2020

*"I know no year is perfect. But Holy Cow, this year is overkill. As in Hermione Granger time travel overkill.*
―White Knight

### January

* After 18 months in the gamma lab, Bruce Banner manages to meld his and the Hulk's personas into one mixed form, where he ends up with a shorter and slightly more human version of the Hulk's physicality, but his own mind.

### May

#### 20th

* George Floyd is killed. This leads to multiple riots nationwide. Gunner would later admit that Floyd's death shouldn't have happened. He still believed in the police, and believed the rioters were digging their own grave by setting themselves apart violently in an attempt to be equals.

### July

* At the speakeasy in New York City, "Phil Coulson" arrives via hologram for an agreed meeting with his old team. Daisy Johnson also arrives, then Yo-Yo Rodriguez, Melinda May, and Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons. Alphonso Mackenzie arrives late, saying there was a situation in Moscow that needed his attention, which is unfortunately classified. He says he is enjoying his new offices, having a view finally. Rodriguez tells them she is not stationed there currently, in fact on assignment chasing an 0-8-4 with her team, joking that Piper might be regretting her choice of reward for protecting the Containment Module
* Simmons asks May about her new job, which May says she finds exhausting. Leo Fitz and Simmons joke about their exhaustion being parents, and Johnson mocks them, pointing out they retired, but they talk about how tiring being parents are. "Coulson" says that Alya is great, as Simmons updates them about Alya now learning to swim and wishing she could design a fish. Mackenzie checks she got his present, and Fitz thanks them all, asking they refrain from presents beyond one a year. Simmons tells them they got a nice letter from Daniel Sousa, and Johnson says she got him a typewriter, which had excited him. She updates them that things are going well with them as they are enjoying their journey together, and he is made for their line of work and says "hi".

* Johnson turns to "Coulson" to ask how he feels now, after saying he would take the year to reassess, and he explains he is not in a rush to turn himself off, wishing to see more of the world first. May, Mackenzie, and Johnson each offer him a chance to join them after he finishes his sabbatical. Johnson's hologram flickers, and Rodriguez tells them she is approaching the drop zone and will have to go. May admits she has a group waiting, and Johnson says they are losing signal approaching a nebula, so they agree to call the end of the meeting. Simmons suggests meeting every year, and they agree, refusing to lose touch after all they have been through together, recalling the times they have died or been taken over like zombies. They reminisce about Deke Shaw, assuring each other he is probably doing fine.
* Rodriguez disconnects from the call, as she is driven by the Life-Model Decoy James Davis made by Fitz and Simmons, who Piper, also in the car, is becoming increasingly frustrated with, to Rodriguez's amusement. Rodriguez opens her car door and speeds out to her target compound.
* May tells Mackenzie she will be sending him some name recommendations, and asks "Coulson" to come by during his travels to tell some stories to S.H.I.E.L.D. newcomers. She disconnects from the call, and Flint finds her, telling her she is late to class. May jokes that since she is giving the lecture, she is not late, but "dramatic", as they make their way through the Coulson Academy.

* Leo Fitz tells the team Alya is bothering him for attention, so they should go and get back to their picnic with her, as she has been patient. He disconnects. Simmons tells Johnson she will email her the anatomy analysis she's waiting for after Fitz is asleep, calling it interesting. She disconnects too, and watches her husband playing with her daughter in the garden, the three of them happy.
* Mackenzie checks with "Coulson" that he has received the package from him. He gives him the code 1-3-6, saying there is an additional present inside. "Coulson" asks if it is what he thinks it is, and Mackenzie admits he could not help himself, still a mechanic at heart. He disconnects from the call and returns to work aboard his Helicarrier.
* With only Johnson and "Coulson" left on the call, Johnson says she is glad he is seeing the world, but that he has a talent for finding lost people with promise, as is shown by what he put together with their team. He asks how things are with Kora, and Johnson says Kora is doing well because of someone believing in her, the way "Coulson" once did for her. "Coulson" asks her to call him when they get back. He disconnects, and Johnson does too.

* Aboard Zephyr Three, Johnson assures Sousa the team are doing well. Kora calls her from the cockpit to come and look, and the couple join Kora to witness the beauty of the nebula they are approaching as a group.

* "Coulson" retrieves the package from Mackenzie and opens it, finding his deactivation button for when he is ready, and car keys. "Coulson" presses the keys and hears the vehicle unlock nearby, finding it to be a familiar red Corvette. He gets in the new Lola, dons his shades as he had done so often, starts it up, and activates its jets, as it transforms into a sleeker, black, more upgraded version of the flying car. He notes the upgrade as "cool", then starts moving, flying off to his next adventure.