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In an alternate universe, the main cast of Agents of SHIELD season 1 has been switched for actors who appeared in the later seasons. Of the changes, which one works the best?
Mark Dacascos as Phil Coulson
Parminder Nagra as Melinda May
Florence Faivre as “Skye”
Enver Gjokaj as Grant Ward
Jeff Ward as Leo Fitz
Mallory Jansen as Jemma Simmons
In case you don’t remember the actors’ characters:
Mark = Giyera
Parminder = Ellen Nadeer
Florence = Sinara
Enver = Daniel Sousa
Jeff = Deke Shaw
Mallory = AIDA/Ophelia
33. Destruction Breeds Creation
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*****
Coulson looked at agents- remaining agents- in front of him. They all had the hollow frightened look in their eyes. If he was alone, he would have adorned the same look but he had seen and gone through a lot to know that the team is just the reflection of the leader. When he spoke up, his ever-playful chirpy voice filled the room.
“No Darkhold. Base gone. If anybody has ideas now would be the good time to say it.”
“Me and Fitz have been looking up about Loki. The normal ways used to kill a vampire will not work on him” started Simmons.
“How fucked are we?” Hunter quipped.
“He is a vampire and a witch” Fitz replied with a tilt in his head. “Sunlight, Holy fire, Stake, I guess even beheading cannot stop that guy. So, I will say very much.”
“That explains his powers. I knew something was up with that guy” Mack said.
Simmons cut through the banter bringing the focus on the research. “Sir, All the powers, every single thing we saw out there was witchcraft. Actually, he is a winter witch. His powers are more prominent in colder weather. According to the data Agent Romanoff provided earlier, he can bring winter anywhere.”
“He needed the Darkhold to cast permanent winter. If he succeeds, we can’t turn it back. Maybe the book would help us turn it back but it’s just a theory” Fitz said. He sighed and placed his hands on his hips.
“But there is one thing that could bring him down. The Stake of the First Vampire”
“Now, we just need to know where it is” Hunter said looking expectantly at Lincoln.
“I have no idea,” Lincoln shrugged.
“I will contact Jiaying. Trip and Thompson evacuate the city. Hunter and Elena run ops.”
The agents nodded to their Director’s order and took off.
“Sir, I need permission to bring my daughter back here,” Mack asked. When Coulson gave affirmation, he left with Trip and Thompson.
…..
The young man walked into the Gothite Industries. He was stopped by the security.
“Who do you want to see?”
“Oh yes. Mr. Malick. You could say I’m his family. Hail Legion.” Nathaniel said the last two words in the guard’s ears. The guard immediately stepped aside.
“Sorry sir. I didn’t know you were... But I have never seen you around.”
“This visit is long overdue.”
…..
“We came across five bloody massacres and we still haven’t covered Brooklyn.”
Elena sighed. “We need to prepare for the upcoming battle.”
“Hey. You there. What are you doing here?” shouted a man grabbing the duo’s attention. They turned around to see a policeman. “Don’t you know you have to vacate the city?” he shouted. “Fuckers. Making my job difficult.”
Back in the jeep Elena’s mind was racing on what to do. “We need to do something,” she told Hunter.
The policeman shouted racial slur at a black teenage boy who just exited the nearby shop. The police neared the terrified boy.
“What have you got there?” sneered the man, taking his gun out. “You are stealing, aren’t you?” he threatened the kid.
The kid started stammering and dropped the things down. He lifted his arms above his head.
“No sir, I left some mone-”
The kid’s eyes widened in surprise. He didn’t finish his sentence as he saw a man sneak behind the harasser and sucker punch him. The policeman went down to the ground, unconscious. Hunter turned towards Elena and made an ‘okay’ gesture with his hand.
Hunter approached the kid. “Hey are you okay?” he asked, still keeping his eyes on the police.
“You punched him.”
“Yeah, if I hadn’t, he would have shot you”
Elena making her way towards them. “What’s your name?” she added looking at the boy.
“Flint”
“Flint, the city is in great danger. We need you to get out as soon as possible. There is a bus five blocks away. We will drop you there.”
“No. I can’t leave my sister. She is handicapped. I need to take care of her.”
“Then let’s get your sister.”
…..
Mack went to collect his daughter. When he reached school, he saw that it was a total mess. All the parents and children were running around trying to find each other. Mack joined them desperate to find his daughter.
“Hope” he shouted. There was no response. He called her for her again and again. Finally, he heard a feeble voice answering back.
“Hope” he shouted again.
“Daddy” a little girl shouted from inside the classroom. She ran to him and he swept her in his arms.
“Daddy, what’s happening?”
“A bad guy had taken over the city. We need to get out soon.”
“You always said we should always fight back. Also help others. Aren’t we going to do that?”
“First, I’m taking my little princess to safety”
As he reached the Quinjet, he placed Hope on the seat. “Be here. Daddy will be back.” He turned to Trip, “Can you watch her till I come back?”
…..
Gideon Malick was on the conference call with the higher ups in the government. He used them as puppets in his master plan. What he didn’t expect was Loki coming back. He needed to put an end to it. For the Legion to grow over here, he needed to have control over The Council. Had Loki not come back, the ATCU would have been a success.
Gideon heard a rapport knock on his door. He wasn’t expecting anyone. He signalled to Giyera to be on alert as a young man stepped inside. The blood drained from the businessman’s face. His eyes widened and beads of sweat formed on his forehead.
“You weren’t expecting me, were you? I have always wanted to hunt you down. But Barnes and Wilson were also about letting it go. They don’t know the inner turmoil. They don’t know what you did to me” Nathaniel said pacing the big office. Giyera was on his guard ready to attack on his boss’ order. Gideon had lost the ability to speak as he looked at his so thought dead brother.
“Finally, my time has come. Anarchy is here. The Council would never understand that” Nathaniel stopped his pacing and glanced at his petrified brother. “Gideon, you trapped yourself in the Legion and the government, bound by their history, rules, hierarchy” he spat the last word. “You go around saying ‘Hail Legion’ and ‘God bless America.’ Say goodbye to all that. Say hello to anarchy.”
“Nathaniel-”
“I didn’t come here to listen to your pathetic pleas.” Nathaniel closed his hands around his elder brother’s neck and lifted him. Giyera ran forward to stop him. But he caught the bodyguard with his other hand and threw him against the wall. Giyera went down unconscious. He turned his attention to Gideon.
“You planned and tried to kill me back then. Just for this Legion. You know what? It all turned out good. Your organizations are all the same. More and more hierarchy. It diminishes one’s true potential. It creates unbalance. I’m going to destroy all that. Destruction breeds creation.” Nathaniel snapped the neck of Gideon Malick. He dropped his brother’s limp body and walked out.
…..
Flint took the agents to his home. The door was slightly open and there were signs of forced entry. Elena and Hunter shared a look but didn't say anything.
"Tess" called out Flint. Hearing no reply, he panicked as he approached her room. He opened the door to see his sister lying on the bed. At first it looked normal but on closer look he felt something was not right.
Elena and Hunter noticed that Tess was pale. Her skin looked grey. Flint shook his sister awake but got no response. Hunter checked the pulse. He realised she must have just died now. There was no pulse but the body was still warm.
Hunter signalled Elena to scan the house. As she slipped away quietly, Hunter pulled the crying boy towards himself. He tried to get Flint out of the house but he resisted.
“Lad, we need to get out soon,” Hunter urged. But Flint pulled himself away from Hunter’s hold.
“My sister is dead, man. I’m not going anywhere” he shouted as he pushed Hunter further away.
Hunter’s eyes widened as he saw the figure in the bedroom doorway.
“Duck” he shouted as he drew out his gun and pointed at the man. The man came out of the shadows. He wore old crumpled clothes. His face was in contrast. His skin glowed healthy. His eyes were red and his fangs had descended. Hunter shot the man but it was in vain. He kept shooting again and again. Blood poured out of his chest but he kept walking. Hunter protectively pushed Flint behind him.
Elena was in the other room when she heard the gunshots. She hurried back to check on her companions. She saw an unknown man approaching Hunter and Flint. Hunter fired the next consecutive shots but it didn’t seem to stop the stranger. Elena took out her gun and shot the man straight through his skull.
The vampire fell down. Everyone breathed out in relief. Hunter kneeled down to examine the body. He noticed that the bullet was still lodged in the skull.
“Does a bullet kill a vampire?”
“No. I don’t think so.”
“Why isn’t he moving?”
“Do you want him to?” she said snarkly.
A new person appeared on the doorway startling the group. Elena swung around her gun raised. A man holding a baseball bat was standing there.
“He is a friend,” said Flint, putting himself between the two. Both of them lowered their weapons.
The newcomer was Mike Peterson. He was in the apartment next to Flint’s. He and his son were on the way to the evacuation bus when he had heard the commotion. So, he came to check on his neighbours. Hunter gave his gun and ammo to Mike. He asked them to head to safety.
“What should we do with him?” Elena asked pointing at the wounded vampire on the floor.
“Simmons would have fun cutting him up.”
*****
Chapter 34
My Quest to Make a Moodboard for Every AoS Character
The Hive-mind: "We're one organism, seeking change, and with your help we're going to define humanity, permanently."
I think I figured it out.
Remember this scene from “Paradise Lost”( 03x16)? Coulson had second thoughts about how he killed Ward. Coulson claimed he “crossed the line” just for “payback”. Fitz agreed Ward absolutely deserved to die. I remember thinking “What happened to Fitz?” And this post from @agl03 where she talked about how Fitz seemed out of character? I agreed at the time; there really was no explanation, given Fitz’s usual “second chances” outlook. But now I think I see what’s going on. In doing some research for my coda fic, it dawned on me what was really going on in Fitz’s mind in this scene.
A little background. Coulson and the team had discovered that Giyera was working with Hive/Ward. Fitz created special guns for the team that only work if the right person’s hand matches the grip so Giyera can’t use them. We don’t know it yet, but Fitz is also working on an invisible gun which he will successfully use in the finale to take out Giyera.
In the this scene with Coulson, Fitz is not just thinking about Ward and Will/Hive on Maveth. He’s thinking about what he’s planning to do and trying to reason it out. Do I shoot him at the first available opportunity? Do I give him a chance? Am I only seeking payback? Hard questions given all Giyera put him through. He’s seen Giyera on the monitors. He remembers how Giyera was complicit with Ward in torturing Jemma and how he turned poor Mr. Banks gun on him. He is determined that next time he meets Giyera, he’s going to be prepared. It’s personal. But we know Fitz and Fitz never shoots without thinking.
Giyera: They're stronger than we thought.
Hive: How cute, they hid their power.
Giyera: Kinda killing our guys.
Hive: Oh, we have more of those things back at the base.
Inhuman of the Day
April 11th - Giyera
An Inhuman from the Marvel Cinematic Universe who has thus far only appeared on the television show, Agents of Shield. Giyera is a new Inhuman whose Terrigensis was facilitated by way of experimentation by the faction of the ATCU that had been controlled by Hydra.
Loyal to Hydra, Giyera willingly participated in the experiment and Terrigenesis endowed him with the ability of telekinesis. Already a skilled assassin, Giyera learned to utilize his telekinetic powers to become a formidable combatant. A favored tactic entailed causing guns to float in the air and fire upon enemies, making Giyera something of a one-man-army.
Giyera accompanied Gideon Malick to the ancient Hydra castle where Malick attempted to facilitate the return of the Inhuman, Hive, from its alien world prison. Giyera was rendered unconscious by an electrical blast from Lincoln. Later, a freed Lash went on a rampage, killing all the Inhumans that Malick had brought to the castle. Giyera was able to escape Lash and he helped Malick flee from the castle compound.
During their escape, they came across Hive, who was now inhabiting the body of the recently deceased Grant Ward. Hive went on to become the new supreme leader of Hydra, supplanting and ultimately killing Gideon Malick. Giyera continued to serve Hydra as Hive’s second in command.
During the agents of Shield’s final battle with Hive, Giyera was shot and fatally wounded by Shield agent, Leo Fitz. Giyera was portrayed by actor Mark Dacascos.
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