Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.2013

Skye:
I know that face, something gives me a feeling I should be sitting down for this.

Phil Coulson:
I've been looking for a way to tell you this, looking around for some answers, something to help... explain... but I don't have any. So... the drug, the one who saved us both - when we found it, I discovered something else. Its source. It was... alien.

Skye:
A-Alien, as in... unfamiliar?

Phil Coulson:
No.

Skye:
Wow.

Phil Coulson:
The minute I learned what it was, I tried to keep them from injecting you with it, but I was too late. I'm so sorry, Skye.

Skye:
You were trying to save my life. You *did* save my life.

Phil Coulson:
I was desperate to, and I subjected you to unknown ramifications or side effects.

Skye:
I'm sorry to say this, sir, but... so what? We are alive. And you've had that in you, uh, for some time now, and you're okay, right? Plus, you're not sprouting a pointy tail or anything, so bonus there.

Phil Coulson:
I know nothing fazes you, but this should faze you. We are completely in the dark on this.

Skye:
That's where we live. I'm an 0-8-4. Who knows what the hell that means? At least we're in the dark together.

Phil Coulson:
Yes. But not for long. To hell with any protocols or any code I used to bound by. We have a long list of questions we need answers for, and we're going after them ourselves.

Skye:
Well, if the team's up for it...

Phil Coulson:
No. No, listen to me. I trust them, but we need to protect them from this. Fury went to dangerous lengths to keep this under wraps - lied to me, lied to S.H.I.E.L.D. This is a powerful secret, a secret men died for. Until we know why, we can't share this with anyone, for their safety and ours.

Skye:
Got it. So what'll it be, A.C.? What do we go after first?

Phil Coulson:
The person responsible for this. And we make him pay.