Sarge quotes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Sarge

A little plain, don't you think? What about the pieces you save for your most loyal customers? The ones you don't keep in these cases? Price is not an issue here.

I could pull some items from our vault for you.

Sarge

The vault. That sounds impressive. I know. Right now, you're sizing me up, wondering how much paper money a guy like me has to spend. Could be a big sale. Your heart rate goes up a little. Can you feel it?

We always do our best to meet our customers' needs.

Sarge

Oh, don't worry about me. I'll be leaving satisfied. Worry about you, your heart rate, because it's about to go nuts when we rob this place. People fantasize about doing something heroic in times like these, but I'd save your own skin.

That word, "Coulson." What does that mean?

Sarge

I don't know. But it rings a bell.

Sarge

So, this lady [May] was in love with this dead Coulson guy. Anyone else have a thing for him?

Daisy

Yeah, I'm... Uh, this is too much. [Leaves]

Sarge

Her, too, huh? Daddy issues?

Mack

You're talking about this Shrike creator that's coming. You told May it's a monster.

Sarge

Yeah, or to you, a god.

Mack

S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dealt with a lot of folks who thought they were gods. Just had egos. There's only one God.

Sarge

Oh, I see. This is that kind of planet. One God controlling everything. Benevolent, right? To make you feel all warm inside when times get tough?

Mack

It's not that simple.

Sarge

Whatever your fairy tale, I've seen gods up close, and I think you're gonna get that opportunity, too. Believe me. You're not prepared for this.

Mack

I'm prepared to protect my people from whatever's coming.

Sarge

Your people? Hmm. They keep looking at me. You might want to get used to that.

Mack

And why's that?

Sarge

Because by the end of the day, I'll be the one in charge.

May

What's her [Izel's] motive?

Sarge

Hatred. For all living things.

Daisy

What's yours?

Sarge

Love. [Pause] No, it's hate. That's my thing, too. Hate and revenge. She took my family from me. I won't stop until she pays for that.

May

Well, if she's that powerful, how can you kill her?

Sarge

There's only one way to kill the beast. [Holds a sword]

Daisy

A galaxy hopping hate-beast that eats planets, and you want to defeat her with a, um, sword?

Sarge

It's sharp. Feel it.

Mack

Well, Benson gave us some information that might help us understand her. Has Sarge shared how he plans to take her out?

Daisy

It's unclear but it may or may not involve a magical sword.

May

Where is it?

Sarge

Where's what?

Daisy

The bomb. Mack's on the phone. He wants to talk. Your boy Pax squealed.

Sarge

Yes, tell him he needs to learn to keep his mouth shut. Did he tell you what kind of bomb?

Daisy

One that'll leave a crater 200 miles wide.

Sarge

Well, I don't know miles, but if that's a lot, then yeah, that kind of bomb. I told you I had an insurance policy.

Daisy

You're not gonna use it.

Sarge

I am. You were right. Swords just don't cut it. I'm not taking any chances. When Izel lands, I'm gonna blow her, her ship, and her black tower of death into oblivion.

May

We're just outside a city. You'd kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people along with her.

Sarge

A small price to pay for saving your planet and countless others. Now, we need to get on the same page and get off this truck before we become part of that small price.

Sarge

I can't wait to kill you.

Izel

Are you sure?

Sarge

Dead certain.

Izel

Tell me why is that?

Sarge

Because you robbed me of my family, the woman I love, my home. And then you took the one thing I had left, my memories of them.

Izel

It's not that I stole your memories, Sarge. It's that you never had any to begin with.

Izel

I know you're trying to hurt me. If it makes you feel any better, you are. Perhaps not in the way you intend, but it still hurts. Even so, it won't end me. And you don't even want that.

Sarge

Of course I do. The same way you want to kill me.

Izel

Kill you? Oh, my poor dear. If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead. I was trying to wake you up.

Sarge

Oh, I'm awake. I'm awake enough to remember the people I loved, the family I had, and how it felt when you took them from me.

Izel

It's not true.

Sarge

You're saying you didn't kill them?

Izel

I'm saying you didn't have a family. Those memories, they aren't yours.

Sarge

That makes no sense!

Izel

Then how did I kill them? You can't recall because it didn't happen. The family isn't yours. It's a holdover, an echo from the man whose body you inhabit.

Sarge

No, I don't understand.

Izel

I'm only beginning to fully understand myself. I always wondered how you got this form and where it came from. But now, in this place, they recognize that face here. Don't you see? The monoliths created your body, sent it back through time and space, back home to our realm. A planet where we have no form and yearn for it. This human body arrived. It had form. You took it over and lost yourself, lost me. And in return, you got everything that comes with this unwilling vessel.

Sarge

Do you really think you can beat me?

Daisy

Yes. This time, I'll actually kill you.

Sarge

Go ahead. It'd be easier than doing it myself. Come on! What are you waiting for?! Do it! Kill me, Skye! If it works on me, it'll work on her. But you have to do it now, before I get any stronger.

Daisy

Wait...

Sarge

You can't wait. Don't you understand? It's all coming back to me. The memories, the pain. Her song ringing through every bone in my body.

Daisy

What memories?

Sarge

It's too late for that. I'll lose control. I could kill everyone here. End it!

Daisy

I can't do it.

Sarge

You've always been capable of more than you think. Now do it. Do it! Do it.

Daisy

You were gonna sacrifice yourself. It's what Coulson would've done.

May

You kept it in check when Daisy spoke to you. Whatever she did got you thinking straight.

Sarge

There's no thought. Only the rage. And if I see Izel...

May

You'll defeat her. You let the rage out. Then let the other part of you rein it in.

Sarge

It's not as simple as you make it sound.

May

That's why I'll be there. To remind you.

May

[To Sarge] Don't let that thing inside you take control. There is good in you. Look at me!

Izel

Your friend doesn't know when to quit. Tell me. What do you feel?

Sarge

Anger. And fear. Fear of this pain that's been a knife in my heart for so long.

May

That's love. That pain is love. I know because I was afraid of it, too. But you let me feel it. You gave that gift to me. You pulled me out of that cubicle. You gave me purpose, a crew. Remember me. Remember us: Daisy and Mack and Yo-Yo, Fitz and Simmons. You love us.

Sarge

You're right. It's love. The pain is love.

May

Yes.

Sarge

And now I know how to end it. To cut it out of me. Slice it away and be done with it. [Stabs May with a sword and shoves her through the portal] How's that for a sign?

Sarge

Why continue?

Daisy

Let me guess surrender and we'll never suffer again.

Sarge

Oh, no. I'll make sure you do. I'll handpick the spirits to take you, to use your flesh, to ravage your insides. Every waking moment, a battle will rage within you.