
On the surface, May would meet Robin Hinton, who had been raised by May in Hinton's past. There, she would be saved by the man who sent her to 2091, a Chronicom named Enoch/Destroyed Earth who had sent them there as part of his plan to prevent the destruction of Earth. May was captured by the Kree, who ruled over the station, and sent to Earth's surface. May and the others found themselves in the Lighthouse, a bunker used to contain the rest of humanity following Earth's destruction.

May and the team would go to a diner to have a meal before being arrested, however a mysterious man would capture them and send them through a monolith to the year 2091. was now an illegal organisation once again. May and her team managed to kill Aida, however S.H.I.E.L.D. With the help of Daisy Johnson and Simmons, May finally escaped the Framework, only to face the threat of the now-organic Aida. After several escape attempts, May's mind was trapped inside the Framework, a virtual reality where she lived as a HYDRA agent. victory on Eli Morrow, May was incapacitated and kidnapped by Aida and was replaced by an LMD of herself. Jemma Simmons and Holden Radcliffe managed to save her life at the last moment. During one of her missions, she was touched by Lucy Bauer, a person with ghost-like powers, causing her to have a mental breakdown that would've lead to her death. and the appointment of Jeffrey Mace, May was given the task of rebuilding and training the new STRIKE team. May would work against Hive as he plotted to turn the Earth's population into Inhumans loyal to him, a plan that would end in his death as well as that of Andrew Garner's.įollowing the relegalisation of S.H.I.E.L.D. HYDRA's plan to bring Hive to Earth would culminate in Ward's death at the hands of Coulson, though Hive would possess Ward's body and return to Earth. May would soon discover that Lash was her partner, Andrew Garner, and would make the difficult decision to shoot him, though he would survive. During HYDRA's campaign, May would also face a new threat in the form of an Inhuman named Lash, who was killing other Inhumans. to stop Ward and a newly-discovered HYDRA cell led by Gideon Malick from bringing HYDRA's founder, an Inhuman named Hive, back to Earth. Though the duo would be unsuccessful in that mission, May would fully return to S.H.I.E.L.D. May's retirement would be short-lived, however, as Lance Hunter would request her help in getting revenge on Grant Ward by killing him. for a short time to be with Andrew Garner. Following the War Against the Inhumans and the Kidnapping of Bobbi Morse, she retired from S.H.I.E.L.D. When the two factions united, May became a member of Coulson's council of advisors. faction led by Robert Gonzales emerged and occupied their base, May helped Coulson to escape, but later accepted a position on Gonzales' board. After the Battle for the Kree City in which HYDRA was dealt a heavy blow and resulted in Skye gaining superhuman abilities, May helped them all to deal with the situation the best they could. She helped the team stop John Garrett and went with the team to the Playground to help restart S.H.I.E.L.D., under newly promoted Coulson.Īs Coulson's unofficial deputy, May helped Coulson in fighting the forces of HYDRA led by Daniel Whitehall and dealing with Coulson's growing obsession with the alien writing. She found the truth and brought it back to Coulson.

Feeling unwanted, she left, searching to find out the truth behind Coulson's resurrection. When the HYDRA Uprising began, her true role on the team, to be Fury's eyes and ears on Coulson, was discovered, leading to a rift between her and the team. She worked with the team on all their missions. However, she returned to the field when Nick Fury asked to her to secretly assemble a team for Coulson and to monitor his recovery process.

A veteran pilot and soldier with years of experience and a good friend of Phil Coulson, she withdrew from field duty after an incident in Manama, Bahrain which left her mentally damaged. Professor Melinda Qiaolian May is a highly-skilled S.H.I.E.L.D. But now it's been a year, and if last year has taught me anything, it's that life isn't meant to be lived alone." ―Melinda May to Yo-Yo Rodriguez
