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Find the Others - Chapter 10, Finding Jade

Summary: With the arrival of Dr. Strange the Avengers are brought up to what has happened elsewhere in the world. He informs them that Jade’s telepathic connection with the queen of the Others is the first time they’ve been able to start planning any sort of response to the aliens.

Length: 4.1K

Characters: Bucky, Jade, Dr. Strange

Warnings: 18+ readers only as this contains sexual content, a truly creepy mycelium based queen who wants to touch Jade, Bucky worried about Jade’s welfare when she’s exposed to the queen.

Author Notes: The part of the Queen is played by a video of Devil's Finger fungus, apparently a real and scary thing. Look it up on YouTube.

<<Chapter 9

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She was out in the Badlands again, alone, exposed, and she knew the Others were looking for her. Feeling an ache in her side her hand went to the scar left behind by the wound they gave her. How long ago was that? One month, two months? Seemed so long since it happened but so much had transpired since then. She had fallen in love... Bucky...she smiled at the thought of him. Tall, dark, muscular, handsome, brave but a doubt crept in.

"He will leave," said a voice she had heard before. "I have seen it."

She ignored the voice and continued to listen for the queen. Touching her comms she told the listener that it wasn't working. A man's voice sounded in her ear; very educated, clipped, bordering on arrogant.

"Give it time, Jade," said Dr. Stephen Strange, "you've only been out there for ten minutes. I can get you out of there in seconds so you're in no real danger."

"How can you believe the bullshit he is telling you?" said the familiar voice. "He doesn't care, just suddenly showing up without notice, ordering you all around. Don't tell him where I am."

There, that's why the voice was familiar. She put her hand to her comms. "She's contacted me and it's in English," she said. "The queen has learned our language."

Jade reached out with her mind to determine the location of the queen and it came from all around her. Well above her Red Wing was monitoring in all visual frequencies. The display was showing in Sam's eye goggles but also to a computer screen set up in the Bunker. Dr. Strange was standing in front of it with Bruce, Steve and Bucky beside him. The others were scattered behind, trying to see the display.

"The motion detectors are going off all around there," said Strange. "The queen is huge, diffused. It's why she has so many nests. She needs their activity and exploration to feed her. We are recording in all sound frequencies, right?"

An army technician in front of a portable console affirmed that they were picking up all frequencies.

"Jade, can you engage the queen again?" asked Strange. "Insult her, make fun of her. I want to see if the frequencies change."

With a roll of her eyes Jade began to talk to the queen.

"We scare you, don't we?" she asked. "We've figured out your secrets and it's only a matter of time before we come for you and take you out."

"Right," said the queen, making a sound that Jade assumed was laughter. "Says the female who won't be able to stop her mate from leaving."

"We're not mates," said Jade. "He's just someone I have sex with."

"Oh, you're mates," said the queen. "I've felt your pleasure when he looks at you. Very inefficient, one male for one female. No wonder humans were so easy to defeat. I have thousands of mates, all wanting to fertilize my eggs."

"Then they leave, don't they?" asked Jade. "They scuttle off to some deep dark hole to die after you inject your poison in them after fertilization. Now that is inefficient, killing them like that."

"How do you know this?" demanded the queen, upset.

Her emotions rippled through the nests causing them to spasm in pain. The queen took the equivalent of a deep breath.

"They don't know, do they?" said Jade. "Your drones don't know that you kill your mates. All that work, and effort to look after your males, who are also your children really, and raise them to maturity and you just poison them after they service you. You are a heartless murdering bitch."

The viewers in the bunker saw a huge jump in the sound frequencies that indicated the drones were in great pain. Strange had a smile on his face.

"Keep it up Jade," he said into the comms. "You've got her pissed right off now and her drones are suffering because of it."

"The ground is kind of shaking where I am," she said. "You better be ready to grab me before she breaks the surface."

She focussed her mind on the ground below her again.

"You had us fooled for so long," she said to the queen. "We thought you were buried deep under layers and layers of your drones but you're really quite exposed. You're sitting right in the middle of them. All it takes is some poison injected into the ground."

"Your poisons don't work on me," bragged the queen. "I'm quite impervious to your chemicals and bombs."

"Thank you for confirming they don't work," said Jade. "We won't waste our time on testing them. For a queen you really are quite stupid giving up your secrets like that."

The ground jumped below her as the queen's rage boiled over. She could see something pushing outwards from below the ground. A portal opened slightly above her just as the substance reached for her foot. Bucky grabbed her by the waist and pulled her through. He staggered a little as she fell against him inside the Bunker.

"She let it slip that bombs and chemicals won't work on her," said Jade. "She confirmed that she poisons the males after fertilization and they go off to die. The drones don't know. Some sort of substance came through the dirt and reached for me before Bucky pulled me through."

Strange patted her on the arm. "You did good," he said. "When she's upset the drones are in pain. Her proximity to the surface explains why you were able to hear her but it's your unique gift that enables you to understand her. Now, we will analyze the videos and the sound recordings. We just have to design a weapon that will piss her off enough to kill off the drones so she starves to death."

Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others...Timothy Leary

Two days before

The morning after Bucky and Ma had bedded down in the hospital room they had awakened to see Dr. Stephen Strange pacing back and forth impatiently waiting for them to wake up.

"I trust one of you has the recordings?" he said to Bucky.

"Good morning to you, too, Stephen," said Bucky sarcastically. "Nice of you to finally show your face. Yeah, I have it here."

Bucky pulled the flash drive out of his pocket and held it up. Strange smiled. "Has Jade heard them yet?"

"Nope, she was asleep when we got here," said Bucky, standing up and stretching. "What's so important about them?"

"We think the key to disrupting the queens communication with their nests is a combination of high frequency sound and telepathy," said Strange. "Jade was the only telepath who actually understood what the queen was saying so I need her to listen to it right away."

"Play it," said Jade, sitting up. "Play it for me Stephen, you played it for her."

Bucky smirked. "That's a movie reference I understand," he said.

Strange looked blankly at them but inserted the flash drive into the playback device he pulled out of thin air. A screeching sound came out that was very hard on the ears.

"It's a drone being tortured," said Jade. "Someone is cutting into it while it's still alive. Is this from the cult? Did they have live Others there that they were cutting into? This individual is screaming over and over again that it hurts and it wonders where the queen is. I know they're the enemy but my father was such a monster."

"You're still the key, Jade," said Strange. "This recording gives us a indication of how the drones sound when they're in pain. Let's listen to the recording they made mimicking the queen."

He played and Jade listened then told him to turn it off. "It sounds like her but it's nonsense," she said. "It's like a bad internet translation of a foreign language. They won't buy it."

He nodded. "The first recording," he said. "They do feel physical pain. Do you know how they captured the drones?"

"No, we didn't get around to that," said Ma. "But I wouldn't be surprised if the cult used humans to lure the drones."

"Well, I guess my next stop is the compound where this recording originated," he said.

"Stephen, what's happened in New York?" asked Bucky. "Two years we hear nothing from you and then you suddenly show up in Jade's dream, then here. What's going on?"

"Why don't you all meet me at the compound," said Strange. "I'll tell everyone everything but only once. Jade, I'm sure you will be discharged this morning. I am an MD, so I can monitor your well being, if Dr. Wells isn't satisfied with Banner."

Dr. Strange opened a portal to the compound and told Bucky to pass the word to the others to gather there. He advised Steve via comms of Strange's appearance and went to find Dr. Wells to discharge Jade.

"My T-shirt was cut off of me," said Jade before he left the room. "I don't suppose you have another on you?"

Bucky pulled the T-shirt out of his jacket pocket and tossed it back at Jade. "Your mom's idea," he said, smiling. "I would have let you go topless."

As predicted Jade was discharged and they all got inside the electric vehicle to go back to the compound. When they got there Ma told Bucky to park it in the garage and plug it in to recharge it. He seemed puzzled at first but did as he was asked and with a smile plugged it into its charging dock.

"Technology," he said softly, smiling, then noticed the others staring at him. "Sorry, this sort of thing still amazes me."

A deputy sheriff directed them to a board room on the first floor where everyone was meeting. They walked in hand in hand and several got up giving Jade a gentle hug. Strange was at the front of the room.

"Well, the gang is all here," he said. "Where do I begin?"

He started with when New York went dark. Given that New York was an island it became a target of the Others right from the beginning. With all of the Avengers on mission or at their own homes elsewhere only the sorcerers in the Sanctum were still there to guard New York but thought they were well able to handle it. The queens, estimated to be several dozen in number, invaded the subway system first, then the tunnels leading out of Manhattan. Their incursion cut power, gas, phones...everything that made New York tick. They infiltrated the water system, living in it and using it to access people in their homes. It became necessary to abandon New York and evacuate as many people as they could but people being idiots sometimes meant they didn't get everyone out and many died as a result. Every town on the eastern seaboard or near a water way suffered much the same fate. It happened in the US, Canada, and just about every other country.

"We did learn they don't like the cold, so we relocated to northern Canada, away from water," he said, "but that has had its own share of problems. You already determined they don't like the desert but with your news of the exosuits it appears they have adapted. With internet and most computer networks down we were the only means of communicating around the world. You were handling yourselves well and that's the only reason we didn't contact you sooner as you were doing better than most. I should have been here sooner because we have learned much about them as a species through Jade. When she heard the queen that was broadcast everywhere to telepaths and we got the reports. Your father, despite his methods, also learned a lot and we're going to use it, as unethical as it may seem because this is about survival of the species. Jade, I want you to go back out into the desert and contact the queen there, once you've healed, of course."

"No," said Bucky. "She's suffered enough. There has to be another way."

"Bucky," she said gently, touching his arm. "It's okay. I can do it, as long as Dr. Strange can promise he can get me out of there fast, before they reach me."

"I can," he said. "I want a chance to study the remaining cadavers here. Did you learn how they acquired these drones?"

"It was as Ma thought," said Steve. "They used people they were going to cast out as bait in the desert. As the drones attacked they basically lassoed a couple at the edge and tranquillized them, bringing them here by helicopter. By the number of carcass remains and intact cadavers it was over two dozen people they sacrificed."

Strange had a distasteful look on his face. "Let's make their deaths count then," he said. "Anyone of a scientific bent want to stay and study these cadavers, you're more than welcome. I would suggest the rest of you return to the Bunker, rest up, and prepare for what comes next."

Banner, Ma, and Peter volunteered to stay so the others loaded up in the quinjet and returned to the bunker. Right away Bucky pulled Jade to their quarters.

"Are you crazy?" he asked. "Your father just carved your arm up, you barely survived your last encounter with these aliens and you're willing to go out there and use yourself as bait?"

"Bucky," she said soothingly, "it will be alright. I'll be out there with a purpose and I'm sure Dr. Strange will keep me safe. If he doesn't, you will kill him."

"Damn right I will," he fumed. "I don't kill anymore but if anything happens to you..."

Smiling Jade put her arms around his waist and stood on her tiptoes to kiss him. He kissed her back and they removed their jackets before kissing and caressing in earnest. Bucky looked at her wound dressing.

"Should we be doing this if you're injured?" he asked. "I don't want to hurt you."

"We could sit," she said. "Then there's no pressure on it."

Taking him by the hand she walked to their bedroom and closed the door, pulling her T-shirt off. He followed suit. They met at the bed and stood in a close embrace, feeling the warmth of his skin and the coolness of hers. Stepping back they both took their jeans and underwear off. Bucky sat on the edge of the bed and pulled Jade onto his lap, straddling him. Her face was slightly above his and she looked down on him lightly kissing his mouth, while running her hands through his hair. Cupping her bottom in his hands he massaged her, then kissed her breasts moving up to her neck. They heard Ben call out as he came into the suite.

"Mom? Bucky?" he called out. "Are you here?"

"We're busy," she yelled back. "Can it wait?"

"Yes," he replied. "How long do you need?"

She looked at Bucky, who was shaking his head smiling. "Half an hour?" she said loudly.

"Okay."

They heard him leave and smiled at each other. "I still can't get used to that," said Bucky. "He knows what we're doing and he's okay with it. The thought of my parents having sex when I was his age..."

"When he brings a girl home to sleep over I'm going to be cool with it too," she replied. "Deal with that."

He rolled his eyes then caressed her again. Smiling she kissed him again, deeply this time and they both felt their arousal building. Raising herself slightly Bucky guided himself into her and she moaned lightly as she felt him fill her completely.

"Fuck, you feel good," she whispered as she rode on him a few times.

"So do you," he said breathily, grasping her bottom harder. "Ride me hard, Jade."

She did as he asked and he supported her back as he pulled her head back by her hair to allow him to mouth her neck forcefully. Reaching down with his right hand he pressed her clitoris, bringing a little yelp out of her that made him harder. Her eyes were half closed as she got closer to coming. Bending his head to her breasts he mouthed them hard, sucking on them and pulling on her nipples. He looked at her and she was looking right at him.

"Kiss me," he ordered. "Hard."

As she did what he asked he shifted his hands to her hips and pulled her into his pelvis, raising himself into her. She cried out as her mouth was on him and pulled away crying out several times as her orgasm rushed through her body. Only then did Bucky release himself and come into her. She stroked his head and ran her hands through his hair, kissing him lightly as he came down from his high. They kissed deeply for some time as they held each other. She bent her forehead to his then placed her head on his shoulder.

"It's only been a couple of days but it felt like forever," she whispered.

"I know," he said softly as he stroked her back. "I missed you. I would have climbed into bed with you last night but your mom was with me."

"She would have been okay with it," she replied. "She said she tucked you in and you liked it."

He chuckled. "I felt like I was six years old. She's a good mom. So are you."

"This Dr. Strange," she said. "Do you trust him?"

"Yes," he said, with no hesitation. "He's brilliant, a PhD, an MD, and Supreme Sorcerer. He's arrogant, too, but he does care. He's the one who saw that Thanos could be beaten. It came at a cost but it worked. Am I still worried that something can go wrong? Yes. I'll be there watching and making sure he doesn't leave you out there too long."

She nodded. "Okay, then. We better get cleaned up before Ben comes back."

Quickly they hopped in the shower and were dressed just as Ben returned. Jade opened their bedroom door and he stood up.

"So, Dr. Strange wanted to see you but I told him you were busy for 30 minutes," said Ben. "He was pissed but everyone told him to chill so he did."

Jade and Bucky looked at each other and burst out laughing. "If that happens again just tell us someone wants to talk to us," said Jade kindly. "We could have stopped what we were doing."

"Okay," he said. "You have the message now so I'm going to the Library and read for a bit."

"We better go face the music," said Bucky, grasping her hand.

To his credit Strange said nothing about having to wait for them. He was having a cup of tea with Ma and stood up when they entered.

"I'm sorry I interrupted," he said. "We didn't stay long in the lab as the smell was just too much to take but we downloaded all the information they entered and I think I have a theory as to what makes the Others tick. Since you're going to be out there I wanted to run it by you."

He explained how he thought the Others were like a beehive in that they had a queen, drones, and males who fertilized the queen's eggs. None of the cadavers in the compound seemed to be males so he theorized that the drones were soldiers as well. In New York, they inhabited the subways and sewers, and the queens had been seen. Basically they were larger versions of the drones. In the desert and the badlands, specifically the ones around New Mexico, there was no underground infrastructure similar to the subways and sewers. In Strange's opinion they adapted to their environment. He suspected that in a low water environment the drones had to spread out further, building many smaller nests but the queen also had to spread out further to remain in physical contact with them.

"I think she is like mycelium, a fungus," he said. "She spreads her tendrils underground and permeates it. It makes her bigger but she's closer to the surface so that the weight of the earth doesn't crush her. The fact you understood her means there is something telepathic about their communication."

"Do you want me to make contact with her?" asked Jade. "Talk to her?"

"Something like that," he said. "I want to see if you can connect with her emotions. The recording you translated indicates the drones felt abandoned by her. She might be their emotional hub in a symbiotic relationship. I need more data really."

On the day of the encounter Strange ran through everything he wanted her to do again. As he watched in the bunker while Jade antagonized the queen and prodded her to react he smiled often.

"She's very good," he said admiringly. "These results we're getting are giving me so much information."

He looked at the army technician that had arrived via portal with a console that recorded all the sound frequencies. Their indicators were all high. Another device jumped and Strange knew the drones were in pain. When the queen lost her temper it hurt the drones. He had encouraged Jade to keep it up until she reported the ground was shaking and wanted to be sure he was ready to open a portal. The video footage showed the ground buckling and raising below her. Just a couple of moments more, that's all he needed. Then he saw it, some substance oozing out of the ground towards her.

"Bucky, get ready to grab her," he said, as he opened a portal right next to him that would allow him to pull her through.

A moment later she was in, almost falling on Bucky but he steadied her and helped her stand upright.

"Did you see the substance that came out of the ground?" asked Jade. "It was definitely reaching for me."

"We will analyze the video," he said. "There is a mycologist in Washington state, one of the best. I'm going to see him and show him that footage to see if he agrees that this particular queen has mutated into a fungus."

Bucky hugged her and led her away from the scientific people who had also come through the portal to see the session. Suddenly Jade stopped and turned around.

"Dr. Strange, there is one thing I noticed out there," she said. "My wound ached. Right at the beginning."

He frowned. "Let me see your side," he said.

Jade lifted her T-shirt up and was surprised to see her wound was an angry red colour, almost as if it had become inflamed. Bruce looked closely at it.

"I treated it with a broad spectrum antibiotic and it responded well," he said. "But this looks like it's freshly infected."

Bruce and Strange talked in a low voice for a moment then turned to her. "Bruce is going to take some blood from you and a small tissue sample from the wound," he said. "I'm not worried at the moment but if it becomes worse or you notice any other symptoms, no matter how minuscule you report them, okay?"

Jade and Bucky went with Bruce to the medical lab and he washed his hands thoroughly, then put on some latex gloves. On her uninjured arm he applied a tourniquet then pulled some blood. Then he directed her to lie on her back while he took a small tissue sample. He injected some pain killer, waited a few minutes then with a small punch he took a small piece of tissue and put it into a vial. He dabbed the hole to clean the blood then put a small bandaid on it. Dr. Strange would take them with him to a lab that still functioned and get the results very quickly. Bruce patted her on the arm and assured her that they would stay on top of it. Bucky hugged her and she felt better but his face was concerned about how angry looking her wound was. He hoped everything would be okay.

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