Enoch walked around the small space station of his old acquaintance, Noah. His purpose was to see that Davis Hale survived in the cryogenic tank so they could save Leopold Fitz's friends in the future. It had only been one hundred and eighty five days since they left earth, they still had seventy three years and three hundred and thirteen more to go. This would be easy to handle, as for a Chonicom, that wasn't long at all. After checking looking over the fuel reserves, adjusting the orbital trajectory, he looked out over the sea of stars. Why he did this, he wasn't exactly sure, but humans did it quite frequently on their television shows, and it had just become a strange habit once he tried it.
Time was proceeding as usual, until an alarm went off, drawing his full attention. This wasn't usual at all. Enoch reached the tank with it's blaring vitality alarms. He then looked inside, and was quite unsure how it became empty. No one was aboard this space station, not since Noah left to take his place on earth in assisting Leopold Fitz and the other members of SHIELD. The door had not been opened, and to his knowledge, humans could not simply disappear. At least, not ones without inhuman or supernatural power. Neither would be applicable to Davis Hale. This sparked many questions; one being, could the future already have been changed? Was there another catastrophic event that the Seer not warned him about? His mind quickly began running several calculations. If he diverted from his mission to bring Davis Hale to the future, would the known cataclysm still occur? Was this new cataclysm a result of staying on their current path. Would diverting from the designated course cause world ending paradoxes?
More alarms began to sound, drawing the immediate attention. He hurried toward the bridge as the warning lights flashed. His eyes fixated on the screens once he reached the command station. There were several Confederate war ships passing nearby as if they were regrouping, all dangerously close to this station. Thankfully, it must've registered as abandoned due to the low power output, but this drew another question. Where were they heading? The only planet with life in this solar system was Earth. It was then Enoch realized something was horribly wrong. He needed to contact Leopold Fitz. He needed to warn him of the dangers that were coming his way. It would be extremely risky, but some times risks were necessary to prevent a cataclysmic event. That amount of warriors could overwhelm the humans if they weren't prepared.
"We've got another report of a large energy spike!" Fitz barked as the computer's warning echoed through the halls from Mission Control.
"Where is it this time?" Mack asked as Fitz quickly pulled up the map, blinking red just over a small town in Ohio.
"We need a team on the ground," Mack stated firmly.
"We're about ten minutes out," May replied over the speaker.
"Remember, we're just trying to catch this creature, not kill it," Mack stated. "We need to analyze it so we know what we're up against."
"Ok, that wasn't our fault," Daisy stated over the speaker. "It materialized from the atmosphere and combusted as it fell!"
"We're already being watched like a hawk, we can't afford any more scrutiny," Mack sighed.
"Don't worry, Sir," Jemma stated. "We'll do our best to get at least a sample!"
"Thank you," Mack said then turned to Fitz. "Any clues as to what is causing this Turbo?"
"Unfortunately," Fitz frowned as he tinkered with his tablet. "No. If I had one of those Infinity Stones to analyze, I could compare the two energy signatures."
"Doesn't sound like Thanos was quite willing to share them," Mack smirked.
"It makes me wonder though," Fitz started. "If we would've failed to stop Talbot, could he have stopped Thanos?"
"I saw that future," Mack said firmly. "It wasn't pretty. The whole world was ripped apart by his lust for power. Even if it did stop Thanos, the world is better together than the remnants of the human species being confined to this base."
"It was just a thought," Fitz sighed as Mack turned his focus back to the screen.
The tires of Mick's bike spun out as he and Daisy landed carefully thanks to her quake powers. May hated when they jumped out of the hatch like that, but it was a necessity if they were going to figure out what was causing these strange energy spikes.
"Nice landing," May snarked over the comms. "That bike isn't going to hold up if you keep doing that."
"Thanks, Mom," Mick grunted. "We needed to be on the ground, so we that's where we went!"
"You could've at least waited until we were closer," Jemma's concern was evident.
"Where's the fun in that?" Daisy asked.
"We're getting close! Keep your eyes peeled for anything down there!" May barked "We'll cover you from above."
"Rodger," Mick and Daisy said harmoniously.
They flew down the road at incredible speeds, which was much easier thanks to the fewer people. The abandoned car's that still lined the roads made it much more tricky than it should be, but tricky was fun. It was also a somber reminder of just how dangerous the world still was. Despite the serious nature of the mission, Mick's mind was stuck on the fact Daisy was holding on to him so tightly. It was quite unusual for them to be so close with her training Ruby and his constantly chasing these strange power surges. "Signal is spiking!" Daisy yelled over the roar of the engine. "We're right on top of it according to this!"
Mick twisted the bike as it screeched to a halt. The two looked around to see several abandoned buildings, marked by firefighters with a spray painted X for empty. The wind began to howl, mingling with with a high pitch electrical whirring. Sparks shot from the sky above, then a man began to appear from the chaos. He was on the small side, but it didn't change Mick and Daisy preparing for a fight. No sooner than he appeared, several large draconian creatures burst from the swirling vortex with ear spilling shrieks.
They quickly began circling the man, he began sprinting toward the two of them. "Ready?" Daisy asked as she lifted her hands, ready to launch a quake.
"Let's do this," Mick nodded as his two sabers crackled to life with blue electricity.
The dragon like creatures screamed as Mick and Daisy began fighting them off. They recoiled at Mick's slashes, while Daisy quaked several back toward the steadily fading vortex. A few of them vaporized in the electrical storm, while others left the two heroes in favor of their original prey. The man screamed in blood curdling agony as two of the creatures lifted him into the sky while others were snipping and biting into him.
"What do we do about that?" Daisy asked as Mick frowned.
"Launch me and I'll try to web him?" Mick shrugged as the two gave chase as best they could.
"How are you going to catch yourself?" Daisy asked as Mick shrugged again.
"I trust you," Mick smiled.
"This is insane!" Daisy stated.
"What other choice do we have?" Mick asked as he jumped atop a car. "Now or never!"
Daisy winced as Mick jumped from the top of the car into her quake, sending him through the air like a paper airplane. The force of the quake stung quite a bit, but he fought through the pain as he gained enough altitude. He began shooting several web lines, hitting the man, then jerking him free of the monstrous creatures. He suddenly felt another surge, launching him even higher. The decent was much faster than Mick anticipated, slamming into something solid and unaccounted for. He shook his head realizing he was now sitting in the hatch of Zephyr One with a look of disapproval from Jemma and May both.
As Mick tried to regain composure the man jumped from the hatch into a free fall. "What the heck?" Mick quickly followed after catching the chute Jemma tossed. "Our guy has a suicide issue! I'm-" Mick paused as he looked around, seeing no one else in the air. "Where'd he go?"
"Pull the chute Bellouve, you're falling too fast!" May barked, Mick reluctantly listening. "Mick lost the target, do you see anything down there Daisy?"
"I've got eyes on Mick, but there's nothing down here," Daisy replied.
"So we lost another one?" Mick sighed.
"At least this time we have proof something existed," Jemma said as Mick felt a hint of relief. "I'm pulling a blood sample now. Maybe we can find out just what we're dealing with."
"We've got a much bigger problem," May stated plainly.
"How much bigger?" Daisy asked.
"Knowing our luck, catastrophic big," Mick grunted as he slowly drifted toward the ground.
"I've got them, what's going on?" May asked as Mick, Daisy, and Jemma stood behind her.
"We had a message from Enoch," Fitz's voice came over the speaker. "Judging by the time stamp, it's from about two months ago. I don't know if you'll want to hear it though. It's gonna really upset Mick."
"Just tell us," Mick demanded.
"Davis Hale vanished, presumably due to Thanos," Fitz paused as Mick growled. "That's not the worst it. He saw confederate ships heading our way."
"Great, first energy vortexes now a freaking Kree invasion?" Daisy huffed.
"What's Mack saying about this?" Jemma asked.
"He doesn't know," Fitz sounded nervous. "He and Yo-Yo left base to deal with another hearing."
"Great," May sighed.
"Guess we're getting overtime today," Daisy smirked as Mick stood silently staring out at the clouds. She frowned as she began to rub his shoulders, feeling the emotions he was trying to compress by his tense stance.