Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. s05e03 Episode Script
A Life Spent
1 The only way to not die is to blend in and work hard, and you can't do either of those things without Metrics.
[DEVICE BEEPS, ENERGY HUMS.]
Everyone has a role to play to keep the Lighthouse from falling apart.
He didn't have to die.
Somebody did.
WOMAN: Kasius welcomes you to his suites.
KASIUS: A life taken, a life earned.
What is wrong with you?! You must learn silence.
Aah! Aah! Virgil mentioned stories.
I'd like to see where he lived, see if we can find any clues as to what his plan for us was.
Virgil always kept this in the trawler.
Said the world might look this way again someday.
Do you see a world that can be saved? It's too late.
It's already been quaked apart.
S05E03 A Life Spent [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
The print is considered quite fashionable in the capitol.
Sinara.
Ah.
I knew our esteemed guest couldn't bear to wait any longer.
Kasius, how kind of you to arrange such a warm welcome.
Just an everyday affair.
Would you like a drink? The Terrans call it martini.
Fermented sugars and the like.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
I'm here on behalf of the Lady Basha.
She sends her regrets.
Mm.
Well, perhaps if she knew how we prepared the best of Earth's cuisine She prefers dining on her own ship.
She means no disrespect.
No.
Surely, none taken.
Of course, Lady Basha very much looks forward to the ceremony.
She has high expectations.
To be exceeded.
Tye, you now have the opportunity to give me good news about our ceremony.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
[HUMMING CONTINUES.]
[HUMMING CONTINUES.]
- [HUMMING STOPS.]
- Jemma, we have a problem.
And for your sake, I pray you can fix it.
[HUMMING RESUMES.]
The Renewal lost me time and tokens! So if things don't start picking up around here, I'm gonna be doing some renewing of my own! Is that understood?! Thinking I may have been wrong to trust Grill.
This is what we call an understatement, no? Well, the alternative was getting shot.
At least Daisy's not trapped in here.
[TOOLS CLACKING.]
Coulson, be careful.
They're always watching.
I know, but Virgil hid this thing.
I got to figure out why.
He did it because this tin-can place makes people crazy! - [METRIC BEEPS.]
- ZEV: New girl! - [GROANS.]
- Work faster! [METRIC BEEPS.]
I'll show you fast, you Yo-Yo.
He zapped me! [METRIC BEEPS.]
[METAL CLANKS.]
GRILL: The door's rigged.
Did you really think that was gonna work? Thought I'd give it a shot.
Well that don't fly with me.
You see, I don't tolerate skimmers or laggers or agitators.
[DEVICE BEEPS, ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
[MACK GROANS.]
- Hear that?! - [METRIC BEEPS.]
As long as you owe me I own you.
[METRIC BEEPS.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Where are they? We were supposed to meet up at the Exchange.
Something's wrong.
Or they finally took my advice to evaporate into this place.
They were looking for a way to find Simmons.
- I got to track them down.
- So you said.
Don't you think you're kind of deflecting from what I told you about [IMITATES EXPLOSION.]
I'm not deflecting 'cause I didn't do it.
Yeah, that's what deflecting is.
How could I split the world apart? My powers aren't that strong.
I am not that strong.
Maybe not yet, but you will be.
And how do you know that? Because planet Earth went from smooth to chunky, and Quake is the one who did it.
And you don't think I'd remember that? Well, actually, not according to the multiverse theory.
You probably never heard of it, but in quantum physics, there's a theory that, for every universe, there are infinite parallel universes.
So in my universe, you destroyed the planet.
Maybe that just hasn't happened in So what universe did that just happen in? Mine or yours? Oh, no.
Talk to me.
- There's been a Renewal.
- A what? Three people are dead.
Just hold your freak-out.
It wasn't your friends, okay? They're probably hiding, which is what I advised them to do from the get-go.
Okay, okay.
So where would they be hiding? I don't know.
They're your friends.
And this is your home, where you know everyone and everything that's in here.
[SIGHS.]
One of the vacancies came from Grill's salvage.
That means there's an opening.
He might take in strays.
I'd start there.
You got all that the from shoe guy? Well, shoe guy knows all.
Guess I should have asked him in the first place.
Don't do anything dumb, please.
[TOOLS CLANKING.]
I was trying to get a look inside that office.
Grill's keeping that Scroll in the cabinet behind his desk.
That thing might get us into the levels where they're keeping Simmons.
Well, he's got a handgun in there, too.
Humans aren't allowed to have guns.
Except for murder sports, apparently.
Well, the point being, we need to tread lightly.
Now, Yo-Yo, if you can get in there, maybe we can get that Scroll back.
Nice work, Mack.
You see? Not stupid.
Recon.
Recon.
Trawler run.
Good.
That's good.
Yeah, 'cause I barely survived the last one.
COULSON: Take me with you.
What? No.
Hey.
Take me with you.
Tess, you and your friend here did us a kindness, taking a life.
Yeah.
But you still owe me a double haul.
Do I? You never mentioned it.
I'll need a few crushers if you want me to pack the belly full on that thing.
Got anyone expendable? Take the agitator and his friend.
No big loss if one of these jokers gets caught in the nets.
If you say so.
Come on, you two.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
[HUMMING STOPS.]
[SHUDDERED BREATHING.]
- Please - TYE: No! You need to learn.
What did you do to her? She's doing it to herself.
It's your problem now.
Fix it.
[WHIMPERING.]
Yeah, they're gone.
It's okay.
What's your name? Abby.
How long have you had seizures, Abby? You can talk to me.
I'm a doctor.
Oh.
Have you always Only since Terrigenesis.
You're Inhuman.
Yes.
And if I'm not ready for the ceremony I don't know what's gonna happen to me.
[GRUNTING, WHIMPERING.]
So, wait you're an indentured servant to the junkyard king? And everyone else is on a space walk.
But there's no time to explain.
They're tracking me.
You shouldn't be seen here.
You should go.
That's a great idea.
Let's go.
I can't.
I need to stay.
The thing I stole from the Kree guard, boss man has it in his office, but I think I found a way to get it.
That's good.
If you can get it to me, maybe I can get to Simmons.
Exacto.
So go, but stay close.
ZEV: Hey! New Girl! You get any slower, you're going in the crusher.
I don't trust them.
I always thought Virgil was skimming.
Somebody has been stealing from me, so he dies, and now these guys show up? You think they're taking over his old racket? So why send them on Virgil's run? 'Cause you want to find proof.
No, I want you to find proof.
[KEYPAD BEEPING.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Flint! Clear out, kid.
I thought you said I could crash here.
Yeah.
Not during operation.
Come on.
MAY: So, less than 24 hours, and you've already been taken prisoner.
- That a record? - Not even close.
But let's focus on the positives.
So what's going on? Yeah, you find anything in there, Sherlock? I think Virgil was doing recon.
You said he was in the trawler all the time? I think he was searching for something.
These numbers, they're objects in space, right? Yeah.
He kept track of them.
Well, this one kept showing up over and over, this one specific part of Earth.
616.
Sure.
One of the larger segments.
But I've been there.
It's just a chunk of dead rock.
Well, maybe he hid something out that way.
I don't know.
But we have to check it out.
The answer to why we're here might be out there.
- Then we go.
- [SIGHS.]
I'd rather not go where no one can hear you scream, but okay.
Uh, I want to help you guys, but I'm already on the hook for a double haul.
There's no way I can do a side mission.
This isn't a side mission.
It's the mission.
This is what Virgil died for.
I know you don't think he was just expendable.
Look.
We got to be careful.
We got to cover our tracks, and if there's so much as a hic See how you all just got quiet? That's why I'm coming on this run.
I mean, you know how it works here.
Of course.
I was just curious about your specific experience.
It's nothing special.
All the 18-year-olds go through it.
When the mist hit me, I was one of the lucky ones.
Lucky.
Yeah.
I've heard Terrigenesis can be a traumatic experience.
I just thought of my family.
It was hard to leave them, but knowing that they'd be rewarded helped.
That man Tye? Is he hurting you? Oh, no.
No, Tye's been trying to help me, teach me to control my gift.
I just haven't been able to do it yet.
I don't know what will happen to them if I can't complete the ceremony.
That's why you demonstrate your abilities.
And then after, I get to go off-planet, travel the galaxy as an ambassador.
It's a dream.
It's why I have to learn.
I might be able to help.
Can you describe what it is you can do? Yeah, well, um sometimes I'm so light, my hand can just pass right through things.
And then, sometimes, I'm as solid as lead.
You can control your molecular density.
Yeah, but I can't control it.
Everything in me, it just it tenses up, and it hurts.
Sometimes the only way I can get it to stop is if Tye turns on my blocker.
That thing inhibits your powers? It helps me.
They help me.
I'm just not worthy of it.
Abby.
[SIGHS.]
You are worthy.
I've known many Inhumans, and every one of them took time to master their abilities.
I've had time.
And if I can't perform at the ceremony Tye says that my family will be punished.
So I don't I don't even care what happens to me.
I need to do this for them.
Please.
I'll help you.
Mack keeping him distracted down there? Zev's enjoying giving him a hard time.
I think this might be our last shot.
[SWITCHES CLICK.]
Say what you will about our future dystopian horror show.
It has a nice view.
Dazzling.
How's the leg? I'm not gonna lie.
You think we're gonna find something out there? Maybe a way back? I don't know.
Maybe there is no way back.
That doesn't sound like you.
Just managing expectations.
You're being fatalistic.
Look, you know I'm not big on destiny, but maybe our destiny's here in this time, helping these people.
It's not like I don't want to help.
I do.
But after that, I'm going home.
I spent weeks in the Framework, strapped to a board, thinking I was Hydra.
[SWITCHES CLICK.]
I've earned a night in my own bed.
[SAW WHIRRING IN DISTANCE.]
Mmm.
Mm.
[COMPUTER BEEPS.]
New people.
[SIGHS.]
[TOOLS CLACKING.]
Hmm.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
[COMPUTER BEEPS.]
[SIGHS.]
What? [DEVICE CLATTERS.]
[COMPUTER BEEPING.]
[SIGHS.]
New girl! I'm going as fast as I can.
Get over here.
Your Metric's on the fritz.
Arm out.
[GRUNTS.]
There.
[GROANS.]
That oughta do it.
No more dilly-dallying.
Zev's so busy teaching your friend a lesson, he hasn't noticed we're off course yet.
We should hurry.
My God.
It's a miracle anybody survived at all.
[CHUCKLES.]
I forgot I had this thing.
Virgil would always do this.
Said he liked seeing what Earth will look like when it's fixed.
Wouldn't fly without it.
Uh, one time, he delayed us an hour so he could go back to his bunk and get it.
Superstitious, I guess.
Or not.
It's the lost knob.
Virgil was talking to someone.
[METRICS BEEP.]
Aah.
Busted.
I'm gonna enjoy this.
You got everyone secured to the wall? That's right.
Good.
[GRUNTING.]
[GROANS.]
Thank you.
I had to.
You were all pinned to the wall, flailing around like a bunch of hungry, hungry hippos.
Huh.
In my mind, it was cooler than that.
Oh, this is bad.
This is beyond bad.
What did we just do? We did what we had to.
No, you don't understand.
We just attacked a superior.
We're dead.
SIMMONS: Let's try again.
IT's not gonna work.
Come on.
You can do this, Abby.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
[FIST SLAMS.]
I didn't mean to do that.
No, but that was impressive.
You're powerful.
Well, not if I can't do it when I actually want to.
But you can.
It's mind over matter.
Or in your case, the literal matter that makes up your body.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
Think of this place.
You see a table, this pitcher, and outside, the stars Millions of them.
All of that, every part in the universe is made of the same thing Protons, neutrons, electrons.
And you know what's between those tiny particles? Space.
Infinite space.
Okay.
[SIGHS.]
Your body is like a field of stars, but you're special.
You can control the space between the stars.
The space between the stars.
Imagine it.
Close your eyes and imagine it.
- [BREATHES DEEPLY.]
- Now try again.
[CHUCKLES.]
[BOTH LAUGH.]
I've never been able to hold it steady like this before.
That's good.
Just remember this feeling.
I lost it.
I It's okay.
Takes months to master a talent.
[CHUCKLES.]
Or perhaps much less time.
Abby, with me.
What What No, wait.
We're We need more time.
Let's all hope not.
I look forward to your performance.
You'll do great, Abby.
- Even just a - Silence.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
Did you set our little healer up to fail because I think she's pretty? Or did you really think she'd succeed? You want to see me happy.
Then tell me, what does Jemma have that makes her so different makes her capable to succeed in this? Compassion.
Hmm.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[DEVICE BEEPS.]
Do I need to ask what the hell you're doing with that? So now you're tailing me? Shot in the dark You won't get it.
Oh, 'cause you're too noble for me to understand? Where I come from, we protect each other.
You are storming the castle.
Any plan how you're gonna do that alive? That's what I thought.
This is what I do.
My friend's life is on the line, so I'll figure something out.
Oh, just all in, totally blind, huh? It's a stupid way to play, even if you have a good hand.
You should be playing the long game.
- The long game? - Yes.
I can make it so that you could waltz down there with an invitation from the big man, but that takes serious time.
It takes finesse.
Or it takes the Scroll that I have now.
So thank you for your endless advice, Deke.
You are about to walk into a buzzsaw.
You're just worried it's gonna blow back on you.
This has nothing to do with me! If you pick a fight with the Blues, they are gonna take it out on all of us.
Today's Renewal was for three people.
Tomorrow could be for 30.
Death comes easy here.
Which is why I need to get to Simmons now.
So if I were you, I'd get out of my way.
You already destroyed the world once.
I am not gonna let you do it again.
[RUMBLING.]
Whoa.
So there she is Quake the destroyer of worlds.
Don't ever call me that again.
[STATIC CRACKLES.]
We're screwed.
I told you, it's a dead rock.
We just risked our lives for nothing.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
How is he? Oh, he's out cold For now.
If we know what's good for us, maybe he stays that way.
MACK: What are you getting at? I'm saying we seal the hatch, and we dump the load.
Zev didn't make it out in time.
It was an accident.
- That's murder.
- That's math.
A life spent is a life earned.
That's how it works.
I got that when you took out a guy with a shotgun.
I was saving her life! [STATIC CRACKLING.]
What the Is that a voice? [TRANSMITTER TUNING.]
It's a transmission.
It's a faint signal, but the source is right in front of us.
[CHUCKLES.]
That's impossible.
How is anything coming from a lifeless rock? I don't know.
It could be reflecting.
Yeah, I think you're right.
It's only bouncing off of 616.
But the, uh, signal's origins It's coming from the surface of the Earth.
May I present the Lady Basha.
Your Excellency.
I pray your journey was not too difficult.
Kasius.
Well, you have carved out a little life for yourself on this rock, haven't you? Quite literally.
From the deposit of limestones under the surface, the crushed skeletons of marine creatures dead a billion years.
And you've been well? We fared well, considering the remote location.
Well, we've been eagerly awaiting your arrival.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
What's happening? Now we'll see the fruits of her labor.
Basha, my dear, I do hope you enjoy tonight's exhibition.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
No, you can't You promised me a warrior.
You'll find, with Inhumans, looks can be deceiving.
I hope so.
I've come a long way.
And you do me a great honor, bringing along your champion.
He's hardly my champion, but he has killed 13 opponents in 7 systems.
[GROWLS.]
Aah! [GASPING.]
[BODY THUDS.]
This is the best you have to offer? Let's all hope she can find her way.
So many lives we prize depend upon her success.
[GRUNTING.]
[PANTING.]
[TOOLS CLANKING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[PANTING.]
Disappointing.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Just think of the stars.
Aah! [BONES CRACKING.]
[SCREAMING.]
It may be our warrior has found her way.
[GROANING.]
Please.
[GROANS.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GROANS.]
Extraordinary.
[WHITE NOISE HUMS.]
You're dead! I'm gonna feed you to the roaches! You hear me?! Can't find the mute button.
Hello? Is anyone out there? Do you read? Nothing.
I'm recording the transmission, but I still can't make it out.
Zev's right you know.
We're roach food.
You're gonna regret this.
We'll figure it out.
We always do.
You don't get it! The moment we lied about this mission, someone was gonna die.
It's him or us.
We're not dumping the load.
I've got to while we have the chance.
You gonna get in my way? Sacrifice your lives for that piece of trash? We're not sacrificing anyone, you understand? As S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
, we live by a code, and we're not bending to your twisted world view.
[ALARM BLARING.]
We're losing fuel, fast! We had six more hours worth.
Zev cut the fuel line.
May, can you get us back to the Lighthouse? Yeah, I can try.
You have enough of that transmission recorded? It's gonna have to be enough.
Because we need to turn and burn and pray that we don't hit a gravity storm.
Do it.
There goes our chance.
Hope it was worth it.
The Terrans were such an unremarkable species.
You have done well with their world.
Well, if I can't find opportunity, I make my own.
Well, you would have to on a grim little rock like this.
Hmm.
KASIUS: Ah.
BASHA: As we agreed.
[WHITE NOISE HUMS.]
[HUMMING STOPS.]
No, Abby, you can't! Now, Sinara, let's not be rash.
Jemma demonstrated her worth.
You sold her.
And if not for you she wouldn't have fetched such a high price.
Got a few more.
Move it! [SHOES SQUEAK.]
I really thought this would work.
This has been fun, but I've got someplace to be.
[RUMBLING.]
So not as stealth as I hoped.
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
Awesome.
GRILL: Are you kidding me? You have got to be the dumbest bunch of lugs I have ever seen.
Zev catches you smuggling contraband, and then you mutiny? Mutiny? That's a strong wor [METRIC BEEPS, ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
Picking up where Virgil left off? I knew someone was stealing.
Squirreling things away.
Yeah, like you know what a squirrel is.
Shut it, agitator! I am gonna kill the lot of you, good and slow! But I'm starting with you.
It wasn't them.
It was me.
- Just me.
- Tess.
Grill, these people didn't even know Virgil.
So any gripe you had with him is with me now.
Same with any contraband.
You want contraband? He has a gun.
A gun? Zev threatened me with it.
Probably threatened them, too.
If you're looking for contraband, he's got it.
No way, boss.
Search him.
If I'm wrong, I know the consequences.
[PEOPLE GASP, MURMUR.]
No way.
No, no, no, no.
No way.
You stole this.
From someone.
No.
Wait.
Wait.
Humans aren't allowed to have firearms.
- [METRIC BEEPS, ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
- [GROANS.]
We wanted to tell you the truth, but he's your guy, and We didn't want the Blues to come down on you.
That's why I'm reporting this violator to them myself.
Grill, no.
[METRIC BEEPS, ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
[SCREAMING.]
You know what their punishment is for this.
Let that be a lesson.
No one is above the rules! [RUMBLING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GAS HISSING.]
You were right.
It's a rare occasion that I am surprised, but count this among them.
I told you she'd find her way down here.
And demonstrating her powers, no less.
That right there is a weapon of mass destruction, tied up in one pretty, little package, all for you.
We can talk about price later, but I expect that you'll be more than fair.
[COUGHING.]
So, this is Quake, Destroyer of Worlds.
How is it possible that she's here? The important thing is she's yours.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
I'll kill you.
I swear.
Sorry, sweetheart.
I'm just playing the long game.
We'll return in a moment.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
[AIR HISSES.]
All right, Phil.
Enough sight-seeing.
Get back to work.
Who needs some sleep? I'll get the next shift.
Nice try.
You slept less than all of us.
Yeah, we got to get back to salvage, anyway, so let's hope this does the trick.
It's got to be remnants.
Old transmissions in a gravitational feedback loop.
I'm telling you, it's from the surface.
That's impossible.
Nothing can survive on the surface.
[STATIC CRACKLING.]
MAN: Virgil, come in.
Do you read? We haven't heard from you in three days.
Please respond.
Have you secured the delegation? He's talking about us.
We're the delegation.
Whoever that is knows we're here, knows why we're here.
So there's someone out there.
We need to find them.
We need to find a way to get up there.
No.
You're not listening.
Nothing can survive on the surface.
That's where they send people to die.
[WIND HOWLING.]
[VRELLNEXIANS SCREECHING.]
[DEVICE BEEPS, ENERGY HUMS.]
Everyone has a role to play to keep the Lighthouse from falling apart.
He didn't have to die.
Somebody did.
WOMAN: Kasius welcomes you to his suites.
KASIUS: A life taken, a life earned.
What is wrong with you?! You must learn silence.
Aah! Aah! Virgil mentioned stories.
I'd like to see where he lived, see if we can find any clues as to what his plan for us was.
Virgil always kept this in the trawler.
Said the world might look this way again someday.
Do you see a world that can be saved? It's too late.
It's already been quaked apart.
S05E03 A Life Spent [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
The print is considered quite fashionable in the capitol.
Sinara.
Ah.
I knew our esteemed guest couldn't bear to wait any longer.
Kasius, how kind of you to arrange such a warm welcome.
Just an everyday affair.
Would you like a drink? The Terrans call it martini.
Fermented sugars and the like.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
I'm here on behalf of the Lady Basha.
She sends her regrets.
Mm.
Well, perhaps if she knew how we prepared the best of Earth's cuisine She prefers dining on her own ship.
She means no disrespect.
No.
Surely, none taken.
Of course, Lady Basha very much looks forward to the ceremony.
She has high expectations.
To be exceeded.
Tye, you now have the opportunity to give me good news about our ceremony.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
[HUMMING CONTINUES.]
[HUMMING CONTINUES.]
- [HUMMING STOPS.]
- Jemma, we have a problem.
And for your sake, I pray you can fix it.
[HUMMING RESUMES.]
The Renewal lost me time and tokens! So if things don't start picking up around here, I'm gonna be doing some renewing of my own! Is that understood?! Thinking I may have been wrong to trust Grill.
This is what we call an understatement, no? Well, the alternative was getting shot.
At least Daisy's not trapped in here.
[TOOLS CLACKING.]
Coulson, be careful.
They're always watching.
I know, but Virgil hid this thing.
I got to figure out why.
He did it because this tin-can place makes people crazy! - [METRIC BEEPS.]
- ZEV: New girl! - [GROANS.]
- Work faster! [METRIC BEEPS.]
I'll show you fast, you Yo-Yo.
He zapped me! [METRIC BEEPS.]
[METAL CLANKS.]
GRILL: The door's rigged.
Did you really think that was gonna work? Thought I'd give it a shot.
Well that don't fly with me.
You see, I don't tolerate skimmers or laggers or agitators.
[DEVICE BEEPS, ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
[MACK GROANS.]
- Hear that?! - [METRIC BEEPS.]
As long as you owe me I own you.
[METRIC BEEPS.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Where are they? We were supposed to meet up at the Exchange.
Something's wrong.
Or they finally took my advice to evaporate into this place.
They were looking for a way to find Simmons.
- I got to track them down.
- So you said.
Don't you think you're kind of deflecting from what I told you about [IMITATES EXPLOSION.]
I'm not deflecting 'cause I didn't do it.
Yeah, that's what deflecting is.
How could I split the world apart? My powers aren't that strong.
I am not that strong.
Maybe not yet, but you will be.
And how do you know that? Because planet Earth went from smooth to chunky, and Quake is the one who did it.
And you don't think I'd remember that? Well, actually, not according to the multiverse theory.
You probably never heard of it, but in quantum physics, there's a theory that, for every universe, there are infinite parallel universes.
So in my universe, you destroyed the planet.
Maybe that just hasn't happened in So what universe did that just happen in? Mine or yours? Oh, no.
Talk to me.
- There's been a Renewal.
- A what? Three people are dead.
Just hold your freak-out.
It wasn't your friends, okay? They're probably hiding, which is what I advised them to do from the get-go.
Okay, okay.
So where would they be hiding? I don't know.
They're your friends.
And this is your home, where you know everyone and everything that's in here.
[SIGHS.]
One of the vacancies came from Grill's salvage.
That means there's an opening.
He might take in strays.
I'd start there.
You got all that the from shoe guy? Well, shoe guy knows all.
Guess I should have asked him in the first place.
Don't do anything dumb, please.
[TOOLS CLANKING.]
I was trying to get a look inside that office.
Grill's keeping that Scroll in the cabinet behind his desk.
That thing might get us into the levels where they're keeping Simmons.
Well, he's got a handgun in there, too.
Humans aren't allowed to have guns.
Except for murder sports, apparently.
Well, the point being, we need to tread lightly.
Now, Yo-Yo, if you can get in there, maybe we can get that Scroll back.
Nice work, Mack.
You see? Not stupid.
Recon.
Recon.
Trawler run.
Good.
That's good.
Yeah, 'cause I barely survived the last one.
COULSON: Take me with you.
What? No.
Hey.
Take me with you.
Tess, you and your friend here did us a kindness, taking a life.
Yeah.
But you still owe me a double haul.
Do I? You never mentioned it.
I'll need a few crushers if you want me to pack the belly full on that thing.
Got anyone expendable? Take the agitator and his friend.
No big loss if one of these jokers gets caught in the nets.
If you say so.
Come on, you two.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
[HUMMING STOPS.]
[SHUDDERED BREATHING.]
- Please - TYE: No! You need to learn.
What did you do to her? She's doing it to herself.
It's your problem now.
Fix it.
[WHIMPERING.]
Yeah, they're gone.
It's okay.
What's your name? Abby.
How long have you had seizures, Abby? You can talk to me.
I'm a doctor.
Oh.
Have you always Only since Terrigenesis.
You're Inhuman.
Yes.
And if I'm not ready for the ceremony I don't know what's gonna happen to me.
[GRUNTING, WHIMPERING.]
So, wait you're an indentured servant to the junkyard king? And everyone else is on a space walk.
But there's no time to explain.
They're tracking me.
You shouldn't be seen here.
You should go.
That's a great idea.
Let's go.
I can't.
I need to stay.
The thing I stole from the Kree guard, boss man has it in his office, but I think I found a way to get it.
That's good.
If you can get it to me, maybe I can get to Simmons.
Exacto.
So go, but stay close.
ZEV: Hey! New Girl! You get any slower, you're going in the crusher.
I don't trust them.
I always thought Virgil was skimming.
Somebody has been stealing from me, so he dies, and now these guys show up? You think they're taking over his old racket? So why send them on Virgil's run? 'Cause you want to find proof.
No, I want you to find proof.
[KEYPAD BEEPING.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Flint! Clear out, kid.
I thought you said I could crash here.
Yeah.
Not during operation.
Come on.
MAY: So, less than 24 hours, and you've already been taken prisoner.
- That a record? - Not even close.
But let's focus on the positives.
So what's going on? Yeah, you find anything in there, Sherlock? I think Virgil was doing recon.
You said he was in the trawler all the time? I think he was searching for something.
These numbers, they're objects in space, right? Yeah.
He kept track of them.
Well, this one kept showing up over and over, this one specific part of Earth.
616.
Sure.
One of the larger segments.
But I've been there.
It's just a chunk of dead rock.
Well, maybe he hid something out that way.
I don't know.
But we have to check it out.
The answer to why we're here might be out there.
- Then we go.
- [SIGHS.]
I'd rather not go where no one can hear you scream, but okay.
Uh, I want to help you guys, but I'm already on the hook for a double haul.
There's no way I can do a side mission.
This isn't a side mission.
It's the mission.
This is what Virgil died for.
I know you don't think he was just expendable.
Look.
We got to be careful.
We got to cover our tracks, and if there's so much as a hic See how you all just got quiet? That's why I'm coming on this run.
I mean, you know how it works here.
Of course.
I was just curious about your specific experience.
It's nothing special.
All the 18-year-olds go through it.
When the mist hit me, I was one of the lucky ones.
Lucky.
Yeah.
I've heard Terrigenesis can be a traumatic experience.
I just thought of my family.
It was hard to leave them, but knowing that they'd be rewarded helped.
That man Tye? Is he hurting you? Oh, no.
No, Tye's been trying to help me, teach me to control my gift.
I just haven't been able to do it yet.
I don't know what will happen to them if I can't complete the ceremony.
That's why you demonstrate your abilities.
And then after, I get to go off-planet, travel the galaxy as an ambassador.
It's a dream.
It's why I have to learn.
I might be able to help.
Can you describe what it is you can do? Yeah, well, um sometimes I'm so light, my hand can just pass right through things.
And then, sometimes, I'm as solid as lead.
You can control your molecular density.
Yeah, but I can't control it.
Everything in me, it just it tenses up, and it hurts.
Sometimes the only way I can get it to stop is if Tye turns on my blocker.
That thing inhibits your powers? It helps me.
They help me.
I'm just not worthy of it.
Abby.
[SIGHS.]
You are worthy.
I've known many Inhumans, and every one of them took time to master their abilities.
I've had time.
And if I can't perform at the ceremony Tye says that my family will be punished.
So I don't I don't even care what happens to me.
I need to do this for them.
Please.
I'll help you.
Mack keeping him distracted down there? Zev's enjoying giving him a hard time.
I think this might be our last shot.
[SWITCHES CLICK.]
Say what you will about our future dystopian horror show.
It has a nice view.
Dazzling.
How's the leg? I'm not gonna lie.
You think we're gonna find something out there? Maybe a way back? I don't know.
Maybe there is no way back.
That doesn't sound like you.
Just managing expectations.
You're being fatalistic.
Look, you know I'm not big on destiny, but maybe our destiny's here in this time, helping these people.
It's not like I don't want to help.
I do.
But after that, I'm going home.
I spent weeks in the Framework, strapped to a board, thinking I was Hydra.
[SWITCHES CLICK.]
I've earned a night in my own bed.
[SAW WHIRRING IN DISTANCE.]
Mmm.
Mm.
[COMPUTER BEEPS.]
New people.
[SIGHS.]
[TOOLS CLACKING.]
Hmm.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
[COMPUTER BEEPS.]
[SIGHS.]
What? [DEVICE CLATTERS.]
[COMPUTER BEEPING.]
[SIGHS.]
New girl! I'm going as fast as I can.
Get over here.
Your Metric's on the fritz.
Arm out.
[GRUNTS.]
There.
[GROANS.]
That oughta do it.
No more dilly-dallying.
Zev's so busy teaching your friend a lesson, he hasn't noticed we're off course yet.
We should hurry.
My God.
It's a miracle anybody survived at all.
[CHUCKLES.]
I forgot I had this thing.
Virgil would always do this.
Said he liked seeing what Earth will look like when it's fixed.
Wouldn't fly without it.
Uh, one time, he delayed us an hour so he could go back to his bunk and get it.
Superstitious, I guess.
Or not.
It's the lost knob.
Virgil was talking to someone.
[METRICS BEEP.]
Aah.
Busted.
I'm gonna enjoy this.
You got everyone secured to the wall? That's right.
Good.
[GRUNTING.]
[GROANS.]
Thank you.
I had to.
You were all pinned to the wall, flailing around like a bunch of hungry, hungry hippos.
Huh.
In my mind, it was cooler than that.
Oh, this is bad.
This is beyond bad.
What did we just do? We did what we had to.
No, you don't understand.
We just attacked a superior.
We're dead.
SIMMONS: Let's try again.
IT's not gonna work.
Come on.
You can do this, Abby.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
[FIST SLAMS.]
I didn't mean to do that.
No, but that was impressive.
You're powerful.
Well, not if I can't do it when I actually want to.
But you can.
It's mind over matter.
Or in your case, the literal matter that makes up your body.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
Think of this place.
You see a table, this pitcher, and outside, the stars Millions of them.
All of that, every part in the universe is made of the same thing Protons, neutrons, electrons.
And you know what's between those tiny particles? Space.
Infinite space.
Okay.
[SIGHS.]
Your body is like a field of stars, but you're special.
You can control the space between the stars.
The space between the stars.
Imagine it.
Close your eyes and imagine it.
- [BREATHES DEEPLY.]
- Now try again.
[CHUCKLES.]
[BOTH LAUGH.]
I've never been able to hold it steady like this before.
That's good.
Just remember this feeling.
I lost it.
I It's okay.
Takes months to master a talent.
[CHUCKLES.]
Or perhaps much less time.
Abby, with me.
What What No, wait.
We're We need more time.
Let's all hope not.
I look forward to your performance.
You'll do great, Abby.
- Even just a - Silence.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
Did you set our little healer up to fail because I think she's pretty? Or did you really think she'd succeed? You want to see me happy.
Then tell me, what does Jemma have that makes her so different makes her capable to succeed in this? Compassion.
Hmm.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[DEVICE BEEPS.]
Do I need to ask what the hell you're doing with that? So now you're tailing me? Shot in the dark You won't get it.
Oh, 'cause you're too noble for me to understand? Where I come from, we protect each other.
You are storming the castle.
Any plan how you're gonna do that alive? That's what I thought.
This is what I do.
My friend's life is on the line, so I'll figure something out.
Oh, just all in, totally blind, huh? It's a stupid way to play, even if you have a good hand.
You should be playing the long game.
- The long game? - Yes.
I can make it so that you could waltz down there with an invitation from the big man, but that takes serious time.
It takes finesse.
Or it takes the Scroll that I have now.
So thank you for your endless advice, Deke.
You are about to walk into a buzzsaw.
You're just worried it's gonna blow back on you.
This has nothing to do with me! If you pick a fight with the Blues, they are gonna take it out on all of us.
Today's Renewal was for three people.
Tomorrow could be for 30.
Death comes easy here.
Which is why I need to get to Simmons now.
So if I were you, I'd get out of my way.
You already destroyed the world once.
I am not gonna let you do it again.
[RUMBLING.]
Whoa.
So there she is Quake the destroyer of worlds.
Don't ever call me that again.
[STATIC CRACKLES.]
We're screwed.
I told you, it's a dead rock.
We just risked our lives for nothing.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
How is he? Oh, he's out cold For now.
If we know what's good for us, maybe he stays that way.
MACK: What are you getting at? I'm saying we seal the hatch, and we dump the load.
Zev didn't make it out in time.
It was an accident.
- That's murder.
- That's math.
A life spent is a life earned.
That's how it works.
I got that when you took out a guy with a shotgun.
I was saving her life! [STATIC CRACKLING.]
What the Is that a voice? [TRANSMITTER TUNING.]
It's a transmission.
It's a faint signal, but the source is right in front of us.
[CHUCKLES.]
That's impossible.
How is anything coming from a lifeless rock? I don't know.
It could be reflecting.
Yeah, I think you're right.
It's only bouncing off of 616.
But the, uh, signal's origins It's coming from the surface of the Earth.
May I present the Lady Basha.
Your Excellency.
I pray your journey was not too difficult.
Kasius.
Well, you have carved out a little life for yourself on this rock, haven't you? Quite literally.
From the deposit of limestones under the surface, the crushed skeletons of marine creatures dead a billion years.
And you've been well? We fared well, considering the remote location.
Well, we've been eagerly awaiting your arrival.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
What's happening? Now we'll see the fruits of her labor.
Basha, my dear, I do hope you enjoy tonight's exhibition.
[WHITE NOISE HUMMING.]
No, you can't You promised me a warrior.
You'll find, with Inhumans, looks can be deceiving.
I hope so.
I've come a long way.
And you do me a great honor, bringing along your champion.
He's hardly my champion, but he has killed 13 opponents in 7 systems.
[GROWLS.]
Aah! [GASPING.]
[BODY THUDS.]
This is the best you have to offer? Let's all hope she can find her way.
So many lives we prize depend upon her success.
[GRUNTING.]
[PANTING.]
[TOOLS CLANKING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[PANTING.]
Disappointing.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Just think of the stars.
Aah! [BONES CRACKING.]
[SCREAMING.]
It may be our warrior has found her way.
[GROANING.]
Please.
[GROANS.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GROANS.]
Extraordinary.
[WHITE NOISE HUMS.]
You're dead! I'm gonna feed you to the roaches! You hear me?! Can't find the mute button.
Hello? Is anyone out there? Do you read? Nothing.
I'm recording the transmission, but I still can't make it out.
Zev's right you know.
We're roach food.
You're gonna regret this.
We'll figure it out.
We always do.
You don't get it! The moment we lied about this mission, someone was gonna die.
It's him or us.
We're not dumping the load.
I've got to while we have the chance.
You gonna get in my way? Sacrifice your lives for that piece of trash? We're not sacrificing anyone, you understand? As S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
, we live by a code, and we're not bending to your twisted world view.
[ALARM BLARING.]
We're losing fuel, fast! We had six more hours worth.
Zev cut the fuel line.
May, can you get us back to the Lighthouse? Yeah, I can try.
You have enough of that transmission recorded? It's gonna have to be enough.
Because we need to turn and burn and pray that we don't hit a gravity storm.
Do it.
There goes our chance.
Hope it was worth it.
The Terrans were such an unremarkable species.
You have done well with their world.
Well, if I can't find opportunity, I make my own.
Well, you would have to on a grim little rock like this.
Hmm.
KASIUS: Ah.
BASHA: As we agreed.
[WHITE NOISE HUMS.]
[HUMMING STOPS.]
No, Abby, you can't! Now, Sinara, let's not be rash.
Jemma demonstrated her worth.
You sold her.
And if not for you she wouldn't have fetched such a high price.
Got a few more.
Move it! [SHOES SQUEAK.]
I really thought this would work.
This has been fun, but I've got someplace to be.
[RUMBLING.]
So not as stealth as I hoped.
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
Awesome.
GRILL: Are you kidding me? You have got to be the dumbest bunch of lugs I have ever seen.
Zev catches you smuggling contraband, and then you mutiny? Mutiny? That's a strong wor [METRIC BEEPS, ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
Picking up where Virgil left off? I knew someone was stealing.
Squirreling things away.
Yeah, like you know what a squirrel is.
Shut it, agitator! I am gonna kill the lot of you, good and slow! But I'm starting with you.
It wasn't them.
It was me.
- Just me.
- Tess.
Grill, these people didn't even know Virgil.
So any gripe you had with him is with me now.
Same with any contraband.
You want contraband? He has a gun.
A gun? Zev threatened me with it.
Probably threatened them, too.
If you're looking for contraband, he's got it.
No way, boss.
Search him.
If I'm wrong, I know the consequences.
[PEOPLE GASP, MURMUR.]
No way.
No, no, no, no.
No way.
You stole this.
From someone.
No.
Wait.
Wait.
Humans aren't allowed to have firearms.
- [METRIC BEEPS, ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
- [GROANS.]
We wanted to tell you the truth, but he's your guy, and We didn't want the Blues to come down on you.
That's why I'm reporting this violator to them myself.
Grill, no.
[METRIC BEEPS, ELECTRICITY CRACKLES.]
[SCREAMING.]
You know what their punishment is for this.
Let that be a lesson.
No one is above the rules! [RUMBLING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GAS HISSING.]
You were right.
It's a rare occasion that I am surprised, but count this among them.
I told you she'd find her way down here.
And demonstrating her powers, no less.
That right there is a weapon of mass destruction, tied up in one pretty, little package, all for you.
We can talk about price later, but I expect that you'll be more than fair.
[COUGHING.]
So, this is Quake, Destroyer of Worlds.
How is it possible that she's here? The important thing is she's yours.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
I'll kill you.
I swear.
Sorry, sweetheart.
I'm just playing the long game.
We'll return in a moment.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
[AIR HISSES.]
All right, Phil.
Enough sight-seeing.
Get back to work.
Who needs some sleep? I'll get the next shift.
Nice try.
You slept less than all of us.
Yeah, we got to get back to salvage, anyway, so let's hope this does the trick.
It's got to be remnants.
Old transmissions in a gravitational feedback loop.
I'm telling you, it's from the surface.
That's impossible.
Nothing can survive on the surface.
[STATIC CRACKLING.]
MAN: Virgil, come in.
Do you read? We haven't heard from you in three days.
Please respond.
Have you secured the delegation? He's talking about us.
We're the delegation.
Whoever that is knows we're here, knows why we're here.
So there's someone out there.
We need to find them.
We need to find a way to get up there.
No.
You're not listening.
Nothing can survive on the surface.
That's where they send people to die.
[WIND HOWLING.]
[VRELLNEXIANS SCREECHING.]