Secret Warriors

"I understand the need for these "Secret Warriors"."

- Andrew Garner to Daisy Johnson

The Secret Warriors are a S.H.I.E.L.D. team led by Daisy Johnson and composed of superpowered individuals, especially Inhumans.

Caterpillars
"A team centered around people with powers? How many on the list?" "Right now, just you. We'll take it slow."

- Daisy Johnson and Phil Coulson

Daisy Johnson and Phil Coulson realized after the War against the Inhumans that the world was filled with powered people who could be recruited to S.H.I.E.L.D., not only to benefit the organization but to help them feel as if they "belonged". They started the Caterpillars program to find, train, and have these individuals fight for good. Andrew Garner was asked to be the team's psychologist to evaluate mental combat readiness and the Cocoon was the training facility.

Eventually, Joey Gutierrez decided to be a member of the Secret Warriors after learning control over his powers. Lincoln Campbell, after helping S.H.I.E.L.D. to realize that Garner was the Inhuman killer dubbed Lash, joined the team on Coulson's request.

Cleared for Action
Alphonso Mackenzie, as acting director of S.H.I.E.L.D., officially activated the Secret Warriors to assist the organization in attacking the HYDRA Castle, a known HYDRA base which had the Monolith, a portal that was to be used to bring It to Earth.

First Mission
Joey Gutierrez and Lincoln Campbell met as the other agents in the Playground prepared the Zephyr One for an Attack on the HYDRA Castle. Gutierrez, being new, wondered why they were chosen for this mission; Campbell snidely remarked that they were all S.H.I.E.L.D. could muster. Acting Director Alphonso Mackenzie overheard the conversation and revealed that, as Inhumans, the two of them had powers, while the other agents, except Daisy Johnson, did not. Talking directly to Campbell to counter his attitude, Mackenzie spoke of them fighting to stop HYDRA or leaving now to allow their foes victory. Campbell did not respond; he entered the aircraft as Gutierrez nodded his approval and followed. As Melinda May told Mackenzie that he gave a good inspirational speech, Johnson gave the acting director a fist-bump as they boarded.

Attack on the HYDRA Castle
"Okay so are we rescuing Inhumans or saving Coulson? Or attacking HYDRA? Or is there some kind of combo. Sorry, new guy. Just trying to understand how this S.H.I.E.L.D. thing works."

- Joey Gutierrez

Daisy Johnson

 * Name: Daisy Johnson
 * Activity: 2015 - Present
 * Description: Daisy Johnson is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and an Inhuman with the ability to manipulate and enhance vibrations. She went through the process of Terrigenesis in an ancient Kree City when she followed Raina, who had taken a Diviner with her. Following the end of the War against the Inhumans, Phil Coulson put her in charge of finding and recruiting members for a team centered around powered individuals.

Lincoln Campbell

 * Name: Lincoln Campbell
 * Activity: 2015 - Present
 * Description: Lincoln Campbell is an Inhuman with the ability to manipulate the electrical charge in molecules. He went through the process of Terrigenesis at Afterlife when he was selected after a few years of preparation. Once he realized the mistake in Jiaying's ways during the Hijacking and Retaking of the Iliad, he decided to have a normal life, a wish that failed when he was attacked by Lash and exposed to the world as a dangerous alien. When he found out that Lash was a member of S.H.I.E.L.D., he joined the organization and eventually the Secret Warriors.

Joey Gutierrez

 * Name: Joey Gutierrez
 * Activity: 2015 - Present
 * Description: Joey Gutierrez is an Inhuman with the ability to manipulate metal into different forms. He went through the process of Terrigenesis during the Inhuman Outbreak when he took fish oil pills, which were made of fish that had been contaminated with the Terrigen Mist. Shortly after he emerged from his cocoon, the ATCU tried to capture him. He was rescued by a S.H.I.E.L.D. team consisting of Daisy Johnson, Lance Hunter and Alphonso Mackenzie. As he had no control over his newfound powers, it was hard for him to accept the fact that he is Inhuman. However, after becoming the first Inhuman to be trained by S.H.I.E.L.D. and learning how to control his powers, he was enthusiastic to join the Secret Warriors. He eventually joined the team on the Attack on the HYDRA Castle.

Allies

 * S.H.I.E.L.D. - Parent Organization
 * Phil Coulson - Director
 * Melinda May
 * Leo Fitz
 * Jemma Simmons
 * Alphonso Mackenzie - Founder
 * Bobbi Morse
 * Lance Hunter
 * Elena Rodriguez - Potential Teammate

Enemies

 * HYDRA
 * Gideon Malick
 * Giyera
 * Lash
 * National Police of Colombia
 * Victor Ramon
 * Lucio

Trivia

 * In the comics, the Secret Warriors is a team assembled by Nick Fury to act as his "personal hammer" against the Skrulls, HYDRA and Leviathan, and whose members were, primarily, the children of known super-villains.