At the hotel, Coulson and the others are working on finding out where exactly they should be looking to save Peter, and to stop HYDRA.
"This is just about everything we've been dealing with." Coulson says as they look to see he has everything from the Parker's plane crash to Quinn on a whiteboard. "And this...connects them all." He says as he writes Cybertek in the center.
"Cybertek built Deathlok, shipped items to Quinn, who was working for the Clairvoyant, who turned out to be Garret, who killed the Parker's to keep them quiet after they learned about HYDRA, and then planted Ward on our Bus because he wanted to know why I didn't stay dead. I should gotten a second chart for this part."
"No, I get it." Fitz says. "Garret's been developing Centipede serum all this time."
"And he wants GH-325 as its final ingredient. A way to stabilize and regenerate his Centipede soldiers." Simmons adds on.
"And it's why Ward came back for the hard drive." May continues. "It has all the research you had about Coulson and Peter. It's all on there. Not to mention the source of the most powerful bloodstream since Captain America." She says referring to peters blood. If they put his DNA into the Centipede soldiers, they'll become unstoppable.
"But that's not the only thing on there. Skye left them a little surprise." Coulson tells them.
"A Trojan horse. It's been slowly mapping every system they've uploaded it to." Skye tells them.
"So you can wake it up and take over their systems from anywhere." Ava finishes and loves it.
"Except It doesn't work that way. Because I didn't have enough time to build it, so we need to plug into one of their computers to activate it." Skye says showing a flash drive. "And we can't seem to find one."
"I think we have." May tells them. "Garret and Cybertek have been working together for years. If it's on Garret's system, it's on Cybertek's. Which is why we're gonna go into one of their offices."
"We have no authority to do this. We're no longer S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. We're..."
"Vigilantes." Ava states, loving the idea of working with a mask so the world doesn't know who she is.
"I was gonna say, doing this because it's the right thing to do, but yeah. Vigilantes summons us up." Coulson admits. "So, If you're with me, I'm gonna finish what I started. I'll be dammed if I'm gonna let Garret and Ward use my kid, my responsibility, my family as a attack dog." He adds on and everyone is on board with that.
"And I want my plane back." Coulson finishes earning a laugh/scoff from Ava, loving him.
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As for on the Bus, HYDRA has been draining Agent H dry of his blood but making sure he has enough to stay alive to transform his blood into a super soldier serum like they've always wanted.
They now have what they've been after for years. They now have a unstoppable army, and if they die, they can be brought back to life thanks to GH-325.
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Coulson got in touch with Cybertek's RD department to get in and are offering to show them one of their Icer's so they have enough time for Skye to place the hard drive into their computers to learn where they're taking the Bus/Peter/where they're working out of.
Trip was even able to get his grandfathers Howling Commando gear so they can have some sort of gadgets.
"Trip was generous enough to offer his grandfathers gear, so we need to be-oh my god, is that a handheld hypno-beam?" Coulson interrupts himself seeing the gadgets Trip brought them.
"One of the original betas." Trip tells Coulson as he looks over the device that looks like a hairdryer. "See how it has the switch on the bottom?"
"The production models moved it to the side. This is amazing." Coulson says, getting excited. "Almost as cool as a...transistorized blast gun. Peter would love to see this."
"Okay, I've been learning a lot about Peter these past few days." Ava states since ever since Peter's been taken over she's learnt things like why he learnt to play the cello, and now where he got the geeky side from. It was Coulson. Should've know from his office on the Bus.
"You two can get a room later, but we have a plane to catch." Skye reminds them.
"Where did they buy this stuff, the back of a comic book?" Ava asks as she looks to see what looks like an old joy buzzer.
"That's not a joy buzzer, that's a-" Trip was explaining when Ava pushes the button and the electric equipment goes crazy or explodes. "E.M.P." He finishes his sentence. "Knocks power out in about a 10-foot radius."
"A lot of vintage S.H.I.E.L.D. spy craft was designed to look innocent in case a spy was caught." Futz says as he's wearing fake glasses. "Like these smokes. They're actually a laser."
"Thanks Trip, this gives us a fighting chance against these bad guys." Coulson tells him.
"And a step closer to saving Peter." Ava adds in.
"Look out, HYDRA. Here we come." May says agreeing.
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After getting into their building, they learnt they don't use computers a everything is hard files.
But the craziest thing is learning that the Deathlok Project has been around since the '90's and Garret was the first Deathlok.
"Garret started Project Deathlok way back in 1990. Look at this, he was patient zero. He didn't want GH-325 just for his Centipede soldiers. He wants it for himself, he's dying." Coulson says.
"And if along the way, he creates an unstoppable army with Peter's blood, and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s best agent along the way for HYDRA, bonus points." Skye replies.
"How do we know Garret didn't do that to Ward?" Fitz asks. "Maybe he's being programmed."
"When are you gonna stop clinging to the idea Ward's the victim and not the perpetrator?" Simmons asks him.
"When I see something that tells me I shouldn't with my own eyes. We don't know all the facts." Fitz tells her.
"You want facts, Fitz?" Ava asks him. "Ward murders people. Turned Peter into a monster and ordered him to kill me. And if we don't find out how to save him...he could be like this forever. I was weak against him."
"You weren't weak." Coulson tells her. "Peter never imagined you'd face someone like himself. You just weren't prepared. Next time, you will be." He promises when a delivery man comes with pizzas.
"Pizza delivery for Pablo Jimenez?" He asks them and that's Coulson's fake name.
"That's me." Coulson finally realizes and goes to pay for the pizza.
While they're eating, they finally find several locations to check into.
"Trip I.D.'d a number of Cybertek shipments that ping ponged across the globe. Brazil, Cambodia, Syria. But they all seem to end up in Havana." Ava tells them.
"S.H.I.E.L.D. used to have a base there." May says.
"Told you wed find him." Coulson tells her. "We're going to Cuba." He says and pack up ready to head out.
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During the flight, Coulson calls Ava over to Lola to talk separately.
"These are for if you decide to go after A-Force." Coulson says and takes out several suitcases from Lola's trunk.
"What's all of this?" Ava asks seeing there's at least five different cases.
"Peter said that these were for A-Force and Secret Avengers if they were ever put into action. Password protected. He said that he'd tell the code to the one person that he trusts." Coulson explains to her and goes to talk to everyone else as the plane lands and they start getting their gear.
"Since we had to fly in low, we have to search for our plane on the ground. Fitz, Simmons, you have the maps. Do not engage under any circumstances. If you find the bus, call us and stand down or come here and wait."
"We'll be careful." Simmons promises.
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They make it to a barber shop where Ward, Garret and Quinn have been spotted entering but they're gone.
"I'm not sure they're gone, something's generating a lot of volts in there." Skye tells them when their phone goes off.
"Sir, we found the Bus. It's on a airfield outside Abel Santamaria packing up to leave." Simmons tells them.
""We're on our way. How far is that from our location?" Coulson asks.
"Maybe three hours." Ava tells him.
"And by the looks of it, they'll be long gone by the time you can get there, sir." Simmons tells them.
"Get out of there right now. Do not engage. Wait for us back at the jump jet." Coulson says to them and hang up.
"We have to at least try to get over there." May says.
"Or not." Skye interrupts. "We still have this puppy." She says holding the hard drive She planed to use at Cybertek. "If there's a computer system in that barber shop, we don't have to chase them anymore. Plug it in, wake up the Trojan horse, and were off to the races."
"I like that plan." Ava agrees with her.
"It's worth a shot." Trip replies.
"Let's do it." Coulson says and they leave the truck.
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As for Simmons and Fitz, they planed on sending in one of their drones into the Bus so they can track the Bus when suddenly a blade placed itself against their backs.
"Please don't be who I think it is." Fitz begs and Simmons slowly turns to see Agent H.
"Oh, it's who you think it is." Simmons says, while her voice is breaking.
Agent H brings the new prisoners into the Bus where Ward leads them to Garret.
"Here they are." Ward says.
"This is our plane. We want it back." Fitz tells him, not afraid anymore.
"Really? Just like that, kid?" Garret asks him. "Coulson probably figured out we're using the barbershop. Call Kaminsky, he'll know what to do." He gells one of them.
"Close up the ramp, H, get this bird off the ground. Keep it low in a harrier mode until we're out over the golf." Garret tells H when he senses Fitz has something and grabs his arm.
"What's he got, H?" Ward asks and he pulls out the joy buzzer and quarter. "It's just one of those prank joy buzzers. Nothing to be concerned about." He says.
"You know me. Always kidding around." Fitz says before he pushes the buzzer and sends an EMP pulse out that damages the technology within Garret causing him to go down.
"Looks like the joke's on you." Fitz says as Ward rushes to save him.
"You're dead." Garret warns Fitz.
"No worse than you." Fitz replies. "You don't have to take orders from him anymore, Ward." He tells Ward still believing that he's the good guy.
"H, get them out of here." Ward tells Peter and he drags them off.
"Put down Fitz and Simmons." Garret says as Ward is trying to get the machine back online since the EMP took it all out as well.
"What? No." Ward tells him. "We have plenty of time."
"I'm telling you to cross them off for me. Just do it, or get H to do it." Garret commands him. "I've cheated death plenty of times to survive." He promises.
H starts dragging the two through the labs.
"Peter, I know you can hear us. We're here to help you." Simmons begs knowing they need to get away before he places that blade any closer.
"And that's why we're sorry for this." Fitz adds before grabbing a fire extinguisher and throws it so H tried dodging it and they take it as a chance to run.
As they're running, they lock the doors to they can't be followed when they run into Ward and they run into the med pod and locked them in.
"Open the door, Fitz." Ward tells him.
"Ward, please...I need to understand." Fitz tells him.
"You need to accept the truth, Fitz." Simmons states to him. "He doesn't care about us, or anything."
"I know that you're a good person, Ward." Fitz says, trying to reach through to him. "You can choose right now to be good." He tells Ward.
"I've got my orders." Ward says to him. "Open the door."
"No." Simmons says, knowing he'll just kill them.
"Not a chance." Fitz agrees with her.
"Okay. Have it the hard way." Ward says as he moves over to the controls and he opens the pod doors and Fitz-Simmons start begging him to stop when he releases the pod and they fall from the Bus into the ocean.
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Back in the barbershop, they enter the underground room and see it's mostly empty.
"Skye, where are the computers?" May asks.
"Working on it." Skye tells her.
"Trip, anything in your granddad's super-kit might help us out?" Ava asks him.
"Always." Trip tells her. "Let me take a look." He says and takes his bag off to look into it.
What he finds is an old handheld x-ray device to see trough the walls.
While scanning the walls, he finds something.
"A secret door?" Coulson asks as they walk up to the wall. "I got this. They're like my thing." He promises and starts feeling up the wall and the wall opens.
"Finally." Skye says seeing the computers.
The lights suddenly go off and they see several Centipede soldiers in the dark.
"Perfect." Ava says as she pulls out two Icer's and aims at them. "I'm here to kick all of your asses and save my friend. And my friend isn't here." She misquotes They Live ready to fight them all of If it means she gets closer to saving Peter.
That's when she realizes there's at least a dozen other Centipede soldiers.
"This could take a while." Ava realizes but is ready for a fight.
