The Brotherhood IV: the Complex (2005) Movie Script

[CLEARS THROAT]
YOU WANT TO KEEP
YOUR VOICE DOWN?
WHAT, ARE YOU SNEAKING
OUT OR SOMETHING?
YEAH OR SOMETHING.
SO WHAT, ARE YOU SNEAKING
OVER TO THE GIRLS' SCHOOL
OVER ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE TOWN?
MAYBE.
YEAH.
MAYBE NOT.
WHATEVER.
JUST BE CAREFUL.
BLACK SKULLS COME OUAT NIGHT.
YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO.
OH SHUT UP. NO WAY.
DO ME A FAVOR, ALRIGHT.
YOU SHUT UP.
OR I'LL SHUT YOU UP.
THEY'RE LETTING YOU IN TO
THE BLACK SKULLS.
YEAH.
SERIOUSLY?
OF COURSE. YOU DIDN'SEE ANYTHING.
I WAS IN MY BED
THE WHOLE TIME.
AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE I WENT.
GOT THAT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH
TROUBLE YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN
WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT, CHARLIE?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH
TROUBLE YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN
IF I GET CAUGHT?
WHATEVER. GOOD LUCK, MAN.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT.
WHERE DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING, CADET?
YOU DON'T SCARE ME.
NO, YOU DON'T SEEM
SCARED AT ALL.
NOT AT ALL.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO ME?
DON'T WORRY. WE WON'KILL YOU, CHARLIE.
THAT'S NOT OUR JOB.
VICTOR?
LIGHTEN UP, OKAY?
AND TO THINK, YOU'LL BECOME
ONE OF THE ELITE.
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
LISTEN.
WELL, HERE WE ARE.
YOU'RE NOT NERVOUS,
ARE YOU, CADET?
I DON'T THINK SO.
NO. HE'S NOT NERVOUS.
WHY WOULD HE BE?
HEY, WE'RE ALL KIND OF
NERVOUS WHEN WE DID THIS.
RIGHT?
YEAH, BUT IT CHANGED OUR LIVES.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
TO GO DOWN.
TAKE OFF YOUR SWEATS.
WHAT IS THIS? SOME SOROF HAZING THING?
THAT'S NOT WHAT I.
YOU DON'HAVE TO DO THIS, CHARLIE.
WE INVITED YOU HERE TODAY
TO BECOME A PART OF THE
BLACK SKULLS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT,
WE THOUGHT YOU HAD POTENTIAL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE UP
TO YOUR POTENTIAL.
IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T.
JUST TURN AROUND AND GO BACK
UP TO YOUR BUNK, CADET.
SOMEONE ELSE WILL TAKE YOUR
PLACE, THAT'S ALL.
IT'S OKAY, IT'S FINE.
JUST TELL ME WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
FIRST, WE HAVE TO MARK YOU.
KNOW THAT THESE WORDS WERE
WRITTEN IN THE BLOOD OF MEN,
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1778.
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED,
MAKE THIS PLEDGE,
THAT THE VALOR OF OUR ACTIONS
AND THE SOLIDARITY OF OUR
BROTHERHOOD
SET US ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
WE PLEDGE OUR LIVES AND
OUR SOULS TO THE BLACK SKULLS
FOR THIS TIME,
FOR ALL FUTURE TIME,
THAT OUR LEGACY MAY LIVE ON
AND OUR CREED CONTINUE
FOR ALL THOSE WHO COME HERE
AFTER TO OUR BROTHERHOOD.
DO YOU, CADET CHARLES COLLAN,
ACCEPT THE BURDEN,
THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE
RITE OF BROTHERHOOD INTO
THE BLACK SKULLS?
YES.
DO YOU, CADET CHARLES COLLAN,
SWEAR UPON YOUR LIFE AND YOUR
AFTER LIFE TO KEEP SECRET ALL
YOU'VE SEEN AND LEARNED
OR WILL SEE AND LEARN WITH
YOUR INDUCTION INTO THE
BLACK SKULLS' FOUNTAIN OF DEATH?
YES.
DO YOU, CADET CHARLES COLLAN,
PLEDGE NOT ONLY YOUR SERVITUDE,
BUT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE TO THE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLACK SKULLS?
YES.
WELL THEN, CADET CHARLES COLLAN,
AS MASTER AND COMMANDER,
I GRANT YOU MEMBERSHIP AND
PRIVILEGE INTO THE SOCIETY
OF THE BLACK SKULLS.
WELCOME, BROTHER.
GET HIM IN.
YOU MUST NOW TAKE THIS CANDLE
THROUGH THAT ENTRANCE AND
PLACE IT ON THE ALTAR AT THE
OTHER END WITHOUT LETTING
ITS FLAME BURN OUT.
WHEN YOU EMERGE,
YOU SHALL TAKE YOUR PLACE
AS ONE OF US.
[SHOUTING]
YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY?
MY OPINION COUNTS NOW?
LEE, THIS IS NOT A
PUNISHMENT, OKAY?
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOU. THIS IS PORT NATHAN,
THE COMPLEX.
YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER EVEN
ASKED ME IF I WANTED THIS.
I WON'T.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE A BRILLIANCAREER AND ACHIEVE ALL THE
THINGS IN LIFE THAT YOU CAN,
MORE THAN I COULD.
I'M NOT LIKE YOU, DAD.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE LIKE ME.
I WANT YOU TO BE BETTER THAN ME.
LOOK, I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING
TO SEE YOU FOR A FEW MONTHS,
CAN WE TRY AND END
THIS ON A HIGH NOTE?
[SIGHS]
YEAH. OKAY, I KNOW
WHAT YOU WANT.
IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT,
I PROMISE YOU.
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN.
NEW CADET.
I CAN'T TELL ANYTHING YET. LET'S
UH, LET'S GIVE THIS
GUY A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
YEAH.
I WANT TRANSCRIPTS,
I WANT APTITUDE SCORES,
GIVE ME DENTAL RECORDS,
EVERYTHING WE CAN GET OUR
HANDS ON THIS GUY.
I'M ON IT.
GOOD.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER CANDIDATES?
NO.
THIS ONE'S MINE.
HI.
CAN I HELP YOU?
THIS IS G7, RIGHT?
YEAH, SO?
SO, I'M YOUR NEW ROOMMATE.
LEE HANLON.
WHERE'S YOUR UNIFORM?
I JUST GOT HERE. THEY HAVEN'ISSUED ME MY GEAR YET.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
MID WEST.
WELL, NATHAN PUT ME IN
ON A SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP.
I WAS IN THE NAVAL ROTC
PROGRAM IN COLLEGE.
SORRY, IT'S BEEN KIND OF WEIRD
AROUND HERE.
I'M ROBERT SEVEREN.
HI. DO I CALL YOU BOB OR?
SEVEREN.
OKAY THEN.
IF I HAD GROWN UP IN PRISON,
I GUESS THIS WOULD BE ALMOSKIND OF HOME.
PRISON HAS BETTER FOOD.
SO UH, HOW DOES A NEW TRANSFER
QUALIFY FOR A DORM ROOM INSTEAD
OF THE BARRACKS?
I DON'T KNOW.
TRY DIALING SOME APTITUDE
TEST, I GUESS.
WHICH TEST?
MILITARY STRATEGY. I WAS
ACCEPTED IN ANNAPOLIS,
BUT THE NAVY PUT ME HERE
AT THE COMPLEX.
REALLY?
SO UH, YOU'RE COOL OF SAYING,
YOUR NEW ROOMMATE WANTS TO
CHEAT OFF OF YOU.
KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.
YOU SAID IT'S BEEN KIND OF
WEIRD AROUND HERE, HUH?
YEAH, I GUESS SO.
SOME SECOND-YEAR CADET WENMISSING LAST WEEK.
REALLY? YOU MEAN LIKE HE
WENT AWOL OR SOMETHING?
YOU EVER HEARD OF
THE BLACK SKULLS?
THAT SOUNDS LIKE PIRATES.
NO, COME ON, THE BLACK SKULLS.
IT'S LIKE THE SKULL
AND CROSSBONES
AT YALE OR THE MASONS.
THIS IS LIKE THE NAVY VERSION.
IT'S A SECRET BROTHERHOOD
HERE AT THE COMPLEX.
HEY, WHO SAID BEING A NAVY
CADET IS BORING?
IF IT'S SUCH A SECRET SOCIETY
OR WHATEVER,
HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?
I'M ON THE LIST TO PLEDGE.
REALLY?
IF YOU GET IN WITH THE
BLACK SKULLS,
YOU ARE SET FOR LIFE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY NAVY TOP
BRASS ARE BLACK SKULLS?
SENATORS? BUSINESS ELITE?
YOU ARE SET.
SO WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO
WITH SOME MISSING CADET?
WELL, I GUESS HE WAS ON
THE LIST OF PLEDGE TOO
WHEN HE WASHED OUT.
THEY THINK HE MIGHT HAVE TOLD
PEOPLE OR SOMETHING.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL
ANYBODY ABOUT WHAT GOES ON
WITH THE BLACK SKULLS.
WAS HE KILLED OR WHAT?
COME ON,
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.
ANYWAYS, NOBODY THINKS HE'S
DEAD OR ANYTHING,
ESPECIALLY NOT THE COPS.
HIS STUFF'S GONE,
HE PROBABLY JUST GOT EMBARRASSED
WHEN HE GOT SKULLED.
BUT NOW, I MEAN THE SCHOOL
IS GETTING ALL PARANOID.
THEY HAD SOME TOP NAVY
GUYS HERE LAST WEEK,
INVESTIGATING WITH THE COPS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET TO
PLEDGE AND YOU DON'T GET IN?
I'LL GET IN.
WHO KNOWS?
WE MAY BE THE LAST FEW TO JOIN.
NOT ME, MAN.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE
IN THE NAVY LET ALONE SOME
SECRET SOCIETY THING.
I'M NOT A JOINER.
WE'LL GET ALONG JUST FINE THEN.
SIR.
AT EASE, CAPTAIN.
THIS IS AN INFORMAL AFFAIR.
HAVE A SEAT.
WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM AT THE
COMPLEX, AS YOU KNOW.
COUPLE OF PROBLEMS.
ONE OF THEM HAPPENS TO
BE A CADET IN YOUR
NAVAL TACTICS CLASS,
VICTOR THANOS.
SIR?
I'VE BEEN SPENDING THE LASWEEK SPEAKING WITH THE
PORT NATHAN SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT AND THE NAVY,
CONCERNING THE CHARLIE COLLAN
INCIDENT.
IT'S A GIVEN THACOLLAN WAS SOMEHOW
TANGLED UP WITH THANOS
AND HIS BLACK SKULLS.
THANOS IS A SUSPECT?
WELL, YES AND NO.
THE POLICE HAVE SIX
CADETS WHO ARE WILLING
TO TESTIFY IN COURTHAT COLLAN WAS TELLING
EVERYONE HE WAS
GOING TO SOME INITIATION RITUAL
OR SOMETHING THE SAME NIGHHE DISAPPEARED.
SO, WHY HASN'T THANOS
BEEN ARRESTED?
THAT'S THE PROBLEM PART.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH
THE BLACK SKULLS?
ONLY BY RUMOR AND INNUENDO.
THEY ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
A COLLEGE FRAAND THE ILLUMINATI.
THEY HAVE MEMBERS IN
EVERY NAVAL ACADEMY
AND BASE IN THE COUNTRY
AND IT ALL STARTED HERE,
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND
SINCE I WASN'T.
ANYWAY, THEY GO DEEP.
WHEN I GET AN E-MAIL FROM THE
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY'S OFFICE
POLITELY ASKING ME TO LAY OFF,
I TAKE NOTICE.
I WOULDN'T DEAL WITH THEM UNLESS
I THOUGHT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
SO HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
THANOS IS IN YOUR CLASS,
AND I NEED YOU, AND HIS OTHER
INSTRUCTORS, TO KEEP
AN EYE ON HIM.
ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS,
ANYTHING YOU HEAR OR OBSERVE,
I NEED YOU TO REPORT DIRECTLY
TO ME ABOUT IT.
THANOS IS GRADUATING THIS YEAR.
IF THINGS ARE AS PROBLEMATIC
AS YOU SAY, PERHAPS IT'S
BEST JUST TO WAIT IT OUT.
I WISH I COULD AFFORD
TO DO THAT.
IT SEEMS THE COMPLEX WILL GETO TRAIN ON THE NEW AX48
LONG-RANGE MISSILE.
THEY'RE SHIPPING US THE LAB
PROTOTYPES IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
DEVELOPED TO BE BUILT,
CAPABLE OF CRACKING
A BUNKER BURIED HALF A MILE
UNDERGROUND AFTER BEING
LAUNCHED FROM A SHIP UP
TO A HUNDRED MILES AWAY.
SIR, YOU THINK?
WHAT I THINK, CAPTAIN, IS THAI HAVE AN ORGANIZATION OF
EXTREMELY WELL-CONNECTED
YOUNG MEN WHO ARE GETTING
AWAY WITH MURDER.
I HAVE ORDINANCE ON
COMPLEX GROUNDS.
IT'S ONLY SLIGHTLY LESS POWERFUL
THAN A NUCLEAR BOMB.
YOU SEE HOW ALL THIS
IS COMING TOGETHER?
ACTUALLY SIR, NO, I DON'T.
WELL I DO.
SHORT OF NOTHING ELSE,
KEEP AN EYE ON VICTOR THANOS.
OH, ANOTHER THING, CAPTAIN.
WE HAVE A NEW CADET, LEE HANLON.
HIS FATHER WAS AN ENLISTED MAN.
HE'S GOING TO TAKE THE ENTRANCE
AND APTITUDE EXAMS. HE'LL BE
IN YOUR NAVAL TACTICS CLASS.
DO YOU ALWAYS INTRODUCE
NEW CADETS PERSONALLY?
THIS ONE, YES. LEE HANLON,
HAS THE HIGHEST TEST SCORES
IN NAVY HISTORY.
HMM, IMPRESSIVE, SIR.
HOWEVER, I WON'T BE TREATING HIM
ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN MY
OTHER STUDENTS.
I'M NOT EXPECTING YOU TO.
I JUST NEED YOU TO KEEP
AN EYE ON HIM.
AND KEEP HIM AWAY
FROM VICTOR THANOS.
THAT'S AN ORDER.
OKAY CADETS, WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE WITH OUR ANALYSIS
OF 18TH CENTURY NAVAL WARFARE.
TODAY OF COURSE, THE BRITISH
ADMIRAL THOMAS PERSHING AND
HIS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
SPANISH FLEET IN 1747.
NOW BEFORE I BEGIN, WHO CAN
TELL ME WHY THIS IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT NAVAL BATTLE AND WHY
WE ARE STUDYING IT TODAY?
YES, MR. JOHNSON?
AHH, MY FRIENDS CALL ME SPIDER.
I SEE, AND SO I REPEAT,
YES, MR. JOHNSON?
WELL SIR, I WAS GOING TO SAY
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUTHIS TODAY SO WE CAN BE BORED
FOR AN HOUR AND TO ADMIRE
YOUR BEAUTIFUL LEGS.
WELL MR. JOHNSON, I CAN CORRECYOUR REMARK ON SEVERAL POINTS.
FIRE AWAY, BABY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST SINCE YOU
ARE IN MY CLASSROOM I WILL
ASSUME YOU'RE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH
TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE A
CADET OF THE COMPLEX NOSOME SEMI LITERATE JOCK
IN PUBLIC COLLEGE.
PUT THAT IN MIND.
I WILL ALSO ASSUME THAT YOU
ARE FAMILIAR IN MAPS OF
MILITARY PROTOCOL AND RANK
INSIGNIA TO RECOGNIZE THATHE PRETTY SHAPES ON MY UNIFORM
IDENTIFY ME AS
CAPTAIN MORRISSEY.
YEAH.
YES, CAPTAIN MORRISSEY!
YES, CAPTAIN MORRISSEY.
ADEQUATE. NOW FROM THIS
POINT FORWARD,
I EXPECT TO SEE
YOUR EYES ON MY EYES
LESSON UNTIL THE MOMENT YOU
ARE DISMISSED FROM THIS ROOM.
THE SECOND I NOTICE YOUR
ATTENTION ON ANYTHING
OTHER THAN THE WORDS
I'M SPEAKING OR THE
INFORMATION I'M IMPARTING TO
YOU, YOU WILL BE GONE.
THE CLOSEST YOU WILL EVER GETO THE UNITED STATES NAVY
OR ANY OTHER BRANCH OF OUR
MILITARY WILL BE WHEN
YOU'RE FORCED TO SELL OFF YOUR
GI JOE FIGURES ON EBAY TO HELP
PAY YOUR RENT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
YES, CAPTAIN MORRISSEY.
NOW, DOES ANYONE ELSE CARE
TO COMMENT ON MY LEGS?
WHAT WAS IT WITH THAT GUY?
THESE GUYS ARE A BUNCH OF JOCKS
WHO WANT TO BE NAVY PILOTS.
I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM
TO RUN A [UNINTELLIGIBLE].
WOW.
YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE HOURS
AND YOU ALREADY HAVE A DATE.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN, WE'RE GOING
TO FIGHT OR SOMETHING?
MR. HANLON,
YOUR FIRST DAY IN MY CLASSROOM
AND ALREADY YOU'RE
ON MY BAD SIDE.
MR. HANLON, SINCE YOU SEEM
TO BE SUCH A TALKATIVE FELLOW
I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM
AT ALL FACING YOUR
FELLOW CADETS AND ANSWERING
THE QUESTION I POSED ATHE BEGINNING OF THE LESSON.
WHY PERSHING'S BATTLE
WITH THE SPANISH FLEEIS BEING TACKLED TODAY?
YES, CAPTAIN MORRISSEY.
THEN BY ALL MEANS.
WE ARE LEARNING PERSHING'S
BATTLE TACTICS BECAUSE
OF THE INNOVATION INVOLVED.
TRADITIONAL WAR SHIP CANNONS
WERE SIDE MOUNTED
AND UNABLE TO TURN.
SO, IN AN ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN
FLEETS, IT WAS STANDARD TO FACE
THE ENEMIES SIDE BY SIDE AND
ENGAGE IN ENEMY VESSELS
SIDEWAYS FOR CANNONS
TO BE EFFECTIVE.
PERSHING HAD HIS FLEET FORM A
STRAIGHT LINE RIGHT INTO THE
SPANISH ARMADA, ONLY HIS
FRONTMOST SHIP BEARING DAMAGE,
AS WELL AS PRESENTING A SMALL
TARGET IMPOSSIBLE TO HIT.
WHEN PERSHING'S FLEET BROKE THE
LINE OF THE SPANISH FLEET THEY
WERE ABLE TO FIRE ON AN
ENTIRE FLEET AT ONCE.
MR. HANLON, I WAS INFORMED
ABOUT YOU.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY YOU HAVEN'DISAPPOINTED ME.
THAT WAS PERFECT.
HE'S WRONG.
MR. THANOS, MY MEMORY MAY BE
IN QUESTION HERE BECAUSE
I DISTINCTLY HEARD YOU SPEAK.
AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME I CAN'REMEMBER ASKING YOU A QUESTION.
CAPT. MORRISSEY, HE'S WRONG.
WE'RE NOT LEARNING ABOUT THIS
BATTLE BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A
GREAT VICTORY, OR BECAUSE
IT MADE SOMEONE,
WHAT WAS THAT INVENTED?
THE GUN TURRET?
WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THIS BATTLE
BECAUSE PERSHING CREATED A
NEW BATTLE TACTIC.
WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THIS BATTLE
BECAUSE NAVAL TACTICS
IS PURELY ABOUT CREATING NEW
WAYS TO DEFEAT YOUR ENEMY.
JUST THOUGHT I'D POINT THAT OUT.
AND I APPRECIATE IT MR. THANOS,
SINCE YOUR ANSWER WAS
INTELLIGENT AND WELL PUT,
I'LL GRACIOUSLY REMIND YOU
NOT TO MAKE AN OUTBURSIN MY CLASSROOM AGAIN,
RATHER THAN TURN THIS TO
A DISCIPLINARY MATTER.
MY APOLOGIES, CAPTAIN.
MIND TELLING ME WHAHAPPENED IN THERE?
WHO'S THAT GUY IN THE BACK?
THAT GUY WAS VICTOR THANOS.
WOW, NOT THE VICTOR THANOS.
SERIOUSLY, VICTOR THANOS IS
THE HEAD OF THE BLACK SKULLS.
EVEN INSTRUCTORS
ARE AFRAID OF HIM.
GREAT, ARE YOU GOING TO TRY
TO GET IN WITH THESE GUYS?
I THOUGHT HE'S PRETTY COOL,
THEY ALL ARE.
MAYBE YOU'RE KIND
OF AFRAID OF HIM.
HEY BOYS, HOW IS IT GOING?
ANYTHING SMART TO SAY NOW?
WHAT'S THE DEAL SPIDER?
WHY DON'T YOU
TAKE A HIKE SEVEREN?
YEAH, WE'RE ON A LITTLE TALK
WITH THE NEW KID.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN?
JUMBA?
SPIDER, THIS IS G FORCE
AND NOSEDIVE.
GREAT NAMES, REALLY.
YOU GUYS ARE FLYING
RIGHT INTO THE DANGER ZONE.
WOW, THAT WAS REALLY
FUNNY, NEW KID.
WHAT IF WE CARVE OUR NAMES
INTO YOUR FOREHEAD
AS A WARNING TO OTHERS.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS?
EIGHT YEARS OLD?
I'M 18.
18? EVENTUALLY
YOUR BRAIN MAY CATCH UP.
THAT'S IT. I'M GOING
TO KILL HIM!
AHEM!
I BELIEVE YOU CADETS HAVE
CLASSES TO ATTEND.
AHHH, YES MA'AM.
HEY CADET, I'LL CATCH UP
WITH YOU LATER ON.
AT THE RIGHT MOMENT, ALL RIGHT?
YOU BET.
THANKS, CAPTAIN MORRISSEY.
GO TO CLASS, MR. HANLON.
BIG DATE?
VERY FUNNY.
WELL I'M ASKING
BECAUSE I JUST HEARD TAPS.
SOUNDS LIKE LIGHTS OUIS HAPPENING SOON.
THEY WOULDN'T LET YOU GO
OUT JOGGING OR ANYTHING
AFTER THAT, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW I'M NOT GOING JOGGING.
OKAY, THEN YOU'RE TOTALLY OFF.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
I'M PLEDGING THE BLACK SKULLS.
THEY'RE LETTING YOU INTO
THAT SECRET SOCIETY THING?
NOW?
YEAH.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE KID?
THE ONE THAT WENT MISSING?
LOOK, I ALREADY TOLD YOU,
VICTOR AND THOSE GUYS ARE
GREAT GUYS.
THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
SO OUT OF THE BLUE THEY
ALL OF A SUDDEN SAID,
HEY SEVEREN, COME MEET US IN
OUR SECRET CLUB HOUSE TONIGHT.
PRETTY MUCH.
AND YOU'RE TOTALLY COOL
ABOUT THE WHOLE THING?
NERVOUS AS HELL, ACTUALLY.
YEAH?
YEAH.
I'M SURE YOU'LL BE FINE.
JUST DON'T YELL OUT OR
ANYTHING WHEN THEY WHACK
YOU WITH A PADDLE.
LOOK, ITS NOT SUPPOSED
TO TAKE THAT LONG
BUT IF THE MONITOR
COMES POKING AROUND
I'M IN THE BATHROOM
OR SOMETHING,
OKAY?
YOU BET. BREAK A LEG.
OH YEAH, I'VE GOT TO SEE THIS.
HEY VICTOR.
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU
MADE IT, CADET.
YOU LOOK A LITTLE NERVOUS.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE MOSIMPORTANT NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE?
YOU BET.
THEN FOLLOW US.
YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE,
SEVEREN?
NO.
NO. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS
THE BIRTH PLACE OF THE
BLACK SKULLS.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, DID YOU?
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.
YOU SEE, BACK IN 1778, AMERICA
WINS THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HOW DID THEY DO THAT, MILES?
GUERILLA TACTICS ON LAND,
BEATING THE BRITISH ARMY'S
TRADITIONAL BATTLE TACTICS
AND TROOP FORMATIONS.
EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
BUT AMERICA HAD NO
SIGNIFICANT NAVY,
NO WAY TO WARD OFF THE
INVADING BRITISH FLEET.
HOW DO WE GET AROUND THAT?
WELL?
BY HIRING PIRATES.
PIRATES, BY HIRING PIRATES.
A TEMPORARY NAVY
OF PIRATE VESSELS,
THIS WAS BURIED DEEP
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE CONSIDERED MAKING
A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.
SO, AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER
AND AMERICA BEGAN TO BUILD
A LEGITIMATE NAVY, THE FIRSORDER OF BUSINESS WAS TO
SWEEP THIS DEAL
UNDER THE CARPET.
THEY JOINED EUROPE IN HUNTING
DOWN AND EXECUTING THE VERY
SAME MEN WHO HELPED
THEM WIN THE WAR.
SO, ALL THE PIRATES THAT HAD
WORKED FOR AMERICA GOTOGETHER AND SEARCHED FOR
A SECRET MEETING PLACE.
THEY SAW A STRANGE LIGHCOMING FROM THIS CAVE AND
TOOK IT AS A SIGN, SO THEY
FORMED A SECRET BROTHERHOOD,
THE BLACK SKULLS.
A TRUE NAVY COMBINED
WITH PIRATE HERITAGE,
AND THEY CLAIMED THIS SACRED
SPOT AS THEIR ORIGINAL
SANCTUARY.
SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAVE?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAVE?
THIS IS CONSTRUCTED AS A BUNKER,
IT'S FORTIFIED WITH
WALLS 10 FEET DEEP.
IT'S ABLE TO WITHSTAND
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
IT'S A COMPLEX WITHIN A COMPLEX.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT KEEP
IT ALIVE NOW, SEVEREN.
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE MEASURE OF TRUE HEROES,
TRUE MEN OF WAR,
AND ALL THE DOORS OPEN TO US,
THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPENED
TO YOU.
NOW TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES.
THESE WERE THE FIRST MARKS
THE PIRATES MADE,
MARKING THEMSELVES FOR
ALL TIME AS BROTHERS.
KNOW THAT THESE WORDS WERE
WRITTEN IN THE BLOOD OF MEN
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD,
1778, WE THE UNDERSIGNED,
MAKE THIS PLEDGE THAT THE VALOR
OF OUR ACTIONS AND THE
SOLIDARITY OF OUR BROTHERHOOD
SHALL SET US ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
WE PLEDGE OUR LIVES AND OUR
SOULS TO THE BLACK SKULLS,
FOR THIS TIME AND FOR
ALL FUTURE TIME,
THAT OUR LEGACY MAY LIVE ON
AND OUR CREED CONTINUE FOR
ALL WHO COME HERE AFTER
TO OUR BROTHERHOOD.
DO YOU, CADET ROBERT SEVEREN,
ACCEPT THE BURDEN,
THE RESPONSIBILITY,
AND THE RITE OF PASSAGE
INTO THE BROTHERHOOD
OF THE BLACK SKULLS?
YES.
DO YOU CADET ROBERT SEVEREN
SWEAR UPON YOUR LIFE AND
YOUR AFTER LIFE TO KEEP SECREALL YOU HAVE SEEN AND LEARNED
OR WILL SEE AND LEARN WITH YOUR
INDUCTION INTO THE BLACK SKULLS,
ON PAIN OF DEATH?
YES.
AND DO YOU CADET ROBERT SEVEREN,
PLEDGE NOT ONLY YOUR SERVITUDE,
BUT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE
TO THE BROTHERHOOD
OF THE BLACK SKULLS?
YES.
THEN, CADET ROBERT SEVEREN,
AS MASTER AND COMMANDER,
I GRANT YOU MEMBERSHIP AND
PRIVILEGE INTO THE SOCIETY
OF THE BLACK SKULLS.
WELCOME BROTHER.
TAKE THE CANDLE.
YOU MUST NOW TAKE THAT CANDLE
THROUGH THAT ENTRANCE,
AND PLACE IT ON THE ALTAR
AT THE OTHER END,
AND HOPE THAT ITS
FLAME WON'T BURN OUT.
WHEN YOU EMERGE, YOU WILL TAKE
YOUR PLACE AS ONE OF US.
DON'T FEAR, SEVEREN.
SHE CAN SMELL YOUR FEAR.
JUST LET IT HAPPEN.
WELL IT SEEMS WE HAD
AN AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
SO,
WHAT'S WITH THE BASEBALL BAT?
WHAT?
SO IT WAS JUST SOME KIND
OF INDUCTION CEREMONY?
THEY DIDN'T MAKE YOU EAA HUMAN ARTERY?
LOOK MAN, I CAN'T TELL YOU
ANYTHING ABOUT LAST NIGHOR ANYTHING ABOUT THE BLACK
SKULLS. I MADE AN OATH.
YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING?
WHY ARE YOU SO CURIOUS?
I MEAN LAST NIGHT YOU
DIDN'T EVEN SEEM TO CARE.
YOU SEEM A LITTLE
DIFFERENT SOMEHOW.
WELL, YOU BARELY KNOW ME,
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW I AM?
OKAY, OKAY, FINE, I WON'T ASK.
WHAT'S THE DEAL?
THAT'S THE AX-48 SCOUT BUS.
IT'S THE BIGGEST WEAPON
EVER USED FOR TRAINING IN
MILITARY COMPLEX.
WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS?
ITS MISSILE, A BIG ONE.
MY DAD USED TO OVERSEE
THIS IN THE NAVY.
HE TALKED ABOUT IT NON-STOP.
I CAN PROGRAM ONE OF THOSE
MISSILES IN MY SLEEP.
REALLY?
GIVING AWAY OUR SECRETS
ALREADY, SEVEREN?
AH NO, VICTOR, I WAS JUST UHM.
IF YOU'RE GONNA BE IN THE
BLACK SKULLS, SEVEREN,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO KNOW I'LL
MESS WITH YOUR BUDDY, OKAY?
YEAH.
OH YEAH. I RECOGNIZE YOU FROM
TACTICS CLASS.
LEE HANLON, ISN'T IT?
UH, YEAH, AND YOU'RE
VICTOR THANOS.
OUR REPUTATIONS PRECEDE US.
I GUESS SO.
NO HARD FEELINGS ABOUT ME
SPEAKING UP IN CLASS YESTERDAY.
ABSOLUTELY NONE.
YOU WERE RIGHT.
AND SO WERE YOU.
ALL RIGHT BOYS, TIME TO HITHE OLD DUSTY TRAIL.
LEE, I COULD BE SEEING
A LOT MORE OF YOU.
SEVEREN.
[WHISTLE]
GOOD MATCH CADETS.
NEXT MATCH, MR. HANLON
AND MR. JOHNSON.
HERE ON THE FLOOR,
FRONT AND CENTER.
SPIDER!
SPIDER!
LET'S GO SPIDER.
I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU
WISH YOU WERE DEAD.
OOH, YOU'RE A SCARY GUY SPIDER.
[WHISTLE]
[WHISTLE]
YOU CROSSED THE LINE WITH ME.
IT'S GOING TO COST YOU.
WHATEVER.
WELL?
I DON'T LIKE THAT.
BUT HANLON WON.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HANLON,
MILES. I'M TALKING ABOUT SPIDER.
THAT KID IS MESSING
WITH OUR PROPERTY.
I WANT MR. JOHNSON AND HIS
LITTLE BUDDIES OVER THERE
OUT OF MY WAY.
WON'T THE COMMODORE DO ANYTHING?
GEE BRANDON.
YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUTHE COMMODORE, OKAY?
WORRY ABOUT MAKING THIS KID
HAPPY, CAN YOU DO THAT?
CAN YOU DO IT?
GO AND TAKE CARE OF HIM.
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
DON'T, DON'T TOUCH SPIDER,
HE MIGHT BE OF SOME USE TO US.
[LAUGHS]
THAT WAS REAL CUTE
BACK THERE, CADET.
YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME LOOK
BAD, IS THAT WHAT IT IS?
WHAT?
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?
GO TO HELL.
I MIGHT HAVE TO AFTER WHAI PLAN ON DOING TO YOUR
PRETTY FACE.
SPIDER, SPIDER, SPIDER.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO, VICTOR?
I'M NOT SCARED OF YOU.
YOU'RE EVEN STUPIDER THAN
I THOUGHT, FRIEND.
THIS IS BETWEEN ME AND
THE NEW KID.
HE'S NOT EVEN ONE OF YOU GUYS.
RIGHT NOW HE'S A FRIEND
OF A FRIEND,
BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, SPIDER.
BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T KNOW ANY
BETTER I'D SWEAR YOU'RE
THINKING OF USING
THAT STICK ON ME.
OH LETS FIND OUT.
OH LETS DO IT.
LET IT COME SPIDER, I DON'T EVEN
THINK YOU CAN HIT ME FROM HERE.
NO MORE BIG STICK SPIDER.
NOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
I DON'T NEED A STICK.
NO. SO, SAY IT SPIDER, SAY IT.
WHAT?
NO COPS, NO COMPLEX
SECURITY FORCE,
NO COMMODORE STOCKWELL,
NOBODY IS GOING TO DO
A DAMN THING ABOUT IT.
[CRYING]
SO, GOOD BOY SPIDER, GOOD BOY,
JUST FOR THAT YOU GET TO
KEEP ON LIVING.
LET'S GET YOU UP HERE, BEFORE
YOU GO I JUST HAVE ONE LITTLE
REMINDER FOR YOU, OKAY?
IF ME OR ANY OF MY BROTHERS
CATCH YOU WITHIN A HUNDRED YARDS
OF LEE HANLON
FOR WHATEVER REASON,
THEY WILL FIND YOUR BODY
HANGING FROM THE FLAG POLE.
WELL, THEY'LL FIND
MOST OF IT, ANYWAY.
DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?
BYE, BYE SPIDER. GOOD LUCK.
COME HERE, BUDDY COME ON.
[GROANS]
THANKS MAN.
NO WORRIES, LIKE I SAID YOU'RE
A FRIEND OF A FRIEND.
YOU'LL BE OKAY
FOR THE NEXT CLASS?
YEAH, SPIDER'S
NOT MUCH OF A SWINGER.
WOULDN'T THINK HE WOULD.
WHAT ARE YOU UH,
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO LATER?
I DON'T KNOW.
THE BLACK SKULLS ARE
HAVING A PARTY AND
SEVEREN'S GONNA BE THERE.
HAVING A BASH, DRINKING BINGE,
THAT KIND OF THING,
TO BLOW OFF SOME STEAM.
WONDERING IF, MAYBE YOU
WANTED TO COME?
YEAH, WHY NOT.
GOOD, GOOD.
[UNINTELLIGIBLE] ALL ABOUT.
OH AND AH, AND LEE,
DON'T TELL ANYBODY, OKAY?
OH MAN THIS IS ALL I NEED.
WE'RE GONNA BE LATE
FOR PROGRAMMING.
HEY MAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR
MAKING THE INSTRUCTOR ANGRY.
YOU'RE A LOT OF HELP.
I'LL TELL LT. JONES YOU'RE
IN THE INFIRMARY.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR ME?
THEY WON'T TAKE YOU AWAY.
BESIDES SOMEBODY HAS
TO COME CLEAR.
HAVE FUN BUDDY.
HELLO?
HELLO?
HELLO?
[ELECTRIC SHOCK SOUNDS]
HEY.
SO MAKE SURE YOU GO OFF TO
STANFORD AND HE'LL HELP YOU OUT.
AND THEN UH, WHEN I GEBACK, I'LL TAKE OVER.
YOU GOT IT BOSS.
OKAY.
[DOOR CLOSING]
ALL THE PIRATES THAT HAD WORKED
FOR AMERICA GOT TOGETHER,
AND SEARCHED FOR A SECREMEETING PLACE.
THEY SAW A STRANGE LIGHT COMING
FROM THIS CAVE AND TOOK IAS A SIGN.
AND THEY CLAIMED THIS SACRED
SPOT AS THEIR ORIGINAL
SANCTUARY,
WHAT DID THOSE PIRATES FIND?
WHAT?
ARE YOU ALRIGHT MR. HANLON?
YES MA'AM, I THINK I JUST PULLED
A MUSCLE OR TWO TODAY DURING
WRESTLING PRACTICE. THAT'S ALL.
I'M JUST ON MY WAY TO MY ROOM
TO GRADE SOME PAPERS.
THAT'S NOT YOUR DORM, ISN'T IT?
I WAS JUST GOING OVER.
I KNOW WHY YOU WENT IN THERE.
VICTOR THANOS. YOU WENT LOOKING
FOR HIM, DIDN'T YOU?
LOOK, CAPTAIN MORRISSEY,
IF I TOLD YOU,
YOU'D THINK I WAS CRAZY.
YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED.
PROBABLY NOT MA'AM.
LOOK I KNOW MORE ABOUT THE
SITUATION THAN YOU THINK.
AND I ALSO KNOW THE
MIND OF A NEW CADET.
GOD KNOWS I'VE HAD
ENOUGH OF THEM,
SO I AM NOT GOING
TO WASTE YOUR TIME
OR MINE WITH A LECTURE,
ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO DO,
IS TO STAY AWAY FROM
ANYTHING TO DO WITH
THE BLACK SKULLS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS
EASY AS YOU THINK.
NO PROBABLY NOT, BUT IT'LL BE
EASIER ON YOU IN THE LONG RUN.
MR. HANLON YOU HAVE ONE
OF THE MOST PROMISING
MINDS AT THE COMPLEX.
DON'T TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, DON'T THROW
AWAY YOUR TALENT. WE NEED IT.
NOW I HAVE 70 PAPERS TO GRADE,
AND YOU HAVE
TWO HOURS BEFORE LIGHTS OUT.
YOU'RE DISMISSED. CAREFUL.
[KNOCKING]
WHO IS IT?
[KNOCKING]
HEY I GIVE UP MAN, WHO
THE HELL IS IT? NOSEDIVE?
NOSEDIVE, WHY ARE YOU KNOCKING?
YOU GOT A KEY.
YOU CAN SLEEP OUTSIDE.
[ELECTRIC SHOCK SOUNDS]
WHY DON'T YOU ENJOY YOURSELF?
I DON'T DANCE.
I GUESS YOU AH, YOU DON'DRINK EITHER?
I GUESS NOT.
I THOUGHT THE LOCALS USUALLY
HATED THE NATHAN GUYS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER
NATHAN BOYS BUT THEY AH,
I GUESS THEY HAVE A SOFSPOT FOR THE BLACK SKULLS.
TRY TO UNDERSTAND, A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR THE SKULLS.
AREN'T YOU AFRAID OF
GETTING BUSTED?
YEAH WE TEND TO GET A LOT OF
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.
EVEN IF YOU GET BUSTED.
YOU'RE NOT AFRAID ARE YOU?
WELL I'M NOT TALKING
TO AN IDIOT.
NO, OF COURSE NOT.
MUST BE NICE.
IT DEFINITELY HAS
ITS ADVANTAGES.
IT'S NICE, ISN'T IT?
IS THAT AN OFFER?
POSSIBLY.
I'M NOT MUCH OF A JOINER.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT, THOUGH.
I KNOW. YOU DON'T EVEN
WANT TO BE HERE, DO YOU?
IMPORTANT NIGHT FOR ME.
MY DAD THINKS I'M A
LITTLE ON THE EXTREME.
I'M LEGALLY AN ADULT, AND I'M
REALISTIC.
AFTER THIS, I'LL FIND MY PLACE
IN THE WORLD.
AND YET YOU'RE ON A
SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP HERE,
BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE OF THE
HIGHEST RATED NAVAL COMPLEX
APPLICANTS IN HISTORY.
I DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE,
THAT IT'S A WASTE, DOESN'T IT?
HOW DID YOU KNOW?
HOW DO YOU THINK I KNOW, MAN?
I'VE SEEN YOUR RECORDS.
TERRIFIC, I'M REALLY THRILLED
YOU GO AROUND POKING AROUND
MY LIFE.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU'RE
ONE OF US, THAT'S ALL.
WELL I DON'T LIKE IT.
AND WHY DON'T YOU ASK ME.
I USUALLY DON'T HAVE TO ASK.
WELL I STILL DON'T LIKE IT.
THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH, THAT'S FAIR.
I DID DO IT FOR THE BEST OF
REASONS, THOUGH.
I WANT YOU IN
THE BLACK SKULLS, LEE.
I'LL PASS.
WHY? COZ YOU HEARD THINGS?
YOU HAD A TALK WITH
MORRISSEY, LEE?
SHE FLEW AN F-16
IN THE GULF WAR,
SHE GOT A PURPLE HEARWHEN SHE WAS SHOT DOWN,
AND SHE'S STILL AFRAID OF
US LEE, SHE'S AFRAID OF US.
THEY ALL ARE.
MAYBE YOU HAD A HEART-TO-HEARWITH STOCKWELL?
IS THAT THE CASE? NOT ONLY IS
STOCKWELL FRIGHTENED, LEE,
HE'S OLD. HE'S WASHED UP.
I MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS,
NOT THEM.
DECISIONS LIKE BEING
FORCED TO COME HERE?
THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS LEE?
WAKE UP MAN, TAKE A GOOD LOOK
AT YOUR FATHER, LEE.
TURN YOUR HEAD UP, MAN.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?
WAVE YOUR MAGIC BLACK SKULL AME AND THEN MAKE IT ALL BETTER?
I DON'T HAVE TO WAVE
MY MAGIC RING, LEE.
ONCE YOU JOIN THE BLACK SKULLS
YOU'LL HAVE CARTE BLANCHE FOR
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
WE'RE EVERYWHERE MAN.
CEO'S, LAWYERS, POLITICIANS,
DIPLOMATS, MILITARY, WE'RE
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.
EVERYTIME YOU DRIVE YOUR CAR,
EVERYTIME YOU POP ON A CD,
EVERYTIME YOU BOOT UP
YOUR COMPUTER.
YOU THINK THIS IS ABOUTHE NAVY, LEE?
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD.
I'LL THINK IT OVER.
OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO
THINK IT OVER, LEE.
OF COURSE, OF COURSE, YOU DO.
I DO, HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW
YOU THAT MIGHT HELP SWAY
YOUR OPINION, THOUGH.
AS LONG AS IT'S NOT THE DEAD
BODY OF THE LAST GUY WHO JOINED,
I GUESS I'M UP FOR IT.
I DON'T HAVE TO
INTIMIDATE ANYBODY.
I JUST MAKE THEN KNEEL
[UNINTELLIGIBLE]. SHALL WE?
AREN'T YOU AFRAID SOMEBODY WILL
FIND OUT ABOUT THIS PLACE?
ACTUALLY, THIS PLACE
IS A, PRIVATE PROPERTY,
BLACK SKULLS OWN IT.
BESIDES LEE, NOBODY DOES
ANYTHING HERE WE DON'T WANTHEM TO DO.
WE RUN THE WHOLE COMPLEX.
SO NOW WHAT?
NOW,
WE TAKE A LITTLE TOUR.
OHH, I GET IT,
YOU SEND ME IN THERE
AND I GET LOCKED
UP FOR THE NIGHT.
COME ON. I'M GONNA GO
IN THERE WITH YOU. OKAY?
NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN, MAN.
I SUPPOSE YOU BROUGHA FLASHLIGHT.
HOLD ON.
ISN'T IT OBVIOUS?
WE'RE HAVING A DREAM.
TAKE THE RING LEE, AND THE WHOLE
WORLD WILL OPEN UP FOR YOU.
I WANT TO BE WITH YOU.
[KNOCKING]
OKAY CADET, WE GOT AN
UNDERSTANDING,
YOU'RE UNDER AND I'M STANDING.
NOW BEFORE I KNOCK YOUR TEETH
TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS ROOM
YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME WHAT YOUR
BUDDY VICTOR DID TO MY FRIENDS.
DON'T TRY TO GET UP, SPIDER.
NOW, WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
G-FORCE AND NOSEDIVE
ARE MISSING,
THE COPS ARE LOOKING FOR THEM.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM SINCE
WRESTLING PRACTICE.
YOUR FRIENDS DID
SOMETHING TO THEM.
WHAT FRIENDS?
THE BLACK SKULLS? THEY'RE
NOT MY FRIENDS!
YOU SEEMED PRETTY CHUMMY
WITH VICTOR YESTERDAY.
HEY, I DIDN'T ASK FOR HIS HELP.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR ROOMMATE?
YEAH YOU'RE NEW HERE. YOU DON'KNOW HOW THESE GUYS WORK.
WHEN CHARLIE COLLAN WENT MISSING
THE COPS WERE HERE FOR A WEEK.
NOBODY DID ANYTHING.
FINE, YOU WANT TO GO TO
COMMODORE STOCKWELL?
[LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY]
HE'S NOT GONNA
DO ANYTHING EITHER.
HE MIGHT, IF I TELL
THEM WHAT I KNOW.
HE MIGHT HAVE THE
BLACK SKULLS SHUT DOWN.
COME ON, I'M NOGOING TO HIT YOU.
WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU HELP ME,
NOSEDIVE AND G-FORCE OUT?
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORSE
THINGS OUT THERE THAN YOU.
IS HE IN?
HMM, HE'S BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
YOU SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE
THE REST OF THE DAY OFF.
WE'LL CALL YOU.
YOU SHOULD TRY
KNOCKING SOMETIME.
NOT EVERY DOOR IS
WIDE OPEN FOR YOU.
YOU CALLED ME IN HERE TO
TALK ABOUT ETIQUETTE?
HAVE A SEAT, MISTER AND WIPE
THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE.
YOU'RE NOT HERE TO ACCEPT AN
AWARD FOR CADET OF THE MONTH.
I SEEM TO BE INVITED
IN HERE A LOT, SIR.
YOU MUST LIKE ME.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE
DEAD WRONG, MR. THANOS.
I'M ABOUT AS FAR FROM
LIKING YOU AS IT IS.
BUT I LIKE YOU, COMMODORE.
THE PORT NATHAN P.D. ARE ON
THEIR WAY OVER HERE AS I SPEAK.
YOU WENT A LITTLE TOO
FAR THIS TIME.
DID I?
HENRY "NOSEDIVE" RIDDICK?
JACK "G-FORCE" HALBERTY?
THEY WENT MISSING YESTERDAY.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
PERSONAL PROBLEM, SIR.
IT MOST DEFINITELY IS A
PERSONAL PROBLEM, MR. THANOS.
FUNNY THING IS, NEITHER
ONE OF THOSE BOYS WERE
PLEDGING YOUR
LITTLE SOCIAL CLUB.
NOW, I WONDER HOW
I WOULD WIND UP
PICKING YOU ALL AS THE CULPRITS.
YOU COULD PLANT SOME EVIDENCE,
I SUPPOSE.
PROBABLY STICK A BRICK
OF COCAINE IN MY LOCKER.
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER
THE HELL YOU WANT.
I'M SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE
THE POLICE ON THEIR WAY
HERE YOU'VE GOT YOUR REASONS.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'LL
ARREST ME, THOUGH.
DO YOU, SIR?
YOU WERE SLOPPY VICTOR.
THIS TIME, ONE OF THE
JANITORS FOUND BLOOD
ALL OVER THE SHOWER STALLS.
LAST PLACE ANYBODY SAW
ONE OF THOSE BOYS.
THE POLICE ARE BRINGING IN
A FORENSIC SPECIALIST.
THEY WILL HAVE A SEARCH WARRANTO DO A ONCE OVER YOUR ROOMS,
YOUR CLOTHES AND WHATEVER
THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO.
AND, MAYBE EVEN YOUR FRATERNAL
BROTHER AT THE WHITE HOUSE
WILL WIND UP DISOWNING YOU
BEFORE THIS IS OVER.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
OH, I'VE GOT IT, PAST TENSE.
THE BLACK SKULLS ARE OFFICIALLY
OVER AT THIS COMPLEX.
YOU ARE ALL EXPEDITED.
AND YOU, MR. THANOS, WILL
NO LONGER BE PROTECTED.
YOU AND YOUR THUGS ARE GONNA
BE TREATED BY THE POLICE
LIKE COMMON EVERYDAY
MURDER SUSPECTS.
YOU JUST, YOU COULDN'LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE,
COULD YOU COMMODORE?
YOU JUST WEREN'T GONNA BE HAPPY
UNTIL YOU WENT AND DUG A HOLE
FOR YOURSELF, AH, COMMODORE.
GENTLEMEN.
WHAT IS THIS?
WE'RE UH, WE ARE GOING TO
NEED A FEW MORE MINUTES
OF YOUR TIME, COMMODORE.
PLEASE, BE MY GUESAND HAVE A SEAT.
SON, DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH
TROUBLE YOU ARE GETTING
YOURSELF INTO HERE?
LET ME JUST RUN SOMETHING
BY YOU, COMMODORE,
AND YOU CAN TELL ME
WHAT YOU THINK.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
COMPLEX SHUT DOWN
FOR A FEW DAYS.
WHEN WE'RE READY TO REOPEN,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE
NEW OUTLOOK.
HELL, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE
THE BLACK SKULLS WHEN
WE'RE DONE WITH YOU.
YOU CAN'T INTIMIDATE ME.
I DON'T PLAN TO
INTIMIDATE YOU, SIR.
WHAT I PLAN TO DO, IS CHANGE
YOUR MIND FROM THE INSIDE.
[ELECTRIC SHOCK SOUNDS]
WELL.
THIS IS AWKWARD.
DON'T GO, LEE. YOU ALREADY
KNOW TOO MUCH.
BARELY AT ALL.
NO? YOU SAW THAT SHRINE
IN MY DORM ROOM, RIGHT?
WASN'T I SUPPOSED TO
KNOW ABOUT THAT?
I KNOW, I'M SURE A MAN
OF YOUR INTELLIGENCE
CAN FIGURE THINGS OUT.
A SUCCUBUS, FEMALE SEX DEMON,
SIREN, WHATEVER WE WANTO CALL IT, HAS A LAIR
IN AN UNDERGROUND CAVE.
BUNCH OF DRUNKEN PIRATES
STUMBLE UPON IT AND
FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY,
AHOY MATEY.
WELL, THEY'RE SUDDENLY VESSELS
FOR THE DEMON'S ACOLYTES.
[ELECTRIC SHOCK SOUNDS]
LET HIM GO, VICTOR.
YOU'RE NOT REALLY IN A POSITION
TO GIVE ORDERS, FRIEND.
DID WE FORGET WHO
WE'RE TALKING TO?
WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN, LEE?
WHO RUNS THE SHOW?
YOU SEE, THE MILITARY
TRAINING ITS OWN ENEMIES,
WELL THAT'S NOTHING NEW AS
I'M SURE YOU KNOW.
BUT WE ARE THE MILITARY.
TOMORROW, WE TAKE OVER.
WE TURN OUR GUNS BACK ON YOU.
LEE, SPIDER WAS A DRONE.
HIS FRIENDS, DRONES.
I MEAN, IF THIS WAS YOUR
NORMAL EVERYDAY WAKING LIFE,
THOSE THREE COULD DIE TOMORROW,
LEE, AND IT WOULDN'T CHANGE
A DAMN THING.
SO WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OVER THEN,
VICTOR?
WHAT DO YOU NEED ME FOR?
WE NEED YOU BECAUSE WE
NEED THE BEST AND THE
BRIGHTEST MINDS THE
MILITARY CAN OFFER.
WE NEED THEM NOW
BEFORE THEY GROW UP.
TACTICIANS, LEE.
TECHNICIANS, WARRIORS.
YOU SEE BACK IN THE CAVE
THE SUCCUBUS CAME UP
WITH A GAME PLAN.
I JUST NEED MEN'S SOULS,
JUST BRING THEM OUT, LEE.
SHE WANTS TO CONTROL EVERYTHING.
WE NEED YOU.
THE LAST PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE, LEE.
ONCE WE HAVE YOU IN PLACE,
WE CAN START PLANNING
OUR HOSTILE TAKEOVER.
[ELECTRIC SHOCK SOUNDS]
HE'S DEAD.
WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO?
IF THE DEAD STOP BEING AN ASSET,
IT'S NOW A LIABILITY.
I WANT HIM TO STRIKE.
SHH, SHHH, SHH. UNLESS YOU WANTHOSE TWO MPS TO COME OVER
AND DETAIN BOTH OF US, I SUGGESYOU KEEP IT DOWN.
SORRY.
I TOLD YOU, I KNOW MORE ABOUTHE SITUATION THAN YOU THINK.
I FOLLOWED YOU FROM THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMPUS.
SPIDER'S DEAD.
THE COMMODORE'S DEAD.
VICTOR DID IT.
AND THAT IS NOT EVEN HALF OF IT.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
THAT MISSILE, THE ONE
THEY BROUGHT IN.
I CAN TAKE THE DETONATOR OFF
OF IT AND USE IT TO BLOW UP
THE BUNKER.
IT ALL HAS TO DO
WITH THE BUNKER.
ANYWAY, THE DETONATOR ALONE
HAS ENOUGH EXPLOSIVES ON ITO BLOW UP A TWO-STOREY
BUILDING.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
LOOK, THERE'S NO EASY WAY
TO SAY THIS.
THEY'RE DEMONS.
THE MAIN ONE LIVES IN AN
OLD UNDERGROUND BUNKER
IN THE WOODS.
IT USED TO BE A CAVE.
I SAW THEM.
DEMONS?
SUCCUBUS.
A SEX DEMON. THAT'S WHAVICTOR SAID.
WHATEVER IT IS, IT WANTS TO
TAKE OVER THE MILITARY,
THE GOVERNMENT, YOU NAME IT.
IT'S USING THE BLACK SKULLS
TO HELP IT, SOMEHOW.
OH, GREAT. I'M HERE
INVESTIGATING VICTOR,
AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS
IS THE EXORCIST.
INVESTIGATING?
YOU'RE LIKE UNDERCOVER.
YOU CAN SAY THAT.
LOOK, WE JUST NEED TO
GET SOMEWHERE SAFE,
CONTACT MY SECURITY.
NO, LET'S DO IT.
NO GOOD. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY.
YOU THINK BLOWING UP THIS
BUNKER IS REALLY GOING
TO STOP VICTOR THANOS?
DEFINITELY, IT WILL
RUIN HIS DAY.
OKAY, LET'S DO THAT.
I'M AFRAID YOU'RE NOALLOWED BEYOND THIS POINT.
AND I'M AFRAID YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE YOUR EYESIGHCHECKED OUT AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE, MISTER.
THE INSIGNIA ON MY SHOULDER
DENOTES ME AS A CAPTAIN
AND YOUR SUPERIOR OFFICER.
MA'AM, CAPTAIN.
MY STUDENT AND I ARE HERE TO
CHECK OUT THE SCHEMATICS
OF THE AX-48.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU
WILL HAVE TO LET US PASS.
UM, THE COMMODORE FULLY DENIES.
THE COMMODORE?
YOU CAN CLEAR IT WITH THE
COMMODORE ON YOUR OWN TIME.
DID ANYBODY EVER TELL YOU
THAT YOU ARE A BIT BITTY?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
CHECKING THIS OUT.
RELAX, I'VE BEEN AROUND STUFF
LIKE THIS SINCE I WAS FIVE.
OKAY, JUST DO ME A FAVOR.
DON'T CHECK IT OUT ANYMORE UNTIL
WE'RE A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY
FROM IT, OKAY?
I THINK IT'S DESERTED.
ARE YOU SURE THIS IS IT?
BLOW IT UP AND IT'S DONE.
ACTUALLY.
YEAH, YEAH.
YOU'RE EXTREMELY
PREDICTABLE, LEE.
IT ENDS HERE, VICTOR.
EVERYTHING.
AND HOW IS THAT?
HE'S GOT A MISSILE
DETONATOR ON THAT BACKPACK.
WHY, DID YOU THINK I WAS
SOME UNDERCOVER SPY?
NOPE, JUST A SEX DEMON.
A SUCCUBUS.
WELCOME TO MY HOME, THE COMPLEX.
WHAT HAVE I BEEN TEACHING
YOU IN CLASS, MR. HANLON?
THE ELEMENTS OF SURPRISE.
THAT'S THE WAY TO BEAONE'S ENEMIES.
I NEED YOU, LEE.
YOU WILL BE MY GREATEST WARRIOR.
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
THEY'VE BEEN BRINGING ME
HOST BODIES HERE.
YOU ARE BY FAR THE FINESI'VE COME ACROSS,
IT WON'T HURT, I PROMISE.
JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES.
MOMMY WILL MAKE IT ALL BETTER,
YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT WIN, LEE.
[ELECTRIC SHOCK SOUNDS]
THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.
THIS BUS GOES TO DC, RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT, NON-STOP SERVICE.
GOOD.
THE ULTIMATE COMPLEX.