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

[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.

[redheadpepper]

I've - seen what happens when it doesn't work. Or what's left, which isn't much.

[ Pepper runs a hand through her hair absently. ]

A friend of mine nearly got killed by a guy with - the same stuff as me.

[morethan084]

So multiple people have been, what? Injected with whatever this is?

[redheadpepper]

Yes. I think most of them volunteered for it, though.

[ Pepper absolutely did not. ]

It's called Extremis.

[morethan084]

Sounds like a pretty appropriate name.

[She wishes Pepper would let Fitz and Simmons take a look at though.]

[redheadpepper]

I'd probably call it "torture serum" but what do I know? I'm just - me.

[ A trophy. She winces a little at the memory. ]

I won't blame you if you want to get away from me, it's pretty - scary.

[morethan084]

[Having dealt with Mike going through something similar, of course she's cautious, but, she knows that being left alone wouldn't help things either.]

I'm not scared. I just think you need to find someone who can help, even if Tony isn't here.

[AKA her friends.]

[redheadpepper]

What makes you think these people you know might be able to help me?

[ Pepper definitely wants help! She's just not sure how much she can trust a bunch of strangers right now. ]

[morethan084]

Because they're from SHIELD

[She figures that name might have some weight.]

[redheadpepper]

[ And it certainly does. Pepper glances at the younger woman, surprised. ]

How do you know about that?

[morethan084]

[Yeah. She was expecting that sort of reaction. It’s honestly a relief, because, maybe now she’ll take it seriously.]

Because I’ve been helping them out.

[redheadpepper]

[ It's not a name she was expecting to hear, in this place. Not from - well, from someone who looks like Skye does. All of the SHIELD agents Pepper has met have had quite a different aesthetic, to be fair. ]

Okay. Where are these friends of yours?