Lighthouse

"Welcome to the Lighthouse, the world's last bastion against the encroaching darkness. If you're here, you understand the gravity of the situation. The world as we know it has come to an end."

- General Rick Stoner

The Lighthouse is a massive bunker built in case of an apocalyptic-level event, and equipped by S.H.I.E.L.D. under the command of General Rick Stoner. It is located under Lake Ontario.

In the future, it was located in a chunk of the Earth's crust held together with Gravitonium. It was overruled by the Kree Watch, specifically Kasius, and contained a society of subjugated Humans and Inhumans. Because of the Seer's visions, Phil Coulson and his team time-traveled there via the White Monolith and were prophesied to save humanity.

Early History
The Lighthouse was built as a bunker underneath Lake Ontario in the case of an apocalyptic event.

Fitz' Mission
A Chronicom named Enoch eventually discovered the existence of the Lighthouse. After escaping imprisonment from the United States Armed Forces, Lance Hunter and Enoch helped the fugitive Leo Fitz arrive at the Lighthouse to hide. Also running from law enforcement were Polly Hinton and the Inhuman Robin Hinton. As Enoch and Fitz questioned Robin to give them the whereabouts of the missing S.H.I.E.L.D. team, they grew frustrated with her unresponsiveness. Eventually, Robin made the prediction that Fitz was meant to save their lives, which was why he was left behind. Fitz got the idea to hide weapons and gadgets in a wall on Level 3 for his team in the future. However, in order to join his team in the year 2091 Fitz entered a Cryo-Freeze Chamber provided by Chronicom technology. Afterwards, he was brought on-board a Chronicom Vessel and was sent to orbit a distant planet for 74 years.

Apocalypse
In 2018, a cataclysmic event occurred which forced the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on Zephyr One to go to the Lighthouse for survival.

In 2022, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, and Melinda May were all trying to figure out how to maintain the Lighthouse's air filtration systems. Pessimistically, Simmons and Fitz both believed they were doomed to exist in a time loop for all eternity while May held out hope. May and Simmons both agreed that the invention of a time machine should be their priority, which led Fitz to reluctantly agree to help design it. Afterwards, Robin approached the group and attempted to give Melinda a drawing to remind her how to get home from 2091. May told her that it wasn't the right time, and she held onto the drawing for another 70 years.

At some point, the Kree arrived at the Lighthouse to oversee the day-to-day operations. They brought water, air, and all the basic necessities for basic survival in space. One day, Robin and May were walking through the Lighthouse when they heard Yo-Yo yelling at people to get out of her way. She was planning on attacking the Kree with a Kree Battle Axe. May tried to persuade Yo-Yo to not risk her life, but she decided that living in enslavement is not worth it. Robin then began telling a prophecy about how Flint will help Mack one day, which caused Yo-Yo to snap and reveal that Mack had already died and Flint hadn't been born yet. Yo-Yo then left for the elevators to attack the Kree and was soon enslaved to act as Kasius' personal seer.

One day, Robin prophesied about the death of Jemma Simmons and told Fitz, who became extremely distressed. He then brought her to May so he would not have to listen to her anymore. May then encouraged Fitz to continue to design the time machine, which he denied because of his hopelessness in the cause. Melinda tried to calm Fitz down, but he felt that there was no escaping the time-loop.

Because of Robin's difficulty sleeping, she called May over to help calm her down. May stopped what she was doing on her desk and cuddled with Robin. Robin began confessing that she didn't want her abilities; but May said that they will always be together. They never have to say goodbye because of the time-loop they exist in. Robin then told her that she has seen how her team can "get back home," to which May responded that now wasn't the time for that prophecy.

Enslaved Society
"You think the Lighthouse is a prison? Sweetheart... prison would be nice."

- Deke Shaw to Daisy Johnson After the destruction of the Earth, a large group of Humans survived in the bunker, but were soon enslaved by a group of Kree, known as the Kree Watch. They brought water filtration and breathable air to the Lighthouse, so the inhabitants would depend on them for their survival. The Kree would assert their rule over humanity by forcing them to wear Metrics, a mechanical device that tracked their movements and forced them to comply. The Kree Watch was under the command of a Kree named Kasius, who would also enforce his rule by preforming rituals known as a Renewal where the inhabitants are forced to kill the poorest among them. They are forced to follow the rule of "A Life Spent, A Life Earned."

Kasius would frequently take the Inhumans who lived on the Lighthouse and have them fight in the Crater to display their abilities as an auction for intergalactic bidders. He also instituted a system where all Inhumans were mandated to go through Terrigenesis at the age of 18. They would also control the Inhuman population with an Inhuman Control Device, which allows the Kree Watch to suppress their abilities.

Occasionally, the Kree would take some Humans to personally serve them. They would consider this a great honor, but the people were typically brainwashed into submission.

Some inhabitants of the Lighthouse, known as The Old Ones, or the True Believers began to pass down legends of The Destroyer of Worlds, and how she was responsible for the end of the world. They would also tell stories about how S.H.I.E.L.D. would return one day to liberate humanity and save the world. Among the True Believers was a man named Virgil who believed in the prophecy.

One popular place for the inhabitants of The Lighthouse is the Exchange, a place popular for trading and gathering among the civilians.

Infestation of Roaches
A group of Vrellnexians managed to break into the third level of the Lighthouse from the surface of the Earth. Ever since, the Kree have sealed it off from the rest of the Lighthouse. The Vrellnexians managed to kill everyone who had entered the restricted area.

Arrival of S.H.I.E.L.D.
After being abducted by the Chronicom anthropologist named Enoch, Phil Coulson and his team were teleported with a White Monolith to the Lighthouse. The first to arrive, Coulson landed on the third level frozen in time. When time resumes, a breached window of the station begins to aspire the air before its closed. Coulson then encounters two inhabitants of the Lighthouse, and one of them mysteriously recognizes Coulson as and Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.. The other inhabitant gets ferociously killed by a Vrellnexian and Couslon and Virgil flee. Virgil then explains that he has come to fulfill a prophecy to save the humanity before getting knocked out by a recently teleported Alphonso Mackenzie. The three then flee the room.

On another side of the third level, Yo-Yo Rodriguez arrives into a corpse-filled room with a masked-Jemma Simmons, and first attacks her before recognizing her. While inspecting the bodies, Coulson and Mack enter the room with an unconscious Virgil. The four begin discussing their circumstances Virgil wakes up and explains that they were all legends in history. After telling the prophecy; Virgil is killed by a Roach and the team flees before being cornered in a hallway. Luckily, Quake appears and kills the Vrellnexian, saving the team. Once they were all safe they began searching the level for answers.

At the breached window, Deke Shaw floats into the room from outer space and begins searching the level before encountering an injured Melinda May. The two fight before Shaw incapacitates May with a Gravity Manipulation Device. He then implants a Metric into her arm and takes her away.

The other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents then find the room in which May and Shaw were previously in and discover a computer programmed in English, making them believe they could send a message to Earth. They begin to make a plan before they were interrupted by the Kree Watch. Phil Coulson, Jemma Simmons, and Daisy Johnson were taken to a cell where two Kree were stationed outside. They were in the middle of a conversation before Deke Shaw enters the room with Melinda May. Shaw then bribes the guards to let the team go. Outside, the four overpower Shaw. Simmons and May then head down to level nine to find the Trawler. Coulson stays to interrogate Shaw, while Johnson goes to find Yo-Yo and Mack.

Meanwhile, Yo-Yo Rodriguez and Alphonso Mackenzie were brought to a room for torture and. They were repeatedly beaten by the Kree guards before being rescued by Johnson. The three then kill the two Kree. After killing the Kree, they begin searching the computers, and they discover that they have time-traveled to the post-apocalyptic Earth.

On level nine, May and Simmons find and enter the Trawler. They then fly it out of the bunker, and realize they are in the future. While Coulson was interrogating Shaw, he had also discovered that they had time-traveled.

After Simmons and May return from their flight, they reunite with Coulson and Deke Shaw. They then begin to postulate ways to time-travel back to their own period, but remain confused. Simmons, Coulson, and May then decide that they must blend in with the rest of the inhabitants of the Lighthouse in order to survive. While navigating the Lighthouse, the four ran into Tess, an inhabitant worried about Virgil. After learning of the circumstances of his death, she agreed to carry on his mission of protecting the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents by paying Shaw to continue to help them.

Shaw then joins Yo-Yo, Mack, and Johnson to bitterly help them hide the bodies of the dead Kree guards. They dump the Kree in a room on level three with the hopes of the Vrellnexians might eat the evidence.

Meanwhile in an elevator, Tess explains to Coulson, May, and Simmons that the circumstances of the apocalypse are mostly a mystery, but there was some cataclysmic event and soon after the Kree showed up and erased all historical data and established their rule. They then arrive at the Exchange and realize their grim reality. Coulson and Tess then decide to search Virgil's room for any information, while Simmons and May remain in the Exchange.

Together, Tess and Coulson encounter Grill, the taskmaster of the Salvage Yard. He questions them about the recently used Trawler, and learns of Virgil's death.

Once Tess and Coulson arrive to Virgil's room, they discover his journal which was used as a flight-log.

Meanwhile Simmons and May are in the Exchange, the Kree Watch decides to provide extra food for the most vulnerable inhabitants. Soon a fight breaks out over rations and one of Kasius' servants gets stabbed during the commotion. Sinara then kills the man responsible with her orbs. Simmons then proceeds to give the bleeding servant medical care, which attracts the attention of the Kree by breaking their rule of no saving lives. They then proceed to take her in to interrogate her.

Once Johnson, Yo-Yo, Mack and Shaw reunite with May, Coulson and Tess, they learn of Simmons' fate. Tess and Shaw then begin to privately question whether or not if the prophecy made by the True Believers could be true.

The team then decides to steal a Kree Tablet, and to tail Shaw to figure out what he is hiding.

Johnson follows Shaw through a secret door and discovers his clandestine Framework program. She is then pulled into the program with Shaw unwillingly. In Kasius' Suites, Simmons is forced to shower and present herself to Kasius. He then begins to express his fascination with her, and how she learned her medical skills. She lies to him and claims she works in Processing, but he notices the lack of Metric on her arm and becomes increasingly suspicious of her. Kasius then decides to hold another Renewal in the response to increasing resistance in the Lighthouse.

Coulson and his team then begin their plan to retrieve a Kree Tablet. Coulson begins by turning the valve and releasing hot steam to draw the attention of the Kree. While they are preoccupied, Yo-Yo uses her super-speed to retrieve the tablet without them noticing.

Renewal
The Kree then begin enforcing a Metric inspection for the upcoming Renewal, which prompts the team to panic and trade their loyalty to Grill for helping them to install Metrics.

When the Renewal begins, those chosen begin scrambling for weapons planted by the Kree Watch in the Exchange. This forces May and Tess to flee, and head towards the Salvage Yard to unite with the rest of the team.

Meanwhile at the Salvage, Grill manipulates the Metrics on Coulson, Yo-Yo, and Mack so that they are magnetically trapped on the wall. He does this to guarantee his safety during the Renewal. A man named Holt who owes a life then bursts into the Salvage looking for Grill for payment. Right before Holt is about to shoot Coulson, May arrives and disarms him. As May and Holt fight, Tess manages to steal his shotgun and kills him before he kills anyone else.

During the Renewal, Reese returned to Kasius' Suites scarred. However this upset Kasius, because he no longer looked perfect, so he could not represent him. As a result, he decides to make Sinara execute Reese and brainwash Simmons as his new Servitor.

After the Renewal had ended, the Kree entered the room to finish inspecting Metrics. Tess and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team are then left to dispose of Holt's body and fully integrate into the Lighthouse.

Intergalactic Biddings
The Lighthouse was visited by numerous intergalactic beings in order to buy new Inhumans for them work as slaves. One such buyer was Lady Basha who bought Abby, an Inhuman with body density manipulation.

Arrival of Leo Fitz
Leo Fitz, who recently woke up from his 74 years cryosleep, returned to the Lighthouse to rescue his friends. At the time of his arrival, Kasius was hosting an auction for his Inhumans and many wealthy aliens were present at the party. He posed as Boshtok, a wealthy Space Marauder alongside his new found ally Enoch.

During the party, Enoch explained who the notable guests of the party were; first was Lady Karaba, then Senator Gaius Ponarian. After scanning the room, Fitz noticed his girlfriend Jemma Simmons on the other side of the room, posed as a servant. After approaching her from behind, he proposed unknowingly that Jemma was temporarily deaf. Afterwards, Kasius interrupted their conversation and Fitz was forced to return to his Boshtok persona.

Fitz then tricked Kasius into giving Simmons her hearing back by demanding that his needs are meant to be met. Jemma was soon sent away to see was reaped from the harvest, which left Fitz with Kasius. Kasius then explained his process for creating more Inhumans to sell at his auctions. Fitz then expressed the desire of buying the Destroyer of Worlds in an auction, much to Kasius' disbelief.

During the dinner between the wealthy aliens, Daisy was speaking to Ben about her plans for a rebellion. At the dinner table, Fitz exposed Kasius' tactics and how he controls his human population with Renewal's. During their meal, Kasius mentioned how they will all enjoy an upcoming fight to the death, and how one of his Inhumans will not make it through the night.

The first battle was one between the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Melinda May and Ben, the telepath. When May entered the room, she immediately recognized Fitz among the alien audience. As May and Ben fought viciously, Fitz and Kasius spoke about their respective fathers. Ben ultimately beat May, but May was able to get help from Ben who telepathically asked for Fitz' help.

Up on the balcony, Fitz told Kasius to let May go to the surface to be killed by the Vrellnexians. Kasius agreed and then sent May to be fed on by the roaches.

After the battle, they began to start the auction for some Inhumans. As the auction went on, Kasius declared that Ben was treacherous and deserved to be executed. Sinara then murdered Ben, much to Daisy's horror.

Reconvening after the auction, Daisy and Jemma spoke about their bizarre circumstances and they decided to make a plan. They decided to make a move during the next arena battle, when Daisy's inhibitor was turned off.

Outside, Enoch warned Fitz about the arrival of Kasius' widely-feared brother, Faulnak. Fitz then angrily approached Kasius and demanded he received the Destroyer. After scoffing, Kasius left him and Enoch was able to give him a weapon in secret.

As all the aliens gathered to the arena, Faulnak and Kasius reconvened. Faulnak then suggested that Sinara should in the arena, and Kasius reluctantly agreed.

After Daisy had knocked Sinara out, Fitz and Simmons attacked Kasius' guests present and rescued Johnson from the death match. As they made their great escape, Simmons proposed to Fitz, without knowing about his proposal earlier.

Terrigenesis Ceremony
Flint, a 16 year old inhabitant of the Lighthouse was selling scraps for tokens; he approached Grill to sell his only knife, and was able to use the tokens to buy himself an orange. After arriving at the Exchange, Flint was taken by the Kree Watch to pass through the Terrigen Mist for Kasius' profit. After finding out the Kasius has been breeding Inhumans to sell, Coulson, Tess rushed to Yo-Yo, and Mack with urgent news about the ceremony, aware that Flint was chosen.

At the ceremony, Tess comforted Flint by hugging him acting reassuring him that everything will be fine. The Kree then released the Terrigen Mist, and the only one that began Terrigenesis was Flint. As he transformed, Yo-Yo Rodriguez left the Exchange and used her powers to kidnap Flint after his transformation. Flints disappearance led to the confusion and panic of many residents of the Lighthouse.

The Kree Watch soon began a manhunt to find Flint. This led to Yo-Yo, Mack, Tess, Coulson, and Flint all being forced to steal the Trawler and escape the Lighthouse. As Tess looked for the Trawler keys, the Kree stopped her accusing her aiding the new fugitive. The Kree evidently didn't believe Tess' lie, as it led to her public execution at the Exchange.

Back in the Salvage, Flint complained about not having his powers yet. Yo-Yo then recounted her story about discovering her powers at first. During her story, Grill interrupted them by magnetizing their Metrics so they would be stuck on the wall.

After finding out his Trawler pilot was taken to the surface, Grill interrogated the rest of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents about where they came from and who they actually are. Phil Coulson told him the truth, but Grill met him with disbelief as he didn't believe in the prophecy. He then started to electrocute all of them through their metrics, which caused Flint's powers to activate. Flint then began to create a boulder with his mind, and kill Grill with it.

As Mack and Coulson searched for Tess, they discovered her body hanging in the Exchange and they were forced to flee.

Kree Family Drama
When Faulnak arrived to purchase the Destroyer of Worlds, the agents had already fled the Kasius' Suites. Kasius' brother continuously mocked him for his repeated failures and also blames him for the escape of the Destroyer. He ordered his best warrior, Maston-Dar to hunt the Agents down. While on the pursuit, Sinara murdered Dar and thus to test Kasius' loyalty reported to Faulnak. Faulnak's desire for Sinara as his warrior enraged Kasius leading him to murder his own brother in cold blood.

The Escape
After the death of Tess, Coulson felt it was no longer safe for him and his team and hence, leave the Lighthouse for good and escape to the surface with the hope of finding some help. Meanwhile, Fitz alongside Simmons, Johnson and Shaw arrived at the Salvage Yard only to learn that the Kree Watch was hunting for them. They, with the help of Shaw's Gravity Manipulation Device, escape to the Trawler Dockyard and Coulson alongside Fitz, Simmons and Shaw leave the Lighthouse via the Trawler while Flint, Yo-Yo and Mack decided to stay back in order to help the residents out.

The Massacre
After the escape, Kasius gathered an advisor and Sinara to find where the agents are. After figuring out they were on the surface, Kasius sent Sinara to recover Quake dead or alive. In the mean time, Kasius decided to take care of the uprisings caused by some citizens. To control his subjects, he turned off their lights and water to have them give up on the revolution started by Flint.

On the lower levels, Mack, Flint, and Yo-Yo decided to go to the lower levels to recover the weapons left by Fitz before his cryo-sleep. When walking past the Exchange, Gretchen harassed Flint for causing the revolution.

Despite the level being infested with Vrellnexians, the agents arrived at Level 3 to gain an advantage against the Kree. After Yo-Yo scouted the floor using her abilities, Flint began to question their cause. Yo-Yo comforted him but they were interrupted by a Kree who was repelling the Roaches to go to more populated areas of the Lighthouse.

After retrieving the weapons and gadgets, Yo-Yo revealed that the Roaches were gone, which meant they were on more populated areas. On Level 10, the team walked through the carnage until a Vrellnexian shrieked and began to attack Gretchen in the Salvage. Flint attempted to distract the beast while Yo-Yo and Mack shot the Roach until it died. Afterwards, they decided to steal the Vrellnexian repellent so that they can force the roaches out of the level.

After getting the repellent, the team drove all the Vrellnexans into the Salvage and Yo-Yo used her abilities to attach Splinter Bombs to all of them in a split second which killed them all.

The Rebellion
Mack, Yo-Yo and Flint United all the residents of the Lighthouse and encouraged them to work together against the Kree Watch. They, with the help of S.H.I.E.L.D. tech hidden by Fitz in the Lighthouse managed to kill the Kree guards as they came to capture them. Kasius, who couldn't withstand the rebellion, revived Tess from the dead and sent her as a messenger to the rebels asking them to worship him as a God. But Tess instead chose to aid the rebels against him. Fed up with this, Kasius decided to plant Oxygen bombs within the Lighthouse in order to threaten them. He later confronted Mack, Yo-Yo and Flint. While the trio had a conversation with Kasius, the other residents of the Lighthouse used this time to transport the Oxygen bombs to the lowest possible level of the Station. When Kasius blew the place up, he was devastated to know that the humans escaped and left the place in horror.

The Return
Phil Coulson and his team used the upgraded Zephyr One to return to the Lighthouse. Kasius, who was aware of their arrival beforehand because of his mysterious Seer, sent a trip to intercept the Zephyr. But the agents had already escaped using the Containment Module only leaving behind Enoch. The team split up following their tasks, while Kasius asked his guards to find and kill every single humans on the station. Coulson and his team liberated all the residents of the Lighthouse before setting up the premise where the White Monolith would open.

Kasius' Seer
When Yo-Yo Rodriguez learnt some Inhumans were kept captive by Kasius, she decided to go liberate them herself. When she approached a mysterious door, she followed the sound of chains crackling only to find the future version of herself chained and held captive by Kasius. She some deepest secrets and hints of what was going to happen once they left the Lighthouse before she was asked to leave the place before the Kree arrived.

The Final Showdown
Mack in search of Yo-Yo, arrived at the Crater where he witnessed Kasius kill her in front of him. Devastated by this he engaged himself in a fight against Kasius. But Kasius was able to overpower him easily. Just as Kasius prepared to kill Mack, Jemma Simmons inserted the deafening substance into the ears of Kasius distracting him momentarily and giving Mack the opportunity to stab Kasius from the back and kill him.

The Escape and Destruction
Coulson asked Flint and Ava to leave the Lighthouse and reunite with Tess who was ready to escape to the surface using the Trawler. Enoch who was on the Zephyr, decided to use himself as a power source to trigger the White Monolith, which was fixed by Flint earlier, open and in doing so, he blew himself up instantly killing Deke Shaw and blowing up the Lighthouse in the process. Nevertheless, the agents were all able to make it back to the past in time.

Design and Capabilities
"Well, I think I know how they're creating artificial gravity for the station." "That can't be." "What is it?" "Unless I am mistaken, and I hope I am, that's..." "Gravitonium."

- Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons and Daisy Johnson To be added

Places of Interest

 * The Gallery - The Gallery is a pavilion overlooking the Crater. It is used to host Kasius' guests, and to view the battles held at the Crater.


 * The Exchange - The exchange is the common area where the residents of the Lighthouse meet in order to buy and sell necessities in exchange for tokens.


 * The Crater - The Crater is an arena where Inhumans are trained for combat and gladiatorial battles are held to demonstrate their powers before potential buyers.


 * Kasius' Suites - The elite administrative area of the Lighthouse where members of the Kree Watch are housed. The suites are far more sophisticated and advanced than any other area in the Lighthouse


 * The Salvage Yard - The Salvage yard is a waste processing yard formerly owned by Grill. The yard processed the loads collected by the Trawlers to extract their ores. After his death, the yard became a hideout for Phil Coulson's team.


 * Level 3 - A sealed off level due to an infestation of Vrellnexians. It is where Fitz hid S.H.I.E.L.D. weapons in the present before he was put into stasis for Coulson's team to find in the future.


 * Level 35 - The research and development area of the Lighthouse where Kree scientist experiment on Inhuman DNA and grow human babies. Level 35 is a prohibited zone for the human residents of the Lighthouse.


 * The Trawler Dockyard - The dockyard houses specialized space crafts known as Trawlers which are used by the residents of the Lighthouse to collect space rocks and smaller fragments of what was once Earth for their ores.

Trivia

 * In the comics, the Lighthouse is an orbital space station built by Hank Pym and Henry McCoy as the headquarters of the Secret Avengers.
 * The floors of the Lighthouse are seemingly numbered in increasing order from the top to bottom. However, sometimes the residents of the Lighthouse have mistakenly noted the levels of higher number as "Upstairs" instead of "Downstairs".