Alvin was enjoying some downtime, taking care of the kids in Hell's Kitchen.
On the eve of the Sokovia vote...
Coulson led his team in a raid on a manor in Austria.
In the manor's run-down basement, he found a black monolith.
After ordering his men to pack up the monolith, Coulson boarded a plane and headed for Venice, where another confirmed Hydra Base was located.
Agents all over the world were taking action, cracking down on every Hydra Base except the one in Sokovia.
Coulson leaned wearily against his seat on the plane. When his partner, Melinda May, handed him a cup of coffee, he rubbed his temples and said with a bitter smile, "Any more bad news?"
Melinda May frowned. "Someone else sent us information about Hydra.
"There are reports of Hydra Bases in Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary."
Coulson let out a weary sigh. "We'll go to Venice first. Adjust our flight path based on the locations of the Hydra Bases.
"We'll probably be busy for a long time!"
May frowned at Coulson. "Is there something I don't know?
"We've been after Hydra for years, but we've gotten more intelligence in the past few days than we have in all that time.
"What's going on?
"Skye refuses to talk with her teammates about what happened at the Stadium that day.
"And you've been acting strangely, too!
"What are you all planning?"
Coulson looked at May, who was clearly worried about him, and gave a bitter smile. "It's almost time to close the net. Hydra won't get away this time.
"Too bad we've been pushed to the very fringes of the operation..."
May regarded him with a strange look. "What's going on?
"That so-called Hydra Base we just raided had only a few ordinary guards.
"It wasn't nearly as