was.]

I’m not hungry. What do you mean something bad?

[redheadpepper]

[ That wasn't the point Pepper was trying to make - she was trying to explain that this is one luxurious prison, if that's what it is. But clearly, this young woman isn't going to be distracted. ]

It's the reason why I have to find Tony. He said he could fix me.

[morethan084]

[Eyes flickering from her face, to arm, and then back to her face, Skye hadn't moved from the spot she had stayed put in while she did that thing to the mirror.]

Fix you? So you couldn't always melt mirrors?

[redheadpepper]

No. The guy who - made me this way, he's dead, and Tony's the only one who can fix it. If he's not here...

[ Pepper glances down at her hands, then rubs them on her pants, as if that might... what? Who even knows. ]

[morethan084]

[Skye frowns sympathetically. As if this day wasn't already complicated enough.]

I know some people here. Maybe they can help.

[redheadpepper]

[ Pepper lets out a shaky exhale, almost a laugh, but stops before it becomes hysterical. She's honestly hanging by a thread here, trying to stay calm. ]

The person who invented it hadn't been able to stabilize it in over a decade - and while I'm sure you know some very smart people, I can't say I relish the idea of being restrained and - and injected with things by someone I don't know right now.

[ Just in case you wanted to know how Killian made her this way. ]

[morethan084]

[Yeah. She'd rather Pepper didn't try to melt her friends.]

How long have you been like this?

[redheadpepper]

[ Pepper winces at that question. ]

I don't... know. A few days, tops.

[morethan084]

Well, for what it's worth, it seems like you have pretty good control over it.

[Please let it stay that way.]

[redheadpepper]

I - well, thanks. I didn't really think about it. I just - do it. If I think too hard, I start feeling like I'm losing control, and I don't -

[ She doesn't want to die, and she doesn't want to kill other people either. So she pushes it aside. ]

[morethan084]

I'd say that's pretty impressive.

[Where's the night-night gun when you need it?]

You know, considering.