[ Peggy Carter is no expert in the mechanics of dimension hopping and she is a woman who views trust as a rare currency, hard won and rarely spent. But she is also a soldier with a keen mind for strategy and doing what it takes to see the mission through and everyone home safely as quickly and efficiently as possible. Far be it from her to go on blind faith with people she's just met but farther still that she'll put the lives of her friends in jeopardy on a moment's hesitation or time wasted in an argument when the situation is as dire as it is β and time running out. One does what one must.
Her first impulse is to press the issue, it always is. She and Fitz have tumbled in and out of dreams all day β week? Time is fluid β with his portal ability as advanced as its become in this world so it makes perfect sense to her that they utilise it here and now. Even more so with Sora and Riku's emphasis on having a connection to the ones they've lost; Fitz is closest to both Cain and Markus, it's likely he could zero in on their positions from here (logically; as much as logic can apply in this mess). But this world is unravelling and its rules with it so she bites her tongue with a sideways glance to her fellow agent and gives a brief, sharp nod. They've been boxed in by circumstance. And the military woman in her says that taking a half step back from the line to regroup before charging onwards is sometimes a necessary concession.
So she reaches up for Fitz's hand at her shoulder and back up the rabbit hole they go, Alice. ]
That's fine, [ she says firmly, once they're clear. ] We'll mark this as the rendezvous point, return here once the missions are complete. Fitz, find Markus, you know him best. Sora, you're with me. We'll get Cain. [ Fitz's hand is still in hers and she folds it between both palms now as she turns back to him. The bond glows between them, burning determination, urgency, confidence. No room for anything else. (She takes what she can of the pain he feels, this echo of how he must have ended up in that place. No time to ask questions. Later. Always time later.) ] He must be here somewhere.
[ Nothing in the world β any world β is created or destroyed. That's science. Just because she can't see him, feel him, doesn't mean he isn't there. She won't accept that. A breath, steady, certain; she glances to the boys, then back to Fitz. No nerves in the bond, not when she knows they'll make it through all right. Gut feeling. ]
We'll all be back in Kansas before we know it. [ That's to everyone. And more softly to Fitz, brow quirked. ] And try not to kill anyone on the way. Including yourselves.
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Her first impulse is to press the issue, it always is. She and Fitz have tumbled in and out of dreams all day β week? Time is fluid β with his portal ability as advanced as its become in this world so it makes perfect sense to her that they utilise it here and now. Even more so with Sora and Riku's emphasis on having a connection to the ones they've lost; Fitz is closest to both Cain and Markus, it's likely he could zero in on their positions from here (logically; as much as logic can apply in this mess). But this world is unravelling and its rules with it so she bites her tongue with a sideways glance to her fellow agent and gives a brief, sharp nod. They've been boxed in by circumstance. And the military woman in her says that taking a half step back from the line to regroup before charging onwards is sometimes a necessary concession.
So she reaches up for Fitz's hand at her shoulder and back up the rabbit hole they go, Alice. ]
That's fine, [ she says firmly, once they're clear. ] We'll mark this as the rendezvous point, return here once the missions are complete. Fitz, find Markus, you know him best. Sora, you're with me. We'll get Cain. [ Fitz's hand is still in hers and she folds it between both palms now as she turns back to him. The bond glows between them, burning determination, urgency, confidence. No room for anything else. (She takes what she can of the pain he feels, this echo of how he must have ended up in that place. No time to ask questions. Later. Always time later.) ] He must be here somewhere.
[ Nothing in the world β any world β is created or destroyed. That's science. Just because she can't see him, feel him, doesn't mean he isn't there. She won't accept that. A breath, steady, certain; she glances to the boys, then back to Fitz. No nerves in the bond, not when she knows they'll make it through all right. Gut feeling. ]
We'll all be back in Kansas before we know it. [ That's to everyone. And more softly to Fitz, brow quirked. ] And try not to kill anyone on the way. Including yourselves.
[ Again. ]