Chapter 1

AN: So, I was planning on continuing one of my in progress stories, but I had an idea and decided to write this instead. I do plan to go back to them, eventually. Hope you like. Things will make sense as you read.

Just one important change from cannon, Clint sacrificed himself on Vormir and not Natasha.

November 2030

"How many are in there?" Daisy asks, Elena 'Yo-Yo' Rodriguez as the two of them, both in tactical gear, both in their forties, travel in a truck that has plenty of seats in the back, Daisy being the one who is driving.

"Don't know, intel wasn't clear," Elena answers, and as she does both she and Daisy hear a noise, which causes the old friends to exchange concerned looks.

After exchanging the looks Daisy nods at Elena, who quickly moves, though she moves too quickly for Daisy to comprehend, and so the next thing she knows Elena is in her seat holding a very familiar twelve-year-old girl.

"Morgan what are you doing here?" Daisy asks shocked. "Natasha, May, and Carol told you that you needed to stay at base," Daisy reminds the young girl, using her anger to hide her worry.

"I wanted to help," Morgan Stark says, giving Daisy a very intense look. "And you know I can Daisy," Morgan argues.

"Morgan you know this is dangerous," Elena reminds the young girl who she hasn't let go off.

"Everything's dangerous, Elena," Morgan argues. "I want to help," she says, sounding just as stubborn as her father.

"You could have stayed at base and helped Jemma, Bobbi and Hope," Daisy tells Morgan, knowing that the young girl is very good at that. "You're going home, Kid," Daisy says, knowing that there is no way they can let Morgan join them in the mission.

"Quake, Yo-Yo, come in," A very familiar voice says though the trucks radio, before Daisy has a chance to turn the truck around.

"We're here, Agent 13," Daisy answers as she picks up the communicator. "And we're not alone, Little Miss stowed away," Daisy explains, knowing that the people at the base would worry once they realized Morgan was gone.

"I really wish you didn't just say that," Sharon admits, sounding concerned.

"What's going on?" Elena asks, as she and Daisy once more exchange concerned looks.

"Forces are moving in, heading straight to the location," Sharon explains. "With Wanda, Brunnhilde, and Carol not back yet we have no one else who can get there quick enough," Sharon reveals, having a horrible feeling about how this is going to end.

"So, we can't turn back," Daisy realizes, looking concerned at Morgan as she knows that they have no choice but to let Morgan join them because there are too many lives at stake.

"I'm sorry," Sharon responds, wishing she could give another answer.

"It's not your fault, Sharon," Elena says. "Yo-Yo and Quake out," Elena says, before cutting the communication.

"So, I can help?" Morgan asks, looking excited.

"No, you can stay on this truck and do exactly as I tell you," Daisy tells the little girl that she has become very protective off.

"But…" Morgan starts to object.

"I'm serious, Morgan," Daisy says, her voice completely stern.

"Okay." Morgan says, recognizing the tone as the one Daisy uses when she is completely serious about something, when there can be no objections.

About ten minutes later the truck Daisy is driving has stopped, just outside a building which is almost destroyed like so many others and she, Morgan, and Elena are walking towards the back.

"Go over it again, Morgan," Elena says, wanting to make sure the young girl understands what she and Daisy have told her.

"I'm to stay hidden here. After you leave, I wait twenty minutes, if you're not back I'm to drive back to base," Morgan recites, knowing she will have no problem with that as she has been able to drive most vehicles since she was eight.

"Good, make sure you do that," Daisy tells her.

"I can't leave you," Morgan says, looking between Daisy and Elena.

"You might have too," Elena tells her. "We'll be getting people back here, if we're not back in twenty minutes you need to get back to base with them," Elena explains. "You know how important this is," she points out.

"I know," Morgan says, looking quite reluctant, not because she doesn't know how important what Elena and Daisy are asking her but because she doesn't want to leave them.

"I love you," Daisy says, before hugging the young girl who she considers to be her sister.

"I love you too," Morgan responds, as she feels Daisy kiss the top of her head, and once she and Daisy break apart Elena hugs her too.

"Twenty minutes," Daisy says, as Morgan and Elena break apart, Elena having whispered something to Morgan before doing so.

"Twenty minutes," Morgan repeats as Daisy and Elena leave. "You better be back," Morgan mutters as she watches the two older women walk away.

Over the next five minutes Daisy and Elena make their way though the barely standing building, Elena often using her abilities to scout ahead so they know what to expect.

"There up here," Elena tells Daisy as she appears back at her side.

"Good," Daisy says relieved, and the two of them make their way up through the corridor in silence until they arrive at the end of the corridor where there is a cage with people of all ages inside, and as soon as they see Daisy and Elena approach looks of relief appear on all their faces.

"Stand back," Daisy instructs, and the second does all the people move back which allows her to use her powers to destroy the bars of the cage.

"Go, run down the corridor, there's a truck waiting," Elena says, and the second she does that's exactly what the people do.

"There's more people down the corridor," A women tells Daisy and Elena.

"We'll get them too," Daisy assures her, "Go," Daisy says, and once the women joins the others in running she and Elena continue to move, deeper into the building.

"I'll check ahead," Elena says, before running and a second later she gets back to Daisy, but as soon as she sees her Daisy knows she is not okay, as her throat is slit.

"YO-YO!" Daisy yells in terror, as Elena falls to the ground.

"Trap," Elena manages to say, with great difficulty before she succumbs to her injuries.

"No, no, no," Daisy says, crouching down next to Elena and wanting to do something to help, even though she knows it is too late. "Morgan," Daisy says, realizing something as she tries to help her friend, and so, not having time to dwell on where she is leaving Elena, Daisy goes running, running as fast as she can back to the truck.

Running at the top speed she can run, which is no where as fast as Elena, Daisy gets back to the truck quickly, and the second she gets back she looks for the women who told her about the other cage. Seeing her Daisy raises her hand and uses the power on the women, sending a sonic blast which snaps her neck, but not before the women uses a blaster, to send a blast of energy at Morgan.

"NO!" Daisy yells as she runs towards Morgan, who has fallen to the ground, pressing a button as she passes it, which seemingly does nothing, to Daisy's relief.

Getting to Morgan Daisy realizes that the she did not get a full blast of the blaster, but it was still pretty significant.

"Hey Little Miss," Daisy says, as she gets to Morgan side and quickly starts to search her suit for the medical supplies she carries. "You're going to be okay," Daisy assures her, trying to be as convincing as possible.

"Liar," Morgan says, as she struggles and feels incredible pain, as she's smart enough to know how bad this is.

"SOMONE START TO DRIVE, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE TO GO," Daisy yells at the people she saved and thankfully one of them goes to the drivers seat. "I'm not lying. You're gonna be okay because May still has to yell at you for sneaking onboard," Daisy reminds her, as she applies pressure to Morgan's wound.

"She wouldn't…" Morgan says, clearly struggling more.

"She would," Daisy assures her, as she tries to think of things she can do to help Morgan as she knows she cannot let the little girl die.

After a drive that never seemed to end Daisy, Morgan who has lost consciousness, and the people they rescued are arriving back at the place Daisy and Morgan call home, the Base.

Carrying Morgan Daisy hurries into the facility where she finds Jemma Simmons, Hope Van Dyne, Bobbi Morse, Natasha Romanoff, Sharon Carter, and Melinda May, all of whom look tired with scars, waiting with a gurney.

"She was hit with an energy blast, I did what I could," Daisy says as she puts Morgan gently down on the gurney.

"Now we will," Jemma says, giving Daisy a reassuring look, and she, Bobbi and Hope take Morgan away, taking her too the medical area.

"Daisy, what happened?" Melinda asks concerned as she looks for signs of injuries on Daisy.

"It was a trap," Daisy explains, guilt clear in her voice. "There was a pink skin in the group of prisoners. She shot at Morgan," Daisy explains. "I snapped her neck, but it was too late," Daisy says, guilt clear.

"Are you sure she was the only one?" Sharon asks concerned.

"I pressed the button, nothing happened, I'm sure," Daisy says, as the button she pressed as she ran towards Morgan would have told her if there were any other aliens in the truck.

"I'll get everyone checked in," Sharon says, before walking away, heading in the direction Daisy came from.

"Daisy, where's Elena?" Natasha asks, as Sharon walks away, fearing she knows the exact answer.

"She didn't make it," Daisy says, tears coming to her eyes, and in response, Melinda just walks the few steps that separate them and hugs her.

A little while later Melinda is walking though the base. As she walks up to the part of the base where there is collection of photos, a memorial wall, she isn't surprised to find Natasha staring at one picture in particular; the picture of Pepper Potts.

Without a word Melinda walks up to her and takes Natasha's hand, and Natasha doesn't react as she knew it was Melinda.

"I owed it her, to them, to make sure nothing ever happened to their little girl," Natasha tells Melinda, after a few minutes of silence.

"This isn't your fault, Nat," Melinda assures her, even though she knows there is nothing she can say to prevent Natasha from blaming herself.

"It feels like it is," Natasha admits. "If we had been here…" Natasha starts to say.

"Don't go there," Melinda tells her. "Natasha we've driven ourselves crazy with the what ifs for years, don't do it again," Melinda says as she knows that is a rabbit hole they shouldn't go down again.

"I can't help it," Natasha admits, knowing Melinda will know that. "I failed them, Mel," Natasha admits.

"No, you didn't," Melinda assures her. "Morgan has been wanting to do more to help for a while. I don't know if we could have stopped her if we were here," Melinda reveals, as she and Natasha were out securing food and clean water for the base which is why Daisy and Elena went on the rescue mission.

"We could have tried," Natasha responds, and the two of them drift into silence as they stare at the wall that they both feel has way too many pictures on it.

For well over ten minutes Natasha and Melinda stand in silence until they hear footsteps and Carol Danvers walks up to the pair, but she doesn't stop at them, she walks to the wall and puts up a picture, one of Morgan Stark.

"No!" Natasha says, her voice breaking. "When?" she asks, as tears come to both hers and Melinda's eyes.

"A few minutes ago," Carol answers, as she walks back to Melinda and Natasha. "Hope told us as we got back," Carol explains as she takes Natasha's other hand and the three women drift into silence as they mourn together.

In another part of the base Jemma walks into the room that she and Daisy have been shearing for years. Walking into the room she finds Daisy sitting on the bed, and the second Daisy sees Jemma she knows exactly what has happened.

"No!" Daisy exclaims, her voice full of horror and heartbreak.

"I'm sorry, Daisy. We did everything we could, but it was too much," Jemma says sadly, as she walks towards Daisy.

"Fucken hell! She's twelve years old!" Daisy exclaims as she stands up angrily.

"Daisy…" Jemma starts to say, as she walks towards her.

"It's not fair! Between The Snap and The Takeover she has never known a normal world, a world at peace, a stable universe, it's not fair," Daisy says, her voice breaking, as tears come to her eyes. "She deserved better," Daisy says, as she looks at the beside table where there is a picture she treasures.

"She did," Jemma confirms, as she walks the steps that separate them, and once she is close enough she puts her arms around Daisy, and kisses her, it being the only thing she can think to do to give Daisy comfort.

About half an hour later Melinda, Carol, and Natasha are still standing together at the memorial wall. As they stand together Valkyrie and Bobbi walk up to the trio. Once they are close enough Bobbi walks over and adds Yo-Yo's picture to the wall, before she walks back over, and she and Valkyrie stand next to Carol.

Over the next few minutes Melinda, Carol, Natasha, Valkyrie and Bobbi are joined by Hope Van Dyne, Wanda Maximoff, Sharon Carter, Jemma and Daisy. As the group get bigger, they all just stand together in silence as they stare at the pictures of everyone they have lost.

As Daisy stands next to her Melinda puts the arm that isn't holding Natasha's hand around Daisy's shoulders as she knows Daisy would be blaming herself and would be truly hurting.

"There are ten of us left alive on earth," Melinda says, breaking the silence after a few minutes. "And not many more around the universe," Melinda says, referring to what has come to be called 'The Resistance'.

"Yeah, and you've died like twice," Daisy comments, without moving away from Melinda.

"Three times," Carol corrects, causing Melinda to give both her and Daisy a less than impressed look.

"Just sayin," Daisy explains in response to the look Melinda is giving her.

"Supplies are getting harder to find," Natasha reveals as that is what she and Melinda found. "and we need to make what we have spread around further," Natasha says as while she is glad that they are rescuing more beings it is taking a toll.

"And it seems more forces are coming to Earth," Valkyrie explains. "Word is that everyone thinks Earth is getting weaker, but still in a good strategic position, so it's the perfect place to base their forces," she reveals.

"Not surprising considering parts of the planet are still Nuclear wastelands," Hope comments, glancing at Carol out of the corner of her eye as she knows Carol still feels guilty about not being able to stop that and so she is worried about how she will react.

"We're just going to have to keep fighting," Sharon says, feeling like they have no other choice.

"We can't," Wanda says, causing everyone else to look at her in shock.

"Wanda!" Jemma says, looking at her in complete and utter shock not being able to believe that Wanda is suggesting they give up.

"It's time," Wanda says. "It's time we do what Robin said we would have to eventually do," Wanda reveals. "We can't fight it anymore," She says, as she looks between the others.