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"I'm not going back in the field." "Yeah. You've got such a nice setup here. You ever thought about adding a moat? I just need you to drive the Bus, liase ground transport, some on-site supervision. This isn't a combat op." "Then you don't need me. "
"She didn't have a gun. None of us did. And it wasn't a rescue, or assault, whatever they say at the Academy these days. We were the welcome wagon, and it went south." "How many-" "Plenty. A civilian girl and a few of our guys were stuck inside a building being held by the followers of this gifted individual or worshipers. we never found out." "May did." "She took it upon herself to get them out. Said she could fix the problem. So she went in, crossed off the enemy force. Didn't say how." "Did she lose anyone in there?" "Herself. May used to be different. She was always quiet, she was just... she was warm. Fearless in a different way. Getting in trouble, pulling pranks, thought rules were meant to be broken. Sound familiar? But when she walked out of that building, it was like that part of her was gone. I tried to comfort her, but she wouldn't tell me what went down in there." "What did you say?" "I said the words I thought she needed to hear."
"That's the thing about Skye. What I told her shattered her world. Her lifelong search led to stories of murder, and now it's too difficult to continue. Her search is over. Her story ends here. But you know what she said?" "Tell me." "She said no... her story started here."
"You know, I never gave you enough credit for this whole zen-warrior thing. But I got to admit, it'd be nice to feel nothing right now." "You think I don't feel anything?" "Look at you. You're a statue. And you and Ward had a thing. So if anyone should be furious..." "I'm furious. But I'm sure as hell not gonna waste it on a tantrum. I'm gonna mine it, save it... and when we find Ward, I'm gonna use every bit of it to take him down." "Wish I knew how to use that hate-fu." "I'm up most mornings at five."
"Come on. We used to have fun like this in our youth. You know you enjoyed it." "Yes. Then life happened. Nostalgia's fine, but I'd rather deal with reality."
"Try being married to somebody who remembers every single little detail. It's not that charming. ...You think I'm being petty, don't you? Well, I'm not. I don't have a problem with Bob kissing that guy." "Good. Because you had a hickey on your neck for a week after our mission in Miami." "Well excuse me doing my job thoroughly. And with style."
"He did it. You know Ward did it." "No doubt in my mind." "The senator should have let us help." "We tried. But he wanted nothing to do with us. All we can do now is try and catch Ward." "Or put the son of a bitch down."
"I shouldn't have to ask any of you to save one of our own." "You never ask! You just give your orders, no matter cracked up they are!" "Mack, you'd do well to remember your rank right now." "Really? Rank at a time like this? Why don't you shove your rank up your..." "Not helping, Hunter." "Guys, stop." "No, it's cathartic. Do you have any thoughts of your own on it, or do you just parrot his?" "Coulson's trying to stop HYDRA." "We didn't stop anything! We unleashed something on the planet!" "Please." "No one knows what happened yet." "It could have been a lot worse." "And Skye barely made it out alive!" "Thanks to Trip. He sacrificed his life, Mack!" "No! He traded his life for hers! And then he was shattered into a thousand pieces!" "That's enough! If Trip was here, he wouldn't be arguing, he wouldn't be bitching. He would be gearing up to do what needs to be done. Yes, we're dealing with forces we don't understand, but HYDRA I do understand. I want everyone ready when the sun comes up. End of discussion."
""You'll never take us alive"? Really? That's a little over the top, don't you think?" "I only had a day to come up with this whole thing. Besides, if I let you write the script, no one would say anything."
"Not bad. But once I'm pinned, you should try for a finishing blow." "You want full Mortal Kombat?" "I want you to stop holding back, Skye." "I didn't want to hurt you... I didn't want to try to hurt you. I feel like I'm constantly on the verge of... I don't know." "Look... we lost Trip, and it hurts like hell, but you can't shut those feelings out. Can't sustain that." "What's my option? I just might lose it right here?" "We've talked about this. Control. Embrace your emotions, your nerves. Use them... on your terms." "I don't know. What I'm feeling... is pretty dark. I'm afraid I'm gonna go postal and tear your head off." "Go for it. I promise you won't."
"My mind is that of a lost adolescent. I can provide no information of value." "Not totally true. Judging by your clothes, we know you were undercover, probably something you learned after your last visit here. Your usual full-armor look is a little more... conspicuous." "So you are saying I wear that armor most of the time? Does this mean I'm a warrior?" "A good one." "A great warrior..." "It's just details that you're missing. You must remember things about your home world, right?" "Only basic lessons a child would learn." "The name of your sword? What about Thor?" "Um... I do not know this word, but when you say it, I want to smile. Why?" "Who can explain the mysteries of the Asgardian brain?" "I can."
"Yet you do not serve a king?" "Not really how it works with us." "I wonder if I serve the king as the great warrior you say I am." "Odin? Oh, we know you do. You've met him." "(Pleasantly shocked)Shut... up."
"I won't stay long, I just need to use the microwave. I didn't want to disturb May and her ex." "Disturb them from...?" "They're in the kitchen, talking." "What are they talking about? Is it about Skye's condition?" " No, it was of a personal nature. Seems that May isn't a good cook." "Something Agent May doesn't excel at... interesting." "Yeah, he teased her about it... she was laughing." "Oh, he makes her laugh! Clearly she still likes him, and have you seen the way he looks at her?" "Yeah, I have eyes Jemma, of course I've seen." "I wonder what happened between them, why end it?" "They're a bizarre pair. He listens for a living and she doesn't speak." "Well you know what they say, opposites attract."
"What do I think? I think, what the hell Melinda. You show up asking for a favor but when I call you after S.H.I.E.L.D. collapsed to check if you were alright, not a word." "It was a busy time." "Busy? Yeah alright. Thanks for the apology."
"I haven't worked with S.H.I.E.L.D. in a long while. I moved on for a reason." "It's a different S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson's the director now." "Okay, but why me? Is this Skye that bad?" "She's that good; good agent."
"I talked to your mum, she told me you were alive, we had a nice talk, she invited me over for dinner." "I'm not surprised, she still hasn't forgiven me for divorcing you."
"Would you consider consulting for us?" "No, I can suggest someone but it can't be me. S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't changed, none of it's changed. There was a reason I moved on back then, and I have another reason now. Those photos on my desk. Goodbye, Melinda."
"I work for S.H.I.E.L.D., I do. I swear. But you don't." "Try again." "What Coulson's doing here, this isn't S.H.I.E.L.D - not the real S.H.I.E.L.D., anyway." "The last person who betrayed me... I broke his larynx. Hand that over."
"They know all of our protocols. We handed Mack the schematics of our base." "They don't know everything about this place. Not like we do." "She said she was working for S.H.I.E.L.D., Phil. The real S.H.I.E.L.D.." "What the hell does that mean?"
"You really think they're gonna help you?" "Every member of your team is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. We'll let them make their own decisions." "Already made mine." "That's really a nice entrance."
"Can we just address the elephant on the plane? I know. This is weird. Mistakes were made." "By you." "And people got hurt." "By you." "And I could stand here and explain again how myparents - and brother left me vulnerable..." "We've all had our traumas, Ward. Didn't turn any of us into psychopaths." "Well, we all have our own ways of coping, don't we? For example, I was yours." "Watch it, Ward!" "Look, I'm just saying we all made mistakes. Coulson handed me over to my abuser, thank you. Skye shot me." "After you killed how many people?" "Yeah, and we were a team and a family, and you betrayed us!" "I know. It's what I regret the most. Not the lying, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents I had to put down, and I'm sorry not even dropping you two in the ocean. It's this. My actions destroyed this. I'll regret that forever. 'Cause there were good times. Right? Before? I mean, for a while there, we were a good team. Weren't we?" "(after a dramatic pause) I'm still happy I shot you." "Yeah, me too." "Should've aimed for the face."
"So, May asked off some time for the first time in the history of ever. Does that have anything to do with you being around these last few days?" "Now, you know I can't discuss personal matters with patients."
"You haven't made a call like this since Bahrain, then I know it's not good. You want to tell me what's going on? How bad are we talking?" "There's no way it will end well. Andrew, there's a lot I didn't say that I wish I did." "Me too. Do good Melinda, and get home safe."
"Coulson still has me off combat duty. The tests say that my lung isn't healed all the way yet." "My test says otherwise. Wheels up in 20. Welcome back, Agent Morse."
"I needed time to explain. You don't know how many times I almost told you, but I didn't know how. I didn't ask for this." "Oh god, what have you done?"
"I don't know what I'll do! Instinct will take over again, like it did at the convenience store." "Instinct?" "Look I didn't want to hurt anyone but I didn't know what was happening." "You killed all those people..."
"Feels real." "Feels like the others. It's not the hand. It's me." "Maybe you're not supposed to get over it. Some things you can't move past. They scar you, change you permanently." "I don't know what happened there, on that planet." "I do. You joined the cavalry."
"Great. Coulson's in trouble, the place is crawling with armed HYDRA Agents, and we have no weapons." "Not strictly true. Buon appetito." "I love you." "I don't hate you quite as much."
"Time is an illusion. It's how we perceive the fourth dimension. Simmons." "It's mathematics. He's talking about space-time." "How do you... How can I explain this? Right. We're 3D, yeah? Okay, but imagine... imagine we lived in a 2-dimensional existence... flat, just like a piece of paper. We wouldn't be able to conceive of three dimensions, of... of... of a... a cube or anything that's not 2-dimensional, okay? Yeah. Right, so, we flat paper people would perceive this 3-dimensional cube as many separate 2-dimensional moments. As time passing... the point on the line traveling through space and time." "But, in fact, the cube, the line is fixed." "Yeah, it's just sitting there. There's no future. There's no past. It just... it just is. And nothing you can do will change that." "You're hurting my brain."
"I know what you're doing. Trying to distance yourself from everyone else so they don't drown in your wake? I invented that move. It doesn't work, for one simple reason: Phil Coulson. He found me in that cubicle and dragged me out. He didn't give up on me, and he won't give up on you." "I never wanted that." "Mm-mm, no. You don't get to choose who cares about you. And Coulson... he's got a bigger heart than most. Lincoln wouldn't want you killing yourself over what happened."
"Look, if the internet is a garden hose, this book is Niagara Falls, blasting the universe's deepest thoughts through your eyeballs." "It's a piece of technology, a tool." "So's a grenade, until it's in the hands of a child."
"Agent May is resilient. She never stops fighting, yet she showed more distress before she woke than during the fight." "That's odd." "No. It makes perfect sense. The flaw isn't in the hardware. It was in May herself. The simulation was rejected because Agent May thrives in conflict and chaos, not tranquility. She's a warrior." "You're saying fighting against me stabilized her?" "Precisely. If we want her to accept the simulation, we need to give her an opponent to fight, an enemy to vanquish, a dragon to slay." "Shall I design a dragon?" "No. I have something else in mind."
"Radcliffe took something from me, too. Her name is Melinda May. And she means everything to me. I wish there was another way. I'm trying not to make it personal because May would hate that, but I can't help it. It is."
"She's not really a partner. More of a friend. Coworker, really. Though, to be honest, I'm starting to feel some tension, sexual and otherwise, so I was actually thinking about taking a shot, but I'm afraid it could go south."
"I expected more from you, Elena. An enhanced person, a chance to do some good, our whole team rooting for you, but it turns out you're a terrible spy."
"Only three people had access to the Director today. Burrows, who's too much of a brown noser, Anderson, who doesn't have the balls, and you, a girl with super speed."
"The Director's credentials? You think I took them? You see this? I came here to register. I pledge allegiance to S.H.I.E.L.D." "Then you won't mind answering a few questions."
"You keep that up, you're gonna get caught. And the next time, it won't be me who does it." "So are you gonna tell them? Have me locked up?" "No. But I want you to think long and hard about that on your flight."
