2017

"Earth has wizards now?"

- Thor to Doctor Strange

This is a timeline of events that occurred in 2017.

2nd

 * Before leaving for another long journey, Alphonso Mackenzie has a long awaited dinner date with Elena Rodriguez. He calls her Elena for the last time for the next three months.
 * Coulson and Mackenzie return to the Zephyr, as is routine, to renew their pursuit of Quake, following a new lead from her incident in Atlanta. They continue tracking her whereabouts, and hoping to bring her in.

8th

 * Stephen Strange approaches Wong in the Kamar-Taj Library, asking for books on astral projection, but he refuses, claiming that he is not ready.
 * Stephen Strange uses the Sling Ring to create portals into the library and steal the books from Wong.
 * Stephen Strange tries to cast his astral form, but is unable to.

9th

 * While helping Strange train, Master Grem talks to him about how it is surprising that despite reading so much and learning a lot of skills over the past few months, he is still unable to master astral projection.
 * Strange looks in the library again in order to find more information on how master the astral form, but he is still incapable.
 * Strange tries to astrally project once again, but is distracted by memories of Christine Palmer, reminding him sadly of his previous life.
 * Grem recommends to Strange that he focuses over the next weeks on how to master astral projection, which he does.

27th

 * Trying to find a way to achieve astral projection, Doctor Strange meets with one of the Masters of the Mystic Arts, B'sso. He advises Strange to clear his mind.
 * Now following the advice of B'sso, Strange attempts again, making his mind blank. However, he still fails.

28th

 * Stephen Strange gives back the books on astral projection, nearly giving up.
 * Strange reads another book from Wong. Falling asleep, he accidentally finally astrally projects himself.
 * Strange goes to train with the Masters of the Mystic Arts.

29th

 * Strange uses his astral form to read during his sleep.

30th

 * The Ancient One reveals to Stephen Strange that Wong told her about his stealing from the library. She invites Strange to use the Mirror Dimension to practice further in a space where he cannot affect the real world.

2nd

 * Karl Mordo teaches Strange about relics. They proceed to train together, and Mordo warns Strange that one day his life might depend on an ability to fight.

3rd

 * Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie come back to the Playground for a restock. Having been in the air for nearly five weeks, they have almost broken the Zephyr One's record.

4th

 * Mackenzie and Coulson take off for their longest flight yet, globetrotting on the Zephyr One for meetings, while keeping track of Johnson.

21st

 * In Walnut Park, Los Angeles, a burned body is found, being the signal of a "murder epidemic".

1st

 * An unidentified body is found by the West Covina police.

3rd

 * Stephen Strange begins to write an email to Christine Palmer, but decides not to send it.
 * Strange goes to the Kamar-Taj Library in order to obtain more books. However, when he calls for Wong, he does not show up. Strange goes to the Ancient One's private collection and starts to read the Book of Cagliostro.He finds instructions on how to use the Eye of Agamotto: a magical item kept only a few meters away, and experiments with its power. He begins to manipulate time for the apple he has been eating, turning it back in its time to regrow, and forward until it rots. Strange uses this power to recover the lost pages stolen by Kaecilius in the book, and comes to realize the Eye's powers of control over the time of objects. He is caught by Wong and Karl Mordo, who both angrily warn Strange not to disturb the natural law, noting that misuse of items of such incredible power could cause Strange to become trapped in a time loop forever.
 * Wong and Mordo take Strange to the Sanctum Chamber and reveal the real purpose of the Masters of the Mystic Arts: for keeping Dormammu and other mystical evil entities away from Earth. They also tell him about the three Sanctums across the globe in New York, London, and Hong Kong, as locations from which the sorcerers can protect the Earth.
 * Destruction of the London Sanctum: Kaecilius and his Zealots infiltrate the London Sanctum and kill all the Masters of the Mystic Arts defending it, including Sol Rama. Kaecilius then successfully destroys the London Sanctum by creating a massive explosion.
 * In the chamber, Wong and Mordo become worried as alarm bells sound. The trio opens the door leading to the London Sanctum, only to see Kaecilius' destruction. The explosion rips through into Kamar-Taj and knocks everybody off their feet, trapping Strange in the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York as he is separated from his allies and unable to return to Kamar-Taj.
 * Stunned from the explosion, Strange starts looking for help, walking through the Sanctum Sanctorum. He soon discovers the Rotunda of Gateways, as well as the Cloak of Levitation. He encounters Master Daniel Drumm, who hears commotion downstairs, heading down to face the Zealots attacking the Sanctum, instructing Strange to stay put. Strange, however, chooses to follow.
 * Battle at the Sanctum Sanctorum: Strange witnesses Kaecilius murdering Drumm. He reveals his presence, forcing the Zealots to attack him, and despite the fact that they had trained for years, Strange manages to fight them with little problem, conjuring eldritch whips and shield mandalas of light to protect himself. During the fight, Strange discovers that, due to Dormammu's influence, they are capable to alter the real world outside the Mirror Dimension. He decides to use the Rotunda of Gateways to his advantage, trapping one of Kaecilius' disciples in the desert and the other, Lucian, in the jungle, leaving only himself and Kaecilius to continue fighting through the New York Sanctum. Strange attempts to intimidate Kaecilius with the Brazier of Bom'Galiath, but he does not use how to use it. Kaecilius throws him into the Cloak of Levitation's glass case, but the cloak wraps itself around Strange's shoulders and helps him in the fight. The cloak guides Strange to the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak, allowing him to trap Kaecilius and end the fight.
 * Strange tries to interrogate Kaecilius, but he tells Strange only that time and death are insults, and that the Ancient One extracts powers from the Dark Dimension herself, to obtain extended life. Soon, Kaecilius notes that Strange's Sling Ring is missing, as Lucian makes it back into the Sanctum and stabs Strange with a Space Shard, almost killing him.
 * The Cloak of Levitation protects Strange by attacking Lucian and removing the Sling Ring from his hand. Strange uses the Sling Ring to transport himself to Metro-General Hospital, where he calls out Christine Palmer so she can tend to his wounds secretly. Surprised to see Strange again, appearing out of nowhere wearing unusual clothes, and after all this time, Palmer soon begins to tend his wounds as they talk about what was he has been doing during all the time he has been gone. Strange apologizes to her for having treated her poorly the last time they saw each other.
 * Duel on the Astral Plane: While Palmer operates on him, Strange projects his astral form and uses it to guide her surgery, leaving her bewildered. Lucian uses his astral form to escape from the Cloak of Levitation, and uses the portal Strange left open so as to follow to Metro-General. Strange discovers Lucian in the hospital and a battle ensues between the two of them, disturbing several objects in the physical world as Palmer continues performing the surgery. Palmer eventually shocks Strange twice with a defibrillator, which charges up his astral form enough to kill Lucian.
 * Strange returns to his body as Palmer finishes her work on his wound. Strange explains that he went to Kamar-Taj in order to heal his wounds, but instead ended up learning magic. Now sufficiently better, Strange decides to return to the Sanctum Sanctorum and continue his fight against the Zealots.DS Spot 19 - 3.png]] He shows Palmer the portal he made with his Sling Ring, confirming what he was saying to be completely true.
 * Strange arrives at the Sanctum Sanctorum where he meets with the Ancient One and Karl Mordo, discovering that Kaecilius escaped from the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak. Impressed by his actions, the Ancient One names him the new protector of the Sanctum Sanctorum. However, Strange confronts her about drawing power from the Dark Dimension, causing her to leave abruptly.
 * Mordo and Strange argue about the Ancient One, but they are interrupted as Kaecilius and his Zealots return to destroy the Sanctum.
 * Battle of the Mirror Dimension: Strange drags all of them into the Mirror Dimension so Kaecilius is unable to destroy the Sanctum, and steals his Sling Ring so he cannot escape. Mordo and Strange proceed to run away so they can escape, locking Kaecilius and his Zealots in the Mirror Dimension forever, but Kaecilius and his group start to chase them.
 * Kaecilius distorts the terrain around them so Strange and Mordo cannot reach their portals to escape. The Zealots chase and warp nearby buildings and skyscrapers, causing Strange and Mordo to plummet down the twisting New York City landscape. Kaecilius and the Zealots eventually manage to separate the two before cornering Strange. The Ancient One arrives in time to rescue Strange and Mordo by warping the dimension herself to move them away to safety. In doing so, she unintentionally confirms the fact that she draws power from the Dark Dimension as the dimension's symbol appears on her forehead. A battle ensues between her and the Zealots, led by Kaecilius, resulting in her old student stabbing her through one of his Zealots, and pushing her out of the Mirror Dimension and back into the Earth Plane with a Sling Ring, where she falls to a harsh impact on the streets of New York. Strange and Mordo follow through the portal to help her.
 * Strange rushes the Ancient One to Metro-General Hospital where they are received by Christine Palmer, who proceeds to help her in the surgery room along with other members of the hospital.
 * A few hours after the surgery began, the Ancient One leaves her physical form and goes out onto a balcony, prompting Doctor Strange to astrally project and follow her, realizing what she is doing. The two talk, and she tells him about the Dark Dimension and why she had drawn her power from there, claiming that it was necessary to help protect others. Strange warns that Mordo will not be so understanding of her. The Ancient One also reveals that she has seen the future, and she knows that this is her final moment. She warns Strange of Dormammu's powers, and holds Strange's hand as she watches snow fall over a nighttime New York City, before her form vanishes, signifying her death.

4th

 * In the very early hours of the morning, stunned by the death of his mentor, Stephen Strange washes his hands. He says goodbye to Christine Palmer, before leaving again to fight the Zealots.
 * Kaecilius and his Zealots arrive at the Hong Kong Sanctum where Wong, along with other Masters of the Mystic Arts, is preparing to make a stand. A battle ensues, resulting in the defeat of the Masters and the death of Wong.Doctor Strange EW Screencap 01.jpg reverses time using the Eye of Agamotto]] Kaecilius destroys the Sanctum and prepares to summon Dormammu, who begins to fuse Earth with the Dark Dimension, starting above the remains of the Hong Kong Sanctum.
 * Meanwhile, Strange reunites with Mordo at the Sanctum Sanctorum, and they decide to stop Kaecilius and his Zealots together.
 * Battle at the Hong Kong Sanctum: The duo arrive only to find the Sanctum already destroyed, and the Masters who decided to protect it already dead. Knowing that they have no other option, Strange decides to use the Eye of Agamotto, breaking the Natural Laws of Time, to turn back time for the city and reverse what has happened. He frees both himself and Mordo from the time reversal, and the reversal returns Wong and many others from the dead, despite Mordo's protests. However, Kaecilius breaks free of the time reversal as well and a battle breaks out in the rebuilding city. Kaecilius stops Strange from completing the spell, freezing time for the city around them and ensuring that the Dark Dimension will still arrive despite Strange's best efforts. Kaecilius says that Dormammu's arrival could not be stopped anymore, saying that his dimension is "beyond time". Upon hearing this, Strange figures out a way to defeat Dormammu, and heads to the Dark Dimension, where time is irrelevant.
 * Skirmish in the Dark Dimension: Strange arrives at the Dark Dimension and before he confronts Dormammu, he uses the Eye of Agamotto to create an unending loop. He tells Dormammu he wants to bargain, but the evil entity refuses, killing him many times before Strange reveals that the loop he created has put them in a endless cycle for the whole of eternity; the only trap Dormammu could not escape from, since the Dark Dimension was a place beyond time, and therefore Dormammu has no power over it. Eventually, Dormammu begins begging Doctor Strange to end the time loop, which he does, on the condition that Dormammu banishes himself and the Zealots from Earth forever. Dormammu does this, turning the Zealots and Kaecilius into Mindless Ones and dragging them into the Dark Dimension forever, sealing the portal between the dimensions.
 * Strange returns to Wong and Karl Mordo on Earth, but Mordo leaves the Masters of the Mystic Arts, disillusioned by their dishonest, questionable, and dangerous uses of magic, after having witnessed both Strange and the Ancient One's rash actions be pardoned.
 * Doctor Strange returns to Kamar-Taj with Wong. He replaces the Eye of Agamotto, saying that he is not yet worthy of wielding it; Wong tells him that this is wise, revealing the Eye's true nature as holding an Infinity Stone, a term Strange does not understand.
 * Strange embraces his position as the new protector of the New York Sanctum Sanctorum. He puts on his broken watch from Christine Palmer, and, wearing the Cloak of Levitation, looks out on New York City.

7th

 * The councilman Roger Perez visits a construction site in Boyle Heights. However, Perez is suddenly ambushed by the Ghost Rider, who brutally murders him, after founding him guilty for his actions.

8th

 * Perez's corpse is found by the construction workers on the site.

14th

 * Thomas Wright, a teacher at San Gabriel Valley High School, is tracked down to his house in Alhambra by the demonic vigilante Ghost Rider, who discovered that he was a pedophile. Ghost Rider kills him and burns down the residence.

16th

 * The Ghost Rider sightings are becoming more frequent. He becomes considered as some kind of vigilante by the people of Los Angeles.

18th

 * While in prison, Eli Morrow hires the Chinatown Crew in order to steal a box, which contains Lucy Bauer, from Momentum Alternative Energy Laboratory in Pasadena. However, the Chinatown Crew contact the Aryan Brotherhood, and order them to steal the box and deliver it to them. The Watchdogs also hire the Aryan Brotherhood for an unknown mission.
 * Quake discovers a possible deal between the Watchdogs and the Aryan Brotherhood.
 * R. Moore, D. Anderson, M. Scott, and T. Mitchell of the Aryan Brotherhood steal the crate containing Lucy Bauer. They manage to deliver the box, before being attacked by the Ghost Rider, who brutally wounds Scott. However, they manage to escape, as Ghost Rider follows them.
 * In their getaway, they are attacked by Quake, who has been tracking them too. When Johnson attempts to question Scott, she discovers that he was already attacked and is bleeding. Before passing out from blood loss, Scott warns Quake of the presence of Ghost Rider. Suddenly, Robbie Reyes drives up and transforms into Ghost Rider as Moore fires a rocket at him. He crashes into their truck, causing a fire, and blocking Johnson from them. He proceeds to brutally murder Moore and Anderson, then kidnaps Mitchell, before getting in the Hell Charger and driving away. Johnson, who could do nothing but watch in horror, is forced to leave when the police arrive.

19th

 * Melinda May sends a request out for the Zephyr One to return to the Playground.
 * Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie return as May is training a new team of specialist agents. She reveals the details of the Ghost Rider incident to them, and in private, tells them Quake was there. She also reveals the officials are tracking Johnson with the intention of killing her.
 * Johnson breaks into M. Scott's hospital room to question him about the crate and Ghost Rider. However, before he can say much, Scott dies after warning her of Ghost Rider's terrifying nature. Johnson then escapes from the police a second time.
 * Back at the Playground, Jemma Simmons, now working as Jeffrey Mace's adviser, is testing the Framework for Leo Fitz when Coulson and Mackenzie visit them. Fitz gives them new equipment, including an exploding pen for Mackenzie and an update for Phil Coulson's Prosthetic Hand.
 * Later, Coulson and Mackenzie pick up Elena Rodriguez, who starts to flirt with Mackenzie. She secretly steals some pills for Quake.
 * Leo Fitz meets with Holden Radcliffe to watch the Scottish League Cup final. However, when Radcliffe steps out of the room, Aida in her new Life-Model Decoy body walks up to Fitz to greet him, but ultimately glitches out. Fitz begins to panic because Radcliffe has built her body without permission and could get arrested.
 * Quake continues research into the Ghost Rider in an attempt to find him. She meets Yo-Yo on a bus to receive the pills and briefly catches up with her.
 * Jemma Simmons gives Melinda May new Mapping-Action Eyewear software, and when she asks for her to sign for it, May begins to complain about the new color-coded Clearance Level system, now called the "Spectrum of Security". Simmons discovers Coulson and Mackenzie were sent to Los Angeles by May against orders.
 * Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie go to Canelo's Auto and Body to investigate, where they find brutally beaten bodies. T. Mitchell, whom Reyes has been torturing for information, is killed by Reyes in order to cover his tracks. Investigating the crime scene, Coulson and Mackenzie discover that the crate that was being transported by the Aryans was scheduled to be delivered to the Chinatown Crew that night. They decide to operate without authorization. However, Simmons sends Melinda May and her team to stop Coulson and Mackenzie.
 * The box is delivered by the Aryans to the Chinatown leader, Chen, who opens the box with Lucy Bauer inside, allowing her to escape and infect him. The infection causes him to hallucinate his co-workers with demonic faces. Melinda May and her team arrive to arrest them, but Bauer infects May before fleeing.
 * Duel at El Monte Junkyard: Quake, having found Robbie Reyes' location, meets him at Canelo's Auto and Body to indirectly get information out of him. Reyes attempts to get her to leave unsuccessfully, and after being questioned, he transforms into Ghost Rider and attempts to kill her. However, Johnson manages to keep herself alive, as the Rider, peeking into her soul, decides to let her live.

20th

 * Robbie Reyes picks up Gabe Reyes, his crippled brother, to hang out with him for the day. Quake watches from a safe distance.
 * Jeffrey Mace orders Coulson and May to go to his office once they have arrived AT the Playground.
 * Melinda May discovers her infection caused by Lucy Bauer, hallucinating Phil Coulson with a demonic face.
 * Lucy Bauer visits her old house in the middle of the night, which scares the family currently living there. On her way out, she infects the father.

21st

 * Robbie Reyes travels to work and briefly interacts with his co-workers. As he is working, Quake visits him with a made up story of her car engine lighting on fire, forcing Reyes to play along. When they are finally alone, they discuss the Ghost Rider. Reyes claims he is not an Inhuman, but rather something much different, and that he "sold [his] soul to the devil". When Johnson mentions Gabe Reyes, Robbie decides to attack her. They briefly duel, but Reyes knocks her out.
 * As Jemma Simmons and Leo Fitz are researching a bizarre invisible material, Alphonso Mackenzie brings them details on Lucy Bauer and the house incident. The three question the existence of ghosts. Fitz and Mackenzie get a lead and go to find her, without Simmons.
 * Phil Coulson and Melinda May talk to Jeffrey Mace, the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D., after a two-hour wait. They discuss Quake, and although Mace assures he forgives them for chasing her, he still says she needs to be stopped before they legitimize S.H.I.E.L.D. again. Before she leaves, May hallucinates Mace's face becoming demonic.
 * Mace gives Coulson the assignment of leading a tour group, and as he and Coulson lead the tour, they briefly discuss S.H.I.E.L.D. history and Peggy Carter. May hallucinates multiple tour members becoming demonic. Desperate for answers, she visits Chen in his cell and begs for a way to cure it. Chen only says that it is "everywhere", and suddenly bangs his head on the glass until Jemma Simmons comes and knocks him out.
 * Lucy Bauer enters Momentum Labs and frees Hugo and Frederick from boxes similar to the one that held her. They blame Bauer for getting them there, and they discuss how the book that locked them away can now be used to help them. They decide to kill Eli Morrow, the one who betrayed them, and continue to free people like them.
 * Quake wakes up to discover Robbie Reyes tied her up, while looking for an excuse to kill her. They begin to discuss the Aryan Brotherhood, and when Johnson mentions that Momentum Labs could be involved with the crate that they were transporting, Reyes realizes that this is a lead and leaves. Johnson uses her powers to escape and follows him.
 * Leo Fitz and Alphonso Mackenzie infiltrate Momentum Labs, but are attacked by Frederick. He traps Mackenzie in a machine that will turn him into one of them, but when he goes for Fitz, Robbie Reyes intervenes.
 * Reyes transforms into Ghost Rider and murders Frederick, allowing Fitz and Quake to rescue Mackenzie. Ghost Rider grabs a picture of Lucy Bauer and the others before they were ghosts, before he walks out.
 * Melinda May's infection is beginning to make her insane. May begins to lash out against her team until Jeffrey Mace intervenes, revealing his powers, and knocking her out.
 * Alphonso Mackenzie discovers Elena Rodriguez has been giving Daisy Johnson pills for her injuries. Mackenzie and Leo Fitz try to convince her to return to S.H.I.E.L.D., but she refuses.

22nd

 * Robbie Reyes picks up Daisy Johnson from the street, and tells her that he thinks he is the connection between everything that has happened.
 * Blackout Attack: Elena Rodriguez is attending a party in Miami, Florida, when a city-wide blackout suddenly occurs.
 * The Watchdogs anonymously send a threatening online message, claiming to be Inhumans who will shut off more cities hour by hour if the Sokovia Accords are not shut down.
 * Jeffrey Mace, Leo Fitz, and Alphonso Mackenzie discuss the blackout while Phil Coulson and Jemma Simmons overlook Melinda May's vitals, fearing for her life. Suddenly, Chen's heart rate spikes dramatically, before he passes away from Lucy Bauer's infection. Simmons realizes the same will happen to May in just hours if they do nothing, so Mace assigns Simmons to go to save May, and assigns Phil Coulson to Miami.
 * Robbie Reyes and Quake stop for gas and briefly discuss Reyes' uncle, Eli Morrow, when the same blackout happens to Los Angeles. They quickly go to check on Gabe Reyes, who is about to be attacked by a gang when they arrive. The two vigilantes take down the gang members and bring Gabe home.
 * Holden Radcliffe and Aida prepare to help Jemma Simmons save Melinda May. Because S.H.I.E.L.D. does not know Aida exists, Radcliffe shuts her down before they arrive. At this point, Melinda May is hallucinating almost everything around her to be graphically demonic, and after they calm her down, Simmons and Radcliffe begin figuring out how to save her life.
 * At the same time, as Phil Coulson, Alphonso Mackenzie, and Leo Fitz enter Miami, Florida, their car suddenly shuts down, along with Coulson's prosthetic hand and the rest of their gear.
 * Watchdogs invade the party that Elena Rodriguez is attending, looking for an Inhuman there. Yo-Yo uses her super speed to subtly disarm the Watchdogs, but her friend notices and freaks out, blowing Rodriguez's cover. At that moment, Phil Coulson, Alphonso Mackenzie, and Leo Fitz arrive and, with, Yo-Yo, subdue the Watchdogs.
 * Radcliffe and Simmons discover the source of May's hallucinations, and realize the only way to save her is to stop her heart, and then quickly bring her back to life before her body completely shuts down, which would "reset" her brain. They stop her heart as planned, but before they can defibrillate, the power goes out. Simmons panics and begins to perform CPR, to no avail. Radcliffe eventually uses Aida's battery to charge the defibrillator, allowing them to restart May's heart, bringing her back to life and curing her. Uprising 1.jpg]]
 * Another threat from the Watchdogs comes online, so Jeffrey Mace contacts the president.
 * Robbie Reyes and Daisy Johnson, now at the Reyes' home, discuss how his strong healing factor means his injuries do not last long. Reyes then heads out to make sure people are safe, as the Ghost Rider. He uses work as an excuse, not wanting Gabe to know what he truly does. Gabe and Johnson have a conversation after Robbie leaves, but Gabe tells her he knows of her abilities, and he wants her to stay away from Reyes, threatening to expose her to the public if she does not.
 * Phil Coulson, Alphonso Mackenzie, Leo Fitz, and Yo-Yo Rodriguez find the source of the outages, an EMP device, and reset it to bring the power back on, ending the Blackout Attack.

23rd

 * Alphonso Mackenzie confronts Yo-Yo Rodriguez about her helping Quake behind their back.
 * Jeffrey Mace announces S.H.I.E.L.D. as an official agency again, finally ending 3 years of hiding in the shadows.
 * Robbie Reyes returns home to discover Daisy Johnson left in the night, leaving Gabe alone.
 * Ellen Nadeer, a senator secretly working for the Watchdogs, speaks with her boss about S.H.I.E.L.D. As she leaves her house, she says goodbye to her brother, an Inhuman captive who has been stuck in his Terrigenesis shell for unusually long.

31st

 * Daisy Johnson gets injured in a confrontation with the Watchdogs while she is trying to obtain information on how they are finding every Inhuman they have killed. Johnson decides to reunite with Simmons in order to get some help.

1st

 * Jemma Simmons goes to check out a new apartment opportunity for her and Leo Fitz, only to discover it was a decoy set up by Daisy Johnson. Simmons treats Johnson's injuries as they briefly catch up, before Johnson asks for help hunting the Watchdogs. When Simmons refuses, Johnson pulls a gun on her.
 * Chase of Robbie Reyes: Phil Coulson visits Eli Morrow in his prison to question him about Momentum Labs. Coulson tells him about Lucy Bauer and that something happened to her and her friends, but Morrow does not say anything. Outside, Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie notice Robbie Reyes driving by, and give chase. Eventually, they trick him into crashing into an invisible Quinjet, and then arrest him.
 * Holden Radcliffe reveals to Melinda May about what happened to her. Leo Fitz arrives and panics when he discovers Aida is helping to treat her, but Radcliffe says that she is becoming so advanced it is easy to mistake her as human. Fitz reluctantly agrees, as May has fallen for it.
 * Jemma Simmons and Daisy Johnson plan to steal information from Elizabeth Albee that will help them track Watchdogs. However, because of her high clearance level, Simmons simply asks Albee for the information, to Johnson's surprise. After they get the info, they find JT James is trying to find information on Inhumans, and Simmons insists that they work together in confronting him. They meet him at a fireworks shop where he works, to make a deal with him. James tells them to meet him on the 2nd floor of a storage base later that night.
 * Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie question Robbie Reyes about the Ghost Rider, and then decide he can help with the Momentum Labs case, letting him out to make a deal with him. They form an alliance to find answers. Reyes visits Eli Morrow for them to get the answers, but Morrow figures out he is working with Coulson. Morrow tells him about Lucy Bauer and what happened to them. He also tells him of a book that is "evil".
 * Lucy Bauer wakes Joseph Bauer from a coma and asks for the whereabouts of the book.
 * Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie are alerted of the infiltration and head out to the situation. Robbie Reyes decides to go with them.
 * Aida asks Holden Radcliffe why Leo Fitz is not being honest about what she actually is, having been programmed to be completely honest herself. Radcliffe does not tell her about S.H.I.E.L.D., instead just telling her it is sometimes OK to lie.
 * Ambush at Primed and Ready Fireworks: Daisy Johnson and Jemma Simmons meet JT James at the arranged place. However, they discover it is a trap set by James and the Watchdogs, who James is working with. Surrounded by Watchdogs, Johnson and Simmons manage to briefly distract them and then hide.
 * Eventually, Hellfire finds them and attacks them with a fiery chain, when Robbie Reyes suddenly intervenes and takes the chain himself. Ghost Rider vs Hellfire.jpeg He transforms into Ghost Rider and attempts to subdue him, but Hellfire knocks them to the lower floor. Johnson and Simmons reunite with Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie, just before Ghost Rider's flames blow up the firework shop. Reyes delivers an unconscious James to them.
 * In the Quinjet, Phil Coulson shows Daisy Johnson and Robbie Reyes a photo of the Darkhold, the book that they have been searching for. The three form an alliance in order to find it, using Joseph Bauer as their lead.
 * Phil Coulson and Jemma Simmons visit Holden Radcliffe to pick up Leo Fitz and Melinda May. Although Coulson also believes Aida is a human despite her acting fishy, Simmons does not fall for it, questioning Fitz in private. However, Simmons realizes the stakes, and decides to lie to Jeffrey Mace during her lie detector test the following day.

2nd

 * Coulson arrives to see Joseph Bauer, who tells him that Lucy Bauer has the Darkhold, just before he dies from her ghostly infection. Coulson decides to use Morrow against Lucy.
 * Jeffrey Mace, whose public approval us high after his supposed heroics during the Bombing of the Vienna International Centre, becomes even more popular after he reveals his Inhuman status in a television debate with Ellen Nadeer. When Jemma Simmons says she knows the truth about what happened in Vienna, Mace exempts her from any lie detector tests. Nadeer also mentions that she has heard about recent incidents, one of those involving Hong Kong.
 * South Ridge Penitentiary Riot: As the team arrives, Lucy infects the prison's staff. In order to get to Eli Morrow, Fitz has to unlock all the doors in the prison, which releases a number of criminals associated with the Watchdogs. Johnson and May fight them, but Johnson is injured. Meanwhile, Reyes and Mackenzie fight and kill Vincent and Hugo.
 * Reyes rescues Morrow, but on the way out, confronts the last member of the "Fifth Street Locos" gang who had paralyzed Gabe in a paid hit. Reyes loses control, and the Ghost Rider kills the prisoner. This allows Lucy to kidnap Morrow and flee to an abandoned Roxxon Oil Corporation power plant.
 * Lucy Bauer forces Morrow to read the Darkhold, as she herself is not able to.
 * Jeffrey Mace secretly meets with Ellen Nadeer, who threatens to release footage of Quake helping the agents, and Ghost Rider killing the prisoner while working with S.H.I.E.L.D..

3rd

 * Daisy Johnson picks up Gabe Reyes, because he might be in danger. After the two brothers meet on the plane, Gabe comes to the conclusion that Robbie Reyes is a secret agent.
 * Jeffrey Mace sends Jemma Simmons on a secret assignment, without anyone being aware of where she is. He then takes a team and boards Phil Coulson's plane to arrest Robbie Reyes.
 * Daisy Johnson, Robbie Reyes, and Gabe Reyes hide in the Containment Module. Gabe starts asking questions, so Robbie finally tells him the truth about the car crash, and how he became the Ghost Rider. Jeffrey Mace finds the fugitives, but the Ghost Rider overpowers Mace in a fight. Mace therefore reluctantly agrees to let Phil Coulson use Robbie against Lucy Bauer. Leo Fitz tracks Bauer to the abandoned Roxxon power plant.
 * Battle at the Roxxon Power Plant: After the team gets there, Robbie Reyes finds Lucy Bauer, who warns him that Eli Morrow craves the Darkhold's power himself, that he had created the ghosts, and that Joseph Bauer had ordered the hit on Morrow's car. Robbie then kills her.
 * As Alphonso Mackenzie and Leo Fitz try to turn off the power output needed for an improved version of Momentum machine, Phil Coulson takes the Darkhold. However, Morrow activates the machine in time and gains the power to create matter. A big shock wave runs through the power plant, trapping Coulson, Fitz, and Reyes in another dimension.
 * Alphonso Mackenzie and Melinda May investigate the aftermath and discover them missing. However, they are actually right in front of them, just invisible to them, trapped in between dimensions. Eli Morrow, with his new matter abilities, takes down a few S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and builds a wall to escape and block them off. Robbie Reyes, who is also trapped, sees the whole thing, but is unable to do anything.
 * Jeffrey Mace, Daisy Johnson, and Gabe Reyes look at footage to decide where they went, unable to find the slightest clues. Phil Coulson, Leo Fitz, and Robbie Reyes attempt to communicate with them in vain, with Fitz concluding they are indeed in another dimension, which is like a backdrop to their main dimension, and theorizes they are being sucked into . Mace lies to everyone about where Jemma Simmons is, which leads Fitz, still invisible, to follow him. He discovers Mace's secret alliance with Ellen Nadeer, and that he lied about Simmons. Suddenly, the spirit which inhabits the Ghost Rider, the "Spirit of Vengeance", leaves Reyes in favor of Mackenzie. Mackenzie, influenced by this new possession and power, leaves to track Eli Morrow.
 * Jemma Simmons is sent to investigate the brother of Ellen Nadeer, who has been stuck in a Terrigenesis shell for 7 months, arousing concerns that he may be a very powerful Inhuman when he finally breaks out. Simmons manages to comfort him out of his shell, which causes the other scientists to remove her from the room.
 * After Alphonso Mackenzie flees with the Spirit of Vengeance, Daisy Johnson and a still invisible Robbie Reyes chase him down in the Hell Charger.
 * After Johnson tracks Mackenzie to a warehouse, Reyes attempts to convince the Spirit of Vengeance to keep their deal and return to him. When Johnson gets to Mackenzie, he transforms into the Ghost Rider in front of her, however, after more persuasion, the Spirit of Vengeance returns to Reyes.
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. brings in Holden Radcliffe to bring back Phil Coulson, Leo Fitz, and Robbie Reyes with the Darkhold. Radcliffe is overwhelmed by the book, so Aida reads it instead, after an invisible Fitz attempts to tell her to from the other dimension. Fitz admits her true nature as an android to Coulson, and Radcliffe decides to admit she is not human to Melinda May as well.
 * Rescue from Hell: After Aida learns the info,DWOD Gateway.png she puts together a portal between the two dimensions, which rescues Fitz and Coulson, just as Coulson is almost sucked down into.
 * Leo Fitz confronts Jeffrey Mace about his secrets, but is interrupted when he reunites with Jemma Simmons.
 * As Alphonso Mackenzie grieves the loss of power that he experienced from the Spirit of Vengeance, Robbie Reyes gets back through Aida's portal, and they prepare to fight Eli Morrow.
 * Aida makes herself a human brain model.

12th

 * Eli Morrow, who is using his abilities to build a bomb that is tearing apart space-time and causing earthquakes, captures public attention when S.H.I.E.L.D. arrives. He is alerted by his men that S.H.I.E.L.D. is coming for him.The Big Guns.jpg, Yo-Yo Rodriguez, and Ghost Rider team up]] After his men begin complaining about lack of pay, he fills one of their lungs with diamonds.
 * Jeffrey Mace talks publicly in an interview about Eli Morrow's attack, and promises that Quake is not involved. Phil Coulson admits to him that Aida is a Life-Model Decoy, but despite being shocked, Mace decides to include her in the mission anyway. They send in Daisy Johnson, Robbie Reyes, and Yo-Yo Rodriguez to stop Morrow with Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Coulson, and Alphonso Mackenzie supervising.
 * Mace orders May to find Holden Radcliffe, to inform him they must bring Aida for help.
 * Radcliffe talks to May about Aida, and she reveals the director's intentions.
 * Holden Radcliffe orders Aida to activate Sunset Protocol; she does so gladly.
 * Replacement of Melinda May: Melinda May and Holden Radcliffe arrive at Radcliffe Residence. Upon arriving at the house, Aida greets her, and shows her in. On reaching the laboratory room, Aida injects May with a serum, making her sleep.Morrow's Quantum.png]] Aida proceeds to create another Melinda May with the Life-Model Decoy program, inserting the memories of Melinda May herself.
 * Battle at Chinatown Crew Headquarters: Daisy Johnson, Robbie Reyes, and Yo-Yo Rodriguez prepare to enter the facility. Rodriguez checks for traps, but accidentally sets one off, burning her quite badly. Reyes then enters alone. He finds the bomb and investigates, when Eli Morrow suddenly finds him and stabs him with a carbon shard, trapping him against the wall. Morrow pieces together that he is the Ghost Rider, and as Reyes tries to convince him against using his matter powers for evil, Phil Coulson gets in by allowing himself to be caught by the guards while Daisy Johnson, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Holden Radcliffe, and Aida build a machine on the lower floor to send the bomb to another dimension. Coulson, Melinda May, Rodriguez, Alphonso Mackenzie, and Jeffrey Mace fight off the army.
 * Reyes transforms into Ghost Rider and manages to grab and kill Eli Morrow, Eli Demise.jpg just as Aida's machine activates and sends them to an unknown dimension.
 * Daisy Johnson, who has been deflecting the growing earthquakes, jumps in the air several stories to let them go safely, and upon landing, the press questions her about her involvement. Jeffrey Mace publicly announces that she was never an outlaw or vigilante, but rather an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. with good intentions, clearing her name.
 * Daisy Johnson is later officially hired as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent again, Holden Radcliffe is allowed to continue his research in the Playground, and Alphonso Mackenzie and Yo-Yo Rodriguez share a kiss.
 * Agent Nathanson is packing up Holden Radcliffe's gear when he discovers that the real Melinda May has been kidnapped by Aida, and was replaced by a Life-Model Decoy duplicate. To cover her tracks, Aida snaps his neck.
 * After killing Nathanson, Aida cleans the blood wound she has and changes her clothes, then goes to the room where the agent Melinda May is being held, and administers the serum to keep her unconscious.

13th

 * Daisy Johnson deletes the details of the night where Yo-Yo Rodriguez hunted Victor Ramon in Baltimore, Maryland from the S.H.I.E.L.D. database.
 * The team reunites in Jeffrey Mace's office, Mace tells them that the Darkhold must be hidden. Mace orders Phil Coulson to take May and Mackenzie with him in order to transfer the Darkhold to a specific agent.
 * Vijay Nadeer finally awakens from his short coma. He reunites with his sister Ellen Nadeer.
 * Jemma Simmons and Agent Daisy Johnson investigate Vijay Nadeer by checking his social networks.
 * Agent Burrows tells Johnson that Jeffrey Mace wants her in his office. She goes to see him, and Mace shows her the newspapers, pointing out that the press admires her as one of the best superheroes of current times, and discuss her recent reaffiliation with S.H.I.E.L.D..
 * At the Radcliffe Residence, Leo Fitz and Holden Radcliffe, with some S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, arrive in order to stop Aida, following Director Mace's orders.Broken Promises 10.jpg Fitz tells her to calm down, but she attacks them. As Fitz tries to stop her, she grabs him by his throat and throws him to the other room, where Fitz discovers Nathanson's corpse.
 * At home, Vijay talks to his sister Ellen as they eat breakfast outside. Suddenly a Watchdog crew arrives in order to take Vijay. He realizes that his sister is behind all of it as he is forced back into the house.
 * In a Quinjet, Jeffrey Mace, Quake, and Jemma Simmons head to Washington, D.C..
 * Upon arriving in D.C., Simmons enters the office of Ellen Nadeer to find evidence. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Mace relays to Quake what she has to do. Nadeer's assistant, Zach Bynum, welcomes Jemma Simmons. Bynum calls Tucker Shockley, who needs to talk to Ellen Nadeer. Bynum tells him that the person who arrived is the same person who attended Vijay Nadeer in his Terrigenesis. After hanging up, Bynum attacks Simmons, but she manages to defend herself.
 * Infiltration into the Playground: While Melinda May's LMD meets with the team, Aida blocks the signal and the Playground system by turning off the power. Coulson, with May's LMD, goes to find the Darkhold. Aida suddenly appears, attacking them and knocking them out. After a few minutes, Coulson wakes May up, explaining that he thinks that Aida's plan is to get the Darkhold. Meanwhile, Leo Fitz and Holden Radcliffe talk about Aida's behavior after she read the Darkhold.
 * Meanwhile, Ellen Nadeer talks to Shockley about her brother, when suddenly Jeffrey Mace, Quake, and Jemma Simmons arrive to take Vijay with them.
 * Yo-Yo Rodriguez and Alphonso Mackenzie, with a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, try to find Aida. Phil Coulson talks with "Melinda May" about the Darkhold, trying to get Aida's attention.
 * Aida raids Jeffrey Mace's office and finds the Darkhold. Upon arriving at the entrance to the Playground, Rodriguez and Mackenzie are attacked by a Quinjet controlled by Aida. Holden Radcliffe and Leo Fitz restore the energy to the compound. Coulson and "May" leave, while Fitz, with Radcliffe standing in front, find Aida and order her to return the book. She attempts to flee, but Fitz reveals that he has deactivated the energy to the entrances. Aida is ambushed as Mackenzie cuts off her head with the Shotgun-Axe.
 * A member of the Watchdogs crew keeps an eye on Vijay Nadeer. Shockley arrives to kill him, but using his Inhuman powers, Vijay attacks them. As Quake fights the Watchdogs, Vijay meets with Mace and Ellen. Simmons tells him to go with them, but he decides to go with his sister instead.
 * Escaping in a helicopter, Ellen Nadeer betrays her brother by shooting him, and throwing him into the sea. When he falls into the sea, Vijay Nadeer undergoes another Terrigenesis.
 * Leo Fitz picks up Aida's head and hides it from the team so he can investigate what really happened to her.
 * Meanwhile at the Radcliffe Residence, Radcliffe talks to a second version of Aida and tells her that he is upset at their recent failure to obtain the Darkhold, having programmed the first Aida to steal it for him in secret.

15th

 * Nathanson's funeral is held.

16th

 * Attack on Jeffrey Mace: Jeffrey Mace gives a speech with Daisy Johnson beside him, proclaiming her one of the best superheroes of the times. A citizen who was saved by Quake during the Collapse of the Edison Bridge is invited, and she publicly thanks her. Suddenly, Yuri Zaikin shoots a Judas Bullet at Mace, aiming to kill him. Mace stops the bullet by using the speech podium as a shield, then throws it to the sky as it explodes, while Quake stops Zaikin. Mace, Burrows, and McCafferty escape with the aid of Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie.
 * In the Playground, Agent Crawford checks Aida's head as Melinda May's LMD talks to Glenn Talbot about the attack on Mace. Simmons joins the conversation. Talbot sends May to interrogate Yuri Zaikin so they can get some answers.
 * Leo Fitz tells Holden Radcliffe about Nathanson's funeral, and about restarting the Life-Model Decoy Program.


 * In the interrogation room, Daisy Johnson interrogates Yuri Zaikin about the attack on Jeffrey Mace, but Zaikin refuses to speak. Johnson leaves with the May LMD, when suddenly, Zaikin begins to talk. He hints that there was a second part to the plan.
 * While flying in the Quinjet, Jeffrey Mace, Phil Coulson, and Alphonso Mackenzie, along with Burrows and McCafferty, are attacked by a group of Watchdogs. Burrows falls out of the jet, and McCafferty is impaled at the wheel, hurtling the Quinjet to the ground. Phil Coulson, Alphonso Mackenzie, and Jeffrey Mace survive the attack, and the trio escapes from the Quinjet with Mace's help.

17th

 * Alphonso Mackenzie tells Yo-Yo Rodriguez about his daughter, Hope Mackenzie, who died 11 years ago, only four days old.

23rd

 * Rescue of Billy Koenig.

27th

 * Attack on Ellen Nadeer: Ellen Nadeer dies from an explosion.
 * Kidnapping of Jeffrey Mace.

29th

 * Phil Coulson, Jeffrey Mace, Leo Fitz, and Alphonso Mackenzie are replaced by Life-Model Decoy copies of their respective likenesses.

30th

 * Siege of the Playground.

1st

 * Escaping the wreckage of the Playground, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Yo-Yo Rodriguez, Piper, Davis, Prince and Fisher watch as Quake and Jemma Simmons submit themselves to the Framework in a neural link.

6th

 * Infiltration into the HYDRA Enlightenment Cultivation Center

7th

 * Melinda May gains access to Terrigen Crystals, and uses them to force Daisy Johnson to undergo Terrigenesis in an attempt to flee the Triskelion: The Terrigen Crystals grant her her powers in the real world back, the ability to create massive shockwaves.
 * Johnson and May begin their escape from the Triskelion. They fight various HYDRA operatives and kill most of them. Reaching an elevator, the two are confronted by Madame Hydra, escorted by two HYDRA operatives. Johnson distracts Madame Hydra long enough to catch her off guard, and uses the opportunity to throw her out of the building with a shockwave, granting her paralysis. The two escape and are deemed fugitives of HYDRA, and a kill order is issued by Leopold Fitz.

20th

 * Thor visits Doctor Strange at the Sanctum Sanctorum, asking for help to find his father. Strange promises to help Thor, under the condition that once they have found Odin, he and Loki must return to Asgard immediately. Thor agrees.

8th

 * Karl Mordo visits Jonathan Pangborn and takes his powers from him, claiming that the world has too many sorcerers.