Once they had all opened their eyes again - they weren't in heaven.
Clarke's shield around the team suddenly fell flat as she succumbed to unconsciousness. She had saved their lives but couldn't exactly say the same for herself.
As the runaways looked around in awe at the wreckage thrown around them in the craters that were once NYC. They were gonna need a bigger district.
A Quinjet's engines roared as the plane phased into visibility behind them. The thing landed silently on the remains of a skyscraper, still smoking and smouldering from the blast.
The doors of the plane hissed open and three SHIELD agents stepped out. Agent Maria Hill walked ahead of the other two, as they flanked her with guns and a confident stride.
'We're sorry Agent Skye Johnson. We are going to have to apprehend you on charges of mass manslaughter and aiding these criminals' escapes. Which technically makes you an accessory. You will lose your job at best.' Announced Maria as her two agents stepped towards Skye and handcuffed her.
She didn't fight as she was led into the Quinjet.
'Shitshitshitshitshit.' Swore Maddy as she tried to wake up Clarke to get them the hell out of there. Cisco considered clobbering the agents into a fine pulp, but then decided not to do anything else illegal - especially not the murders of two government officials.
Both Maddy and Cisco winced as a taser rammed into the backs of their necks and they joined Clarke in unconsciousness.
Walking in cloud of silent fight, Agent Skye Johnson was thrown into a detention cell that had once been used to hold Loki.
'They're gonna get out of here. They're the Runaways. It's what they do.'
And with that, the air was sucked out of her cell and the torture began. SHIELD needed answers - and they would go to any lengths to get them - even if they had to torture one of their own agents.
Maddy, Clarke and Cisco all sat in a single cell together. They sat in a tightly-knitted circle - all of them together, the Runaways.
Kawaii was in a cell on with a man called Jack - and was, of course, busy reading him his darkest memories and thoughts. His skeletons in the closet.
The three Runaways had a plan.
Maddy took a breath in and extended her hands towards the glass.
