Kidnapping of Melinda May

"I needed time to explain. You don't know how many times I almost told you, but I didn't know how. I didn't ask for this." "Oh god, what have you done?"

- Andrew Garner and Melinda May

The Kidnapping of Melinda May was an attempt by Andrew Garner to explain to Melinda May his other identity of the Inhuman killer Lash, which fell apart when Phil Coulson brought a team of agents to apprehend Garner and rescue May.

Background
"I tried to do what Ward wanted. I tried to kill him." "Him? Professor Garner?" "We had him. But I didn't know he'd change into that thing."

- Werner von Strucker and Melinda May

Lincoln Campbell was attacked by Lash in a hospital in Cincinnati and was on the run from the Advanced Threat Containment Unit. While a fugitive, Campbell figured out that Lash was Andrew Garner and called Alphonso Mackenzie to inform him. Mackenzie brought Campbell to the Zephyr One and they informed Phil Coulson and Daisy Johnson of the theory. Coulson had the plane turn around from its intended destination in Colorado to go to the Cocoon where Garner was supposed to be.

Garner, a professor at Culver University, was sent to the Cocoon to evaluate Joey Gutierrez to see if he had enough control over his powers to be a part of the Caterpillars program; unknown to all was that Garner was Lash, the killer of Inhumans, after he went through Terrigenesis. While interviewing Gutierrez, Garner fantasized about how he would kill the new Inhuman.

Melinda May, during the Skirmish in Lisbon, learned from Werner von Strucker that her ex-husband was Lash, because his transformation to the monstrous being saved Garner from Strucker's assassination attempt. Not telling anyone of her findings, May decided to confront Garner.

Phil Coulson fell in love with the leader of the ATCU, Rosalind Price, but was hesitant to trust her; however, he invited her aboard the Zephyr One to take her to Colorado. She was present when Campbell presented his theory, so she was allowed to call her operatives to assist in capturing Lash.

S.H.I.E.L.D. developed the Containment Module, which was able to hold an Inhuman, no matter what power he had.

Kidnapping
Garner volunteered to assess Joey Gutierrez at the Cocoon, testing his progress in controlling his powers. As Garner was working with Gutierrez, his session was interrupted by Melinda May, who ordered Gutierrez and the other agents out of the room. Once the agents had left, May confronted Garner over evidence she had obtained proving that he was the Inhuman killer Lash. Garner ordered her to calm down before he lost his temper, but May pushed on until an angered Garner shot her with an I.C.E.R.. Garner, not willing to stay near S.H.I.E.L.D. until he explained, took May to an abandoned building at Culver University, handcuffing her to a tank and waiting for her to wake up.

Once May awoke, Garner began to explain how he had undergone Terrigenesis and the feelings he had once he transformed. May asked what he would have done with Gutierrez, if he would have killed him as well. Garner assured her that he would not have, and he and May discussed their relationship. As they shared a kiss, they were confronted by Phil Coulson, who had come to rescue May.

Rescue
To be added

Aftermath
Since Phil Coulson did not go to Colorado, the meeting that Gideon Malick had planned did not occur.