Épisode Le portail S03E02 - Marvel's Agents of SHIELD Saison 3

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839. Gloucestershire, Angleterre. Autour d'une table, des hommes se font passer une petite sacoche de laquelle ils attrapent chacun quelque chose : un caillou noir pour tous, à l'exception d'un d'entre eux qui tient un caillou blanc. Ce dernier est envoyé en voyage pour une mission qui semble périlleuse, l'homme ayant peur de faillir à sa mission et de ne pas réussir à empêcher le retour de quelque chose. Il passe une porte sur laquelle un symbôle est gravé, et ses congénères referment derrière lui. Derrière cette porte, le monolythe qui englouti l'homme. Du côté de la table, un homme plus agée affirme que pour le moment personne n'est jamais revenu de ce voyage...

De nos jours, au Shield. Daisy cherche de nouveaux candidats à son équipe, dont Joey est sur la liste. Mack en rigole, lui disant que tous les inhumains sont des candidats pour elle, mais que l'homme ne rempli pas ses critères. La jeune femme craint qu'ils ne soit plus que trois dans l'équipe, Mack, le docteur Garner et elle, à cause des départs/disparitions ou projets des autres. A ce moment là, Bobbi et Hunter entre dans la pièce en alerte : Fitz est entré dans la chamdre du monolythe. Mack et Daisy les suivent alors et tous quatre sortent le jeune homme de là et referment la boîte juste à temps avant que le mystérieux objet ne se liquéfie. Coulson arrive alors, lui remontant les bretelles, et tous tentent de le raisonner. Bobbi essuis alors quelque chose sur son visage, une sorte de poudre : Fitz voit ça comme une preuve et part vite au labo.

Après analyse, la poudre s'avère être du sable, mais du sable n'existant pas. Du moins, ne venant pas de la Terre, ce sable là datant d'un milliard d'années avant la Terre. Pour Fitz, c'est la preuve que le monolythe est un portail vers une très ancienne planète. Afin de pouvoir trouver où est Simmons, et si elle est toujours en vie, ils ont besoin d'un expert en mécanique quantique. Coulson réparti les tâches, Daisy et Mack devant veiller sur leur invité inhumain en attendant l'évaluation du docteur Garner, Bobbi continue de voir avec Fitz, et Hunter fait ce qu'il a à faire - il pense que Ward est de retour avec Hydra. Coulson rattrape Bobbi pour savoir si elle peut voler : ils doivent rejoindre le professeur Randolph.

Dans une sorte de parking géant, Ward, accompagné de son nouvel homme de main Kebo, conduit une voiture à laquelle s'accroche l'un des membre de l'ancienne Hydra. Il veut nettoyer Hydra de ses membres cupides qui ont brisé l'organisation. L'homme est éjecté par terre et Ward lui donne une chance : il doit lui dire où se trouve l'enfant.

Dans une prison. Le professeur Randolph ne veut pas aider le Shield, considérant qu'avec tous les derniers évènements, il est mieux pour lui de faire profil bas. Coulson lui rappelle alors qu'il lui doit la vie, et qu'il peut aisément appeler le groupe d'intervention face aux aliens et qu'un véritable asgardien plairait sûrement pour leurs recherches. Le professeur accepte de les aider sous la menace : il arrache la porte de sa cellule et lorsque les gardes arrivent, il accuse Coulson.

Au Shield. Le docteur Garner arrive et est accueilli par Daisy et Mack. Alors que la jeune femme lui propose de quoi manger et boire, le docteur l'accuse de chercher à lui graisser la patte mais lui rappelle que son boulot est de veiller à la sécurité de tout le monde. Daisy lui demande alors des nouvelles de May mais l'ex mari de celle-ci lui répond qu'elle n'a qu'à lui demander elle-même.

Sun City, Arizona. May joue au golf. Son père lui fait des remarques sur son jeu, et lui dit qu'elle n'est pas là uniquement pour surveiller sa rééducation. Son comportement lui laisse penser que quelque chose ne va pas.

Au Shield. Le professeur Randolph inspecte le monolythe, et alors qu'il s'apprête à dire quelque chose, l'objet se liquéfie ce qui le surprend. Pour lui, quelque chose le fait réagir alors que Fitz pense que c'est aléatoire. L'asgardien a peur du portail, et accepte d'aider le Shield en échange du fait qu'une fois Simmons de retour, ils devront l'aider à détruire le monolythe. On lui montre le parchemin et Fitz lui donne les infos qu'il a recueilli : sa trace avait été perdue en Angleterre. Ca dit quelque chose à Randolph qui a déjà vu le symbôle sur le parchemin en 1853 dans un château du Gloucestershire.

Ibiza, Espagne. Ward et Kebo observent quelqu'un sur un bâteau : ils doivent enlever quelqu'un. Kebo approche le bâteau dans l'eau et y dépose des rats, ce qui fait fuir les gens. Ward s'invite alors à la fête, et, après avoir éloigné tous les gardes du corps, il assome le jeune homme ciblé.

Gloucestershire, Angleterre. Dans un vieux château, Coulson & co découvrent une gravure identique à l'inscription présente sur le parchemin, qui signifie non pas seulement "mort" mais "mort par punition" d'après l'asgardien. Mais la soirée à laquelle il avait été en 1853 s'était averée fausse par rapport au voyage dans les étoiles qu'elle promettait. Coulson trouve une seconde inscription ainsi qu'une ouverture secrète qu'ils suivent.

Au Shield. Le docteur Garner rejoint Daisy qui devine avant même qu'il ne le dise que Joey n'est pas apte ni physiquement, ni psychologiquement à rejoindre son équipe. Il tente de lui rappeler d'être prudente, et que Coulson est désespéré et veut gagner sur tous les fronts mais que le désespoir amène les erreurs, telles que le fait de laisser Hunter libre dans sa vengeance et laisser Fitz ouvrir un portail pour sauver une seule vie. Daisy lui dit qu'il devrait en parler directement à Coulson, mais selon lui il n'est pas prêt pour ça, mais qu'elle, elle est en train de changer : elle devient un leader. Elle se focalise sur la recherche de membre à son équipe, les Secrets Warriors. Mais pour elle, c'est plus que ça : elle veut que les inhumains travaillent avec le Shield et que le fait qu'ils soient différent fasse une différence. 

Dans la maison du père de May. Ce dernier est impressionné par la façon dont elle coupe les légumes : comme sa mère. Après qu'il lui ait demandé si elle se cachait - vu qu'elle n'a donné de nouvelles à personne ces derniers temps - il lui montre quelque chose : des souvenirs de quand Melinda était enfant et qu'elle faisait du patinage. Elle remarque alors une ombre et se méfie quand son père lui dit n'attendre aucune visite.  Elle attrape un couteau et ouvre la porte, attrape l'homme et le menace avant de se rendre compte qu'il s'agit d'Hunter.

Gloucestershire, Angleterre. Coulson & co entrent dans une salle que Randolph semble découvrir pour la première fois. Une architecture peu commune pour la période à laquelle il y avait été, et qui a dû être construite après sa visite. Fitz date l'installation de fin XIXème siècle. Il active un mécanisme qui produit de l'électricité et allume des ampoules. Bobbi entend un courant d'eau, et Randolph baisse un levier qui ouvre une sorte de puit au centre de la salle : probablement fait pour contenir le monolythe, une machine créée pour contrôler le portail. Coulson demande à Fitz s'il est sûr de ce qu'il avance, ce dernier lui réplique qu'il n'y a qu'un moyen de le savoir. Le directeur appelle alors Mack pour qu'il livre le monolythe sur place.

Du côté d'Hydra. Ward interroge le jeune homme qu'il a enlevé. Il veut les mots de passe de ses comptes bancaires, considérant qu'à présent il doit mériter ce qu'il aura. Kebo a l'ordre de torturer le jeune homme pour obtenir ces informations s'il le faut.

Chez May. Hunter dit à Melinda qu'il y a beaucoup de rumeurs sur son départ : crise de la quarantaine, retraire spirituelle. Mais que ce n'est pas une fuite avec son ex étant donné que ce dernier est toujours dans les alentours du Shield. Après sa dernière localisation à Los Angeles, Hunter a réussit à retrouver l'agent grâce à l'aide d'associés peu fréquentables alors qu'il cherchait des infos sur Hydra : une femme posait les mêmes questions que lui et ça lui a donné une piste. A présent, il veut son aide pour retrouver et tuer Ward. Il insiste sur le fait qu'elle a fait des recherches de son côté et qu'il est sûr que Ward tente de faire remonter Hydra et que s'il y parvient, ils seront sa première cible. Il veut s'infiltrer dans Hydra pour l'avoir. Mais May refuse, alors il lui laisse les informations relatives à sa couverture pour infiltrer l'ennemi, espérant qu'elle change d'avis.

Gloucestershire, Angleterre. Le monolythe est déposé dans le puit prévu pour lui. Daisy et Mack rejoignent les personnes déjà sur place. Daisy, Coulson et Bobbi parlent de ce que le docteur Garner pensent d'eux : Daisy est irresponsable, Coulson est désespéré et Bobbi se bat pour s'adapter à ses limites physique et perds le sens d'elle-même au lieu de se redéfinir. Fitz demande à Mack de l'aider avec des leviers et un mécanisme se lance, qui impacte sur le monolythe qui se liquéfie totalement : la machine semble fonctionner. Mais le mécanisme se bloque et des effets secondaires se font ressentir sur Daisy qui saigne du nez et semble souffrir avant de s'évanouir. Une partie du mécanisme de casse et le monolythe reprend sa forme initiale sous le regard désespéré de Fitz.

Coulson tente de faire reprendre ses esprits à Daisy, qu'il appelle une fois de plus Skye, et celle-ci parle d'un son pulsé qui l'assourdissait, son que personne d'autre n'entendait. Fitz veut à tout prix qu'ils réparent la machine, que la fusée de détresse qu'il a envoyé à travers le portail montre qu'ils peuvent aller chercher Simmons à l'aide d'un câble, mais Mack se demande comment ils peuvent réparer une machine dont ils ne comprennent pas le fonctionnement.

Côté Hyda. Kebo frappe le jeune homme qui n'a toujours rien dit, mais ce dernier finit par avoir une ouverture et blesse Kebo. Il le frappe à son tour quand Ward réapparaît, dévoilant son identité : il s'agit de Werner Von Strucker, le fils du baron Wolfgang Von Strucker qui était l'un des plus grands dirigeants d'Hydra. Mais pour Ward, le fait que sa famille était pleine de pouvoir ne veut pas dire que le jeune homme mérite le respect. Mais sa réaction face à la torture semble satisfaire Ward.

Chez May. Son père l'interroge sur la raison pour laquelle elle se cache, s'il y a un rapport avec une affaire non classée, ou si le fait que les choses n'est pas marché avec Andrew l'endommage. Mais elle veut seulement une vie normale loin du Shield, du moins voir si elle le peut. Mais le fait qu'elle ait un pistolet dans son sac de golf, qu'elle tente de protéger son père d'une affaire non classée qui la suit comme une ombre font que, pour son père, elle n'a pas une vie normale. Sa fille se relevait toujours.

Côté Hydra. Ward et Werner parlent du baron et des histoires de famille compliquées, avant d'en venir à l'Hydra fracturée qui doit être reconstruite de la bonne façon, afin que l'organisation soit encore plus forte qu'avant.

Gloucestershire, Angleterre. Fitz comprend enfin le fonctionnement de la machine, ce qui fait prendre conscience au jeune homme et à Daisy qu'ils n'ont pas besoin de réparer l'appareil : l'inhumaine peut ouvrir le portail elle-même avec ses pouvoirs : il suffit de faire résonner le monolythe à une certaine fréquence. Ils préparent alors le terrain afin d'envoyer une caméra à travers le portail. Alors que le professeur Randolph ne comprend pas pourquoi Daisy pense pouvoir faire quelque chose, elle utilise alors ses pouvoirs pour s'accorder à la fréquence de la machine et réussit à ouvrir le portail. Mais alors que seule une sonde devait être envoyée, Fitz s'accroche à un câble et saute à travers le portail.

Dans un autre monde et en Angleterre. Fitz attérit dans une tempête de sable pendant que sur Terre, Daisy tente de rester concentrée malgré les effets qu'elle ressent. Le scientifique appelle Jemma jusqu'à ce qu'il entende la jeune femme lui répondre. Il tente de la trouver, pendant que ses collègues retiennent le système lui permettant de rester attaché au câble sur Terre. Simmons apparaît alors, tentant de se rapprocher de Fitz malgé la tempête, Mack tenant le câble et Daisy tentant de ne pas perdre le contrôle. Mais Coulson veut faire revenir Fitz qui ne parvient du coup pas à attraper la main de Jemma. La jeune femme continue alors d'avancer et attrape la main de Fitz. Mais Daisy ne parvient plus à tenir et le monolythe explose. Fitz se dégage alors des débrit, sortant Jemma avec lui. Daisy s'effondre et Mack vient la soutenir, alors que tout le monde est rassuré de retrouver Simmons.

A bord d'un quinjet. Coulson annonce au professeur Randolph que Fitz n'aurait jamais pu trouver Jemma s'il n'avait pas envoyé plus tôt une fusée à travers le portail, fusée que la jeune femme a pu voir. L'asgardien interroge alors le directeur sur ce qu'est réellement Daisy, il lui répond qu'elle est une inhumaine, un nom que Randolph n'a pas entendu depuis bien longtemps.

Au Shield. Andrew passe un coup de téléphone à May. Il lui annonce que l'équipe a réussit un miracle et que Fitz a réussi à ramener Simmons. Il lui dit qu'elle mérite de savoir et qu'elle peut revenir si elle le veut le quartier général du Shield étant assez grand pour eux deux. Elle lui répond qu'elle est heureuse que Jemma aille bien et raccroche. Elle jette son téléphone sur une table où se trouve des fusils. Elle se tourne alors vers Hunter et lui annonce la nouvelle.

Dans une chambre au Shield. Simmons se réveille en sursaut et en sueurs, un bâton à la main levé de façon à se défendre. Elle voit alors Fitz, endormi sur une chaise à ses côtés, et s'allonge en posant sa tête sur les jambes du jeune homme.

A l'université où enseigne le docteur Garner. Un nouvel étudiant discute avec Andrew, il souhaite intégrer son cours de psychologie. Mais l'étudiant en question s'avère être Werner Von Strucker..

 

Ecrit par Makkura. Récap du site officiel.

Previously on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."...

DAISY: A team centered around people with powers ? There exists a small percentage of the population with a dormant alien gene. There's a chemical compound that activates this gene. And you, Joey, are one of the first people to come into contact with it.
KEBO: No leadership means nobody giving orders, and that sure as hell includes you. Aah !
WARD: I'm done flying solo. I miss having a team around me.
COULSON: I miss her, too. I'm having a hard time accepting it... all of it. I-I'm on my third hand. May took off on vacation and never came back, so I lost my right hand, too. We need to say goodbye. Jemma would want us to do that.
FITZ: Do someth-i-i-i-ing !

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1839

A group of Lord gathered around a table, each takes turn a stone. One of them pulls the Lord Manzini white stone and prepared.

THORNALLY: May our gifts see you through the journey.

Mazini is taken before a door.

MANZINI: Perhaps it w... What if I fail to fail return ?
THORNALLY: Be brave, my lord.

Lord Lord Manzini Thornalley grows into a room and closed the door. Lord Manzini is faced with a monolith that swallowed him.

YOUNG LORD: Will he come back ?
THORNALLY: Our best minds are working to understand this. But as far as we know, in all of history... no one has ever returned.

PLAYGROUND

DAISY: I think Joey's a real candidate.
MACK: Sure. He's Inhuman. But... doesn't meet my criteria.
DAISY: He's a decent guy, and you know it. Getting that unit up and running is priority.
MACK: Yeah, but it doesn't mean it has to be a rush job. Look, Dr. Garner will make his recommendation.
DAISY: And it will be the same as always... three months observation and counseling before reassessment. He's as much of a buzzkill as you are. And if you haven't been keeping score, our team's down to three musketeers. May and Simmons are gone. Fitz might as well be, Bobbi's on the DL. And from what I hear, Hunter's planning to leave.
MACK: Yeah, but not for good. He's got a score to settle.

Hunter and Bobbi comes running.

HUNTER: It's Fitz !
BOBBI: Fitz broke into containment !

They leave the room where is the monolith. Fitz is hitting the object.

MACK: Fitz !
HUNTER: Fitz, get out of there !
MACK: Are you crazy ?

Mack grabs Fitz and the three other closes the containment.

DAISY: Close it ! Close it !

The monolith moves before replacing. Coulson arrives.

COULSON: Damn it, Fitz.
FITZ: I had to know... had to... Had to know...
COULSON: I already lost Simmons to that thing. I cannot afford to lose you, too.
HUNTER: Trying to get yourself killed ?
FITZ: Sorry. I won't give up. I can't give up.
DAISY: None of us want to, Fitz, but...
BOBBI: Fitz, you tried. Okay ? You tried your hardest. Everybody knows that.
FITZ: No. I missed something. I m... I missed something.
BOBBI: What is that ?
FITZ: Proof.

Fitz goes. Shortly after the team met in Coulson’s office.

FITZ: Sand. Not just sand... impossible sand.
MACK: The Monolith's case is a clean room. There's nothing in there but that rock. Not even dust.
HUNTER: Unless you blast it open with a shotgun and contaminate everything.
BOBBI: That's not what this is.
FITZ: Okay, the sand itself... not unusual. Mostly silicone-dioxide particles just like on Earth.
COULSON: But you're saying this sand is not from Earth ?
BOBBI: Sir, carbon dating shows that...
FITZ: It predates the Earth by a billion years.
DAISY: So you think the rock is a portal ?
FITZ: No. No, I'm proving that it's a portal, okay, to another planet, a-a very old planet... a crack in space-time that carried Simmons away... and carried the sand back. Which means...
COULSON: She's out there… But it's been months.
FITZ: Yeah ?
COULSON: She could be long gone from wherever this thing dropped her.
FITZ: Yeah.
COULSON: She could be dead.
FITZ: Yes.
COULSON: But we're gonna find out, aren't we ?
BOBBI: Yeah.
MACK: You're damn right.
DAISY: Yeah.
COULSON: Okay, Fitz, what do you need ?
FITZ: Uh, uh, well, uh, more historical data. People have studied this thing for centuries. I need an expert on quantum mechanics and Einstein-Rosen bridge theory, and a... a sandwich would be nice.
COULSON: I might have an idea... about the other things. You two, stay with our new Inhuman guest. Be here for Dr. Garner's assessment. Building that team is still the priority.
DAISY: What did I say ?

Daisy and Mack goes.

COULSON: Bobbi...
BOBBI: I'm on this with Fitz.
COULSON: Yeah, haven't you been on this with Fitz the whole time ? Hiding his trip to Morocco, covering for him on a constant basis ?
BOBBI: Have I ?

She goes to.

COULSON: And you know where you're going.

Hunter goes.
Bobbi and Hunter walk in a hallway…

BOBBI: Coulson would be pissed if he knew what you had planned.
HUNTER: Part of our agreement. He won't sweat the details, and I won't share them.
BOBBI: You really think Ward's back with HYDRA ?... Damn it. I wanna go after him with you.
HUNTER: You're still on the mend. Plus, you've been undercover with HYDRA, and that face makes an impression. The rest of you makes a bloody statement.
BOBBI: You like me stuck here in the lab.
HUNTER: Too bloody right. [Beep] You're missing half a lung because you took a bullet Ward intended for me. Nearly bled out in my arms. If you being in the lab means I never have to see something like that again, I'm all for it.

Coulson arrives…

COULSON: Bobbi, you want to fly ?
BOBBI: Desperately.
COULSON: Good. Here's our destination.
BOBBI: Who's Professor Randolph ?
COULSON: This Monolith has been studied for centuries. Well, Randolph's actually been on the planet for those centuries, and he's traveled through space in a portal and he's also an alien. So he's got a lot going for him.

Coulson away. Bobbi and Hunter kissing.

BOBBI: Don't die out there.

Hunter headed for the exit.

COULSON: And, Hunter... make sure he does.

UNKNOWN LOCATION

Ward drives a car at full speed in a basement. Kebo is sitting beside him and a man clinging to the hood. Several agents are held against posts without moving.

WARD: Hell of a machine, Kebo. Built for precision, speed... designed to handle flawlessly under any conditions. But Carmine here bought it as a status symbol to show off. Never opened it up, denied it of its true purpose. Old HYDRA's full of guys like him... soft, entitled, mistaking wealth for success, privilege for power. Their greed splintered HYDRA into a thousand pieces. Their time is over. Time for a leaner generation.

Ward and Carmine slows down. Everyone gather around him.

WARD: These people have proven themselves in blood. Did you see how they didn't even flinch ? Now's your chance to prove you still have purpose. Show me you're not dead weight. So, tell me... where's the kid ?

PRISON

RANDOLPH: I'm sorry. I can't help you.
COULSON: Can't or won't ?
RANDOLPH: Potato, puh-tah-toe.
COULSON: And your reason ?
RANDOLPH: The nightly news, cities flying into the atmosphere, government task forces, and now the public is freaking out about alien outbreaks. Pretty crappy time to be on Earth if you're not a local, so I am staying low. And of course … there is my current situation.
BOBBI: Destruction of property, public drunkenness.
RANDOLPH: Yes, well, Asgardians can generally hold their drink. It's just, well, one night I tried to hold all the drinks.
BOBBI: Asgardians are also strong, right ? You could easily break out.
RANDOLPH: What ? And miss dinner ? Oh, no. Yes, Norse prisons are surprisingly evolved... decent food, comfy bed, extensive library, and no attention being drawn to me. Come back in a few months, why don't you ? Maybe then I'll be in the mood.
FITZ: We don't have a few months.
COULSON: And neither do you. I don't have to remind you that I saved your life, though I did just mention it in case you forgot. But I'd still have no problems contacting those task forces you mentioned. I bet they'd go bonkers to have a real-life Asgardian to dissect in their labs. I don't know how comfy you'd be there.
RANDOLPH: Why, Agent Coulson... are you threatening me ?
COULSON: I wouldn't call it a... Well, yeah, I guess I am. That's absolutely a threat.
RANDOLPH: You're different now. You know that ?
COULSON: One must accommodate the times or things get messy.
RANDOLPH: What's with the hand ?
COULSON: Things got messy.
RANDOLPH: Well... you'll have to cover my release. And if there is a portal, which I will have to see to believe, you are diving into very dangerous waters here…. All right. Well, it's not like you're giving me any choice.

Randolph pulls the bar of his cell. The alarm sounds and guards arrive.

RANDOLPH: He did it.

PLAYGROUND

MACK: Good to see you, Dr. Garner.
DAISY: Hmm, enjoying the use of the private jet ?
ANDREW: It's very helpful. Thanks. Those jump seats aren't made for transcontinental trips, I'll tell you that.
DAISY: Are you hungry ? I can have something whipped up for you.
ANDREW: That would be great. Thanks.
DAISY: Anything to drink ?
ANDREW: Daisy, trying to butter me up ?
DAISY: What, are you not hungry ?
ANDREW: Hey, look, my job is to keep everyone safe. Not just potential recruits, but you, as well. Bribery's not gonna get this guy approved for the team any faster.
DAISY: Wouldn't know, because you haven't approved anyone yet.
MACK: Well, here's, uh, Joey Gutierrez.
ANDREW: Yeah, I was reading his file on the flight... liquefies metal. How's he holding up ?
MACK: Well, he's terrified.
ANDREW: That's a healthy response. What about you two ? How are you guys doing ?
DAISY: No, no. Unh-unh-unh. You are not getting me on the couch today, doc, unless it's a conversation between friends.
ANDREW: That's all I meant.
DAISY: Great. How's May ? Where is she ? Is she ever coming back ?
ANDREW: You should ask her yourself.
DAISY: Well... I would if I knew where she was.

SUN CITY, ARIZONA

WILLIAM: No, no, no. You don't watch where the ball goes.
MAY: Then how would I find it ?
WILLIAM: You're usually very good at things like this... a natural.
MAY: Yeah, well, there's nothing natural about this game, but your comments after every swing make it super fun.
WILLIAM: You'll get hooked. You'll see.
MAY: All right, fair's fair. 10 shots for me, 5 reps for you. That's why we're here. Work that hip.
WILLIAM: You don't have to worry about my rehab, and that's not why you're here. I may not be a spy, but 20 years with your mother has taught me to pick up on things. You're not here because you care about me.
MAY: Oh, now I don't care about you. I didn't say that. I said that's not why you're here. Come on, Mellie. You... You take a trip to Honolulu with Andrew...
MAY: It was Maui.
WILLIAM: ...and you come back the daughter of the year. Something is not right. All right, I'll figure it out for myself.

PLAYGROUND

RANDOLPH: Well, I hate to disappoint, but it looks like your regular, old...

The monolith moves…

RANDOLPH: Oh. How often does it do that ?
FITZ: It's random.
RANDOLPH: No. No, no, no, no. It may seem random. But this... something is clearly triggering it.
FITZ: I've checked it against tides, relation to the sun, rotation...
RANDOLPH: On this planet. So you have no idea how to control it. Why come to me? I'm no interstellar-travel expert. I've never even studied gravitational lensing or zero-point energy fields or quantum-harmonic oscillation theory.
BOBBI: Yet you know all those words you just said.
COULSON: And you're scared of portals. You're scared of being dragged back home through a portal. So I think in your drunken stumble through history, you've probably investigated every story involving one.
BOBBI: And I've seen you eyeing all of your exits, my knee brace, wondering if you can get away with it. The only reason you came with us was to confirm its existence.
RANDOLPH: And destroy it.
FITZ: You'll have to go through me.
RANDOLPH: And I could. Literally. But, then, I don't know what Amazon woman and Robot hand are capable of these days, so I will help you get her back. I'm not entirely heartless. But if I do, I want your word that we will demolish this portal and no one passes through it again.
COULSON: I'll sleep better at night.
RANDOLPH: Good. Well, I've investigated a lot of these wormhole rumors, but that's all they were... rumors. None have panned out. So we know nothing of its origin.
COULSON: Kree maybe.
BOBBI: And this parchment was found with it.
RANDOLPH: Well, hello. I've seen this.
BOBBI: It's a common Hebrew word.
RANDOLPH: Yes. What else do we know, Mr. Fitz ?
FITZ: Uh, well, the Monolith changed hands a lot... Germanic tribes, spent the hundred years' war in France. But before the Napoleon era, it was moved again. I lost track of it somewhere in...
RANDOLPH: England.
FITZ: Yeah. How did you know that ?
RANDOLPH: Because I have seen this word carved into the walls of a castle in Gloucestershire, England, in 1853. To the plane !

He starts from then stop and look Coulson.

RANDOLPH: Wh... Am I allowed to say that ?
COULSON: Let's all go to the plane, I guess.

IBIZA, SPAIN

Ward looks a boat through binoculars and Kebo look at pictures of a man, Alexander, on a phone.

WARD: What's the point of a boat if you never take it out of the dock? It's like camping in a living room.

He passes him the binoculars.

WARD: There.
KEBO: There are easier ways of getting money than kidnapping.
WARD: Mr. Braun needs to see the world for what it really is. He can open many doors for us.

On the boat…

ALEXANDER: Sorry, girls. Not allowed to post, but happy to take some of you… That's great... Perfect.

Kebo gets into the boat by the sea. It releases rats. We hear screaming.

ALEXANDER: What's going on down there ?

People started to leave the boat. Ward garde approach, but a stop him.

GUARD: Private party.
WARD: It's okay. I'm on the list.

He hits the man and goes on the boat. The bodyguards attack it but it neutralizes all.

WARD: Good thing I dropped by.
ALEXANDER: Why's that ?
WARD: I'm an exterminator.

Ward hits Alexander.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND

RANDOLPH: Yes. Yes, yes. I came here for a costume ball... That was the pretext, of course... 'cause I had heard rumors of travel to the stars. Found it all to be nonsense. But it was a fun party.
COULSON: The carvings ?
RANDOLPH: Oh, right, right. Of course. So I was here admiring the stone work, and...
FITZ: The same as the scroll... "Death."
RANDOLPH: "Maveth." Yeah, one of its translations is actually "death by punishment."
COULSON: Could mean "no trespassing."
RANDOLPH: A Hebrew warning carved in an English castle struck me as odd. Out of place. Seems ancient.
BOBBI: But you stopped looking into it ?
RANDOLPH: A man dressed as an owl, of all things... I got him drunk enough to admit that no travel to other worlds was even occurring. Just ritualistic killings. Eh, the whole thing stunk of half-baked satanism... Just some fabrications to entice new members. And, well, there were fire dancers. I got distracted.
COULSON: Here's another one. This is why I got rid of all the S.H.I.E.L.D. logos on our vehicles. It's like screaming for attention.
BOBBI: You know, there's a ginormous eagle symbol on top of our jet.
COULSON: Yeah, sometimes I can't help myself with the cool.

Coulson relies on a stone that opens a passage.

RANDOLPH: You certain about this? It does say "death by punishment."

Fitz goes.

RANDOLPH: After you.

They follow him

PLAYGROUND

DAISY: Let me guess. Joey Gutierrez is unfit for action physically, psychologically, and emotionally.
ANDREW: The man can't open a doorknob without melting it. My Psych-101 students could tell you he's not ready. Maybe, in time.
DAISY: We are running out of time! Things keep coming at us. It's like punching a waterfall. New Inhumans, the ATCU, and this... this new guy. You should have seen him. It was a whole new level.
ANDREW: You want to fight fire with fire. I get it. But you can't be reckless about it. All these people who transform have the potential to turn into monsters. But the team you do have has that danger, as well.
DAISY: Sounds like there's some sage advice coming.
ANDREW: Everywhere you turn, fires are burning. Coulson's desperate to win on any front. But desperation leads to mistakes. Giving Hunter carte blanche to get payback, letting Fitz try to open a portal to save one life... these are questionable decisions.
DAISY: You should be telling him that.
ANDREW: He doesn't want to hear it right now. He's... He is who he is. But you... you're still changing.
DAISY: You see something I don't ? Horns ?
ANDREW: You're turning into a leader, and I'm concerned about how you're handling the adjustment.
DAISY: Wow. I totally just gave you permission to analyze me, didn't I ?
ANDREW: You are on a couch. Look, you are laser-focused on finding members for this team. I understand the need for these secret warriors.
DAISY: No, it's more than that. When I changed, I felt like a monster. I needed help. This is a chance to show people they have a place to belong… It sounds stupid.
ANDREW: No, but what you're describing sounds more like a halfway house. I'll gladly help you build that.
DAISY: My mother created a halfway house for Inhumans, and it was not enough. I... I want Inhumans taking action with S.H.I.E.L.D. to see that being different can mean making a difference.

WILLIAM MAY’S HOUSE

WILLIAM: Whoa. You chop like your mother. I think she chopped her vegetables like that as a warning to me. "Stay in line, old man."
MAY: You left the kitchen window open again.
WILLIAM: Paranoid... a quality you share with your mother.
MAY: You see her much ?
WILLIAM: Mm... she calls me now and then to see if I'm still living. You haven't called anybody yourself. Are you in hiding? Come on over. I want to show you something. I found it while I was downsizing. Ta-da !

These are his skating memories of May.

MAY: God.
WILLIAM: You put on skates at 7 years old, and you didn't take them off until five years later. A natural.
MAY: I was obsessed with Dorothy Hamill.
WILLIAM: I remember that well.
MAY: Mostly I remember how hard the ice was when I'd fall... over and over. That's why I switched to martial arts... padded floors.
WILLIAM: Well, and you could hit people.

May sees a shadow passed in the garden.

MAY: You expecting company ?
WILLIAM: No, but I'm not afraid of the prospect.

May takes a knife and opens the door. It’s Hunter.

HUNTER: Aah! Aah.
MAY: What the hell are you doing here ?
HUNTER: Uh, neighborhood watch ?

William shakes his head and speaks in his native language.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND

Coulson; Fitz, Bobbi  and Randolph arrive in one room.

RANDOLPH: Okay, well, this room wasn't on the last tour. It's an odd shape for architecture this period. Definitely built after I was here.
BOBBI: Reminds me of the bunker under the Louvre.
RANDOLPH: What ? There's no bunker under the Louvre. That's a joke, right ? You're messing with me. All right, great. Now I'll have to check.
FITZ: It's late 1800s.

Fitz enable electricity.

COULSON: Still got some life to it.
BOBBI: I hear water. Could be a stream underground, maybe hydroelectric power.

Fitz and Randolph open a kind of tracks in the floor.

BOBBI: This looks a lot like it was made to hold...
FITZ: The Monolith. This machine was designed to control the portal, to open and close it at will.
COULSON: Do you know that, or is that just what you hope it to be ?
FITZ: Well, there's only one way to find out.

Coulson make a phone call.

COULSON: Mack, I need you to load something onto Zephyr-1 and bring it to us
MACK: What exactly am I bringing, sir ?
COULSON: Yeah... you're not gonna like it.

UNKNOWN LOCATION

Alexander is tied to a chair and Kebo hits him.

WARD: You never earned a single thing in your life. You're a waste of your family money. So... we're taking everything. Starting with banking passwords.
ALEXANDER: Go screw your...

Ward hits him.

WARD: I'm not asking. From here on out, you want something, you earn it. (to Kebo) Teeth, eyes, fingers... whatever it takes. Get the passwords.

WILLIAM MAY’S GARDEN

HUNTER: A lot of speculation back at HQ as to why you went AWOL. Spiritual walkabout, midlife crisis... early midlife crisis. I know you didn't elope with your ex, 'cause he's actually been around. Hawaiian islands couldn't rekindle that old flame, eh ?... You heard about Simmons ?
MAY: Coulson and I spoke on the phone.
HUNTER: I know. He traced it. Pay phone at L.A.X.... one of the surviving few.
MAY: How did you find me ?
HUNTER: Been reaching out to some of my less savory associates, trying to dig up anything I can on HYDRA. My mate in Leavenworth said they'd received an anonymous call from a woman asking the same questions.
MAY: Pay phone again. Careless.
HUNTER: You do know that only .3 of the population of Sun City are Asian ?
MAY: What do you want ?
HUNTER: Your skills. I plan to put Ward six feet underground at the least. Your help would be appreciated.
MAY: I'm out. My father needs me.
HUNTER: Oh, yeah. Car accident. Broke his hip. Police called it a hit-and-run. Looks like Mr. May's doing okay to me.
MAY: He's getting there.
HUNTER: But they never found the driver.
MAY: It was an accident, and I'm here to help him get back on his feet.
HUNTER: Yeah ? Is that why you nearly decapitated me for dropping by ? Why you're making anonymous calls to old C.I.s ? Part of you wonders if it was Ward going after the people you care about. We both know he's capable of it. And unless I'm off the mark, he's out there pumping new life into HYDRA. And we both know where they'll come knocking first.
MAY:  What's your way in ?
HUNTER: From below. Climb the ranks. Hail HYDRA and all that.
MAY: He sees your face, you're made.
HUNTER: If he's close enough to see my face, then I'm close enough to put a bullet in his.
MAY: I'm out.
HUNTER: I'm gonna nab a payload from these gunrunners to establish my cover. If you change your mind. Whatever your reason, you'll never be truly out if you're always looking over your shoulder. And next time, it won't be me outside the window.

Hunter goes.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND

Zephyr-1 deposits the Monolith in the location Coulson, Randolph, Fitz and Bobbi were found.

BOBBI: Zephyr-1, you're clear to retract.

Mack and Daisy arrives.

MACK: Wow. Room full of ancient gack. Kind of reminds me of your office, director.
DAISY: Realistically, what are the odds of this thing working ?
COULSON: If we were realistic, we never would have gotten this far.
DAISY: Well, Andrew Garner thinks I need to be more so. He recommended three months observation and counseling before reassessment for Joey. Says I'm reckless.
COULSON: Don't take it personally. He probably just meant that...
DAISY: He said you're desperate.
COULSON: What ? He didn't say that… Did he say that ?
BOBBI: Let me guess. I'm struggling to come to terms with physical limitations and losing my sense of self instead of redefining it.
DAISY: No, he didn't mention you.
BOBBI: Oh.
DAISY: Oh, he did. That's what he said.
BOBBI: Oh, good.
DAISY: Yeah.
FITZ: Mack... Mack, push that lever. No, the one... the one that's... the one that's down. The one... the one beside it. Push it.

They activate the mechanism. The floor begins to shake and move the monolith.

MACK: Everybody, stay clear !
BOBBI: Fitz, it's working.
FITZ: It's staying open. Light ! I need more light !

Daisy begins having headaches. The machine starts to shake.

MACK: We got a problem !
FITZ: I need some bloody light !
COULSON: Fitz !

Coulson gives him a gun and Fitz shoots a flare in the monolith. Daisy and increasingly evil and begins to bleed from the nose.

DAISY: Help...
MACK: The gears have locked ! Bobbi !

The mechanism breaks. Daisy vanished and Monolith freezes.
A few minutes later…

COULSON: Skye ? Hey. Skye, are you okay ? Skye ?
DAISY: It's Daisy.
COULSON: What ?
BOBBI: It's Daisy now, sir ? You're really having a hard time with this, huh ?
COULSON: Damn it. Yeah. Daisy, hey. You all right ?
DAISY: Yeah. I'm better. That pulsing sound was killing me.
COULSON: What pulsing sound ?
DAISY: Are you serious ? It was deafening.

Further, Fitz tries to raise a part of the machine that has fallen.

MACK: Slow down. Slow down. Slow down.
FITZ: It holds the portal open. That flare shot straight through. if we could send a hard-wired probe through, we can see the other side. We can find her.
MACK: We'll fix the machine, Turbo...
FITZ: We have to fix it.
MACK: ...but you got to chill...

Fitz back

MACK: How are we supposed to fix a machine we don't know how it works ?

UNKNOWN LOCATION

KEBO: I figured you for a mama's boy. One slap, and you spit out the info. It's been a good run, kid. Now, let's just get to the end.

Kebo hits him and Alexander falls to the ground.

KEBO: Come on.

Alexander grabs a piece of glass.

ALEXANDER: Okay. You win.

Alexander gets up and sets the piece of glass in the Kebo arm that falls to the ground.

ALEXANDER: Nobody treats me like that and lives.

Alexander the computer and catch him hit several times Kebo with.

ALEXANDER: Do you even know who the hell I am ?

He gives him a kick.

ALEXANDER: Do you ?

Ward arrives.

WARD: You're Werner von Strucker. Your father was Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, one of HYDRA's greatest leaders. Powerful family name doesn't mean you deserve respect. You earn that. I wondered if you had it in you. Your old man would be proud… Come on. Brought tacos.

WILLIAM MAY’S HOUSE

May enters the house.

WILLIAM: Unfinished business ? Is that what you're in hiding from ?... You and your mother. Silence always means yes. You take after her in that way.
MAY: In every way.
WILLIAM: So that's what this visit is all about ? Things with you and Andrew did not work out so well, so you feel damaged in some way. But there are worse things to be than your mother's daughter.
MAY: I just want to have a normal life, dad, away from S.H.I.E.L.D. I want to see if I can.
WILLIAM: Normal ? With a handgun in your golf bag ? Trying to protect me from some unfinished business that follows you like a shadow ?

He released the photo of May child and places it on the table.

WILLIAM: You remember the pain when you hit the ice, but I always remember how quickly you would get up.
MAY: I was a kid. It didn't hurt as much then.
WILLIAM: My daughter always got back up.

He goes.

UNKNOWN LOCATION

WARD: You needed a push. I had to know you could handle the fall.
WERNER: I should have you killed.
WARD: Okay. First thing, if you're gonna kill someone, don't threaten them. Just do it.
WERNER: Oh, my father would have you...
WARD: Your father kept you in the dark and then died a meaningless death, leaving you to hide your face with no answers. I know what it's like to come from a complicated family. HYDRA's fractured, in pieces. We're gonna rebuild it.. the right way... by force.
WERNER: My father so rarely let me see any of his world.
WARD: It's your world now. And when we put these pieces back together, they'll be stronger than the original.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND

FITZ: It'll just rattle apart again. We have to reinforce the connections.
MACK: Reinf... look, most of the workings are under the ground. We just can't tear the castle down. And actually, we're lucky the room is shaped this way, or the machine might have shaken it apart on top of us.
FITZ: Wait. Wait. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the point. Quantum harmonic oscillation theory, like the professor said.
BOBBI: I know that look.
FITZ: It's a strange shape for this time period because it's made to resonate, uh, to... to... to... uh... create a-a quantized field within the stone.
COULSON: Fitz, you're talking, but we're not totally following.
FITZ: The room is a speaker. The machine is an amplifier. Uh, a sub... subsonic frequency to resonate with the Monolith.
MACK: You saying you figured out a way to fix the machine ?
FITZ: No. I'm saying I figured out that...
DAISY: We don't have to… I can do it. I can open the portal myself.

A few minutes later, Mack finished installing a cable.

RANDOLPH: Well, turns out we're standing in the middle of the world's largest subwoofer.
MACK: Yeah
DAISY: If the point of the machine was to resonate the room at a certain frequency, I can do that.
COULSON: And you can replicate it ?
DAISY: Kind of drilled into my brain.
COULSON: And it could kill you. How long do you think you can hold it ?
DAISY: Maybe a minute.
COULSON: If it's too much, you pull back. I can't lose you, too.
DAISY: I got this.
BOBBI: Here we go. Camera and data sensors are hard-lined back to us through a cable... no signal loss that way. If Daisy can hold it, we'll get a visual of the other side.
COULSON: That's what we're looking for. All right, you listen to me. You take care of yourself. We lose that probe, nobody cares.
RANDOLPH: Uh, I'm confused. What exactly is she planning to do here ?

Daisy uses her powers.

DAISY: Sorry. Still tuning.

She opens the gate.

FITZ: Hold it open as long as you can.

Fitz clings to cable and jumps.

COULSON: Fitz, no !

On the other side, Fitz sees nothing. There is a storm

FITZ: Jemma !... Jemma !

Daisy started to bleed from the nose and cable support starts to let go. Mack take it.

FITZ: Jemma !... Jemma !
SIMMONS: Fitz !... Fitz !
FITZ: Jemma ?

The other dimension is more and more critical and the cable is almost end.

FITZ: Jemma ?

The cable is ending.Fitz sees Simmons.

FITZ: Jemma !
SIMMONS: Fitz !

Daisy begins to weaken.

COULSON: Damn it. Pull him back! Get him back here.

Fitz and Simmons borders on hands when Coulson active return of the cable.

SIMMONS: Aah !

Simmons ramp to catch up. They catch the hand but hard to keep.

DAISY: I can't hold it !

Fitz Simmons and are about to release the hand. Daisy let go and monolith explodes. Everyone approaches. Fitz had lots of stone engraved followed by Simmons. They are back ! Daisy is out of strength. Mack joins her.

MACK: You did good, tremors. You did good.
SIMMONS: Fitz...

SHIELD’S BUS

Fitz Simmons rests and is at her side. Coulson joined Randolph on the next room.

COULSON: No sign of radiation or infection. Fitz would never have found her, but she saw the flare. We brought a woman back from the dead today.
RANDOLPH: And, happily, you kept up your end of the bargain. The portal is destroyed.
COULSON: Thank Daisy for that.
RANDOLPH: Yeah. Agent Coulson... what exactly is Daisy ?
COULSON: They call themselves Inhumans.
RANDOLPH: I have not heard that word in a very long time.

In another room, Andrew call May.

MAY: Yes ?
ANDREW: Your team pulled off a miracle today. Fitz got Simmons back. I thought you deserved to know. They think she's gonna be okay if you want to come back and see her. Or stay. I think headquarters is big enough for the two of us.
MAY: I'm glad she's safe.

May hangs up. On the table before her is weapons. She's with Hunter.

MAY: Simmons is back. She's okay.
HUNTER: Are you serious ? She's alive ? Fitz, you absolute beauty ! Come on, beers ? Let's get a beer on it ! Come on May, small for once in your eye.

Back to Playground. Simmons sleeps in a room. She woke up suddenly with a gun homemade by hand. She looks around and realizes that she is no longer in danger. She sees Fitz sleeping next to her and will lie against him.

END

 

CAMPUS

Andrew talk with his students.

ANDREW: First thing tomorrow morning, all right ?
MAN: Dr. Garner ?
ANDREW: Yeah ?
MAN: I'm sorry for the intrusion, but I was hoping to add your class.
ANDREW: You okay with a few weeks' makeup work ?
MAN: Yeah, I-I just transferred. I think psychology might be my major.
ANDREW: Okay. You know why most people take psych, right ? Ahh, damn this pen. Here. Give me your back. They're trying to figure out their families.
WERNER: You got me there. You wouldn't believe how messed up mine is.

 

Ecrit par Albi2302.