Meanwhile, Fitz managed to pinpoint the location of the EMP's source. Coulson interrogated Briggs and figured out that the Watchdogs had tried to frame the Inhumans for all the blackouts and that the Watchdogs had access to the registered Inhumans' whereabouts. arrested the Watchdogs and Coulson ordered his colleagues to search them for answers. agents fought the Watchdogs, and although one of them tried to take Rodriguez's friend Maria as a hostage, the terrorists were ultimately defeated. While the Watchdogs were on the verge of killing Rodriguez, she was rescued by the arrival of Coulson, Fitz and Mackenzie. However, she was denounced by another partygoer. Although Mertz firmly denied being an Inhuman, he was beaten up by the Watchdogs and when they threatened to kill him, Rodriguez used her super-speed to steal the weapons. Darryl denounced the magician Mertz as a possible target for the Watchdogs. Arriving on the ground floor, they were soon confronted by several Watchdogs who threatened to shoot at them if the Inhuman they were looking for was not delivered to them. Rodriguez tried to convince her friends not to leave the hotels where they were. Upon arriving, they tried to drive to the hotel where Rodriguez was attending a bachelor party, but their car was stopped by the EMP devise used by the Watchdogs, disabling much of their equipment including Phil Coulson's Prosthetic Hand and forcing them to finish the journey by foot. After watching the video statement made by the so-called Inhuman Resistance, Jeffrey Mace ordered Phil Coulson, Leo Fitz, and Alphonso Mackenzie to fly the Zephyr One to Miami and investigate whether the blackout was due to an Inhuman or something else.
The Watchdogs launched their first attack in Miami, cutting power in large parts of the city and causing an helicopter to crash in a building, which was witnessed by S.H.I.E.L.D. We will continue to attack you, city by city, hour by hour until our voices are heard." ― Watchdogs "The blackout in Miami was just the first. The Watchdogs as Inhumans announce the Blackout
Growing more bold every day, the Watchdogs were able to plan massive attacks against the Inhumans and soon prepared for their next operation: a series of blackouts across the United States of America, which they would operate so that people would believe a fictitious movement known as the Inhuman Resistance was responsible for it. They took up arms and devised spectacular actions like the Attack on the ATCU Storage Facility, raising more and more support and eventually rallying politicians to their cause like Senator Ellen Nadeer. One of these hate groups, known as the Watchdogs, was particularly virulent against the Inhumans. Radical hate groups appeared across the world and spread hatred against the Inhumans and all others showing signs of superpowers or supernatural abilities. You will obey." ― Watchdog Alpha įollowing the Inhuman Outbreak, the number of Inhumans on Earth dramatically increased in a time where more and more people became distrustful towards enhanced people, especially because of the damages caused during the battles involving the Avengers like the Battle of Sokovia. Not anymore! We want this information released, a list of who they are, where they are or you will have war on your hands. The Avengers, more like them every day, protected, hidden. "The government is keeping secrets, things we don't know until cities fall out of the sky.