Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today for a moment we all knew was coming, some of us even before these two did, and I think we can all agree that to wait even one second to do this is playing with fire. All in favor?
The ayes have it. So, all right. Time for the exchanging of the vows, I guess.
[Pulls out a piece of paper] I had to write it down. Fitz. I knew from the moment I saw you, from our first conversation about dielectric polarization, that you'd be in my life for a long time. But I didn't know... you would be my life. My heart. My home. We joined this team for adventures and got more than we had hoped... but I can't wait for our next adventure... building a family together. My love for you grows deeper and always will, no matter where the universe takes us next.
FitzUm. Okay. Um. I have been thinking about what to say. Uh. Just... Words don't really seem enough. Here. I think that you are perfect. And, um... I don't deserve you, Jemma. I don't. I don't deserve you. And I'm well-aware that I'm the luckiest man on any planet.
Okay. Let's have the rings. Quickly, please, before this forest collapses around us. Okay, Fitz, repeat after me. "With this ring..."
Fitz
With this ring...
Fitz
...I thee wed.
So, you got the rings, huh? It's a nice one.
Turns out a lot of people pawn wedding rings. I had to find one that was gonna be small enough for his little-boy fingers. And then, for hers, found this ring that looks just like this one that my mom used to wear sometimes. It was my grandma's, I think.
[A mech is holding Simmons at gunpoint while Fitz works on removing Daisy's inhibitor.]
You would point a gun at me?
Fitz
The Doctor would. He programmed it to make sure I'd go through with it. He didn't want to hurt you. Just like he didn't want to hurt Mack. But it's just... I wouldn't have done any of this if I didn't believe it was going to work.
You don't know it's going to work.
Fitz
The science is sound. There are always risks involved. You know that, Jemma.
You're right, but potentially paralyzing Daisy or destroying the world are two massive risks, Fitz.
Fitz
Let's hope that that doesn't happen.
No. No, no, no, no, no. Fitz, Fitz, Fitz! No, please. Please, Fitz. Fitz, I am begging you. Please, you do not want to do this.
Fitz
No, I don't. But I have to.
No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no! [softly] I will... I will never forgive you.
Fitz
I suspect you won't be the only one.
How long have you been seeing him [His Framework persona]?
Fitz
My mind's been through a lot. Been hearing him for a while now. Since we left the Framework. Only just started seeing him.
It's your injury acting up. You used to see me, too, when I wasn't there.
Fitz
You were my conscience.
Then what was he? You had a psychic split. But that dark persona, that's not you.
Fitz
It is me. It's not an apparition. It's not some evil doppelganger. It... was... me. How are Daisy and Mack?
You have to talk to them. They can come to forgive you if you just explain...
Fitz
I don't deserve forgiveness, Jemma.
Just like you don't deserve me?
Fitz
Mack's injured. Daisy's traumatized. Do you know what the worst part about all of this is? I still believe that it was the right thing to do.
Fitz
We had to seal the rift shut.
[Very angry] By any means, no matter how sadistic.
Fitz
Okay. Well, would you have agreed to do it?
Fitz
Well, then, I didn't have a choice.
[enraged, pushes him against the wall with her powers.] You didn't have a choice? You drugged me, you restrained me, and you cut into me.
Fitz
I don't feel good about it, either, but in a few hours, the town up there would've been affected, as well, so, I'm sorry. I don't need your forgiveness. I just need you to trust me.
You are not leaving this room. You are Hydra.
Fitz
Well, that's an advantage. I salute the same flag as those people.
Yeah, but we don't turn on our own here.
Fitz
Do you want me to recount all the times that you did?
[Shows Fitz a multitool] Do you recognize this?
Fitz
Yeah. It's mine. After my injury, I got the number engraved because I couldn't remember the name.
See, that's the thing. [Shows him a newer but otherwise identical multitool] This one's yours. That other tool belongs to Deke, who got it from his grandfather.
Fitz
He's my... our... grandson?
Fitz
But... he's the worst.
I think he's perfect. Plus, his very existence proves that you and I make it to the Lighthouse... and live long enough to raise a daughter. Do you see what this means?
Fitz
Yeah, I do. It means that our daughter's obviously gonna marry some belligerent space goon if she's gonna give birth to a Deke?
No, Fitz. It means you and I are invincible.
Fitz
[Examining Deke] I don't see it. None of you looks like me.
Well, I don't know what to tell you, Grandpappy. I guess your daughter found a real man.
Fitz
Of all people. Why couldn't it be Flint? I liked Flint.
Well, that's a lovely sentiment. That's almost as loving as when you had a robot... point a gun to my head.
Fitz
I didn't want to hurt anybody.
It's fine. It's the first move you made that actually made me respect you a little bit. It's my kind of move. And this place, 80 years from now, I'd survived on moves like that. 'Cause it was kill or be killed. I know Johnson's still mad at me about the whole "selling her into slavery" thing, but you got to play the long game, or else the whole world is gonna be a vacancy, right?
Fitz
Maybe.
And you say you don't see the resemblance? Okay. Well, quality time was fun, but I'm late. I don't know if you noticed, but... ever since she's been in charge, Daisy's kind of a hard-ass.
Fitz
[Gestures toward his cell] I noticed.
[They see a sign warning of radiation danger outside the suspected Hydra facility]
Radiation poisoning would be a horrible way to find out we can still die. Should we turn back?
No need. [referring to some flowers growing nearby] Primula vulgaris... primrose. I used to pick these as a girl. I mean, it's a hardy species, but even it couldn't survive in irradiated soil.
Fitz
[Using a Geiger counter] You'll find more radiation in a dentist's office.
Talbot probably just posted these signs to keep out interlopers.
They won't scare off Hydra. Let me. [She breaks the lock on the gate with her mechanical arms.]
Fitz
Well, looks like getting your arms chopped off isn't all bad. The... Well... Yeah... It is... obviously, it's bad. It's really bad getting your arms chopped off, but maybe there is a silver lining...
Fitz
We were trying to get ahead of the problem.
By having Yo-Yo execute a kid?
Fitz
Things got messy, but, I mean, it was the only way that Y-Yo...
When does killing become the only way? We're S.H.I.E.L.D. Aren't we supposed to be better than that? None of this would've happened if you would've just said this invincible nonsense wasn't real. But instead you and Simmons lit the match, and now Yo-Yo's responsible for a girl's death.
Fitz
I'm sorry, Mack. I really am. But it's not that simple.
Simple is how you live a good life. Not with your theories or prophecies. It's following the Good Word and doing the right thing every time, simple as that.
Fitz
No. Not always, 'cause there are lots of instances in history where, where it was necessary to sacrifice the few in order to save the lives of many.
Fitz
Ruby was dangerous and it got complicated and that is just the way it was. So I'm sorry if that doesn't fit whatever narrative that you've built for yourself.
You need to look inside yourself and figure out what kind of man you want to be. 'Cause lately, what you've been, it needs fixing.
Yeah. I'm aware that we rolled the dice with Coulson, and I still believe that we need him for this, but I will admit that I let my emotions get the best of me. I thought that Coulson was the only one who could keep us all on the same page. You would say that's proof that I can't do the job, that I shouldn't lead. Well, I agree. The truth is, I can't hold the team together. But he can. Coulson wants me to call the shots in his absence. Well, that's my decision. Mack should call the shots. He has the biggest heart. I mean, physically, but also, you know... You are our moral center. And, look, I never want to stop being a soldier. He's a general we can all rally behind. Anyone who thinks I'm 100% right about this, raise your hand? :[Everyone raises their hands.]
[Enters the room] Couldn't have said it better myself.
Fitz
Sir, good to see you.
Hold the applause. She didn't go through that for nothing. Time to suit up. So what do we do?
It will be challenging to conceal that we have murdered the Controller. The crew will be labeled mutineers, a death sentence in this section of space.
Fitz
So we'd need to sneak off the ship.
It is possible you and I could escape by submerging ourselves in the Xandarian snail tanks before they're unloaded. But the other crew members...
Fitz
Firstly, no. But more importantly, we did this to keep them alive, so where do we take them?
They could easily find employment on the planet of Kitson. We should have just enough fuel to reach it if we change course now. But what about your plan to go back into cryo-sleep and join Jemma Simmons in the future?
Fitz
I've got time.
I have disappointed you, and we may be, as they say, down on our luck, but there are other ways to earn money.
Fitz
How?
The brothels of Kitson. We are both healthy and not unattractive specimens, and I am well-versed in over 130...
[Enoch has been decommissioned]
Why do I exist? I am nothing. I'm a speck of dust in the infinite...
Fitz
Okay, Enoch...
An afterthought in the worm-ridden mind of the black void.
Fitz
Okay. I'm gonna need you to spark up. So you take a break from being infinite nothing and do that for me?
Why would I do anything when there is no purpose? We will all soon be dust and rust.
Fitz
'Cause you're my best friend. Remember? That's your purpose.
Fitz
No. I'm not. I can't believe I'm saying this, because you are...
...Chronicom. Decommissioned.
Fitz
Gonna say a massive pain in the ass, but you've grown on me. So, yeah. You are my best friend.
For you, my best friend, I would do anything.
[Simmons has reverted to her seven-year-old self and fled to her childhood bedroom]
Fitz
[Observing the posters on the wall] Well, you're just destined for the sciences, aren't you?
CSChild Simmons
I'm going to be a biologist and study cuttlefish. They can change their skin colors with chromatophores.
Fitz
You're gonna do a lot more than that. Do you know who I am? [She nods] Well, then, you know that I'm a friend, so why did you run away? Why did you come here?
CSChild Simmons
This is where I learn the stars, memorize my chem tables, and work out problems in my head.
Fitz
What kind of problems in your head?
CSChild Simmons
All kinds. My dreams float up to the stars, and my troubles are locked up tight in the music box.
Fitz
Well, that's a nice little system. Is there anything troubling you now?
CSChild Simmons
[Holds a book] This one! Read me this one.
Fitz
Okay. You want me to read you a bedtime story? You know, I-I think I should probably take you out of here, because this might be the madness that she [Atarah] was talking...
CSChild Simmons
[Screams] Daddy! The strange man in my room wants to abduct me and take me...
Fitz
Shh-shh Shut your Shhhhhh. I'll read you the story. For the love of Pete...
CSChild Simmons
It's about a boy and his imaginary friend that are lost in the stars.
Fitz
Is it, now? What's it called? [Sees that it is the Darkhold] That's not a good book. That's a bad book, bad story, very poorly written.
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