Ambush in Afterlife

The Ambush in Afterlife was a trap staged by Jiaying in order to make the Inhumans follow her into a war against S.H.I.E.L.D. by making apparent that they were the ones who attacked first.

Background
Over the course of her life, Jiaying had bad experiences dealing with Humans. Before she even knew she was an Inhuman, the human Werner Reinhardt had her locked in a cage; years later, he had her dissected, in hopes of learning the secret of her longevity. As leader of Afterlife, Jiaying learned that a human killed Eva Belyakov and her daughter Katya.

Also, through her experiences, Jiaying found little difference between HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. Since HYDRA worked secretly within S.H.I.E.L.D., they did many things in the name of the peacekeeping organization; one such event was when Agent Hauer brought her to Reinhardt for dissection. Her life was saved by her husband Calvin Zabo. Melinda May, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., killed the Belyakovs.

Afterlife was an isolationist settlement started by Jiaying so that Inhumans could live separately from Humans. Only Gordon had access to the location. However, the HYDRA scientist Doctor List learned to track Gordon; the S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist Anne Weaver duplicated his work and found the settlement.

Jiaying commissioned her scientists to make artificial Terrigen Crystals, because there were a limited number of Diviners.

Robert Gonzales was chosen to act as ambassador in the meeting with Jiaying. He walked with a limp since he was attacked during the HYDRA Uprising.

S.H.I.E.L.D. had a policy of putting people with extraordinary powers or abilities on the Index. The organization decided that it would index as many Inhumans as possible, with Jiaying's permission. Zabo hated the Index and spoke harshly about it.

Battle
In an attempt to peacefully negotiate terms between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Inhumans, Phil Coulson arranged a meeting between himself and Jiaying in Afterlife, the Inhuman settlement. However, Coulson's council chose Robert Gonzales to go in Coulson's place, unknown to the Inhumans.

At Afterlife, Gonzales entered a building with Skye, Jiaying, and Calvin Zabo inside. Jiaying informed Gonzales that she was handing Zabo over to S.H.I.E.L.D. as a peace offering, and told Skye to take him S.H.I.E.L.D. as she began her meeting.

Gonzales began by explaining that he had heard what Jiaying had gone through during her torture by Daniel Whitehall. He compared his battle wounds to her scars, and tried to convince her S.H.I.E.L.D. was different than HYDRA. He offered her a necklace recovered in Whitehall's office while explaining that he wished to put the Inhumans on the Index. Jiaying, disgusted and angry with the idea, brought out a gift of her own: a synthetic Terrigen Crystal, and told Gonzales that she had seen too many people fall into the trap of categorization. She explained that the crystal was deadly to humans before breaking it, and watching as Gonzales turned to stone. Jiaying then took Gonzales' gun and shot herself twice in the shoulder, making it seem as if Gonzales had fired on her, before staggering outside and collapsing on the ground, knowing her people would follow her into a war.

Aftermath
The Inhumans believed Jiaying and began preparing for a war.

Jiaying made plans to hijack the Iliad and take down S.H.I.E.L.D.