Grant Ward quotes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Ward

Can we just address the elephant on the plane? I know. This is weird. Mistakes were made.

Fitz

By you.

Ward

And people got hurt.

Fitz

By you.

Ward

And I could stand here and explain again how my parents - and brother left me vulnerable...

May

[scoffs] We all had our traumas, Ward. Didn't turn any of us into psychopaths.

Ward

Well, we all have our own ways of coping, don't we? For example, I was yours.

Coulson

Watch it, Ward!

Ward

Look, I'm just saying we all made mistakes. Coulson handed me over to my abuser, thank you. Skye shot me-

Simmons

After you killed how many people?

Fitz

Yeah, and we were a team and a family, and you betrayed us!

Ward

I know. It's what I regret the most. Not the lying, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents I had to put down, and I'm sorry not even dropping you two in the ocean. It's this. My actions destroyed this. I'll regret that forever. 'Cause there were good times. Right? Before? I mean, for a while there, we were a good team. Weren't we?

Skye

[dramatic pause] I'm still happy I shot you.

Fitz

Yeah, me too.

Simmons

Should've aimed for the face.

Revenge only provides a temporary pleasure.

Ward

But a pleasure nonetheless.

You should think on a grander scale.

Ward

Oh, it'll be grand. I'm going to cut off the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., because without Phil Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D. won't grow back.

The octopus is one of the great symbols of Hydra. Supremely intelligent, highly adaptable, and they are ruthless killers. A nearly perfect predator. Same could be said of you.

Ward

Well it's a terrifying symbol, but not my idea of dinner. Then again, I am adaptable. I hope you can be too.

Ward

Thank you. These should keep me warm. This gonna get you in trouble?

Up here, I control everything.

Ward

Always? You ever find yourself completely out of control?

I'll be in Moscow soon enough with a day off. Come see for yourself.

Ward

I wish I could, but I'm not going to Moscow. This was the only flight I could find passing over Zepkow. [whispers into her ear, she backs away in terror] [on intercom] Ladies and gentlemen, please return to your seats and keep your seat belts fastened. You may experience some turbulence coming up. Don't be alarmed. That's just your pilot diving to equalize cabin pressure before you freeze to death. Oh, and, uh... from all of us here at Hydra, thanks for flying the friendly skies. [clicks detonator, explodes out of airplane]

I know you're all about rebooting Hydra and all that. But do you know much about our history, our origin?

Ward

Yeah, World War II, Red Skull used Nazi funding to build this old empire...

[laughs] Red Skull was following the principle that Hydra was built upon, that the ultimate power was not of this world, but Hydra... well, we're much, much older than that.

Thousands of years ago, an Inhuman was born on this planet that was destined to rule it, so powerful, so fearsome that others were consumed with dread, and so they banished it from the Earth, sent it through the portal to a distant planet. Hydra was founded with the sole purpose of engineering its return. Over generations, Hydra's taken different shapes. The entity has been given different names. But every generation has sent men through the portal, hoping to save or at least serve our leader on the other side. Now we're building an army for it to command when it returns, and you and I will rule beside it.

Ward

Okay. That's, uh... a lot to take in.

[chuckles] Well, it's a tall tale. I know.

Ward

And why exactly should I believe a word of it?

Because we're closer than ever to the final chapter. We're gonna write it ourselves. But you don't have to believe me. I know you want revenge, to cut the head off of S.H.I.E.L.D., to watch it writhe. I'll help you do that.

Ward

And in return?

You'll help me learn how S.H.I.E.L.D. was able to achieve something with the portal that Hydra, in thousands of years, has never been able to accomplish.

Ward

And what is that?

They brought someone back.

Ward

Now you know how it feels, Coulson, to have someone you care for bleed out right in front of you.

Coulson

Ward?

Ward

I gotta admit, it still sounds funny when you don't say "agent" first.

Grant?

Ward

Thomas... you okay?

Is everything they're saying true?

Ward

Don't listen to them, they're the bad guys. They killed someone I love very much.

Then why is this happening?

Ward

They know how much I care about you. They wanna hurt me.

It's been almost 15 years.

Ward

I tried to see you, Mom and Dad made that impossible. They kept you hidden.

That wasn't Mom and Dad, that was me. I changed my name and moved so you'd never find me.

Ward

Why would you do that?

'Cause I didn't wanna let you hurt me again!

Ward

That was one time.

Really? One time? Then explain what the hell you did to Mom and Dad!

Ward

Thomas...

No you killed them! And Christian too!

Ward

You know what type of people they were, they hurt us both, I couldn't let that happen again.

Dad needed a walker to get around, who was he gonna hurt?

Ward

I know this is tough to hear, but sometimes you gotta do a bad thing for the right reasons.

Stop trying to justify what you did, just stop! You know they were my parents too? And yeah, they were horrible people, but you are so much worse! You set them on fire!

Ward

Thomas, calm down, listen to me for a second...

Coulson

Time's up.

Coulson

I spent every second since you murdered Rosalind trying to understand just how your sick mind works.

Ward

Shouldn't be that hard. We're not that different, you and me. It's not like we operate in different worlds, Coulson. We both got blood on our hands.

Ward

So how long you been here?

"Will"

Feels like forever.

Ward

[looks at It's bed, which has room for two people] So you're how Simmons managed to survive all those cold nights, huh? [pretends to offer Fitz his gun] Maybe you wanna pull the trigger?

Fitz

Grow up Ward.

Ward

Saw something terrible today. When I say "terrible," I mean ancient and powerful. It's changed how I see things. I've never believed I was worth anything... that what I said or did had any meaning. Maybe that's why I'm a spy. Or why I agreed to come here.

Coulson

If you're trying to talk me out of this, you can save your breath.

Ward

I'm not looking for mercy or absolution. I just want you to know, I've been where you are right now. Filled with rage, wanting revenge... I chose Hydra for petty, personal, selfish reasons... for a father figure, for vengeance... for closure. But what I saw today gave my life meaning. For the first time ever, I have a sense of satisfaction that I never experienced when I was seeking revenge.

Coulson

[shoots Ward in the arm] Gotta say, feels pretty satisfying to me.

Simmons

So, you're Hydra, and you've been protecting Skye?

Ward

Yeah. That's why I joined the Resistance.

Simmons

Oh, always the double agent. [to Daisy] And this is who you woke up with? You two were together? Oh, this isn't the Framework. This is Hell.

Mack

I met a woman today who was with S.H.I.E.L.D. Her name is Daisy Johnson, you might know her as Skye. Hydra used me to– trick her and take her captive.

Ward

[Fearfully] No. Please tell me she's okay.

Why are you here?

Mack

Today, for the first time, I couldn't look my little girl in the eye. I need to make that right. I'm here to help.

Simmons

What are you smiling at?

Ward

Same thing you are. Big fake dad loving his little fake kid, in this crazy, fake world. I finally get why you don't like me, you think I'm someone I'm not.

Simmons

Forget I said anything, you don't believe me. And I, can't really look at you.

Ward

Wow, what did I do, in this other reality? Did I hurt someone? Did I kill someone?

Simmons

More than one.

Ward

For what it's worth, for whatever I did do, I'm truly sorry. Look at them, you feel that, don't you? The way he loves his kid?

Simmons

Of course.

Ward

Well doesn't that make it real?

Wait, don't shoot! They need help up there!

May

[Lowers her weapon and talks on comms] This is Agent May, there are kids in here. Why the hell are there kids in here? [Enters room where Coulson, Mace, and more children are] Where's the Patriot?

Coulson

Put that gun down! We need help here, there's a kid buried under that pile of rock.

Trip

It's coming down!

Simmons

No, it's coming up.

[Lifts up giant pieces of rubble] Get him out.

May

Nobody move!

Coulson

Are you insane? He's trying to save a kid!

May

So was I.

Ward

Agent May, he's the only thing keeping this building from falling down on all of us. You shoot him, we all die.

Coulson

We don't have time for this, we've gotta save that kid. Form a team, find something to pop up that beam. Either shoot us or help, but don't just stand there. Snap out of it, May!